When it comes to drinking a delicious latte,
even some simple changes to the recipe can add
a ton of health benefits.
So today we're going to latte nutrition school,
where super food class is in session.
(rousing music)
Super food swap hero, Dawn Jackson Blatner is here
to show us how to make our lattes super nutritious.
Hey, Dawn!
- Oh, hello, thanks for having me.
I love a good latte.
So let me be your wellness barista today
and show you how it's done.
- Great, Dawn, and when I think of lattes,
I think of full of sugar and not so good for me,
but you're saying there's a way to make our lattes
good for us and healthy.
- They can be very sugary, but if you make lattes at home
you have control of the ingredients.
You actually can make super food lattes that do
extra special stuff.
- Cutting back on the sugars is important why is that?
- Too much sugar can actually give you a boost of energy
but then come crashing down.
So nobody wants that.
So just a dabble do use so that you have steady energy
throughout the day.
- These three lattes are going to show us
what makes them so super.
- So, super lattes all have special ingredient
and each latte has a different special ingredient.
So when we get started, I'm going to explain
not only how to make it, but why it works.
- All right, let's get to it.
The first latte is for energy.
- We are going to be making an energy latte
that is a matcha latte.
So matcha is green tea, and it is for a teaspoon
about 50 milligrams of caffeine.
That's about half as much as coffee.
It also has a compound called L-Theanine in there
which is great for focus.
So this is not jittery energy
this is nice streamed attention energy.
It also has something called EGCG in there
which is an antioxidant to keep ourselves
strong and healthy.
Start with a teaspoon of matcha.
And then I have some warm plant milk here,
and you can use your favorite plant milk.
I like unsweetened version just part way.
And then you can use a whisk
and really blend in that matcha.
And once you see that it's totally blended,
then you could add a little bit of 100%
maple syrup, a little bit of honey, and just add
the rest of the plant milk in there.
- Now the next latte you have is for stress!
- This latte for stress is a chamomile latte.
What's cool about chamomile is it actually does
have an active ingredient in there called Apigenin.
And this is the compound that we think is helping us
get more calm and soothe.
Have just a little bit of hot water
and steep your chamomile tea in there
for about five minutes.
So you're getting a really concentrated burst
of that chamomile.
Add your warm milk.
And again, I'm using an unsweetened plant milk
and we have oh, already just smelling it
I feel less stressed.
We have our chamomile latte.
- And the final super food latte is to help us fight
inflammation, what is it?
- This is called a golden milk latte.
The active ingredient is this beautiful
yellow spice called turmeric.
It has an active ingredient in there called curcumin
that helps serve ease and soothe all of that inflammation.
So you use about a half of a teaspoon of turmeric.
The key to making it actually get absorbed
into your body is a pinch of black pepper.
You could be done there, but I like to add
a little bit of cinnamon and I also like to add
a little bit of ginger as well.
And then, I'm gonna pour a little bit of that
warm plant milk right in, and you just zip, zip, zip
until it's totally blended.
- And I think now we know that we're getting creative
when making a latte can serve up some big health benefits.
Okay, now it's your turn.
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