Probiotics are helping me stop pulling my hair! Here’s my favorite smoothie recipe.

Peel and cut up bananas into pieces and freeze the bananas in separate snack size plastic bags. I do a whole bunch of bananas for the week so they’re ready when i need them. If you don’t peel before freezing, they will freeze to the peel (what a mess) and if you don’t cut them, they’ll take forever to blend like a big chunk of ice! This recipe doesn’t need ice since bananas are frozen so no more watered down smoothies! Score.

Banana Almond Greek Yogurt Smoothie:

• One frozen cut up banana to blender

• Pour almond milk (or milk of your choice) until bananas are covered ( about a 1/2 cup)

• Add a heaping scoop of nonfat plain Greek yogurt (Chobani is my favorite)

• 1 probiotic (a refrigerated kind!) serving sprinkled in from the capsule

• Two tablespoons of Almond Butter

• 1/4 cup of raw oats

• 1 scoop of collagen peptides (no flavor). This keeps skin and hair looking young, vibrant and healthy! We lose collagen as we age so it’s a good way to get it in daily. I use the brand Vital Proteins.

And blend this all together until smooth and creamy.

I use the Magic Bullet since it’s quick and the blender turns into a cup for on-the-go! It tastes like a banana peanut butter milkshake and fills me enough to substitute lunch.

There’s some interesting research in the gut-brain connection and how incorporating probiotics into your diet can help you stop pulling your hair. What’s there to lose? Not more hair!