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How to Build the Perfect Meal in a Nutrition Shake

I've been in the performance nutrition field for nearly 20 years now and that is inclusive of the invention of the very first ever nutrition shake--or "Meal replacement shake" if you prefer. I don't. Never have liked that term--sounds so technical.

As you might guess, I'm a fan of nutrition shakes. They've played a vital role in my life, and health, strength and fitness levels. I believe and rely on them. And I encourage others to do the same--to embrace the benefit of complete, balanced, integrated, convenient and hopefully delicious nutrition.

The down-side or challenge with this commitment to nutrition shakes is that there's a hell of lot more imitation nutrition shakes out there. Those profit focused people and companies that tell a story but can't back an ounce of truth up. In fact, they are more the norm than the exception.

As you might imagine my problem had become clear: How can I support a form of nutrition / food that is more crap them cream? I could not do it. A few years ago I was left without a decent quality, great tasting nutrition shake to either support or enjoy.

That's when I decided: If I can't find it, if not one else is willing to invest in excellence, I will make it. What began with the code name, "The $5 Nutrition Shake," in reference to my "nothing but the absolute best" approach, became Full Strength, without question the world's finest and only Premium Nutrition Shake.

It wasn't easy or fast. Over a million dollars and 12 months we're invested in the creation of a product that most companies toss together in a weekend but the results actually exceeded even my lofty expectations. It's a truly amazing, premium product that will have you feeling as great as it tastes in minutes, for hours.

And you don't have to just believe me--as I'm the character who created it. One of the world's most respected institutions for the research of nutrition and the human body, The University of Oklahoma, has confirmed Full Strength. In one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on a nutrition shake, Full Strength added to daily nutrition--with NO DIETING involved--produced stunning results in just 10 weeks.

The results of what has become to be known as "The Oklahoma Study" showed that in just 10 weeks, adding Full Strength every day (with no calorie restrictions) produced results rarely seen in performance supplement research, including:

• 83% Greater Weight Loss
• 66% Greater Body Fat Loss
• 55% Increase In Lean Muscle
• 44% Greater Energy Levels

        * In comparison to exercise alone.

And, so as to ease your mind, this is a study which has undergone the most rigorous of investigation prior to being published in two of the most prestigious (and discriminating) journals in nutrition.

To download the full study on Full Strength go here. Warning, this is a big-time real science study in publication--not the common pseudo science stuff that masquerades as clinical research for most.

If you'd like a quicker, easier look at the study results, you can check them out here, first.

In the midst of all the hocus-pocus that permeates the supplement business, all the infomercial junk and online trickery, there it has to be affirming that there is a company and people who are willing to make something real, something great and keep on fighting to make a real difference in your life.

Here's to Your Life @ Full Strength!

Science Update: Is Coffee Truly a "Life Elixir?"

First thing each morning I put on the brew. I love my coffee and I’m as particular about the bean and the brew as many are about fine wine. I prefer a Starbucks Americano (espresso with hot water) but will settle for a cup of dark, rich Sumatra blend or a French Roast.

If you've engaged the riveting pages of Strength for Life, you know I’m totally transparent in my enthusiasm for the caffeinated brown bean.

And when it comes to being a fan of coffee, I’m not alone. With over 1.2 billion cups annually, coffee is the second most popular beverage in the US. And as it turns out that may not be a bad thing at all.. in fact it may be a good thing.

A recently published study shows a correlation between coffee consumption and decreased risk of death. Often times with these sort of large group studies I can see the deeper or more likely correlation—as with the research which supports that "flossing leads to better health and a longer life."

Look at this flossing connection a little deeper you too may start to suspect that it’s not that flossing is causing them to be healthier but rather that people who are more aware of self-care tend to floss more often, and thus they live longer, healthier lives.

So it’s not a cause and effect but in this care I don’t see an obvious hidden correlation.

Certainly there’s some reason why people who drink coffee live longer—maybe it’s simply they are enjoying life a little more and decide it’s worth sticking around for.

What connection do you see?

A study published in the June 2008 Annals of Internal Medicine tracked 129,000 people over two decades. Scientists at the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Harvard School of Public Health concluded that, compared with those who shunned coffee, women drinking four to five cups of “black sunshine” a day were 34 percent less likely to die, and men drinking more than five cups a day were 44 percent less likely to die—of heart disease, that is. (All of them will eventually die of something.)

Not only that; they found that the coffee drinkers were less likely to die prematurely from any cause—women 26 percent less and men 35 percent less. 

"The more coffee you drink, the less risk of mortality you have," Esther Lopez-Garcia, Spanish epidemiologist and the study’s leader, told the press. "The general idea is that coffee is good not bad."

Enjoy your morning cup with renewed vigor, figuratively and literally. But also remember, everything in moderation, even moderation.