10 Smoothie Recipes to Boost your Immune System Using the Vitamin C Powerhouse~ Camu Camu

With the recent coronavirus health scare, we are all thinking of ways to keep ourselves healthy. Boosting your immune system with natural sources of vitamin C is one of the best ways to do just that. That’s why, today, I present you with smoothie recipes containing camu camu berry powder. Camu Camu berries are known to have the highest vitamin C content in the world.

Camu camu is jam packed with vitamin C, with a whopping 2,145 mg/100 grams!!! It has roughly 30 to 50 times the vitamin c of an orange!!!

What is Camu Camu?

Camu Camu is grown in the dense Amazon Rainforest.  It grows on bushes in mostly flooded areas of Peru. It’s a globe shaped fruit, about the size of a cherry, which tastes like cherry and lemon. So what does this little fruit do for you?

Health Benefits of Camu Camu

• Stronger immunity
• More energy
• Better mood
• Healthier gums, eyes and skin
• Supports the liver, lungs, lymph and nervous system
• Used to fight colds and flu
• Anti-viral
• Anti-inflammatory
• Anti-depressant
• Natural pain relief
• anti-viral
• anti-inflammtory
• anti-oxidant
• astringent
• anti-depressant

Where to find Camu Camu Powder

Because vitamin C is so sensitive to heat, it’s important to get freeze dried powder. Here is a great one from Amazon.com.

By far the best way to use camu camu powder is in a smoothie. It can also be added to any juice or even water. You can also add it to any “no-bake” recipes. When searching for recipes using camu camu, make sure they aren’t baked or heated in anyway. This will destroy the vitamin C in the powder. Onto the recipes!!!

Berry Physalis (golden berry) Smoothie

Gailhac Official

This immune boosting super smoothie is JAM PACKED with super foods including acai, camu camu and goji berries.

Orange Camu Camu Smoothie

Blender Authority

With spinach, goji berries, camu camu, and hemp powder, you can’t go wrong with this one!

Camu Camu Papaya Turmeric Smoothie

Herbazest

What do you get when you combine camu camu and tumeric?
You get an immune boosting powerhouse in a glass.

Camu Camu Banana Carrot Smoothie Bowl

Lady Marielle

Camu Camu, raw honey, chia and coconut oil combine in one wonderful bowl.

Superfood Chocolate Smoothie

The Almond Eater

Chia, hemp, raw cacao and camu camu pack a superfood punch in this smoothie recipe.

Morning Detox Smoothie

Tana Amen

Not only is this a great detox smoothie, it’s a super immune booster with maca, pomegranate, acai, bee pollen and aloe.

Camu Camu Berry Antioxidant Smoothie Bowl

Lauren Schwaiger

This one is simple but powerful by combining camu and maca with antioxidant rich blueberries and strawberries.

Superfood Smoothie

Superfood Evolution

This smoothie is rather interesting with a few unusual ingredients. So, don’t worry if you can’t get them all, because it has so many good things! This one packs a wallop with aloe, bee pollen, spirulina, camu camu, maca, liquid marine phytoplankton, hemp, goji berries, and raw honey.

Camu Camu Lemonade

Super Foodies

This recipe combines camu camu powder with raw honey, lemons and goji berries for a powerful and delicious drink.

Mango-Camu Frozen Yogurt

Bioglan

While this is being called “frozen yogurt”, I consider it a really thick smoothie. The mango is frozen prior to blending, which results in a thick, soft ice cream consistency.

Closing thoughts…

I’ll be posting more immune boosting recipes and tips next week. In the mean time boost your immunity through lots of laughter, love, sleep and meditation. What better way is there than that?

Until next time…namaste my friends

Tamara