Top of the day to you!

Wow, I can't believe this is my 60th recipe and this month's article at the end of the month will be #19! This means I've been at this for 68 weeks so far. I want to thank you so much for your honest to goodness support over this time period.

I have had thousands of responses and probably one of the biggest ones came from a good friend of mine, Hank Belden, to start giving some super nutritious morning shakes that will be EASY, CHEAP & FAST!

Your morning meal is really one of the most important meals of the day as it sets the tone for so many activities for the day….much like the 1st thing we think of the day usually determines how our day is going to be. We've already heard that enough until it's common knowledge. So let's give you a good recipe that will be more universally applicable. I send this over 3800 people each week and not everyone lives in the south, so I thought it would be good to give you one of my recipes from my "Combine When You Dine" RECIPE GUIDE!

It's called "The Hawaiian Crush"! Since I strongly urge you to eat the kind of food that's in season and can grow where you live, but it's snowing way up thar'! So what can one do in the Great White North?

Well it doesn't look like a northern drink, but it can be. One of the reasons why we need to eat the kind of fruit that grows in our type of environment is that practically all fruit is picked green to ship it and most of them don't ripen after they're picked. In my 7-Day Guide, it shows which ones do ripen and which ones don't.

Pineapples are one of those, which do ripen after they're picked so here's what you do. At the local grocery store in the produce department, you can always request that they peel and core it for you and they are always glad to do that. I put it in the fridge and the next morning I put in my vita mix www.vitamix.com/household (use code AMC1 for discount) along with (never more than 4 ounces per person) 4 ounces of Pecans; 1 pint of Strawberries; and 1 Navel Orange! Blend for 30 seconds and presto….BREAKFAST!

Now what's the real benefit of doing something like this instead of the usual coffee and whatever else most folks eat with coffee? IT gives you an unparalleled natural energy that will last throughout the morning. And since it gives you the natural buzz so to speak, then there's no come down in the afternoon from the unnatural buzz from the coffee. Also you get all the calcium which is nature's natural nerve tranquilizer to help you deal with stress a whole lot better and not to mention that it's not going to make you fat which is a big fear amongst a lot of folks including myself. And it doesn't leave you with the slightest negative balance in all you body's vitamin/mineral reserve! It actually adds to it to have those reserves you always need for those special moments throughout the day.

All my best to you as you try to improve your health through sensible eating. Somewhere I read it's impossible to win the race unless you venture to run. Your only true failure will be your failure to start. It's been said that eighty per cent of success is showing up. Winning starts with beginning. And you are already a winner since you've read this far. Happy New Year!

Wayne "The Mango Man" Pickering

PS I have a little something special I want to share with you and I will be having more on it by next week. It's about our up and coming Boot Camp in Miami Beach in May. Check out this paragraph I wrote.

Dr. Gayle Carson "The Wiz of Biz" & Wayne 'The Mango Man' Pickering "The Ambassador of Health" have a 2½ day Boot Camp/Retreat in Miami Beach, Florida they do about 3-4 times a year entitled

where both of their combined 60 years of entrepreneurship in Health & Wealth are shared with the Select Few Women who are wanting a true change in their life after years of raising a family or working for someone else only to find themselves trying to live on an income of half of what they could barely make a living on before "RETIREMENT"!

You will learn:

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The Real Bonus is where you will discover
"How to be Fit @ Forty (Go from Fat to Flat)
Feisty @ Fifty (Boosters for Energy)
Sexy @ Sixty (Tricks to Last Longer)
Have Plenty @ Seventy (Abundance is Yours)
To be Sunshiny @ Ninety!" (The Youth of Old Age)

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