Collagen Boosting Smoothie from the Alma Holistic Health Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh organic strawberries
• 3-5 dates
• 1 tablespoon organic peanut butter
• 1 cup organic plain whole milk yogurt
• 2 tablespoons Chia seeds
• 3 teaspoons Diatomaceous Earth (food grade powder)

Place all ingredients in a blender and stir for 30 seconds. Drink immediately.

Serves: 2

Benefits: Silica from Diatmocaeous Earth, helps GI tract health, hair, skin, bone and joints. Boosts collagen due to the silica, promotes healthy metabolism and cholesterol levels, and aids in reducing joint pain and strengthens cartilage.

 

 

 

 

Fresh Beta-Carotene & Vitamin C Fruit Juice from the Alma Holistic Health Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 6 mandarins peeled
• 4 large cleaned organic carrots
• 1 large organic orange peeled

Place ingredients in a juicer in the order they are listed above and juice.

Stir with a spoon and drink immediately, so that you consume all the vitamins before oxidation starts.

Serves: 2

Benefits: Beta-Carotene ( Vitamin A) helps prevent chronic disease. Vitamin C and Vitamin A are antioxidants, which help prevent the damage of DNA.

 

 

Superfood Cold Coffee Cherry Tea from the Alma Holistic Health Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 7  tablespoons of Cascara (Coffee Cherry Tea), from an online source such as 44 North Coffee
• 2 cups of cool distilled or spring water
• 1/2 of a Ceylon cinnamon stick
• 4 teaspoons of honey or agave

Place Cascara and cinnamon stick in cool water and let it steep for 15-17 hours, strain and stir in sweetener to taste.

Enjoy your cold Coffee Cherry Tea!

Serves: 1-2

Benefits: superfood packed with antioxidants, rejuvenating, anti-inflammatory, boosts immunity and helps maintain healthy brain cognition.

 

 

 

 Ultimate Detox Smoothie from the Alma Holistic Health Kitchen

Ingredients:

• 1 packet frozen Acai Berries
• 1/2 cup of goat yogurt
• 1 tbsp Zeolite powder from Zeo Health
• 4 pitted dates
• 3 tbsps Chia seeds
• 1 cup frozen organic raspberries
• 1/4 cup distilled water
• 1/3 cup of fresh blueberries

Place all ingredients in blender except for blueberries and mix for 20-30 seconds. Pour smoothie into cup and mix in a handful of fresh blueberries. Consume immediately.

Serves: 1

Benefits: detoxifying, refreshing, energizing, and whole food based vitamin and mineral supplementation. In addition, Zeolite is an all natural mineral proven to remove toxins, free radicals and heavy metals from the body.

 

 

Alma’s Royal Weight Loss Tea from the Alma Holistic Health Kitchen

 Ingredients:

• 3 Ceylon cinnamon sticks
• 3-4 cups water brought to a boil
• 1 tablespoon Pu-erh tea (loose leaf)
• 1 teaspoon of raw honey if sweetner desired

Pu-erh is traditionally ‘rinsed’ before being steeped. This is done with a quick application of hot water that is poured over the tea in the teapot and then immediately poured out. It is believed that many Pu-erh connossieurs do not drink this 1st steeping, but use it only to help the leaves open.

Add cinnamon sticks and 3-4 cups of hot water that just reached the boiling point and pour over the Pu-erh tea that has been initially rinsed. Let steep for 3-4 minutes. Try using a basket-filter, tea sac, or even letting your leaves free in the bottom of the pot and filtering the infusion when the steeping is complete.

If any sweetner is desired, add a teaspoon of raw honey to a cup of Pu-erh tea.

Sip while hot to enjoy the complexity and richness in flavors.

Serves : 2

Benefits: increases metabolism, improves digestion, aids in weight loss, improves energy levels, stabilizes blood sugar, balances appetite.

 

 

 

A closer look at the most controversial vitamin, its different forms (natural vs. synthetic), and reported health benefiting properties as documented in scientific studies.

To read full article, click on this link : http://blogs.naturalnews.com/will-real-vitamin-c-please-stand-closer-look-controversial-vitamin/

Quick excerpt:

“So in order to take the most optimal vitamin C, you should kick the synthetic vitamin C (which is usually ascorbic acid derived from genetically modified corn) and start ingesting either real fruits and vegetables or food-based vitamin C supplements with the highest amount of real vitamin C and bio-available nutrients. Ideally, vitamin C should be ingested in its natural wholesome form in order to give its all encompassing health benefiting properties in the areas of cardiovascular and immunological health.”