3 Collagen-Boosting CBD Drink Recipes for Healthy Skin

with Dr. Joan Irvine & Maria Calabrese

On this episode of Maria's Kitchen - Three Collagen-Boosting CBD Drink Recipes for Healthy Skin, Maria is joined by Dr. Joan Irvine, author of Hot Sex for Seniors and renowned cannabis educator, discussing how to BEE your BEE-autiful self at any age! How to look and feel great, creating hair, skin, and nail beauty from within! How? With delicious recipes for collagen-boosting CBD smoothies, mocktails, and teas powered by HOLISTIK Beauty STIKS.

Meet Our Featured Guest

Dr. Joan Irvine

Dr. Joan Irvine is a nationally-renowned author, speaker, cannabis advocate, and educator for aging adults. She’s also a consultant, advising select brands on ways to tap into to the over-55 market. Dr. Joan began her career at L'Oreal before becoming a personal coach, therapist, and doctor of clinical hypnotherapy. Her specialty is to empower people to have healthier lives — including more enjoyable sex — as they get older. Hypnosis, behavior modification, neurolinguistic programming (NLP), and, yes, even cannabis are among her go-to tools.

Meet Your Host

Maria Calabrese

GBL Founder, Maria Calabrese, thrives off giving a voice to the cannabis industry's most innovative brands and community, while helping them get the exposure they deserve to unleash the full potential of cannabis as a wellness solution. Her education and experience include marketing, law, cross-cultural communications, TV/film management and production, branding, advocacy and mentorship. During this massive shift from traditional television to new media, her focus has remained on the empowerment of the cannabis consumer, educators and brands across all mediums. She believes content should say something meaningful, not just make noise to compete for eyeballs.

Our skin is 80% collagen. Together with elastin, it’s what makes our skin snap back when it stretches. Collagen plays a big part in maintaining healthy hair and nails, too. Plus, the glycine in collagen helps you sleep deeper so you wake up looking and feeling refreshed. We all want to find ways to boost make our skin healthy and glowing. Ensuring our skin has all the collagen it needs to keep you looking your best is the first line of defense against aging.

Our bodies naturally produce collagen, but as we age, our collagen product slows down. Suzan Obagi, assistant professor in dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh and director of the Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Health Center, explains that as we age, collagen production declines by 1% every year after the age of 20 years. One way we can boost collagen in our bodies is to eat foods high in collagen, such as fish, egg whites, berries, or red and yellow vegetables. We can also supplement with high quality collagen powder.

There has been so much buzz about CBD and reports on how it has been found to reduce signs of skin aging. How do you make sense of all the buzz about CBD and skin care? We do it by reading studies and trying products. We found one study that shows potential how CBD might support healthy skin. The study noted one possible way CBD can support healthy skin is by acting as an antioxidant. An imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants in our body causing what is called oxidative stress. This is important because studies show oxidative stress speeds up the aging of our skin and even depletes collagen.

One of the best ways to battle oxidative stress is with antioxidants. One study established that CBD demonstrates potent antioxidant properties. This is important because oxidative stress speeds up the aging of our skin and even depletes collagen. You can also eat things like dark chocolate, berries such as blueberries, strawberries and raspberries and dark greens like spinach and kale to boost your antioxidant intake.

Blackberry Vanilla + CBD Mocktail

Collagen + CBD Beauty Smoothie

Chamomile Lavender Tea

They'll think you are drinking a Manhattan and you'll fit in any crowd, but you know the secret - that you'll get home safely and wake up tomorrow rested and ready to conquer the day with the help of our soothing blackberry vanilla mocktail. This one is perfect if you are tired of the same old fruit juice mocktails and looking for something more grown up. It is lightly sweet and sour, with a smooth earthy vanilla base that keeps you drinking them all evening.

Collagen-Boosting Ingredients

1/3 cup blackberries

1 ounce lemon juice

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tbsp raw honey

1 can ginger ale

1 STIK HOLISTIK Beauty

A few ice cubes

Directions

Combine blackberries, lemon juice, vanilla & honey with a splash of ginger ale in shaker & muddle.
Pour through a strainer into your glass.
POP and POUR, then Stir in a HOLISTIK Beauty STIK.
Fill remainder of glass with ginger ale and ice.
Optionally, you can garnish with additional blackberries or lemon wedge
Enjoy!

This recipe is really great. It limits carbs, gluten, nut and milk exposure for those who may have sensitivities. It's packed with super foods and antioxidants.

Collagen-Boosting Ingredients

1 cup spinach or kale

½ cup strawberries

½ cup blueberries

½ whole lemon

1 cup coconut milk

1 inch fresh ginger root

1 tablespoon flaxseeds

1 serving protein powder – plant based

1 HOLISTIK Beauty Stik

Directions

In a blender, mix the ingredients (adjusting as needed to taste) and blend on high for 1-2 minutes. Pour in a glass and enjoy!

Looking for something to help you with a better night's sleep? This chamomile lavender bedtime tea is packed with ingredients known to help you sleep. This delicious sleep tea comes together in a snap with only a few simple ingredients. It's built for those last moments before bed to wind you down and prepare for the best sleep you've had in a long time.

Collagen-Boosting Ingredients

2 tsp dried chamomile

1 tsp dried lavender (culinary grade)

2 cups water

1 tsp raw honey

1 HOLISTIK Beauty Stik

Nutrition Info

Calories 16, Carbs 4 grams, Protein 1 grams, Fat 1 grams, Saturated Fat 1 grams, Sodium 13 milligrams, Fiber 1 grams, Sugar 3 grams

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What foods contain collagen?

Foods that are high in collagen are fish, egg whites, berries, or red and yellow vegetables among others.

What foods contain antioxidants?

You can eat things like dark chocolate, berries such as blueberries, strawberries and raspberries and dark greens like spinach and kale to boost your antioxidant intake.

Will HOLISTIK Stiks get you high?

No - the HOLISTIK Stiks are made with broad spectrum CBD, which is processed to have non-detectable levels of THC. This means that the THC cannot be detected with the sensitive lab equipment used to test the products, so in all sense, there isn't any THC in the product. THC is the cannabinoid responsible for making you feel high, so without its presence, there is no worry that you will feel high when using this product.

Do HOLISTIK Stiks have a taste?

There is no smell or taste with any of the HOLISTIK Stiks. They will not interfere with your enjoyment of your favorite beverages.

Can you put HOLISTIK Stiks in alcohol?

Yes you can put HOLISTIK Stiks in alcohol. There is no limit to the beverages you can use as the carrier for this wonderful product.