NEW
ME…YOU CAN BE TOO!
Did
you know we could be putting rocks in our tummies?
You heard me right! I was shocked to hear it too,
but I got a rude jolt, and it wasn't from my caffeine
laden Mocha. I did an interview with the Founder and
CEO of IntraCell Nutrition Inc. Elliott Goodman
has been a pioneer in the area of the Natural Food
industry…beginning in the early 70's when he helped
develop Granola and introduced it to the American
market.
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Eighteen
years ago, he founded IntraCell to develop whole food tablets
that could nourish cells as if we ate the way we should. That's
a real stretch, isn't it? Now here's the rub. We all know that
the ideal in life is to exercise right, sleep right, and absolutely
to eat right…right? Yeah…RIGHT!!! I don't know about you, but
in my lifetime, I have abused all of the above…especially the
eat right part. So a bunch of years ago, I got hooked on taking
supplements, and I do mean a wheel barrel full of supplements,
hoping to stem the tide of my self-abuse. So I piled on the Vitamin
C because Dr. Linus Pauling said it was the thing to do, and he
should know since he was the Guru of Vitamin C. Of course with
all the hype about Osteoporosis and women, I did a bunch of Calcium
too…along with all the herbal stuff to boost my system. Antioxidants
were supposed to protect me from all that bad stuff, right? I
thought I was doing okay when it was suggested I have a Bone Density
test, and to my shock and dismay, I discovered I was borderline
Osteoporosis. How could this be? I'm way too young for that, and
besides, I took all the stuff I was supposed to including Calcium,
Magnesium, and Boron with it! So, on the advice of my Doc, I really
loaded up on Calcium in every form, from tabs to liquid, along
with all the extras to make sure I absorb it properly. Did all
this help to slow down this creepy crawler that can make my bones
into Swiss cheese? Hey, I'm much too young to be fallin' apart,
I thought to myself. Got too much to accomplish yet in life. Suffice
to say, I did everything I was supposed to do to stop my bones
from going brittle. Believe it or not, all I had to show for that
dedication after quite a few months of piling it on was getting
queasy every day, and my energy level dropped to an all time low.
And here's the worst part. My Osteoporosis GOT WORSE!!! I was
at my wit's end. Then here comes this interview with Elliott
Goodman on my POPPOFF RADIO SHOW.
I have to tell you I was pretty skeptical by this point. I mean,
if the Docs couldn't help, give me a break! More Vitamins…yeah
sure!!! But since I was feeling like a pile of not-so-wonderful
dung, I was willing to listen. Now hear this! What Elliott
had to say actually made some real sense to me. First of all,
did you know that all Vitamin ingredients are made under three
or four roofs…Pharmaceutical Companies…in New Jersey? Then they
are tableted and distributed by Health Food Stores, Supermarkets,
etc. under a thousand different brands. Elliott went on
to tell me that these vitamins are all Pharmaceutical chemicals.
Come on…I said defensively…I get my Vitamins from a HEALTH Food
Store. It's all natural!!! "Wrong," Elliott went on, "There
are chemicals in those supplements. Look at the label. Was I in
shock when I looked at several of my Vitamin labels, and sure
enough, there it was…thiamine hydrochloride for B-1 and pyrodoxine
hydrochloride for B-6. Elliott sure opened my eyes.
Then he started to fill me in on some rather incredible info.
I figured I had to mention my taking so much Calcium, and finding
my condition was worsening. Elliott asked me if I enjoyed
putting rocks in my stomach? HUH?!!! He went on to say it's basically
ground up stone. The most popular ingredient that Calcium is made
from is Cal Carbonate, also called Oyster Shell. Sounded pretty
good to me til Elliott told me what I was really putting
in my stomach. "That's pure limestone," he told me. He challenged
me to look it up in the Dictionary under limestone, and sure enough
there it was…Calcium Carbonate. How about this? Other ingredients
that form the basis for all these Calcium products is Cal Sulphate…plaster
of Paris or sheet rock and Cal Phosphate…chaulk. That's for the
blackboard, I thought to myself, not my stomach! But that's what
I was putting in my tummy in mega doses! The Docs were telling
me that it's just my body that was not absorbing Calcium. I think
my body was trying to tell ME something, and I think it was right
on! It's unfortunate too, because we gals are targeted by the
Calcium Biz to take lots of Calcium early on. Elliott put
it bluntly but succinctly…"that's exploitation of women who want
to nourish their bones, and are told…here, eat rocks."
Elliott encouraged me to read labels very carefully. Know
what's in that bottle. There is clever labeling. Be careful that
you may be taking a Vitamin in a form not found in any foods that
existed in this world. He swears that the content of all his products
are in whole foods, and whole food concentrates. So I had to ask
him how his Calcium is food and not rocks? Plants take Calcium
from the soil through the roots, and inside the living cell, it
becomes food. His Calcium is made by feeding it to one-celled
living organisms. It's lots more complicated that that, but bottom
line, this Calcium is food not rocks!
Then I got some more shocking news about the mega doses of Vitamin
C that I was ingesting. If I told you how much I was taking, you
would not believe me. But Elliott set me straight on what
I was putting in my body, that's for sure! I learned that Vitamin
C in real food…like oranges etc…is not an isolated chemical (ascorbic
acid) but much more complex with proteins and bioflavinoids that
makes it do wonderful things for our bodies. When I looked at
my bottle, sure enough, there were the infamous words…ascorbic
acid. But it has rose hips, I said. Yeah, he told me, a teeny
bit of powder that does no good! Oh, boy, now I was really feeling
like all the money, time, and strain to my body, was taking its
toll.
Elliott told me the best we can do for ourselves is eat
a perfectly balanced diet with a wide variety of fresh fruits
and veggies. Of course that's the ideal, but get real! It's just
not possible in our hurry up, busy lives. He laughed, and said
that's why he founded IntraCell Nutrition. He dreamed of
putting concentrated food…real food in tablet form for many years.
Seems he got the idea from watching a Science Fiction movie as
a kid when Astronauts took a tablet on their spaceship, and voila…Breakfast,
Lunch, and Dinner! He couldn't get the whole day's balanced diet
in only one tablet, but he did in six. The key here is this is
all food…no chemical or rocks to be found! He told me that Vitamins
and Minerals are more complex than chemicals. They have protein,
carbohydrates, etc. Foods provide all that complexity in natural
form. In these six tabs, you get all the nourishment as if you
ate a perfect diet for the day. It's called "Manna", and the name
speaks for it. So I eagerly awaited my first bottle of this stuff.
I always try things before I write about them. I have to tell
you that in about three or four days, I started realizing my energy
level sustained. I didn't get that afternoon nose dive…you know…that
time of day when a nap would be just great?
I want to tell you the other thing I noticed was my body had a
serenity I had never experienced before! It wasn't working near
as hard to process all this stuff, I guess. And my energy level
kept getting better and better. Elliott told me I was probably
flushing most of the old stuff I was taking down the toilet, literally,
because they were too difficult for my body to absorb. All I could
see before my eyes was my health and bank account diminish with
my old ways! Elliott informed me that our bodies are made
up of trillions of cells we need to nourish daily, and there was
still hope to reverse the tide of our problems if we nourish them
the way our Maker had intended. He told me I was noticing more
energy because my body was cleaner and less stressed when it's
nourished from natural foods and not the synthetic stuff.
By the way, got my Hubby on the same stuff. So far…so good!
I am so pleased that Elliott goodman will be writing a
regular column for BeautyWalk beginning very soon, and
will be most happy to answer any questions you have about supplements.
If you would like more info about IntraCell, do call 800-572-3663
or you can log on to www.foodform.com.
Tell 'em POPPOFF or MARY JANE sent 'ya, and you'll
get a complimentary tape from Elliott called "Show Me The
Food".
I suppose the truth will set you free. In my case, hopefully,
it may set me on a healthy new path for the rest of my life, and
I wanted to let you know about it. I'll keep you posted on how
it works for me. So far, so good! I'd like to hear form you folks
that try any of his products. Let me know if they work for you.
In the meantime…STAY HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE…AND DON'T FORGET…DARE
TO DREAM!!!
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you have a question or comment for Mary Jane? She'd love to hear
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Mary
Jane Popp
is a woman for all media. She has produced and hosted both radio
and television programs for over 25 years from magazine shows
to hard-hitting controversial issues. As an Anchor, Talk Shows
host and Reporter, Mary Jane has interviewed the famous and the
infamous. Her lively articles appear in several syndicated publications.
Presently, she hosts the Poppoff Radio Show.
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