REVIA Magazine Issue #11

MEMOIRS OF A MODEL
Garden Of Flavor
My Guide To Juicing
By: K Mraz
These past 6 years I've had the
pleasure of working side by side
with various organic, vegan, and
gluten-free companies, assisting them in
their marketing, sales, and distribution
to customers everywhere. I've traveled to
tradeshows, selling shows, charity walks,
food fairs, and festivals in over 25 cities in
the U.S. and Canada. Beyond being a brand
ambassador and spokesmodel for these
companies, I’ve helped train, coordinate,
book, and manage teams of people to help
spread the word about new products and
perform demos at places like whole foods.
Some of my favorite brands I've helped
build-up have grown so large, they're now
hitting international distribution. The
latest brand I'm representing is Garden of
Flavor, a raw, organic, cold-pressed juice
from Chagrin Falls, OH, near Cleveland.
Not only do they make delicious juices like
White Knight, Appleade, and Mean Greens,
they also pack together juice cleanses that
include six awesome varieties intended to be
consumed in one day.
The Benefits of Juicing?
Juicing is the best way to get in all the nutrients
from plant based food without needing
to digest all that extra junk. Absorbing
right into your body, Garden Of Flavor's raw
cold-pressed juice helps relieve the body of
its digestive duties, allowing enzymes in the
juice to crunch through anything needlessly
lingering around inside the body. Garden
of Flavor juice not only gives your body and
digestive system an important day of rest, it
is also a safe way to cut back on meals, or the
need to diet, cleanse or detox.
Cleansing allows the body to naturally
wash away toxins collecting in the lining
of the digestive tract, while absorbing
everything the body needs like protein
(14 grams in a bottle of White Knight),
probiotics (One billion live organisms in
the Turmeric Tonic), and alkalizing greens
(Mean Greens has 5 lbs of raw organic
greens like Kale, Spinach, Cucumbers, and
Celery). Preventative and proactive, the One
Day Juice Cleanse from Garden of Flavor not
only helps clear up any potentially built-up
toxins, but going forward, helps jump-start
the body, preparing it for whatever comes
next.
3 Reasons Why I Juice!
First, I believe life isn’t anything unless
you’re willing to live it. I am someone who
enjoys my two glasses (or bottles) of wine,
my steaks medium rare, and bacon on
everything. If I do the crime, I do the time.
Juicing is a perfect way to help balance out
my body. Every time I indulge on sweets and
savories, I make sure to juice and cleanse all
that away on a regular basis.
Despite the fact breakfast is a very
important meal that shouldn't be skipped,
I have never been a big breakfast eater.
Therefore, I drink a bottle of Garden of
Flavor in the morning – usually the Goji
Pineapple or the White Knight, and with
added organic Chai, if I want caffeine.
Another obvious reason I juice is because
of my modeling career. When I first started
modeling, I thought the best way to keep my
figure was to eat as much as I wanted the
day prior, and then avoid food altogether
until after the show or photo shoot. I
would eat a banana right before, and hope
that I’d have the energy to keep modeling
afterwards. Now I have a better solution. I
grab three different Garden of Flavor juices,
along with a Ziploc bag or two of ice, and
drink them throughout the day. Not only am
I absorbing all those amazing benefits, but
it’s also helping me shed any toxins dragging
me down by giving me a boost of energy that
lasts all day long. So instead of stressing out
my body, I feed it the purest type of food out
there!
Finally, when I’m working on film or
video sets, it’s nice to have liquid portable
food because I’m constantly on the go.
There’s no time for resting, or even eating,
so at least I know I’m getting the good stuff
instead of running to the nearest fast food
joint out of sheer desperation.
Meeting Lisa
When I first met Lisa, the owner of Garden
Of Flavor, she was exactly the type of
woman I thought she would be: kind, lively,
and energetic. Her smile was bright and
warm; she spoke enthusiastically about
her wellness, her juices and RAW foods.
We talked about super foods, pointing out
favorite raw snacks the other should try, and
I had a little back and forth Q & A with her
about Garden of Flavor. Before I knew it,
Lisa was off to her next destination leaving
me with plenty of juice to keep me happy
for the next week or so. Free juice is just
another benefit of the job! v
For more info about juicing, cleansing, and
Garden Of Flavor, visit
www.gardenofflavor.com
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