CosBeauty Magazine #81

Coming
up
Rosie
When a clinical nutritionist puts her
spin on traditional cocktails, you can
bet they’re not just good, but good
for you!
Being healthy should be fun,’ laughs
26-year-old clinical nutritionist,
restaurateur and author of the
unique new alcoholic almanac, Conscious
Cocktails, Shannon Rosie, as she pours
a nip of tequila in a cocktail shaker and
adds a generous pinch of chilli flakes.
She’s making a Spicy Senorita, a
drink Shannon likens to a tropical fiesta
in a glass (with a high kick, courtesy of
the chilli). It’s Shannon’s version of a
classic Margarita and it has a healthy,
hangover-busting twist, thanks to aloe
vera, ginger, the aforementioned chilli
and pineapple juice.
‘The aim is to outsmart alcohol,’
she explains, adding that the entire
concept behind her first book, Conscious
Cocktails, is balance. ‘If the liquor has
one effect, the other ingredients are
present to counteract that effect. In
this case, aloe vera gives hydration and
provides your gut with the digestive
boost it needs after a big night. Chilli has
fantastic metabolism boosting effects to
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