Nutrition and Health - Proven results w/Science

[Leah]

Seeing as how JHarris is a VX member in good standing, owns a VX - (I know cause I've seen him driving it) - and is clearly intelligent enough to stay calm in the face of incoming fire, I'm going to trust him and his research and give this a try. I will post my daily results for the 8 day trial period. It's sure to be riveting!

[vt_maverick]

...Pubmed is just a fancy search engine. Finding a paper in pubmed is just slightly more meaningful than finding a webpage in google...

...which is to say, NEITHER necessarily means anything. Search results and links are just like statistics; the presence or quantity of them can be bent to support any number of opinions. IMHO, it's wise to be suspicious of anyone just because they can point to a long list of studies, white papers, and magazine articles. As with anything in life, experience is the best teacher, so it will be interesting to hear what Leah and others have to say in a few months.

[JHarris1385]

Leah - it was great to meet you and your VX.

[Ldub]

Seeing as how JHarris is a VX member in good standing, owns a VX - (I know cause I've seen him driving it) - and is clearly intelligent enough to stay calm in the face of incoming fire, I'm going to trust him and his research and give this a try. I will post my daily results for the 8 day trial period. It's sure to be riveting!

I am now scrunching up my tinfoil hat to "riveted" setting...

[Moncha]

I am now scrunching up my tinfoil hat to "riveted" setting...

I was wondering where Mr. Zuckerman went!

[Leah]

Leah - it was great to meet you and your VX.

It was great to meet you, too, John! Love your truck!!!

[BigSwede]

My doctor got me into taking Vitamin D a few years back...especially at my latitude, we don't get enough sunlight to produce it from our skin much of the year.

[Leah]

I am first going to establish a baseline for comparison: I have ADD and for that I take Concerta. I also take B12, Super B-complex, biotin, ginseng, Chromium Picolinate and a multivitamin daily, and then, once a week, 50K IUs vitamin D - on perscription. Since the XM3 has B6, Chromium, and a natural energy blend from the Moringa, I'm dropping the Concerta, B-complex, and ginseng. I'm also reducing my coffee intake from 3 8oz cups a day to about 6oz in the morning and will take the pill around 2pm. The Smart Mix is to be used first thing in the AM and tea before bed.

I try to work out at least 3 days a week, but the way my work schedule has been going, I haven't been able to do that. I'm pretty tired most of the time, and even with the Concerta, I have trouble focusing and remembering.

I am hoping for more energy, some weight loss, overall improvement in health and concentration levels. I know that's a lot to hope for in just 8 days, but we'll see.

A funny thing happened this morning, (not funny haha, funny strange). I awoke bloated because I ate too late at night. Usually, my solution to that is lots of water and coffee to flush my system and about 6 hours later, I feel better. However, this morning, as soon as I woke up, I went to the restroom, did my business and weighed for this report. I weighed 156.6. I drank the Smart Mix with 8ozs water, (per instructions) and started geting ready for work. Less than an hour later, I had to GO! After the restroom visit, I realized my bloating was gone! I got on the scale and got a surprise; 155.6! Was that the Smart Mix? Coincidence? Hmm. Time will tell.

Tomorrow I will post my results from today.

[Ascinder]

I'm also reducing my coffee intake from 3 8oz cups a day to about 6oz in the morning

What?! NO!!!!!!!!



Sorry, I really love coffee

[Leah]

Hahaha That's hilarious!!! This morning I had to have about 12oz of coffee. I'm SO tired!!!

What?! NO!!!!!!!!



Sorry, I really love coffee

[Leah]

Day 1: (10-19-10) Had a little less energy than usual but my appetite was also down quite a bit. I have a carb addiction and even though I was still craving them...and giving in...it was less daunting than usual. Weighed the same this morning as yesterday, 155.6, but slept better than I normally do. Bonus! No adverse reactions of any kind. Carb cravings were down all day.

Day 2: (10-20-10) I was tired all day and that was even with 24ozs of coffee in me. I just couldn't get going. I expected that, though, since I use Concerta, and when I stop using that, I always have a dip in energy levels. I ate less than usual. Had the tea at bedtime around 9:45.

Day 3: (10-21-10) 154.2 this morning. Slept good. Woke up more alert than normal today and before the alarm went off. Had about 16ozs coffee. That was all I coudl stand, and I LOVE coffee. Carb cravings are pretty bad. Had enough energy and motivation to do a little workout. Since I was so tired yesterday, I decided to take the ginseng, B vitamins, and Chromium Picolinate after breakfast. Doing better today, energy-wise.

[vt_maverick]

I am first going to establish a baseline for comparison: I have ADD and for that I take Concerta. I also take B12, Super B-complex, biotin, ginseng, Chromium Picolinate and a multivitamin daily, and then, once a week, 50K IUs vitamin D - on perscription. Since the XM3 has B6, Chromium, and a natural energy blend from the Moringa, I'm dropping the Concerta, B-complex, and ginseng. I'm also reducing my coffee intake from 3 8oz cups a day to about 6oz in the morning and will take the pill around 2pm. The Smart Mix is to be used first thing in the AM and tea before bed.

I'm confused... which of those products are what we're testing? I thought it was called Zija? Maybe that's what XM3 or Smart Mix are?

Btw, that pic was hilarious. Looks like a 1970s Latin soap opera.

[JHarris1385]

Zija is the brand...it breaks down into the smart mix which is potent Moringa; XM3 is accelerated weight loss (by catalyzing ketosis in the body to burn body fat), and the tea breaks down the now excess body fat floating around.

Some just take the smart mix only. You can still lose weight by just this but just not as quick. It is what I take daily now that I am at optimal weight again.

[Leah]

I'm posting the trial updates in post #41 of this thread. Unfortunately, that doesn't bump the thread to the top. Any suggestions?

[vt_maverick]

I think that's just a "feature" of the site. Question for you though, I'm confused by what you wrote:

I was tired all day and that was even with 24ozs of coffee in me. I just couldn't get going. I expected that, though, since I use Concerta, and when I stop using that, I always have a dip in energy levels. ... Slept good. Woke up more alert than normal today and before the alarm went off.

So does that mean you woke up full of energy but lost it shortly thereafter?