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10 Tips For A Healthy Halloween
Probiotic Halloween
🎃 Halloween is always a fun time for kids and families. Let's face it, the kids look adorable in their costumes and even I like to dress up; but it's a sugar fest and that can present some challenges.
We really need a probiotic Halloween. It's such a fun time; but it is filled with sugar, and sugar can drop your immune system by 75% in a few hours. So what is the solution? Add probiotics to your Halloween activities! These recipes contain probiotics and prebiotics which will help combat the sugar by boosting your immune system while the prebiotic fibers will help to slow down the absorption of high carbohydrates. Have fun this Halloween, but feed those invisible microbes! Probiotics are not just a bunch of hocus pocus. They work like magic inside of you!
I thought I'd give you a few tips and some fun probiotic recipes that can help you enjoy this holiday. So here are a few suggestions and a little help from our microbe friends who abide in you and all around you.
"The further we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween." ~Paula Curan 🎃 👻
Sour and Sweet Taste Buds
Trick your body by eating something sour when you want something sweet. The tart taste in fermented foods can help stimulate the taste buds and distract you from sugar cravings. In a sense, you'll crave less sugar and you'll feel more satisfied. Sour foods restore our ability to taste the natural sweetness of foods. The sweet flavor of an orange will be greatly enhanced as your taste buds switch. Try a glass of kombucha - it is amazing how fast this works.
🎃 Add a Little Protein to Your Halloween!
These Candy Corn Gelatin Jars are just as tasty as they are cute! Layers of mango juice, carrot juice, and creamy kefir make a festive treat with protein from both gelatin and kefir.
Including protein with a sweet treat can help you feel more satisfied. Gelatin is made from collagen and is especially rich in glycine, an amino acid your body uses to build and maintain tissues.
A little protein, live cultures, and a whole lot of Halloween fun! 👻🧡
Consume a Cultured Food
Having a cultured food can take away the desire for sweets, but it can also help consume some of the sugars we eat. Those good bacteria and good yeasts found in cultured foods can help us stay in balance while also lowering the effects of sugar on the body. Try our Probiotic Halloween ebook recipe Blood Orange Italian Creme Kefir Soda
30 Seconds of Exercise
If you do 30 seconds of exercise before a meal it changes the way your body handles blood sugar. Thirty seconds of exercise before a meal - things like squats, pushups, or even lunges - will pile the blood sugar into the muscles making your blood sugar less likely to spike and more stable throughout the next meal and day.
Swap Sugary Drinks for Kombucha or Kefir Soda
Kombucha and Kefir Soda is terrific for reducing sugar cravings while loading the body with billions of probiotics. Kombucha has much less sugar than regular pop, and it can cut sugar cravings fast! Kefir soda reduces sugar by 84% in 4 days
Check out our Beeting Heart Kombucha and Pumpkin Juice Kefir Soda Recipe.
Try My Prebio Hot Chocolate Mix
This yummy premade mix for hot chocolate can be a great sugar-free alternative and is filled with protein and prebiotics. You just combine your favorite warmed or steamed milk, or non-dairy milk, with a scoop of the premade mix. This makes the good microbes in your gut flourish. Prebio Plus adds a tiny bit of sweetness and tons of fiber and food for your good bacteria. You will love the convenience and healthy components of this warm and comforting drink. And don't forget that cocoa is a fermented food too!
Magnesium Helps Curb Sugar Cravings
The mineral magnesium performs over three hundred processes in the body and most people are deficient in magnesium. It helps to regulate blood sugar, insulin production, and the release of dopamine. Many doctors believe sugar cravings could actually be a magnesium deficiency, especially if the person craves chocolate. Magnesium also converts food into energy. A magnesium deficiency can drive sugar cravings by leaving you feeling more lethargic and fatigued. Your body is looking for quick energy sources, which tend to drive those sugary food cravings. The best way to get more magnesium is through the skin. Check out this article.
Use Leftover Candy to Make Kombucha
I'm not a fan of hard candy with dyes (or candy in general) but if you do wind up with lots of extra candy, fermentation is a great way to use it and let the microbes consume the sugars and break down some of the ingredients. You can use your leftover Halloween candy (such as hard candy and even candy corn or jelly beans) to make a wonderful kombucha. Don't use chocolate or caramels as they won't break down and ferment properly.
Don't eat the candy! Let the microbes consume it and turn it into a bubbly, delicious drink. Try our recipe!
Consume More Fiber
Add some high-fiber foods such as oats, fruits, veggies, and even nuts or seeds to your day. These foods are all prebiotics that feed your microbiome and help to increase your good bacteria. Fiber helps to slow digestion and stabilize blood sugar. Fiber can also increase energizing B vitamins, which are often depleted by sugar. Check out this yummy no-bake Halloween cookie from my Probiotic Halloween ebook that comes together in a snap.
🎃 Try My Probiotic Halloween Spider Dip! 🕷️
Bring a little cultured food magic to your Halloween table! This festive dip is loaded with fiber, creamy strained yogurt or kefir cheese, probiotic guacamole, and salsa.
It’s a delicious way to feed your microbes while enjoying something nourishing alongside Halloween treats. Fun fall food with a cultured twist! 🎃👻
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Halloween is always a fun time for kids and families. Let's face it, the kids look adorable in their costumes and even I like to dress up; but it's a sugar fest and that can present some challenges. I've got a few tips and some fun probiotic recipes that can help you enjoy this holiday with a little help from our microbe friends who abide in you and all around you.
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