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Improving nutrition for mental sharpness

Our mental sharpness each day is impacted by many things. Our mood, the way we sleep, and the nutrition in what we eat, are the top three things that can make us mentally sharp, or sluggish and dull. Nutrition is something we have more control over than sleep or mood, however, improving our nutrition is not that easy when we are busy. This is especially true in the morning when we are often in a rush to get to work. Making sure we start with all the nutrients we need provided in our breakfast may seem like it would be too hard to do. Luckily, with a few changes we can make our first meal packed with vitamins and minerals.

One of the fastest morning meals we can make is a smoothie. The ingredients are very simple. Frozen fruit makes an excellent base since it will make the drink cold and provide sweet flavor. We can also use fresh fruit as well. The liquid base can be water or milk. For nutrition, the following supplements make a great addition.

Made by Bean Envy, this bone broth powder is derived from chicken and has medium chain triglycerides. It is blended with Acacia fiber and is low in calories. The 10 grams of protein provided is going to help us toward that important nutritional goal and also help satisfy our hunger. The combination of this with the MTC oil and the fiber is going to help us make a nice start to our day.

For protein to benefit us the most we need a complete amino acid combination and that is what this Nextrino supplement provides. This company pledges complete transparency in its ingredients so that we will know how much of each amino acid is provided. This can be very helpful for those who have certain nutritional needs or who are on restricted diets. This will also add a pleasant citrus flavor to a fruit base smoothie.

Multivitamins are provided by this Elderberry Hill Organics addition. These are delivered in a liquid format which helps with absorption. Great for vegans, this is also free of sugar, nuts, gluten, and GMO substances. No matter what our eating profile is, we will do well with this supplement. It is going to add a great strawberry flavor, which will mix with any other fruit we might add to our smoothie.

Vitamin C is an essential vitamin that for many of us do stays deficient in our daily intake. These C drops from Elderbery Hill Organics are perfect for the whole family. Just 4 dropperful additions to the smoothie is going to bring in 90 mg of vitamin C.   We can regulate the amount easily. This is free of sugar, nuts, gluten and soy.

So with these things added to our smoothie mix and blended in our blender, we still need one more thing. A cup to bring it with us on our commute. This travel mug is perfect for this job. The Thermal Travel cup holds 20 ounces of any drink and will keep cold things cold and hot things hot. Not only is this the perfect size for our smoothie, we can also use this as a poor over coffee mug. Maybe we should get two so we have a travel mug for each drink. That will really help us master our day.

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Getting this nutritional boost first thing in our morning will start us with mental sharpness for the rest of our day. The speed of putting together a fresh smoothie each morning will not slow us down for our commute. With just simple changes to the fruit we use we can make each of these drinks pleasantly different so we don’t have to worry about becoming bored with our breakfast. Of course we don’t have to restrict this to our first meal. Any time of day is a great time for this nutritional smoothie.

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