Category: Recipes: Beverages

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1.    Cinnamon Chiller

Serving: 1

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla protein powder
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 cup ice cubs

Directions:                                                      

  1. Add listed ingredients to blender
  2. Blend until you have a smooth and creamy texture
  3. Serve chilled and enjoy!

Nutritional Contents:

  • Calories: 145
  • Fat: 4g
  • Carbohydrates: 1.6g
  • Protein: 0.6g
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THE Powerful Lemon Drink

A powerful beverage I’ve been drinking every day for the last 2 weeks to improve my cardiovascular health is THE Lemon Drink.  For being such a simplistic beverage with only 2 ingredients (warm water and fresh-squeezed lemon juice), it delivers a powerful punch of benefits beyond cardiovascular health.

 

The lemon is loaded with phytonutrients, such as flavonoids and antioxidants, and is mostly known for liver detox and support.  Sure, these are good benefits like supporting your body’s natural detox pathways, improving insulin sensitivity, and reducing fat buildup in your liver cells.  But, the benefits go beyond this.

The lemon’s natural acids help to stimulate bile production (bile is a fluid made by the liver that helps break down fats and carry waste out of the body), which assists in breaking down fats more efficiently and improves digestion.

Additionally, it helps improve gut health.  This is huge since your gut is where health begins and is mostly responsible for your overall immune functioning.  It helps to support a diverse gut microbiome, lowers inflammation, and enhances mood disposition.   This is most likely why I had a general good feeling every day from just 1 week of consuming this drink.

And finally, there are cardiovascular health benefits, which is why I originally started drinking The Powerful Lemon Drink.  These include:  helps to regulate blood sugar levels; supports healthy blood flow and circulation, maintains healthy cholesterol balance, and reduces oxidative stress and inflammation. 

Below are a few tips to drinking The Powerful Lemon Drink:

  1. Make sure you squeeze enough lemon juice into your 8 – 12 ounces of warm water.  Otherwise, it’s just lemon-flavored water.  Aim for at least half a lemon per serving.
  2. Let it steep for at least 5 – 10 minutes in order for it to fully absorb the Vitamin C and other nutrients.
  3. Drink first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and do not mix with food; it does not mix well with stomach acid.
  4. Don’t add any sugar or artificial sweeteners; the only exception is stevia.
  5. Drink it every single day; once in a while won’t have very much of an effect.