Increase your nutrient density! This is the single most important factor in keeping extra pounds off. Simply add more nutrient dense foods to your diet: raw/organic superfoods (Infinity Greens), vegetables, whole grains. This way you are giving yourself more of the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that your body is starving for! Remember that when you are receiving these critical nutrients your body's digestive system produces enzyme inhibitors (natural appetite suppressants) to protect you from overeating. This is essential for maintaining on overall more satisfied appetite in general which naturally curbs craving and helps prevent overeating. And try to reduce your consumption of white/starchy foods: potatoes, flour based breads and crackers, pastas.

Add raw fats! Remember that it's the cooked/heated fats that have a suppressing effect on the thyroid. Law of Nature: suppressed thyroid = lower metabolism = weight gain. By adding raw fats (ie. cold pressed olive, flax, coconut oils, raw/sprouted nuts and seeds, avocados). Raw, unheated fats do not make the body fat! Actually quite the opposite. For more detailed information visit www.infinitygreens.com. And for if and when you cook with oils (baking, stir fry, ect.), remember to always use coconut oil or ghee. Cooking with these oils doe s not suppress the thyroid.

Add the most natural sugars: fruit! We all have a sweet tooth, and for good reason. It's the most simple fuel source available, since it converts to instant glucose. Having a routine of moderate amounts (two to three servings) of fruit per day helps to maintain a more satisfied sweet tooth. This way when we are around snacks and foods with processed sugars we are better able to not overdo it. We all know that feeling of "having just one cookie", and then giving in to a whole landslide of indulgence. Also stock your pantry with the most natural processed sugars. My first three pics are raw/unfiltered honey, grade B maple syrup, and natural stevia. Agave and coconut sugar are OK. I recommend avoiding cane sugar as muc h as possible, since it is tested to be extremely addictive.

Get a good power-walk in at least a few days per week. A brisk 45 minute walk is awesome exercise! You may be with family this holiday season, and it's a great way to get everyone outside. The benefits are many: keeps metabolism up, increases circulation, vitamin D absorption from the sun, alkalizing O2 from fresh air, stress release, and endorphins... you can't beat it!

Incorporate thyroid stimulating/metabolism boosting foods!
A). Infinity Greens - contains maca root, ginger, aloe vera, mangosteen, acai and enzymes all of which have metabolism boosting properties.
B). Raw Coconut - is loaded in lauric acid which has thyroid stimulating properties.

As always it is my goal to help you feel and look your best! Here is a coupon for 10% off your purchases this holiday season. When you make your purchase, just type "healthyholidays" into the coupon code.

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Wishing you the best this Holiday Season ~
Sincerely,

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Sugar and Your Diet...
Important Health Information

Hi There!

We all have a sweet tooth! It's only very natural. And our natural craving of sweet foods can be a friend instead of foe. First, consider that sugar is simply the most basic form of fuel for the body. Sugars require no digestion and are instantly converted into glucose for the brain. Your sugar intake can be healthy and is only a matter of balance,... not restraining yourself.

Here's the trick to it. It's simply keeping your sweet tooth satisfied with natural sugars! Quite simply, FRUIT!!!

Yes, it's that simple. By having moderate amounts of fruit on a regular basis it maintains a steady satisfaction and prevents intense sugar craving. This way when we are confronted with the plethora of processed sugar in every day life when can keep indulgence to a minimum. We all know that feeling of having just one cookie or slice of chocolate cake...which is often quite hopeless....since it generally turns into a landslide of overdoing it. We will discuss a few important details when having processed sugars, but first let's talk about fruit.

Again, the strategy is to have MODERATE amounts of fruit on a regular basis to keep the body's natural craving for sugar satisfied. As for what would be a "moderate" amount, it's very much an individual thing. I am a deep believer our instinctive sense of nutrition,...that we all have intuitive sense of instinctively knowing what feels right for our individual body type. Personally, I like to have a little fruit first thing in the morning. Early in the day at the gastrointestinal system is just warming up, so it's good to start with easy to digest foods. And fruit is perfect for this. Also it is immediate glucose for the brain and easy fuel for the body. Also the high water content of most fruit is has a mild cleansing and alkaline forming effect for the gastrointestinal system.



The best is a fruit smoothie with some green superfoods. Now you're metabolizing these natural sugars with all of the essential nutrients. This way it becomes a more complex carbohydrate structure and metabolizes into the bloodstream gradually. Also the aloe vera and nopal cactus in the Infinity Greens Formula have natural blood sugar balancing properties. Fruit sugars do send the blood sugar up. And what goes up, does go down. Thus blending a superfood smoothie is ideal. Otherwise having a serving of simple fruit before a meal is good, because you are then consuming slower burning fuel shortly after the fruit to pick up where the fruit sugar trails off, thus maintaining balanced blood sugar levels.

Combining fruit and other foods:

Fruits are best consumed alone or with other simple to digest juices and superfoods. Remember fruit digests in just a couple minutes. Grains, and vegetables can take hours. Thus why it is generally not good to combine fruit with these other foods. Nuts and yogurt, I consider to be exceptions. Fruit combines OK with these foods, thus the classic example of prunes and almonds or berries and yogurt. Combining fruit with other foods produces fermentation and gas, and on a regular basis this is weakening for the body's digestion. Having blueberries with your cereal every once in a while is no big deal.

Are some fruits better than others? YES!
Go for the nutrient dense fruits and those that are low glycemic. A food's glycemic index is simply a measurement of how fast it metabolizes/absorbs into the bloodstream. High glycemic foods simply send the blood sugar up and down more rapidly and have a mildly imbalancing quality on energy levels. Tropical fruits like bananas, pineapple, mango tend are the highest, and berries tend to be the lowest. Berries also tend to be the most nutritious, and so I consider berries to be the best. Pear
s, apples, and watermelon are also relatively low glycemic and are also high water content foods,...so they are very good too. The sweeter tropical fruits do have their place, however. Consider that if you are blending a frozen banana into a smoothie with nutrient dense green superfoods. These otherwise high glycemic sugars are now being metabolized with these nutrients that make it a more complex structure. Might have to make myself one,...be rig ht back.

OK, first order of business taken care of: using a moderate amount of fruit daily to keep the sweet tooth generally satisfied.

This subject requires some special discernment, since we are bombarded with foods containing a variety of processed sugar everywhere we go. Even at the natural food store, it's aisle after aisle of products sold as "natural" foods that contain loads of sugar (cereals, breads, baked goods, energy bars, snack foods, salad dressings, desserts, and drinks, drinks, drinks!) And sugar is often disguised under a variety of other names, like evaporated cane juice, raw cane sugar, ect...and these are only marginally better. It's not hopeless since there are wholesome products too, but extra discernment is required of food shoppers in this day and age of sugar saturation. It's all a matter of reading the ingredients and choosing the products that are made of the most wholesome ingredients ...and that are totally free of processed sugar.

Really the spectrum of processed sweeteners is quite wide, since using sweeteners like maple syrup and honey in moderation is perfectly fine. The other end of the spectrum is of course white cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup. That "moderation" with these is really quite hopeless. The reason is simple. White sugar is tested to be chemically addicting! Yup, straight up addicting. Remember that feeling of intending to have just one cookie or one slice of cake, which generally turns into a huge landslide of sugar indulgence. This is why I am especially discerning with not consuming foods with these sweeteners, ever! OK, if you're at a wedding or a birthday party, having these processed sugars on the rarest of rare occasions is no big deal. But I would never buy products that contain these sugars.

Making a conscientious effort to be more discerning with your sugar intake, I suspect you will feel like a different person. Just consider that you will be feeding your body with better quality fuels! This is absolutely reflected in energy levels and mood! If weight loss is a priority for you, this will be one of the most effective ingredients for your success. Avoiding white sugar equates a stronger and more balanced metabolism...simple law of nature. And now that you are becoming a label reader you will be able to discern which products are OK, to have in moderation. You will find treats that contain better sweeteners that you can have a small serving and then put it away without overdoing it.

Let's talk natural sweeteners. Here are my 3 favorites:

Honey (raw and unfiltered) - relatively high glycemic compared to fruit, but used in moderation for sweetening drinks and desserts is fine... light years better then white sugar. It also is known to have mildly strengthening properties for the immune system. Oh, and the honey/bee industry is totally awesome for the environment.

Maple Syrup (not talking Aunt Jemima's...I'm sure she was a sweet lady though....no pun intended) - A little more moderate on the glycemic scale. It has alkaline forming properties. I really dig it

Stevia - this one rocks! Stevia is an herb that has a sweet flavor, but is a calorie free food. Using this one in any quantity is fine. The flavor of stevia does not work with everything. However using part stevia, part other natural sweeteners allows you to use less of whatever other sweetener you are using. Example: part honey part stevia for sw
eetening a beverage) I'll include my famous Chai recipe below that utilizes this principle. There are other calorie free "natural sweeteners". I have not seen extensive testing on them, and I am a little weary of them. I'll let you know as I find out more.

(*A quick cautionary note on "calorie free" artificial sweeteners...run from them as fast as you can. They are tested to be incredibly imbalancing for insulin levels and the metabolism. Use only if you want to pickle your thyroid and get fat quick...serious. Every week I see guests at the Asrham detoxing hard from these. I recommend skipping the unnecessary suffering.)

There are a number of other natural sweeteners (agave syrup, yacon syrup, sucanat, artichoke syrup, brown rice syrup, coconut sugar). It is fine to use these in moderation too, but bear in mind that however natural, they are still processed sweeteners. You can stock your house with these more natural sweeteners to replace white sugar, and experiment with baking, sweetening drinks, treats, ect.




Just a moment of considering children and sugar. I say "moment" because I don't have the perfect solution for you. In most cases it appears that regardless of diet a child's health is very resilient. Conversely I've seen a youngster's health fail clearly due to poor diet. But I've also witnessed incredible healing due at least in part to healthier diet. We can brainstorm together on this. That's what my blog is for....to share helpful information. So please share any insights that you may have on this subject. For now, I suggest doing what you can for yourself, and I feel that this will be of some influence to your children. I do believe that children are incredibly intuitive creatures, and that when you are doing things that reflect well in your own health they tend to pick up on it. It's the whole notion of emanating a "healthy vibe"...simply teaching by example. Conversely trying to deliberately influence your kids to eat better seems to push them away (ie they go over to their friends house and get loaded on sugar drinks and popsicles). Look at what our kids have to face every day; cafeteria food and sugary junk foods left and right. I feel that stocking a healthier pantry at home will be a helpful start. Remember, we all have an instinctive nutrition capacity that we become more in tune with as we integrate healthier ingredients into our diet. We simply notice that certain foods and lifestyles make us feel better and improve our health...so naturally we gravitate toward these options more and more.

You can do it!

As we all make this shift, I feel that you will experience a tremendous improvement in your overall quality of life! Consider what you will achieve: utilizing fruit sugars that are alkaline forming and nutritious to keep your natural sweet tooth satisfied...then using the better quality natural sweeteners in moderation. And for when you are around white sugar junk foods they will be less desirable. And even if you do eat some,...no big deal,...it's a rare occasion.

Believe in yourself! I know you can do it! If I did it you can do it too. This is someone who used to eat a whole package of oreos...like 30 cookies!...and then would eat a pint of ice cream after that! (sheesh, talk about feeling sh*##y) It's not a matter of discipline, but rather a desire for better living. So here we go,...yet another round of quality of life improvement. Progress is only natural. Onward and upward~

Wishing you the BEST, always ~~~


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Billy's Power Nuggets
Ingredients: Raw Chocolate Nibs, Hemp Seeds, Cold-pressed Coconut Oil, Agave Honey, Infinity Greens, Peppermint Extract
Mix dry ingredients: 2 cups chocolate nibs
2 cups hemp seeds
2 tablespoons infinity greens
Add 3/4 cup honey, 3/4 cup coconut oil,
15 drops "Herb-Pharm Peppermint Extract
Mix well and refrigerate for at least 1 hour
Scoop mixture with spoon and shape into balls (1" di) with fingers and then roll in bowl of hemp seeds. Coconut oil rubbed on fingers will help reduce sticking.
Refrigerate nuggets for at least one hour more. Serve and Enjoy!

Billy's Chai
Blend piece of fresh ginger approx size up thumb (skin and all) with 4 cups water. Add to pot with:
- (4 cups) full box rice milk or 2/3 cup half and half
5 - 10 cardamom pods or 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
1/2 cup yerba mate leaf
round tablespoon honey
optional: 1/4 cup dry spearmint leaf
optional: round tablespoon dry chamomile flowers
round teaspoon stevia powder
pinch of sea salt
Bring to near boil and steep for 5 minutes. Strain pot of chai twice with wire mesh strainer to get all the bits out. Put in thermos and find a cozy spot to watch the sunset and chill out.
Berry Yogurt Bliss
Mix sliced strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, Billy's Sprouted Almonds into whole greek yogurt. Add drizzle of honey and sprinkle of cinnamon for ecstatic taste bud experience.
Yup, it's that simple.

Berry Smoothie
Blend:
1 cup pure water
1 frozen banana
1 cup frozen strawberries berries
1 tablespoon Infinity Greens
1 tablespoon cold-pressed Coconut Oil
Delicious...and a total energizer!
The Ultimate Shake...a Perfect Breakfast
Blend in Blender
1 pear (sliced and frozen,...handful of ice if pear not frozen)
1 cup water
2-3 round teaspoons Infinity Greens...enough to make a real difference!
2 tablespoons hemp seeds
optional: 1 tablespoon flax seed oil
optional: 1 round teaspoon raw honey

Banana/Mint Shake Paradise
Add to blender:
1 ripe banana peeled and frozen
1 cup pure water
2-3 round teaspoons Infinity Greens
2 tablespoons hemp seeds
10 drops "Herb~Pharm" brand peppermint extract
This is total body nutrition refreshment!

Raw Chocolate Milk
Blend in Blender:
water from fresh Thai Coconut.
scoop meat from inside coconut into blender
(if meat is too hard, use 2 tablespoons hemp seeds)
1 round teaspoon cacao powder
1 teaspoon Infinity Greens
optional:1 teaspoon agave nectar or honey
Amazing!!!

Raw Chocolate Pudding
Ingredients: Fresh Thai Coconut, Avocado, Cacao Powder, Coconut Oil, Agave Nectar.
Blend in blender:
Thai coconut water from 1 fresh thai coconut...also purified water is fine if coconuts are unavailable,...more agave will be added.
1 avocado,...needs to be at perfect ripeness
2 tablespoons cacao powder
2 tablespoons agave, or enough for desired sweetness
1 tablespoon cold-pressed coconut oil
1 teaspoon Infinity Greens (for catalyzing effects of cacao!)
Chill before serving. Totally smooth, creamy, fabulous!

More of these awesome recipes at http://www.billys-superfoods.com

 

 

 

 

An Ever Improving Formula
Version 5.6

Hi There!

As always, Infinity Greens is better and more potent than ever before. Every time I formulate a new batch, I have the feeling "this is it, ... and it will be this way forever!" But formulation of these herbs, algaes, superfoods is my art and passion, and I can't help it....I always feel the pull to take it to an even higher level. Here's what we did this round, and I know you'll feel the difference.


1. Organic, wild-grown Klamath Algae Extract (750 milligrams per serving). Yup, you'll definitely feel this one.

The skinny on Organic Klamath Algae Extract:

- Loaded with 64 deeply nourishing vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. Dr. Brian Clement, Director of the Hippocrates Institute, simply states this is "the most nutritious food on the planet."
- The highest concentration of phenylethylamine of any superfood and is revered for its nourishing, balancing effect on the brain. Phenylethylamine has tested to be extremely beneficial for mental clarity, focus, energy and mood.
- Organic Algae is the richest source of chlorophyll of any food which is tested to be essential for detoxification. Detoxing the body of heavy metals, water and food contaminants, and free radicals is a crucial link in weight loss!

2. Organic Acai Berry Extract. Nature's ultimate rejuvenator.

Here's the scoop on Acai Berry:

- It has been shown to contain many times the rejuvenating anthocyanins of any other antioxidant rich food. Anthocyanins are the essential link in free-radical damage reversal and cancer prevention from sun exposure, microwaves, and air pollution.
- The high Flavanoid/Anthocyanin Antioxidant concentration neutralizes harmful free radicals. This protects the thyroid function, which is reflected in a strong metabolism. The hype around Acai Berry being a weight loss food is true when considering the thyroid protective nature in the long term.

3. Organic Aloe Extract (200:1 concentration) The number 1 superfood for gastro-intestinal health. As many of you know, much of my formula is intended to be the ultimate gastrointestinal therapy. Between the 25 billion live probiotics per serving, the mucilaginous fiber from sprouted flax and chia seed meal, and the cactus blend of nopal and aloe, Infinity Greens is awesome for gastrointestinal health and balancing.

What's brilliant about Aloe Extract?

- Aloe vera is touted as being the most effective healing food for reducing inflammation and restoring a balanced ph in the gastrointestinal system.
- Aloe has tested to reduce arthritic swelling up to 80% and reduce blood sugar 45% in diabetics without any other changes to the diet. Wow!
- This 200:1 aloe concentrate is one of my new personal favorites and is an amazing contribution to the overall formula. The remarkable effects on digestion and elimination alone make it an essential superfood. Consider that healthy digestion is key for effective absorption of life sustaining nutrients!

I formulate a batch of Infinity Greens every couple months, and I really love the process. This is my art and passion, and I pour real heart and soul into it. You have my word that I am bringing you the very best superfoods on the planet. And remember that this formula is based in organic and wild-grown algae (the most nutritious food on earth!) and not grasses, which is what makes this formula so different from all the rest. Infinity Greens is solely effective superfoods, and each superfood included has a very specifi
c purpose for being there. Oh, and more good news ... version 5.6 is by far the best tasting yet!

It's always a pleasure to support you in creating the greatest health possible.
Wishing all the best to my family, friends and customers ~