Victoria’s Gut Friendly Green Smoothie

UPDATED November 2025 :

Life is glorious however at some stages all kinds of indulgent meals, extra stress and more sugar than we are used to can play havoc with our metabolism. This has the potential to destabilise our gut balance, increase our inflammatory profile, damage our skin quality and unsettle our restorative sleep by promoting cortisol disruption.

I am sharing with you a very easy gut friendly recipe which will use a food as medicine approach to revitalise your gut health calm your glucose and insulin spikes and support detoxification and healthy weight managment.

Fueling your body with a nutrient rich fuel sets you up for more energy, less mood swings and with gut microbial support a bonus. Several of the active ingredients including cold pressed linseed oil, MCT oil and coconut have been also demonstrated to enhance natural gut peptides GLP-1 and PYY which both enhance satiety, supporting optimum weight management.

Not all bodies suit Time restricted eating (TRE) and require am fuel to thrive. Every body is different.

• a nutrient rich way to start the day and should keep you feeling full for hours, avoiding those late morning crashes and “on the go” poor food choices

• there are options for Dairy free and all ingredients are Gluten free.

• yoghurt supports beneficial bacteria to rebalance, also great for hair and skin quality and their individual microbiota.

• polyphenols in the berries, pectin and inulin in the fruits are anti inflammatory and help to promote your microbial biodiversity.

• broccoli and spinach support phase 1 and phase 2 liver detoxification.

• spinach and chia provide fibre and help with efficient waste elimination.

• avocado for fibre, healthy fat and skin health.

• Linseed oil, MCT and coconut also support the production of weight friendly Gut peptides GLP-1 and PYY.

• the lemon pulp supports flavour as well as additional pectin for a healthy gut barrier and improved immunity.

Dont forget to add some ice.

You can have fun mixing in additional fruits and vegetables with different colours all adding in phytonutrients.

If you are on a weight reduction plan go easy on the high glycemic summer fruits and bananas, consider berries, apples or pears are your friends.

• 1/2 Avocado

• 1 scoop Collagen Clinical Bovine Gluten free to support hair skin nails, connective tissue, bone and tendon health.

• 1 serve of your prebiotic fibre as prescribed (refer to your microbiome treatment plan)

• 1 cup nut milk, coconut milk or coconut water or your preferred milk or water.

• 1 dessertspoon organic MCT oil

• 1/2 cup ice

• 2 dessertspoons full fat unsweetened greek (dairy) or coconut yoghurt (dairy free)

• 1/4 - 1/2 cup blueberries organic fresh or frozen

• 1 handful spinach leaves ( packed ) or 1/2 cup broccoli sprouts or flowerette or 1 teaspoon organic Vital Greens

• 1 teaspoon LSA mix, linseed sesame almond ( optional ) or 1 teaspoon cold pressed Linseed Oil.

• 1 teaspoon ground flaxseed (keep this in a glass jar in the fridge)

• 1/2 apple or pear or both

• 1/2 banana ( NOT if we are not working on a weight reduction plan)

• 1 teaspoon chia seeds

• 1/4 lemon with pulp but remove the skin.

• Arctic Cod liver oil (optional) if we are adding Omega 3 support by this route

Combine in a blender with ice, store left-overs in the fridge for that day. It’s all about the preparation having ingredients ready to go.

I have had so much success with patients using this Gut Friendly Smoothie at least 4 times per week if not every morning.

ENJOY !