Healthy Eating Express
We all know that bad habits are hard to break, but, with a little help from some of these popular products, you can get started on a healthier path to wellness by incorporating whole-food sourced, nutrient dense meal replacements into your routine.
This lens is all about simplification in the kitchen and satisfaction at the table. You'll feel lighter and better but you'll never feel like you're on a diet.
Why are Berries Antioxidant Aces?
Scientists working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently uncovered some startling findings on antioxidant effect of berries. They revealed that the antioxidant power of whole fruits, such as blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries far eclipsed their vitamin content. Berries outperformed vitamins in deactivating free radicals.The good news is that these super-delicious berries can help us obtain the antioxidant nutrients we need to:
* support memory function
* promote heart health
* boost the immune system
* slow down the signs of aging
* promote normal vision
Why eat a fattening tasteless snack when you can have a scrumptious one that holds such healing and immune stimulating power?
Introducing the Ningxia Wolfberry
World's Most Powerful Antioxidant Food
Wolfberries are small red medicinal berries of the wolfberry plant. These chewy, tart berries have a taste that is between raspberries and strawberries. They have a hunger-curbing edge over other fruit: 18 amino acids, which make them a surprising source of protein, says chef Sarah Krieger, R.D., spokeswoman in St. Petersburg, Florida, for the American Dietetic Association. (They also have more beta-carotene than carrots.) Snack on them mid-afternoon to stay satisfied until dinner. The calorie cost? Only 35 per tablespoon.
Frozen Wolfberries
Eat Ningxia wolfberries right from the freezer. Frozen wolfberries are crunchy, easy to chew, and have a tasty zing to them that makes them even more delicious than ever. They satisfy cravings when we get the munchies, and a few go a long, way.
Wolfberry, A National Treasure in China
The good health and vitality of the elderly in Ningxia, China, has long been attributed to wolfberries. A bowl of fresh wolfberries a day is part of daily life in Ningxia. And a yearly two-week festival in Ningxia celebrates the wolfberry and the amazing health benefits of the fruit, which is considered a national treasure.
Now, available in the US., the key ingredients in Ningxia Red are wolfberry puree, blueberry juice, pomegranate juice, raspberry juice, lemon and orange essential oils, and agave.
Ningxia Red is a naturally delicious, nutrient infused wolfberry drink that is a nutrient powerhouse. One ounce of Ningxia Red contains the same antioxidant level as 815 blueberries, 100 oranges or 10.85 pounds of spinach.
Also, available in sturdy, 1-ounce take-alongs that protect the powerful benefits of the Ningxia wolfberry. Throw them in your purse or backpack for the ultimate juice treat.
Wolfberry snacks are a great way to add phytonutrients and protein to your diet. They make a great breakfast or pre/post workout energy food. Kids love them, too.
These wolfberry snacks and healthy beverages are delicious and easy to make. Your blender does most of the work. You really can't beat them.
Ningxia Red Sensation
Age-defying Antioxidants
INGREDIENTS1 banana (preferably frozen - peel before freezing)
1-2 oz. Ningxia Red nutrient infusion (Young Living)
1 c Hemp milk
1/2 c Kefir (Lifeway)
1 scoop Power Meal (Young Living)
1 scoop Flax Hull Lignan (Global Light)
1 scoop Barley Gold (Global Light)
1 drop orange essential oil (Young Living)
1/2 t Hemp or olive oil, if desired
DIRECTIONS
In a blender or food processor, combine the juice with the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve in a chilled glass.
This superfood will detox you of everything you have accumulated that does not serve your highest good, if used with a long term lifestyle commitment.
Red Raspberry Sorbet
A Delectable Dessert
INGREDIENTS1/2 c. water
1/4 c. Young Living Blue Agave
2 c. Ningxia Red
2 12-ounce bags frozen raspberries
1 orange
DIRECTIONS
In a small sauce pan, simmer Blue Agave and water for 1-2 minutes or until agave mixes easily with the water. Set aside to cool slightly. In a blender, puree Ningxia Red and 1 bag of raspberries. Transfer mixture into a metal bowl and stir in the zest of half the orange. Next, squeeze half the orange into the mixture. Place agave and water mixture into blender along with the remaining bag of raspberries and puree. If mixture becomes too thick, simply add a cup of the mixture in the bowl. Pour into bowl and fold until it is well mixed. Place in freezer and freeze for two hours.
Serves 12-15
Omega Wolfberry Blast
Summer Delight
INGREDIENTS1/2 c strawberries (or frozen berries, any kind)
1 banana*
1 c Living Harvest chocolate Hemp milk or almond milk
1 scoop Young Living Power Meal
1 T Organic Hemp Oil or walnut oil
1 oz Ningxia Red Juice
Blue Agave nectar or Stevia to taste
*Try adding peeled kiwi, peach or other fruit to this basic recipe.
DIRECTIONS
Blend until creamy. Enjoy!
Avocado Berry Smoothie
INGREDIENTS1 avocado, pitted and scooped out
1/2 cup rice, almond, or hemp milk ( I prefer hemp)
1/4 cup Kefir (I prefer Pomegranate/Acai - Lifeway)
1/2 cup 100% pomegranate juice, coconut water or ice (or more depending on how thick you want it)
splash of Ningxia Red (1-2 ounces)
1 small banana or kiwi (optional)
1 drop of tangerine essential oil (optional)
1 tablespoon agave or to taste
DIRECTIONS
Place avocado, banana, milk, Kefir, Ningxia Red, essential oil, and agave in blender and blend until smooth. Add the pomegranate juice, coconut water or ice and blend until you get the desired consistency.
This is very simple and easy to make and is surprisingly delicious. As the avocado part of the smoothie is quite thick, it fills you up. Makes two - put one in frig for later, if you can wait that long.
Avocado is rich in magnesium that reduces the risk of excess belly fat, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar. One avocado delivers an amazing 11 grams of fiber.
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And, how profound is this? It takes exactly nine months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit.
Workday Wonder Smoothie
The non-blender, fast and easy smoothie.INGREDIENTS
1 serving or 3-4 tablespoons Young Living Power Meal or Balance Complete
1 serving of Sulfurzyme
1 cup of almond milk or coconut milk
1 Ningxia Red Take-along
DIRECTIONS
Place in shaker cup and shake until well blended.
Although not a thick smoothie, this one provides all the essential nutrients for a complete breakfast. It can be made at work since all the ingredients are in powder form.
Wolfberry Granola
For Energy and Sustained Immune Defense
For more energy on-the-go snacking, try this delicious recipe for Wolfberry Granola.2 c. granola
1 c. whole raw almonds
1 c. Ningxia wolfberries
Young Living Blue Agave
In a large freezer bag, combine dry ingredients. Pour in 2 Tbsp. Blue Agave. Close Bag and shake until mixed. Add more agave as desired to taste.
Wolfberry Yogurt
For dessert, pour 1/4 cup boiling water into a bowl with 2 tbsp dried berries; let sit 10 minutes. Drain, then spoon over 1/2 cup lowfat vanilla frozen yogurt.
How to Make Any Smoothie Better
Power Meal
It's easier to manage weight when you snack on several low calorie meals mini-meals during the day.Replace your least nutritious meal with high-fiber Power Meal and enjoy healthy in-between meals snacks.
Power Meal is a vegetarian protein meal replacement formulated without soy, diary, or animal products. Combining wolfberries with concentrated rice protein and bee pollen, Power Meal is rich in amino acids, which are crucial for building healthy muscles. Also, contains Ginkgo biloba, which promotes circulation in peripheral blood vessels, eleuthero to improve performance, and enzymes to support digestion. Contains nutmeg, cypress, grapefruit, orange, fennel, lemon, and anise essential oils.
For the ultimate value in nutrition, taste, convenience, and cost this superfood meal mix is a smart choice.
Low Calorie Delights
Healthy Sweeteners
Stevia Extract has a glycemic index of zero and is a dietary supplement that supports pancreatic function. Stevia may also help maintain normal blood sugar levels.
Superfood of the Month: Wolfberry Crisp Bars
A Little Taste of Heaven
Wolfberry Crisp bars, containing Ningxia wolfberries, a powerful antioxidant, help boost your body's natural defenses and provide high quality protein to build muscle. They're the perfect fall snack! Keep them for yourself, or take this opportunity to share with your neighbors. Wolfberry Tea
A New Level of Refreshment
Wolfberry tea is a great way to reap the benefits of superfoods.INGREDIENTS
4 cups of water
5 bags of Green Tea
2-4 oz. Ningxia Red
A few squirts of lime juice.
Agave or honey to taste
DIRECTIONS
Brew the tea bags in a teapot. After squeezing out the tea bags, sweeten with agave or honey. Let cool and then add Ningxia Red and lime juice.
It is delicious and great for the immune system. Tastes sensational warm or on ice! Kids love it too!
Superfood Books on Amazon
Everybody knows about the healing power of raw foods, but some people have felt intimidated by the long preparation time typically involved. The authors have solved that problem with these amazing "raw fast food" recipe books.
The most incredible "raw fast food" recipe books I've ever discovered...
Alive in 5: Raw Gourmet Meals in Five Minutes
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The Live Food Factor: A Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet
If you have ever been curious about or interested in switching to a raw food diet, then "The Live Food Factor" is the book for you.
You'll see the truth about the damaging effects of a cooked food diet and how eating raw can give you a body that can heal itself.
"The Live Food Factor" is all that it promises and more. There is a large family of raw fooders out there that is just waiting to embrace us cooked-food addicts.
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Discovery of the Ultimate Superfood: How the Ningxia Wolfberry And 4 Other Foods Help Combat Heart Disease, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue, Depression, Diabetes And More
Hundreds of studies conclude that a little-known fruit from Northern China may do all the above.
This book documents the science behind the ultimate superfood.
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Sweet Gratitude: A New World of Raw Desserts
Raw desserts aren't only healthier for both people and the planet, they can also be every bit as tasty as their mainstream counterparts. The recipes range from simple and quick to advanced and detailed, showing how versatile commonly used fruits and nuts are for whipping up innovative and beautiful desserts. Sweet Gratitude contains fresh takes on old favorites like pumpkin pie and tiramisu, as well as ingenious new creations like Pomegranate Fig Tart, Brazil Nut Chocolate Ganache, and Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies with Goji Berry Jam.
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The Raw Food Revolution Diet
This is an excellent book for health, weight loss and potentially a plethora of physical ailments. The information is solid, reliably cited and the recipes...to die for. If you want to feel better, look better and eat delicious food while getting there, get this book. It's worth it.
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The Best Snack Tools
Bodum New Kenya 34-Ounce Tea Press, Black
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Blendtec Home TB-621-BHM The Professional's Choice 1,560-Watt Total Blender, Black
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Back to Basics SALPHA500 Smoothie Signature Smoothie Maker
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The Wolfberry Lifestyle
- Create a list of everyone's favorite snacks and jettison the junk, like supersweet soft drinks, cookies, and greasy chips.
- Prepare healthy grab and go foods for super-easy munching options - smoothies, trail mix, whole-food bars, low fat yogurt, veggies with low fat salad dressing, applesauce, sunflower seeds and baby carrots.
- Don't demonize dessert but substitute blue agave or stevia for refined sugar in dessert recipes.
- If you take a multivitamin, try a whole-food supplement that is packaged in a convenient way so you can take it anywhere you go.
- Send fruit or favor for school fetes. Take a stand against high caloric party fare.
- Make healthy food its own reward. Get kids to eat between 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables plus grain by temping their taste buds.
Recipe of the Month - Electrolyte Drink
(submitted by Debra Rayburn, YL distributor)2 oz NingXia Red
16 oz purified water
20 drops mineral essence
1 drop lemon oil
1 drop peppermint oil
1 tsp blue agave
Mix together in bottle to take with you in a cooler.
For more information, check out the Ningxia Red Product Information Page.
Wolfberry Pantry
Recommended Products
- Young Living Products
- Join our community of health professionals and advocates by requesting E-News.
Products:
Ningxia Wolfberries, Item No. 6360
Ningxia Red, Item No. 3003, 1-Liter
Balance Complete, Item No. 3292
Ginger Essential Oil, Item No 3557, 5 ML
Blue Agave Nectar, Item No. 3221, 8 Fl. Oz.
Stevia, Item No. 3239, 1 FL Oz,
Apricot Manna Bars, Item #3075
Order Options: To order any of the products mentioned, see your Young Living representative. If you are not a member of Young Living, it's free to join. First, go to ENROLL NOW. Then, choose Retail Customer, Preferred Customer (on monthly autoship) or Distributor (wholesale pricing). Once you've signed up as a free member, you can place your order. Use the ID# you are assigned each time you place an order. Or call 1-800-371-3515 and use ID# 703949. - Global Light
- Online source for the new breakthrough products, Barley Gold and Flax Seed Hull Lignan.
- Hemp and Maca Products
- This site provides information about hemp seed, one of the plant kingdom's most complete sources of protein and offers the awarding winning nutrition bars. Check out the special on flax seed bars!
Complimentary Links
- Healthy Options Do Exist
- Healthy options do exist among snack bars: choose products lower in sugar, fat, and calories to satisfy your hunger without packing on the pounds.
- Healthy Family Home
- The YMCA's Health Family Home resource offers practical tools and support to help families establish a healthier home environment through small, sustainable changes.
- Snack Recipes
- Bursting with flavor and essential nutrients, our raw food recipes take you to the forefront of America's latest culinary movement.
- Soy Alert
- Confused about soy -- soy dangers summarized.
- Gluten and Acne
- If you've been struggling with persistent acne that, despite all your efforts to eat and live a healthy life, hasn't budged, gluten might be the missing piece.
- You Can Thrive
- Know anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer? If you do, send them this link to "You Can Thrive Foundation."
- True Source
- True Source is a multi-nutrient supplement that is made of whole foods and packed in a convenient way so you can take it anywhere you go.
- Three Must Have Superfoods
- Why chia seeds, raw chocolate, and wolfberries are the three must-have superfoods.
Wolfberry Guestbook
If you liked this lens, please rate it according to what your heart tells you. If you would like to see something added, please let me know. I'll be more than happy to hear from you.
Thank you!
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Aug 28, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
- Great lens; Blessed by a Squid Angel. I've never heard of the wolfberry.
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- Mirdza AKA Healthstar Mirdza AKA Healthstar Sep 19, 2008 @ 9:28 am
- Great article. I would just add one bar, also from Young Living - the Wolfberry Crisp Bar.
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- Tally Tally Sep 10, 2008 @ 9:58 am
- 5*****
Great lens on the best nutrition snack bars!!!!
Very good informational lens!!!! I am going to mark it as one of my favorite!!!
I also think you need 5 ***** stars on it too!!!
Keep up the good work of educating us on good nutrition.
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- bea kunz bea kunz Aug 28, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
- Hi Faye,
Marvelous idea, this blog.
I think many people would like to eat healthier but just don't have the time or the knowledge to pick a starting place.
Thanks for all you share.
Bea Kunz
by faye_durham
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