Fat-Flushing, Energy-Boosting smoothies! :) I have a hard time saying it, but I love them! I've slowly been starting a health kick, due to many reasons, but this week I kicked it up a notch.
We had a doctor come to our office and speak about eating healthy. I won't take everything he said as gospel, because every doctor has their own opinions, but here were some of things that piqued my iterest.
*Milk is bad for you (huh?). He said that they give cows growth hormones to stimulate milk production, and then the cows get sick, so they also give them antibiotics. All that ends up in our milk. He didn't say anything about organic, and I didn't ask. He said Almond Milk was best.
*The number one bad food for people? DONUTS! Zero nutritional value, tons of fat and sugar. Almost everything else has at least a little value.
*It's hard to be perfect with our eating habits, so shoot for 80/20...80% good eating, 20% not-so-good.
*It takes 10 gallons of water to restore our Ph levels after we drink a can of coke. Since we don't ever drink that much, our body takes calcium from our bones and teeth to help balance the levels. YIKES!
He said a bunch of other stuff too, but these "spoke" to me. He also gave us a list of natural substances that we should take to aid in our health and weight loss, like flax seed oil and red-wine vinegar and stuff like that. Very informative.
I had been talking with friends about stuff that I could take to help my body heal from this drama with the chronic urticaria that I have going on, and we discussed flax seed oil. These two separate things made me finally decide to start taking flax seed. The doctor gave us this cool smoothie recipe...I modified it a smidge based on other recipes I found online.
1/2 cup almond milk
1 scoop protein powder
2 tablespoons flax seed oil
1/2 cup of frozen fruit
1 - 2 teaspoons stevia (a natural sweetener)
water
Blend this all up and you got yourself a yummy smoothie!
I use mango and berry blends...I'm going to try peaches next instead of mango. You can use whatever fruit you want, but I recommend to have at least 1/4 cup berries to keep the color pretty. :) I got everything at Trader Joe's and Mother's.
My imitation Bullet I got at Macy's...works just as good for only $25! And it's prettier! :)
Mmmmmmm....all done and ready to sip through a straw. It takes about 5 minutes, clean-up is a breeze, and they are so yummy! make sure you check your teeth after drinking for berry seeds!I've had one every morning for breakfast and I love the difference it has made in my life! I'm not a big breakfast person, but I know it's an important meal...it jump-starts your metabolism. I love them so much that I also had one for dinner last night! I've figured that it has slightly less than 300 calories...nice!
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