New Contest, New Sale, and Two Surprises

1) We've got three super powerful Prograde products on sale this week. Click here to discover the special savings

2) Want to know how to win FREE bottles of our not yet released Chocolate flavor and Orange flavor Prograde Protein powders? Oh, and the winner also receives a $150 secret prize.

Here's how to enter this super simple contest to win FREE Prograde Protein

3) The second surprise is we are re-opening our Prograde VIP Membership program. Not only will our VIPs have priority ordering status for our two new Protein flavors this Friday, but they will also be saving an additional 5%.


So if you'd like to be the first to be able to order Chocolate and/or Orange Prograde Protein before anyone else then click here to become a Prograde VIP



Have a great week!

Here's to your Health!!

Supermarket Secrets: 4 Very Unusual Metabolism Boosters

The last time you went to the supermarket you probably didn't realize these 4 metabolism boosters even existed.

Well, you knew they existed, but you didn't know they could send your metabolism soaring!

One of them people drink everyday.

One of them is really, really hot.

One you could put on toast - not that we recommend that.

The other, well, it's becoming wildly popular.

Discover all 4 for yourself right here:


Supermarket Slimming Secrets <== Click it now


Here's to your Health & Wellness!


Supermarket Slimming Secrets<== Click it now

Simple and Healthy Chicken Pizza

Eating healthy does NOT mean bland and boring food. They say the proof is in the pudding. Well, I don't have a recipe for pudding today, but how about one for pizza?!

http://rialtowellness.getprograde.com/healthy-chicken-pizza.html


PS - This mouthwatering "Healthy Chicken Pizza" is just ONE of the 197 Healthy and Delicious Recipes my partners over at Prograde Nutrition have compiled.

http://rialtowellness.getprograde.com/prograderecipebook.html

Why Soak Nuts And Seeds?

Why soak nuts and seeds?

Seeds, nuts and beans can just lie around for months when dry -
without sprouting - because they contain enzyme inhibitors to stop
that process. But once they make contact with water, they become
alive and the enzyme inhibitors are released - like Gremlins!

The sprouting enzymes become active in these little seeds and begin
breaking down the food to it's easiest to digest form. This makes
it easier for you to digest and more nutrients are bio-available
and you absorb more nutrients to feed your cells.

Enzymes are alive only in living foods but not cooked foods and begin to die at around 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

For optimal living we need to eat living foods. After all, a “live” food is life giving, energy giving, and nutritious but cooked dead food does not give you the vigor and energy that living foods can.
We know you are a person who wants to get the most out of life, so feeling amazing is very important to you. This element right here is very important.

Begin to eat more living foods, not just soaked seeds. Our challenge to you is to try and eat more vegetables, WE dare you! This would be one of the best things you could do for your health and weight loss.

HOW TO SOAK SEEDS:

You don’t need any fancy jars unless you just want to buy them. A bowl works just great for sprouting. When you sprout smaller seeds like sesame seeds, radish seeds, broccoli seeds which are really small, you will want a sprouting jar with a lid.

Flax Seeds:
Soak for 8 hours (overnight). Put flax seeds in a bowl and cover with water about 1 inch above the seeds. Place the bowl on the counter at room temperature for the full 8 hours uncovered. You can cover with a towel to keep bugs out.

The flax seeds will absorb all the water and become a little slimy. This is natural. After 8 hours, put the unused soaked/sprouted flax seeds in the refrigerator with a lid on. They will last about 5 days in the refrigerator.

Sunflower seeds:

Use the same process as flax seeds. Soak for 8 hours (overnight) in a bowl and cover with water about 1 inch above the seeds. Place the bowl on the counter at room temperature for the full 8 hours uncovered. You can cover with a towel to keep bugs out.

After 8 hours, drain the water and store in fresh water. To use, drain water and scoop out what you need for eating. We use for breakfast, pate’s, snacks, granola, raw sushi rolls, and lots of other cool stuff.

Store in the refrigerator with a lid on and be sure to store seeds in fresh water. If they are not stored in water and exposed to the air, they will mold quickly. They will last about 5 days in the refrigerator after sprouted.

Sesame seeds:

Same process as sunflower seeds. These are GREAT sources of calcium.

Almonds:
Soak almonds for 12-24 hours. Put the almonds in a bowl and sit on counter to soak.

With almonds you need to rinse them every 12 hours if you are soaking for 24 hours.

Store almonds the same way you store sunflower seeds. Store in fresh water and put a lid on it and put in the refrigerator. These are great snacks, or for smoothies, or making fresh almond milk, and all sorts of other goodies.

Almonds these days are pasteurized because after an E coli break out involving almonds, the government required all almond growers to pasteurize their almonds – usually by quick steam or a chemical spray.

Even if the package says “raw”, they are technically not raw, it is now against the law to sell them. It is very difficult to find raw almonds now but it can be done. Just do the best that you can with what you have. At least soak your almonds so they are easy to digest.

Heart Month - How To Make Almond Milk!

Tip #2

Making almond milk is easy, inexpensive, and a healthy alternative
to cows milk, soy milk, or even processed almond milk.

Don't get me wrong, we do suggest people purchase almond milk from
the store. However, if you can make your own almond milk you are
more in control of what goes into your tasty beverage.


Here's the step-by-step process if you want to get right to it:

How To Make Almond Milk

Ingredients:

1 cup soaked almonds

2-3 cups water

1 strainer bag- read money saving tip below

Optional- 1-2 dates, agave nectar, stevia, cinnamon, vanilla
extract/vanilla bean, dash of sea salt

How To Make:

We recommend soaking 1 cup of almonds in water for 24 hours prior to
using (remember to rinse and add new water after 12 hours). This
will make the almonds soft and easier to blend.

Add the 1 cup of almonds to approximately 2-3 cups of water and
blend until you don't hear the almond chunks hitting the blade.
Using 2 cups of water instead of 3 cups will give the milk a
stronger almond flavor. A high powered blender works great but a
regular blender is fine, too.

When you're done blending, there may still be some almonds chunks,
but that's ok. Get your mesh bag and pour the contents of the
blender through the nut bag into a container/bowl. Squeeze the
contents of the bag until you're left with pretty dry almond pulp
in the bag. Voila, you're done!

Once you have your almonds, put it in a sealed jar or container and
store it in the fridge up to 5 days.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We wish everyone a safe, healthy, and happy holiday!

Remember it doesn't matter what you eat or how you train between Christmas and New Years.

It matters how you eat and train between New Years and Christmas!

All the best for 2010! YOU win in 2010!

Multi-Vitamins For FREE!!

Whew! It's always a little crazy here at Rialto Wellness the week after Thanksgiving. Everyone wants to get back on track after taking a few liberties during the Holiday weekend ;-)

So today we don't have very much time to write to you - at all. But as a proud Prograde Nutrition partner we had to let you know that their Whole Foods based multi - VGF 25 + -is now available on a trial basis.

Yes, it's made from 25 veggies, greens and fruits. Hence the name, VGF!

It contains 7 nutrient classes:

Enzymes
Phytonutrients
Amino Acids
Essential Fatty Acids
Micro AND Macro Vitamins and Minerals

Again, what's really cool is you can try Prograde's VGF 25+ for FREE! (There's just a small S & H charge)
http://rialtowellness.getprograde.com/vgf25-free-trial.html

Ok, gotta run. Talk to you soon.

PS - You can see all the natural ingredients they use to make VGF 25+ by clicking here!

Delicious Protein Pancakes Recipe

It's been a great year here at RIALTO WELLNESS. And we're very grateful for you being a part of that success. This week being Thanksgiving we want to make sure we're showing you how grateful we are.

But before we do...

Let's get serious for a moment. You're going to eat a LOT of food this Thursday. You know it. We know it. And that's ok. We're sure you've been working out just a little bit harder to prepare for it, right? ;-) And we know you're going to get a good workout in on Thursday before you chow down, right?

Now, besides that, we also want to remind you one thing you do NOT want to do on Thursday is skip meals so you can stuff yourself with one big one. That's a no-no.

You still need to start your day right by boosting your metabolism with a solid breakfast. So to help you out with that I've got a gift for you from us and Prograde Nutrition. It's a delicious Protein Pancakes recipe.

Thanks to the protein in the recipe your blood sugar won't go crazy like it can just by eating a huge stack of pancakes with sugary syrup. Nope, this recipe will fill you up, nourish your body and give your metabolism just the boost it needs.

You can get the Protein Pancakes recipe by clicking here!
Be sure to let us know how you like it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

PS - Seriously, have a nutritious breakfast this Thursday and your body will thank your for it on Friday. ;-)

http://rialtowellness.getprograde.com/prograde-pancake-recipe.html

Recipe Of The Week!

Jules Basic Guacamole

2-3 RIPE avocados (if you do not know how to pick out a ripe avocado, google it, or ask your friendly produce person)

(Here is where you could just add a few scoops of the above mentioned salsa, and be done with it, or you could hand chop the ingredients as follows for a more rustic guac)

Juice of 1-2 limes
About 1 tablespoon of cilantro (more or less to taste)
About 2 tablespoons chopped onion (red or white)
1 finely chopped jalapeno pepper
1 roma tomato, deseeded and chopped
1 finely chopped clove of garlic
A little sprinkle of cumin (optional)


Mash all together with a fork. If you are making earlier in the day and serving later, take plastic wrap and place it directly on the guac. This will help prevent browning. We personally LOVE to add some adobo sauce (the sauce contained in chipotles in adobo) for some extra zing.

Bananas Aren't Your Only Potassium Source...

NorCal Strength and Conditioning (Nicki Violetti and husband Robb Wolf's box) posted a pretty insightful blog about potassium. Ask anyone who gets muscle cramps what food they reach for, and the answer is pretty unanimous: bananas of course!

However, bananas also have a whopping dose of sugar (yes it's a naturally occuring sugar, but it's still sugar).

So what to do? How to get potassium? Get your guac on, and get some avocados!


Here's the blog posting from NorCal and a nifty recipe to go with it:

(note: in their recipe they reference 1/4 cup orange juice...again, make sure this is the fresh-squeezed stuff, not from concentrate).

Orange & Avocado Salad with Jicama
4 oranges, peeled and sectioned
3 avocados peeled and sliced
1 jicama, peeled and cut into strips
1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing (preferably homemade)
1/4 cup orange juice
3 tbsp orange zest
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Toss oranges, avocado and jicama in a large bowl. Mix dressing and orange juice and pour over salad. Sprinkle with cilantro and orange zest. Serve immediately! I served this with grilled burgers.

Recipe Day - Vegetarian Mexican Salad

This recipe makes for a great dinner, however, it can be
used as a lunch meal.

Dinner: Calories 353, Fat 11gr, Carbohydrates 44gr, Protein 25gr

Mexican Salad
3/4 cup Black Beans (canned, low
sodium)
4 cups Salad greens- romaine lettuce or
mixed field greens (bagged and
prewashed)
3 sprigs Cilantro chopped
1 Tbl. guacamole/ avocado
1 Tbl pumpkin seeds
1 Tbl. Green onion
½ cup fresh tomatoes diced or salsa for
salad dressing
1 oz- Vegan Cheese (no casein) “Follow
Your Heart Cheese”

Chop lettuce, cilantro, green onion, and
tomatoes in bowl. Add cooked black
beans, guacamole, pumpkin seeds, and
crumble cheese on top.

Vegan Recipe Of The Week!

“Livesagna”

Ingredients:
1) 4 to 6 oz. sun-dried tomatoes
2) 2 to 3 fresh tomatoes
3) Fresh Italian Herbs, such as basil or oregano, to taste
4) 1 tsp Himalayan salt
5) 1 Tbsp. olive oil
6) 1 soft date, pitted
7) 3 to 5 garlic cloves
8) 1 to 2 cups of pine nuts, macadamias, or Brazil nut
9) 2 bunches of spinach leaves

Sauces:
Blend sun-dried tomatoes with fresh tomatoes, herbs, 1/2 tsp salt, olive oil, date,
2 to 3 cloves garlic

Cheese:
Process or blend nuts, 1/2 tsp sea salt and 2 to 3 cloves garlic. Allow to remain slightly chunky.

Directions:
In a glass dish, layer spinach leaves, sauce(can add shredded carrot, zucchini and red bell peppers as layers or in to the sauce), then cheese. Dehydrate for 1 hour until warm.

Recipe Of The Week!!

Sydneys Coconut and Chicken Curry

2 chicken breasts, sliced
2 tbs olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tbs red curry paste
1 tsp turmeric, ground
400ml coconut milk
12 bay leaves


Heat 1 tbs of olive oil in a wok or fry pan, add chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from pan. Place remaining oil into the pan and fry onion and garlic until slightly browned, add red curry paste and turmeric and stir for 1 minute. Add coconut milk and bay leaves and leave to simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Cool slightly before serving.

PS - Check back next week for an entire week of Vegetarian Meal Suggestions.

Top 5 Eating Out Tips!

Top 5 Tips to Tighten Your Waist at Your Favorite Restaurant!

1) Hold the Bun to Look Better & Sexy: When ordering any sandwich on the menu, ask your server to “hold the bun”. Eliminating excess starches in your diet forces your body to burn more unwanted body fat for fuel 24-7. The result- leaner legs, a tighter butt, and a flatter tummy!

2) Upgrade Your Salad to Burn More Calories: Anytime you eat, your metabolism increases as you burn calories from the digestion, absorption, and storing of nutrients from food. This is called the thermic effect of feeding. Furthermore, research shows that the thermic effect of protein is roughly double that of fat or carbohydrates. So, boost your metabolism by adding lean proteins sources such as chicken, steak, salmon, or shrimp to any of your favorite salads.

3) Dip Your Fork to Drop Some Pounds: Dressings can easily contain several hundred hidden calories in the form of refined sugar or excess fat that can go straight to your gut. So the next time you order a salad, simply ask for the “dressing on the side” and dip your fork in it with each bite. You’ll keep the flavor your taste buds crave without any of the guilt!

4) Go Green to Be Lean: To make any entrée a belly fat-burning treat, replace any starch-based sides like fries or bread with sautéed, grilled or steamed vegetables. Better yet, opt for green vegetables like broccoli, spinach, green beans, or asparagus as much as possible since they have the highest amount of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants for optimal health. Furthermore, green veggies are loaded with fiber and thus help fill you up faster and keep you fuller between meals.

5) Make Your Dessert Guilt-Free: You don’t have to be perfect all the time… just most of the time! In other words, if you eat well and exercise regularly 80-90% of the time, you can afford a tasty treat in moderation. Studies show that if you eliminate temptation you can avoid its pitfalls. But studies also show that flexibility is the key to long-term weight loss success. So first get rid of any sweets you may have at home and then limit dessert to once or twice per week when eating out. You can even go one step further by cutting the calories in half by splitting a dessert with a friend or family member.

The tips above will put your nutrition on track. Now, check out the resource below to put your workouts on track.

http://rialtowellness.getprograde.com/meal-replacement.html
http://www.rialtowellness.com/