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Take a moment for you in this busy season. Treat yourself to my magic delight. It is perfect to warm you up from the winter cold. A great break from the hustle and bustle. Pause and relax into this chocolate heaven. This is the richest hot coca recipe I’ve ever tasted.

Plus, the secret ingredient boosts your metabolism. No one has to know its healthy.
The kids will love it too – enjoy this radiant recipe!

Ultimate Hot Cocoa Recipe: Healthy, Rich, and Creamy Warm Chocolate Delight
Makes 2 servings

2 cups Soy and/or Almond Milk. (I use Unsweetened Vanilla Blue Diamond Almond Milk, Unsweetened Vanilla WestSoy Milk, or a combination of half of each)
1 tsp Organic Vanilla Extract
3 tbsp Organic Cocoa (Nature’s First Law Organic Raw Powdered Cocoa)
1-2 tsp Organic Coconut Oil (Jungle Organic Coconut Oil, Extra Virgin Cold Pressed)

Stevia powder or Agave Nectar – Use your preference of sweetener. Sweeten to your taste.

Mocha Option
Add ¼ cup Coffee (Fresh Brewed or Espresso)
or
2 tsp Powdered Instant Espresso (Medaglia D’Oro Instant Powdered Espresso)
or
2 tsp Mount Hagen Organic Cafe (decaf or reg)

Combine all ingredients in a 2 quart saucepan. Heat over medium heat until the coconut oil melts. Blend with a wand style hand mixer (if available for more frothy results) or with a wire whisk. Pour into mugs. Enjoy!

Adjust ingredients to taste.

Prep Time: 5-10 minutes (depending on how handy your supplies are)

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Dr Rebecca Coleman
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If you happen to have a lot of time on your hands and are tired of the same old routine (such as watching television, walking the dog, sitting around at home with a cup of coffee or some other thing), here are a couple of things you should consider as a new hobby. After all, you deserve something new and exciting…this is the prime of your life!

PHOTOGRAPHY. With the advent of the digital camera, photography has now become a popular hobby among the old and the young. This is because digital cameras have made picture taking fast, easy and cheap! Digital cameras have digital displays. These are called LCDs, and you get to see what you shoot, so you’ll know directly if you took a great picture or not!  Digital is now the easiest and cheapest way to go, rather than using old cameras that needed film. So even if you’re still a budding photographer, you don’t have to worry about wasting any film when you take bad pictures, because you can always delete it and shoot again!

CREATIVE WRITING. Is an afternoon with coffee too common already? Then why not have a lovely time with a cup of coffee while dabbling in creative writing. Jotting down what you feel, think and want can be a great emotional outlet for you. You don’t have to be a poet or a novelist to do this, nor do you have to have a degree in creative writing or journalism. Just whip up a notebook (or your laptop) and start writing away. Don’t worry about the form, or about having nothing relevant to write about, just jot down whatever  comes into your head. It might not make sense at first, but the idea is to let those creative juices flow freely. When you finally are at ease with writing, then you can start moving on to more complicated things like poems, novels, essays and stories.

VEGETABLE GARDENING. Gardening can be a fun and therapeutic way to spend time. Growing a vegetable garden is one of the easiest and best ways to get fresh organic vegetables. Talk about healthy! If you live in an apartment or don’t have space for a garden, you can always buy little pots and grow herbs near your kitchen sink (or anywhere you have sunlight). This is really great if you also love cooking.

These are just a couple of hobbies to start off with when if you find yourself tired with the routines of life. There is, however, more stuff to do! Visit boomeryearbook.com, connect with other boomers – Boomer Yearbook might become the best new pastime yet!

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Andrew clinton
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The so-called civilized world we live in makes it difficult to maintain youthful attributes and stay healthy. Fast food, pollution, low and non-nutrition processed edibles eaten as food, stress, medications, lack of adequate information and our own negligence contribute to health problems and signs of premature aging.

To get around it, you can do one of two things: just let it happen or be on the offensive with compensating measures.

The obvious thing to do is to be on the offensive. But how do you do that?

Let’s talk about dehydration. Do you drink coffee or caffeine drinks such as colas or so-called energy drinks? If so, then you must compensate by drinking more water. Caffeine is dehydrating. For every can of caffeinated soda or cup of coffee – at least an equal amount of water is in order. If you don’t compensate, the dehydration shows up as gray, flaky dry skin.

Do you drink alcohol? It’s dehydrating. That’s one reason why your face looks like the wrath of God the morning after just a few drinks the night before. For every glass of wine or bottle of beer, you should consume an equal amount of water – or more. The hard stuff is even more damaging. Yes, you will be running to the potty, but you will be compensating for the dehydration and you will feel better in the morning because you have eliminated a lot of the alcohol toxicity.

Alcohol also depletes B vitamins. Some folks who like a glass of wine follow it with a B Complex capsule and a glass of water.

Overall, caffeine and alcohol are the least egregious offenders. Most folks don’t drink an excessive amount of coffee or alcohol on a daily basis.

There is something more damaging than daily caffeine and occasional alcohol. It’s what most people use a lot of on a daily basis over a long period of time: prescription medications.

Medication induced nutrient loss is responsible for more health problems that anyone realizes. The pharmaceutical companies do not mention nutrient loss in advertising, although warnings may appear in literature no one reads. And chances are that traditionally trained physicians and pharmacists aren’t educated enough about nutrition to be aware.

For example, has your physician or pharmacist ever warned you that estrogen replacement depletes magnesium? Magnesium depletion causes muscle weakness, depression, dizziness, hypertension, and heart problems. That doesn’t mean you should stop taking estrogen (if in fact you choose to replace estrogen) but you do need to make certain you are getting enough magnesium. A physician who practices integrative medicine will know enough to prescribe compensating nutrients.

Blood pressure medications such as Tenormin and Lopressor deplete CoQ10 which is absolutely vital to stabilize cellular membranes and give cells energy to function. Statin drugs that lower cholesterol deplete CoQ10 as well.

Diuretics (”water pills”) may cause magnesium, potassium, and zinc depletion. Men with prostate problems already tend to have zinc deficiency and if it is not supplemented the prostate can enlarge.

Medications such as Tagamet and Pepcid cause depletion of vitamin B12 and folic acid. A deficiency of these two vitamins causes homocysteine levels to rise. High homocysteine causes irritation of blood vessel walls. When cholesterol flows throw them, it clings to the irritated walls and then you have clogged arteries. We can’t live without cholesterol. It is vital for cell membrane integrity and hormone production among other things. But we can’t live with cholesterol when it is clogging arteries as a result of high homocysteine.

You don’t have to wait for your doctor to prescribe B12 and folic acid. You can buy B12, preferably in the form of methylcobalamin under-the-tongue tablets available over the counter. Folic acid tablets are also available without a prescription.

If you want to learn more about how prescription medications deplete nutrients, read the Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook by Ross Pelton, James B. Lavalle and Ernest B. Hawkins.

Don’t suffer premature aging and loss of youthful attributes due to dietary indiscretion, neglect, or just not knowing. You can do a lot to help yourself. When you learn to compensate, or find a doctor who can help you avoid what you don’t need, or help with what you do need, you will stay healthier and more youthful a lot longer.

The Anti-aging Law of Compensation is too important to ignore. Educate, compensate, and take care of yourself! If you don’t, who will?

Barbara Morris, R.Ph.
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Have you ever wondered does green tea have caffeine? Since I am one that cannot handle much caffeine, I have asked that question before. Yet I still want the health benefits of green tea. Health benefits like lower risk of cancer and heart disease, less digestive tract problems, and the one I really appreciate this time of year after the holidays is the help with weight loss.

If you are like me and have added a few pounds with all those Christmas goodies you’ll appreciate that green tea helps increase your metabolism, which in turn helps you shed those pounds faster. So when I question does green tea contain caffeine, I’m please to find out that it doesn’t contain as much as coffee or black tea. So I can drink my green tea and get some help shedding those unwanted pounds at the same time.

In fact, when I answer the question does green tea have caffeine, I find there are some types that have even less than half of coffee and black tea. Coffee and black tea each contains .05% caffeine, and if you were to drink Genmai cha green tea you would only be getting .008%. Or Sencha is .015% and Hoji cha is .008%. So if a minimal amount of caffeine is what you want, sit back, relax and enjoy the health benefits you’ll get in a cup of green tea.

If you are asking the question does green tea contain caffeine, because you absolutely cannot have any caffeine, yet you still want the health benefits of green tea mentioned above, you should look for nutritional supplements that contain decaffeinated green tea. These supplements can consist of only green tea extract or they can include other essential ingredients to give you even more health benefits.

If you are interested in finding out more, check out my web site. You will find a wealth of information about nutritional supplements that contains decaffeinated green tea extract plus many other nutrients needed for great health. Do it today, and you won’t have to concern yourself with the question does green tea have caffeine. Instead you can find a supplement that will give you the same benefits as drinking green tea.

Elizabeth Ruby
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Green tea has been known for centuries to promote numerous health benefits. It has been consumed in China for the treatment of headaches, depression and a host of other ailments. You might have heard of the benefits, but you also might be asking yourself, “Does green tea contain caffeine?”

Well, there are several answers to that question.

To begin with, you need to understand a little bit about the different levels of caffeine in different types of tea. The longer tea has been fermented, the higher the level of caffeine. Certain teas, such as Black and Oolong, have a higher level of caffeine. Other beverages, such as coffee, have three or four times the amount of caffeine than green tea.

For people who are very sensitive to caffeine or who need to limit caffeine in their diet because of health reasons, any amount of caffeine is too much caffeine.

The good news is that you can take a supplement that contains green tea extract instead of consuming it as a beverage. Supplements have undergone a process to remove the caffeine. So you can enjoy the health benefits without having to worry about being jittery or having other health consequences.

Green tea capsules have other benefits – they are very convenient. By using supplements instead of cups of tea, you can take it on the go and have it wherever you are. Put them in your purse or briefcase and take one at your desk or even sitting on the metro. Also, the active ingredients in an herbal extract are more highly concentrated.

This herb has been shown to produce a wide range of health benefits. If you have wanted to try it, but you were concerned and wondering, “Does green tea have caffeine?” – do not worry any longer. You can enjoy the benefits and not have the unpleasant side effects of caffeine.

Zach Zufall
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