Anabolic Pesto

vegan
Vegan
lactose free
Lactose Free

Gluten Free

Sugar Free
This Anabolic Pesto is the kind of recipe that a sports lover will need as it contains ingredients
that will naturally boost your performance, muscle growth and nurture your body.
Additionally, to the Health Benefits of this anabolic pesto, It can be prepared very quickly
in a small blender.
Anabolic Pesto_Spiceupsoul

The Anabolic Pesto is an easy-peasy recipe that, we wanted to share as we are always asked ; what recipe do you use as pre or post workout? Before to answer that, I want to highight that we’re not health practitioner or pretend to give medical advice about the nutrition that you must follow, however as healthy foodies we love to learn and share information about the nutrients present in the food we eat in order to choose our food with purpose.

Before Jumping into the recipe, we listed below the food that we will use for our Anabolic pesto and additional links with scientific articles, where you can learn more.

Anabolic Food Selected

Green Tomatoes: Green tomatoes and tomato leaves, naturally contain Tomatidine a molecule that prevent muscle wasting. This molecule can inhibit skeletal muscle atrophy, enhances recovery from skeletal muscle atrophy and stimulated skeletal muscle hypertrophy. To learn more we link below a scientific article about it. (Scientific Study).

Spinach : This green leaves contains ecdysterone a hormone that is in the list of prohibited substances for athletes and that helps to develop muscles mass. Ecdysteroids are present as ingredients in nutritional supplements for various sports, particularly bodybuilding. More details about it  (Read Here)

Maca:Known as the Peruvian Ginseng, this root is native to South America in the high Andes Mountains of Peru. It has been part of the local diet for centuries, where was used as food or  with medicinal purposes. It’s mentioned that it has positive effect on hormone balance, fertility in males, relieve symptoms of menopause, Improve mood and energy, increase athletic performance, among others (Health Benefits Article)

Fenugreek : is an annual plant cultivated worldwide. The leaves and seed are used for culinary purposes in many cultures, like Indian,  Iranian, Egyptian and Georgian. There are also studies  that suggest than Fenugreek as supplement may improve resistance  training in males  here I linked the Study (Fenugreek and resistance training article)

Anabolic Pesto- Step by Step

Step by step Recipe Anabolic Pesto by spiceupsoul

Without more delay, Let’s jump to the recipe to see the full list of ingredients and instructions.

vegan
Vegan
lactose free
Lactose Free

Gluten Free

Sugar Free
This Anabolic Pesto is the kind of recipe that a sports lover will need as it contains ingredients
that will naturally boost your performance, muscle growth and nurture your body.
Additionally, to the Health Benefits of this anabolic pesto, It can be prepared very quickly
in a small blender.
Anabolic Pesto_Spiceupsoul
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine healthy
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 handfuls spinach leaves
  • 1 tbsp Maca powder
  • 2 tbsp Fenugreek Oil
  • 2-3 Green Tomatoes
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup water

Salad

  • 4 Gem Lettuce head or lettuce of your choice
  • 1 Avocado
  • 4 tbsp pine nut
  • 1 Lemon

Instructions
 

  • Place all the solid ingredients on the blender, add water very slowly as needed blend until a smooth sauce is created, taste, adjust salt.
  • In a plate serve your favorite lettuce and spinach leaves, add avocado slices, and  drizzle with the anabolic pesto, add pine nuts if you desire, few drops of lemon is also great on top of the avocado.
  • Enjoy Immediately !

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