Use Psyllium Husks in Your Smoothies for Lose Weight

Psyllium husk powder is a well-known aid for irregularity, but ground psyllium husks added to smoothies do more than just provide fiber. They also regulate appetite and fat absorption in ways that make smoothies diet food.

Just about everyone is familiar with psyllium husks as a remedy for constipation. The fibers in psyllium absorb water and add bulk to stool. Using psyllium husk recipes for colon cleanse is simple, because you can add the powder to any form of liquid. Do not eat the powder alone, because it is not digestible and without water it may cause choking.

To use psyllium husk, sprinkle 1 or 2 tbsp. into any liquid, including fruit juices, milk, water, soups and even milkshakes. This will help you increase fiber intake easily and make it tastier to consume.

Pre-Party Smoothie

Ingredients
250 mls nonfat milk (soymilk)
1 banana (ripe, peeled coarsely chopped)
75 grams raspberries (fresh, frozen, blueberries or 75 g fresh strawberries hulled washed coarsely chopped)
3 tsps tahini
1 tbsp almond meal
1 tsps psyllium husks
3 tsps honey
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Directions:
Place the milk, banana, raspberries, blueberries or strawberries, tahini, almond meal, psyllium husks or slippery elm, honey and cinnamon in the jug of a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass to serve.

Super Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 banana
1 cup mixed berry
1 cup vanilla-flavored soymilk
1 cup vanilla-flavored soy yogurt
1 tablespoon soy protein powder
1 teaspoon psyllium husks
1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
1 tablespoon flax seed oil (optional)
1 pinch alfalfa

Directions:
Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

Power Smoothie

Ingredients:
1/2 tbsp peanut butter
1 banana
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup Greek style yogurt
1 tbsp vanilla or chocolate flavored protein powder
1 tbsp unflavoured psyllium husk (fiber powder)
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
3 or 4 ice cubes  

Directions:
Blend all ingredients until smooth

For an average 2-3 cup smoothie, you can use about 1 teaspoon - 1/2 tablespoon of psyllium husk powder. And it's also important to understand that the psyllium husk powder you use must be thoroughly blended into the smoothie. Just a little psyllium fiber is enough to make the smoothie satisfying and regulating for your digestive system.

Psyllium Husk is Helpful for Weight Loss in Natural Way

Psyllium husk contains extensive amount of soluble as well as insoluble natural fibers which is responsible for it's laxative action. Light brown to white in color, depending upon the purity, the fibrous husks that are processed from psyllium seeds find usage in Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Food and varied allied industries.

Since psyllium is a water soluble-fiber it attracts water to itself in the intestine allowing for the formation of firmer stools but soft in texture that take longer to traverse the intestinal tract. This helps to ease both constipation and diarrhea and make it less painful to go for individuals who have hemorrhoids. Psyllium Husk Benefits also include less bloating and gas formation that other fibers products are known to cause.

Psyllium husks are also available in capsule form, taken as a supplement. Or they can be converted into powder, or simply in their natural form. Psyllium should always be taken on an empty stomach – that is 1 hour to 30 minutes before breakfast and/or lunch and/or supper.

Psyllium Husk’s high fiber content and colon cleansing properties helps in regulating bowel movements, relieving constipation and improving digestion. Apart from bowel regulation, research done on Psyllium Husk shows that it helps lower blood cholesterol because it lowers lipoproteins, which are commonly called “bad cholesterol”. Lower blood cholesterol can save us from high blood pressure and stroke.

Psyllium Husk produces softer, bulkier stool at regular intervals which relieves constipation. When our body fails to function well to have regular bowel movement, all toxins are stuck inside making us uneasy. The trapped toxins can produce harmful bacteria that make us ill. Taking high fiber supplement like Psyllium saves us from stomach distress and sickness. Psyllium Husk acts like a huge sponge once in our body. It absorbs water, cleans the colon walls, initiates stimulating contraction and passes the toxins out through stool. We should always drink plenty of water when taking high fiber supplements to help them work better on our digestive system.

Psyllium husk side effects are usually mild and include gas and bloating. However, it’s important to discuss any over the counter medication or supplement with your health care provider before taking. These products might conflict with medications you are currently taking, and health conditions that you already have. That’s why it’s critical that you discuss your fiber supplement intentions with your doctor before beginning.

Regular intake of Psyllium Husk promotes in losing extra pounds from stuck body toxins. Regular exercise and healthy diet while taking Psyllium Husk will greatly help to speed up losing unwanted body fats.

Process Chart of Psyllium by Kadamexport

Psyllium seeds is an medicinal plant product of dried ripe seeds of plantago ovata forks (farm. Plantaginancae) and it has been cleaned free for all dust, agri farm fibers, wastes, mud, stones and iron particles.

Psyllium husk is white fibrous material derived from psyllium seeds. The seed has 40% Linoleic Acid (LA), an important fatty acid essential to health.

Psyllium husk contains huge amount of soluble and insoluble natural fibers responsible for it's laxative action. We mention some Proseessing steps for final product of psyllium.

Psyllium seed husk is manufactured by separating the psyllium seed husk from the remainder of the seed by slight mechanical pressure, by crushing the seeds between rotating plates or rollers.

The processes for dehusking psyllium seeds without substantial breakage and size reduction of the non-husk core of the psyllium seed are useful for manufacturing high yields of high purity psyllium seed husk from whole psyllium seeds.

A further processes for removing the psyllium seed husk from whole psyllium seed while avoiding breaking the core of the seed, thereby reducing contamination of the husk with non-husk seed parts resulting in higher purity due to easier separation of husk and non-husk seed parts.

The raw psyllium seeds are cleaned by mechanical process through various steps of processing.
Processes for psyllium seeds dehusking to obtain high yields of pure and quality psyllium seed husk.

These processes include milling intact psyllium seeds in a mill which causes the husk to be fragmented by collision under conditions whereby the husk is fractured and separated from the non-husk portion of the psyllium seed without substantial breakage and size reduction of the non-husk portion.

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