More Breakfast Alternatives

Good Morning Again!

Are you drinking coffee right now with THIS in it?

Let's take a peek inside...

35 cals for 1 TBS

INGREDIENTS: WATER, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, COLOR ADDED, CARRAGEENAN.

Do any of these look familiar to you?

If you said, "YES" it's because you recognize one of the evils

If you said, "NO" it's because of COURSE you haven't. These things are foreign chemical invaders that are created in a lab.
 And they are messing with your health.

These ingredients apply to all of your standard creamers.

I know I seem like a NAZI, but it's fine if you have a TBS every now and then but if you have it in your fridge and drink it every day in several cups of coffee which can often equal 4 or more TBS...then you may be doing damage. If you read my first post about cabinet transformation on Hydrogenation, you will remember this little tidbit.

Do you want to know the hardest thing in the world was for me to give up? My coffeemate coffee creamer. But you know why I did? Because here's why...

"just a 2% increase in trans fatty acids in your diet increases your chance of heart disease by 23%. Therefore, you'd need only 20 to 60 calories from artificial trans fats a day to start damaging your health."  A New England Study

Guess how many calories are in a few tablespoons of coffeemate? Yep, you guessed it. 

Let's do our best to change this coffee creamer habit. 

Would you like a fabulous alternative?

If you must do dairy then just get an organic creamer. One without hormones and antibiotics. 

If you want an alternative creamer that does NOT contain dairy, then opt for one that doens NOT have soy in it. Read my Post of JUST SAY NO TO GMO'S. You should really limit the amount of soy you have unless it is organic because it is otherwise most likely genetically modified. BAD. Want to know more about what Big Companies are doing to your food and you eat it like a sheep going to the slaughter? See The Future of Food. Yes that was harsh, but give me a break...it got your attention didn't it? :) And sorry to keep harassing you about watching this documentary, but I will probably mention it in almost every post until you all start telling me you've seen it. I really want feedback on it. Does anyone ELSE know about this stuff! 

Ok. Back on Track. A non dairy creamer that does not contain soy is........

We use the french vanilla and my husband LOVES it. He has asked me very kindly not to tell him what "sissy" stuff is in it cause he really likes it. LOL. Why do men think that eating healthy is a sissy thing? LAME. 

Side Note: Bryan is my biggest supporter in all of this and if ever we get off track, he is the FIRST to demand we start eating clean again because when we are then the women in his life are a LOT less cranky. Children included. hehe. 

MORE FABULOUS BREAKFAST ALTERNATIVES. SEE PICS!!

EnvironKidz is Awesome and has LOTS of cereals and snack items that are wonderful alternatives for your children









PS. GREEK YOGURT is a dairy product that is brilliant and perfectly wonderful and fine to have. It is packed with protein and healthy probiotics, mix it with fresh organic berries, honey, and granola. mmmmmmmm.





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Ok! That's all I have for today. It's 6am and time for an early morning workout that I will post later today. It's a GOOD one and you can do it in your back yard. 


Also. Tomorrow I will begin the conversation of SUPERFOODS soon.  


And a Sneak Peak at what's to come later:


The Supplements you MUST be taking and the ones I live by. 



I hope I am not overloading everyone but there is SO much to talk about, but we have forever. :)


I hope you enjoy your breakfast and are drinking LOTS and LOTS of green tea and LOTS of H2O.