Ingredients:

1 cup unsweetened almond milk

1 cup ice

1 scoop Vanilla Shakeology

½ cup raw spinach

¼ medium ripe avocado

2 Tbsp. fresh mint leaves

Instructions

Place almond milk, ice, Shakeology, spinach, avocado, and mint in blender; cover. Blend until smooth.

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Ingredients

1 cup unsweetened coconut milk beverage

1 cup ice

1 scoop Pumpkin Spice Vegan Shakeology

2 Tbsp. unsweetened shredded coconut

Instructions

1. 1.Place coconut milk, ice, Shakeology, and coconut in blender; cover. Blend until smooth.

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Ingredients

1 cup water

1 cup ice

1 scoop Vanilla Shakeology

½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries

¼ cup + 2 Tbsp. reduced-fat plain Greek yogurt

Instructions

1. Place water, ice, Shakeology, blueberries, and yogurt in blender; cover. Blend until smooth.

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Chia seeds are native to South America and have been a staple in Mayan and Aztec diets for centuries. Today, they draw the interest of many people for their health benefits and uses in cooking. It turns out the South American staple is a rich source of nutrients and antioxidants.It contains calcium, manganese, and phosphorus, and is a great source of healthy omega-3 fats. As an added benefit, chia seeds can be eaten whole or milled, while flax seeds have to be ground before consumption in order to access their health benefits for example. When buying, both white and black are good, but red are immature and black that are smaller than regular are not good!

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Botanical name: Myrciaria dubia

Camu camu is a low-growing shrub found throughout the Amazon rain forests of Peru and Brazil. It produces a lemon sized, light orange to purplish red fruit with yellow pulp. This fruit is packed with more natural vitamin C than any other food source recorded on the planet, in addition to beta-carotene, potassium, calcium, iron, niacin, phosphorus, protein, serine, thiamin, leucine, and valine. These powerful phytochemicals and amino acids have a surprising range of therapeutic effects. Camu camu has astringent, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, emollient and nutritional properties.

Benefits of Camu Camu:

• Vitamin C – more than any other food!
  (1/2 teaspoon of powder provides more than 400% the Daily Value!)
• Strengthens immune system.
• High in anti-oxidants
• Balances Mood – effective and safe antidepressant.
• Supports optimal function of nervous system including eye and brain functions.
• Provides arthritic protection by helping reduce inflammation.
• Anti-viral
• Anti-hepatitic – protects against liver disorders, including liver disease and liver cancer.
• Effective against all forms of the Herpes virus (i.e. Epstein-Barr, Mononucleosis, cold sores, etc.)

Camu Camu Powder is about 15% Vitamin C by weight. In comparison to oranges, camu camu provides 30-50 times more vitamin C, ten times more iron, three times more niacin, twice as much riboflavin, and 50% more phosphorus.

Natural Vitamin C versus Synthetic Vitamin C

Vitamin C is the most famous and perhaps most important of all vitamins. It cannot be manufactured by the body and must be ingested.

Dr. Szent-Gyorgi won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1937 for isolating vitamin C and recognizing its important role in human health. In his studies he demonstrated the many benefits of consuming vitamin C in its whole food form. Even though he was the original scientist who isolated ascorbic acid, he insisted that the superior benefits of vitamin C are much more pronounced when consumed from natural foods.

Natural food sources of vitamin C also contain other co-factors which enhance vitamin C’s efficiency and utilization by the body. The natural vitamin C content in Camu Camu is enhanced by a full profile of naturally occurring minerals and amino acids.

Emotional & Mental Well Being

Some extraordinary properties of this Amazon rainforest fruit are described by Gary Null, Ph.D., a nationally known nutritionist and researcher. In his Clinician’s Handbook of Natural Healing, (1998), Null lists disease conditions and the herbs that have been found effective for their health promoting properties in reference to specific organ/system weaknesses and problems. In discussing the holistic treatment of depression, he lists 19 plants containing chemical compounds with mood-balancing properties, in order of potency. Camu Camu is #2 on his list. Camu Camu appears to provide nutritional support for the brain to optimize its own mood balancing chemistry. Additionally, published research suggests that Vitamin C supports an increased serotonin level in the brain. Some health care practitioners have reported that Camu Camu has same day mood-balancing effects. There are no side effects, such as photo-sensitivity or gastrointestinal problems, and it can be used safely in combination with pharmaceutical antidepressants.

Found on Purehealing.com

This is one of the amazing 70+ ingredients in Shakeology, Can you say you are getting these benefits from your daily nutrition?

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Overall stable health is the key benefit of Shakeology. The meal replacement shakes assist your body’s systems with absorbing the proper nutrients necessary for good health and disease prevention. In addition to the digestive improvements the shakes provide, there are many other benefits of incorporating Shakeology shakes into your daily diet – including anti-depressant benefits.

Shakeology shakes are made with a proprietary blend of highly nutritious vitamins and minerals that function together to increase your overall health and provides the following essential health benefits:

• Improves digestive health
• Improves bowel regularity
• Lowers overall cholesterol as well as bad cholesterol
• Eliminates harmful build-up of toxins
• Prevents internal damage from free radicals in the environment causing disease and health complications
• Aids in effective weight loss and reduction of stored body fat
• Boosts daily energy levels

You can see these benefits with the 14 day Challenge and decide if you want to further the benefits by ordering your Shakeology on HD where it will come monthly! (this way you save $10 on shipping as well)

Are you interested in trying Shakeology for 14 days to help you stay on track this holiday season? Message me NOW nminton24@gmail.com

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