Speed up your Body Metabolism and fast track weight loss with this Mocktails
Have you ever hit a plateau and your weight loss just stops before you reached your goal? It’s your metabolism slowing down and that’s when you shouldn’t give up! Your body is testing your strength and unless you are content with your progress you don’t give up. We will show you a unique perspective to dealing with a sluggish metabolism.
Mocktails that are packed with nutrients that will get your metabolism going and help when you hit that plateau. The key ingredient to these mocktails is bitters. Never heard of bitters? These are a digestive enzyme that thin out bile that has become thick over time. In doing so they create healthy bile which can fix hormonal problems including hitting the plateau. Recreating healthy bile is important and beneficial especially in older women. Aging is a healthy part of life and with age comes age related issues and hormonal imbalances especially in women. Excess estrogen is one of the barriers to weight loss and other health issues. Once bile flow is optimized, the body can break down and remove excess estrogen and help breakdown fat with ease. It is recommended to incorporate bitters in drinks or mocktails and eating bitter foods. An easy way to get bitter foods is to take the supplement.
Bitters is an extract of aromatic herbs, bark, fruit which have medicinal properties and contain both alcohol and water. The alcohol act as a solvent and preservative for the extracts. Bitters thins the bile and makes it healthy and healthy bile equals healthy body! Bile is an alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver.
We used stevia in all mocktails, but you can use any sweetener that you wish. Sugar would not be a sweetener of choice because it would defeat the purpose of boosting the metabolism. Recommended sweeteners are agave nectar, stevia, erythritol, monk fruit sweetener and coconut sugar.
Here are 4 preferred mocktails.
HERBAL TEA MOCKTAIL
INGREDIENTS
- 4oz any herbal tea (I like chamomile, hibiscus, mint, berry and passion fruit)
- 1/2 Tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 Tsp orange zest
- 1/2 Tsp bitters
- 2 Tsp stevia (or sweetener of choice)
NOTE
Different teas will give you a different flavor
DIRECTIONS
Combine and drink warm or iced
GRAPEFRUIT MOCKTAIL
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup Grapefruit juice (or juice from 1/2 grapefruit)
- 1/2 teaspoon bitters
- 4oz sparkling water (or sugar free tonic water)
- 2 Tsp stevia or sweetener of choice
DIRECTIONS
Combine and serve over ice
LEMON GINGER CRANBERRY MOCKTAIL
INGREDIENTS
- 2oz lemon juice
- 2oz cranberry juice (unsweetened)
- 1/2 Tsp bitters
- 4oz sparkling water
- 1 Tsp stevia (or sweetener of choice)
- 1/2 Tsp grated ginger (or ginger powder)
DIRECTIONS
Combine everything and serve with lots of ice
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR MOCKTAIL
INGREDIENTS
- 2oz apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 Tsp grated ginger
- 1/4 Tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 Tsp bitters
- 1 cup sparkling water
- 2 Tsp stevia (or sweetener of choice)
DIRECTIONS
Combine and serve with ice
Note: We believe the focus should be on healthy body and slim does not always equal healthy. And when we counsel clients, we are careful to point out that. As with everything in life we cannot control health issues that may arise but doing what is in our power to be healthy will benefit us and those around us.