A great way to start the day – fruit smoothie, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, a little dance and vitamin supplements

fruit smoothie and acidophilus

Since replacing my blender, I have started doing a fruit smoothie every day for breakfast. I didn’t realise just how much I missed them! They are absolutely delicious and packed with goodness. I use a banana as a base food as it is packed with potassium and helps produce serotonin in the brain (aiding depressive moods). Then I might add melon, strawberries, blueberries (marvellous anti-oxidant) or raspberries. This one I made this morning in the picture is banana, strawberry and raspberry, hence its very red colour.

With my smoothie, I take Lactobacillus Acidophilus (at the moment a combined ‘blend’ bead called ‘Probiotic Acidophilus’) which is great for my IBS. I have been taking it for years now and when I recently had some tummy issues I realised that I had stopped taking it for about 6 weeks so promptly went out and bought some. I do have probiotic yoghurt but not every day so it clearly wasn’t enough to keep my gut in good order and full of healthy bacteria!

I also take a Co-Enzyme Q10 to try to aid the production of energy from my food (trying to compensate for the lack of energy I have due to my ‘Hypothyroidism’ (under active thyroid) and a milk thistle to cleanse my liver due to all the drinking I used to do. Then throughout the day I might take an anti-oxidant such as Selenium with A, C and E and I take zinc to fend off colds and infection.

I have my smoothie after one cup of tea and a fresh coffee. Oh, and if I am in a really good mood or want to get into a good mood, I put some music on and have a little dance and sing-a-long – it does work, give it a go sometime! Very energising for mind, body and soul.

Just thought I would share that with you!

How do you start your day? Do you suffer with IBS? hypothyroidism (under active thyroid)? BPD? OCD? depression? anxiety or any other mental illness? I’d love to hear from you!