Easily digested foods are essential for good health and to maintain an efficient digestive system. Try our Digestive Food Recipes and build yourself a healthy digestive system
Recipes Using Digestive Foods for Efficient Digestion.
Good Digestive foods are essential for good health and to maintain an efficient digestive system. Try our digestive foods recipes and feed your digestive system for optimal function.
Our recipes include ingredients that are easily digested and contain essential fatty acids, provide plenty of fibre and promote efficient digestion.
Try our featured recipe below and be sure to try other recipes in our immune food and heart food sections.
Banapple Tofu Smoothie Recipe
A lip smacking, yummy fruit Smoothie full of excellent digestive foods.
Bananas and apples contain pectin, which helps remove toxins and excess cholesterol from the digestive tract. It also encourages the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut, which is essential to maintain harmony and prevent the overgrowth of bad bacteria such as Candida albicans.
Pumpkin Seeds are excellent for prostate health. They help remove intestinal parasites. Pumpkin seed oil is rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids (but do not heat or the value is destroyed). They are also rich in Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, B vitamins, Phosphorus, Potassium and Omega-3 essential fatty acids.
Apples are an astringent tonic. They Relieve constipation, reactivate beneficial gut bacteria and reduce total cholesterol. They also help remove toxins and are rich in Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Vitamin C, Beta-carotene and Pectin
Bananas help you sleep well. They are a mild laxative, anti-fungal and a natural antibiotic. Bananas also contain pectin which helps ulcers, lowers cholesterol and removes toxic metals from the body. They are rich in Potassium, Tryptophan, Vitamin C, Beta-carotene, Vitamin K and Vitamin B6
Tofu has phyto-oestrogenic properties that regulate any excess circulating oestrogens, which may play a part in the build-up of arterial plaque.
Ingredients … You will need
- 3 teaspoons of pumpkin seeds
- 400 gm (14 oz) of organic tofu
- 2 bananas
- 2 medium unpeeled apples
- 1½ litres of rice milk or oat milk
Preparation and Cooking
Quarter and core the apples but do not peel them
Drain and cube the tofu
Grind the pumpkin seeds in a food processor or coffee grinder to release their essential fats and prevent any irritation in the gut.
Add the remainder of the smoothie ingredients and then blend for 1-2 minutes until smooth.
Many digestive complaints are of an inflammatory nature
So, pumpkin seeds are an important part of this drink as they contain plenty of the omega-3 essential fatty acids, which have an anti-inflammatory effect throughout the body. You could also use sunflower or sesame seeds.
Grind the seeds in a coffee grinder if your food processor is not strong enough, as they can irritate an inflamed digestive system if eaten whole.
The Right Food for Your Immune System
If your diet does not provide you with all your nutritional needs, If you don’t eat vegetables or prefer white bread over whole grains, take a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement for additional health benefits.
Although there is minimal beneficial effects on the immune system, taking large doses of just one vitamin will unbalance your immune system, and the multivitamin is a better choice.
