It’s funny how life comes full circle. Many of you know that I was born and raised on a cattle farm in northwest Iowa. I’m incredibly grateful for the wholesome childhood I experienced and how it shaped me into the person I am today.
Now that I’m a city girl, my life is quite different. The pace is faster. It’s busier. It’s more complicated. I love it here, but yet there are times when I yearn to pass a bit of farm life on to my kids.
When I first heard about fairlife ultra-filtered milk, my ears immediately perked up because I’ve always preferred real dairy. As I’ve gotten older I’ve gotten pretty serious about my health, and am constantly looking for ways to nourish my body with real ingredients. In an effort to find the healthiest option, I’ve experimented with alternatives like almond milk, but its thick consistency and lack of protein and natural calcium brought me back to real milk.
I sampled some fairlife a little over a year ago, and have been buying it ever since. Here’s how it differs from ordinary milk.
fairlife Stats:
50% more protein
30% more calcium
50% less sugar
NO lactose
If you’re wondering how they do it, it’s pretty fascinating. Their milk flows through soft filters to concentrate the natural goodness, like protein and calcium, and filter out the natural sugars. That allows them to only bottle the good stuff, and it truly tastes farm fresh, just as I remember it being when I was a little girl!
I add fairlife to my coffee every single morning, and add it to all of my smoothies. My days are full of chasing kids around and hitting up the gym. All the extra protein in fairlife gives me the energy I need to keep up with my family and my workouts! And you guys, the fairlife chocolate? It’s honest to goodness THE best chocolate milk you will ever taste. AND it’s guilt-free!
A few months ago, I was approached by Shape Magazine to help them out with an advertorial for fairlife. Since it was already a staple in my life, I was absolutely thrilled to partner with them. I’m in the June 2015 issue of Shape and I would just love for you to check out what I’ve written! There’s also an opportunity for you to enter a contest to win an incredible prize pack and I would LOVE your support!
I’m truly so thankful for each and every one of you. If you would share this post with your friends I would be SO grateful!
And PLEASE. Next time you’re at the grocery store, be sure to pick up some fairlife. It’s been so fun to see it in almost every store now!
XOXO,
Amber
photo credit: ami kochendorfer
This post is sponsored by fairlife. All opinions are my own.
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2 Comments
A HUGE congrats on being featured in Shape Magazine with Fairlife!! That’s something to be proud of for sure. 🙂
I’m with you on Fairlife – I love it! I had the opportunity to try it for the first time at Blend Retreat last year, and I was super impressed. The chocolate milk had my heart instantly – so good! I remember being soooo sad when my sample bottles ran out that I got at Blend, so I was thrilled to see it start popping up in grocery stores.
Congrats on being featured in Shape, that’s awesome!!!!!