High Energy Drink Recipe

For me, a fruit smoothie with vitamin C and lecithin is a real energy drink. Lecithin helps the mind and vitamin C is a real health promoter. Use some fruit juice, banana and berries or juicy fruit. Being healthy is the best energy promoter

Holly
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December 8, 20060 found this helpful

Every morning I drink a pot of yerba mate tea (health food store, grocery store, brazilian latin foods store) with green tea and something highly flavored in black tea.

Mate does not have caffeine, but it does have maffine or raffine (I don't recall which) and this gives you a 'pick me up' without the jitters.

If you want to rev up your metabolism, you HAVE to get a heartbeat rate increase from exercise.
Muscle burns more calories than fat.

Warren D. Lockaby

December 9, 20060 found this helpful

For a breakfast drink my favorite is about 3 tablespoons of raw oat bran mixed with a glass of thick juice. I use V8 (or a store brand;it's cheaper and I can't tell much difference). Stir that together well and let it sit while you put on a pot of good coffee. By the time it's brewing the bran will have softened and it will go down a lot easier, but have another glass of cool liquid (water, juice, whatever) to chase it with... chugging this stuff isn't as much fun as chugging a glass of (insert favorite beverage here). Drink that down and then eat a banana. You need the potassium and besides, they taste pretty good.

Then pour a cup of coffee. I like mine black, but if you prefer a light, sweet drink I'd use (local, if possible) honey to sweeten and half & half to lighten. You *can* use chemical lighteners and sweeteners but I don't recommend it. You can also substitute skim or 2% milk for the half & half, but personally I'd rather be shot. You might also prefer raw sugar to honey and that's okay, I just like honey better (both for flavor and a few health reasons).

I drink three (10 oz.) cups of coffee before I will talk with anyone in the morning. This is important: it gives me time to reassemble my mind after a hard night dodging nightmares, as well as a natural stimulant to kick-start whatever's left of my body. It also contains antioxidants, which are supposed to be a good thing. (check out: <www.physorg.com/news6067.html>; and you'll see what I mean).

Some days I run on coffee. I don't recommend this... I know it's not healthy... but some days if I get busy the only thing I have to eat before suppertime is a banana. I do however find the banana indispensable. If you do the oat bran thing (wheat bran will work here, oat bran is better) and the banana, and drink enough coffee, all will be right with the world! (not really, but all will be better for your body. The world will be whatever we make of it, which will probably be a mess.)

Final note: do the bran thing every morning and see: if you've ever had heartburn, acid stomach, bowel problems, that sort of thing... I'll bet you won't have them any more!

Beans

December 15, 20060 found this helpful

I would agree with Barbara's post on 12/08/2006 with regards to using a real fruit smoothie. This is easy to do and will give you an energy boost as well as starting the day with a good proportion of your 5 a day recommendations for fruit and veg.

I have gone from coffee to an new high energy drink I have found called King 888. I like to pour it over ice instead of drinking it straight out of the can.

vaporlight

September 27, 20170 found this helpful

Throw in blender:

1 banana
1 cup of milk more if too thick
2 tbsp of real cream
1 raw pastured organic egg

Important organic is pretty clean compared to the rest so don't skip this one or you might get sick. If you can't find a pasteurized egg zap it in the microwave for 5-6 seconds. Raw Eggs yolks are chock full of Taurine that gets destroyed when cooked so *must* be eaten raw. They don't tell you that of course as 'they' want you to buy their pills :P

"Taurine is good for you, especially if you have optimal levels of it in your body. It actually has a crucial role in many aspects of good health, such as your heart health, cognitive function, vision, and hearing, to name a few.7 Here are some of its primary roles in your body function:8,9,10

Helps maintain proper hydration and electrolyte balance in your cells
(Staying hydrated helps with energy so you don't feel sluggish and get so many headaches. Low electrolytes can cause all sorts of problems like leg cramps for one.)

Helps regulate minerals like calcium in your cells

Essential in the formation of bile salts, which is need for digestion (The sooner the food is converted into energy the sooner you'll get going., and if more food/calories are converted into energy then that's that much less that gets stored into fat.)

Supports your overall central nervous system function, as well as your macular health

Regulates your immune system health and antioxidant function" Get sick less, obviously means being up and about more.

Protein builds muscle along with repairing your cells. The more muscle you have the less fat you'll have and the more energy you'll have.

I feeling lazy stick a scoop of slim fast in the smoothie it doesn't taste that bad and will add more protein. :) I'm so busy lately that I haven't had time to make breakfast or lunch so the Slimfast powder is keeping me from totally starving myself. xP

Oh and one more toss some wheat germ into your food processor or coffee grinder until it's a powder, sprinkle a little on a spoonful of the smoothie and see how it tastes. I'm going to try that next time. It's very healthy stuff that tastes toasted, not nasty.

Tog et more protein and calcium add in 1/4 cup dried milk in the blender mixture, very tasty. :)

I make this when I have the time most of the time I don't have any Slimfast. :P At least I'm getting something in me. Try it it's nice on the stomach.