Whole Food And More

I've always been a healthy pet nut. It was through the dogs that I realized my family was eating junk and I didn't put enough thought into our health. I felt so guilty when the "light bulb" went off! So I decided it was time to put as much into our diet and well-being as I had always done for the pets.

I was looking for a "vitamin" for our 9-year-old son because he ate junk or nothing. I bought him a kids gummy type multi. It seemed like the right thing for him and I was happy he was getting more fruits and veggies every day.

I went with the Pops from Whole Food Nation for me and my hubby. I wanted this multi because of the fruits and veggies in it, this is what we needed because we aren't perfect eaters, especially with fruits and veggies. I also knew the ladies that founded the company and I knew they were health fanatics. If it was good for them I hoped it would be good for us.

You might want to get this free report and check your One A Day or GNC vitamins. Are Vitamins Safe?

One week after taking the Pops The night sweats that kept me awake were gone so I was sleeping better than I had since before our son was born. This was huge for me. When I could sleep all night I had more energy during the day and I was a much nicer person to be around.

My husband won't eat any fruits or vegetables so the Pops give him a good dose of nutrition.

I have taken our son off the gummy multi because of the fillers and added sugar in them. He gets too much sugar without it being in his vitamin. He takes the Pops now. Remember, I'm the healthy pet nut which means no chemicals, additives, preservatives with them so the same is true for us.

A few months after being on the Pops I decided to start my own business and market these to other moms suffering from night sweats, lack of sleep and being too tired to play with the kids. I knew there were lots of families that ate junk or nothing, like we used to, so this multi could offer some easy help in improving their family's diet and health.

So that's what I'm doing, that's what I'm loving.

I really want to help form a Whole Food Nation and help people get off the Junk Food Train. I want to make a difference in the way people view nutrition, one family at a time. I want to change the world.... I know that's a big want, that's what keeps me working with my business everyday.

I'm a woman on a mission with PASS, yes it's that important to me to get vitamin users off the synthetics. If anyone is taking a multi vitamin for better health they should know the harm common multis have been shown to cause.

With my team of other moms and health fanatics we are making a difference and loving the ride!

Oh, one more thing about me, I don't work well with a boss calling all the shots. I like being creative with my marketing, picking the people that join my team and last but not least, I'm home for my son.

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Current estimates of amounts of particular junk foods consumed by each American yearly are as follows:

50 pounds of cookies and cakes
100 pounds of refined sugar
55 pounds of fat and oil
300 containers of soda
200 sticks of chewing gum
20 gallons of ice cream
5 pounds of potato chips
18 pounds of candy
2 pounds of popcorn
Unknown quantity of pretzels and a wide variety of snack foods.

Whole Food Nation - Multis help rid our body of the junk we eat.

What comes with the Mc Junk meal?

The beef comes with bacteria from the manure the cow slept in. Growth hormones, some synthetic nitrogen, chicken litter, blood and fat the cow was fed from his slaughtered feedlot cow mates. Some unknown disease since the cow's digestive system was shot from all the corn she ate. Good chance of some abscessed liver.

The lettuce, tomato and onion come with pesticides, chemical fertilizer and little nutrition. Might even be genetically modified produce.

So, do you want to make it a double meat with cheese?

Damage Control anyone, to help you get rid of the manure in these Mc Junk Meals?

Two Men's Health columnists have uncovered some dirty little secrets that the restaurant industry would rather keep quiet. In some cases, the true contents of what's put into your meals at restaurants (both fast-food and sit-down) are shocking. In others, the information could not even be drawn out of corporate employees.

1. Arby's "100 percent all-natural chicken" contains artificial flavoring, and its "all-natural smoothies" may contain high-fructose corn syrup.

2. An order of Aussie Cheese Fries at Outback Steakhouse has 2,900 calories.

3. Hooters wouldn't disclose any nutritional facts about their food, but investigation revealed that its wing sauce contains partially hydrogenated margarine, maltodextrin, propylene glycol alginate, xanthan gum and other additives.

4. A medium-size fruit-and-yogurt smoothie from Dunkin' Donuts has more than four times the sugar in a chocolate-frosted cake doughnut.

5. Pastries at Panera Bread contain synthetic food colorings that have been linked to irritability, restlessness, and sleep disturbance in children.

6. A large order of pasta at Maggiano's contains two pounds of noodles.

7. The top four ingredients in Baskin Robbins' Blue Raspberry Fruit Blast are Sierra Mist soda, water, sugar and corn syrup.

8. The French toast sticks at Burger King go into the same fryer as the pork sausage, pork fritters, Chicken Tenders, chicken fries, Big Fish patties, hash browns, onion rings, and Cheesy Tots -- and all of these contain harmful trans fats.

Get rid of the junk we eat.

A fact of modern life is that most people do not regularly eat real, whole, raw, nutrient-dense foods. Instead, most diets consist of cooked and processed foods that are full of artificial ingredients and toxic substances and contain very little in the way of vitamins or other vital biochemicals.

The ideal diet would contain raw spinach, kale, broccoli, poultry, fish, zucchini, squash, seeds, nuts and fruits, etc., the actual diet of most Western peoples contain few of these real whole foods. Instead, the diet consists of hamburgers, fast foods, french fries, boxed cereal, table sugar, potato chips, bagels, cheese spreads, ice cream, muffins, cakes, fish sticks, trans fats, margarine and pasteurized milk and juice. This Western diet has been called SAD (Standard American Diet).

The SAD diet is so named because its ingredients not only fail to provide people with the nutrients necessary for cellular health and function, but it also is active in destroying health, and thereby creates disease as well as a lack of resistance to disease (also called an impaired immune system).

Due to the SAD diet, whole food supplements may be used to bolster health by supplying the nutrients that are not consumed on a regular basis. In this way, consumers of whole food supplements may eat a wide variety of foods in tablet, powder or capsule form without having to even "enjoy" the flavor.

The convenience and benefits of whole food supplementation make up, at least in part, for the failings of the daily diet. And in many cases, whole food supplementation has reversed symptoms and restored quality of life to those with impaired health.

Because foods are not pharmacological agents, whole food supplements may be taken in conjunction, and coordination with, allopathic medical treatment, drugs and modalities.

Food science researchers have, in keeping with traditional medicine, discovered that certain foods exert a positive effect on certain bodily systems. Thus, specific whole food supplement formulas are used to feed very specific functions, targeting, for example, the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, eliminatory, immune, skin, musculoskeletal, energy and glandular systems of the body.

Further, there are some foods that offer protection and immune system enhancement with their ability to remove toxins from the body. The sulfur-containing plants - cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, radish and Brussels' sprouts - are one example.

These vegetables have the ability to convert fat-soluble toxins into water soluble versions that can be eradicated from fat cells and removed from the body through the kidneys. Still other natural, whole foods offer antioxidant benefits to offset the damage caused by "free radical" molecules that rob the body of oxygen.

Whole Food Supplement

Eating organically grown food is a healthy choice. Finding and affording only organic food is sometimes tough. We do the best we can. I wouldn't knowingly give poison to my family. I made a choice to figure out a way to serve only organic foods whenever possible.

So do you buy less food and go organic?

Pick and choose which organic foods you buy?

Or ignore the current thinking on the harmful effects of eating non-organic foods and buy conventionally?

There are really no easy answers but there are facts you should be aware of and strategies to cut down on pesticide consumption and danger, which can help you to eat organic and remain on a realistic budget.

Ways to afford organic:
- Economize in other areas - we changed our cell phone plan and cut back on renting movies.
- Eliminate all junk food and addictive substances, both of which are very expensive - stay away from the snack isle and fountain drinks from the convenience store (this was huge for my husband.) Think about what you spend on the impulse items.
- Stop eating out - cook and eat at home or pack a lunch for work. You will eat healthier and save on gas because you don't have to drive to get lunch.
- Stop buying processed foods, boxed just add meat dinners and microwave meals. Make your own Hamburger Helper from fresh ingredients.
- Compare the cost and quality of produce at health food stores, farmers' markets, and cooperatives. For CSA's, local farms, and farmers markets in your area check out Local Harvest
- Grow your own produce. You can grow your favorites even in a small garden.
- Be picky. There are times when I just can't find the produce I need in organic form. I only buy fruit and vegetables that are known to have the lowest amounts of toxins.
- Go to the store with a meal plan in mind so that you are not wasting the food that you buy. Organic produce tends to spoil more rapidly, so keep that in mind when planning your grocery list.
- Eating healthy organic foods are more nutritious so you will actually eat less, and you won't starve!
- Clip and use coupons for things you already buy from the store, like paper towels and cleaning supplies.
- Buy organic with the items you use most often. For me it was meat, coffee, apples and dairy products.

I'll give the good news first. There are a few clean fruits and veggies so if you can't afford to go 100% organic choose these non-organics:
Asparagus, avocados, bananas, broccoli, cabbage, eggplant, kiwi, mangoes, onions, pineapples, sweet corn, sweet peas.

The research used to compile the following list was from extensive independent tests run by the FDA and the USDA from more than 100,000 samples of food. The chemical pesticides detected in these studies are known to cause cancer, birth defects, nervous system and brain damage, and developmental problems in children. If you are trying to protect your family and eat "clean food" don't buy it if it isn't organic.

Beef, Pork and Poultry
The EPA reports that meat is contaminated with higher levels of pesticides than any plant food. Many chemical pesticides are fat-soluble and accumulate in the fatty tissue of animals. Animal feed that contains animal products compounds the accumulation, which is directly passed to the human consumer. Antibiotics, drugs, and hormones are a standard in animal husbandry, all of which accumulate and are passed on to consumers as well. Ocean fish carry a higher risk for heavy metals than pesticides, though many freshwater fish are exposed to high levels of pesticides from contaminated water.

Milk, Cheese and Butter
For reasons similar to those for meat, the fat in dairy products poses a high risk for contamination by pesticides. Animals concentrate pesticides and chemicals in their milk and meat. Growth hormones and antibiotics are also serious concerns and are invariably found in commercial milk, cheese, and butter.

Strawberries, Raspberries and Cherries
Strawberries are the crop that is most heavily dosed with pesticides in America. On average, 300 pounds of pesticides are applied to every acre of strawberries. Thirty-six different pesticides are commonly used on strawberries, and 90% of strawberries tested register pesticide contamination above safe levels. Raspberries trump strawberries with the application of 39 chemicals: 58% of the raspberries tested registered positive for contamination. Cherries are almost as bad with 25 pesticides and 91% contamination.

Apples and Pears
With 36 different chemicals detected in FDA testing, half of which are neurotoxins (meaning they cause brain damage), apples are almost as contaminated as strawberries. Ninety-one percent of apples tested positive for pesticide residue. Peeling non-organic apples reduces but does not eliminate the danger of ingesting these chemicals. Pears rank hazardously near apples with 35 pesticides and 94% contamination.

Tomatoes
It's standard practice for more than 30 pesticides to be sprayed on conventionally grown tomatoes. The thin skin does not stop chemicals from infiltrating the whole tomato, so peeling won't help you here.

Potatoes
Potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables, but they also rank among the most contaminated with pesticides and fungicides. Twenty-nine pesticides are commonly used, and 79% of potatoes tested exceed safe levels of multiple pesticides.

Spinach and Other Greens
The FDA found spinach to be the vegetable most frequently contaminated with the most potent pesticides used on food. Eighty-three percent of the conventionally grown spinach tested was found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of at least some of the 36 chemical pesticides commonly used to grow it.

Coffee
Most coffee is grown in countries where there are little to no standards regulating the use of chemicals and pesticides on food. The United States produces and exports millions of tons of pesticides, some of which are so dangerous that they are illegal to use on American farmland. Foreign countries import these chemicals to cultivate food, which is sold back to the United States. Coffee is an unfortunate culprit in this vicious cycle of malevolent agriculture. Purchasing "Fair Trade" coffee provides insurance that the premium price paid for this treasured beverage supports farms and workers with more equanimity and reward.

Peaches and Nectarines
Forty-five different pesticides are regularly applied to succulent, delicious peaches and nectarines in conventional orchards. The thin skin does not protect the fruit from the dangers of these poisons. Ninety-seven percent of nectarines and 95% of peaches tested for pesticide residue show contamination from multiple chemicals.

Grapes
Because grapes are a delicate fruit, they are sprayed multiple times during different stages of growth. The thin skin does not offer much protection from the 35 different pesticides used as a standard in conventional vineyards. Imported grapes are even more heavily treated than grapes grown in the United States. Several of the most poisonous pesticides banned in the United States are still used on grapes grown abroad. Eighty-six percent of grapes test positive for pesticide contamination; samples from Chile showed the highest concentration of the most poisonous chemicals.

Celery
Conventionally grown celery is subjected to at least 29 different chemicals, which cannot be washed off because, of course, celery does not have any protective skin. Ninety-four percent of celery tested was found to have pesticide residues in violation of safe levels.

Red and Green Bell Peppers
Bell peppers are one of the most heavily sprayed foods, with standard use of 39 pesticides. Sixty-eight percent of bell peppers tested had high levels of chemical pesticide residues. The thin skin of peppers does not offer much protection from spraying and is often waxed with harmful substances.

A national survey showed that 79% of Americans are concerned about the safety of the food they eat but more than 68% do not regularly buy organic products because of higher costs. The price depends largely on the product. Sometimes the difference between organic food and conventionally grown produce is a matter of cents, other times it can be dollars. You may be convinced that organic food is the best option for you and your family. But the reality is that you have only a finite amount of funds to apply towards food every week. Do the best you can.

Whole-Food Multis are supplements whose ingredients are real foods minus the water and fiber (fiber is cheap and when it's in your multi it's a filler.) That means primarily vegetables, fruits, herbs or spices, not isolated vitamins or minerals.

Most multivitamins are largely useless and even risky.
Are Vitamins Safe?

People who believe nutrition matters take whole-food multis as an insurance formula against possible deficiency.

A whole-food supplement is made by taking a nutrient-rich plant like broccoli, removing the water and fiber, making it a powder, then encapsulating it or pressing it into tablets. All the nutrients in the plant remain intact, including vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes and other nutrients, many of which are still unknown to research.

Whole food multis do not list amounts of vitamins or minerals because the value of the ingredients is not in amounts. It's in the synergy or interaction among the hundreds of nutrients contained in the ingredients, all working together. Functional medicine research is showing that very small amounts of a wide array of natural nutrients is usually more beneficial than large amounts of isolated nutrients. The body uses them more easily. Further, there is a cooperation between certain vitamins and minerals, promoting absorption. Correcting a deficiency in one vitamin/mineral requires the addition of others, not simply replacement of the deficient one.

Some nutrients are often included in a wholefood multi to amp up the effectiveness of the whole food blend. These can be absorbed because they are packed in with the whole foods. For example, alpha lipoic acid is an antioxidant that amps up the effect of the hundreds of antioxidants found in the veggies and fruits in Pop-A-Green and Pop-A-Purple.

A whole food multi is "a dose of good nutrition in a capsule," says Dr. Mary Schaffer, a Mill Valley, California, chiropractor, about Pop-A-Purple and Pop-A-Green, which she recommends to her patients and takes herself.

Are Vitamins Safe?

The Pops

What on Earth is that picture? Simple, it's an undigested pill, a slow release potassium tablet, sitting in the colon. This is one reason why many (most) synthetic vitamins and supplements don't do much. It sits there, until it is later found in the septic tanks or back into our water supply.

"Absorption is the key to everything. How much you swallow means very (VERY) little. Dr. Jonathan Wright was informed by a patient who was a septic tank cleaner that many septic tanks of 'pill-poppers' have layers of pills at the bottom, a clear example of taking something that went on through and was never absorbed. source

It makes sense, at least to me. Vitamins are not going to do a whole lot of good and may even harm you. Get this free report to see what your vitamin has for ingredients. Are they whole foods that your body can actually use or are they synthetics that will sit in your colon, in a septic tank or end up back in our water supply?

I'm glad to see the studies come out about vitamins. It's past time for people to learn what are in the One-A-Day type multis. It's not nutritional supplements that are bad, it's synthetic ingredients in most vitamins sold in the U.S. and U.K.

Now if we could create a Naturally Occurring Standard - To insure that vitamin and mineral supplements are natural and taken directly from plant sources, and do not contain synthetics of any sort. We need a logo for these non-synthetic supplements, much in the way we have logos for Organic Foods. This would help eliminate the confusion about ingredients because to have this NOS label the supplement MUST be from whole foods, with these foods listed as ingredients.

Think about how simple it would be if everyone could read ingredients on supplements and know exactly what fruit, veggies, herb etc. it was. I love it and hope this happens sometime in my lifetime... Maybe with more books like The Hundred - Year Lie from Randall Fitzgerald we can find ways to get away from chemicals and toxins.

Everyone can benefit from whole food supplements because the soil our fruits and veggies are grown in has been so depleted of minerals. So even if you are a fresh fruit and vegetable lover, like I am, you still aren't getting everything you need from eating well.

* Adolescents
* Alcohol drinkers
* Athletes
* Dieters
* Drug users, prescription or recreational
* Elderly
* Health fanatics
* Junk food regulars
* Overweight and obese people
* People who supplement with specific nutrients
* Sick people
* Stressed out people
* Smokers
* Women who are pregnant, nursing, or taking oral contraceptives
* Workaholics

Source: Cf Balch, P (2006), Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fourth Edition. New York: Avery/Penguin, p. xv.

Yep, more about SAD, Standard American Diet...

"Many people will get up before dawn to check the stock market, work until all hours of the night on a project for work or church...but they will not remember, or think it is important enough, to feed their own bodies." - Dr. Jesse Hanley, MD, and co-author of Tired of Being Tired, Women's Passages, and Attention Deficit Disorder.

Everyone wants to remain youthful and live for ever. But is a long life really the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if you're feeling vaguely unhealthy much of the time? And why do so many of us feel lousy when we still think of ourselves as young and vibrant? Two words: vitamin deficiency.

"You can't get away without a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement," says Dr. Hanley. "The ground is so depleted that not even the bugs can live in our refined wheat and white flour anymore!"

The simple fact of the matter is that our bodies are not getting what they need...and even if we were to suddenly adopt a diet that made us poster children for healthy living, without a multi-vitamin supplement, we will always remain vitamin deficient.

Living a long life might be possible for today's middle-aged, but unless many people are willing to change their approach to nutrition, the life expectancy for today's youth will be a different story. Many medical institutions do not expect children to live as long as their parents because of obesity, toxicity, and the deficiencies inherent in the Standard American Diet.

The state of our food, coupled with our dietary choices, has rendered us toxic and depleted of the vitamins and minerals we need to function and thrive. Most of the food we eat contains barely half of the vitamins and minerals it did fifty years ago; today's high yield wheat crops offer only half the protein they did a century ago.

Processing methods - by their very nature - deplete food of nutrients. And the length of time it takes to pick, transport, and stock onto grocers' shelves, means food has lost much of its nutritional value by the time it finally gets to our plates.

While alternatives such as organic foods are free of dangerous GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and many toxic pesticides and fertilizers, they are far from perfect as it can take decades for soil to fully recover from years of abuse.

The over-cultivated soil in which we grow our food is depleted of zinc, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, calcium, and magnesium.

The superphosphate fertilizers we use in place of manure contain mainly nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, but are deficient of the many vital trace elements contained in good, old-fashioned manure.

Pesticides and herbicides destroy soil microorganisms and affect plant nutrition.

Refining wheat into white flour strips it of between fifty and eighty-eight percent, of its cobalt, magnesium, zinc, chromium, and manganese.

Refining sugar cane into white sugar depletes it of ninety-nine percent of its magnesium and ninety-three percent of its chromium.

Polishing rice removes seventy-five percent of its zinc and chromium.

Many additives, artificial coloring, preservatives, and stabilizers destroy nutrients and, further, work to impair nutrient absorption.

Pollution works to deplete nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc.

But in spite of all the doom and gloom, it's possible to turn the deficiency tide, and learn how to take care of ourselves in a whole new, 21st century way.

Starting from Scratch - How to Get What You Need

First, forget what you thought you knew about adequate vitamin intake. Take a fresh approach to your health - likely, your old approach doesn't take into account what experts are discovering about the sorry condition of our soil, the depleted state of processed food, and our bodies' agonizing struggle to overcome vitamin and mineral deficiency.

Everyone on the planet at some point in their lives will require extra vitamins and minerals to compensate for deficiencies in the Standard American Diet. In times of special need - during pregnancy, periods of overwhelming stress, or illness - nutrients are good therapy, so it's vital to update your knowledge base.

For example, consider the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamins and minerals. These figures were calculated in the 1940s when soil was healthy, and food refining and processing was relatively rare. Today, our vitamin and mineral needs far exceed the circa World War II recommendations handed out by many health practitioners.

And all the hype about low-fat, fat-free, sodium-free, vitamin-enriched, and on and on...it's all just bunk, part of food companies' marketing strategies to convince you to buy their products. The truth is, all the processing to make food other than what it naturally is simply removes the life-giving nutrients our bodies need.

Real food - free of unnecessary additives and processing - is the simple secret to health and longevity, so beware of terms like vitamin enriched. All this means is that the food was stripped bare of its goodness during processing, and then something was added in a futile attempt to make up the loss, and give it some sort of bare minimum value.

By midlife, an overwhelming number of Americans will have developed a chronic illness or contracted some form of cancer due to diet deficiencies. But why wait for a health crisis to start giving your body what it needs now? After all, regular maintenance is always preferable to crisis management.

If you cannot get fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, opt for frozen over canned.

Avoid processed foods, fake foods, and junk foods.

Always eat real food, and never buy anything that contains hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil - i.e. never eat anything containing trans fats.

Read the label. If you don't know what a word means, or cannot pronounce it, don't eat it! Opt instead for something real.

Don't buy products with a long shelf life - the better they do on the shelf, the worse they are for your body.

Never eat food products that have been enriched. They have been completely devitalized during processing.

Avoid food that has been genetically modified or engineered. Nearly all processed food contains GMOs.

Some nutritionists recommend kelp tablets / granules, or using unrefined sea salt as an added mineral source. Ordinary table salt has been stripped of vital trace elements during refining.

A digestive aid or probiotic can assist with nutrient absorption, helping to increase your nutrient intake.

A high quality, Whole Food multiple vitamin / mineral supplement is essential. You can be assured - by starting with a Whole Food Multi - that you're taking the right combination, which enables vitamins and minerals to work synergistically in your metabolic and enzymatic systems.

Remember, when implementing dietary changes, take it slowly, pay attention to how your body responds and, if possible, consult a health practitioner.

By giving up the Standard American Diet, and supplementing with your new Whole Food multiple vitamin and mineral regimen with individualized care that factors in age, gender, weight, and your unique health conditions, you may end up feeling better than you ever have in your life...for the rest of your life!

Sampling of the findings collected from reputable sources about what is really in our food, water, vitamins, prescription drugs, childhood vaccines, cosmetics and our homes.

-- When you read "made with natural flavors" on a food label, you are probably being deceived, because natural and artificial flavors usually contain the same synthetic chemicals.

-- In large feedlots, 100% of the cattle are fed five or more sex hormones to speed weight gain and these hormones are known to cause reproductive problems and cancer in humans.

-- Many of our commercial dairy and meat products come from animals that ate livestock feed made from the remains of tens of millions of dogs and cats that were euthanized with drugs at animals shelters and animal hospitals.

-- Medical evidence is emerging that suggests that the artificial sweeteners in diet sodas may cause brain tumors, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. The occurrence of these diseases has risen dramatically, in proportion with the expanded use of those synthetic sweeteners.

-- At least 70% of the processed foods in your grocery store contain at least one genetically engineered ingredient that has never been tested for its potential harm.

-- More than 3000 synthetic chemicals are regularly added to U.S. food products, and hardly any have been tested for their interactive toxin-producing effects in the human body.

-- Most vitamins and supplements sold in the United States that are advertised as natural are actually synthetic chemical concoctions that contain coal tar, preservatives, artificial colors, and a vast range of other potentially harmful additives. Free report here.

-- More than 25,000 chemicals are in the cosmetics sold in the United States, yet less than 4% of these ingredients have ever been tested for toxicity and safety.

-- Within the 9 or so vaccines given to your children before they enter school are additives and preservatives, including mercury, aluminum, MSG, formaldehyde, and others linked to disorders ranging from brain and nerve damage to autism and ADD.

Source -- The Hundred-Year Lie, by Randall Fitzgerald pgs, 7-8

The Purples are the fruit multis with ingredients shown to protect, nourish, uplift, support and energize a body.

This is a healthy upper.

No promises about what the product will do for you. No fantasy mongering to persuade or manipulate you. Here's the scoop:

This is a daily whole-food supplement for people who:

Know nutrition is important

Know they're not getting their everyday nutrition

Want a highly concentrated product so they can pop fewer pills

Want to buy from people whose whole lives revolve around health, nutrition and fitness.

I won't list all 55 ingredients on this lens, but you can view them here.

The Pop-A-Greens are the veggie multis with ingredients shown to protect, nourish, soothe, support and detoxify a body.

They are healthy downers, shown to relax the nervous system and promote better sleep.

No promises about what the product will do for you.
No fantasy mongering to persuade or manipulate you.
Here's the scoop:

This is a daily whole-food supplement for people who:

Know nutrition is important

Know they're not getting their everyday nutrition

Want a highly concentrated product so they can pop fewer pills

Want to buy from people whose whole lives revolve around health, nutrition and fitness

We've crammed the capsules with: vegetables & food herbs, major antioxidants, enzymes,friendly flora, fat burning metabolic aids and other well-known phytonutrients. Complete ingredient list here.

This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. It is a whole food supplement that can help a body heal itself with good nutrition. If you have a medical condition please consult a doctor.

No, it's not the same thing as eating the actual fruits and vegetables.

With Pop-A-Purple and Pop-A-Greens:

No calories
No carbs
No pesticides
No worms or insects
No washing stuff
No cleaning up
No risk of over-ripe or unripe
No schlepping to the store and back

The fiber* and water has been removed so, no it's not the same as "eating" the actual food.

No maker of whole food multis can say "it's the same as eating the food."

* Remember why the fiber has been removed? We have removed the fiber to make room for the really good stuff in each capsule. Fiber is cheap and when it's in your supplement it's a filler, so if you need more fiber take it alone, not in your multi.