As most of you know I am a huge fan of Ayala’s Herbal Water and even sell it in my Open Sky Shop. If you would like to learn more about this product you can check out my extensive review of each flavor here. I also did an interview with Dr. Ayala here is a selection from the interview:
What is the inspiration behind HerbalWater?
I am a pediatrician and one of my main interests in pediatrics was preventive medicine, especially the role good nutrition has on overall health.
Well before everyone became concerned with the obesity epidemic, I started advising parents to stay away from sweet drinks, because there are so many calories and so much junk in most sweet drinks and drinking sweet is so habit forming.
You see, the average American consumes about 300cal/day in sweet beverages, mostly empty calories from sugar. There’s pretty good evidence that these calories don’t register the way solid food does, and therefore they’re not compensated for. Just attacking this habit is a going to make a huge impact on our waistlines.
And since I try very hard to practice what I preach, and I believe that anything you put in your mouth should taste good, and not just be good for you, I started exploring calorie free beverages for my home
I grow an organic herb garden, and have an abundance of herbs in the warm months. I love cooking with herbs: Culinary herbs are the natural way to flavor anything, while adding health benefits. Herbs are also, to me one of the most sensual foods, and really connect you to nature and memories. I would make herbal beverages to pair with meals, and our guests were offered this herbal water as an alternative to regular water or wine. They came to expect it, and asked for it whenever they came. But I couldn’t make it in the winter, since I didn’t have the fresh herbs growing then.
The enthusiasm for this healthy alternative led my husband to believe that this beverage answers a need in the market, and we should make it commercially available. My enthusiasm for making this drink widely available is so great because there just aren’t many truly healthy alternative drinks out there.
Ayala’s Herbal Water is offering a 16oz-6 bottle prizepack for this giveaway.
TO ENTER: This giveaway is open until December 6th at 6pm,
The winner is:
This giveaway is good for anyone who likes within the 48 contiguous US states- sorry Hawaii and Alaska.
1. What flavor are you most excited to try? (required)
Additional Chances to win (PLEASE LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY; also if you already do any of these ie. follow me on twitter/facebook, ect it counts so leave a comment).
- Follow Herbal Water on Twitter
- Follow Dr. Ayala on Twitter
- Like Herbal Water on Facebook
- Add Dr. Ayala’s Blog to your RSS reader
- Follow me on Twitter.
- Tweet about this giveaway “I want to win @cookveganlover @HerbalWater Giveaway http://wp.me/pFVWo-1gu”
- Like Cook.Vegan.Lover. on Facebook.
Don’t forget to enter the Oh Nuts Giveaway going on until December 7th! – Enter Here.
Carrie
I can’t wait to try lemongrass mint vanilla flavor.
Carrie
I follow you on Twitter.
Carrie
I like you on Facebook.
Hannah Hawley
I am most excited to try the Lemongrass Mint Vanilla water.
Hannah Hawley
I like you on facebook 🙂
Hannah Hawley
I follow you on twitter
Hannah Hawley
I tweeted I want to win @cookveganlover @HerbalWater Giveaway http://wp.me/pFVWo-1gu
Hannah Hawley
I follow Herbal Water on Twitter
Hannah Hawley
I follow Dr. Ayala on Twitter
Hannah Hawley
I liked Herbal Water on Facebook
Hannah Hawley
I added Dr. Ayala’s Blog to my google reader
Megan @ Sweet On
I want to try lavender vanilla!
Megan @ Sweet On
I like you on facebook 🙂
Megan @ Sweet On
…and follow you on twitter!!!!
lacey
The lemon verbena geranium looks awesome!
Dianne Robbins
Cinnamon Orange Peel – It reminds me of Celestial Seasonings Mandarin Orange Spice herbal tea. Yummy.
Becca
Looking at the site, the lavender, rose, mint and vanilla look the most intriguing!
Jackie Smith
I’m excited to try the cloves/cardamom/cinnamon flavor, but my husband would say ginger lemon peel. He loves anything with ginger. Also, I follow you on FB!
Jennifer
Lemon Verbena Geranium, sounds so interesting!
Allie @ Healthy Balance, Healthy Life
Is it okay for me to be excited about TWO flavors? I can’t decide between lavender mint and lemon verbena geranium. This beverage sounds awesome. Where can I find it to purchase? Also, I follow you, Dr. Alaya, and Herbal Water on twitter. 🙂
Allie @ Healthy Balance, Healthy Life
Hm. Just realized I can purchase it through your open sky shop–oops!
Cheryl
mint vanilla
Cheryl
follow you on twitter
Wendy
The cinnamon orange peel herbal water sounds mighty good.
Wendy
I’m following herbal water on twitter…
Wendy
And I’m following Dr. Ayala on twitter.
Wendy
And I now like Herbal Water on Facebook.
Wendy
And I follow you on twitter.
Wendy
And I tweeted “I want to win @cookveganlover @HerbalWater Giveaway http://wp.me/pFVWo-1gu“
Wendy
And I most definitely like you on Facebook. : )
Megan @ Sweet On
I tweeted this as well!
Megan @ Sweet On
and I now follow Dr Ayala on twitter
Megan @ Sweet On
…and Herbal water on twitter!
Reid M. Boehm
This is the first time I’ve heard of it- I would like to try Lavender Mint most of all.
Stephanie R.
Im mildly addicted to anything lemon…yum
Jenny Primm
I am a fan of yours on FB 🙂
Jenny Primm
I just subscribed to Dr. Ayala’s blog 🙂
Jenny Primm
I am excited to try several of these but I would have to say in this order… Ginger Lemon Peel; Cloves Cardamon Cinnamon; Lavender Mint; and Cinnamon Orange Peel.
Jenny Primm
I like herbal water on FB, too!
Reeva
i want to try lemongrass mint vanilla first
Reeva
i follow you on twitter @cabbie413
Reeva
i like CVL on facebook
Reeva
i follow dr ayala on twitter
Reeva
i like herbal water on FB
Reeva
i follow herbal water on twitter.
Reeva
tweeted! http://twitter.com/cabbie413/status/11854624721997826