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>>> WHEN
>>> WHEN IT COMES TO EATING ANY HELPFUL WAY THERE ARE A
LOT OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS OUT
THERE BUT IT IS TOUGH TO KNOW
WHICH ONES ARE WORTH THE
EFFORT.
EFFORT.
EFFORT. HERE TO HELP ASSORTED POPULAR
SUPER FOODS AND LEARN HOW THEY
AFFECT OUR BODY GINGER HOLTON
FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS
WEBSITE CHAMPAGNE AND
NUTRITIONIST.
NUTRITIONIST. >> HOW ARE THINGS GOING?
>> REALLY GREAT AND SO EXCITED
TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> I AM TOO, WE READ ABOUT THE
STUFF ALL THE TIME AND I NEVER
KNOW IF THIS A THING OR IS IT
NOT A THING BECAUSE SOMETIMES
WE THINK SOMETHING IS GOOD IN
TWO YEARS LATER NOT SO MUCH.
>> SO LET US GET AHEAD OF THE
GAME.
GAME.
GAME. >>
GAME. >> WILL TALK FIRST OF ALL
ABOUT COLLAGEN IT IS VERY
POPULAR.
POPULAR.
POPULAR. >> WHAT IS IT FOR, WHAT IS IT
SUPPOSED TO DO?
>> PEOPLE SAY IT IS HELPING
FOR YOUR JOINTS BEING LESS
ACHING, YOUR SKIN BRIGHTER AND
LESS WRINKLING.
LESS WRINKLING. >> IN FAVOR OF BOTH OF THOSE
THINGS PICK
THINGS PICK >> BUT THE RESEARCH IS MIXED.
THERE HAS BEEN RESEARCH WHERE
PEOPLE SAID I THOUGHT THE
BENEFIT BUT I WAS READING ONE
YESTERDAY WERE IT SAID 23
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU TAKE IT.
ANOTHER THING THAT IS
IMPORTANT IS THAT COLLAGEN IS
A PART OF OUR SKIN AND HAIR
AND JOINTS SO IT COMES FROM
ANIMAL SOURCES SO IT IS NOT
VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY.
>> DO WE HAVE SOME?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I WANT TO PUT IT HERE.
REALLY IT IS JUST, IT IS VERY
POWDERY.
POWDERY.
POWDERY. I WILL PUT A HERE IT IS
COLORLESS, FLAVORLESS,
COLORLESS, FLAVORLESS, ODORLESS AND IT MAKES IT INTO
LIQUID VERY, VERY WELL.
IT IS THE WHITE ON WHITE HERE
BUT IT MIXES WELL, IT IS A
SOURCE OF PROTEIN.
I DO NOT SEE ANY DANGER WITH
THAT BUT IT IS HARD TO KNOW IF
IT WILL GET YOU THE RESULTS
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT. >> IS EASY TO OVERDO?
>> IT IS REALLY JUST A
PROTEIN.
PROTEIN.
PROTEIN. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IT IS NOT
VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN.
>> ACTIVATED CHARCOAL?
IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> IT IS SO INTERESTING, IT IS
A VERY COOL COLOR.
IT IS BLACK.
YOU SEE IT SHOWING UP AN ICE
CREAM, YOGURT, SMOOTHIES
BECAUSE JUST A LITTLE BIT
TURNS EVERYTHING BLACK OR
GRAY.
GRAY.
GRAY. >>
GRAY. >> WHAT IS UP SUPPOSED TO DO?
>> PEOPLE USE IT FOR
DETOXIFICATION.
DETOXIFICATION. THEY WILL USE IT AND LIKE THE
MEDICAL SETTING, EMERGENCY
SETTING LIKE IF YOU EAT A
TOCSIN THEY WILL USE IT THERE.
>> THAT IS WHERE I FIRST HEARD
ABOUT THE
ABOUT THE
ABOUT THE >> OF THAT EVER HAPPENED YOU
SHOULD NOT BE TREATING
YOURSELF WITH THIS BUT PEOPLE
SAY SOMETIMES IT MAKES YOU
FEEL LESS DRUNK OR HUNG OVER
WITH ALCOHOL BUT THAT IS
ACTUALLY NOT THE WAY THAT IT
WORKS, THAT IS NOT A THING.
NOT REALLY BECAUSE ALCOHOL
ABSORBS TO THE STOMACH AND GO
STRAIGHT TO THE LIVER AND THIS
IS WORKING TO THE DIGESTIVE
TRACK.
TRACK.
TRACK. DOES IT DO YOU ANY GOOD?
>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY NO
FOR DETOXIFICATION I WILL TAKE
A HARD LINE THERE BUT IT MIGHT
BE FUN TO PUT LIKE AN FOOD
LIKE AN ICE CREAM.
>> IT WON'T HURT YOU?
>> A CAN CAUSE STOMACH UPSET,
SOME CONSTIPATION.
SOME CONSTIPATION. >> I THINK I WILL SKIP IT IF
IT DOES NOT DO ME ANY GOOD.
>> DOES HAVE SOME ESSENTIAL
NEGATIVES, THIS IS ACTUALLY
CHARRED WOOD.
CHARRED WOOD. IT CAN ALSO BIND WITH
MODIFICATIONS MEDICATIONS IN
YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT, SO IT
COULD LESSEN THE EFFECTS OF
MEDICATIONS.
MEDICATIONS. >> THAT IS ALL GOOD TO KNOW
THAT YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR ALINA
SPLURINA, SEND IT HAS BEEN
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BUT
>> IT IS LITERALLY THE GREEN
ALGAE THAT GROWS ON WATER,
>> THAT IS IT?
WHAT WOULD TAKE IT FOR?
>> IS FOR ANTIOXIDANTS AND HAS
IRON, OMEGA-3, IS GOT SOME B
VITAMIN, IS VERY NUTRIENT
DENSE AND IT IS A COOL COLOR.
>> WHAT COLOR IS IT?
>> IS LIKE DARK GREEN.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS BLACK AT
FIRST BUT IT DOES.
>> OKAY HOW MUCH DO YOU TAKE
OF THIS TO MAKE A HELPFUL
DOSE?
DOSE?
DOSE? >>
DOSE? >> IS SERVING SIZE IS A
TEASPOON.
TEASPOON.
TEASPOON. >> THAT IS SIMPLE ENOUGH,
THIRD IN A SMOOTHIE, ARE YOU A
BELIEVER?
BELIEVER?
BELIEVER? >> I THINK IT IS VERY NUTRIENT
DENSE I LOVE THAT IT HAS IRON
AND IS A PLANT SOURCE OF OMEGA-
3'S.
3'S.
3'S. I
3'S. I WOULD SAY SPIRULINA IS A GO.
>> IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF
TAKING TOO MUCH?
LIKE IT DON'T OVERDO IT BY
DOING X AMOUNT?
>> IS NOT THE CASE IT SMELLS
AND TASTES A LITTLE BIT LIKE A
POND, SO, AM I THINK IS A SELF-
LIMITING, I THINK IT IS SELF-
LIMITING, IT IS A LITTLE
FRAGRANT, I DO NOT KNOW HOW
MUCH YOU WENT TO TAKE.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO OVERDO
IT.
IT.
IT. MacA
IT. MacA POWDER IS THIS IT, I DO
NOT KNOW THAT EXISTED, SO THIS
IS NEW TO ME.
>> THIS IS A POWDERED ROOT
THAT ORIGINATED AND IS
INDIGENOUS TO SOUTH AMERICA,
AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS USED
IT FOR FERTILITY AND VITALITY.
WHEN I WAS BUYING IT AT THE
STORE AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER
THE MAN SAID I USE THIS ALL
THE TIME IT MAKES ME FEEL
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. ANOTHER SOFT REPORT SELF-
REPORT, THE RESEARCH IS MIXED,
THERE'S A LOT OF ANIMAL
RESEARCH, IT IS HARD TO KNOW
WHAT IS DOING FOR US.
HAVE YOU TRIED IT?
DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING?
>> NO, [ LAUGHTER ].
>> SO YOU ARE NOT A BIG FAN?
>> THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER IT IS NOT SAFE FOR
PREGNANT WOMEN OR WOMEN BREAST-
FEEDING.
FEEDING.
FEEDING. >> THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND
THEN YOU HAVE NCT?
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE HARDER
TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE IT IS AN
OIL IT IS COLORLESS AND
FLAVORLESS.
FLAVORLESS. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW IT
IS, IT CAN POOR.
SO, IT IS VERY THIN.
IT GOES INTO BEVERAGES, PEOPLE
PUT INTO THEIR COFFEE, THEY
PUT INTO SMOOTHIES AND OTHER
DRINKS, YOU CANNOT HEAT IT IT
IS VERY FRAGILE SEE YOU CANNOT
COOK WITH IT?
WHAT IS IT FOR?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
>> THEY USE IT FOR WEIGHT
LOSS.
LOSS.
LOSS. IT
LOSS. IT IS DIGESTED AND ABSORBED
DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER FATS,
THEY USE IT FOR POTENTIAL
BRAIN BOOSTING ACTIVITY AND
THEY USE IT FOR ENERGY WHEN
WORKING OUT THE
>> ARE THERE STUDIES?
>> THERE ARE STUDIES ON IT, IT
IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS IN THE MEDICAL SETTING
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN
MIND THAT IT CAN REALLY CAUSE
STOMACH UPSET.
STOMACH UPSET. IF YOU TAKE A BEFORE YOU WORK
OUT YOU REALLY SHOULD TEST IT
WITH SMALL AMOUNTS.
>> I GET WHERE YOU ARE COMING
FROM.
FROM.
FROM. >>
FROM. >> AND THEN MACHO GREEN TEA
POWDER.
POWDER.
POWDER. >> ARE YOU A FAN?
>> I AM, TOMMY I'M NOT HURTING
MYSELF.
MYSELF.
MYSELF. >> NO, IT CONTAINS A LITTLE
BIT OF CAFFEINE BUT OTHER THAN
THAT IT IS REALLY RICH IN
ANTIOXIDANTS AND TASTE
DELICIOUS.
DELICIOUS. >> THAT IS WHAT I WAS TAKING A
FOUR AND I LOVE IT IN T TEA
AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS,
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT BUT
IT IS GREAT IN A SMOOTHIE.
>> IN A SMOOTHIE, IN TEA, IN
AN ICE CREAM TOO IT IS LIKE A
NICE DESSERT FLAVOR PICK SO I
SAY THAT ONE IS A COPY
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOU GOING TO THIS
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. IF YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE ANY
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