Wow! Everyone knows I love my Keurig machine, and any Green Mountain coffee K-cups. Can you hardly imagine my excitement when I learned that there are now K-cups which contain added health benefits beyond just from the coffee beans themselves! As a BzzAgent, I was able to try a sample pack of the new Green Mountain K-cups for free to review. These K-cups come with added antioxidants (usually only found in superfruits like blueberries and pomegranates) and L-theanine which helps your brain focus. As a health-conscious consumer, these products are just what I was looking for! As I have researched antioxidants over the past year, I have really come to believe they are vital to our daily health, and ward off diseases. How great is it that now we can get extra from a drink we already consume each day, sometimes twice a day! I don't think this has ever been done before, but what a great concept: adding healthful nutrients to America's favorite get-up-and go drink! What a way to start your morning! I highly recommend my readers to try this out for themselves, this will be on shelves soon:)

I was given the chance to review a brand new book called Unjunk your Junk Food by the founders of the website http://www.naturallysavvy.com/ 

I very much enjoyed this book! This is a book for anyone who is interested in eating healthier foods without added fats, sweeteners and preservatives. This book breaks down many common additives in foods we buy at the grocery store. The worst ingredients have been classified as "The Scary Seven" in this book. As I looked in my cupboard, I was suprised to see artifical colors and flavors in my granola bars. I've always thought of energy bars as healthy, but was suprised to see so many of the "scary seven" on the ingredients list. I am going to start taking this book with me to the grocery store so that I can use it as a quick reference guide.

In the book, the author Andrea Donsky, lists common snack foods that most Americans love and also gives you an alternative that is actually healtheir due to using less artifical ingredients. Many times the 2 snacks have the same calories and fat, but the difference is in what is added to the snack foods that Andrea says to avoid. Those snack foods have all types of preservatives that have been linked to various diseases. My biggest take away from the book is that I can now identify "bad" ingredients that I would not have been able to recognize. I feel more empowered when shopping. I have been looking much more closely at ingredient lists when shopping, and choosing the options with fewer ingredient lists and fewer added preservatives.

Please check this book out here: http://www.naturallysavvy.com/book/unjunk-your-junk-food

I have learned a lot from this website and encourage you to look into what ingredients are linked to diseases and please steer clear of them! You can visit the website here:  http://www.naturallysavvy.com/

I was given this book free to review and have given my honest opinion of the book above.

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Use the link for 10% off Torani syrup. I just tried the Torani hazelnut flavor in my own home and you can see my review on She Speaks below:

I love the flavor of hazelnut and this rich Torani syrup is much better than any hazelnut creamer I have ever tried. It adds so much to my morning coffee. I will never need to go to a coffee shop again--I have a coffee shop right in my own home! I will be buying more flavored syrups!!

I have posted a project on DonorsChoose.org for my Kindergarten class to get pockets to hold their supplies on the backs of their chairs. You can help us get these much-needed pockets by voting once daily at http://www.limeadesforlearning.com/projects/view/618862/vote  You will also get a free cherry limeade from Sonic for voting!! Vote every day through September 30th, it only takes a second and you won't get spam.

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