Serves: 1 | Prep time: 2 minutes | Cooking time: 2 minutes | Cooking Skills: Simple

This is is possibly one of the most delicious and satisfying drinks, it is indulgent like a milkshake and gives you the coffee taste we all love without the acidic caffeine kick. I like to use Yannoh as its the most ‘coffee’ tasting however if you don’t want to have barley you can use dandelion as well.
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Serves: 2 | Prep time: 2minutes | Cooking time: 2 minutes | Cooking Skills: Simple

This is an utterly delicious healthy alternative to a milkshake. You could also try with different types of nut butters to give different flavours. Blend up and enjoy!

• 6 ounces acai juice

• 1 frozen banana

• ½ cup frozen strawberries

• ¼ cup raspberries

• ¼ cup fresh strawberries

• ¼ banana

• 2 tablespoons granola

Read more: CheatSheet.com

• 1/4 cup coconut milk (from the carton, not the can) or other vegan milk

• 1/2 banana

• 3/4 cup loosely packed kale, chopped

• 1/2 heaping cup frozen mango

• 1/2 heaping cup frozen pineapple

• 1 acai packet

• 1 heaping teaspoon maca powder

• 1/2 cup + 1/4 cup granola, separated

• 1/2 banana, thinly sliced

• 3-4 strawberries, thinly sliced (optional)

• 1/4 cup fresh mango, chopped (or other fresh fruit of your choice)

• 1 tablespoon goji berries

• 2 teaspoons cacao nibs

• 1 teaspoon hemp hearts (shelled hemp seeds)

1. Choose the bowl that you are going to serve the acai bowl in, and place it in the freezer (optional, but this will keep the smoothie colder longer).

2. Prepare your toppings, such as the slicing the strawberries and the half banana. Set aside.

3. Combine the first 7 ingredients in your high-speed blender, and puree until smooth. You may need to scrape the sides a few times or stir it to break up clumps. This will be a thick smoothie.

4. Remove the bowl from the freezer and pour 1/4-cup granola into the bottom of the bowl. Gently pour the smoothie on top of the granola (If the smoothie has started to liquefy, you may want to place the blender canister in the freezer for about five minutes before pouring into the bowl). Top with the 1/2 cup of granola and sliced fruit. Sprinkle the goji berries, cacao nibs, and hemp seeds on top of the fruit and serve immediately.

I’ve been seeing all kinds of detox and slimming pictures on Instagram from various health and fitness accounts. I noticed that there’s a huge following in two or three Instagramers who promote these detox teas. That instantly got me curious. Does this mean this tea works?

Two weeks ago, I decided to chuck out the extra dollars and buy myself the SkinnyMint 14 Day tea starter pack.



The SkinnyMint starter pack includes the 14 Day Teatox Morning Boost and the 14 Day Teatox Night Cleanse. It’s scientifically developed herbal blend, 100% natural and blended poduct from Germany.

I believe detox helps in losing weight. A friend of mine who does yoga and teaches the practice believe in detox. And, there are various detox tips and recipes out in the worldwide web. So, I thought, why not give this teatox a try?

The Teatox Morning Boost may help to increase energy, burn fat and reduce appetite. The pack contains 14 tea bags for each morning that you drink tea before or during breakfast.

The Teatox Night Cleanse may help to reduce bloating, improve digestion and lose weight. The pack contains 7 teabags wherein you drink the tea every other night after your last meal. It has a gentle laxative effect, scientifically developed herbal blend, 100& natural product blended in Germany.

It’s been 3 days since I started the teatox. I did not experience appetite reduction. The laxative effect it gives is nothing out of the ordinary. The smell of the tea is not overpowering. I was never a tea drinker because I don’t really like the taste of them unless I add sweetener. For the SkinnyMint tea, I drink them without sweetener because it didn’t say in the instruction that I should. I find the taste bearable which, for me, was surprising. It’s not bitter or too herbal.

I wasn’t too crazy with the price but it does not carry a high end product price tag. It lies between high and low price. The packaging is pretty cute, high quality like their promise. The product was shipped from their warehouse in Singapore so shipping was pretty quick and it’s free in most countries. Get your starter pack, here.

Fruits and vegetables are necessary in your daily diet. Eating home grown fruits and vegetables, you’ll know it’s safe and it’s organic as it gets. Here are some fruits and vegetables that’s easy to grow in your own backyard.



Tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes are fast becoming a thing for health and home gardening. Add tomatoes to your salads, or pasta sauce, or eat them as is like fruits. It lowers cholesterol thus minimizing heart problems.

Malunggay or Moringa

Malunggay is the best thing that happened to green smoothie drinkers. It’s rich in nutrients, inexpensive, low maintenance, and importantly, easy to propagate.

Mint

Herbs are staples in every foodist and chef's garden. It’s easy to grow, in small pots, and maintain. Mint herbs can be added to a lot of recipes. You can have your pot of herbs sitting by the kitchen window sill. It’s decorative, too.

Lemon or Kalamansi

Lemons help your home smell good. Kalamansi gives tons of citrus benefits. Growing kalamansi in your home is easy. You can grow them in pots and just leave them outdoors under the sun.

Papaya

Eat nutritious and delicious papaya harvested from your own backyard. Eat them as fruits or add them to a vegetable salad. They are so low maintenance and do not take too much money to grow.

If you find yourself questioning why you are putting up with gym memberships, remind yourself the benefits of regular exercise.



1. Exercise controls weight

If you keep moving, engage in physical activity, you won’t have to worry about gaining weight. Constant sweating will help burn calories from food that you eat.

Source: Mayo Clinic 

2. Reduce Stress. Boost happy chemicals.

Norepinephrine and endorphins are released when you exercise. The brain reacts less to brain stress and will help you feel happy. If you are feeling stressed, head out to the gym and work out.

Source: Greatist 

3. Protects you from certain diseases.

Exercise protects you from certain diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many others.

Source: Harvard School of Public Health

4. Exercise keeps bones strong.

Exercise like running, jogging keeps the bone strong. It lowers the risk of osteoporosis. It means your bones will not go brittle as you age.

Source: Health24

5. Increase relaxation

If you are suffering from insomnia, exercise will help you sleep better. It’s based on personal experience, too. Your body recognises sleeping time as soon as the body gets back to normal after an exercise.

Source: Huffington Post

Storing Fruits & Vegetables post first appeared here. Juicing fruits and vegetables for weight loss is now becoming easier and tastier! Hope you find this very helpful.

“No Carbs” is the Mother of all diet fad in the world.

We have read and are told that carbohydrates causes weight gain.

Actually, any food we put inside our body combined with other food can cause changes to the body. This change can also be seen and felt in your moods, mood swings, energy highs and lows.

There are two kinds of carbohydrates: simple and complex.

Simple carbohydrates foods are: cereals, pastas, rice, breads, muffins and.. and cupcakes! Simple carbohydrates equal “sugar”.

Complex carbohydrates are starchy and fiber enriched foods. Example are oats, sweet potatoes, brown rice, whole wheat pasta..and quinoa! They leave you feeling full all day long or until your next meal of the day. Now, you won’t find yourself over eating.

Don’t forget fruits and vegetables! You may think that fruits are too sweet and may contain too much sugar but it’s the kind of food that requires little time for the body to digest. Once it’s in the body, it’ll come out sooner than you think. Compare that to other foods!

You can juice fruits and vegetables for weight loss. That’s all the good stuff in liquid form. Much faster for the body to use!

What's your horrific “no-carb” diet stories? Share them in the comments below. Thank you!

Super foods are functional foods that provides optimal nutrition plus other health benefits. It’s usually whole and unprocessed foods like salmon, leafy greens, berries.

Another factor is a nutrient-densed foods containing phytochemicals meaning they contain more nutrients than calories. You associate them as coloured foods in fruits, vegetables, etc. and containing phytochemicals are disease prevention foods like cancers, etc.




Some known Super Foods:

Beans	Soy	Broccoli	Spinach
Blueberries	Oats	Walnuts	Salmon
Oranges	Carrots	Tea	Tomatoes

Super foods can be bought at The Superfood Grocer online store.

Quinoa	Chia Seeds	Chlorella	Maca Powder
Cacao Nibs	Spirulina	Malunggay	Flax Seeds
Dates	Hemp Rice	Coconut Sugar	Kale

What super foods have you tried before? What are your favourites in the list provided above?