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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Cream De Mint Brownies and GIVEAWAY!
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Enter to win a box of ChocoPerfection bars! All you have to do is leave a comment below that you would like to win and also include what "healthified" recipe you and your family enjoy the most. The winner will be picked on January 30th. Good Luck!
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Alcohol Facts
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When people go on a diet, they often choose the “light” version of their favorite alcoholic beverages in order to save a few calories. However, that is only a small piece of the puzzle. Fat metabolism is reduced by as much as 73% after only two a
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Alcohol in the body is converted into a substance called acetate. Unlike a car that uses one supply of fuel, the body is able to draw from carbohydrates, fats and proteins for energy. When your blood acetate levels increase, your body uses acetate in
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If that didn’t sound bad enough; alcohol stimulates appetite and decrease your testosterone levels for up to 24 hours and increases estrogen by 300%. The infamous “beer belly” is really just an “estrogen belly.” Biochemically, the higher yo
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Muscle Tip: Drinking alcohol is the most efficient way to slash your testosterone levels; women…we don’t want this to happen either. Just a single event of serious drinking raises levels of the muscle-wasting stress hormone called cortisol and de
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Also, we all know that alcohol dehydrates us. In order for fat to be metabolized, it must first be released from the fat cell and then be transported by the bloodstream where it is pushed to the liver to be used as fuel. If you are dehydrated, the li
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Alcohol also affects every organ of the body, it’s most dramatic impact is upon the liver. The liver cells normally prefer fatty acids as fuel, and package excess fatty acids as triglycerides, which they then route to other tissues of the body. How
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Swerve Deal for January
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This month Swerve is running a deal where you can buy a 3 pack of Confectioners, Get 40ct packets Free! Just go Here to get stocked up!
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BROWNIES:
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4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
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1 cup butter or coconut oil
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4 large eggs
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2 cups Swerve (or erythritol and 2 tsp stevia glycerite)
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1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
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1 tsp mint extract
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1 cup blanched almond flour
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FILLING:
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1/2 cup cream cheese or coconut cream
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1/4 cup Swerve confectioners (or erythritol and 1/4tsp stevia glycerite)
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2 TBS unsweetened almond milk
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1 tsp mint extract
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CHOCOLATE ICING:
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2 TBS butter or coconut oil
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1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
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5 TBS unsweetened almond milk
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1/4 cup Swerve confectioners (or erythritol and 1/4 tsp stevia glycerite)