Why is your pH level important? If you've ever experienced health issues with your digestive, circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, integumentary, nervous, excretory, muscular, reproductive or immune systems, your pH level might be the culprit. PH level is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration in the body, measured on a scale ranging from 1 to 14, 7 being considered neutral. The body's optimal pH level is slightly alkaline at 7.30-7.45; a reading less than 7 is considered acidic and greater than 7 is … [Read more...]
How and Why to Rotate Your Greens for Smoothies
The superstars of green smoothies are the leafy greens - since they are absolutely LOADED with phytonutrients, protein, vitamins, antioxidants… and the list goes on, and on, and on. But there's also something we feel is very important for you to know about when drinking green smoothies, before you continue to throw your *favorite* greens into your high powered or regular blender... especially if you're drinking them daily - it’s called... “ALKALOID BUILDUP". Yup, leafy green veggies contain small quantities of alkaloids as well … [Read more...]
How to Make Wheat Flour and Other Flours
Enter to win our latest Blender Giveaway! HOW TO GRIND FLOUR FROM WHOLE GRAINS It's easy to make your own flour from grains such as wheat berries, spelt berries, rye berries, quinoa, pearled barley, amaranth, buckwheat, and more! Homemade flour is cheap, delicious, healthy, and surprisingly simple to make in a high powered blender such as a Blendtec or Vitamix, because both of these blenders are capable of grinding whole grains into flour in seconds! The very easy practice of soaking milled flour overnight or sprouting seeds first will vastly … [Read more...]