This recipe went viral when we posted it on our fan page on Facebook. Here’s why - as its name suggests, this drink helps shrink your fat cells. The combined thermogenic boosting ingredients promote energy and speed up your metabolism. But you’ll want to drink this simply because it tastes good! The Shrinker is not a meal replacement, keep up your regular THM meals and snacks, but it is designed to be sipped between set times of eating. It helps resist the urge to graze, scarf, or over-snack. This is a single serve recipe that makes 1 full quart to be sipped on all day. Recipe can be doubled for a 2-quart sipper! This recipe can be found on page 400 of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook!
This recipe went viral when we posted it on our fan page on Facebook. Here’s why - as its name suggests, this drink helps shrink your fat cells. The combined thermogenic boosting ingredients promote energy and speed up your metabolism. But you’ll want to drink this simply because it tastes good! The Shrinker is not a meal replacement, keep up your regular THM meals and snacks, but it is designed to be sipped between set times of eating. It helps resist the urge to graze, scarf, or over-snack. This is a single serve recipe that makes 1 full quart to be sipped on all day. Recipe can be doubled for a 2-quart sipper! This recipe can be found on page 400 of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 1Single-serve All-Day Sipper (makes 1 quart) | 3mins |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 1Single-serve All-Day Sipper (makes 1 quart) | 3mins |
Ingredients
- 2 oolong tea bags
- 12 oz water (boiling water)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (or unsweetened cashew milk)
- 1 generous pinch TH Mineral Salt (1 to 2 pinches)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (1 to 2 tsp)
- 2 doonks TH Pure Stevia Extract Powder (to taste; 2 to 4 doonks) or (2 to 3 tsps of THM Super Sweet Blend) or sweeten to your own taste
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (ground; 1/2 to 1 tsp)
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper (ground; 1 to 2 pinches)
- ice cubes
- water (cold water)
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Instructions
- Steep the tea bags in a mug of boiled water. Allow to cool somewhat and discard the tea bags.
- Pour the tea into a blender and add the almond milk, salt, vanilla, sweetener, cinnamon, and cayenne. This is your Shrinker concentrate. Blend well.
- Place the concentrate in a quart jar and fill to the top with ice cubes. Add enough cold water so the liquid reaches the top of the jar. Put a lid on the jar, shake well, then taste and adjust flavors. “Own it!!!!”
Recipe Notes
RECIPE AUTHOR: Serene Allison
You can read about the health and weight loss benefits of The Shrinker below!
Healing Shrinker: You can make this a Healing Shrinker by omitting the nut milk and replacing with ½ teaspoon of Just Gelatin, 1 teaspoon Integral Collagen, 1 teaspoon MCT oil, and an optional ¼ teaspoon Sunflower Lecithin. You will dissolve the gelatin into the mug of hot brewed tea, stir very well, then add to the blender along with the collagen, oil, lecithin, and ½ cup cold water. This makes an ultra-creamy shrinker.
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NSI (If using store-bought, plan-approved sweetener and using the ingredients for the original recipe and not the Healing Shrinker)
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Health and Weight Loss Benefits of The Shrinker
The foundation ingredient of SIP THE SHRINKER is a beloved Chinese tea called OOLONG or WU-LONG. In ancient Chinese books it is regarded as an elixir which contributed to prolonged life. It is known as having the richest and most complex flavor among all the varieties of tea.
Here is an embarrassingly modest list of just a few of OOLONG‘s wonders:
- OOLONG prevents obesity and is powerfully active in burning fat. Research shows that the polyphenols that are highest in OOLONG tea, help activate thermogenesis which increases fat oxidation in your body. Scientists from the University of Tokushima found that OOLONG tea can double the amount of fat excreted by the body. He reported that two cups of OOLONG tea burned over 157% more fat than those who drank the same amount of green tea!!! Just one cup can help burn off an extra 67 calories. Yeah!!!!!
- OOLONG lowers blood sugar levels and can be an effective treatment for diabetics. A Taiwanese study found that OOLONG tea controls blood glucose levels very effectively. The thorough study showed that plasma glucose and fructosamine levels dropped significantly for OOLONG tea drinkers. If I went through even a shortened list of OOLONG tea’s benefits one by one I’d keep you here for hours of reading so I am going to shove a few together.
- OOLONG improves vitality… prolongs lifespan… combats the aging of skin… treats eczema and rashes… prevents heart disease and cancer… reduces high blood pressure… it’s a physical and mental stress reliever… strengthens teeth and prevents tooth decay… improves brain power… you get the picture. Best of all it makes a scrumptious drink called the “SHRINKER” and you get all these extras and more thrown in for good measure.
- OOLONG contains antioxidants that powerfully destroy free radicals. Research conducted by Dr. Kenichi Yanagimoto from the university of California, showed that only 15 days of OOLONG tea drinking enabled an incredible 50% reduction in free radicals.
- Another study conducted by the academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Fujian Province concluded that stress levels reduced significantly with four servings of OOLONG each day for a week. SIP THE SHRINKER contains four servings of OOLONG. Hey, Mama! You may be only one week away from a more “calm” you.
Even though OOLONG is the main superstar of this recipe, the other co-star ingredients were carefully chosen by moi. They not only harmonize perfectly for taste enhancement, but they too help optimize fat loss, rev the metabolism, and provide extremely high antioxidant, nutrient, and anti- inflammatory properties. This drink is simple and inexpensive, but will provide more mineralizing “mojo” than some expensive, hoity-toity health tonic from the health food store.
Let me say just a small little tiddly bit about CINNAMON, the co-star.
- CINNAMON regulates blood sugar. It slows the rate at which the stomach empties after meals. It not only stimulates insulin receptors, but also inhibits an enzyme that inactivates them so it creates more ability to use glucose. It only takes a scant half teaspoon to reduce blood sugar levels and that is easily provided in the SHRINKER… yay, for us!
- CINNAMON reduces LDL cholesterol… it contains effective anti-infectious compounds against dangerous pathogens.
- CINNAMON is also highly anti-inflammatory and reduces cytokines linked to arthritic pain. It also reduces chronic inflammation linked with neurological disorders.
- CINNAMON reduces the proliferation of cancer cells. Research by Dr. P. Zoladz found that just smelling the wonderful odor of cinnamon improves brain activity.
- It is effective for menstrual pain and infertility. This is because CINNAMON contains a natural chemical called cinnamaldehyde, which studies show increases the hormone progesterone in woman.
- CINNAMON is also a natural food preservative. It is such a powerful antioxidant that it prevents oxidation more effectively than the chemical food preservatives BHT and BHA.
And, you might be asking why in the world is there CAYENNE PEPPER in this drink?! Well, read on about the benefits of HOT PEPPERS and I’m betting you’ll want to get a little of the fire under you.
- THERMOGENIC FOOD – This means CAYENNE PEPPER will raise the temperature of your body and ignite your metabolism to burn more body fat. HOT PEPPERS burn up fat by consuming energy (calories). They increase your body’s heat production and oxygen consumption for about 20 minutes after eating, which means you are in a more calorie burning, instead of calorie storing mode during and post mealtime.
- APPETITE SUPPRESSANT – Not only do they put a fire within your metabolism, but they also reduce the body’s desire to over eat. They give a natural satiety to the mind and body.
- FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER – RED PEPPERS are richly endowed with a carotenoid called lycopene. This helps prevent prostate cancer and other cancers like those of the bladder, cervix and the pancreas. The capsaicin in hot peppers drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves. These cancer cells literally commit suicide. Let’s be hot, saucy, helpful wives and give our hubbies plenty of this stuff at meal times to help protect them from this rampant disease. If you have a husband who has a tender palate and does not like spice, then you can help protect his prostate by suggesting he take cayenne pepper in a supplement form. A capsule does not break down until it is in parts of the body that will not burn like the opposite of heaven! Supplementing with mega dose PEPPER, in this form, has been documented as successful at reversing prostate cancer! Say “hooray!“, for a hot and saucy papa with a healthy prostate!
- DIGESTIVE AID – Despite the wives’ tales, HOT PEPPERS are a not a cause, but actually a cure for stomach ulcers. They help kill bacteria in the stomach that can lead to ulcers. Yale University reported a close association with a much lower incidence of stomach cancer in Mexican workers who ate anywhere from 9 to 25 jalepeños a day than in the rest of the population. They are also a powerful gastric relief.
- RELIEVE PAIN – The heat from PEPPERS come from capsaicin which predominates in the membranes and seeds of the hot pods. Capsaicin is extremely effective for relieving and preventing cluster, migraine, and sinus headaches. Capsaicin suppresses substance P production which is the body’s main mechanism for producing swelling and pain.
- POTENT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY – HOT PEPPERS fight chronic, sub-clinical inflammation. They reduce inflammation like that found in arthritis and asthma.
- FIGHT INFECTION – Capsaicin possesses powerful antibacterial properties. It fights and prevents chronic sinus infections (sinusitis). This natural chemical will clear out congested nasal passages like nothing else.
- BURSTING WITH ANTIOXIDANTS, CARATENOIDS, MINERALS AND VITAMINS – PEPPERS are rich in vitamins A and C, which aid in preventing cell damage, cancer, and diseases relating to aging, plus they are immune boosting. People talk about oranges being high in vitamin C, but did you know that HOT green PEPPERS contain the highest amount of vitamin C out of all foods? In just half a cup you receive 303% of your daily allowance! Vitamin K abounds in peppers which promotes proper blood clotting, strengthens the bones, and helps protect cells from oxidative damage. You will also receive a good amount of potassium and folic acid if you add PEPPERS to your meals. Beta-cryptoxanthin, another carotenoid in PEPPERS, prevents lung cancer – related to smoking and the inhalation of second hand smoke.
- PROMOTE HEALTHY LIPID PROFILES – Capsaicin decreases bad cholesterol and triglycerides. Vitamin K and other goodies inside the incredible PEPPER pod aid in the dissolution of fibrin, which is a necessary component for blood clots. Capsaicin strengthens blood vessels and aids in their ability to adjust to fluctuations in our blood pressure.