.Heavy Metal Detox Applesauce.

Hi Dear Reader,

Another simple and yummy recipe to sneak nutrients into your diet.

This is my version of Medical Medium's "Heavy Metal Detox smoothie". The original recipe is here. That article also addresses why such ingredients are beneficial to assist your body in detoxifying and eliminating heavy metals and how such metals end up in your body.

I have used this recipe before, but I'm not that big of a fan. Somehow I got the idea to add the main ingredients to applesauce and it is much more palatable and easier to make (no blender mess).

Eating this modified recipe also removes the cilantro and additional ingredients to make the smoothie tastier (the bananas, orange juice, and coconut water). Cilantro is a key detoxifying ingredient which I eat outside of this recipe. The detoxifying and nutritious benefits of these foods are potent eaten together or apart, and so I add the cilantro to salads, guacamole, sauces, stirfries, etc.

The apples do a fantastic job of masking the strong taste of the spirulina, barley grass, and Atlantic dulse. It is more simple and quicker to whip up and eat!

Even if you are skeptical about the heavy metal situation that Medical Medium discusses, there are abundant nutrient benefits from these ingredients. See my favorite articles on benefits of Spirulina, Barley Grass, and Atlantic Dulse,

Ingredients

• 1 cup or more Unsweetened Applesauce

  • Homemade is always best! Right now is a perfect time of year to go apple picking (a socially distanced activity too)

  • I like Thrive Market unsweetened applesauce or Trader Joe's unsweetened applesauce. (Not Thrive Market's cinnamon version - it has additional ingredients. If you want cinnamon just add some fresh!)

  • Mott's unsweetened is also 1-2 ingredients and more widely available

• 1 tsp Spirulina

• 1 tsp Barley Grass powder

• 1 T Atlantic Dulse

Directions

1. add 1/2 your serving of applesauce to a deep bowl (adding first makes mixing the dry ingredients better)

2. add other ingredients, mix with spoon

3. add remaining applesauce, mix

4. enjoy!

In Sympatheia, The Holistic Stoic