Green Energy Drink
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Start your day off with this drink full of antioxidants, electrolytes, vitamins and minerals. It’s packed with nutrition to give you energy to make it through any type of morning you have planned.
Place the following ingredients in your blender:
2 cups coconut water or coconut milk
1 handful of raw spinach leaves or kale with the ribs removed
1-2 scoops protein powder (whey or vegetarian)
3/4 cup frozen pineapple
1 mint leaf
1 Tablespoon coconut oil, ground flaxseeds, flaxseed oil, or chia seeds
Mix together and enjoy! You may need to add more fluid to get desired consistency.
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Try this Smoothie for Sexy Skin
This recipe is full of ingredients to help keep your body feeling young and your skin looking sexy, smooth, and clear! The coconut water keeps skin hydrated with its electrolytes while wheat grass adds protein and keeps damaging toxins from invading your skin. Coupled with the wonderful different antioxidants in the apple, spinach, wheat grass, ginger and pineapple, this shake provides a perfect mix of healthy ingredients that will detox your body and keep your skin looking absolutely gorgeous!
Ingredients
1 cup coconut water
2-3 wheat grass ice cubes (juice fresh wheat grass and freeze)
2 handfuls spinach
3 pineapple spears
1/2 lemon, peeled
1 small green apple
1 tbsp ginger
Directions
Mix all ingredients in a blender. You may need to add more coconut water for desired consistency. Enjoy!
How to make a Balanced Smoothie
Choose at least 1 from each category and mix together in a blender for a perfectly balanced smoothie.
It’s the perfect way to start your day!
Protein – usually 1-2 scoops (1 for a snack and 2 for a meal)
Whey Concentrate Protein Powder
Brown Rice/Hemp/Green Pea Protein Powder
Egg Protein Powder
Fresh Organic Eggs
Plain Greek Yogurt
Organic Plain Kefir
Vitamins/Minerals (usually ½ – 1 cup)
Fruit (berries) – frozen is easy and makes a nice, cold shake
Fresh veggies – consider adding greens (spinach, kale, chard)
Greens powder
Liquid (Add 1-2 cups of liquid – you may need more for desired consistency)
Filtered Water
Coconut water
Unsweetened Almond milk
Unsweetened Coconut milk
Unsweetened Rice milk
Good Fat (Add 1 T, ¼ avocado or ¼ cup nuts)
Chia Seeds
Coconut oil
Avocado
All Natural Nut Butter
Raw Nuts
Ground flaxseeds
Flaxseed oil
Start each day with this drink
Instead of your dependence on coffee and caffeine first thing in the morning, hydrate your body after your night of fasting. Nothing is better than filling your body with a 16 ounce glass of water first thing upon awakening. You can place it by your bed before going to sleep, so you won’t forget when you wake up. It will be the first thing you see in the morning! For added benefits, take a look at the following additions. Drink to your health!
In order to add some ZING to your water and jump start your digestion, you can add 1 of the following:
1) Add 2-3 ounces of aloe vera juice:
- Great for your digestive tract: encourages the bowels to move, helps regulate the contractions of the muscles in the gut and balances the gut flora (great for those with Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis and Irritable bowel syndrome)
- Assists the immune system: a general tonic for the immune system, helping to fight illness of all kinds (great for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers)
- Full of 30 vitamins and minerals
- Reduces pain and inflammation: improves joint flexibility and helps with pain due to its polysaccharides— the amino sugars needed for the regeneration of body cells
2) Add the juice of 1 lemon or lime:
- Great for your digestive tract: relieves symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, bloating and belching and aids in eliminating waste more efficiently, thus controlling constipation and diarrhea
- Stimulates the liver
3) Add 1-2 Tablespoons of unpasteurized, unfiltered apple cider vinegar
- Rich in potassium: an important mineral responsible for metabolizing sugar into glycogen
- Acts as a detoxifier: it purifies the blood and cleanses vital organs
- Cleanses the intestines and digestive tract: encourages regular bowel movements, prevents diarrhea and reduces the risk of food poisoning
- Lowers glucose levels: great for diabetics