Smoothie Maker That Works

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I went through five different smoothie/blender machines last fall to find one that finally works.

The problem was always either that they were not powerful enough, or if they were powerful, they would cause a massive foam-up of the smoothie I was trying to make.

It is WAY frustrating, I suspect many of you know what I’m talking about.  We can add a coconut oil to help reduce foam, but it still doesn’t work as well as just using a machine that creates the end product that you want.

AND…it’s SUPER-EASY to CLEAN.  Literally about 15 seconds rinse-out and you’re done, with a minute scrub down of the blade section and container section every few days..

(Every juicer I’ve used takes about five minutes to clean)

I use the Ninja every day.  It handles completely frozen fruits for me weekend fruit-only smoothies, which I’ll cover in my extended program (it’s just apple, strawberry, a little stevia, almond milk and the protein powder found at the “Raw Whey Protein” link at the bottom of this page).

I think juicing has its applications, but I always prefer smoothing. 

I drink my smoothies very slowly, kinda “chew” them.  A daily smoothie for me consists of greens and protein, and I use the minimal frozen fruit to both cool it down in the blending, as well as to sweeten the greens which would be a bit intense without the fruit.  I also use the new juice product I’m introducing to everyone as the main sweetener, a mere two ounces worth mixed into the blend (I never blend in this juice due to it being a final product as is).  This new juice is taken in only small amounts, and has a supplement added to it that literally is rebuilding people’s bodies.  One aspect of this is even FDA approved, it’s that well proven.  Not that I give much of a crap most of the time what the FDA has to say about much of anything. 😉

I found the lowest price at Amazon for this blender I could find, feel free to search for a lower price if you can find it.   A great, powerful smoothie maker that actually does what we all want them to do!!!

Click on the picture below for more info:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statin Therapy Creates Muscle Damage

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I have long tried to deter family members from taking statins, or at least more thoroughly researching the alternatives such as diet, supplement and exercise as options.  At the very least, coq10 or ubiquinol should be supplemented at all times during statin drug use due to mitochondrial damage that I believe has been substantiated sufficiently enough for it to be a serious concern.

One alternative doctor on the west coast, a gentleman in his late 70’s now, insists that statin drugs are nothing short of a “statin scam,” stating that lowering cholesterol in those patients who are older adversely affects their body’s ability to make hormones, and that they should be prescribed only about one-tenth as often as they are.

Now there’s even more reason to steer clear of them, especially for those folks participating in my FLFL program trying to lose fat and weight.

A doctor in South Africa reported on an athlete he was studying who sustained statin-induced muscle damage, outright muscle cell destruction.  He, Dr. Stuart Semple, believes that as many as 75% of weight training athletes may be susceptible to muscle damage if they are using statin drugs.

Keep in mind that the heart is a muscle as well, further complicating the issue.

Prescription drugs had the statistic a few years ago as being the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

Let me restate exactly how this statistic read:

“PROPERLY PRESCRIBED drugs are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.”

Not IMproperly prescribed…

PROPERLY prescribed.

With a statistic like this, it seems clear that people in America are simply in a willing game of Russian Roulette.  Willing to PAY for it as well, not only with their money, but potentially with their lives.

And people think *I* am weird…

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace………….Tim

What is Dr. Oz DOING?

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I try to watch Dr. Oz almost every day.

He is informing people on a lot of really great stuff, while not having the most cutting edge info, while promoting both really decent and great products, while promoting really bad products, and while claiming to not have any vested interest in the products promoted.

(Really on that last one?  Come on Dr. Oz…why not reference several of the same sort of product as options instead of just one if you were not benefiting in SOME way, be it directly or indirectly?  No judgment man, just be upfront about it, we’re all trying to earn a living).

He has promoted a red light therapy that I use and support.

He has promoted vitamin B12 without differentiating between the methyl or cyano varieties (a posture many health enthusiasts find a bit irresponsible).

He has promoted a saffron-type chewable supplement for appetite suppression that when I looked into it, had sugars as the first two ingredients!  (And a bit of other garbage in the list as well!)

He discusses the lyme tick, but references to “go see your doctor” if you are infected by the bite.  HE *IS* a doctor.  And we all know a doctor will prescribe an antibiotic, doxycycline in all likelihood (which can kill the infection and prevent things from getting worse) but why not cover some of the alternative routes…why not cover them at ALL…such as one of the amazing colloidal silver options that is used by alternative doctors around the world to treat serious infections?

Why doesn’t he cover blood electrification when he covers cancer, an alternative treatment that has become very popular and has apparent huge success?

Why are 80% plus of his female audiences overweight, if he has all these fat/weight loss products and techniques that he promotes on a weekly basis?

What is his REAL motivation, and who does he REALLY serve?

He’s not bad.  I appreciate some of what he has to offer a great deal.

But other parts really piss me off.

More than anything, his OMISSIONS piss me off.

He needs to cover alternative options.  We don’t need to feed the medical industry any more than we already do, we don’t need to put them on unnecessarily high platforms for the masses to worship under, nor do we need to feed an already out-of-countrol supplement industry that is promoting and selling FAR too much CRAP that does not benefit anyone, and may in fact be hurting them.

In my opinion: He needs to cover ALL the new AND old ideas that have plenty of positive anecdotal evidence behind them being affective, bringing THOSE findings to the masses…

And step up on such an alternative platform that even *I* might worship.

(Or at least shine his shoes on).

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……………..Tim

Using Juice for Resveratrol Fat Loss Instead of Wine

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We find resveratrol in red wine, but everyone who participates in my program knows how I feel about alcohol in all forms: that it is a toxin to be avoided.  I don’t care what alleged benefits are claimed, the liver must process it out of the body as a toxin, end of story.

Meanwhile, resveratrol, which breaks down into piceatannol in the body, is being shown to prevent fat cell development in a recent Purdue University study.  Piceatannol interferes with preadipocyte growth and prevents maturation of immature fat cells.  This study was done on isolated fat cells, and there are no studies showing consuming of resveratrol triggers fat loss, but it is widely accepted that there is a link, and people tend to notice a difference with supplementation.

I obtain mine from a juice that I am soon to promote in my program. 

Juice is something everyone who is overweight/overfat needs to be highly conscious of, especially since most juices are simply sugar-laden poisons, just no good for the body.  Way better off eating the whole fruit, fiber and all intact.

But with minimal consumption of the juice I promote, a massive resveratrol benefit is derived, amongst a host of other benefits that would go beyond the topic of this post, delving into actual rebuilding of the body at a level never before experienced.

I will be introducing this juice to my customers…a truly, once-every-ten-years-breakthrough-product…in the next week as a part of my program that anyone over 35 can benefit from hugely, with actual, noticeable results.  I have been testing the product for over a month, and it is living up to its claims.

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……………..Tim

Mercola’s Non-GMO Stance and Kashi Cereal

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Dr. Mercola was speaking out again on the Kashi cereal brand using what appears to be soy GMO’s in their “Natural” cereal product.

This is why I stress matters of law in so much of my material, many people likely feeling there is no relationship between our health and fitness, and matters of law that people are grossly under-educated about in the western world.

The word “Natural” on a food label is not regulated.  In other words, it can be used to mean whatever the company using the word wants it to mean.

And in a case like this, it’s all about using the word for marketing purposes, to deceive people into believing a product is something…that it clearly is not.

After all, MOST people would agree that a Genetically Modified Organism is anything BUT “natural.”

In fact, many people would likely feel that a GMO is the exact OPPOSITE of their definition of the word “natural.”

Likely 99% of consumers would agree with this stance.

But when people do not understand how words are used on labels…how labels are outlined to read a certain way, and even worse, how some ingredients can have more than one name (“aspartame” CAN be labeled as “natural flavor,” as disgusting a concept as that is) everyone falls victim to the producers of these products who line their pockets via their deceptions.

There’s an easy cure:

Support 100% organic foods.

They cannot have GMO ingredients in them, and there are even potentially higher standards than the organic label as I discuss in my program.

The more real, clean, healthy foods are supported, the more the demand, the more the prices come down, the more everyone lives healthy and happy lives. 

Food not only sustains us, but can act as our medicine…or our poison.

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace…………..Tim

 

 

Melancholia…Goodness a Bummer Movie.

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I’ll digress a bit from the health topics tonight and mention the movie I just watched…waited for for over six months from my movie rental place, it was on back order for that long.

I won’t give away anything the promotions don’t already provide, but goodness sakes, not a movie to watch if you’re in a bad mood, lol.

The effects were pretty amazing, but the characters were very unlikeable, (good actors, unlikable characters), a little bit of violence towards animals which unreal or not is always unappealing to me and affects my ability to enjoy the movie, and the “skittish” camera work makes ya dizzy on a large screen.

I don’t remember the movie being promoted at all.  Happened to discover it through my movie rental place, and it sounded interesting and artsy, which I usually enjoy.

The movie was about the world ending, and seemed to take some of the story line from the Planet X lore of years past, whereby an incoming planet collides with Earth, etc.

Have you noticed that there is a LOT of “end of the world” concerns among people now, be it the 2012 thing, economic collapse, or any other number of theories.

Having dealt with severe illness myself, I learned how to perpetually live as if I don’t know how much time I have left.  This however is true for us all.  None of us know what the future holds.

In that light, it’s important that I am able to live life to the fullest, and keeping myself as healthy as possible enables me to do that from a physical, mental and spiritual perspective.  I personally believe all facets are one, tied in together.  And I live my life that way.

I wish it did not take a monumental event in my life to change my perspective.  I do believe everything happens for a reason, and where I am now, compared to where I was previous to the illness, is a world apart.  I’m the same person under it all, at my core…but with new perspectives that I’d likely have never known otherwise, and with a greater appreciation than ever for what life offers me here and now.  Best of all, I maintain this approach to life on a daily basis, and I believe it helps forge my reality.

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace…………Tim

Brooke Burke: Sex Sells Bad Products.

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Brooke can have a great career in endorsing products via ads, and make a great living at it.  I do not judge that, she is beautiful and fit, and I love that she’s on the “older” side…meaning is not a teenager we see so often in ads…proving that women can look awesome at any age with just some serious motivation and effort (in the ad below she was in her late 30’s…WHAT a body for all women over 35 to aspire to!).

She is a great role model in that regard, and from what I’ve seen of her in personal interviews, seems like a great person.

HOWEVER…

One does NOT get legs and butts like the ones shown below in the short video simply by wearing a certain kind of sneaker/shoe.  Not legs and butts like THIS:

The FTC finally got involved in this ad campaign and ended up with a $40 million dollar (!) settlement with Sketchers for making unfounded claims about what their special kind of footwear can/can’t do for a ladies body.  Alligations where made that studies were misrepresented by the company, including claims of weight loss happening, when in fact it did not.

Reebok’s Easytone received a similar fate, to the tune of about $25 million.

The money is supposed to go towards refunds, and no doubt “processing/handling” of the refunds in part by the government (the government never gets involved unless public outcry is large enough, AND/OR there is enough money in the pursuit to provide revenue for the government pursuit of the matter via wages and who-knows what else.  We’ve certainly seen more government-based witch hunts than are reasonable I think most people would agree).

There’s no way around it folks.  No short cuts.  As soon as everyone begins to realize that the only way real weight and fat loss happens is via a sincere effort and understanding of how fat is removed from the body via a lifestyle diet and specific forms of activity, nothing will change.

We live in a society that causes obesity by default.  Everything about the way we eat and act, and the system of commerce we utilize, is consumerism-based.  We consume more, and more, and will then consume even more in an effort to reduce something that can’t be reduced when consuming is the focal point of our lives on every level…money, products, food…all “feeding” upon themselves, pun intended.

Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……..Tim

Jon Bon Jovi Uses and Endorses Toxins for Pain

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When I was a kid, Bon Jovi was coming on the scene for all the teenaged girls to go ga-ga over, with his handsome features and way-cool, teased, frosted-spiked hair.

And let’s not forget the ultra-tight pants and bowling-ball buttocks.

It is darn bizarre to see, just about exactly 30 years later, this New Jersey rocker endorsing an over-the-counter pain medication.  In fairness, I always find it bizarre when any rock star endorses much of any product.  It just seems so out of place, somewhat contrary to the against-the-grain-to-hell-with-the-status-quo attitude of rock ‘n roll in general, and leads me to believe the endorser is for some reason in need of money…no judgement at all in this case, it’s just the first thing that pops in to my mind.

Perhaps because Jon is now a country rock star, it’s a little more acceptable.    (?)

I imagine those tight pants back in the day must surely have caused a lot of soreness in certain parts.  Perhaps at the least, just getting in and out of them might have been painful.  Then all that hair teasing, likely yanking on the scalp to achieve that effect.

I can almost see the commercial now:

“Hi, I’m Jon Bon Jovi.  You know me as a rock star, but what you don’t know is what kind of pain I’m often in, in order to pull off being that rock star; It takes two pairs of pliers to pull on these pants, never mind how I get them off, and teasing these luxurious locks makes it feel as if I’m pulling my hair out every night.  Thanks to Advil, I’m able to tackle these kinds of aches and pains and get out there on the stage, bringing you my tight bum night after night, and I wouldn’t be without it, or my fifth of whiskey to help wash it down…”

(type of thing)

I’d have liked to have seen THAT kind of ad instead.

Regardless, this drug has one hella’ list of side-effects.  Just check out the mayo clinics listing of them below, and decide if this is a drug you want to be ingesting for your pain.  In my opinion, there’s lots of alternatives that are much safer and healthier that can be used instead:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR602345/DSECTION=side-effects

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Iodine can be WAY Beneficial; Here’s Why.

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(Below is in response to one of my program participants asking me about why iodine is important, and her not understanding what detoxification is and why it is so crucial to good health and weight management):

I would not be able to advise you on what you should or shouldn’t be doing.  Instead I can give you a little more info and tell you about what I/we do/use:

Bromide is all over flour products as part of the processing of flours.  We have massive exposures to it in the western world (see more in link below).  Chlorine is in the water both via drinking, showering, and huge exposure via swimming.  It occurs naturally in the body, but we are over-exposed according to theories we support and it then displaces iodine in the body, an element we count on for antipathogen properties among a host of other benefits such as metabolism.  Breast and prostate issues are being tied to iodine deficiency more and more, among a huge host of other problems, Fibromyalgia being a biggie.

You would have to talk to the companies and ask them about dosaging, since I do not sell the product.  I get mine from nutrimedical (Dr. Deagle), and I know people who get the Magnascent brand below. 

http://www.magnascent.com/esp/PramList2.aspx?PrimCat=Bottle

Detoxification is simply about removing the toxic burden from our bodies.  It is so pervasive in our lives now that I personally feel it needs to be done daily and for life, else we accumulate the toxins which can lead to problems.  The body tries to segregate toxins as best it can (including into fat cells) but all of this requires energy and taxes the body, and leads to illness.

Anyone can feel the detox from iodine.  I started at one drop and added a drop a day tapering off around 4 drops for a while, then moved up into higher drops.  Dr. Deagle at the nutrimedical site I referenced above discusses 15 drops a day, even twice a day for ill folks.  The thing about that is, mid-back/kidney discomfort will surely be felt when people take this much.  If a person can get there without back pain, all the better (they will usually derive lots of benefits…less illness, sharper mind, more energy, easier weight loss, etc) but most of us are so toxic that the discomfort is felt as the kidneys get loaded with the mainly bromide that the iodine is displacing in the body…iodine going where it SHOULD go, where the bromide should NOT be, on the cell receptors).  The standard protocol once kidney discomfort is felt is to back off the iodine for a few days, and take in lots of water with extra crystal salt (MUST be a full-spectrum salt, not table salt/sodium chloride).  I take a quarter teaspoon of crystal salt a few times a day for this purpose, also called a “salt push.”  It relieves the discomfort within a couple days.  Then I resume the iodine, placing it on my arm and leg joints or near the joints out of personal preference.  Occasionally a drop near my groin for prostate benefit.

More:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/161956/Bromide-is-causing-Iodine-deficiencey-in-many

Too many people notice really great benefits from gentle, and long-term experimentation with iodine supplementation.  People report feeling better than ever.

Hence my email on it, since that’s what I’m all about.   😉

Tim

Serious Detoxification with Iodine.

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The “Big Announcement” will be arriving two weeks from now at latest.  I am finalizing some necessary testing, and some third parties are getting involved.  Due to specific circumstances, I will not be able to divulge the info until then, but I have been promised two weeks from now everything WILL be in place.

 
There are other great new developments as well, but for today, I just wanted to focus on something that I’ve added to my program, that those who are well past the first month of emails will not have been exposed to; and it’s important to everyone, so please take a moment:
 
When we do our cleansing fast, we are of course in a process of detoxification, the focus being the colon.  This is a great first step, as clearing out the colon helps make other forms of detoxification even more efficient.
 
Another form of detox that is readily felt by most people when tried is the use of nascent iodine.
 
This is a supplement I have referenced in passing in my program, that can and has for many people produced profound benefits, even going so far as to reduce various pain issues and symptoms often labeled as Fibromyalgia.
 
Iodine needs to be used very prudently and very carefully.  It was removed from our food supply in what many researchers believe was one of the greatest dietary mistakes the powers-that-be have ever made.  I’m not too far from disagreeing.  There are several areas where western society has become either insufficient or outright deficient in nutrients, the most popular of which are vitamin D, B12 (I stick to the methyl variety only) and perhaps vitamin C (I get most of mine from camu berry, but will use ascorbic acid on occasion mostly for therapeutic applications).
 
With iodine, I started out at a mere one drop on my arm of the nascent iodine.  I then went to two drops the next day.
 
After a short time, I began to experience mid-back/kidney discomfort.
 
This is the sign that my kidney’s are being overloaded.
 
And that an effective detoxification is in place.
 
Iodine displaces fluoride, chlorine, and bromide in the body.  It will temporarily build up in the kidneys producing a mild discomfort, which I then eliminate via temporarily stopping the iodine use, and taking in 1/4 teaspoon of salt with lots of water several times a day (known as a “salt push”).
 
For me, and many others, part of the detox effect will also include a bit of brain fog.  But it has also resulted in increased energy and clarity, and an apparent positive effect on mitochondria, our energy centers at the cellular level.
 
Most people simply notice the benefits.
 
It has been one of those worthwhile paths I’ve taken that I thought I’d share more on with the FLFL community.
 
The exciting news IS coming, stay tuned!!!!!
 
Love, Happiness, Health and Peace……………….Tim  🙂