4 Things to Look For When Choosing a Shake Mix

 I am not sure if you are including daily smoothies as part of your day-to-day healthy living routine, but I want to encourage you to do so! Smoothies are a super simple way of adding concentrated nutrition into a busy schedule. It’s a chance to add super foods like spinach and berries and combine it with a clean whole food-based shake mix like Complete.

I get a lot of questions from clients on what they should be looking for in their shake mixes for their family and I want to assure you, not all are create equal! In fact, there are some serious concerns when it comes to using certain products with children.  Here are what I want to encourage you to look for in your family’s shake mix.

1. Clean ingredients. If you see a label full of synthetic vitamins and fillers, this is not a clean or natural products. Labels should show most of the ingredients from food sources. 
2. Non-GMO, NSF, Kosher. Basically third-party validation the products are clean. 
3. Plant based protein sources. Preferably a blend of plant proteins for a higher amino acid profile. Children should never consume whey-based shakes and for most adults’ whey is a gut damaging, inflammatory food. I only encourage clients to use plant-based proteins. 
4. Avoid lengthy lists of man-made vitamins and herbal ingredients. Some shakes are basically a powdered multi vitamin and research now shows that man made, isolated vitamins are poorly recognized and absorbed by the body. Your body is designed to get its nutrition from food! Food based nutrition is the most bioavailable. Herbal ingredients can interfere with some medications and some are not proven safe for use with children.

I have exclusively use Complete in my practice for 9 years because it checks the boxes I need checked for my family. Its clean, third party tested, made entirely of powdered whole foods, its safe for the entire family, vegan, gluten free, non-GMO and its delicious!! 

If you are ready for your later fall/early winter supply of Complete, please grab your order here:

https://alisaherriman.juiceplus.com/ca/en/products/complete

Yours in Good Health

Alisa Herriman RNCP ROHP CHCP

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