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Should You Eat Greens to “Alkalize” Your Body? No.

April 8, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel 1 Comment

One of the following statements is correct. Which one is it?

A). The pH of your body is the key macro variable in your body that regulates all other physiological functions, and disturbances in pH from your diet are real and hazardous to your health.

B). Acidity is the root cause of all cancer, and its fluctuation can be controlled through diet and is the key to preventing lifestyle diseases.

C). In your body pH is just a number and meaningless all by itself.

……Alex, I’ll take C under “Myths and Fallacies”

Filed Under: Food & Nutrition

Dwolla and Bitcoin Are Now Fully Integrated Into Our Website

April 2, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel Leave a Comment

A geeky interlude amongst our normal healthy discussions.

Dwolla and Bitcoin, two payment technologies gaining lots of traction, are now completely integrated into the checkout experience.

This won’t affect 99% of you, but for the people who understand this will realize how cool it really is!

Filed Under: Company News

How Kidney Bean Extract Does and Does Not Help With Carb Blocking

March 31, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel 6 Comments

Excessive carbohydrate intake is one of the most pernicious evils of the modern world. Unfortunately, they come at you from every angle.

A reader asked me about the usefulness of white kidney bean extract in blocking carbohydrate digestion. Here’s my answer, which also includes recommendations on additional ways to supplement for carb blocking and who would (and won’t) benefit from using them.

Filed Under: Supplements

The Healthy Smile Lifestyle: How to Eat and Live for Healthy Teeth

March 27, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel 6 Comments

I always thought the mouth was a boring place.

After all, what else is there to know besides brush and floss daily?

Well, as it turns out……a lot!

Your mouth is a chaotic place that changes its composition by the hour. And most people are completely rigging the deck against themselves with their lifestyles.

However, there are a few easy tricks that can alter the rate at which bacteria destroy your teeth.

Filed Under: Food & Nutrition

Why Juicing Is A Cheap Way to Improve Your Health

March 23, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel 1 Comment

Some people complain that juicing is expensive. That’s not true. It’s cheap!

You just have to buy the right produce and continually bite off as much as you can chew, and no more. Lots of people get started too quickly.

Here’s a guide to help you choose your produce so that you shouldn’t have to spend more than $20-$30 a week.

Filed Under: Juicing

High ORAC Superfoods: Green Tea vs. Cocoa

March 22, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel Leave a Comment

Getting enough anti-oxidants shouldn’t be difficult or expensive. They’re all around you, waiting to be conveniently added to hot water and your favorite dishes.

The trick is just knowing where to find them, and how they get removed from your diet.

With that in mind, here’s a close look at two of the most potent sources of cellular goodness in the whole wide world: green tea and cocoa.

Filed Under: Food & Nutrition, Ingredient Reports

When Specific Use Supplements Are Good Ideas and When They’re Not

March 17, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel 2 Comments

Are supplements more natural, cost-effective drugs?

No. They’re health products that use natural ingredients which might have biologically active properties to them.

But they aren’t necessarily capable of treating specific conditions.

But many of them are bought for this purpose.

Is this a good idea?

It depends. It depends on your condition, how much you pay for it, the amount of ingredients it contains, and what your alternatives are.

Because sometimes using supplements for this reason is a great idea, and other times it’s a waste of money.

Filed Under: Supplements

Why Stevia Is A Good Sweetener and How to Buy It

March 14, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel Leave a Comment

Sugar was great until we found out it feeds cancer and causes our fat cells to expand. Then came aspartame. Aspartame was great until we found out that it fried neurons and left our metabolic systems malformed and disease ridden.

Then came Splenda. Which seemed pretty good until……..I’m not even sure why it fell out of favor.

But now there’s Stevia. And Stevia’s good…..we think.

But that begs the question….why can’t we just buy it in the store?

Filed Under: Food & Nutrition, Ingredient Reports

Green Coffee Bean Extract and Raspberry Ketones: Myth and Reality

March 5, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel 2 Comments

I don’t pay attention to weight loss trends. I’ve never been overweight.

However, I do like to pay attention to the health supplement industry for obvious reasons.

And when I talk to supplement manufacturers there are two advertisements that keep coming up:

1).“Have you stocked up on your raspberry ketone supplements this year?!”

2).“Your customers are wanting to buy their green coffee bean extract……are you the one selling it?!”

I don’t watch Dr. Oz or Oprah or whomever, so I’m always late to these hot topics. But I am more informed than the median supplement shopper.

So that begs the question……

Do these supplements really help you lose weight?

And the answer? Uhhhhh………………

Filed Under: Food & Nutrition, Supplements

Latest Batch of Incredible Greens Has the Wrong Size Scoop

March 3, 2013 by Jonathan Bechtel Leave a Comment

It turns out an error was made with the scoops put into Incredible Greens. After receiving a complaint from a customer I looked into it and found out that the scoop size was too large.

The issue has been fixed, but here’s a quick update about the relevant details.