Shakeology

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Shakeology

Fruits and Veggies are good, but sometimes I want Ice Cream!
How would you like to have a cherry shake or even a banana peanut butter chocolate shake every day?

What if I told you that this tasty treat can help you can lose weight with fewer food cravings, improve digestion, regularity, nutrient absorption, build and repair muscle, keep your blood sugar steady, get healthier, clearer skin, hair and nails, lower cholesterol and feel energized?! That is the power of SHAKEOLOGY!.

For years I drank a shake that was an excellent source of phytonutrients. These superfoods deliver significant amounts of antioxidants, anthocyanins, vitamin C, sprouted ingredients, spirulina and chlorella*, along with a plethora of other very healthy ingredients. The only problem was the drink tasted terrible. I wanted the health benefits so I tried adding fruit but it didn’t help. I decided to take a chance and try a new drink, so I ordered Shakeology.
Can it really be healthy?
It came. It was the chocolate flavor.

I blended the chocolate flavored drink according to a recipe and it was delicious. Not trusting that this yummy drink could be good for me, I pulled out my old drink. Not only did it have the ingredients of my old drink, to my surprise it had MORE! Shakeology includes a blend of super foods from all around the world, a prebiotic and probiotic blend as well as an enzyme blend. According to the Beachbody website, drinking this shake

“…helps your body gently eliminate toxins more efficiently while allowing for better absorption of the essential nutrients you need. A proprietary blend of digestive enzymes and prebiotics helps your body progressively eliminate the toxins that build up over time from eating today’s highly processed foods. At the same time, whole-food ingredients deliver the essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals your body needs to curb cravings, allowing your body to shed stored fat while the more than 20 different antioxidants and phytonutrients help reduce free radical damage that can lead to heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, and stroke.”

I have not seen another drink on the market that can touch the healthy ingredients found in Shakeology!

This patent-pending formula is packed with proteins and energy-providing carbohydrates, plus a combination of nutrients that is simply impossible to find at your local supermarket or even health food store. Beachbody Nutritionals searched the world to find Açai and Goji berries, Camu-Camu, quinoa, wheat grass, Maca root, and sacha inchi (just to name a few) so that you don’t have to.” (Beachbody) If you bought these ingredients individually, it would cost you a fortune.
I know what you’re thinking. There has to be a lot of sugar to make a tasty shake. Shakeology is not sweetened with refined sugar. It contains fructose (sugar from fruit) and stevia (see health benefits of stevia below). It is gluten and caffeine free, and contains no artificial sweeteners. I use the product myself and experienced all of the listed benefits and more. The sense of well being that I feel when I include Shakeology in my diet is irresistible. I would love for you to experience this and, as a Beachbody Coach, I can make it happen. This short video will explain.

There are many recipes for Shakeology. My daughter has created pudding and several other treats with it. My “ice cream” consists of a scoop of Chocolate Shakeology in 6 oz. of water. Put it in the blender with frozen cherries or berries (no sugar), ice, and mix. I also adore the banana peanut butter chocolate ice cream shake – Chocolate Shakeology, ice, frozen banana and natural peanut butter (Adams) or ground peanuts from the store, blend – enjoy! So incredibly delicious. Your body says thank you while your taste buds dance! The Greenberry Shakeology is also delicious with a touch of unsweetened orange juice in 8 oz. of water, ice and frozen banana. There are tons of Shakeology recipes I can provide here (with other healthy recipes on my Facebook page).
Of course you should introduce your children to raw fruits and vegetables from a young age so they will always like them, however, for your picky eaters, Shakeology is a tasty way to help them meet their daily requirements.
How It Works*

This patent-pending daily nutritional shake helps your body gently eliminate toxins more efficiently while allowing for better absorption of the essential nutrients you need. A proprietary blend of digestive enzymes and prebiotics helps your body progressively eliminate the toxins that build up over time from eating today’s highly processed foods

At the same time, whole-food ingredients deliver the essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals your body needs to curb cravings, allowing your body to shed stored fat while the more than 20 different antioxidants and phytonutrients help reduce free radical damage that can lead to heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, and stroke.
What’s In It?

Even if you searched all over the world, you probably wouldn’t be able to find all of the 70-plus, ultra-highquality ingredients we’ve included in Shakeology. Not only do you get a wide range of essential nutrients, from the fruits and vegetables you should be eating more of every day, you’ll also get the benefits of important foods from all around the world—foods that the latest scientific research has shown to be highly advantageous to your well-being. More than 70 different ingredients were chosen from around the world for their potency and bioavailability (the ability to deliver the nutrients your body needs). Here are the key nutrient groups that these ingredients deliver:*

PROPRIETARY PROTEIN BLEND: Whey (only in the non-vegan version – SEE VEGAN PROTEIN BLEND BELOW), Pea, Sacha Inchi, Chia, Flax, Quinoa.
Protein is made up of amino acids, the body’s primary building blocks. Muscles, bones, skin, internal organs—and much more—are all made of amino acids. What’s more, we’re in a constant state of breaking all these things down and rebuilding them. Protein helps to help build long, lean muscles and reduce food cravings. This blend is formulated with a variety of quality protein sources.
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PROPRIETARY SUPER-FRUIT/ANTIOXIDANT BLEND: Camu-Camu, Acerola Cherry, Bilberry, Lycium Berry (Goji Berry), Green Tea, Luo Han Guo, Pomegranate, Rose Hips, Vitamins A, C, E.
Consuming antioxidants helps counteract free radical damage that can lead to degenerative diseases. Key superfoods in Shakeology have been specifically selected for their antioxidant properties.
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PROPRIETARY SUPER-GREEN/PHYTONUTRIENT BLEND: Moringa, Chlorella, Spirulina, Spinach, Kale.
Phytonutrients are substances distinct to plants that also happen to benefit the animals that eat them (including us). They’re also what give fruits and veggies their various colors, thus the saying, “Eat the rainbow.” The nutrition science community has been gaga over phytonutrients for years, as new studies come out almost daily—most demonstrating how they help support human health and vitality. While we still recommend you eat your veggies, this Shakeology blend will give you a phytonutrient leg up.
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PROPRIETARY ADAPTOGEN BLEND: Ashwagandha, Astragalus, Cordyceps, Maca, Maitake, Reishi, Schisandra.
Adaptogens are just what they sound like: substances that have traditionally been used to help the body adapt and respond to the effects of stress—and they’ve been being used by cultures across the planet for centuries. While there’s no shortage of science behind many of the ingredients in Shakeology, this blend focuses more on holistic approaches, traditional practices, and ancient wisdom to offer ingredients that can help promote homeostasis, or balance, in the body.
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PROPRIETARY PRE- AND PROBIOTIC/DIGESTIVE ENZYME BLEND: Yacon Root, Chicory Root, Bacillus coagulans , Amylase, Cellulase, Lactase, Glucoamylase, Alpha-Galactosidase, Invertase.
Your intestines are loaded with bacteria—and much of it is hugely beneficial in a number of ways, including helping properly break down food and creating important nutrients like short-chain fatty acids. Probiotics such as Bacillus coagulans are digestible forms of these beneficial bacteria. Prebiotics, including yacon root and chicory root, act as food for these important little critters. Consuming a combination of the two can help support the biome in your belly, therefore supporting a healthy digestive system.
Enzymes are catalysts that facilitate chemical reactions. Digestive enzymes, in particular, break down the food you eat, therefore helping with nutrient absorption. Amylase, for example, breaks down carbohydrates. (Fun fact: your saliva contains amylase so the digestive process actually begins the moment you start chewing.) Lactase breaks down dairy. Anything in Shakeology with an “ase” at the end of it is an enzyme.
So you see, when you break it all down, Shakeology’s proprietary blends are actually easy to understand. (Maybe we should have called this an article-ase.)

23 Vitamins and Minerals*

• Get a wide range of essential nutrients
• Get your necessary vitamins every day
• Make up for dietary deficiencies
Most of us don’t get the complete range of essential vitamins and minerals in our daily diets. Some important vitamins, such as vitamin C and the B vitamins, are water-soluble, meaning they’re flushed out of your body after a short time and need to be replenished regularly. Others, like vitamin E, can be difficult to get enough of in food. Shakeology provides all these nutrients in an easy-to-take, easily absorbable form, so you never have to worry.

Regular Shakeology includes whey protein isolate, an easily absorbable source of high-quality protein that’s ideal for building and maintaining lean muscle mass. It also helps keep your blood sugar steady, reducing hunger and junk food cravings. Essential amino acids, found in protein, help the body repair muscle tissue and heal wounds; support the brain to promote calmness and alertness; and reduce hunger pangs. The whey protein in Shakeology provides a highly bioavailable source of essential amino acids.

Vegan Shakeology protein sources are: Raw, sprouted, fermented brown rice protein, Sacha inchi, Quinoa, Amaranth, Spirulina, Chia and Flax.

LESS FRUCTOSE – The fructose in Shakeology is natural – even an apple has fructose in it – but with the continuing evidence about ingesting TOO MUCH fructose and the links to type 2 diabetes and other health problems, the call for its reduction was clear; When too much fructose enters the liver, the liver can’t process it all fast enough for the body to use as sugar. Instead, it starts making fats from the fructose and sending them into the bloodstream as triglycerides. We’ve also read that too much Fructose circumvents the normal appetite satisfaction signaling system, which means appetite-regulating hormones aren’t triggered–and you’re left feeling unsatisfied. The fructose had to be lowered for the Shakeology brand to have the desired outcome for our customers.

MORE FIBER – As you may know, we have been selling Shakeology fiber boost ever since we launched Shakeology. Not many people were adding the fiber, and it is a super important aspect to the appetite suppressant benefits of Shakeology. So we found ways to add fiber to the formula directly and get it more in line with a healthy shake. The fiber increased from 3g to 6g using a protein blend of with quality, flavor-neutral vegan sources.

More fiber is good news: it helps you feel full even longer, it’s better for digestion, and can also help with cholesterol.

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If you are just curious, and want a trial sample, e-mail us here, and one of our Coaches will get back with you.

Karla Mohtashemi
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