Highly recommended: Make Your Own Healthy Sports Drink at Home!

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3 cups unsweetened cranberry juice (100 percent juice)
5 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Optional: 1 star anise. If using this optional ingredient, leave to infuse for one hour then strain.

After mixing all ingredients: refrigerate.

This all-natural homemade energy drink provides a great tasting mix of carbohydrates to fuel your muscles. It also contains electrolytes (sodium and potassium) to help replace what your body loses through sweat.

Source: Jenn

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• 400 ml mineral water or young coconut water (this one is the ideal but unfortunately not widely available)
• ½ tsp extra virgin coconut oil
• 1½ tsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 2 medjool dates (stones removed)
• 1½ tsp agave nectar
• pinch of sea salt

Bonus tip: Put the left-over lime peels in the fridge as a deodorant!


Source: Annie Taylor Chen

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There are tons of electrolytes out there, but in our bodies they are basically calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium chloride, hydrogen phosphate (a mineral) and hydrogen carbonate (a salt).

Why do we need Electrolytes?

Electrolytes are vital for survival. Not only could we not function if we didn’t have them, if we dilute them too much, it can lead to death by “water poisoning.” They regulate our nerve and muscle function, our hydration, the pH of our blood, rebuilding damaged tissue, and determining blood pressure. One example of their job would be in order for a muscle to contract-from your heart to the tiniest toe muscle- it needs the electrolytes calcium, sodium, and potassium.
Too little and muscles become weak, too much and they over contract.

Go to the next page to learn WHEN we need to replenish Electrolytes in our body …

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When you look closer, you’re really just paying an outrageous price for glorified, brightly colored, sugar water. An overload of processed and refined sweetener (in the case of sports drinks, high-fructose corn syrup) is never a good thing. And while artificial flavors and colors don’t technically do much to your health, a part of me just shies away from the idea of ingesting things that are “fake.”


We’ve been led to believe by certain companies that we need an extra-special drink to recover from some sweat.

So what’s the bottom line about buying sports drinks and energy drinks?


Conclusion:

Make your own sports drink! It’s easy, quick, and naturally refreshing.


You will need…

-1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice
-1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
-1½ to 2 cups fresh water, depending on how strong you want the flavor
-1/8 teaspoon of sea salt
-2 tablespoons natural sugar or honey, to taste

Enjoy!

Source: Claire Goodall

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1. Coffee Boosts Metabolism

 Coffee contains caffeine, a stimulant shown to enhance the metabolic rate.  In a study utilizing four different trials, the group consuming coffee showed a metabolic rate that increased “significantly during the 3 hours after caffeine ingestion.”  The increased metabolic rate was also “accompanied by significant increases in fat oxidation.” This means better overall fat burn during a workout and consuming one to no more than two cups of coffee one hour prior to training seems to have the best effect.


The body treats coffee and caffeine just like any other drug and habitual large dose use would be counterproductive.  In this case, more is not better and it takes a small amount to achieve great results.

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Back by popular demand, fitness guru Peter Carvell shows how to make the perfect pre-workout smoothie. This helps burn fat and get maximum benefit from a morning workout.

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1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 cup frozen peaches
1/2 cup frozen pineapple
1/2 banana
2 cups kale
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed

Source: Perry Santanachote

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Half a cup of low fat milk
Half a cup of plain yogurt
1 Large banana
1 Cup of frozen blueberries
1/5 of a cup of almond meal
3-4 Tablespoons of protein powder
1 Tablespoon of honey

This healthy Breakfast Protein Smoothie recipe is a winner. It’s obviously good for a post-workout drink, too …

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• 1/2 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (may use regular milk, coconut milk, soy milk)
• 2 tbsp Honey
• 1 medium Banana
• 1 1/2 cup of Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
• 1/2 cup Almond Meal
• 3 tbsp Coconut, shredded raw
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 2 servings Vanilla Protein Powder
• 1/4 cup Almonds
• 1/4 cup Golden Raisins

Tip 2: You may also want to try cranberries and walnuts, or cashews and chocolate instead of the almonds!


Tip 3: You can make your own Almond Meal by grinding almonds in a food processor or using one of the following: nut meal, oat flour, whole wheat flour, buckwheat flour (gluten-free), amaranth flour (gluten-free), or simply plain white flour. 


Tip 4: Use maple syrup or agave nectar instead of honey if you like.


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