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My favorite thing to tell people about Vitamin D is that Vitamin D isn’t what we think it is. Specifically, it’s not a vitamin. It’s a hormone. A vitamin is defined as a chemical we need for body processes that come from the diet, since we can’t synthesize it on our own. Vitamin D, though, is made by …
There’s ample proof that the wellness experience you pay for is not the one you intended to receive. Look through a few of our rants for more than enough evidence to make you go “Hmmmm…” The cause of the gap between what you want and what you get is mostly due to quality. Product and information quality are poor. …
There are two things I’m certain of: our country has gone crazy and our guts are a mess. Since this isn’t a place for my political stream of consciousness, let’s focus on the GI stuff. Gut related issues accounts for an easy majority of concerns brought to my attention on a daily basis. There’s a …
Almost every conversation I have with a customer eventually involves a slight perspective change. Most understand the supplement industry isn’t regulated, but it isn’t until I bring up multiple examples of the deception do people really start to pivot their mindset into the “Oh man, I have to really be careful what I buy.” Everyone …
The Wellness Pyramid: A Holistic Approach To Health Read More »
I heard something pretty disturbing recently coming from a self-proclaimed expert. They were tooting their own horn saying that their supplement regimen “reversed the progression of [Alzheimer’s].” It got me quite upset, but I’m in therapy so I didn’t rage out like I used to. Instead, I breathed through it and thought about what got …
The Seven Deadly Deceptions of Supplement Charlatans Read More »
A topic has been coming up with alarming frequency at the store this week: reflux. Many people are suffering from it. Everyone hates the medicine. Acid reflux isn’t fun to live with. Heartburn, taste changes, tongue swelling, and a general nauseous… has anyone looked at the quality of their day and decided they needed any of that? …
To understand why we get so messed up from stress, we have to think of ourselves not as modern people, but, instead- as cave people. The ability to get instant, super-human powers was particularly crucial back then. We’d want our blood to move quick, our muscles to get tense, energy to flow and be used …
A Crash Course On How Our Bodies Deal With Stress Read More »
There are 5 supplements we believe almost everyone would benefit from. We call these The Vital 5 Supplements. These recommendations are made because these are the nutrients we are most likely to not have enough of and because replacing these nutrients has so much scientific evidence showing benefit. These are: Omega 3 Fatty Acids Probiotics Calcium/Vitamin D/Bone …
What Supplements Should A Vegan Or Vegetarian Take? Read More »
We get so excited about greens that we wet our plants. Can I keep it real with my people? My loyal readers? I know I can… it’s what keeps me writing. Greens. Greens are one of those supplement categories that, quite honestly, doesn’t need to exist. If we’re going to be us and be 100% …
Guide to Greens: We’re so excited we wet our plants Read More »
We are proud to finally and officially announce the arrival of Calcium Care, our 100% whole food calcium supplement. Some of you may remember “Calcium Food”, our version 1.0 of whole food calcium supplements. Calcium Care is a radically more sophisticated formula offering nutrients proven to support bone health without using synthetic, gross chemicals, but instead, …
Introducing Calcium Care – A Whole-Food Calcium Supplement Read More »
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