Recession Pricing on the Pops!

Everyone has felt the pain of this recession by now. While some of us are pulling out of it, for my husband and I it seems as if the end will never come. Between my working outside of the home, and my impending stressful school schedule my online business has suffered. For my followers, I do apologize. As a goal for myself, I have decided to put more time into The Pops. The great news is that with this economic downturn, the Pops are now being offered at special prices! All plans are 20% off, with special savings for those on subscription plans. Installments are also offered for those on the subscription. Also, if you blog, why not make some extra money doing it? Whole Food Nation is free to join as an affiliate, and practically sell themselves. You are on the computer anyway right? Do you take the Pops yourself? You can sign up and get paid for ordering for yourself! How great is that? Think about it. Who wouldn't want to get paid for something you already do?

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Herbal EVERYTHING?!

I have started some personal research on a very touchy topic. Infertility. My sister recently lost twins at 5 months. This sparked my interest to find out how this happens. I myself have lost 3 pregnancies, 4 years apart each time, and each before 8 weeks. So what causes all these problems? The answers are varied greatly. Each individual can have just as many individual reasons for not being able to either conceive and or carry a pregnancy. Now while I do understand that Chinese herbal remedies have been around for centuries, some of these are not safe during pregnancy. In fact many everyday things are taboo for those who are high risk. Caffeine, smoking, alcohol, certain foods, strenuous activity, the list goes on. So how do you sort it all out? The very first thing to do is get yourself as healthy as you can prior to trying to get pregnant. If you are overweight, you need to change whatever it may be keeping you this way. Whole food nation offers several different plans to get you to your goal weight. This goes for those who are underweight as well. Having to much body fat or not enough can put a fetus at risk. If you smoke, as you probably already know, you need to quit. Smoking causes ovulation problems and can prevent pregnancy. The chances of becoming pregnant are only about 20% each month in a healthy woman and each of the other factors involved can decrease those chances even further. The steps you take to prepare yourself prior to trying to become pregnant are just as important as what you do after you learn you have in fact conceived. It often takes 2 weeks before you suspect it has occurred, therefor making sure your body is ready before can prevent any drastic life changes after you receive the good news. Caffeine with drawls are terrible, so easing off it slowly is best. Try switching up 1 soda a day for water, after about a week replace another. Changing to low caff coffee is also a small easy to handle change. Health care pros say it is relatively safe to have 1 cup of regular coffee a day during pregnancy. So if you can't live without your morning pick me up, remember to limit it to just one. Working out is also vital to your health but don't overdo it. If you plan to have a baby, discuss your routine with your physician and see if you need to change it up. Yoga is a great alternative that helps to relieve some stress and minor aches and pains. There are some poses that cannot safely be done, and you need to consult a pro before starting any new workout regime. Videos can be found almost everywhere that focus on prenatal workouts. The food you eat can also sabotage your body in many different ways. In this fast food, instant gratification society, making good choices is often hard if not impossible to do. Clean out your fridge, make that extra few mile drive to the local farmers market, buy organic produce. The drive thru window is not the way to be healthy. For you or your baby to be. Think of it this way, would you feed that to your child? If you are pregnant or trying to become that way, that is exactly what you are doing. Do you really want your kids eating a double quarter pounder? Another huge issue is vitamins. You need extra nutrients during this time. The pops are an easy to use way to get your servings of veggies and fruits as well as other essential nutrients. Calcium, and iron are found naturally in veggies and fruits and getting them in their natural state is much more nutritious. Also the Pops have zero additives. No dyes, binding agents, or gels. If you are taking a prenatal, good for you, but please make sure you understand what is in them. (previous post about lake #40) As with anything you take, eat, or do, be sure to inform your physician. While there is a multitude of free information on the web, only you and your doctor can decide what is best for your situation.

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Pops Bare Bones Special

Have you been wanting the try the Pops? Here is your chance to give yourself, or someone you love the gift of good health at half the cost. Starting Dec 10 at 12 Noon ET you can order these amazing vitamins, winner or the 2008 Best Multivitamin Award, for over 1/2 off.
Go to this page to take advantage of this great offer!

Here's why we're doing this crazy special:

1) to acknowledge the current economic hardship many folks are experiencing
2) to express our gratitude that the Pops have started so many folks back on the road to their health.
3) To offer you the option of giving someone you care about - this year - the first step back to health. We'll ship them for you in U.S. with a personal card.
4) to celebrate the selection of the Pops as the "Best Multi of 2008"

This special will be available only on this page. Doors open on this bare bones Pops event December 10, NOON ET.

To read more on the Pops, visit here

Even more of my opinions about "Fake Whole Food Vitamins"

This goes along with a post I formerly made in regards to buying vitamins. As the post regarding the Pops receiving an award points out, tablets are generally a bad idea. The reason for this being that to make a tablet stay in one piece, they must have binding agents added to them. I for one am lactose intolerant, and have no idea if I have any soy allergies. These are really not a good choice for me in either of these situations. I have also sent emails to the companies of a few of these "natural vitamin" companies. I have received no reply at all. As a consumer, I feel that these companies would be interested in answering my questions. Isn't that how they stay in business? Also many of these say they should not be taken by people with certain health issues. Diabetics, Pregnant or nursing women, the list goes on. So how would you explain that? If they are "all natural" and "organic" why would they be potentially harmful to these groups? If they are in fact made of fruits and veggies, since when are fruits and veggies bad for you? I thought the point of taking these was to help you with bad diet choices. My husband and I are trying for a baby, and I am very weary of taking something that says it's not safe for someone whom is pregnant. As far as I have seen, everything in the Pops is in fact natural. The only thing that's not is the gelatin used to make the capsule. No binding agents, no tablets. If you open them up you can literally shake out the contents. They are more of a powder form. And they smell nice. No awful taste if you don't swallow them fast enough. And the cost is almost double that of the Pops if you take the recommended 3-4 a day. You would think that one a day would be enough if they really do contain what they claim. How do you make a tablet out of a whole food anyway? And then its white? Really now, last time I checked green veggies are green. Fruits are typically a pink or purple shade. Not white.

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Vitamins A, C and E are 'a waste of time and may even shorten your life'

Vitamins A, C and E are 'a waste of time and may even shorten your life'

So said the headline published around the world this past week:

From the newspaper article:

"Vitamins taken by around a third of the population do not extend life and may even cause premature death, according to a respected group of international scientists.

"After reviewing 67 studies involving more than 230,000 men and women, the experts say there is no convincing evidence that taking supplements of the antioxidant vitamins A, C and E can make you healthier."

We were as stunned as anyone else at the timing and impact of this huge report.

As you know from the "Are Your Vitamins Safe?" report, this is only the most recent in a growing number of studies finding that synthetic vitamins (either from a lab beaker or isolated from a plant or animal) are worthless or even risky for a significant number of people. How can this be?

Here's a big reason:

These isolated synthetic vitamins are not absorbed and utilized properly by the body.

That's because - the 'main vitamin' ingredient, (e.g. A, E, C, etc.) which is extracted by synthetic vitamin makers, does not include the chemical cousins and other ingredients that main vitamin comes with in its natural form. Apparently, the body needs these "cofactors" to absorb the main vitamin.

It's cheaper to extract just the main vitamin. Only it appears now that the resulting synthetic vitamins are useless or worse.

What's the alternative?

Today there is a new class of multis, whole food multis. They put the whole food in the supplement (minus water and fiber), rather than just the isolated main vitamin or mineral.

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Food Resitance

Food resistance? What's that?

A movement to resist the industrial food that jams supermarket shelves and restaurant menus.

Yes, I have joined the Resistance. So have others. The inspiration of the real food drive is Dr. Heidi, whose ER Fat Burn program, rooted in real food instead of industrial fare, is changing lives before my eyes. And in weeks, not months or years.

You might be surprised at what you're eating - that you thought was real food - but isn't. Eating real food has brought "believe it or not" kind of results.

One gent went from 8 beers/day to 0 beers/day in 10 days.

One gal lost 24 pounds in 6 weeks and was never hungry. Still isn't.

Other tidbits from members of the Food Resistance:

"Sexual energy up. - after one week.

"Hot flashes finally gone.
I can sleep through the night again
I'm off Diet Pepsi" - two weeks.

"No more gas and bloating
No more diarrhea
Depression gone." -two weeks.

"Energy for sports back up
Sexual desire back up
Belching almost gone" - two weeks

What are they doing?

Resisting the industrial foods they used to eat everyday. Industrial foods from supermarkets and restaurants.

Instead, they're eating real food: Learning what it is and where to find it.

This clan of folks is happily foraging for their food in all kinds of places, online and off. And that, apparently, has helped all manner of ailments - in as little as 10 days to two weeks. They also have private weekly consultations with Dr. Heidi, the nutritionist who created ER.

Want to join us?

New ER Detox/Cleanse program starts October 25

The ER Detox/Cleanse is the second cycle in Dr. Heidi's Extreme Regime Weight Loss program. You alternate between Far Burn and Detox to achieve healthy weight loss.

In Dr. Heidi's ER Fat Burn program, based on real food, 95% of the participants have

1) lost weight and so far, kept it off;
2) have watched their daily harmful habits fade away...without the usual suffering and feelings of deprivation; and
3) feel like new people from the inside out.

"Everything I believed (about the industrial food they sell us)," Lulu whispered, "was a lie." Posted by Kim Klaver at 12:55 PM

To sign up for one of the programs visit The Little Spa here

FDA Monitoring Vitamins

....a firm is responsible for determining that the dietary supplements it manufactures or distributes are safe and that any representations or claims made about them are substantiated by adequate evidence to show that they are not false or misleading. This means that dietary supplements do not need approval from FDA before they are marketed...firm does not have to provide FDA with the evidence it relies on to substantiate safety or effectiveness before or after it markets its products.....manufacturers do not need to register themselves nor their dietary supplement products with FDA before producing or selling them......the manufacturer is responsible for establishing its own manufacturing practice guidelines to ensure that the dietary supplements it produces are safe and contain the ingredients listed on the label.....there are no provisions in the law for FDA to "approve" dietary supplements for safety or effectiveness before they reach the consumer.....The manufacturer is responsible for ensuring that the "Supplement Facts" label and ingredient list are accurate, that the dietary ingredients are safe, and that the content matches the amount declared on the label...That is directly from the FDA website, It honestly scares me.

Whole Food Nation has posted this.........

Whole Food Nation’s manufacturing facility, Garden State Nutritionals (GSN), New Jersey is FDA-licensed and certified GMP. GMP, which stands for Good Manufacturing Practices, is a certification given by the National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) and NSF International, two independent national nonprofit organizations that employ a uniform set of standards so that consumers can be assured that what’s on the label is also in the box, and that they are receiving pure supplements at accurate dosage levels. GSN has earned the coveted NNFA GMA 'A' rating, and is kosher-approved.

GSN has been manufacturing health supplements since 1977 and supplies diatary supplements to more than 35 countries around the world.

GSN link - http://www.gardenstatenutritionals.com/

• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not review or approve dietary supplements like Pop a Green™ or Pop a Purple™.
  
• The FDA instead licenses factories to manufacture dietary supplements, and issue label guidelines.
  
• Pop a Green™ and Pop a Purple™ are manufactured by an FDA-licensed factory that has met all the FDA label guidelines.
  
• These guidelines include posting the statement in the box below. (The FDA does review and approve drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex.)

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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Day 2 of the Pops expieriment

Today was day 2 for me. I slept like a baby last night. It was heaven. I have 3 dogs in my house who seem to only sleep during the day, for once they did not keep me up. I got up today, had my 1/2 caf coffee, and a few apples, and took a purple. It was great. I have not had this much energy in a long time. I took my green about an hour ago, and have been winding down nicely. I love these!!! I have been working on my webpage all day, thats a bit frustrating, but I think I have it finally. Ready for day 3!
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Dr. Heidis ER Program Observations

Friday, October 10, 2008

5 things I learned from ER Fat Burn

It's nice to know when a way of eating works for you. But it's nicer still when that same strategy works for lots of others, too.

Dr. Heidi has just run two ER Fat Burn 5-week programs. I know everyone in it because all were customers and readers of my stuff (about 50 active participants and more auditors). Here's what I learned while taping the group calls and from the many emails I received.

1. The experienced dieters in the group report that losing weight by eating ER real food works better than calorie counting, starving or pills. WAY better. Plus they were never hungry.

2. Eating real foods has a big side benefit: it regenerates bodies and heals ailments that most people thought they'd have to just "live with" for the rest of their lives. From acid reflux to scaly skin.

3. Eating specific real foods helps people reduce cravings for sweets and bread. Suddenly they don't feel deprived and sad about not having it.

4. Most of the participants thought they were eating pretty well. But they were stunned at how rejuvenated they felt after a week or two of eating ER real food. And love to go foraging for it.

5. Half of the group of July ER Fat Burn actives signed up for the Sep Fat Burn, and nearly half are already signed up for the October Detox/Cleanse program. In a time of "recession" someone laying out $500-600 for such a program several times over 4 months is a statement of its effectiveness all by itself. Think? NO ONE is rich here.

Dr. Heidi's October Detox/Cleanse 4-week program starts Oct 25. It's the second major cycle in the ER Real Food Weigh Loss approach. ER Fat Burn is not a prerequisite. You can start with the Detox/Cleanse. You will be able to sign up for it soon.

What if these neat things happen to you when you put some real food into your body?

Posted by Kim Klaver at 4:30 PM

Are Your Vitamins Safe?

Experts Agree

Experts agree on something. Finally.

Posted on: October 16th, 2007 by Heidi Dulay

Why Veggies? Because they are a prime source of "co-factors" - the term professionals use to refer to vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other nutrients the body needs to process food. Co-factors are crucial for absorbing nutrition from food, making fuel for energy, neutralizing stress, and aging gracefully. Even the low carb fanatics know they have to eat veggies with their meat, fish, eggs or cheese2. Otherwise, they get stuck and have bad breath. Our bodies can't break down the proteins in meats well enough without co-factors. Not only do poorly processed proteins clog us up, but they cause leaky gut - holes in the intestines that bacteria make, as they gobble up the rotting protein lodged in the intestines.

A leaky gut allows foreign substances to pass into the bloodstream and land in joints. This results in inflammation and joint pain. It causes the immune system to start misfiring and the skin to break out in unsightly acne, lesions and scabs. Sometimes, what leaks through causes toxic growths and arterial plaque. Soon, diseases emerge, like allergies, arthritis, acne, osteoporosis, lupus, even cancer and heart disease.3

Not having enough cofactors causes cravings

- the body's cries for missing nutrients. Cravings remain until the body gets what it's looking for, or becomes too exhausted to look. When we eat junk food like sugar, alcohol, any white grain (white bread, white rice, most pasta), or other refined food like soybean or corn oil, the body has to scrounge for co-factors. It steals them from bones, organs, muscles and other tissues. It does that so that it can at least use the junk food for fuel. This puts off death, but not for very long.

"But I hate veggies," people say.

"The only ones I like are French fries and ketchup. Fruit makes me fat… Do beans count?" Or, "I can't eat fruit. I’m diabetic." Or, I don't have time to cook veggies. They just rot in my fridge."

That's why we created Pop-a-Green. And its twin Pop-a-Purple. So we could pop a pill to help make up for our sins of nutrition omission… We ' re not perfect either.

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The Pops

Introducing "The Pops"™

Posted on: October 16th, 2007 by Heidi Dulay

The Pops are a dose of good nutrition in a capsule - one Purple in the morning, one Green in the afternoon or evening.

• Energizing whole food multi, Pop-A-Purple
• Relaxing whole food multi, Pop-A-Green

Promotes

• Digestion
• Elimination and detoxification
• Energy
• Better sleep
• Better skin
• Reduced stress and anxiety
• Reduced cravings
• Reduced aches and pains
• Normal cholesterol and blood pressure
• Weight loss

Whole food source of:

• Antioxidants
• Metabolic enhancers
• Digestive enzymes
• Probiotics

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