Lyme disease is a common tick-borne illness that affects around 300,000 individuals every year. It causes severe pain, swelling in the joints, arthritis, rashes and worse. If detected early, Lyme disease can be treated and abolished, but many will suffer for months on end with some developing post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (also known as chronicContinue reading “Nutritional Strategies for Lyme Disease”
Category Archives: CoCoa LeafGreens
Kids Love the Chocolaty Taste — And So Does the Kid in You!
Who would have imagined adding cocoa to greens would taste so good? We’re pretty sure it was an adult, but the reality is that kids clamor for it too. Of course the reason is the chocolaty taste, which does a fabulous job of masking “the greens.” And what exceptional greens they are. We take theContinue reading “Kids Love the Chocolaty Taste — And So Does the Kid in You!”
AIM Healthy Chocolates
This Valentine’s Day why not try making healthy, naturally sweet, chocolate desserts inspired by the No-Bake Cocoa Bites recipe from Courtney Dunstan (AIM Preferred Member) and an Amazeballs recipe from Jensina Donald (AIM Director)? Ingredients: 2 heaping Tbsp. CoCoa LeafGreens powder 2 scoops ProPeas 1 cup organic rolled oats 1 Tbsp. chia seeds 1½ Tbsp.Continue reading “AIM Healthy Chocolates”
CoCoa LeafGreens and FloraFood: A Winning Combination
Cocoa and probiotics seem like an unlikely pair, but if you think about it, there was probably a time when peanut butter didn’t know jelly’s sweet embrace or when bacon was eggless. But a new study from the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry suggests that the gut microbiome interacts with cocoa flavanols and their confluence may help staveContinue reading “CoCoa LeafGreens and FloraFood: A Winning Combination”
Cocoa Flavanols Linked to Vascular Health, Again
Back in October, researchers published a study in the British Journal of Nutrition that linked cocoa flavanols to lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels and overall cardiovascular health. But that wasn’t the first study to connect cocoa to healthy veins. A 2006 study in the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology found that cocoa flavanols may help peopleContinue reading “Cocoa Flavanols Linked to Vascular Health, Again”
The Fountain of Youth Is Filled with CoCoa
The anti-aging industry rakes in over 260 billion dollars a year worldwide. Annually, Americans shell out nearly 11 billion on cosmetic surgery. Seems like everybody is willing to pay a pretty penny to have some control over the aging process. Ironically, one of the best tried-and-true methods for that is absolutely free. It’s called exercise. It’sContinue reading “The Fountain of Youth Is Filled with CoCoa”
CoCoa-licious CoCoa LeafGreens
Great-tasting greens can be yours with the new AIM CoCoa LeafGreens™, a blend of four green leaf powders, broccoli sprout powder, and cocoa. This blend is unlike anything else on the market, and the delicious flavor is unlike any green drink you have ever tasted! New cocoa flavor—delicious and nutritious CoCoa LeafGreens adds to the original LeafGreens blend of spinach, barley,Continue reading “CoCoa-licious CoCoa LeafGreens”
In an Emergency Take CoCoa LeafGreens
On June 20, 2013, low-flying, black helicopters roared above the city of Calgary, blasting warnings that residents had to evacuate the area. Flood water was forcing over 100,000 people from their homes. Alma and Gary Johnston, Preferred Members, found themselves in a state of emergency. As if the helicopter assaults were not enough, patrol carsContinue reading “In an Emergency Take CoCoa LeafGreens”
It’s Easy Being Green
In the world of plants, the color of life is green. It’s a healthy hue due to the chlorophyll that is the lifeblood of our planet’s vegetation. This greenery produces the oxygen in the air that we breathe and provides a nutritious food source that can keep us healthy. AIM makes it easy to go internally green with a healthy variety ofContinue reading “It’s Easy Being Green”
Cocoa Flavanols Linked to Healthy Veins
If you’re into beet juice–like AIM’s RediBeets–then you probably already know the value of healthy veins. The endothelial lining of your veins is where dietary-nitrate derived nitric oxide–now thought to be as fundamental to respiration as oxygen and carbon dioxide–is produced. It’s a vasodilator, helping blood flow easily throughout the body and lowering blood pressure, too.Continue reading “Cocoa Flavanols Linked to Healthy Veins”
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