Last Updated on March 20, 2018
Many people are familiar with my Brahmananda Balls recipe. They actually evolved out of what my father and I affectionately call the Swamp Juice, which is a super-intelligent smoothie. I’ve been drinking superfoods in a smoothie form, pretty much daily, since around 1991. Back in those days I had far less options for ingredients. Back then, I would use spirulina, ginseng, royal jelly (from bees), and bee pollen. Today, there are many other ingredients available. Read on to see the list of powerful ingredients that goes into my Swamp Water now.
There is no fixed recipe for this drink. You’re welcome to follow the recipe below, yet once you get a feel for it, I encourage you to change it to your heart’s content and to your liking.
Which of these ingredients you have on hand and which you use is all entirely over to you. This recipe is simply the gist of how I make this drink, if and when I have these particular ingredients available. You can mix and match as you like. Include everything here or skip a few. Those I consider most important are at the top of the list. All ingredients are certified organic (free of chemical sprays and fertilisers) and in a raw/living state:
- 800 to 1000 ml (a little less than 1 quart) of pure untreated or filtered water
- 1 – 3 tbls – Hawaiian (or Californian) spirulina powder (NB. I don’t use spirulina from China and India. If you want more info on why, read my popular spirulina review on Amazon)
- 2 tspn – Bee Pollen (take care if you have bee allergies)
- To sweeten it a bit… Either one ripe organic banana (my preference), or replace 1/3 of the water with organic apple juice (for example)
- 1 tspn Chlorella Powder
- 1 – 3 tspn – Fresh cold-pressed hemp seed oil
- 1 tspn – Raw extra virgin coconut oil
- 3 tbls – Sprouted sunflower seeds two days of sprouting, so just a tiny stem coming out)
- a handful of soaked almonds (soak overnight or around 6-8 hours)
- 3 tspn – Raw Gogi berries (Lycium berries). You can soak these overnight in the refrigerator for best results
- 1 tbls – Gelatinized Maca Powder
- 1 tbls – Raw Mesquite powder
- 1 tbls – Raw Lacuma powder
- A few tablespoons of shelled hemp seeds
- 1/8 tspn – Cayenne pepper powder (enough to give it a little zing, but not too much!)
- 1/2 tspn organic ginger powder
OR 1/2 to 1 inch (1.5 to 3cm) of fresh, skinned ginger root, chopped - 1/4 tspn – Cardamon powder (optional)
- A few tbls of cold ground (raw) hemp seed powder (a.k.a Hemp protein powder) – enough to get correct consistency
So, that’s quite a list of goodies… all of which will in-form your body with a great deal of the intelligent wisdom of nature from many locations. Talk about plugging into the global consciousness of the Earth! The Himalayas, the Peruvian Andes, the Amazon jungle, the deserts of Mexico, the deep ocean waters off of the coast of Hawaii, and more.
Buying the ingredients – At the best price
Buying super-foods in the USA
If you live in the USA, the most cost effective and convenient source for these ingredients is Amazon.com
I have created a special page with all of these ingredients so you can find and buy them easily. I receive a small affiliate fee when you buy from my links, so I appreciate it when you choose to buy via my Amazon Store.
Click HERE to view and easily buy the ingredients for the above recipe on Amazon.com
Buying super-foods outside the USA
If you don’t live in the USA, the next best source I know of for most of these ingredients is iHerb.com. They have extraordinarily low international shipping costs, and excellent product prices (not quite as cheap as Amazon.com, but close).
For example… To New Zealand (and most places) for instance, it often only costs me from $1 to $10 to ship around 8 lbs of product, using a 3-day express DHL courier. If I order a package on Thursday, it typically arrives on Monday or Tuesday morning in New Zealand. If you add products with the “Shipping Saver” tag to your cart, it can reduce the cost of shipping even more. That’s cheaper and often faster than sending such a package within New Zealand itself! If you use my iHerb.com link, and are a new customer, you’ll get 5% off of your order. (And I’ll get a 5% reward, which helps cover the cost of this web site).
Click HERE to view and easily buy the ingredients for the above recipe on iHerb.com
The above link is a product list I’ve created for you on iHerb, with all of the above ingredients ready to go. Super-easy super-foods.
Note: I have included two (sometimes three) options of some ingredients. Some are smaller, larger, and with or without “Shipping Saver” status. So please go through the list and remove the options you don’t want. These are all products I use and recommend.
Here are some tips and instructions:
- These are not exact teaspoon (tspn) and tablespoon (tbls) amounts. Meaning that I don’t smooth them off to an exact measure. Rather they are heaped, except for the liquids of course.
- If using honey–Use only enough to give the right amount of sweetness. I don’t suggest making this drink overly sweet. This detracts from the overall experience of all the other subtle and sublime flavours. We are not making a soda drink; rather it’s a super vitality drink. You might find you can get away with no honey, or you might like to add a little raw, green, powered stevia leaf as a sweetener. Stevia has, among other benefits, the added advantage of helping the body balance its blood sugar levels!
Raw honey is, I think, the best sweetener to use because it has a much higher level in intelligence. Although if you have issues with your blood sugar and need a low GI sweetener, then go with Stevia.
Better yet… I generally use a ripe organic banana. I usually buy a lot of them, let them ripen to perfection, then skin and freeze them in a ziplok bag ready for use. - Add some hot water to the mix if using frozen banana, otherwise the coldness will make the drink harder to digest.
- The spices I have listed: I often add one or more of these spices. Perhaps no more than 1/4 to 1/2 (not heaped) teaspoon of whichever ones I am using. The cayenne powder is something I like to add a little of as it gives the drink a little zing, helps digestion, improves blood circulation, and it assists the body in distributing the goodness and nutrients from the other ingredients throughout the body.
- Make this drink in a blender, or if you want to make a smaller amount use a Personal Blender. Reduce the amounts above accordingly for a smaller serving.
It is my preference to have this drink in the morning. I make about a litre of it (about 1 quart). After that, I don’t get hungry until about 2pm.
Watch out! This drink has literally changed the lives of many people I know around the world. It’s a powerful concoction, one serving of which will give your body more nutrients, natural intelligence, and powerful vitality than the average American is likely to get in a a few weeks of eating depleted, lifeless regular “food”. This stuff is rocket fuel.
Warning: Many people will have a mild to severe detox reaction when starting out with a superfood smoothie like this one. If you are not accustomed to eating a vibrant, living, whole-food diet, I suggest starting slowly with the Swamp Juice. Symptoms of a reaction could include nausea, tiredness (might also indicate digestive issues), spaciness, etc. Simply use much less of the green powders, as these are what are most likely to cause a reaction in people still clearing out toxicity and the long-term effects of malnourishment, which is unavoidable on the Standard American Diet (SAD).
Be sure to add ginger to it. This will help your body to digest all the goodies packed into this super smoothie. After sharing this recipe in my very popular spirulina review on Amazon, numerous people left stories of their positive results, in the comments to that Amazon.com review:
Positive Results
I’ve had many people report to me personally their positive results with drinking this smoothie.
P.S. For people concerned about only buying and eating locally produced foods…
I agree with this idea in principle, and I add my own take to that. Check out whatever other articles and audio recordings you can find on this site pertaining to super foods and intelligent nutrition for further insight.
Thanks for the post! I definitely wish to try it. (But the iHerb link doesn’t lead to your list of products anymore, I’m afraid…)
Greetings Isabel. Thanks for letting me know. It looks like iHerb had since changed their list system. I’ve updated the link. Hopefully the new one works. Please let me know.
I’ve updated the link.
Wisdom for a Life of Freedom – Jonathan Evatt Brilliant thanks!