Chocolate Banana Cheese Cake Smoothie

Some tastey breakfast or dessert for those of you with a sweet tooth. This is a very filling shake with all the protein this could definitely serve two. 400kcal for one serving.

You can save some calories by cutting the recipe to 1/2C of Cottage Cheese and 1/2 scoop of protein just add ice and some extra almond milk.

Blend:
1 C Fat Free Cottage Cheese
1 Scoop of Vanilla Protein
1 Banana
1Tbsp Dark cocoa powder
Splash of Almond Milk

To make ice cream, put your newly made concoction in the freezer stirring every 30-45 minutes until frosty. Approximately 2-3 hrs depending on the size of the batch.

What danger may be lurking in your sports drink!

Brominated vegetable oil is an ingredient added to citrus drinks to keep the fruity flavor from separating. About 10% of drinks sold in the US contain Brominated Vegetable Oil. These drinks include some Pepsi products, Gatorade, Coca-Cola products, Fanta, Sunkist, squirt, Dr. Pepper products and many others.

Brominated vegetable oil contains bromine, the element found in brominated flame retardants, used in things like upholstered furniture and children’s products. Research has found brominate flame retardants building up in the body and breast milk and have linked them to neurological impairment, reduced fertility, changes in thyroid hormones and puberty at an earlier age. While most people have limited exposure to brominated vegetable oil, an extensive article about it by Environmental Health News that ran in Scientific American last year found that video gamers and others who binge on sodas and other drinks containing the ingredient experience skin lesions, nerve disorders and memory loss.The European Union and Japan has banned this product from use. Hmmmmm, plain water is sounding tasty right now or maybe some coconut water. Be careful what you put in your body, always check labels!! Though this chemical has not been fully tested long term to know its complete effects on our bodies there are definitely healthier options just in case!

Paleo Diet

If your looking to spruce up your eating habits you may want to look into the Paleo way of eating. I don't like to call it a diet because that implies that you will only be doing it for a period of time the truth is to see real long lasting results you have to change your way of life. The paleo diet which consists of gluten free unprocessed nutrition. I.E. no refined sugars.

It's unprocessed. Simply put, cavewoman didn't have to worry about eating organic. It is a clean method of eating.
Some of the benefits:
✖It reduces bloating due to the high fiber content, avoiding salt and drinking water.
✖Since the basis of the diet is fruits and vegetables you will have no problem getting your five a day.
✖It's high in healthy fats. Fish, nuts, are the primary proteins which are high in omega 3 and full of other healthy fats. omega-3 rich fish and nuts.

✖Its FILLING!! Between the proteins, the healthy fats and the fruits and veggies, it's hard to go hungry.

✖It also eliminates the primary food allergies that can occur from gluten or milk. Even though your are not eating your processed grains this does not make this meal plan carb free you just get your carbohydrates from other sources. You do eat less carbs then the normal american which isn't a bad thing since we eat way to many carbs on the american plan.

Happy hunting!!