These five health-conscious brands will keep you smelling wonderful, energized, healthy, and sated through all summer adventures:
Jade Leaf Matcha – Taste Meets Healthy, Organic + Sustainable
Matcha contains antioxidants, and in particular EGCG, which helps support a healthy metabolism. It also contains caffeine and L-theanine, but not to the point where you feel jittery because it’s equivalent to 1/3 of a cup of brewed coffee. Instead, you’ll feel focused and energetic. Matcha also contains fiber, chlorophyll and vitamins, and the Jade Leaf Matcha brand tastes especially flavorful.
Jade Leaf is also certified organic, shade-grown, direct trade with farmer partners, sustainably sourced, pesticide-free, and single origin sourced. Their Teahouse Edition Ceremonial Matcha are premium, first-harvest tea leaves that have a remarkably smooth flavor profile. Their Barista Edition Ceremonial Matcha is crafted for lattes and iced drinks, and their Culinary Matcha is ground from second harvest tea leaves for smoothies, baked goods, and lattes. Their Ingredient Matcha is ground from late harvest tea leaves for a more pronounced green tea bitter note that’s ideal for baking, smoothies, and prepared foods. I personally love their Cafe Style Matcha Latte Mix and could drink this all day (and sometimes do).
The Matcha Frother: Your Favorite New Kitchen Toy
You can buy a Traditional Matcha Starter Set from Jade Leaf, which includes a bamboo scoop (chashaku), sifter, and bamboo whisk (chasen). Their Modern Matcha Starter Set includes a fun electric frother to mix a perfect tea, latte, or cappuccino upon demand, a stainless steel scoop, and a sifter. These are great as host gifts, birthday gifts, and wedding gifts for matcha-loving couples.
Other items include the Complete Ceremony Set and individual accessories option for replacement or fist-time use items. For on-the-go matcha, toss their single serving packets into your purse, luggage, gym bag, Try Matcha Pancakes; they’re a taste of heaven on a pleasantly lazy Sunday morning. Matcha is excellent as a face mask as well when combined with manuka honey and a few drops of warm water. Find it all here.
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Be Chewsy
I confess to craving Chewsy‘s Immune Support and Women’s Multi chews for their taste and satisfying after-effects. Each delivers a feeling a satiety, improved mood, and energy from their star-studded ingredient lineups. Chewsy chews are delicious, fruity vitamin chews that practically burst with flavor and health benefits. When it comes to an immune boost, digestive health, beauty, and sleep, Chewsy has you covered on all four counts, since other Chewsy chews are Peaceful Sleep and Beautiful Hair.
Chewsy chews contain no artificial colors, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, dairy or soy. They’re also vegetarian and the fact that they’re individually wrapped means you can toss them in your purse, and that they’re sanitary. These are clean-ingredient vitamins that were thoughtfully crafted after years of research, and contain vitamins, minerals, herbs, fruit and vegetables. So get your beauty sleep, enjoy your luscious flowing locks, enjoy your daily multivitamin, and protect your health with bolstered immunity, thanks to Chewsy chews.
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Great Lakes Wellness – Collagen Peptides for Skin Support + More
You may be wondering: why collagen peptides? Collagen hydrolysate benefits include support for your skin, joints, hair, nails, and digestion – that’s a lot from one scoop. Collagen is also the most plentiful protein in the body, a major component of your skin, and it comprises 70% of the connective tissues in your bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and organs. It helps your entire body, so to make sure it’s quality collagen, try Great Lakes Wellness. Available in both bovine and marine form, and powder and individual sticks form, this brand’s collagen is grass-fed, non-GMO and preservative-free.
Great Lakes Wellness offers 27 different products in a variety of sizes, flavors, and formulations. I personally love the Daily Beauty Collagen Peptides in Raspberry Lemonade on a hot summer day. Daily Beauty’s grass-fed collagen includes a special formulation of clinically researched VERISOL® Collagen and hyaluronic acid, biotin, and vitamin C to help minimize fine lines and wrinkles; it dissolves quickly and is easy to digest. You can also purchase bundles as gifts or for yourself, such as the Great Lakes Wellness Cafe Bundle of Matcha Latte and Chocolate together. Shop your favorites here.
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Vega Protein Powder – Savor Plant Power
Fuel your workouts and ensure that you have ample clean protein in the process with Vega’s Daily Nutrition suite of protein powders, which include 8 variations, Sport Nutrition with 8 variations, and 2 Functional Wellness formulas.
Vega® Protein & Greens – Plant-Based Protein Powder
You can add extra greens and protein to your day with with Vega® Protein and Greens. Each scoop is rife with kale, alfalfa, broccoli and spinach, plus 20g of clean, plant-based protein. Vega’s pea protein is harvested, soaked in water, heated and separated to create a pea protein isolate, which is dried and then ground into powder. Since processing is limited, Vega products are designed to retain nutrients, reflecting Vega’s commitment to high quality, nutrient-dense products. Try this is their Coconut Almond flavor.
Built to help you rebuild after workouts with 30 grams of plant-based protein, tart cherry for recovery, and 5 grams of BCAAs, Vega Sport® Protein is what you need for your toughest workouts; available in Peanut Butter, Chocolate, and Vanilla. You can also find their new smaller packets of Sport Protein for toting to the gym or travel or smoothies in a delicious vanilla flavor.
Be great to your gut with 5g prebiotic fiber in each scoop of Hello Wellness, which also contains 15g of plant-based protein and 2 billion CFUs of Bacillus Coagulans, the beneficial bugs. Available in Chocolate Cinnamon Banana, which is a downright delectable way to bolster your health.
For every order Vega plants a tree! Choose your favorite products and flavors here and try one of their Vega Keep Growing blender bottles for on-the-fly hydration this month.
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Creamy Goat Milk Deodorant
Imagine a silky smooth, Creamsicle-smelling deodorant that actually stands up to the summer heat and imbues you with healthy goodness at the same time, and you have the Dionis Goat Milk Deodorant Stick. Aluminum and fragrance-free, goat milk skincare is now available in deodorant form. Goat milk contains vitamins A, C, D, E, and B complex and fortifies your skin as it leaves you feeling clean and dry. Goat milk has a pH similar to that of human skin, so goat milk products enrich with high amounts of protein, fat, and vitamins. Dionis has been churning out fantastic goat milk products since 1982, now under the purview of Karen Minsky as a female-run endeavor. This deodorant is clean-ingredient only and dermatologist-tested, so treat yourself to the GOAT here.
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