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What Makes You “Uniquely You?” #Trop50 Juice With Tea #Giveaway

May 13, 2012 By 14 Comments

Tropicana Trop50 has grown its line-up with the introduction of Trop50 Juice with Tea - a new line offering fruit juice goodness with 50 percent fewer calories, now with tea!  The refreshingly different juice with tea combinations are made with delicious fruit juices and white and green teas to deliver a great-tasting and nutritious juice beverage.

This spring, to celebrate the launch of Trop50 Juice with Tea, the makers of Trop50 want to know – what makes you refreshingly different?

What makes you uniquely you?

To be honest, I struggled with this question.  Sure I know my strengths, but the truth is in the last few years I have surrounded myself with some of the most amazing people in the World… where my strengths are not as “unique” as they used to be – instead they are all what we have in common.  (sidebar: getting rid of negative, needy people in my life – BEST. DECISION. EVER.)

I am a great Mom – but I am a part of a forum of great Moms.  I am a great Business Owner – but I lead a community of amazing Business Owners.   I am great at making people laugh – but Mike keeps me laughing all day every day.   I am great at motivating and inspiring people – but my personal trainer is great at pushing me in the gym.  I am a great friend – but only because I have the best friends any girl could ever want.

To try and get a little inspiration I tried the new Trop50 with Tea – Raspberry Green Tea juice beverage. (You can see where you can find your own to try with their Product Locator)  I thought nothing could top the Trop50 Red Orange that we have been drinking daily ever since I reviewed it a few months ago – but the Raspberry Green Tea might actually be even better.

Trop50Juice with Tea is a new line of juice beverages that offers fruit juice goodness with 50 percent fewer calories, now with tea! These refreshingly different juice with tea combinations are made with delicious fruit juices and white and green teas to deliver a great-tasting and nutritious juice beverage. Found in the chilled aisle, the line includes Trop50 Peach with White Tea, Trop50 Raspberry with Green Tea, and Trop50 Pear Lychee with White Tea. With 35-40 calories in each 8-ounce glass, they provide a full day’s supply of vitamin C and good source of antioxidant vitamin E.

While sipping on my Raspberry with Green Tea I realized something – the flavors that were in the juice beverage were not necessarily “unique”… it was the way Trop50 has put them together in perfect combination that made this drink better than any other raspberry tea I have tasted.

Sure there are other Raspberry Green Tea flavored drinks – but none that taste QUITE the same as this one.  (And none that taste quite as GOOD as this one.)  It is the way it is all put together into one that makes it unique.

I guess kinda like me.

I have all of the same traits that my circle of friends and family have, but the way I put it all together… that’s what makes me uniquely me.

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I am excited to offer THREE of my readers a coupon bundle good for FREE Trop50 with Tea Juice Beverages.  PLUS ONE lucky winner will receive a $25 Visa Gift card just to say Thanks for being a part of MoscatoMom!

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Guest Post: Five Easy Ways to Eat Clean

January 11, 2012 By 2 Comments

This year I have resolved to “Eat Clean” and not fill my body with any more over processed junk and chemicals in an attempt to not only lose weight, but just feel better in general.  I have succeeded through 10 days so far and I can already tell an amazing difference.   Here is a great article from Veronica Bosgraaf, Fitness and Lifestyle expert and creator of Pure Bar, that can help you with some easy tips for how to Eat Clean.  Enjoy!

5 Easy Ways to Eat Clean

When I think of clean food, I think fresh, simple and chemical free.  It is surprising to me that in our American culture we have somehow been convinced to eat old, complicated and chemically altered foods much more often than fresh, simple and chemical free!  Isn’t that crazy?

The good news is that eating clean is very simple.  And I believe cost effective too because real food fills you up, meets your nutritional needs and doesn’t lead to cravings.  Here’s how we can do it:

Shop the produce aisle

My Grandma always said “Eat food as close to its natural state as possible”.   Food is designed to be perfectly balanced for us nutritionally.  So instead of buying juice that has been fortified with vitamin C, buy oranges!  Buy onions and potatoes and fresh spinach, pomegranates, bananas and more!  By shopping the produce aisle, you can feed your family foods created perfectly for their nutritional needs and it’s effortless!

Shop local farmers markets, bakeries, coffee roasters, beer/wine makers

The farther food travels, the older it gets and the more it needs chemical preservatives.  This is a great reason to buy local food.  Bread baked fresh from the local bakery doesn’t need preservatives, local coffee roasters create the best coffee you’ve tasted, and often they work directly with farmers to import coffee beans so you know where it came from.  I even try to buy local beer and wine.  I like to know the source of my food and to know that my food is fresh!

Understand every ingredient in a packaged food

When I created the Pure Bar for my daughter, I wanted every ingredient to be healthy and functional.  If you read the ingredient list you will see that.  I live by that same principle when I buy other packaged food.  I read the ingredients and make sure I can understand what every ingredient is.  If I can’t, I find an alternative product whose ingredients I do understand!  It’s that simple.

Make your own juice

I feel like juice is one of the worst culprits.  We grew up thinking it was healthy and now so many companies put high fructose corn syrup and flavoring into juice that they market as healthy.  A juicer changed my life!  I love my Greenstar juicer and now can barely tolerate juice from a store.  Freshly squeezed apple, pear, orange, and grape juices are leagues above the store counterparts in taste and nutrition.  The best part is you can add kale, spinach and ginger for health without changing the great taste.  Another huge bonus is that fresh squeezed juices are not pasteurized (boiled) like all juice sold in stores which means their nutrients and enzymes stay intact.

Buy organic when possible

Producing a certified organic product has opened my eyes to how stringent the process of organic certification is.  I know first-hand how clean food has to be to be certified.  From the ground the seed is planted in (tested and chemical free for 3 years before it’s allowed) to the special way a piece of equipment has to be cleaned (only natural cleaners no synthetic detergents), and every rigorous requirement in between.  I know that when I buy a certified organic product it is free of harmful chemical pesticides and herbicides, it has not been treated with sewage sludge or been showered in radiation among other things.  Looking for the organic symbol is an easy way to eat cleaner food.

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Whether you are looking to make a complete lifestyle change, or just “clean things up” a bit any of these tips can help you get started right away!  Thank you to Veronica and be sure to check out PureBar.com for a quick, great tasting healthy snack you can take with you on the go!  Also check out Pure’s Facebook Page – http://www.facebook.com/thepurebar – for recipes, product specials, healthy lifestyle tips and more!