Shakeology Dissected – Part II: Acai Berries

That’s right.  The magical berry touted by many products as being a sort of “cure all” is in Shakeology.  Shakeology contains a proprietary super-fruit blend that not only includes the acai berry, but acerola powder, Camu-Camu powder, Pomegranate powder, Bilberry powder, Blueberry powder, Lycium (Goji Berry) powder, Cordyceps, Maitake powder, Reishi powder, Citrus bioflavonoids, Rose… [Continue Reading]

Shakeology Dissected – Part I: Whey Isolate

So, what’s in Shakeology anyway?  We know it has the highest quality ingredients, including:
•    Protein and Essential Amino Acids to help build long, lean muscles and reduce food cravings
•    Prebiotics and Digestive Enzymes, which aid in improving digestion, regularity, and nutrient absorption
•    Antioxidants and Phytonutrients to help counteract free radical damage that can lead to… [Continue Reading]

Why Are We Killing Our Children?

Perhaps that’s a provocative title there. The simple fact is that in the vast majority of cases that’s what is happening. We are destroying our most precious resources, our children. We don’t do this consciously. Instead, we have been mislead by massive food corporations that really don’t give a damn about us or our kids…. [Continue Reading]

What’s With All the Protein?

If you are doing P90X and following the Nutrition Guide, you are probably asking yourself this very question.  Seriously, why so much protein?  It makes Phase I – Fat Shredder – hard to follow and represents a massive change from the modern American diet of starchy carbs, high fat foods and high fructose corn syrup… [Continue Reading]

Going Primal?

If you are a regular reader/subscriber to this blog you know that nutrition is one of the topics we discuss quite a bit.  One of the great resources for nutrition information on the Internet is Mark Sisson’s The Daily Apple blog.  If you review Mark’s blog you’ll find common sense information about fitness and nutrition. … [Continue Reading]

Obesity Epidemic?

“Epidemic” is defined as follows:
–adjective  1.   Also, ep⋅i⋅dem⋅i⋅cal. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.  2.  extremely prevalent; widespread.
–noun  3.   a temporary prevalence of a disease. 4.   a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something: an… [Continue Reading]

How Diet Soda Makes You Fat

I stumbled across this video today on Twitter while talking with a friend.  I don’t say this often, but YOU SIMPLY MUST WATCH THIS.  The following video explains how the modern American diet, including the highly coveted Diet Soda, is very acidic.  The video also explains what these acidic foods are doing to our bodies… [Continue Reading]

Shakeology – The Breakthrough in Nutrition

 Shakeology is truly a breakthrough in nutrition, combining 70 healthy ingredients into one healthy and delicious shake.  Both the chocolate and greenberry flavors taste great and are easily mixed with a wide variety of ingredients.  Nothing beats chocolate Shakeology with almond butter and a banana, except for the greenberry Shakeology with raspberries and a banana… [Continue Reading]

Sorting out Shakeology

Lately I have been getting a lot of questions about Shakeology.  It appears this relatively new nutritional supplement from Team Beachbody is getting some attention.  Personally, I take Shakeology every day.  I have it for breakfast and when I don’t have it I can really feel the difference.  It simply has all of your nutritional… [Continue Reading]

Is Shakeology Keeping me From Getting the Flu?

It happens every year.  I am one of those sad sack people that gets miserably sick every year.  It usually happens twice each winter.  In late October or early November, I walk a thin line between life and death.  Meanwhile, everyone else in my family gets a little sniffle and shakes it off in a… [Continue Reading]