Make your own drink at home for pennies, without the artificial colorings and preservatives!
Get Glowing Skin (& Drop Pounds) With This Cool Detox Tea
August 9, 2011 By 12 Comments
I like health tips and powerful foods that are easy and delicious – here’s one of my current favorites!
Make an iced tea from one of Yogi Tea’s special Detox line and drink your way to glowing skin and
easy weight loss:
How To Detox In 10 Seconds: Win SoCal Cleanse Here!
May 31, 2011 By 81 Comments
I found a cool new smoothie addition that offers great protein and nutrition from real, whole foods. SoCal Cleanse has come up
with a fantastic protein and detox mixture that you’ll love! And it only takes 10 seconds to add the 4 scoops to your morning smoothie. This tasty product is a great plant-based protein, offers wonderful Omega-3s and is free of allergens like soy and dairy.
Add this hemp-based mixture to your morning breakfast drink and I can guarantee that you’ll be feeling satisfied while your body gets what it needs to cleanse easily and gently.
Congrats to Jeanne H, my hemp detox package winner! If you want to try the SoCalCleanse hemp detox protein mixes, they’re offering my peeps a 25% discount from today, Friday, June 3rd to Monday, June 6th! Use my code: ALEX25 at www.socalcleanse.com
My Natural Soda Challenge Is SO Timely: Diet Soda Risk Study
February 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
This week I started my Natural Soda Challenge to discover wether these products are really safe, if they taste good, and to have a little fun. I didn’t realize how timely this project was going to be! As reported on Medscape.com yesterday, “A new study suggests that the popular (diet soda) drinks may increase the risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death.”
According to lead investigator Hannah Gardener, an epidemiologist from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida “People who had diet soda every day experienced a 61% higher risk of vascular events than those who reported drinking no soda.”
This is just an example of the kind of important information my Red Hot Hearts members will receive when we begin our 8 week tele-course on Tuesday, 2/15. There are 7 spots remaining, so contact me today to get in on the action!
To read the full article, go here:
Now you have even more reason to try Zevia, the stevia sweetened soda I reviewed this week in my Natural Soda Taste Test Series!
Detox Products You'll Love: Yogi Tea (Win Some Here!)
September 14, 2010 By 31 Comments
Natural remedies for toxic modern living don’t have to be expensive and hard to integrate.
What could be easier than detox in a tea bag? Tea has been used throughout human history by every culture and civilization to deliver powerful herbal benefits to the sick and stressed. Tea is easy to make and easy to consume even when you don’t have an appetite or much energy.
One of my favorite brands for this type of medicine-in-a-cup is Yogi Tea’s Detox line.
Yogi has created three different formulations of herbs, roots, and spices into delicious teas.
“Detox” is useful for liver and kidney support. These two organs are very important for cleansing the body of toxins.
“Skin Detox” helps to purify the skin and includes Stevia Leaf, a natural, non-caloric sweet leaf.
“Peach Detox” is formulated to promote healthy kidney function and includes wonderful Indian spices like cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, and clove for a very chai-like flavor and aroma.
I have been stocking my “kitchen pharmacy” with Yogi Teas for years now (and not just because it comes from my beloved Oregon), and was thrilled when Yogi decided to sponsor my Detox Box for my current September Reboot Detox Group.
Since I have a couple of boxes left, I decided to hold a contest!
So here’s how you can win some Yogi Tea from me:
* Leave a comment on my blog here answering these questions: What would you most like to know about detoxification and wellness for 2011? What’s your favorite part about my website (I’m planning some big changes soon, and want your input!)
Enter your comment by Friday 9/17 at 3pm, and you could win!
Be well, Alexandra
Herbal Iced-Tea-nis Help Squash Summer Sugar Cravings
June 8, 2010 By 3 Comments
Sugar is the one craving women have a hard time overcoming. We crave it because we’re human, we’re tired, overworked, and stressed. Sugar is the only taste preference humans are born with, so know that you’re not alone when chocolate and ice cream call your name late at night!
I’ve discovered a great way to indulge my sugar lovin’ taste buds this summer, that adds only a few calories, lots of taste, and refreshing hydration.
It’s the Watermelon Iced-Tea-ni! With high levels of betacarotene and lycopene, watermelon offers nutritional support for healing as well as a light, sweet flavor. 
Here’s my recipe:
1. Make 4 -6 cups boiling water and add a few herbal tea bags (peppermint, chamomile, lemon verbina, whatever floats your boat)
2. Place the brewing tea in a window or somewhere it can cool for a while, then place it in the refrigerator to chill for at least an hour.
3. While the tea is steeping and chilling, cut 2 cups of watermelon cubes, about 2 inches square. Place these cubes on a plate or in a bowl, then freeze.
4. Serve the chilled iced tea with chunks of watermelon “ice cubes” and enjoy!
Happy summer!
Alexandra
Gentle Detox Drink – Takes Minutes, Costs Pennies (and toxin free!)
May 4, 2010 By 9 Comments
Those store-bought containers of “fiber products” might help with constipation, but they often hide synthetic chemicals which are unnecessary and toxic.
I make this simple, inexpensive drink at home on a regular basis. It takes minutes, and costs pennies!
1 tablespoon freshly ground flax seeds (grind in a spice grinder or clean coffee grinder)
6 ounces water
2 ounces apple or pineapple juice
Simply mix all together with a whisk or in a blender and drink quickly. Because the fiber expands in your intestines, it acts as an internal brush, cleaning out any stuck matter.
