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25+ Smoothies & Drink Recipes to Help You Poop

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25+ Smoothies & Drink Recipes to Help You Poop

Being backed up stinks, for lack of a better word. But these smoothie and drink recipes are here to help. These recipes are loaded with nutrient-rich foods like avocados, greens and chia seeds to make your gut happy. With 6 or more grams of fiber per serving, they will help get you regular and back to thinking about things other than digestion. Try options like our Creamy Raspberry-Peach Chia Seed Smoothie and Healthy Chocolate Milk Recovery Drink for a delicious way to get things moving.

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Berry-Green Tea Smoothie

Heami Lee, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Christine Keeley


This berry-green tea smoothie recipe is a refreshing, nutrient-packed beverage with plenty of anti-inflammatory benefits. It combines antioxidant-rich berries, green tea and omega-3-rich chia seeds with the natural sweetness of dates, blending into a delicious, healthy drink.

Creamy Raspberry-Peach Chia Seed Smoothie

Photographer: Morgan Hunt Glaze, Prop Stylist: Abby Armstrong, Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey


Chia seeds add a healthy dose of fiber to keep you full and satisfied. The natural sweetness of frozen peaches combined with dates and the tangy brightness of raspberries make every sip refreshing and satisfying.

Healthy Chocolate Milk Recovery Drink

Photographer: Brie Goldman, Food Stylist: Annie Probst, Prop Stylist: Breanna Ghazali


Recover from your next workout with this healthy chocolate milk recovery drink. Avocado adds creaminess, while chocolate and peanut butter give it a satisfying salty-sweet flavor. Oats will fill you up with their added boost of fiber.

Healthy Gut Tonic with Chia

Photography / Jennifer Causey, Styling / Ruth Blackburn / Audrey Davis

When you’re feeling backed-up, this high-fiber chia concoction can help make your bathroom routine smoother. The chia seeds form a gel-like consistency to help move digestion along easily, and the kick of cayenne pepper acts as an intestinal stimulant.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup-Inspired Smoothie

Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Craig Huff, Prop Stylist: Abby Armstrong


This rich and creamy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup-Inspired Smoothie mimics the flavors of the classic candy. Frozen banana lends body while the topping of melted, hardened chocolate over the top adds a crunch to the creamy drink. For an extra dose of peanutty goodness, top it off with crushed peanuts or a swirl of peanut butter.

Orange-Mango Smoothie

Ali Redmond


The vitamin C from the oranges helps support immune health, making this smoothie a great staple during cold and flu season. Plus, it tastes just like a creamsicle. If you don’t have almond milk, any other dairy or nondairy milk will work.

Mango-Turmeric Smoothie

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Priscilla Montiel


Kick-start your mornings with this speedy smoothie packed with tropical fruit flavors. Its lively yellow hue is boosted by anti-inflammatory turmeric. Ginger provides a zesty kick, but feel free to omit it for a milder flavor.

Anti-Inflammatory Strawberry–Passion Fruit Green Smoothie

Photographer: Stacy k. Allen, Props: Christina Brockman, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling


This anti-inflammatory smoothie draws its bright tropical flavor from frozen passion fruit. If you can’t find passion fruit at all, substitute with frozen pineapple.

Gut-Friendly Green Wellness Shot

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Christina Brockman


This wellness shot recipe for the gut sets the stage for a healthy microbiome with plenty of prebiotic foods like kiwis, apples and spinach. This naturally sweet and well-balanced shot can keep in the fridge for up to one week to reinvigorate your gut anytime you need it.

Strawberry-Peach Chia Seed Smoothie

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Julian Hensarling, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle


This fiber-rich chia smoothie is sweet and tangy, with a velvety texture thanks to nutritious chia seeds that expand as they combine with liquid.

Ultimate Healthy Breakfast Smoothie

Rachel Johnson

This healthy breakfast smoothie recipe is packed with protein, fiber, unsaturated fats and essential vitamins and minerals. Follow our simple formula, memorize the ingredient amounts, then customize to your liking. Even better, our supercharged breakfast smoothie tastes great and keeps you full until lunchtime. We keep a running stock of frozen bananas to give our smoothies a thicker consistency, but a handful of ice achieves a similar effect.

Anti-Inflammatory Beet Smoothie

Photographer: Fred Hardy II, Food Stylist: Margaret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster

This vibrant smoothie combines sweet and earthy beets with berries, banana and orange juice for a well-balanced flavor. Look for packaged cooked beets where the prepared fruits and vegetables are sold.

Aloe Smoothie

Jamie Vespa

Many people swear by aloe for glowing skin, and this smoothie is a delicious way to get it into your diet. Some people don’t love the flavor of aloe, so this recipe has plenty of fruit to help balance the flavors.

Grape Smoothie

Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn


Calling all grape lovers! This grape smoothie features plenty of frozen sweet red grapes that combine with banana and vanilla Greek-style yogurt, which both add creaminess, while berries add color and fruity flavor to complement the grapes.

Anti-Inflammatory Raspberry & Spinach Smoothie

Photographer: Jen Causey


Start your day off right with this tasty smoothie featuring anti-inflammatory ingredients. Spinach provides antioxidants that help eliminate damaging free radicals, while raspberries contain polyphenols that have their own anti-inflammatory effects. If you prefer your smoothie a touch sweeter, feel free to add an additional date.

Kale & Apple Smoothie

Casey Barber

Apple slices and nut butter are a favorite after-school snack, and they taste just as satisfying in this smoothie. Pick your favorite nut butter: cashew for a less-prominent nutty flavor, or almond or peanut butter for a stronger taste.

Mixed-Berry Breakfast Smoothie

Robby Lozano


his creamy berry smoothie has the perfect balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat, and will keep you satisfied until your next meal.

3-Ingredient Tropical Greens Smoothie Packs

Carolyn Hodges

Using a frozen tropical fruit blend is a handy shortcut for smoothies because it often contains both banana and mango, which add natural sweetness. Freezing the fresh spinach with the fruit is a great way to keep it from going bad before you can use it. Feel free to add a scoop of your favorite protein powder before blending.

Blackberry Smoothie

Fred Hardy

This blackberry smoothie has plenty of fresh berry flavor and sweetness from banana and honey. And with a prep time of 5 minutes from start to finish, it’s the perfect breakfast for busy mornings.

Kale & Spinach Smoothie

Casey Barber

When you really need to eat your greens, go for this smoothie that packs both kale and spinach into every sip. Kiwi and dates add natural sweetness, and almond butter and almond milk keep you full.

Blueberry & Avocado Smoothie

Casey Barber

Just four ingredients combine for a refreshing, just-sweet-enough smoothie that’s a real treat. Blueberries add the sweet, fruity flavor and avocado adds a creamy, smooth texture to this healthy smoothie.

Avocado & Banana Smoothie

Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Styling: Christina Daley


If you love a creamy smoothie, this one’s for you. The fiber-rich banana increases the creaminess, especially when blended with the coconut or almond milk. Honey adds a touch of sweetness and ice cubes make it as thick as you want.

Mango & Kale Smoothie

Casey Barber

The blend of kale, mango, banana and orange juice gives this healthy smoothie an extra-fresh and tropical flavor profile.

Strawberry-Pineapple Smoothie

Blend almond milk, strawberry and pineapple for a smoothie that’s so easy you can make it on busy mornings. A bit of almond butter adds richness and filling protein.

Mango Raspberry Smoothie

Ali Redmond

A squeeze of lemon juice adds bright flavor to this frozen fruit smoothie. Mango provides plenty of sweetness without having to add juice, but if it’s too tart for you, a touch of agave will do the trick.

Strawberry-Chocolate Smoothie

This strawberry-chocolate smoothie is so creamy and delicious, you might want it as a dessert, too.

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