Holistic Nutrition: Healthy and Sane Ways to Cope with the Coffee Habit
A lot of people assume when they go on a diet plan, they have to get rid of things they enjoy, such as coffee. Lesson number one, never tell a coffee drinker they can't have coffee. This is the cardinal rule! No serious coffee drinker is going to listen to such rubbish, healthy or not, it isn't going to happen. There has to be an alternative, but a reasonable one, that includes coffee or that coffee drinker patient will be outta there! But many avid drinkers can agree upon one thing, the high is great, but the low is pretty crappy, and the mood swings ....well thats another blog post.
So what do we want then?
WE WANT THE COFFEE!
-the low energy
-the bad mood
-the gray hair
-the stress
-looking like the kitty
The solution:
What we can do, is transform the coffee, into something that is a healthier version. The healthier version will keep our energy at sane levels, and keep our mood at even saner levels.
This is a recipe for coffee drinkers that know they need to get off coffee but feel they can't, but at least can have something. What we need is our ingredient list:
- a cup of organic coffee
- handful ice
- 2 tablespoons raw cacao power
- 1 tablespoon of raw cacao butter
- half tablespoon of maca powder
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 0z of almond milk, soya milk, rice milk
- few squirts of agave nectar or yacon syrup for sweetner
Directions:
Blend all together, enjoy !
This is a mocha coffee drink that is natural and better for you. Raw chocolate is used instead of the processed, refined, genetically altered form commonly found in traditional chocolate bars. Maca root, is a powder that balances hormone and mood levels and increases sex drive. Agave nectar is a low glycemic form of sugar derived from the "blue agaves" plant found in Mexico. So you won't be bouncing off the walls. All these ingredients are now easily found in most health food stores.
Homeopathic remedies to consider for the ill effects of coffee are: Columbrina and Coffea
Lindsay Tietz, BSc, HD
Owner Intention to Heal
Homeopathic Medicine Practitioner and Holistic Nutrition Expert
Proudly Serving The Toronto Danforth Area Directly
Categories: Holistic Nutrition
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I found this helpful and am going to try it.
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