Mocha CORE Protein Shake (2 servings)

This time of year calls for late nights and early mornings, especially with all the family in town and all the holiday shopping to get done! This shake is incredibly easy and is perfect for an on-the-go breakfast. Grab a shaker bottle and head out shopping for Black Friday, because this shake will keep you going!

Mocha CORE Protein Shake (2 servings)

2 scoops Double Chocolate CORE protein powder 1 cup prepared coffee, chilled 1-2 cups ice

Directions: Add all ingredients to blender and blend for 60 seconds or until smooth. Enjoy! (#protip: plug in the blender first.)

Give it a try and let us know what you think!

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A few facts you may or may not have known about coffee

WA few facts you may or may not have known about coffee

1. Next to water, coffee is the most consumed drink in the world! 2. Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the stock market next to oil! 3. 500,000+ cups of coffee is consumed everyday in North America alone! 4. 80% of North Americans over the age of 18 drinks some kind of coffee-based drink! 5. There is over 255 million coffee drinkers in North America, many of them spend between $4-$6 a cup, up to three times a day!

Think about it, people will protest gas prices everytime it rises, yet those same people will gladly spin thru the local coffee shop to get their $5 cup of coffee without even thinking about it….think it’s not true? Drive by your local Starbucks and see what I mean.

So maybe the question should be..Why not Coffee?? See how easy it is to get started in this multi-billion dollar business today!!!

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Keurig 'K-Cups' becoming environmental problem by the billions..

If you own a Keurig coffee machine, you’re among 13 million other people. If you woke up and used a K-cup this morning, it was one of billions of K-cups that may end up in landfills.

Both Keurig and companies that manufacture the cups acknowledge that sustainability is a problem.

“We're working on upstream and downstream impacts of the system,” a representative from Keurig told Alabama Media Group.

Keurig pointed to a website dedicated to sustainability and their efforts to work towards environmentally friendly solutions in conjunction with Green Mountain Coffee. The sustainability goals listed on the website are still dated for fiscal 2013.

One of the goals was to reduce landfill waste by 5 percent. There’s no explanation for how they would obtain such a measurement, but they did say that worked on a life cycle assessment of the products. To guage how many K-Cups there are in landfills, just by 2012, Green Mountain had sold 11 billion of the plastic cups.

Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, and numerous other companies have joined in the single-serve K-Cup business as well, further contributing to mass demand.

Two years after declaring that it would look for solutions, Keuig still isn’t sure how to tackle the issue.

“The challenge of protecting the freshness of roasted coffee while using environmentally friendly packaging is one that both Keurig and the coffee industry are committed to overcoming," a statement read.

"We are very sensitive about the waste created by the K-cup packs and are investigating alternative materials. Finding a solution for this is a priority for us, and one we hope to have before long,” their website also says.

K-cups are not recyclable, but a reusable cup has been invented. A solo cup can be found for under $15 and you can put any grounds in it you choose.

There’s also a way to recycle the used grounds that enriches soil instead of contributing to trash, through a company called Grounds to Grow On.

Or, you could just switch to a regular coffee pot that brews different amounts and select a reusable filter. It’s up to the consumer to balance convenience with environment.

If you've thought of creative ways to reuse K-Cups, comment below.

Here is one solution is getting your Coffee from me all you do is put coffee in cup hit button hot water goes in add your cream & stevia simple . Enjoy a nice cup of Coffee. http://coffee.jeremyhawkins.net/

Source: http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/03/k-cups_becoming_environemental.html

Is your Coffee Making you Sick?

Coffee is so popular you’d think it must be the right thing to drink. But there are many health drawbacks to the normal coffee. It may be your morning pick-me-up and your midday pick-me-up, but normal coffee can be a real put-down for your health.

Obviously not everyone feels that way. After all, coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with 1.4 billion cups consumed every day. Four out of five Americans drink it, consuming more than 400 million cups a day. In Canada it is the most popular hot beverage.

But the list of health problems associated with coffee is a real wake-up call itself.

Some of the problems that the caffeine in coffee causes are preventable and in fact urgent to prevent. For example, caffeine increases your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure, and can contribute to the development of heart disease.

Anxiety and irritability are also associated with too much caffeine intake.

The high acid content of most coffees can lead to gastrointestinal problems because coffee increases the secretion of hydrochloric acid leading to an increased risk for ulcers. Coffee, including decaf, reduces the pressure on the valve between the oesophagus and the stomach so that the highly acidic contents of the stomach pass up to the esophagus leading to heartburn and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. With America ’s high consumption of coffee, its no wonder the best selling over-the-counter drugs are the so-called antacids.

Besides its direct effect on the human body, there is also the issue of the use of chemicals and pesticides on the coffee beans (as well as on other food crops). Pesticides and chemicals used in agriculture contain a myriad of chemicals – most of which are have not been studied thoroughly enough to understand or contemplate their long-term effects on the human body.

So, am I telling you to give up coffee? NOT exactly. Rather, I want you to know that there is an alternative to the normal coffee, the normal coffee that plays such a part in your decreasing health, even as it purports to elevate your mood and energy.

The alternative I’m talking about is a real coffee (not a coffee substitute) It’s a coffee that actually helps to remove toxins from your body, and with every cup you drink, you can feel better and realize increasing health benefits.

And, in fact, this particular coffee tastes good.

This new healthy coffee has been known to increase oxygen to your brain, help balance your weight, and boost your overall health. The secret ingredient is an extract from the Reishi mushroom known as Ganoderma Lucidum. Its literal root is the term Reishie Senshi, of ancient Asian origin, meaning, “goodness of health, life and eternal youth.”

This healthy coffee will help remove toxins from your body and boost your immune system. With every cup that you drink you can feel revived, rejuvenated and experience increased health benefits.

As for taste, this coffee is delicious. In fact, not only health reasons, but pure and simple taste is one reason that many people are switching to Ganoderma Coffee.

Health issues, however, are a very important reason that more and more people are switching to Ganoderma. Its essential ingredient, Reishi mushrooms, has been used as an immune stimulant for both HIV or cancer patients and has even been found to improve immune response in advance-stage cancer victims. These mushrooms have also been used to help the healing of lungs for people with asthma and lung disorders. The ancient Asian civilizations began using Reishi mushrooms centuries ago and still used today for hypertension, liver disorders and arthritis.

As it’s low in caffeine, it won’t have negative affect on sleep patterns either.

So, it seems that coffee connoisseurs, or just the normal everyday drinker like me, can have a real coffee (not a substitute) that can help improve our lifestyle and health.

Just imagine a coffee that can boost your immune system, increase your circulation and just makes you feel better. I’ve found that since switching to Ganoderma healthy coffee, I can have as much or more enjoyment of my daily cups of coffee, and have no more worries about negative physical or psychological effects.

Now that’s something to drink to! For more information on Healthy Coffee, visit my website and learn more about this amazing ganoderma enriched coffee choice.