#freeze dried papaya and pineapple

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D I R E C T O R Y (pt. 7)

Fruits ~

Açai • Ackee • Apples • Apricots (Dried) • Banana • Blackberries • Blood Orange • Blueberries • Breadfruit • Cantaloupe • Clementines • Cranberries (Dried) • Cherries (Dried) • Currants • Custard Apple • Dates • Dragonfruit • Durian • Figs (Dried) • Finger Limes • Goji Berries • Grapefruit • Grapes • Guava • Guinep • Honeydew Melon • Jackfruit • Jujubes • Kiwi • Kumquats • Lingonberries • Lychee • Mamey Sapote • Mandarin Orange • Mango • Mangosteen • Mulberries (Dried) • Nectarines • Noni • Orange • Papaya • Passionfruit • Peaches • Pears • Persimmons • Pineapple • Plantains • Plums • Pomegranate • Quince • Raisins • Rambutan • Raspberries (Freeze-Dried) • Sapodilla • Soursop • Starfruit • Strawberries (Freeze-Dried) • Tamarind • Tangerines • Watermelon

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Organically freeze dry fruit at home

what is freeze dry fruit

Freeze-dried fruit is shelf-stable fruit that has undergone a process to remove nearly all of its moisture while retaining flavor and nutrients. It’s very light, with a dry, crispy texture and intense, concentrated fruit flavor.

Freeze Dried Fruits

Banana.

Sapota/Sapodilla (Chikoo)

Pineapple.

Strawberry.

Mango.

Custard Apple.

Black Jamun.

Pappya

Blueberry

apple

Pomegranate

how to freeze dry fruit at home

1. Freeze-drying is a process that removes moisture from food items, including fruits, while preserving their texture, flavor, and nutrients. Here are the steps to freeze-dry fruit at home:

2. Choose your fruit: Some of the best fruits for freeze-drying include berries, apples, bananas, pineapples, mangoes, and papayas.

3. Wash and prepare the fruit: Rinse the fruit under cold water and pat dry with a towel. Cut the fruit into small pieces, removing any stems, seeds, or pits.

4. Pre-freeze the fruit: Arrange the fruit pieces on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place the baking sheet in the freezer and pre-freeze the fruit for about 2–4 hours, or until they are completely frozen.

5. Set up the freeze dryer: Follow the instructions that came with your freeze dryer to set it up.

6. Load the fruit into the freeze dryer: Place the frozen fruit pieces on the trays provided with the freeze dryer. Make sure there is enough space between each piece of fruit to allow for proper drying.

7. Start the freeze-drying process: Turn on the freeze dryer and let it run for several hours, depending on the type of fruit and the size of the pieces. The freeze dryer will gradually remove the moisture from the fruit.

8. Remove the dried fruit: Once the freeze-drying process is complete, remove the trays from the freeze dryer. The fruit should be dry, crisp, and light.

9. Store the freeze-dried fruit: Place the dried fruit in an airtight container and store it in a cool, dry place. Freeze-dried fruit can be stored for several months, or even up to a year.

That’s it! With a little bit of time and patience, you can easily freeze-dry your own fruit at home.

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14 Recipes to Use Freeze-Dried Fruit

Cowboy Cookies One of the most functional desserts out there, cowboy cookies make a fantastic base for your favorite fillings. Begin with a peanut butter oatmeal dough as well as add chocolate chips, cut nuts, freeze-dried cranberries, pomegranates, or blueberries, and also any other mix-ins you like.

Cinnamon as well as Day Chia Seed Pudding Chia seeds amazingly turn into a thick pudding consistency when moisturized for a very easy and nutritious breakfast or treat. This very easy chia seed pudding features cinnamon and also days however preferences terrific when covered with freeze-dried berries, mango, papaya, or your favored fruits.

Red Cabbage and Apple Salad Dried out fruit does not simply work in desserts. This pleasant as well as zesty salad uses cabbage, fresh apples, dried cranberries, as well as toasted nuts for a wonderful crispy side. Try switching the dried fruit for freeze-dried cranberries for a various structure, or even consist of some sliced freeze-dried apples. A mustard, honey, and also vinegar clothing ties it all with each other. Try it as a side for pork chops, pork, or sausages.

Homemade Muesli PubsInstead of store-bought granola bars that commonly include lots of sugar as well as man-made taste, make your very own chewy muesli bars at home with this easy recipe. Freeze-dried berries, mango, pineapple, or apples are a delicious addition. Rock CakesRegardless of their rather unappetizing name, rock cakes have a pebbly surface, a…

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How healthy is Freeze Dried Papaya & Pineapple?

Studies suggest that an average individual is supposed to consume about 3.5 servings of fruits and vegetables in a day out of which 1.5 servings are set aside for fruits and the remaining for vegetables. This is required to maintain overall physical health and keep your bones, muscles and all your internal organs healthy and thriving. But studies also suggest that due to lifestyle issues, lack of availability, poor quality of food available and general lack of liking towards these healthy foods, under-nourishment is prevalent because barely anyone actually consumes the required amount. This is where the fresh and genius idea of freeze-dried fruits comes into play.

Freeze dried fruits are all about the farm to fork approach, but with a slight detour in between. The hand-picked fruits from across the country undergo a process called lyophilisation. This is where the water content inside the fruit is frozen and then immediately vapourised via sublimation- the process of converting solid directly into gas. So, the end product you’re left with is dried fruit that are crunchy and airy.

Now, this is where the common misconception comes in. It is commonly believed that along with the water, all the nutrition is also removed from the fruit. This is not true. The best part about freeze dried fruit is that you get to enjoy a true snack (in terms of the crunch) that is packed with good health, all because it is just fruit that has been freeze dried. After the water is removed, only the nutrition remains tightly packed inside the fruit pieces, making them all healthier. So, you get to enjoy the perfect blend of taste and health, with the cherry on the cake being how much it resembles a regular crunchy snack. So, you want to know how healthy they are? Just as much as regular fruit!

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY FREEZE DRIED PAPAYA AND PINEAPPLE

HALO is a brand of freeze-dried fruit snacks that strives to give you your new favourite snack. We are a 100% natural, vegan and gluten-free brand with snacks that are not baked or fried, just freeze dried. Our range of freeze-dried fruits include strawberries, pineapple and papaya, strawberry and banana, mango and golden apple. If you’re looking for freeze dried papaya chunks or pineapple chunks, we’re here to tell you that you can get both in one packet. It is the ultimate sweet and sour combo!

Freeze dried papaya chunks are rich in energy-boosting calories and carbohydrates, dietary fiber, good fats and proteins. They are also rich in Vitamin A and antioxidants, making them great for eye health. The amount of fibre in them is also known to aid digestion and Vitamins C and E help in maintaining skin health. They are also known for flushing the toxins out of your body and are recommended to diabetes patients due to their natural sweetness. This way, the craving for artificial sweeteners reduces, thereby keeping their diabetes levels in check.

Buy freeze dried pineapple because they’re known to have several health benefits. Packed with the goodness of Vitamin C, dietary fibre, protein, carbs and Vitamin B6, this will make a comprehensive addition to your diet. The antioxidants present in it helps boost your immunity and keep diseases at bay and the fruit is also known for its contribution to digestive health. They improve your overall body health and keep you fresh and active.

Buy freeze dried papaya and pineapple from HALO for a wholesome addition to your day. It will seamlessly become a part of your daily food intake and you will find yourself enjoying the refreshing crunch, flavour and texture of the bite-sized fruit pieces.

WHY HALO IS THE BEST OPTION FOR A HEALTHY SNACK FIX

There are no added preservatives or sugar in these snacks. The taste of each bite is unique because it is all-natural, with just the water content removed.

The natural sweetness and the crunch reduce your craving for an oily snack like chips or sweet treats. These snacks keep your unhealthy cravings at bay.

Oily snacks fill up your stomach for the time being and make you hungry more often, leading you to binge on them more. But these snacks are made up of real fruit, so you will feel full and reduce your untimely food intake throughout the day, especially in between meals.

These snacks are great to experiment with. You can add them to your cereals, smoothies and even top your yoghurt or ice cream off with them. You can make protein bars and homemade protein laddoos too, the possibilities are endless. If that’s not your forte, you can simply enjoy them straight out of the packet.

Because the microbial reactions have been cut due to the absence of water, these fruits don’t rot. They last longer than fresh fruit, for months together. So you can enjoy seasonal fruits in snack form all through the year.

The lightweight snack comes in attractive zip-lock packaging. So you can carry them and munch on them anywhere when you feel a bit hungry or fatigued and store the rest for later. Your quick health boost is ready!

Buy HALO freeze dried papaya and pineapple today and see the difference in your diet and health. They are healthy, tasty and crunchy– all set to be your new favourite snack!

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Forbidden snacks unforbidden

Disclaimer: do not eat anything you are allergic, intolerant, or sensitive to! Moderate your diet according to your needs. Seek a dietician's help with this if needed.

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* = only taste safe-- not meant to be eaten straight but eating a little won't kill you

Bar soap: avocado, banana, mango, dried papaya, peach, pear, ice, cereal, cheese, peanut butter oat balls, giant pretzels/pretzel bites/pretzel bun, crackers, steamed rice cake, butter, flan, cake, chocolate bar/melts, candy melts, gum*, candy corn, freeze dried ice cream, popsicles, taffy, Charleston Chews, tootsie rolls, fondant, valentine heart candies, Rice Krispie treats

Bone, teeth, metal: white foods, silver foods, bone/tooth-shaped foods, ice, raw baby carrots, almonds, walnuts, other nuts, frozen fruit/vegetables, ribs, chicken legs, bone-in wings, T-bone steak, uncooked pasta, edible tree bark, edible skins/shells of some foods, pretzel sticks, cereal, cookie straws, candy canes, valentine message heart candies, Takis, hard candy, snowcone, suckers/lollipops, chocolate coins, Whoppers candy, frozen chocolate/candy, popsicles

Chalk, coal, makeup: Parmesan cheese, spices, seasoning, puffed rice cakes, cereal, powdered/icing sugar, edible sands, drink flavoring, ground up crackers/chips/cookies, Whoppers candy, smarties, sweet tarts, mints, freeze dried ice cream, sprinkles, fun dip, pixie stix, cotton candy, valentine message heart candies, mints

Cosmetic creams, whipped soap, spackle: yogurt, peanut/etc butter, cream cheese, sour cream, hummus, condiments, butter, thick drink, Nutella, frosting, whipped cream, ice cream, pudding, candy gel, marshmallow fluff

Dice, marbles, coins, trinkets: ice, polyhedral candy, frozen peas, frozen fruit, banana chips, other dried fruit, Kix/Cap'n Crunch/Cocoa Puffs, Lucky Charms, other cereal, cheese cubes, snacks shaped like trinkets, mini pepperonis, seed beads, jawbreakers, Whoppers candy, jolly ranchers, candy shaped like trinkets, chocolate chips, Tic Tacs, mints, decorative sugar pieces, valentine message heart candies, sugar cubes, candy coins, candy legos/bricks, gum*

Dog/pet treats: foods cut into bone/fish/etc shapes, banana, blueberries, sweet potato, dried fruit, deli meat, fish, red meat, bacon, pepperoni, poultry, bread, pasta, crackers, Cheerios, Rice Krispies cereal, other cereal, human-safe dog treats, cookies, oatmeal, peanut butter oat balls, granola, jerky, Slim Jims, cooked bugs or worms, mints, gummies, sprinkles

Dough, clay, puddy: mashed potatoes, sweet potato, avocado, peanut/other butter, peanut butter oat balls, noodles/pasta, gravy, pancakes, fondant, yogurt dough, Kool-Aid dough, cocoa dough, peeps playdoh, Nutella dough, peanut/etc butter dough, warm chocolate, warm candy corn, taffy, egg-free cookie dough, ice cream, thick frosting, Charleston Chews, caramels, marshmallow fluff

Fabric, foam/sponge, slowrise squishies: peach, apple, pear, cucumber, watermelon, dried fruit, puffed rice cakes, Chinese steamed rice cakes, bread, pita bread, muffins, shredded jerky, giant soft pretzels, Rice Krispies, cake, donuts, pancakes/waffles, fondant, soft cookies, freeze dried ice cream, pop tart bites, cotton candy, marshmallow, dried apple

Glitter: cake luster dust, crushed/ground ice, warmed sugar, crushed/ground hard candy

Glitter bottles, potions, glowsticks, cleaning products: cake luster dust in any beverage, edible fluorescent colorant in any beverage, citrus juice, water with lemon, water with orange, water with grapefruit, water with other citrus fruit, dyed beverage

Inedible plants and flowers: lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage, peas, carrots, corn, pumpkin, other veggies, watermelon, peach, apple, mango, banana, dragonfruit, pineapple, grapes, cherries, strawberries, other fruits, dried fruits, skins of some fruits/vegetables, mushrooms, seeds, nuts, herbal tea, dandelions, other edible flowers, herb seasonings, edible tree bark, breath strips, edible rice paper, edible sugar paper, edible money wafers, edible grass candy, cotton candy, gushers, wax bottle soda candies, decorative sugar pieces, gel/juice-filled gummies/candy, gel/juice-filled gum*, shredded gum*

Jelly soap: peaches, other fruit, dried papaya, pumpkin, jelly/jam, gummies, Jell-O, agar, candy gel, gel/juice-filled gummies/candy, gel/juice-filled gum*, gum*, edible/xylitol-based toothpaste*

Lava, liquid soap, molten glass, wax: hot drink, thick drink, soup, oatmeal, sauce, gravy, dip, dipping/nacho cheese, honey, nectar, jelly/jam, condiments, beverage flavoring syrups, soda/juice, syrup, pudding, caramel, melted candy/chocolate, melted butter, candy gel, edible/xylitol-based toothpaste*, fondant, milk duds, gum*

Lipstick, candles: cheese, Baby Bell cheese, butter, avocado, mango, dried mango, dried papaya, banana, raisins, pepperoni, pasta, gummies, wax bottle soda candies, candy melts, chocolate melts, frozen pudding, fruit rollups, gushers, marshmallow, fondant, starburst, candy corn, pudding, taffy, tootsie rolls, milk duds, candy buttons, jolly ranchers, Charleston Chews, candy gel, valentine message heart candies, caramels, gum*

Mochi squishies, silicone/rubber, fungi: peaches, pears, avocado, dried mango, dried papaya, mushrooms, eggs, beans, tongue, fish, medium red meat, other meats, dried fruit, noodles/pasta, dumplings, cheese, yogurt, Chinese steamed rice cakes, butter, seed beads, cheese curds, gummies, caramels, taffy, tootsie rolls, marshmallow, milk duds, Charleston Chews, candy gel, agar, gum*

Orbeez, animal eggs: eggs, peas, blueberries, grapes, baby tomatoes, peaches, acini di pepe/pastina, boba, dippin dots, gummies, Jell-O, agar, seed beads, mini marshmallows, gumballs*, candy buttons, milk duds, Kix cereal

Paint, ink, makeup, glue: soup, sauces, gravy, dip, peanut/etc butter, honey, nectar, syrup, caramel, condiments, cream cheese, sour cream, frosting, icing, whipped cream, ice cream, dyed beverage, pie filling, pudding, candy gel, melted candy/chocolate

Paper and cardboard: skins of some fruits/vegetables, iceberg lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage, puffed rice cakes, Kix, Cheerios, Rice Krispies cereal, other cereal, breath strips, edible rice/sugar paper, edible money wafers, crackers, ice cream cone, pizzelle, fruit rollups, fruit by the foot, frozen chocolate, frozen pudding, freeze dried ice cream

Pills and medicine: ice, beans, nuts, seeds, frozen peas, frozen blueberries, corn, acini di pepe/pastina, rice, cereal, soda/juice, dyed beverage, empty gelatin/edible capsules, jellybeans, jolly ranchers, Tic Tacs, mints, Mike n Ike's, sweet tarts pills, nerds, gushers, smarties, sweet tarts, valentine message heart candies, sprinkles, small hard candies, gel/juice-filled gummies/candy, gel/juice-filled gum*, fake blood capsules*

Pottery, ceramic, porcelain: nuts, seeds, ice, dried fruit, avocado, banana, cheese, puffed rice cakes, granola, cereal, pancakes/waffles, bread, crackers, pita chips, pita bread, uncooked pasta, uncooked Ramen, Ice Chips, ice cream cone, pizzelle, frozen chocolate/candy, frozen pudding, freeze dried ice cream, popsicles, cookies, Whoppers candy, smarties, sweet tarts, mints, chocolate bar, valentine message heart candies, edible rice/sugar paper, edible money wafers, hard candy, mints

Rocks, crystals, beads: nuts, seeds, ice, table salt, beans, tea, jerky bites, meat chunks, acini di pepe/pastina, couscous, cheese cubes, uncooked Ramen, popcorn, popsicles, crystallized honey, jelly/jam, frozen honey/syrup, dyed beverage, boba, mints, crushed crackers/cookies, chocolate rocks, crystal sticks, freeze dried ice cream, jawbreakers/gobstoppers, nerds, hard candy, decorative sugar pieces, Cheerios, other cereal, sprinkles, jellybeans, chocolate chips, candy legos/bricks, ring pops, dippin dots, crystal/rock sugar, sugar cubes, frozen chocolate/candy, jolly ranchers, suckers/lollipops, ring pops, gum*, Whoppers candy, dippin dots, valentine message heart candies, seed beads, candy necklace, candy bracelet, mints

Sand and soil: couscous, quinoa, rice, poppy seeds, other small seeds, Parmesan cheese, spices, seasoning, edible fake dirt, ground up cereal, ground up crackers/chips/cookies, brown sugar sand, flour sand*, Kool-Aid sand, crumbled cake, sugar, powdered/icing sugar, pixie stix, fun dip, ground up hard candy, crushed Whoppers candy

Sea glass, plastic, resin/rosin: ice, Ice Chips, uncooked pasta, iceberg lettuce, cucumber, watermelon, chips, pita chips, crackers, sorbetto/flavored ice, frozen honey/syrup, caramels, popsicles, breath strips, mints, edible rice/sugar paper, edible money wafers, jolly ranchers, fruit rollups, fruit by the foot, crystal sticks, crystal/rock sugar, fondant, clear suckers/lollipops, clear hard candy, crushed hard candy, mints

Slime, puddy: thick soup, thick beverage, melted/liquid cheese, sauce, gravy, jelly/jam, dip, yogurt, edible oobleck*, fondant, candy gel, Jell-O, Nutella slime, pudding slime, pizza slime, seed slime, syrup slime, psyllium slime*, starburst slime, chocolate slime (1-2-3-4-5), bubblegum slime, Kool-aid slime, milk slime, taffy, caramels, egg-free cookie dough, gum*, edible doughs, marshmallow fluff

Tide pods: seaweed water pouch/bubble/bottle, baby tomatoes, peas, grapes, blueberries, pb&j, Uncrustables, gushers, pop tart bites, gummies, mentos, wax bottle soda candies, jelly donut holes, Reese's, Jell-O, tide pod jello shots, tootsie pops, gel/juice-filled gummies/candy, gel/juice-filled gum*

Wood: ice, uncooked pasta, edible tree bark, edible tree bark tea, pine/tree tea, puffed rice cakes, granola, almonds, pine/tree nuts, other nuts, seeds, sunflower seeds with shell, poppy seeds, dried fruit, jerky, uncooked pasta, uncooked Ramen, chips, crackers, waffle cone, Kit Kat's, Twix, pretzels, pretzel chips, cookie straws, ochre, canned bamboo, canned sugar cane

Yarn, string, wire: spaghetti squash, pumpkin, shredded fruits/vegetables, grated fruits/vegetables, banana, pulled pork, celery, honey sticks, string cheese, shredded/grated cheese, noodles/pasta, Ramen, mozzarella sticks, jerky, hot pizza, shredded gum*, Spaghettieis, sour straws, nerds ropes, gummy worms, cotton candy, fruit by the foot, fondant strands, edible candy grass

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#1120 Tuscan Dreams (caffeine-free herbal) (photos below)

PREPARATION: 3 g herbal tea (2 level tsp) per 8 oz cup of filtered, boiling water; allow to brew 5–10 minutes

INGREDIENTS: Apple pieces, silver linden tree blossoms, Melissa leaves, lavender blossoms, rose petals, sweet blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, and mallow blossoms

LEAF: A beautiful, colorful, bouquet!

INFUSION: Light golden

AROMA: Floral

LIQUOR: Light, floral bouquet of flavor

#1237 Gourmet (caffeine-free herbal) (photos below)

PREPARATION: 3 g herbal tea (2 level tsp) per 8 oz cup of filtered, boiling water; allow to brew 5–10 minutes

INGREDIENTS: Lemon grass, lemon myrtle, Moldavian dragonshead, elderflowers, and vanilla pieces

LEAF: Lemon grass with a scattering of petals and leaves

INFUSION: Pale gold with slight green hue

AROMA: Lemon with hint of vanilla sweetness

LIQUOR: Warm earthy lemon with sweet vanilla finish

PAIRING: Lovely when blended with camomile

#1277 Lomi Lomi (caffeine-free herbal) (photos below)

PREPARATION: 3 g herbal tea (1 heaping tsp) per 8 oz cup of filtered, boiling water; allow to brew 5–10 minutes

INGREDIENTS: Apple pieces, stinging nettle, strawberry leaves, pineapple, lemon grass, freeze-dried banana pieces, hibiscus blossoms, papaya, rose petals, camomile, mallow blossoms, and natural flavor

LEAF: Lovely potpourri

INFUSION: Light gold with pink hue

AROMA: Fruity, floral potpourri

LIQUOR: Slightly fruity; has a satisfying mouthfeel, finishing with a floral accent

Herbal teas ~ lovely to sip any time of day or night!

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Ancho Mole Cookies

Recipe is from Bon Appetit, and this is a weird one. I halved the recipe. Used walnuts for the nuts and papaya for the dried fruit. 

Ingredients:

I made the recipe by weight, and it turns out that if you weigh the ancho chile powder you will get about double the volume specified in the recipe. I realized this before I added the powder and only added half (so I added the specified volume); however, my cookies were still super spicy. I think the chile powder amount should only be around 1 1/2 tbsp, not 1/3 cup, for a x1 batch size. Otherwise the chile overpowers the other flavors. 

I think walnuts were a good choice for the nut, but the papaya didn’t have much flavor. I think it would have been better to use pineapple. For the chocolate, I think 72% was too dark for this recipe. The chunks are large and so the bitterness is not covered by the fat in the cookies well. I think semisweet or lighter would be the way to go. Maybe even a blond chocolate like a Valrhona dulcey or orelys.

Technique: You don’t need to do all of the chilling specified unless your kitchen is hot. For the first freeze you only need to wait ten minutes, not twenty, I didn’t do a second freeze at all, I just brushed with egg white and rolled in the sesame seeds. Instead of freezing for half an hour I followed the note saying you can refrigerate overnight and then move to the freezer half an hour before slicing. Shaping: the technique they use of slamming the dough against the counter didn’t work for me except for the first side, then every time I would try to slam the other two the other sides would unflatten. So I flattened the first side by slamming and did the other two by using my hand and a bench scraper to shape the dough into a point, then rotating the log and fine-tuning the shape until I was happy with it.

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The Acai Berry Health Benefits you will get From it

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The Acai Berry Health Benefits you will get From it

Acai berry is considered the most exciting berry you are able to ever imagine, due to the innumerable healthy benefits. Nowadays, you will find a lot of people speaing frankly about Acai berries, simply because they can help you with dieting, help you get reduce the extra pounds and even enhance your general health and wellbeing.

Acai is basically from the Acai palm tree. It grows just in Brazil, that is the greatest producer of the fresh fruit. In accordance with some reports, the acai fruit good fresh fruit grows become as huge as a grape, even though it’s not really known just how that happens. But a very important factor’s for certain: when it grows to be a huge size, it can easily manage your daily requirements, and that includes your bodyweight loss goals.

There are a lot of urban myths surrounding Acai berries. For example, people have been saying that you are able to only consume it in your breakfast, your meal. This is not true. It could actually be consumed anytime throughout the day.

One more thing that’s interesting about Acai is the fact that it could be consumed both fresh and dried. The frozen berries can be properly used in smoothies. Fresh fruit juice can also be used to include taste and further taste to your smoothies. Naturally, the acai berry juice are taken and, but it is easier experience compared to the freeze-dried berries.

Acai Berry Health Benefits

Acai supplements are not the only method to eat the acai berry. You are able to make use of it as a dietary health supplement, and that’s surely best for your body. Aside from acai, there are other well balanced meals particularly yams, mangoes, strawberries, pineapples, black beans, papaya, spinach, green tea, broccoli, cauliflower, kiwi fruit, pomegranate, almonds, avocado, blueberries, peaches, cantaloupe, carrots, watermelon, mangoes, grapes, cherries, and much more.

In terms of cost, Acai berry supplements cost about $14 per capsule and dried Acai berry can price a little more. However, the fee is totally worthwhile, since the benefits of having this healthy meals will surely allow you to wish to stick to your decision.

If your wanting to try Acai, make sure that you will certainly benefit from these health benefits. One more thing you should think about is the fact that Acai benefits the healthiness of your heart, due to the anti-oxidant content. That is due to the fact that acai berries is an extremely rich supply of bioflavonoids, an antioxidant.

The main goal of Acai berry supplements would be to enhance your health, which is why these are the best you can make use of. But cannot limit yourself to one Acai supplement because it may possibly not be the greatest for you personally. If you would like actually experience its benefits, make an attempt down various sorts of Acai supplements to be able to have the obtain the most.

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Healthy Snack Alternatives for Junk Food

Your answer to healthy eating is with HALO freeze dried fruit snacks. We give you the best of both worlds: Health and taste, with our line of crunchy and nutritious snacks made from fresh fruit. Our idea is simple: Snacking needn’t be accompanied by guilt. Rejoice and celebrate every day with snacks from HALO.

With carefully curated fruits from select farms across the country, we create fruit snacks by freeze drying them. The specially selected fruits now go through a high-tech process where they are frozen in low temperatures. Now, the water content inside gets converted to ice and further, through sublimation, vapourised (directly, from solid to vapour), leaving behind bite-sized crunchy fruit snacks.

Take your pick: Buy HALO freeze dried strawberry, banana, mango, golden apple or buy HALO freeze dried pineapple and papaya. Your favourite fruits are now crunchy snacks!

ALTERNATIVES TO JUNK FOOD:

The best part about HALO freeze dried fruit snacks is their versatility. You can eat them straight out of the packet or mix them into a variety of snacks and boost your daily fruit servings.

Cereal: Eat breakfast like a king, right? Start the day off right with some HALO-topped cereal. This is a yummy combination and adds the right touch of sweet-sour nature to your otherwise normal meal. This snack is a great topping for virtually anything, starting from smoothies to fruit salads.

Trail-mix: This is the perfect way to veer away from junk food. Having a zip lock packet of trail mix on you will keep you full, and satiated (crunch-wise) and give you the right energy boost to keep going with your day. The best part about a trail mix is it is customisable to your liking. It is just a combination of all your favourite nuts, dried fruits, freeze dried fruits, seeds and seasoning. You can add salt, pepper and even chaat masala to amp up the taste, while the various crunchiness and sweet-nutty-sour notes will be guaranteed winners.

Desserts: Treating yourself? Put freeze dried fruits into your ice cream, or add it to your cupcake/cake/pie batter to get a unique taste and textural layer to your desserts! The possibilities are endless.

Homemade snacks: If you like making homemade fitness-based snacks, this one is right up your alley. Add freeze dried fruit snacks to your protein bar or laddoo recipe to take it up a notch. You can use other nuts and jaggery or palm sugar as a sweetener and tie them together with some melted dark chocolate. This bar will be rich in good carbohydrates, iron, vitamins and minerals needed to boost your metabolism, immunity and more.

WHY IS HALO THE ANSWER TO HEALTHY SNACKING?

1. Snacking minus the guilt: Does snacking make you feel like you’ve taken two steps back from your fitness? You do not want snacks that make you feel bloated and guilty. Now, you can enjoy snacks without all that guilt! While you’re eating crunchy snacks by HALO, what you’re eating is actually a fruit that is packed with nutrition. It doesn’t steer you off course from healthy eating. Moreover, just because these snacks are crunchy, doesn’t mean they’re fried! Not baked or fried. Just freeze dried. It is also 100% natural and free of added sugar or preservatives. What you see is what it is. HALO redefines snacking!

2. On-the-go snacking: HALO comes in 25-40gm packets and can easily be packed in with your office, school or trip bag. It leaves behind no trace, unlike other snacks that have grease and oil as solid evidence of your snacking. You can eat them anytime, anywhere.

3. Airtight storage: Freeze dried fruits have no water. This means that you needn’t worry about fruit rot. These snacks last for months together with the right storage. Eliminate all the air from the packet and tightly reseal it with the ziplock. It is also recommended to store them in airtight containers to keep the moisture out and make them last longer.

4. Filling snack: The most obvious reason for eating too much junk food is the fact that it fills you up temporarily. It makes you crave more. These snacks, however, keep you full and healthy for longer, cutting down overeating between meals. This is because one 25 gram packet of freeze dried strawberries actually contains 250 grams worth of fresh fruit! Similarly, all the packets of fruits have a lot of their fresh fruit counterparts. So you are consuming more than you think. Nutritional and filling snacks are now available at your doorstep with just a click!

5. It’s all in the crunch: There are several alternatives to junk food including fresh fruit itself, but the craving for something crunchy ultimately leads everyone towards a packet of biscuits or chips. But if the healthy snack also gives you the same experience without the negative side effects? That’s what HALO is here to do.

Buy HALO freeze dried strawberry, mango, papaya, pineapple, golden apple or banana and see the change for yourself! It is a perfect snack for all occasions. You will surely thank us later.

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Fall forward and Waste Not!

https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1315/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Fall-forward-and-waste-not.html

    “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” Oscar Wilde

In the fall of my freshman year at UCLA, I began working at one of the very first health food stores ever created in California. It was called Nature’s Health Cove and all the offerings were organic: pesticide, insecticide, and colorant-free. The fruits and vegetables were pathetic looking. Worms bored into apples, the Swiss chard had holes from munching snails, greens boasted fringed tips, a gift from hungry marauding rabbits, tomatoes were cracked, zucchini was malformed. Yet the produce tasted delicious and even though the prices were at least double of anything one could purchase at a grocery store, the crops sold rapidly. One of my tasks was to cull through any severely damaged items, putting them in a bucket for a compost pick up by an urban farmer.

Having worked in the fruit drying yards and big barn dehydrators growing up on our farm, it dawned on me that usually, half or more of any fruit or vegetable is salvageable. I suggested to the owner that perhaps we could cut out the decaying parts and create healthy drinks and dried snacks with the ripe remainders. The initiative became an instant success with both students and the general public clamoring for a revolving menu of inexpensive tasty treats.

As summer collapses into fall, my trees and vines are heavy with fruit. As much as I eat and give away, there is still more for the picking. I detest waste and besides canning and freezing the extras, I wanted to create some of the dried fruits of my youth.

While cleaning out one of our barns this summer, I came upon a vintage portable dehydrator that my Grandfather used eons ago to dry his autumn bounty of pears, apples, figs, and grapes. I cleaned the appliance and set to work slicing and dicing. The results are phenomenal.

If you’ve bought any dried fruit lately, you know how expensive it is. But if you are like me and enjoy DIY projects, I have a simple recipe for you to create your own personal organic fruit leathers. You can use trays and dry your produce in the sun the way it has been done for centuries, but it takes longer and critters may creep in to steal your sweets. My suggestion is to purchase a small dehydrator with four or five drawers. My dehydrator has four drawers and only a single heat setting. My thermometer says it’s dehydrating at 125 degrees, which is perfect. Every three hours I move the drawers from the bottom to the top. From start to finish, it takes 24 hours. If you buy a dehydrator with adjustable temperature settings, you’ll be able to dehydrate more rapidly. Here’s what to do: 1. Wash and pat dry your desired fruit and vegetables. 2. You can peel if you wish, but I don’t. Cutaway any bruised or damaged parts. Cut into slices about ¼ to ½ inch thick. 3. Some vegetables including eggplant, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, and radishes need to be blanched for a few minutes. 4. Cut the slices in a bowl and toss with lemon juice or apple vinegar to reduce browning. Although this step is optional, it helps in preservation. 5. Spray the trays with a light spritz of canola or olive oil to prevent sticking. 6. Place slices of the same fruit or vegetable on dehydrator racks in a single layer without overlapping. Use different trays for different varieties. 7. Check on the process until when done. Let the racks cool before removing the fruit. 8. You can enjoy your items immediately but if you want to store your stash, pack the dried fruit in glass jars or sealable plastic bags. Shake jars or bags once day to make sure there is no condensation. If there is any moisture, return the product to the dehydrator for a bit more drying. 9. Store in a pantry or room temperature darkened area. 10. Voila! Your very own dried fruit and leathers.

You can also put the dried fruit in bags and freezer. I’ve experimented with over-ripe bananas, apples, pears, Asian pears, and I even made raisins with chardonnay grapes, seeds, and all. Crunchy! Everything turns out delicious and I know these dried trials are nutritious because except for the bananas, they originate in my organic orchard. My next testing will be to make sweet potato chips from the sweet potatoes I’m growing. I plan to go exotic by drying mangoes, strawberries, pineapple, and papayas.

Recently we witnessed a rise of what I call the “ugly fruit”. Stores, farmer’s markets, and on-line sites are popularizing the value of imperfect produce. This is a giant step forward in eliminating waste and re-educating our families to value all products provided by nature. Farmers using organic methods know that crops are not always pretty, but the nutritional value and health benefits outweigh perfection of form.

As summer slowly fades into fall, I wish you abundance and a garden of eating.

Cynthia Brian’s Mid Month Gardening Guide

PRUNE “widow makers”, dead branches on trees. You can identify the dead branches before the leaves fall from the rest of the tree. CHECK the crape myrtles in bloom. If you are considering planting a tree or two later in autumn, this is the perfect time to decide what color will be an advantage to your landscape. Crape myrtles are excellent specimens for year-round attractiveness. The leaves will turn red and golden in late autumn, the bark is bare and beautiful in winter, the leaves are shiny green in spring, and the tree blooms midsummer to late fall. REFRIGERATE crocus, tulips, and hyacinths for six weeks before planting. ADD aged chicken manure to your soil if you are noticing that it is less fertile. MARK your calendar for a visit to the Be the Star You Are!® non-profit booth at the Moraga Pear and Wine Festival on Saturday, September 28th. Thanks to our sponsor, The Lamorinda Weekly. Details at https://www.BetheStarYouAre.org/events.

DEADHEAD tuberous begonias to keep them blooming until frost. The flowers are edible with a tangy, citrusy flavor. ENJOY the final days of freshly picked tomatoes tossed with basil or cilantro. HARVEST tangerines, Asian pears, and grapes as they ripen. PHOTOGRAPH your deciduous trees as the changing colors emerge. The contrast of colors will amaze you as you reflect on the time-line. DEHYDRATE extra fruit and vegetables for tasty snacks. Kids especially love these dried sweets. CUT and compost the damaged parts from “ugly” produce and cook with the rest. WASTE NOT! Be a steward of our planet with simple up-cycling. WELCOME the cool and crisp days of autumn. Fall forward!

Happy Gardening. Happy Growing.

See photos and read more: https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1315/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Fall-forward-and-waste-not.html

  Cynthia Brian, The Goddess Gardener, raised in the vineyards of Napa County, is a New York Times best-selling author, actor, radio personality, speaker, media and writing coach as well as the Founder and Executive Director of Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3. Tune into Cynthia’s Radio show and order her books at www.StarStyleRadio.com.

Buy a copy of her new books, Growing with the Goddess Gardener and Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers at www.cynthiabrian.com/online-store.

Hire Cynthia for projects, consults, and lectures. Cynthia@GoddessGardener.com

www.GoddessGardener.com

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Fall forward and Waste Not!

https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1315/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Fall-forward-and-waste-not.html

    “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” Oscar Wilde

In the fall of my freshman year at UCLA, I began working at one of the very first health food stores ever created in California. It was called Nature’s Health Cove and all the offerings were organic: pesticide, insecticide, and colorant-free. The fruits and vegetables were pathetic looking. Worms bored into apples, the Swiss chard had holes from munching snails, greens boasted fringed tips, a gift from hungry marauding rabbits, tomatoes were cracked, zucchini was malformed. Yet the produce tasted delicious and even though the prices were at least double of anything one could purchase at a grocery store, the crops sold rapidly. One of my tasks was to cull through any severely damaged items, putting them in a bucket for a compost pick up by an urban farmer.

Having worked in the fruit drying yards and big barn dehydrators growing up on our farm, it dawned on me that usually, half or more of any fruit or vegetable is salvageable. I suggested to the owner that perhaps we could cut out the decaying parts and create healthy drinks and dried snacks with the ripe remainders. The initiative became an instant success with both students and the general public clamoring for a revolving menu of inexpensive tasty treats.

As summer collapses into fall, my trees and vines are heavy with fruit. As much as I eat and give away, there is still more for the picking. I detest waste and besides canning and freezing the extras, I wanted to create some of the dried fruits of my youth.

While cleaning out one of our barns this summer, I came upon a vintage portable dehydrator that my Grandfather used eons ago to dry his autumn bounty of pears, apples, figs, and grapes. I cleaned the appliance and set to work slicing and dicing. The results are phenomenal.

If you’ve bought any dried fruit lately, you know how expensive it is. But if you are like me and enjoy DIY projects, I have a simple recipe for you to create your own personal organic fruit leathers. You can use trays and dry your produce in the sun the way it has been done for centuries, but it takes longer and critters may creep in to steal your sweets. My suggestion is to purchase a small dehydrator with four or five drawers. My dehydrator has four drawers and only a single heat setting. My thermometer says it’s dehydrating at 125 degrees, which is perfect. Every three hours I move the drawers from the bottom to the top. From start to finish, it takes 24 hours. If you buy a dehydrator with adjustable temperature settings, you’ll be able to dehydrate more rapidly. Here’s what to do: 1. Wash and pat dry your desired fruit and vegetables. 2. You can peel if you wish, but I don’t. Cutaway any bruised or damaged parts. Cut into slices about ¼ to ½ inch thick. 3. Some vegetables including eggplant, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, and radishes need to be blanched for a few minutes. 4. Cut the slices in a bowl and toss with lemon juice or apple vinegar to reduce browning. Although this step is optional, it helps in preservation. 5. Spray the trays with a light spritz of canola or olive oil to prevent sticking. 6. Place slices of the same fruit or vegetable on dehydrator racks in a single layer without overlapping. Use different trays for different varieties. 7. Check on the process until when done. Let the racks cool before removing the fruit. 8. You can enjoy your items immediately but if you want to store your stash, pack the dried fruit in glass jars or sealable plastic bags. Shake jars or bags once day to make sure there is no condensation. If there is any moisture, return the product to the dehydrator for a bit more drying. 9. Store in a pantry or room temperature darkened area. 10. Voila! Your very own dried fruit and leathers.

You can also put the dried fruit in bags and freezer. I’ve experimented with over-ripe bananas, apples, pears, Asian pears, and I even made raisins with chardonnay grapes, seeds, and all. Crunchy! Everything turns out delicious and I know these dried trials are nutritious because except for the bananas, they originate in my organic orchard. My next testing will be to make sweet potato chips from the sweet potatoes I’m growing. I plan to go exotic by drying mangoes, strawberries, pineapple, and papayas.

Recently we witnessed a rise of what I call the “ugly fruit”. Stores, farmer’s markets, and on-line sites are popularizing the value of imperfect produce. This is a giant step forward in eliminating waste and re-educating our families to value all products provided by nature. Farmers using organic methods know that crops are not always pretty, but the nutritional value and health benefits outweigh perfection of form.

As summer slowly fades into fall, I wish you abundance and a garden of eating.

Cynthia Brian’s Mid Month Gardening Guide

PRUNE “widow makers”, dead branches on trees. You can identify the dead branches before the leaves fall from the rest of the tree. CHECK the crape myrtles in bloom. If you are considering planting a tree or two later in autumn, this is the perfect time to decide what color will be an advantage to your landscape. Crape myrtles are excellent specimens for year-round attractiveness. The leaves will turn red and golden in late autumn, the bark is bare and beautiful in winter, the leaves are shiny green in spring, and the tree blooms midsummer to late fall. REFRIGERATE crocus, tulips, and hyacinths for six weeks before planting. ADD aged chicken manure to your soil if you are noticing that it is less fertile. MARK your calendar for a visit to the Be the Star You Are!® non-profit booth at the Moraga Pear and Wine Festival on Saturday, September 28th. Thanks to our sponsor, The Lamorinda Weekly. Details at https://www.BetheStarYouAre.org/events.

DEADHEAD tuberous begonias to keep them blooming until frost. The flowers are edible with a tangy, citrusy flavor. ENJOY the final days of freshly picked tomatoes tossed with basil or cilantro. HARVEST tangerines, Asian pears, and grapes as they ripen. PHOTOGRAPH your deciduous trees as the changing colors emerge. The contrast of colors will amaze you as you reflect on the time-line. DEHYDRATE extra fruit and vegetables for tasty snacks. Kids especially love these dried sweets. CUT and compost the damaged parts from “ugly” produce and cook with the rest. WASTE NOT! Be a steward of our planet with simple up-cycling. WELCOME the cool and crisp days of autumn. Fall forward!

Happy Gardening. Happy Growing.

See photos and read more: https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1315/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Fall-forward-and-waste-not.html

  Cynthia Brian, The Goddess Gardener, raised in the vineyards of Napa County, is a New York Times best-selling author, actor, radio personality, speaker, media and writing coach as well as the Founder and Executive Director of Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3. Tune into Cynthia’s Radio show and order her books at www.StarStyleRadio.com.

Buy a copy of her new books, Growing with the Goddess Gardener and Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers at www.cynthiabrian.com/online-store.

Hire Cynthia for projects, consults, and lectures. Cynthia@GoddessGardener.com

www.GoddessGardener.com

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Everything a Paralympic Gold Medalist Does (and Eats) in a Week to Stay Fit

Sweat Diaries

Paralympic athlete Michelle Konkoly shares her Sweat Diary.

A class at The Bar Method. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

Welcome to Sweat Diaries, Be Well Philly’s look at the time, energy, and money people invest in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle in Philly. For each Sweat Diary, we ask one Philadelphian to spend a week tracking everything they eat, all the exercise they get, and the money they spend on both. Want to submit a Sweat Diary? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com with details.

Who: Michelle Konkoly (@michellekonkoly), 26, from Midtown Village

What I do: Second year medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

What role healthy living plays in my life: Healthy living means taking care of my body by buying, preparing, and eating nourishing foods; getting plenty of sleep; and keeping my body strong, flexible, and conditioned by doing a diverse array of exercises. In 2011, I suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury that left me with a spine and heel fusion, and permanent weakness in my legs.  Since my injury, I have learned never to take anything my body can do for granted — I had to start from scratch to learn to walk again, and lost 30 pounds of muscle during my recovery.  After re-learning how to walk, I got involved in the Paralympics and won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in sprint freestyle swimming events at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics! I’m proud of my muscle because I know how far I had to come to get where I am today.  Now, I’m focusing primarily on school, but I still go to swim meets when I can.

Health memberships: I purchased the “New Client Special” at Bar Method Rittenhouse, which 30 days unlimited for $99. I also have a membership at the Jefferson Recreation & Fitness Center, which was included with tuition.

Monday

Michelle Konkoly trains in the Jefferson pool. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

7:10 a.m. — Alarm goes off, and I wake up and am out the door within five minutes to head to the pool at Jefferson. Fortunately, it’s only a three-minute walk!

7:30 a.m. — Swim at the Jefferson pool.  It’s a 20-yard pool, which is shorter than most pools, but we make it work!  One of my classmates swims with me and we do a tough 4000 yard aerobic workout. I swim faster than when we did the set last week so I am pumped!

8:45 a.m. — Showered, I walk back home and take my corgi, Ollie, out for a walk.

9:40 a.m. — Walk back to Jefferson’s campus for class and stop at dry cleaners on the way.

10 a.m. — Small group class. I eat my breakfast of papaya, pineapple, Greek yogurt, and chia seeds with a homemade latte (two shots and soymilk).  Someone brought in Isgro’s cannolis so I have to eat half of a cannoli as well!

11 a.m. — Facilitate a group for the first year medical students, and have another cup of coffee. Swimming in the morning makes you a special kind of tired.

12 p.m. — Walk to the University Health Center to get the PPD shot I need for volunteering. While I’m waiting, I snack on two leftover paleo chocolate chip cookies I made over the weekend.

2 p.m. — I finally get home, and eat lunch of a kale salad with avocado, carrots, tomatoes, and homemade carrot ginger dressing, plus slice of whole grain bread and some chocolate-covered almonds.

3 p.m. — I head to the Jefferson Library to overview the material for the week. I have three clementines and half a bottle of kombucha I got from the new Sprouts Market last week.

5:45 p.m. — I get home and walk Ollie to Washington Square Park. I finish an almost-empty bag of Skinny Pop kettle corn before I head to barre.

6:45 p.m. — Barre class at Bar Method Rittenhouse.

8 p.m. — Barre doesn’t make me nearly as hungry as swimming, but I’m still excited for my dinner that I prepped yesterday: sushi bowls!  I top some sushi rice with calamari salad my roommate didn’t want, plus some broccoli, edamame, pickled ginger, and nori strips. I also have some almonds and dates.

9 p.m. — Ok, the hunger caught up with me.  I go a little overboard on after dinner snacks tonight and have a sundae of tahini squares with an Enlightened fudgesicle, half a banana and coconut whip, and a slice of chocolate pumpkin bread. I went on a baking spree over the weekend and now have all these goodies sitting around tempting me.

10:30 p.m. — Finish studying and head to bed.

Daily total: $0

Tuesday

Weight lifting to work on fast-twitch muscles. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

8:14 a.m. — Woke up without an alarm. I try to give myself one day a week to sleep in. Once out of bed, I take Ollie for a walk and then eat half a banana and half a slice of chocolate pumpkin bread.

9:15 a.m. — At the Jefferson gym, and I do a one-hour lift, focusing on upper body explosiveness. I have a swim meet coming up in December, and since I swim sprint freestyle, power and fast-twitch muscle work is so important!

10:30 a.m. — Come home, shower, and make a latte to drink as I listen to this morning’s recorded lectures.

A smoothie bowl for lunch. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

12:15 p.m. – Make a smoothie bowl for lunch! I’m obsessed with my Vitamix blender. I make a smoothie out of frozen bananas, peaches, and spinach, almond milk, and Orgain vegan peanut butter protein powder, topped with homemade granola, cacao nibs, chia seeds, coconut, and fruit.  I finish off lunch with some chocolate covered almonds and salted almonds.

1 p.m. — I spend most of the afternoon continuing to work though this morning’s lecture material on dermatology. I walk into to Walgreens as a study break and buy tweezers and a pack of gum ($5.20).

2:45 p.m. — Finish the Sprouts kombucha, along with some more tahini bars (they’re so good!) and some fresh pineapple.

5 p.m. — I get ready for a Jefferson Gala event tonight at the Philadelphia 201 Hotel.  I Uber over with some friends and the venue is gorgeous!

Cake for dessert. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

6 p.m. — At the reception, I have three pieces sushi and a glass of Champagne. For dinner, we’re served bread and salad, and I request the vegetarian entrée of risotto, carrots, and broccoli rabe. I’m not strictly vegetarian, but try to eat less meat whenever possible! Dessert is a beautiful chocolate mousse cake with fresh berries.

9:30 p.m. — Uber back home and walk the dog. I’m craving something crunchy, so I grab a few handfuls of Special K out of the box before getting into bed.

11 p.m. — Bed!

Daily total: $5.20

Wednesday

Michelle Konkoly has an unlimited membership at The Bar Method. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

7:10 a.m. — Alarm goes off and I’m off to the pool.

7:30 a.m. — Swim a 3200-yard workout by myself. Today I used parachutes that are tied to my waist to add extra resistance. It’s tough but really helps me increase my sprint speed and power. I shower at the pool and then come home to walk Ollie.

10 a.m. — Grab my backpack and head to class.  I eat my yogurt with fruit and chia seeds and a latte — I make this breakfast the night before so I can just grab it and go.

12 p.m. — Class ends and I come home. I’ll never get over how hungry swimming makes me in comparison to other workouts!  I grab a couple almonds and pieces of caramel corn before taking Ollie out.

12:45 p.m. — Lunch is a bowl of kale, sushi rice, tofu, carrots, broccoli, and pickled ginger, plus a bit of spicy mayo on top! I also have an apple from when I went apple picking with my mom and sister last week.

2 p.m. — I head to the library and have three clementines as a snack.

3 p.m. — Every Wednesday we have “Cookie Hour” with the applicants interviewing at Jefferson. Current students can come to mingle and of course grab a cookie! Today they have strawberries and mini cheesecakes too, so during my break from the library I head over and have one of each!

5 p.m. — Come back home and have a snack before walking Ollie: a small bowl of Special K with cashew milk and freeze-dried strawberries and almonds.

6:45 p.m. — Barre at The Bar Method. It’s been fun to have the flexibility to try new workouts, rather than having to focus 100% on swimming, like I was during the time leading up to Rio.

Homemade sushi for dinner. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

8 p.m. — Finally time for dinner! I use my sushi bowl meal prep ingredients to make two homemade rolls and have a glass of wine with them.

9 p.m. — As I’m sending emails and studying, I make a bag of light natural popcorn and mix in a few pieces of caramel corn.

10 p.m. — We still have Halloween candy lying around, so I have a couple pieces (Reese’s are my favorite!) before walking Ollie and heading to bed.

Daily total: $0

Thursday

Enlightened ice cream from Sprouts. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

7:10 a.m. — Alarm goes off and I snoozed it for eight minutes.  I almost never hit snooze, but I knew no one was joining me for my swim this morning, so I wouldn’t be holding anyone up if I was a few minutes late!

7:35 a.m. — Swim a 2,900-yard workout.  It’s certainly on the shorter end, yardage wise, but today I used a bungee tether that attaches me to the wall so I can swim continuously against the resistance for the length of my 50 free race (about 30 seconds).  It’s a great way to simulate an Olympic length (50m) pool in our 20 yard pool!  The tether is no joke — my arms are always burning by the end!

9 a.m. — Showered and walked home, then walked Ollie.

9:35 a.m. — Made my favorite smoothie bowl again.

10 a.m. — Head back to campus for class, and drink my latte.  One of my classmates brought in candy, so I have two mini Kit Kats.

12 p.m. — Come back home and have a piece of chocolate pumpkin bread with pumpkin butter while watching lectures.

12:30 p.m. — Eat half of a GIANT apple, plus a kati roll from Masala Kitchen — one of my friends had some extras after an event.

2:30 p.m. — Spend most of the afternoon studying at home, and eat the other half of the giant apple.

4:15 p.m. — Have a pre-dinner snack of bowl of Special K with half a banana, freeze dried strawberries, dates, golden raisins, and soy milk. I also have a cup of pineapple spirulina kombucha.

6:15 p.m. — I take Ollie on a long walk, then have dinner: a kale salad with the rest of my sushi rice, tofu, bit of edamame, and a quarter avocado, plus a bowl of defrosted frozen mangoes, strawberries, and pineapple with coconut flakes.

7 p.m. — I have another event for the first-year med students on campus, so I walk back over. For some reason there’s so much candy around this week!  I have two mini packs of gummy worms as I catch up with my friends at the event.

8:30 p.m. — Come back home and have a true dessert: chocolate! I love Enlightened ice cream, and found a new flavor — black cherry chocolate chip — at Sprouts last week. I eat the whole pint happily as I’m studying, along with a piece of chocolate and two more tahini squares.

10:30 p.m. — Bed!

Daily total: $0

Friday

Spaghetti squash pasta for dinner. Photograph courtesy Michelle Konkoly.

6:38 a.m. — Alarm goes off and I grab a squeezable applesauce packet to eat on my walk to barre.

7 a.m. — Barre. It’s great to get my workout out of the way so early on Friday. I always feel like my posture is so great after barre, too!

8 a.m. — I walk Ollie and make my smoothie bowl. Today I use up some frozen strawberries instead of peaches, and get in some last minute studying as I eat it.

9 a.m. — We have short quizzes every Friday — this week was all about various skin conditions.

10 a.m. — Head back home and have two and a half slices of chocolate pumpkin bread with pumpkin butter as I do some chores and cleaning in my apartment.

11:30 a.m. — I make a homemade iced latte, and have a ThinkThin protein bar and a mini Rice Krispie treat as I do laundry.  I’m heading out of town for a wedding this weekend so I’m trying to get ahead on my normal weekend chores!

12:15 p.m. — I walk Ollie to Washington Square Park and call my dad to catch up as we walk.

1 p.m. — I get a pedicure and gel manicure in preparation for the wedding ($42 with a coupon).

2:30 p.m. — When I get back home, I have a little bit of leftover tofu with a quarter avocado, kale, and edamame, plus the rest of the pineapple spirulina kombucha.  I also finish up the final crumbs of a container of homemade granola, mixed with cacao nibs and golden raisins.

4 p.m. — I spend the afternoon prepping my study schedule for our exam week next week, and have a tiny apple and half a container of Greek yogurt with cinnamon and chia seeds.

6:45 p.m. — I start making dinner, which is really meal prepping for next week! I have four little breadsticks and a bit of olive tapenade while I roast a spaghetti squash.  I make a chickpea/nutritional yeast “cheese sauce” for the squash, and mix it all together with some sun dried tomatoes and Kalamata olives.  I also roast up some leftover veggies from a veggie tray.

7:30 p.m. — I pour myself a glass of white wine as I eat my spaghetti squash creation. The sauce turned out so creamy!

8:30 p.m. — My roommate offers me some of the red wine she brought back from Italy, so of course I have to try it.

9:30 p.m. — I finish up packing for the wedding and have an Enlightened fudgesicle and three pieces of candy for dessert.

10 p.m. — Bed! I have an early train to DC tomorrow, so I’m calling it a night!

Daily total: $42

Weekly Totals

Money spent: $47.20

Swim workouts: 3

Barre classes: 3

Strength workouts: 1

Smoothie bowls: 3

Glasses of kombucha: 4

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How to Make the Healthiest Smoothies - 4 Recipes

Everybody loves smoothies. I mean, who wants to eat just plain produce, right? Well, I do, but lots of people find nature’s packaging and processing of fruit and vegetables to be lacking. Or maybe vegetables aren’t sweet enough, and the fiber in fruit just ruins the customer experience of that sugar rush. Consequently, health nuts around the world have embraced smoothies as their protocol to consume all the good nutrition needed for the day in one fell swoop.

But there’s a problem.

Smoothies almost always have way too much sugar in them. We separate the fruit sugar from its fiber which decreases absorption time causing an insulin spike and a host of other issues that would not have been accompanied by eating the whole fruit. And we often use fruit juice in smoothies. Fruit juice is usually void of its enzymes too, but a slow juice press can solve this issue. Many of the healthier and nuttier health nuts throw in chia seeds, kale, spinach, and other great stuff, but the base is generally fruit juice which is, in fact, a refined sugar!

Let me repeat that statement for maximum effect.

Fruit juice is refined sugar.

This does not include cranberry, lemon, or lime juice, but most do not use these as a smoothie base.

In all my travels I’ve only come across a couple of restaurants that offer healthy smoothies, Cafe Gratitude in California and Loving it Live of Atlanta. They’re pretty good smoothies too, but they lack bite.

Bite? Yes, bite. A smoothie should fight back a little. The sweetness may feed some unsavory characters in your gut, but a good bite will correct that. Let’s get more into the bite and the sweetness issue.

It is better to sweeten a smoothie with whole fruit and use water, coconut water, or moisture-rich fruits like pineapple or watermelon. Produce should be blended on the lowest setting that can get the job done. A Vitamix will kill most of the enzymes when blending raw food at high speeds. Adding the bite is about finding the right antimicrobial herbs. We want to feed the good guys, the flora that flourishes in an ecosystem built on vegetables, herbs, and fruit. Feed your guys bad food and you get bad guys. Sugar is bad, herbs that kill pathogens are great. I like cayenne, turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon. Some have managed to work in garlic for a tasty treat though I am yet to be able to mimic such a feat. The only thing harder to make work in my smoothies is collard greens. For the life of me, I cannot make collards work!

Here are four smoothie recipes that don’t just nourish, but they also heal and help balance the gut. And these smoothies know how to wake up the senses, so they’re a great morning addition to your routine.

For a lot of the ingredients listed we have done an article on the benefits of them, so check out the links within the recipes if you’re curious. I make my smoothies to fill up a Vitamix, maybe 60 ounces or so. It makes about four glasses, or close to 8 cups.

Tart-C Blast

If my kidneys are feeling sluggish, or I think I’m fighting a virus, this is my go-to smoothie. I love tart; get ready to pucker.

Ingredients

Frozen cranberries

Frozen raspberries

Frozen tart cherries

One whole, fresh pineapple

Turmeric

Ginger

Cinamon

Instructions

Peel and chop up a fresh pineapple, discard peels. Put in the pineapple with the core, blend it slowly until it’s liquid. The core of the pineapple is the healthiest part of the pineapple, but you need a powerful blender to make it work. Throw in equal parts frozen berries and cherries until the smoothie blends to the desired thickness. I do a small handful of each, and add more of whichever berry I’m feeling most, just enough to get the smoothie as thick as I want. You may need to turn up the speed, just try not to let the blades get too fast to where they can damage enzymes, which is to say blend as slow as you can to get the job done. I tend to blend it fast for a bit at the end just to get the cinnamon all the way. Now that I’m thinking about it, when it’s the bark, I need to put the cinnamon in with the ice and do a higher speed there.

The finishing touch is your turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon. I add chunks of ginger and turmeric and I break off a piece of cinnamon stick, all about a half inch in size, and throw them in. This is up to you though because these spices are strong. That goes for all of the recipes here. Mix in just enough to stretch your taste buds and build up to more.

This is an excellent smoothie for helping the body detox and repair from damage, but pineapple has a lot of sugar. I recommend taking a probiotic or SF722 with this.

Phat Raspberry Zinger

This smoothie is all about the beneficial fats. And the zing of course.

Frozen raspberries

Avocado

Turmeric

Ginger

Cinamon

Frozen tart cherries

Young coconut (how to open a coconut, and if you’re stranded on an island, like a pro, like a ninja, old school, and here’s how I do it:

I use the water from a whole, fresh young coconut, and I scoop out some meat. How much I scoop depends on the difficulty and my patience at the time. I’ve also used a can of coconut milk before, and that tastes good too, but I like fresh and unprocessed coconut whenever I have the patience. Use a ripe avocado and fresh berries/cherries with ice or frozen berries/cherries.

Instructions

I put in the liquid first, fresh fruit second, and frozen third, with the herbs last. As before, zing it to taste – I like a nice chunk of ginger and turmeric, lots of cinnamon, and I tend to do about 10 raspberries and 10 cherries or so.

Sweet, Sharp, & Spicy

This one is weird, but I love it.

Whole pineapple or 1 can coconut milk

Mango

Cayenne

Sweet potato

Cinnamon

Lime

Turmeric

Ginger

Cinamon

Allspice? Clove? Curry?

Obviously, this is a very different smoothie depending on whether or not you go coconut or pineapple. As usual, add all spices to taste and kick up the spicy as high as you can to reap the most health benefits.

Enzymatic Tropical Heat

This smoothie is an excellent meal for detoxification and healing. You’ll likely get more enzymatic activity from this smoothie than a bottle of $50 enzyme pills.

Fresh pineapple

Papaya

Papaya seeds

Papaya leaves? (I have not tried this, but if anyone is able to, please let me know if it works!)

Coconut (use whole, canned, flakes, whatever you have to add coconut flavor)

Orange

Mango

Banana

Cayenne

Ginger

Turmeric

What you freeze can significantly alter the flavor of a smoothie. I will freeze banana, mango, and orange chunks for this one, or use all fresh and add a little ice to thicken it. Sometimes I just leave it un-iced; the fruit makes it pretty thick. The papaya seeds should be dried and crushed. Trying to blend them at a high enough speed when they are wet and pliable will kill the enzymes. Enzymes are why we want papaya seeds in here, and they add some spice too. It’s a little funky to me though; it takes some tweaking and getting used to for some.

Conclusion

All of these recipes are an attempt to get you to spice up your smoothies. More flavor with less sugar. More health benefit, less pretending. So mix it up. Experiment, and don’t be afraid to make something awful. Check out Detox Cheap and Easy Without Fasting – Recipes Included and implement the salad and cranberry lemonade, and you’ve basically got my diet. Also, check out this list of articles.

Related Reading:

8 Easy Steps to Health

Total Nutrition – Make your own Homemade Multivitamin and Mineral Formula 

Things Health Nuts Do With Their Food

Mulberries and Mulberry Recipes

Powerfully Healing Raspberry Cream Smoothie Recipe

How to Make the Healthiest Smoothies – 4 Recipes was originally published on Organic Lifestyle Magazine

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10 Fruits not to Eat during Pregnancy in 2020

Hello Everyone!!!

Today we are here with a lovely piece of writing about fruits not to eat during pregnancy.

Pregnancy is undoubted, one of the greatest gifts a woman enjoys. However, this gift brings with it a lot of challenges and changes in ones’ life.

A pregnant lady undergoes various emotional and physical transitions. Change in eating habits is one major concern that needs to be looked after properly. An expecting mother has to eat for two.

Hence, an extra precautionary measure is needed as not all fruits, foods, and cereals are good for pregnant lady which are considered very healthy otherwise.

One can also read more about it over here The expecting mother is asked to increase the intake of healthy fruits. But not all fruits are recommended.

Following is the list of fruits that a pregnant lady shall avoid or consult her gynaecologist before consuming them.

10 fruits not to eat during pregnancy

1. Pineapple

This lovable fruit tops the list of food items to be avoided during pregnancy. The culprit is the bromelain enzyme found in pineapple.

It breaks the protein causing softening of the cervix and sharp contractions in uterine that leads to miscarriage or early labor pain.

A pregnant lady shall keep pineapple at bay for the entire duration of pregnancy period to get int any sort of complications.

2. Papaya

Papayas are considered to be rich in vitamins and macronutrients. However, this fruit does not feature in the to-eat list of a pregnant lady.

Being rich in latex, it can cause uterine contraction and also impacts the growth of foetus development. It is held responsible to raise the temperature of the body which is again not good for expecting mother.

The rise in body temperature may lead to bleeding and miscarriage. Ripe and as well unripe papayas are to be avoided from the diet.

3. Tamarind

Yes, you heard it right. Tamarind, the little tangy and sour fruit that all pregnant lady has a craving for is forbidden to eat.

Even though it may provide temporary relief satisfying taste buds, it does more harm in the long run. Being rich in Vitamin C, it can be a hurdle in the progesterone production in the body.

Low levels of this hormone are the prime cause of early delivery or miscarriages. If one cannot avoid it, try not to consume at least during the first trimester.

4. Watermelon

With all its goodness of flushing out toxins and a good amount of sugar, watermelon still makes it to the list of fruits to avoid during pregnancy.

During the flushing process, foetus may get exposed to different toxins. Moreover, it can also flush out the necessary toxins needed for the baby.

Even the blood sugar level increases if the fruit is consumed during this phase.

5. Banana

Banana is not restricted to all pregnant lady but those diagnosed with diabetes shall refrain from having this fruit.

With its sugar-rich property, this fruit shall never make it on their table. Due to its chitinase content, a lot many people with gestational diabetes have an allergy toward this latex-like substance.

They should as well not consume a banana.

6. Dates

We all know the varied benefits of dates. They are rich in essential nutrients and vitamins. Then how come this fruit is mentioned here?

Well, dates are heat inducing fruit and shall be avoided during pregnancy to avoid uterine contraction. 1-2 servings a day is not a problem.

But one shall refrain from more dates a day to avoid complications.

7. Frozen Berries

Freeze-dried or frozen berries are not advisable to pregnant ladies. Fresh fruits are a better choice for consumption when compared with frozen ones.

Not just you muss the taste but one ends up having chemical preservatives to the foetus.

Hence, avoid any frozen berries as much as you can and opt for a fresh one.

8. Peach

Peach may not suit all pregnant ladies being its heat-inducing property. However, one can consume the fruit without the peel.

As the skin of the fruit has a lot of tiny follicles over it, it causes throat irritation.

9. Canned tomatoes

Canned tomatoes are an essential part of the menu in everyday life.

But one must understand that the preservatives content of the tin is not good for the mother and neither the baby she carries.

If possible, avoid the intake of any sort of canned tomatoes or any other canned fruit.

10. Grapes

No one ever expected this list to have grapes. Did you? Grape skin contains resveratrol compound. It is toxic and harmful to the to-be-mother.

Few grapes a day is advisable to some lady but one must limit the quantity and shall also keep a tab on other fruits consumed along with it during the period to balance.

Conclusion

In my opinion, one shall avoid the use of these fruits during pregnancy. However, few fruits may not be suitable to some while others can have.

It is advisable to ask and discuss with the doctor about what fruits to eat and what not to eat during the pregnancy period. Remember that what you eat will shape the health of your baby. So be very cautious before gulping anything down.

Hope you liked our list of fruits not to eat during pregnancy.

Reference: - https://health.gd/fruits-not-to-eat-during-pregnancy/