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Several lucky blog readers will take home boxes of Choice Organic Tea which comes in dozens of delicious flavors and varieties. To enter just leave a comment below sharing your favorite motivational quote. I’ll draw winners at random on March 1st. Be sure to include your blog or e-mail when completing your comment. Good luck! Inspire me with a fabulous quote and you may see me tweet it, Facebook it, Pin it or use it in an upcoming newsletter!

Tea for Relaxation and Energy
If you’re someone who tends to reach for food when you’re stressed, you might consider trying a cup of tea instead. Nothing relaxes or unwinds me quite like a warm, soothing cup of tea. Whether it’s an energizing green tea to start my day or a soothing herbal tea before bed, I’ve never met a tea I didn’t love.

Tea for Health

The health benefits of tea come from the polyphenols they contain which are antioxidants that help prevent free radical damage to the cells in our bodies. Green tea in particular may help prevent atherosclerosis and is also thought to help raise “good” HDL cholesterol and lower total cholesterol.

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I love the samples of Choice Organic Tea I tried. I think the chai teas are my favorite. I have to admit, I made delicious chai tea lattes with my fun milk frother from Nespresso. You can win some tea of your own. Leave your positive motivation or favorite quote in the comments section below for a chance to win.

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An Honest Tea Review: Organic, Fair Trade, and just plain good!

By: Carlene Helble- Elite Nutrition Intern

What better way to celebrate the end of National Iced Tea Month than with a glimpse into an awesome new tea product? Honest Tea Organic: half tea and half lemonade is the perfect refreshing drink with a conscience.

At first I was a little concerned when I decided to try the product since many pre-bottled teas can be sickeningly sweet. Not so with Honest Tea half and half! It was not overly sweet and the lemonade complemented and enhanced the tea rather than covering it. Besides the taste, I loved that the company was environmentally aware as well as globally aware of how they could help people and the planet as a whole. The product is USDA certified organic AND fair trade! The bottle is made from #1 plastic which is the most recyclable of the plastics. They even changed their bottle designs to be 22% lighter to save plastic and reduce their carbon footprint (bottles can be heavy to ship which uses more gas).

From a nutrition standpoint, I appreciated the notation of the number of calories in a single serving, as well as the number of calories in the entire bottle. Some products give only the calories in a single serving, while the package may contain 2.5 servings, leading some to think they are only eating the calories of one serving if they eat the indulge in the whole package. A huge diet breaker if done on a regular basis! Each serving of the tea had 48 kcal and 25 mg of caffeine ( about ¼ of a cup of coffee) while the entire bottle had 100 kcal.

If you’re looking for a refreshing treat, Honest Tea gets my seal of approval for a great taste and good conscience! With one last hurrah for tea month, here are some cool fun facts:

• Almost 85% of tea served in the US is iced tea.
• You can brew upwards of 200 cups of tea from a single pound of loose tea leaves.
• The Tea Association of America says tea is almost 5000 years old!

I’m Hot for Tea (for sure)

I have a sweet tooth only Milton Hershey could love… and forget it over the holidays! That’s why when I found this tea at the store I had to try it out.

 Ceslestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride Holiday Tea

Check out the description. It just sounds magical! 

The holidays and freshly baked cookies just seem to go together, so we made Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride Holiday Tea to help you celebrate the warmth and spirit of this festive season. Every steaming cup of this naturally caffeine free blend releases the inviting aroma of sugar cookies straight from the oven, taking you back to snowy days filled with laughter and plenty of colorful icing! Like all Celestial Seasonings® teas, Sugar Cookie Sleigh Ride has no refined sweeteners or added sugars—just the delicious taste and healthful goodness of 100% natural ingredients.

Evidently, milk thistle, the main herb, is being studied in clinical trials for protective benefits to the liver. I have to say this tea has been quite enjoyable to drink. It smells more like sugar cookies than it tastes like them, but it is very pleasant and comforting nonetheless. It’s been especially nice as the nights get colder here in D.C. I’ve had a cup after dinner each night and I have noticed that my usual “sweet tooth” has subsided. That’s fine by me considering the holidays are coming. I will have to make sure I don’t drink through the box too fast because I am sure this tea will go perfectly with a nice frosted sugar santa cookie.