Local Company Offers Soup Concoctions To Kick Start Health Weight Loss

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — As women who were on the go and loved to eat healthy, Angela Blatteis and Vivienne Vella co-founded a company that delivers soup and soup cleanses to Los Angeles-area residents.

The local moms and best friends came up with the idea for Soupure while dishing about their favorite soup and talking about how many people, including themselves, were on juice cleanses.

As former juice cleansers who never felt satisfied, they thought, “We can do this better,” Blatteis said.

Their solution was Soupure, which offers one-, three- or five-day cleanses consuming eight products a day for a caloric intake of 1,200. Orders with less than eight products are also available, as well as individual soups.

“We want to nourish our bodies, and what better way than through soup?” Blatteis asked.

The soups are made fresh and are low in sugar and high in fiber. They have protein but no dairy and are low in sodium.

“Non-GMO. All organic. No preservatives. No fillers,” Blatteis said.

The program offers both hot soups like zucchini basil, asparagus leek and lentil chickpea, and chilled options like cucumber grape and strawberry cashew, plus broths and tonics.

“Our goal was to give you the healthiest, cleanest product that you can get in a bottle, but the reality is, everybody loses weight on this cleanse,” Vella said.

And Brentwood mom Abby Kohl spoons it up. For three to five days a month, Kohl eats or drinks soups from Soupure to lose weight and feel healthy.

“My energy is really even throughout the whole day, and at the same time, I get to lose a couple pounds here and there,” Kohl said.

And others, who love the idea of being able to sit down for a meal or take it on the go, are catching on.

Soupure is not the only company offering soup and soup cleanses. The Splendid Spoon in New York and Soupelina in Los Angeles do as well.

Soupelina, founded by Elina Fuhrman, offers soups like “Lentil Me Entertain You!” “Sweet Coconut Thai Oh My!” and “Kale-ifornia Dreamin’.”

Nutritionist Lauren Schmitt likes the idea of souping.

“I do! I actually like this trend for people that are trying to lose weight. I do think this would be a jump start,” she said.

Schmitt even likes to make her own.

“When you soup, you get to keep the entire vegetable and potentially fruit as well, instead of juicing where you do lose a lot of the nutrients, a lot of the fiber,” Schmitt said.

And for Kohl, she says it’s an addiction.

“It’s so filling that it’s hard to finish a bowl of soup,” Kohl added.

Prior to starting her cleanse, Kohl checked with her doctor, which Soupure recommends. For more information about Soupure, click here.

By Lisa Sigell

Source; http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/02/local-company-offers-soup-concoctions-to-kick-start-health-weight-loss/

Why You Should Kick The Soda Habit Make Your Own Bubbly Water Instead!

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Soda - A Danger to your Health
There are many reasons to avoid drinking soda - where do I start?


Soda is Acidic
For those of you who are into raw food or who consume lots of fruits and veggies, you are eating a healthful, alkaline diet. (FYI, pH above 7 is alkaline and under 7 is acidic). Eating an alkaline diet supports our bloods normal pH level of 7.356. When we consume acidic food or drink, our body must work very hard to neutralize and detoxify the acids. This hard work of maintaining the proper pH leads to the depletion of our alkali mineral reserves. Over acidification can lead to acidosis, a major root of illnesses. 


Chronic acidosis can lead to joint pain, GI issues, muscle weakness and seizures, headache, confusion, heart disease, allergies, osteoporosis, accelerated aging, digestive problems, dental erosion and decay, risk of kidney stone formation, acne and many other issues. 


The pH of popular sodas are:
Mug Root Beer = 4.038
Diet 7 Up = 3.706
Diet Mountain Dew = 3.365
Sprite = 3.298
Diet Coke = 3.289
Mountain Dew = 3.229
7 Up = 3.202
Diet Dr. Pepper = 3.169
Slice Orange = 3.059
Diet Pepsi = 3.031
Lemon Nestea = 2.969
Dr. Pepper = 2.899
Pepsi = 2.530
Coke = 2.522
Cherry Coke = 2.522
RC Cola = 2.387
(Source - Jain, Nihill, Sobkowski, Agustin, General Dentistry, March/April 2007)


To give you a reference, TAP WATER has a pH around 7 and BATTERY ACID has a pH of 1. Drinking a Coke is a lot closer to drinking battery acid than water. 


Soda Weakens Bones
Drinking lots of soda can impair the calcification of growing bones in children. For adults, it can increase the risk of osteoporosis. When the body is busy robbing minerals like calcium to neutralize the acidic soda, it is taking those minerals from our bones. Phosphoric acid, also contained in soft drinks, is also associated with calcium loss. 


Drinking Soda Leads to Weight Gain, Obesity and Diabetes
A 12 ounce can of Coca Cola Classic has 140 calories. Drinking 2 a day would add over 100 thousand calories a year or the equivalent of 29.2 pounds! Drinking soda over the course of several years can lead to obesity, and it has. Two thirds of the people in the U.S. are either overweight or obese, largely because of soda consumption. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes so they go hand in hand. But lets look at the positive side. By only cutting out just the soda in someones diet, they could lose significant weight and lower their risk of diabetes. 


Beware the Wolf in Sheeps Clothing
I know that many people who drink diet soda feel that they are drinking something a tad more healthy than regular soda. Unfortunately, many artificial sweeteners are even more dangerous than sugar. Despite having the comfort of an FDA approval, aspartame is an extremely dangerous substance. After consumption, this artificial sweetener eventually turns into phenylalanine, aspartic acid and methanol -which ends up converting into the carcinogens formaldehyde and formic acid. Avoid aspartame at all costs.


Bubbly Water
I could rant on about soda but lets get to the fun stuff. My husband and I really enjoy drinking Pellegrino mineral water. Its alkaline with a pH of ~7.7 and has no calories. For Christmas, we got a really cool Sodastream bubbly water maker from my brother-in-law Don so that now we can make our own. I think its actually a soda maker but if you toss out all of the unhealthy little flavor packets that come with it, you can use it to make some really nice bubbly water. And its quite a bit of fun.

Remove back and insert CO2 cartridge.
Replace back.

Insert bottle that comes with soda stream.
Press top button 3 times to carbonate.

Drink as is or add your own healthy flavors.

Add lime, lemon, or a splash of juice.
Pictured is bubbly water with organic tart cherry juice.

So if you have a soda habit, try some bubbly water instead. It can make a drastic difference in your health and longevity. Salute!