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Spiced Pineapple Coconut Smoothie

See ya winter, it’s (almost) smoothie season!
With winter nearly behind us, it’s starting to feel a whole lot more like smoothie season. In case you haven’t already hopped on the smoothie bandwagon, it’ll certainly be worth your while. In addition to being delicious, smoothies are a super easy way to get a ton of high quality nutrition in a single glass. This spiced pineapple coconut blend is not only high in protein, but it’s also infused with cinnamon, ginger and turmeric – all 3 of which are powerful anti-inflammatories. Give it a try after your next workout!

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Spiced Pineapple Coconut Smoothie
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 scoop vanilla Vega Performance Protein (Vega One will work too – it just won’t be as yellow)
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh pineapple
  • 1/2 cup light coconut milk + 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tsp maca root powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1″ piece fresh peeled ginger
  • ice

Instructions:

  • Combine all ingredients in the blender and puree until completely smooth.
  • Add a little more ice if needed to thicken
  • Pour into a tall glass and enjoy!

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Angela is an avid runner, fitness instructor, foodie, healthy living blogger, and owner of her business, Spin 360 Health Coaching. Having been overweight, unhappy and insecure as a teenager, Angela took control, changed her unhealthy habits, and adopted a clean eating lifestyle that she continues to maintain today. Her goal is to support, inspire, and motivate others to improve their health and be their best. You can learn more about her on her blog, Eat-Spin-Run-Repeat.com.

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Top 5 Anti-Aging Rules Every Dermatologist Swears By

Maintaining a glowing and youthful complexion is certainly something that many need to work at through diet, exercise and topical treatments, but here are five must-do rules that every Dermatologist agrees is necessary in obtaining gorgeous skin.

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Diet Counts: Clear and glowing skin starts from the inside. Eating foods rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, the most beneficial is Salmon, can greatly reduce inflammation, reduce dryness and increase circulation – a key attribute to healthy, youthful-looking skin. Daily consumption of vitamins specifically my favorite vitamin – Vitamin D and an overall multi-vitamin greatly impacts your overall health.

Exfoliation is key: The beginning of every successful skincare regime starts with exfoliation. Exfoliation is key – you would be surprised how much smoother and brighter just one exfoliating treatment can do for your skin. Regular exfoliation, the removal of dead surface skin cells, dirt and oils greatly reduces the appearance of discoloration, fine lines and dull, lack-luster skin and prevents from future breakouts. It also allows topical products, particularly super potent treatment serums, applied onto the skin afterwards to penetrate deeper, increasing the overall treatment.

Super Potent Anti-Aging Ingredient to Use: Retinoids have been proven to be one of the most powerful anti-aging properties and ever women over the age of 30 should be incorporating them into their skincare regimen. With regular use, Vitamin A or Retinoids work to stimulate your skin to make collagen, help to repair sun damage, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, increase overall skin tone/discoloration and promotes cell turnover. Vitamin A stimulates skin cell renewal by increasing the rate of cell division resulting in a plumper complexion. Additionally, retinol-based products can help to unclog pores thus inhibit dead skin cells that can cause future breakouts and also inhibit acne scars from forming.

Most Powerful Anti-Aging Step – Stay Protected: One of the most IMPORTANT things that you can do for your skin is stay protected from the harmful UVA/UVB rays. Rain or shine, sun rays work to breakdown collagen fibers, increase skin cancer cells, create unwanted pigmentation, and promote premature aging.

We love Sun Visor because it’s an easy-to-apply oil-free and fragrance-free translucent mist which makes this the ideal sun screen to reapply throughout the day. 

Partying Really Does Count: “Smoking causes the narrowing of blood vessels throughout your body, including those that supply the outermost layers of the skin with oxygen and nutrients. Regular smoking slowly starves your skin of vital oxygen and other substances, such as immunity-boosting Vitamin A that is essential for that youthful-looking glow and radiant complexion. Alcohol has a similar effect by destroying the body supply of Vitamin A.” Dermatologist Dr. Gary Goldfaden MD

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Go Red: American Heart Month

February represents an extremely powerful month for us. We’re all set on our 2015 goals – health, business, personal focuses are top-of-mind and we’re focusing all our efforts to help spread awareness on American Heart Month – AKA the #1 killer among Americans and it’s growing even further around the world.

Thanks to our friends at theheartfoundation.org, they’ve highlighted some insane facts that we still can’t wrap our heads around. 

Heart Disease: Scope and Impact

  • Heart disease is the number one cause of death for both men and women in the United States, claiming approximately 1 million lives annually.
  • Every 33 seconds someone in the United States dies from cardiovascular disease which is roughly the equivalent of a September 11th-like tragedy repeating itself every 24 hours, 365 days a year.
  • More die of heart disease than of AIDS and all cancers combined.
  • By 2020, heart disease will be the leading cause of death throughout the world.
  • This year more than 920,000 Americans will have a heart attack; nearly half of them will occur without prior symptoms or warning signs.

CQJ_4890While many may assume that popping a few pills that your healthcare provider prescribed is enough to prevent a heart attack and stay clear of heart disease, the real preventative power lies within US with real changes to your daily lifestyle – which can reduce the risk for heart disease by as much as 80 percent. Now we’re talking. Join us in actively involving ourselves in these simple movements to bring down the statistics for us and our loved ones all around us. It’s time to set examples, not be another number to this growing disease.

Here are three, very attainable, tips to jump start your health and work towards a heart healthy life.

1. Stop Smoking. Period.

2. Get Physical: It’s been proven that just 30 minutes a day of physical activity can lower blood pressure, cholesterol, improve circulation, among other massive health benefits. Tip: Take the stairs vs. the elevator if you’re under extreme time constraints.

3. Eat Healthy: Incorporate more leafy greens into your diet and eliminate the bad saturated fats and sugars – goodbye cheeseburgers, fries, basically anything fried and those candy bars. Load up on the healthy fats including avocado, peanut butter, coconut butter and nuts.

We’ve teamed up with the American Heart Association this month by donating 10% of all sales of our Hands To Heart to help grow awareness and support those in need.

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