Your Health is your Best Asset - Invest In You!

If you are into healthy eating, I think you should stay away from all the ”lazy healthy” products. If you really want to be healthy, then why not go all the way through?

How about boosting your mental focus, improve your concentration and your cognitive ability while at work?  It all comes easy to you - when you start investing in your health.

Benefits of Investing in You
Take charge of your life and feel good about the choices you make.
Gain energy and feel more fit.
Experience improved physical health.
Gain a positive outlook and find more enjoyment in your life.
Be a role model for your family and friends.

Family Matters
Parents are the most important role models. As parents, you set examples by being active, eating healthy and living a balanced lifestyle.
Commit to making healthy choices and involve your kids. Ask them what your family can do to make healthy changes in your lives.
Playtime for all ages is part of a healthy life. Take time out to have fun and connect with each other.
Have a positive attitude. Show your kids how great it feels to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Ways to Make It A Family Matter

Smart, Healthy Meals
Make an effort to have more home-cooked meals. This can help encourage healthy eating and also promote more family time.
Let your kids help plan what to eat. Kids love to help make meals and snacks.
Keep healthy snacks on hand to help kids make good choices. Have more fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and fewer chips and sweets.
Teach kids to eat when they’re hungry, not when they’re bored, sad or angry. Respect their ability to know when they feel full.
Breakfast helps jump start the day. It provides fuel for an active lifestyle and gives you and your child the energy to think faster and more clearly.
Play "Put the Fork Down" at meals. Put your forks down between bites and take turns sharing your day.

Family Playtime

Limit screen time (TV, computer and video games). Suggest other options like reading, board games and playing outside.
Enjoy the outdoors. Go to the park, ride bikes, swim or enjoy a walk around the neighborhood.
Encourage participation in sports as a way to build coordination, skills and confidence.

#WorldChocolateDay - calls for COTUPEP sweet Chocolate Turmeric Coconut Latte to relax!

All of us always need something a little sweet to end the day. Right? 

Some of us have a sweet cup of herbal tea, others a spot of sweet dessert wine or perhaps some brandy? But that doesn’t always hit the spot, especially when one is craving chocolate! The problem with that is the caffeine in the dark chocolate doesn’t make for great sleep, and even a healthy hot chocolate can give you too much of a lift to drift off to sleep easily. We need something new, something a little sweet but not so sweet that it would impact your sleep, something loaded with nutrients and something tasty. 

Enter the COTUPEP Latte!  By now many of you may have tried Turmeric Latte in  cafes. You thought they were okay but the turmeric taste was a little overpowering perhaps? Given the incredible benefits of turmeric, or rather the benefits of turmeric’s active compound, curcumin:

♥ Anti-inflammatory  ♥ Relieves depression ♥ Lowers blood glucose levels  ♥ High antioxidants  ♥ Prevents premature ageing

Add the benefits of Extra virgin Coconut

♥ Anti-aging ♥ Support Your Immune System (has a superior disease fighting fatty acid called lauric acid) ♥ Support Healthy Thyroid Function  ♥ Increase Cell Regeneration

Impressive eh? Add to that other beneficial spice black pepper and you have yourself a warming drink packed with health boosting properties that is calming and relaxing, perfect for before bed. Here you go –ONLY 4 INGREDIENTS needed - So just make it:

INGREDIENTS

1. 1 cup whole mile / almond milk / soy milk
2. 1-2 tsp coconut sugar / honey / other healthy sweetener
3. 1/2 tsp COTUPEP
4. 1/2 tsp Organic Cocoa Powder (or a small piece of chocolate)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.     Warm the milk in a pan on the stove or in the microwave on high for 2 minutes.

2.     Add the remaining ingredients and whisk or blend until frothy

3.     Enjoy!

NOTES

1. Curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, is fat soluble. If you're using homemade almond milk there should be enough fats present, but if you're using shop bought almond milk, add 1 tsp of COTUPEP to increase the fat content.

Adding more chocolate or cocoa makes your drink look like this ->

One simple health challenge and 3 facts you may not know....

3 crucial facts about turmeric that could mean the difference between simple consumption and full-absorption.

These facts: 

• Curcumin, which has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, is the most active constituent of turmeric.

• Curcumin is fat-soluble. Coconuts unlike other nuts, provide medium chain saturated fatty acids (MCFAs) in particular, lauric acid, which is converted in the body into a highly beneficial compound called monolaurin, an antiviral and antibacterial that destroys a wide variety of disease causing organisms.

• Neither curcumin nor turmeric taken orally is well absorbed unless taken with the right percentage of Piperine a key active component of black pepper.

Optimally formulated COTUPEP is a magnificent ready to eat food to experience all of the health benefits Turmeric, Coconut and Black Pepper have to offer. You want to be able to absorb all of the goodness of any health food.

A simple health challenge - Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of COTUPEP on any one of these already great foods for weight loss to turn them into AMAZING super foods,that will do more than you expect.

Send me your recipe and we will publish it...

Love your food ♥ Love your body ♥ Love your life - and you Live better!

It is seriously amazing how just a couple of years ago, I got many a seriously dodgy look when I brought my golden yellow turmeric smoothie to meetings.

After receiving compliments and requests to buy from several curious souls who were seriously amazed at the smooth taste and flavor of my drink, I decided to work with my team to produce a multi purpose drink mix that encompassed ALL the benefits of curcumin rich turmeric, nutrient dense extra virgin coconut milk and enzymatic sharp tasting black pepper that enhances turmeric absorption into your body.

Well we got to work and now we have it, optimum formula to boost health , of coconut and turmeric with the right amount of black pepper - bottled.  COTUPEP is all about nourishing your body without giving up the food you love. Quick and simple to use straight from the jar, or added to any recipe that calls for baking, blending,frying, mixing or no cooking at all, COTUPEP is a powder that shows  that healthy eating doesn't have to be complicated or boring.

Love your food ♥ Love your body ♥ Love your life Try COTUPEP- and you Live better!

A'isha Bauer, formulator and founder

 COTUPEP

Introducing COTUPEP

Who are we?

We are a small dedicated team of professionals at COTUPEP. We strive to bring you honest to goodness organic spices that are grown using environmentally sustainable methods.  Our farmers and suppliers believe in protecting and preserving ecologically sensitive resources such as land and water.

Our Mission

It is our mission to offer the best nutrition possible using  the best possible ingredients in their natural form. Certified organic, no fillers, no additives and no chemicals, whatsoever.  We hope that you find inspiration, excitement and good health from the food you eat, and learn, like us, that to eat well is to live better.

Giving Back

Sharing is caring. We take that very seriously.  We work with local communities and organizations to improve the world around us. We devote 1% of all profits to charities dedicated to improving the lives of Americans in need.