Leaner Creamer

Pancakes are a great way to start your day, especially if they are super healthy and nutritious. The Leaner Creamer team developed a super nourishing and delicious recipe with Oatmeal, Banana and our delicious Creamy Caramel Creamer for a sweet and smooth taste.

• 1/2 cup Almond Milk unsweetened
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Egg White
• 1 Banana
• 2 Tablespoons 100% Real Maple Syrup
• 1 1/2 cups Rolled Oats
• 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon of Caramel Leaner Creamer

  Toppings Ideas:

• Fresh Berries
• Caramel Leaner Creamer
• Chocolate Chips
• Fresh Banana Slices
• Sliced Almonds

Instructions

In a blender, pour in SILK Almond Milk, eggs, egg white, banana, maple syrup, vanilla (optional), rolled oats, baking powder and salt. Blend until smooth. Heat skillet over medium heat. Once warmed, spray with non-stick cooking spray or place coconut oil or butter in skillet. Pour pancake batter into skillet in round circles.

Cook for 2-3 minutes on one side. Turn over and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Drizzle with real maple syrup and toppings of choice.

The perfect beach body is whatever body you have. Jokes aside, we know that with the summer just around the corner a lot of us want to accelerate the process of achieving our fitness goals.

Our butt muscles, collectively known as glutes, are one of the largest muscle groups in your body. Strong glutes help with all types of movement, including walking, lifting, and of course running.

Mixing up your routine will help you avoid boredom and train this important muscle group in different ways! And this is the key secret into building a bubble butt.

Brittany Perille Yobe is a certified personal trainer who posts workouts for her 1.2 million followers. "To achieve your best possible butt, you’re better off mixing things up. I train with about 10 different glute exercises that isolate the muscles by working them from various angles,” says Brittany. 

4 Bubble Butt Exercises:

Recline on your back with your knees bent and the bottoms of your feet on the floor. Stretch one leg. On your exhale, squeeze your glutes and push your hips toward the ceiling. Lower until your butt hovers right above the floor, and repeat without touching the ground.

Stand on your right foot with your left leg bent in front of you. Engage your glutes as you slowly fold forward, reaching both hands toward the ground as you extend your left leg straight out behind you. Pause, then gently return to starting position. Repeat it on both legs.

Begin in a plank position. Lift your right leg and bend the knee 90 degrees, bringing your heel toward your butt. With a flexed foot, squeeze your glutes and raise your right heel toward the ceiling as high as you can. Repeat the movement with both legs.

Begin with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart, toes pointing forward. Keeping your knees behind your toes, sit your hips back into a squat. Pulse up a few inches as you turn your toes 45 degrees outward and sink your hips back into a low squat. Pulse up to bring your toes forward, and continue to alternate foot positioning as you pulse.

Perform each exercise for 45 to 60 seconds on each side in the order listed. Then repeat the sequence up to three times to seriously feel the burn.

* Workout based on Brittany Perille Yobe

Detoxification (detox) diets are super common, especially when summer is coming up.  These diets are built as a tool to clean your blood and shed harmful toxins from your body.  They are usually short-term diets designed to eliminate toxins from your body so you can reach your fullest health potential and of course, lose a few extra pounds.

Detoxing helps with:

• Resting your organs by fasting

• Stimulating your liver to get rid of bad toxins

• Improving circulation

• Providing your body with healthy nutrients

• Shedding extra pounds

It is really true that our bodies can become " tired" due to the volume of chemicals exposed in our environment in our day to day lives. Our water contains fluoride and other chemicals, the air is full of chemical trails, pollution, and other toxins and our food have pesticides, preservatives, genetically modified ingredients, etc.  pharmaceuticals and other drugs. There are plenty of reasons for you to start a new detox program!

1. Water and lemon in the morning

This daily habit supports rinsing out the toxins and alkalizes the body first thing in the morning. The liver is extremely active during sleep since this is the body’s time to restore and regenerate. Drinking plenty of water, particularly in the morning, helps make sure that the body can perform to it's fullest potential during the day. There is even amazing evidence proving that lemon juice can help stimulate proper stomach acid production and bile production.

2. Drink a freshly made vegetable juice daily

Include lots of greens in your juices such as kale, spinach and cilantro. Juices are a great way to insert healthy vitamins and minerals in your diet.

3. Eliminate toxic oils from your diet

Toxic oils can include vegetable oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, cotton seed oil and canola oil. Substitute with good oils, such as extra-virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, hemp oil and flaxseed oil. We have a blog post about the benefits of coconut oil here, you can click here to read it.

Living a healthy lifestyle also means including good habits into your routine. Leaner Creamer is a coffee creamer that has coconut oil as its base, which means you don’t have to worry about lots of sugar and unnecessary toxins in your coffee.

Have a good week! Happy detox! 

When we decide to start a health and wellness journey, cutting out unnecessary sugar and fats is probably the most obvious step. Following a strict diet doesn't have to be painful and boring, that's why is so important to find healthier alternatives to your favorite treats.

With this approach, you will re-educate yourself instead of feeling like you are being tortured for not being able to enjoy your favorite meals. There is a lot of different ways to incorporate a more healthy diet into your lifestyle and it all starts with your daily habits.

A morning cup of coffee is the best way to start the day for a lot of people. When the caffeine kicks in, we feel a lot of energy and focus to tackle the responsibilities ahead of us. Some people don't even enjoy the taste of the flavor of coffee, but they do it for the effects. So the easier option is to rely on coffee creamers to make the experience more enjoyable.

The only downside is that usually coffee creamers are full of sugar. Experts believe that sugar consumption is a major cause of obesity and many chronic diseases, such as diabetes. Rates of obesity are rising worldwide and added sugar, especially from sugar-added beverages, is proved to be one of the main villains.

Foods with a high glycemic index, such as processed sweets that are inside of regular coffee creamers, raise your blood sugar more rapidly than foods with a lower glycemic index. This process spikes your insulin levels and causes oil production and inflammation, which play a huge role in acne development. So having a sugary coffee creamer everyday on your morning routine will basically make you will gain a bunch of weight and breakout.

The most amazing thing about using a sugar-free coffee creamer is, first of all, not having to worry about starting your day with tons of sugar in your system. That means you won't crash and feel tired after 1 hour of sipping your coffee and you can enjoy its benefits for more time.

I think the benefits of using a sugar free coffee creamer are pretty clear now, right? Leaner Creamer is a family business focused on developing healthier alternatives to beverages. Our creamers are the best coffee creamers for weight loss because it boosts your metabolism, curb cravings and is made of natural coconut oil.

*Research and studies based on PubliMed

Parfait in French actually means perfect. One of the most amazing benefits of a yogurt parfait is that it provides an easy to make portable and, most importantly, balanced small meal. You can have it for breakfast or for a quick snack in the middle of the day. A yogurt parfait is composed of all the major food categories - protein, carbohydrates and a small amount of fat. This perfect mix allows your body to take full advantage of the nutrients provided by each type of food.

Much of the dish's health benefits come from how completely customizable it is, with your choice of yogurt, grain and fruit. Usually, yogurt parfaits should be prepared ahead of time. They taste better that way! I usually make them the night before, but we have kept them in our refrigerator for 2-3 days and they taste fine. If you don’t like soggy granola you may want to add it just prior to eating.

Double Berry Yogurt Parfait Recipe:

INGREDIENTS

• 1 32 oz container of whole milk plain yogurt
• 1 16 oz bag of a frozen berry medley, with blueberries and raspberries 
• 1 1/2 – 2 cups of granola
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of French Vanilla Leaner Creamer

* References from Healthline and Livestrong

First things first, a keto or ketogenic diet is a really low-carb diet, which can support you to burn fat more efficiently. Many people have already experienced its numerous proven benefits for weight loss, health, and performance. This trendy diet is also used and suggested by many doctors.

The keto in a ketogenic diet comes from the fact that following the diet's rules enables your body to produce small molecules called ketones. Ketones are an alternative fuel source for the body, that is triggered when blood sugar (glucose) is in short quantity.

Ketones are produced if you eat very few carbs and only moderate quantities of protein. The key word in this diet is fat. Your liver produces ketones from fat and these ketones then serve as a fuel source throughout the body, especially for the brain.

To be keto-friendly means that the food is allowed and won't surpass the number of carbs and protein you need to ingest in order for your body to achieve ketosis.  The end goal of a correctly managed keto diet is to force your body into this metabolic state. You don’t do this through starvation of calories but deprivation of carbohydrates.

The best option is to find keto-friendly alternatives for your daily meals. Did you know our Leaner Creamer is keto-friendly? With a coconut oil base, Leaner Creamer helps boost your metabolism and curb cravings.

Leaner Creamer is a family owned business located in Los Angeles, California. With the mission to improve and innovate the natural and functional food and beverage industry, we commit to developing healthy and delicious alternatives to creamers that are high in fat and laden with chemicals.

*Studies provided by Harvard Health Publishing July 2018

Weight Watchers is one of the most popular weight-loss programs in the world. Millions of people have joined it hoping to lose pounds! In fact, Weight Watchers enrolled over 600,000 new subscribers in 2017 alone! Even high-profile celebrities like Oprah Winfrey have found weight-loss success following the program.

The program was founded by Jean Nidetch in 1963 out of her Queens, New York home. From its humble beginnings as a weekly weight-loss group for her friends, Weight Watchers quickly grew into one of the most sought-after diet plans in the world.

How it Works

Weight Watchers has overhauled the points-based system several times over the years, most recently launching the SmartPoints system in 2015. SmartPoints assigns different point values to foods based on factors such as their calorie, fat, protein and sugar contents.

When beginning the program, each dieter is given a set amount of daily points based on personal data like their height, age, gender and weight-loss goals.

One of the amazing benefits of this diet is being able to eat whatever you want, without having to struggle to skip a craving. If everything is based on points, then all you have to do is be firm in the amount of points you have left on your day and choose accordingly.

2 Servings of Leaner Creamer is ONE POINT ONLY. You can compare it with a Grande Coffee Mocha from Starbucks that has 15 points! Yes, you read it right. 15 points for a Coffee Mocha. 

With leaner creamer being one point, your food combinations are endless with Leaner Creamer’s versatility. You can add Leaner Creamer to your tea, coffee, smoothies, cookies, cakes, and even soups!

The festival season is just around the corner with the first weekend of Coachella on April 12 to the 14th.  Whether you’re entirely new to lifting or are just looking to add more definition to your arms, we’ve got the master list of exercises and workouts you need to do for beautiful lines from your shoulders to wrists.

Having round, smooth caps on top of your toned arms gives the entire arm a more complete look. Plus, shoulder work contributes greatly to overall upper-body strength.

Coachella is held across two weekends every April, although the dates aren’t always the same. The festival is usually Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In 2019, it will begin on Friday, April 12th. Although the festival roots are all about music, it’s become way more than that. It has become a major fashion hotspot with tons of celebrities, from the artists who are performing to stars who just want to hang out!

If you are heading to the desert this year, of course you want to look good! Music festivals are often considered to be synonymous with skin-baring outfits, but you can totally look Coachella ready with this arm workout series:

Lying Dumbbell Tricep Extension  

3 sets - 10 reps

Reverse Triceps Bench Press

3 sets - 10 reps

Tricep Dumbbell Kickback

3 sets - 15 reps

Triceps Cable Pushdown

3 sets - 10 reps

Weighted Bench Dip

3 sets - 15 reps

Seated Tricep Press/ Overhead Extension

3 sets sets -  10 reps

*Workout inspired by Crystal Williams a group fitness instructor and trainer who teaches at residential and commercial gyms across New York City