I call this one the "Natural Physician Shake"—and it’s not only loaded with protein, but also essential fatty acids and healthful flora. It will boost your energy—and these ingredients also promote a lean body. Making a health shake is easy to do—you just need a blender.

You can drink this shake as an energy-boosting breakfast alternative... a great midafternoon snack... or as a before or after-workout drink.

Natural Physician Shake

Blend...

• 1 to 2 cups unsweetened almond or hempseed milk (calcium enriched)
• Half of one banana
• ½ to 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
• Capsule of the probiotic L. acidophilus containing two billion to four billion organisms. Open capsule and pour in contents.
• 1 Tablespoon flaxseed oil
• 20 grams whey, rice protein powder or egg protein powder. (Most protein powders come with a 20-gram scoop that makes it easy to measure.)

Mix in a blender. Makes about two to three cups.

Mark A. Stengler, NMD, is a naturopathic medical doctor and leading authority on the practice of alternative and integrated medicine. Dr. Stengler is author of the Bottom Line Natural Healing newsletter, author of The Natural Physician’s Healing Therapies (Bottom Line Books), founder and medical director of the Stengler Center for Integrative Medicine in Encinitas, California, and adjunct associate clinical professor at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. www.DrStengler.com