Healthy Happy Summer!

     After a long and grueling winter and a pretty dismal spring, summer is finally here! Summer is the time to look and feel our best. When temperatures and skirt lengths start rising, we often feel the need to improve our diets, and increase our activity levels. Summertime can be very motivating; we feel more energized and we want to spend as much time as we can outdoors. What better way to sustain our energy, or kick-start a weight-loss program this summer, then to add more healthy and nutritious food into our diets! Colourful fruits and vegetables are in abundance, especially with the opportunity to eat local and organic produce from Ontario farmer's.

     Nothing tastes better than juicy, red strawberries or eating a salad with freshly picked lettuces and herbs, maybe even grown in your own vegetable garden!  For all the condo dwellers without a garden of your own, check out FarmersMarketsOntario.com to see where to shop in your area. One of the easiest ways to incorporate more nutritious foods in your diet this summer is to make your own smoothies at home. Save your money on take-out smoothies and make even better ones yourself! Throw in your favorite fruit, a good quality protein powder, and some chia, flax, maca, or whatever Superfoods you like and your set! You can even sneak some vegetables in there too! Experiment on your own, or if you like check out some of these recipes for easy smoothie ideas.
http://www.progressivenutritional.com/#/recipes
http://myvega.com/products/whole-food-health-optimizer/recipes
http://www.genuinehealth.com/skin/frontend/default/genhealth/pdf/Recipes.pdf

     If your interested in any of the smoothie ingredients, we have the protein powders as well as the Superfoods at Vibrant Lifestyle- and many other nutritious foods and drinks you can incorporate into your diet this summer.

Yours Vibrantly,
Michelle:)