I am always concerned about false claims. So I want to put a caveat on this because you can't lose weight if you already are eating well and just started doing a smoothie like this in the morning. If you are eating well, other issues may be involved like thyroid, infection, adrenal stress, etc. But for the majority of people that over eat, research has shown that a meal replacement will help you to lose weight and or maintain. My experience with patients that lost close to 5000 lbs (as of April 2015) at our clinic is this:  Replace breakfast and lunch with smoothies or meal replacements and add 1 more protein snack (15 to 20 grams protein).  Doing a ideal protein meal replacement  or a smoothie like the one below to replace breakfast and lunch along with a sensible regular dinner with protein and vegetables is key.  You must have at least 6 glasses of water and 4 cups of vegies as well (measured uncooked).  Please do your research as doing a program like ideal protein at home requires specific supplementation to offset lost nutrients and it is normally medically supervised by a ideal protein clinic.

That being said, this smoothie actually came by accident. I have been putting pink salt in my morning smoothie every morning to get more trace minerals. I start however with 32 oz of water with Premier pink salt so I can get all my hydration in the morning.  One day, I put way too much salt in a glass of water. Instead of using the small pores of the salt bottle, it was the large opening where you put a teaspoon in so there went half the  bottle into the water.  Argh!  Well, I said.  I can save it.  I just let it soak in water in the frig. I didn't want to waste it so I actually have been putting a quarter cup in my smoothie every morning, well it made it taste mildly salty. Which I kind of liked actually.  Well, this morning I made this smoothie and it tasted like Reeses peanut buttercup! I asked Alivia to try it too and she goes "yeah!".

So here's the ingredients:

• 5 cups water

• 1 tablespoon rice bran that has antioxidants and multivitamins (optional) it is a superfood made by immunologic.net.

• Pure paleo protein chocolate flavor (Designs for health) 1 scoop and a half (use 2 if not using gamactopro below

• 1 frozen banana

• 1 cup frozen organic blueberries or mixed berries (Costco),

• 1/2 tsp premier sea salt pink salt (or to taste)

• 1 tablespoon Biotics mixed efa

• 1 tbsp Smart Balance natural creamy peanut butter non GMO,

• 1 scoop GamactaPro from Biotics (great for muscle and exercise recovery)

• This feeds my family of 5.  2 adults 3 children ages 9 to 14.

There you go enjoy!