All Entries in the "Hydration" Category
Protein Shakes: Make them or Buy Them?
I LOVE protein shakes. I would never buy a pre-made protein shake from the store, they just don’t taste fresh to me. I have occasionally bought shake’s from places that make them right in front of you with fresh ingredients. I also encourage my kids to get a protein shake from places that specialize in shakes for some ‘fast food’. I recently have been [...]
How Whey Protein Helps Shed Pounds
Whey is a popular supplement for people looking to build lean muscle mass. The protein is a by-product of the process of turning cow’s milk into cheese. When you use it in its purest form, as whey protein isolate, it contains little-to-no fat, lactose or cholesterol. And, if you use whey protein along with a [...]
Power Milk for Fitness Review
What do you drink after or before working out? Or maybe you use a certain drink as a mini-meal/ snack? Well, we wanted to test some pre-bottled milk drinks and let YOU know what this GGS gal thought of some flavored POWER milk. Shamrock Farms sent GGS 3 flavors of Rockin’ refuel to try out. Vanilla, chocolate [...]
KIDStrong Drink Review + Minute Maid Giveaway
Winner~Pammi Wammi Congrats! It’s summer and the kids are off school. My active two kids constantly are thirsty and it is hard ,and just not practical, all the time to offer only water. I wanted to find something that my kids would like and was fairly good for them without all the chemicals and other additives. KIDStrong was [...]
Review: Fit Summer Drinks + Giveaway
It’s getting HOT around here! No, I’m not talking about the HOT men in The Twilight Movies, but the weather! (We can chat more about those men later!) Now, more than ever, it is so important to re-hydrate after a workout or even sitting in the sun. This GGS crew member sat down to sample some healthy drinks for the [...]
Review: AquaHydrate High Performance Sports Water
“Water, water, everywhere And all the boards did shrink Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner These days here in North America we don’t have to worry much about access to drinking water, not if you have money to buy bottled water. Sometimes, though, [...]
Sports Nutrition for Women – Part Two – Hydration
~Micheline Vargas, nutritionist for Nutrilite This article is the second in our series on sports nutrition. If you missed it, you can read part one here. Whether you are an elite athlete or a weekend athlete, to achieve your personal peak performance you must have a sound nutrition plan. You need to eat a wholesome [...]
Lost your mojo, girls? The secret may be to “get juiced”!
~ guest post by Lissa Rankin of owningpink.com Have you lost your mojo, girlfriends? Three months ago, I embarked on a green juice cleanse with Tricia Barrett, the Living Foods Expert at Clear Center of Health. Tricia held my hand, nurtured me through it, and watched me as I evolved. Let me share a few [...]
