Corporate Profile Host Annamaria Chen meets up with Dr. Karuna Sabnani to learn how to make three nutritional summer drinks to keep you on the move and help you look good while doing it. The recipes take viewers from morning to night starting with an Anti-Aging Smoothie, a mid-day Coconut-Cucumber-Cooler, and a relaxing tea to help unwind at the end of the day. With over a decade’s worth of experience in Naturopathic medicine, Dr. Karuna Sabnani outlines the benefits of each ingredient and shares her secrets to making healthy choices on-the-go.
RECIPES:
Anti-Aging-Smoothie (antioxidants, benefits complexion, great for city living, essential fatty acids):
– 1/2 cup 100% Organic Pomegranate juice
– 1/2 block frozen Acai
– 1/2 cup organic frozen blueberries
**For extra nutrition and to make shake a meal add:
– 1 scoop of protein: whey, hemp protein, spirulina, pea protein, or rice protein
– 1 tablespoon: Greens Powder
***Blend and Serve
Coconut-Cucumber-Cooler (Cooling – great in hot weather, will bring down your inner temperature a few notches, great for headaches):
– 1 cup coconut water
– 1/2 medium cucumber
– 1/4 cup chopped mint leaves
– 1 lime juiced
– 4-5 ice cubes
***Blend for one minute
Calming-Relaxing-Sleepy Tea (calm, cooling, mood uplifting, relaxing, high in Vitamin C, balancing to the heart):
– 2 tablespoons of dried hibiscus or dried rose petals
– 1/2 teaspoon dried lavender
– 2 cups boiling water
***Steep to taste.
***Stevia to sweeten
Dr. Karuna Sabnani, NMD
Naturopathic Doctor & Beauty Expert
(www.karunanaturopathic.com)
