January 2011 Newsletter

Health & Fitness
10 Healthy Snack Foods

When snacking you want to make sure you are both satisfying your belly and nourishing your body. Make sure to stick to high-protein, healthy carbs and fiber to keep you feeling fuller longer without the spike in blood sugar.

If you are craving something salty try these foods:

Food Should Taste Good Chips – made with all natural ingredients and available in 3 delicious flavors: Sweet Potato, Multi-Grain, Jalepeno

Ostrim Sticks are made with both ostrich and beef making them an extra lean snack for kids and adults

Snacktrition offers almonds, cashews and other healthy nuts mixed with sea salt or dry roasted

If you are craving something sweet:

Peeled Snacks offer the perfect satisfaction for any sweet craving – choose from an assortment of dried fruit, and dried fruit and nut mixes

Froose whole grain fruit snacks are a fiber rich, gluten free, low sugar alternative to candy and other fruit snacks – great for kids and adults

Any one of our Low Sugar smoothies including Fruity Supreme, Island Breeze, Pacific Splash and the Zip Zip.

Stop by a location nearest you to stock up on snacks for your kids’ lunch box or your office desk.

Did You Know

A healthy heart is the golden ticket to a longer, healthier life. Make sure to keep your heart in optimal health by keeping your cholesterol and blood pressure down.

Here are a few quick tips to help:
1) Cut out bad fats and eat good ones like omega 3’s, olive oil and canola oil instead. You can find essential oils in fish, nuts and lean cut meats.
2) Whole grains are essential to lowering your risk of cardiovascular disease. So, eat your oats!
3) Reduce your salt intake. Increase levels of sodium in the diet can lead to high blood pressure. Try reduced sodium options or add just a pinch yourself instead of heavily salting your food.
4) Exercise! Get up and get moving! The best way to strengthen your heart and contribute to your overall health is by exercise. Try to walk, run, hike or bike at least four times a week

Product Highlight: Bee Sure
Bee Sure is a drink mix you can put in smoothies or other liquids containing over 200 nutrients! Bee Sure is made up of whey protein concentrate, bee pollen, Hawaiian spirulina and Siberian Ginseng.

These ingredients combined, do a body good. Whey protein concentrate helps repair and build bones and tissue; building muscle and promoting fat loss. Bee pollen is rich in protein, amino acids, enzymes and co-enzymes and essential fatty acids. Spirulina is mostly known for its anti-ageing benefits. However, it is also an energy boost and helps detoxify the body. Last but not least Ginseng is associated with mental and physical health and assists in the absorption of vitamins and minerals in the body. It also aids the body in eliminating toxins and resist daily stress factors.

Bee Sure is an easy way to make sure you get healthy and stay healthy. Visit your local Emerald City Smoothie to check it out for yourself.

Bee Sure All Natural. (2009) True Organics USA Site. Retrieved from http://www.trueorganicsusa.com/beesure.html

Customer Chat

Linda writes:

“My nephew was in a car wreck around Thanksgiving and he went into Emerald City Smoothie and they bent over backwards to help him. They gave him suggestions on things to help him stay healthy and not lose weight while he had his jaw wired shut. Thank God for Emerald City Smoothie.”