Zen Basil founder Shakira Niazi holding her copycat Reese Smoothie
✨ Two Celebrities, One Smoothie
Reese Witherspoon made her green smoothie famous. Serena Williams is now the face of Ozempic. Two cultural icons, two very different messages about health.
Here’s your upgraded “Reese Copycat” Smoothie with Bio Protein — a powerhouse version of Reese’s blend, designed to fiber-max and balance macros better:
🥤 Reese Copycat Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients
1 serving Bio Protein (whole-food blend, 71g)
1 head romaine lettuce
8 stalks celery
1 apple
1 pear
1 peach (optional)
½ finger-size piece ginger
1 lemon (with skin)
2 cups water
2 cups ice
Instructions
Blend until silky smooth. Makes 2–3 tall servings (share or sip throughout the day).
🔑 Nutrition Power (entire recipe)
Fiber: ~50.5 g (2x the daily minimum 💥)
Protein: ~34 g complete, bioavailable
Omega-3 (ALA): ~10,200 mg (10x more than a serving of salmon)
Calcium: ~468 mg (½ of daily need)
Iron: ~15 mg (close to full daily need for women)
Potassium: ~3,918 mg (near daily requirement)
Magnesium: ~423 mg (exceeds daily need)
💯 daily vitamin C
Serena Williams, Ozempic, and the $43M Wellness Lie Women Deserve to Hear
A woman left this five-star Amazon review:
“I’m on a GLP-1 drug and struggling with constipation. Zen Basil is the only thing helping me get through it.”
Her story is one of millions. Today, ~12% of Americans — including children — are prescribed GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic. And now Serena Williams — one of the most iconic women in the world — has become the face of Ozempic.
But here’s the truth that isn’t being talked about enough:
Meds are the #1 profit center.
Supplements are second-class 💊 powdered food, sold with “clean label” lies.
Neither fix the real root problem: 95% of Americans are fiber-deficient.
You Shouldn’t Feel Bad If You’re On Meds
If you’re on GLP-1s, this isn’t about guilt. Millions of women are navigating this right now. But you deserve to know:
👉 These drugs should never have been prescribed to kids.
👉 They are not sustainable as a lifelong solution.
👉 And no matter what, your body still needs fiber to digest protein, regulate metabolism, and support long-term weight management.
That’s the missing piece — and it’s not profitable to say out loud.
What Every Longevity Expert Gets Wrong About Protein
Every longevity guru is obsessed with protein powders. But protein without fiber is incomplete.
Fiber fuels the microbiome → and the microbiome drives digestion, weight management, immunity, even longevity.
👉 The largest meta-analysis ever conducted (Lancet, 2019) showed: every 8g of daily fiber reduces risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer — and extends lifespan.
That’s why I say: Protein cannot digest without fiber.
Follow the Money
I googled my own name. Right next to me was the “top-ranked” brand in my category:
$43 million raised from investors
65 products — powders, pills, supplements marketed as “wellness”
That’s what $43M in funding builds.
Me? I’ve raised zero.
I offer 4 whole powerful foods in 3 real food groups — fiber, protein, and micronutrients (especially omega-3s).
All in simple whole food packs, not 65 overpriced supplements.
So my question is: how do I compete?
The Distraction Game
America is stuck in endless arguments: right vs. left, food dye bans vs. “freedom,” “clean label” vs. “processed.”
But the truth is: it’s the same top 10 conglomerates funding both sides.
You don’t see it until a brand “flips” for a 10x investor return — a standard model in venture capital — often decades later. By then? You’ve already paid the price. You “voted” for that brand with your dollars for years before discovering it was always designed to sell back to Big Food or Big Pharma.
That partnership is by design.
They never needed to heal you.
They only needed your vote — your loyalty, your money — to make their flip profitable.
Women, This Is About You
There are 150 million women in America. You make 80% of household decisions — food, health, supplements, wellness choices.
That’s why the $18 trillion wellness machine is aimed at you.
Not to heal you. But to use you.
Here’s the truth: 10 diverse whole foods can do more for your health than 65 overpriced supplements.
Start with one. Start with Zen Basil.
The Real Solution
The answer isn’t in powders, pills, or $150 subscriptions. It’s not in celebrity campaigns or billion-dollar flips.
🌱 Every gram of real fiber adds one year of life.
🌱 Real food heals at the cellular level.
🌱 Your body recognizes nutrients from farms, not labs.
That’s why I built this company with my two sons — not on $43 million in investor money, but on truth, family, and the real stories of thousands of people whose lives were transformed by whole food.
Final Thought
If Reese Witherspoon represents the aspirational smoothie, and Serena Williams represents the polished face of the marketing machine, then let this Amazon review speak for the people:
“Zen Basil helped me when GLP-1 drugs couldn’t.”
That’s the power of real whole food.
And it’s the story the $43M can’t buy.
✅ Fact-Check Links Used in This Article
GLP-1 prescriptions (~12% of U.S. adults)
Serena Williams Ozempic campaign (2025)
Fiber meta-analysis — Lancet, 2019
95% fiber deficiency — CDC/NIH
$18T market size & women’s spending power
Venture capital 10x flip model
