#its called... chalky grainy

[mimzy6bunny]

nona wip

dont ask me why shes got a snail on her head idk

#myn.arte #i found a new brush i like on krita so drawings been fun lately #its called... chalky grainy #ily chalky grainy

[ussweetners]

Cultured Dextrose

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[lululawlawlu-writes]

The Hardest Part of Living

notes:This fic is for the LawLu Bang 2018-2019 sponsored by @lawlu-events @mushroom-san created this super cute & sweet art work for part 1.

tags: post-apocalyptic au, mentions of suicidal thoughts, terminal illness, attempts at levity

summary: Law is a descendant of humans who were able to survive nuclear annihilation, but radiation, in addition to other man-made pollutants had been seeping into their underground bunker, slowly poisoning them.  Now Law’s the only one left alive. Although he'd made a promise to his departed sister that he would find a cure and live a full life for the both of them, his future seems bleak.

The day he meets Luffy could turn his life around. Luffy has a secret that could be the key to saving him, but neither he nor Luffy knows it yet.

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Part 1: It’s hard to depart from this life when there’s no exit.

Law wrenches open one side the rusty metal medicine cabinet, grainy orange rust particles powdering his fingers. His eyes skim over the contents—old medicine bottles, a safety razor, and a lighter.

His eyes study his face in the rust-mottled mirror on the closed side of the cabinet. He runs a hand over his stubbly, two-toned face, contemplating a shave. Well, he doesn’t have anyone to impress. There isn’t too much chance that he’ll run into anyone worthwhile in the near future either, but what’s the point in being a survivor in a post apocalyptic wasteland if he can’t go about taking as he pleases and looking damn good while doing it. At the very least, making an effort to look decent helps him feel a little less like he’s falling apart from the inside out. 

His aching fingers absentmindedly wander to his cheek to scratch at the itching patch of white that’s blossomed there, flaking off the irritating blanched skin, leaving a burning sensation beneath his fingertips. Attempting a shave is likely a bad idea—he’d probably just end up peeling off half of his face in the process. This dying slowly shit is so goddamn annoying.

He pockets the lighter anyway. It could be useful. He takes up one of the long cylindrical medicine bottles—prescription pain medication, opioids long past their expiration date. He should probably keep those too because why the hell not. If they’re still potent, they might help his chronic aches and addictive though they may be, he isn’t planning on living long enough for that to take effect. At twenty-six he’s already well outlived nearly everyone he’s ever known.  

Struggling with terminal illness isn't exactly Law's ideal way to live. It’s excruciatingly painful, sure but more than anything, it’s annoying as fuck. What good is being stuck in some cruel joke of a life which keeps him half-alive, while he can practically feel himself rotting away like a goddamn zombie.

Law knows he’s been cursed from the start—born with half a lifespan and not much reason to value it. Thanks to the valiant efforts of his ancestors, humans have survived nuclear holocaust—humans, not necessarily humanity.  He tries twice to get the lid off of the pills before he realizes he’s meant to push down as he turns the lid. He’s already scraped his fingers along the ridges of the cap, lost his skin in the process. The pad of his thumb aches; the soft skin on the side of his forefinger gone hot like it’s on fire, protesting the strain of everyday activity. He places the bottle on the cracked marble countertop next to the sink, leaning into it. A grunt of frustration, a little extra leverage, and losing another layer of skin seems to be just what it takes to finally pop the top—nothing like a little extra pain to help him remember just how much he could use some relief before he meets his inevitable death.   He wouldn’t put it past his dick-bag ancestors to have set him up to die like this. They'd probably consider his poor life tragic and beautiful. They were the same people who made death so romanticized in their movies. If those ancient movies are any indication of how people actually thought back then, with their tragedy and self-sacrifice worship, it's no wonder the world has turned out to be a hollow, burned-out shell of what it once was. Hell, he's sure revering such shallow ideals is what got his community in the bunker wiped off the face of the Earth.

Law shakes the bottle lightly, assessing its contents—a handful of chalky little pills. He tips two of them out into his hand where they camouflage themselves against the splotch of white on his palm, similar even in texture. Both look so pale and lifeless. He contemplates dumping the rest into his mouth. There’s a temptation just to hurry things along and end it all before he ends up bedridden, crippled with pain, wasting away because he hasn’t got the strength even to feed himself. But he’s promised he wouldn’t.

Law is sure he isn't going to have a beautiful or meaningful Hollywood-esque death that would serve to inspire anyone. He sure as hell isn't going to come up with some ‘touching’ last words. He imagines his last words will be something like "Aw, fuck," although even a line like that might be too contrived. At least he has plenty of time to think of something better. On second thought, maybe he would actually try giving that flowery last-words bullshit a shot after all, just for the sake of irony. Dying a slow, painful death might not be without it's merits after all.

It’s not that Law actually wants to languish in pain, waiting for death to come around. He would much rather get it over and done with. He would've even tried to put a bullet in his own brain by now, but lack of ammunition and a naïve promise that he’ll find a cure are the only things holding him back. Poisoning so bad it’s seeped into the core of his DNA structure doesn’t really seem like something he can cure, but in retrospect, how could he have refused his little sister’s dying wish for him to keep going. At least she’ll never know he can’t make it a reality.

“Hey, you in the bathroom, You want something to eat?” calls a voice from the other side of the wall, muffled by layers of cracked plaster and rotting drywall.

Law nearly jumps out of his skin—practically tosses the painkillers across the room. He thought he was alone in this abandoned house, if that’s what you’d call it because a half-torched, roofless structure with two of its external walls missing doesn’t really seem like one anymore. He’d checked for any signs of a possible resident when he came in. He’s usually extremely cautious about such things. It wouldn’t take much more than a five-year-old with a stick to take down his weak ass, and he knows that out here in this wasteland there’s likely to be much worse. Still, he’d checked every room top-to-bottom when he’d arrived and hadn’t heard anyone else come in, so who the hell- “I’m Luffy, by the way.” Ok, so Luffy, apparently. “Who are you?” Luffy speaks again, closer this time, as if a breath’s width away from the door.

Law has no time at all to think before the door is shoved aside and he finds a small, opened tin of ham thrust into his hand. The scrawny guy who’s given it to him casually kicks down the toilet lid, taking a seat backward over the toilet. He releases an armful of provisions, presumably for himself, onto the tank of the toilet like it’s perfectly normal to use a toilet as a makeshift table and chair.

“Cheers!” he cries, clinking a tin of ham against Law’s own. He shoots Law a wide, toothy grin and tosses his head back, shaking the tin over his mouth until the ham slides out with a sick, sucking sound. Pale pink jelly-like substance drips from the can onto his face. It runs down his cheek mimicking the line of a thin scar etched under his left eye.

Law eyes the tin of meat in his own hand. This could be some sort of trap. This person could be an organ trafficker or something. Well, it’s not like Law has a lot to live for anyway, although being murdered by a stranger isn’t really how he wants to go. For a guy who wants to get it over with, he sure is being picky about death.

The mass of ham he’s been given does look a thousand times more interesting than the dried-out, flavourless rations he’s recently had the pleasure of surviving on. Its pinkish hue and marbling is indicative of actual meat, if ancient movies are to be believed. He wouldn’t know from personal experience, but the smell of it—that can’t be normal. It smells awful, pungent, somewhat sulfuric—like farts. And if humans of the past voluntarily ate things that stank like intestinal expulsions, they were a lot more messed up than Law gave them credit for. “Good shit, yeah?” Luffy says, eyebrows raised, beaming up at him from his spot on the toilet lid. Maybe this guy is more messed up than Law gives him credit for. He doesn’t even seem to care about the look of the tinned meat or its flatulent odors. Law watches him toss back a third can. The scent alone is starting to make Law’s stomach turn. He cautiously leans in to place his can of ham on the back of the toilet.

“You never told me your name,” Luffy notes, reaching for the new addition to his personal buffet. He passes Law a long, vacuum-sealed packet of crackers instead. Now this is food he can eat. “I’m Law Trafalgar,” he says. The plastic along the perforated line twists around Law’s fingers but doesn’t tear open.

“You from the underground? Your name sounds weird like underground people.” Luffy muses. “I’m from a PPU if that’s what you mean.” Law turns the packet over, attempting to rip it open from the other side.   “What’s a PPU?” Luffy asks around a mouthful of ham. He takes the packet from Law, breaking off the corner of the crackers as he rips it open. “Population Preservation Unit.” Law specifies, taking back the opened packet offered to him. “That’s underground, isn’t it?” Luffy hums in thought, licks the canned ham lid. “It’s getting dark,” he tells him.  “So let me stay at your cool underground base tonight.”

Law hadn’t been offering and he doesn’t want to think of the dangers that letting outsiders in can cause. This time he can’t make an attempt to assuage his fears with the notion that he’s near-death and has nothing to lose. The PPU is almost more of an embodiment of himself than he is at this point. It holds all that he ever was—his culture, his memories, his last connections to his people and their legacy of death and decay. In a way it’s as precious to him as it is painful. He’d rather keep those hallowed metal halls to himself, though he isn’t sure how to refuse Luffy. The guy has just shared a vital resource with him. “Alright, let’s go,” Luffy tells him, jumping up from his spot. It’s not a question. “Show me your home!” Though Luffy’s tone doesn’t sound threatening, Law knows that the matter is not up for debate.

By the time the bunker comes into view, the sun is dipping low on the horizon, spilling crimson hues into the sky as if it’s impaling itself onto the hills in a last-ditch effort to get free of the world. Law feels like he can relate on some level. He wouldn’t mind being free of it all but being impaled is a pretty slow way to go. Slower than a sunset for sure—look who’s being picky about his death again.

The sun may be fading into the distance but a suffocatingly hot humidity still hangs in the air, heavy, blanketing everything. It never really goes away. Law had given up feeling uncomfortable in the heat a long time ago but it still weighs on him. When he’s walking out here alone in the wasteland his brain sometimes likes to fantasize about the inevitability that he could either drown in his sweat or lose all moisture and shrivel up to nothing, become mummified.

He doesn’t get to indulge in such thoughts today. Today he’s with Luffy, and the inane chit-chat he’s offering is enough pull Law’s attention away from his morbid daydreams.

“You got anything to eat at home?” Luffy asks.

“You just ate,” Law points out.

“It’s weird, but I’m so hungry all the time since the thing happened. You think it’s possible to miss someone so bad it makes you hungry all the time?”

Law wants to ask him what the hell he’s talking about, but  his head is reeling and his mind feels blurry, out of focus. It’s physically hard for him to walk distances. There’s a dull aching behind Law’s knees that makes them feel like they’re ready to give out at any second. He can’t help stumbling.

“Traffy, hey, you okay?” Luffy’s saying, “Let’s get you back to your secret underground base quick.”

Law feels his wrists being grabbed and pulled over Luffy’s shoulders but doesn’t have the strength to protest being picked up. Luffy lifts him up around the hips to carry him piggyback. Although it’s cheesy and embarrassing, and he’d rather die than admit it, it’s kind of nice to ride piggyback like people did in those ancient movies he watched as a kid. Here he is, just like Vanessa being carried by Wade in the classic 2023 film, Deadpool 4.

It’s really, really nice, actually. Law feels more at ease than he’s felt in years. It’s not just a matter of giving up, saying that he’s close to death anyway. It’s almost startling for him to realize he actually feels safe. There’s something about Luffy—something genuine in his actions, something disarming in his smile, that makes Law want to trust him. Law sighs, closing his eyes, resting his head on Luffy’s shoulder. Right about now is when the leading role, Wade, would tell his love, Vanessa, something sweet.

“You smell nice,” Luffy tells him softly, and Law feels his heartbeat pick up, tightness building in his chest that he wishes he could blame on his illness, but then  “-like food.” And the feeling is gone. Law still thinks he appreciates the sentiment though Luffy’s words are nowhere near as romantic as the line in the movie. It’d almost be weird if it was romantic. After all, he’s only just met this guy.

Law swears he only closes his eyes for a second, but when he blinks them open, he’s already in the entryway to the bunker and Luffy’s dropping him from his shoulders.

“How’d you know the code for the door lock?” Law asks. He presses the palms of his hands over his aching eyes. “You didn’t break it did you?”

“What do you mean?” Luffy blinks at him. “It was already open.”

Already open?! That shouldn’t be. Law’s blood turns cold in his veins. His every nerve prickles with the chilling realization that he and Luffy are not alone here.

Sure the bunker is visible from the outside, if you’re really looking for it. But it isn’t easy to get past the security codes or penetrate the layers of protective steel by other means. Besides, as far as Law is aware, most salvagers don’t find it worth the trouble to use their resources for breaking into bunkers. He’s been told the kind of outdated, dysfunctional tech they’d find in a bunker just isn’t that valuable.

Law is almost certain it has to be someone who knows him personally, which just puts him at further unease. He doesn’t have friends.

#lawlu #lawlubb 2018 2019 #lawlu big bang #It's also on ao3 if you want to support me there <3 #lawlu fanfic #my fic

[arithemergal]

Valentines Day Surprise SFW

This was a little Discord exchange that went on during my absence! I was able to manage something cute out! I know its a little late. 

This is for the wonderful @syntheticninjas

“Oi Hog what's with tha British gal?” Junkrat was struggling to keep track of Lena, or better known to him, Tracer. She was blinking around frantically through the base leaving a trail of petals behind her.

“Valentines day… she’s got a girlfriend Jamison…” Junkrat continued to try and watch the girl blink before a headache began to take over, he closed his eyes groaning and looked up to Roadhog.

“Tha hell is a Valentine?” For a moment Roadhog went completely still his signature mask looking down at Junkrat. That was right, how many years has it been since Junkrat had even heard the world valentine? How many years had he missed out on? His entire childhood really. The shitty card making, the boxes of chalky hearts they called treats, he hasn't gotten the chance to experience any of it.

“It’s… a holiday for couples… to celebrate your love for someone else… or to confess your love for someone else…” Junkrat just scrunched his nose his eyes narrowing as he stared at Roadhog, a holiday for couples? Junkrat didn't have to say anything, his expression gave it away.

“Jamison… you have someone you love right?” Junkrat perked up, as if a dog that had been given a treat. His thoughts immediately going to you, how you didn't mind his tinkering while the two of you were together. The way you laughed with him, when you snorted from laughing too hard. The way you smiled at him, like that smile was only meant for him.

“Jamison.” The shake to his shoulder make him twitch, he had become oddly quiet. The idea of Junkrat quietly thinking was quite unnerving in a way, leaving Roadhog on edge.

“I’m gonna do somethin’ for my lil’ sheila Hoggie… When’s this Valentines day?” Junkrat perked up at the ideas already bouncing through his mind vibrating with excitement as he grinned.

“Tomorrow.” Junkrat squaked and looked at Tracer as she continued to blink through the halls.

“That lil chickadee runnin’ around because she fergot to get somethin’?!” Roadhog only let out a grainy laugh as Junkrat bounced off towards his room, he had no time to lose and you to impress.

“Have you seen Jam-Junkrat?” You were wandering around the place looking for Jamison, he hadn't called you or come to see you since you landed yesterday night after a mission. Finding it a bit strange since Jamison always rushed to the landing platform to take you up in his arms. A sloppy kiss ready for you.

“Sorry love can’t say I have, think he left for a mission. No one seen him or Roadhog since last night.” Tracer saluted you before blinking away, apologizing for her lack of help. Hanging your head you began to head back to your room slowly, holding the little package in your hands.

“Guess I could call him…” You sighed as you entered your room reaching over for your little transmitter, checking for any missed messages first.

Heart constructing as you were saddened to find nothing. Pressing the icon a few times you listened to the hollow rings before failing to connect. He must of really been on a mission.

Rolling over in your bed you placed the box down poking at the ribbon gently, sure heroes had a job… but you were hoping to spend some time with Jamison. You came to the conclusion the valentine festivities could be held off until tomorrow.

Knock, knock.

The echo of a knock on the door made you sit up quickly, “Coming!” You stood up walking towards the door, stopping suddenly you looked over your shoulder before grabbing the small package again, no harm in holding onto it.

Upon opening the door you looked up, the familiar leather pig mask staring back down at you.

“Roadhog!” You practically cheered whipping your head around quickly in search for the other giggly junker you've come to love. But the male was nowhere to be found, strange.

“Outside.”

“Outside?” Probing for more answers you cocked your head to the side before Roadhog simply thumbed down the hall. That’s when you saw them. The rose petals.

Walking after the trail you looked down at the half hazardly ripped petals, an entire head of a flower sitting in the middle of the floor. This mess was no doubt Jamison’s work, and the very thought made your heart swell.

Did they have valentine’s day in the wastes? Did they even keep track of the days? You thought about the over used calendar Roadhog marked on, keeping track of days, keeping some kind of humanity in his grasp.

But yet they don't really celebrate any holidays, you were so caught up in your thoughts you didn't even realize you were coming to the end of the trail. The door was slightly ajar, tempting you to come in and see what was on the other side.

He knew your weaknesses that was for sure, and one of them was your need to know more, you couldn't help but slip outside. You wouldn't believe your eyes at first, Jamison standing in the midst of a borderline well pleased scene. He must of got Mei’s help, or maybe Symmetra’s.

As if sensing your presence he spun around, his eyes wide as he fussed with a bouquet of red roses. It really struck you then, he did this all for you. Himself. You looked around silently, the tell tale signs of his presence decorating everything, his oily handprints smudged on the little blanket he laid out, edges he so obviously tried to smooth out.

A few roses bundled together, wilting however, you eyed a few stems off to the side. He must of ripped them apart to create the trail.

“Oi love didn't think ya would jet ove’ so fast! Wasn’ able to grab tha boba or nuthin’!” He was hiding something behind his back as he approached you, vibrating with his giggled as she straightened up. Towering over you with a large grin, gold tooth shining in the weakening light.

“Ya like it?” You had to remember to breathe taking a fast inhale as you felt a smile tug at the corner of your lips.

“Then ya gon’ like this even betta’ love!” He grabs your free hand, slipping something into your middle finger. Looking down you stared at the scrap, it probably was once a gear of some sort.

The rusty color of it giving you that much information, it was also much too big for your finger. Bouncing around as you brought it closer to your face, you curled your hand into a fist. He had gone through the work of shaving it down, polishing it until it felt as smooth as a rusty gear was going to get.

“I… I…” You couldn’t for a sentence let alone a coherent thought, tears bubbling in your eyes as Jamison looked over you. The fear beginning to become apparent on Jamison’s face.

“H-Hol’ on there love! I know it’s ugly! Yer stupid junker made a last minute gift, didn’t have the time ya raid a store or somethin’!” You laughed now, hysterically in fact as he began to blabber, those big eyebrows shooting up as he froze.

“I love it!” The scrawny male suddenly slouched once more smiling as he stared at you.

“Sorry that it don’ fit love…” He took you hand in his twirling the ring around your finger as his brows scrunched together deep in thought.

“It’s perfect.” You simply drew your hand away to dig in your pocket, pulling out a bit of string you had. Slipping the ring onto the twine you smiled before tying it off around your neck. Beating down at the little bit of metal as it laid against your chest.

“I’ll get ya a better one promise…” You felt your heart flutter.

Did he just?

“A better one?” The words spilled from your mouth quickly as you looked up at Jamison once more. He only giggled before stepping forward taking you up in his lanky arms.

“You are my lil’ sheila n’ all I’ll get ya a better ring… promise…” You still couldn’t believe your ears, was he talking about…

“Oi, stop givin’ me ‘at look… thought about it a bit… Hog asked me ‘bout it…” You watched as a pink blush filled his cheeks, his eyes darting around as he spoke in a hushed tone.

“Mayb’ not anytime soon love… maybe when the world don’ need heroes anymore…” He was mumbling a few incoherent words now, lost to his own thoughts, you only leaned your head up and captured his lips with your own.

Shaken from his daydream it seemed, his arms eagerly tightening around you as his mouth moved against yours.

“Crikey, ‘fore I ferget!” He suddenly pulled away, flicking his metal fingers creating a spark together as he knelt down in front of a suspicious little fuse.

“Fire in tha hole!” You flinched as it was set alight, Jamison scurrying back to you as the fuse disappeared. The high pitched wizz of the firework snapping your attention to the sky. Instead of a colorful rainbow, you were met with a bright explosion. Jamison must of rigged his explosives to act like fireworks.

“Ah that reminds me. Here!” You shoved your own gift his way watching the way his eyes were dragged away from the sky to look down at you, a pout forming on his features. Though when he saw the little box his entire demeanor changed, snatching it out of your hands as he tore through the box. He pulled out the little gold chain with a raised brow. Turning it over a few times in his hands.

“Whot’s ‘is ‘en?” You slipped the bracelet from his hands before putting it onto his wrist with a smile, snugly clasping it in place.

“It’s a bracelet. I got the day we met engraved on it, so no matter what happens you’ll never forget the day.” Jamison smiled down at you threading your fingers with his own, tilting his head down he pressed his forehead to yours.

“I love ya sheila.” Those words made your heart skip a beat, filling your body to the brim with the nervous excitement you knew would never go away.

“I love you too Jamison… happy valentines day…” As the explosions continued overhead Jamison leaned down once more to capture your lips in another kiss.

#junkrat x reader #Selfship #arithemergalwrites

[mish03]

How to Choose a Clean Plant Protein Powder

Many of us rely on protein powder as one of the sources of protein in our diets. While it is possible to pack superfoods in a scoop of protein powder, many also contain junk ingredients. Have you ever wondered what makes a healthy protein powder?

Why Plant Protein Powder?

Protein is an important part of a healthy diet and animal sources are the most common choice. Consuming protein is especially important for breakfast because it can help stabilize your blood sugar throughout the day

If your digestive system needs waking up in the morning, you might prefer a breakfast that goes down more easily than sausage and eggs. Smoothies are a great option because they allow you to quickly pack in nutrients by adding whole foods and protein. Protein powder on its own can make a great meal replacement or a flavorful ingredient in baked items as well.

The Pros and Cons of Plant Based Protein Powders

Many people choose plant based protein powder as opposed to dairy-based powders (whey or casein) due to lactose intolerance or sensitivity to dairy proteins. Dairy proteins can also raise insulin and activate some cancer-signaling pathways

The problem is that plant protein isolates naturally do not taste very good, nor do they behave well in liquid. It can, therefore, take a lot of food additives or industrial processing to make plant based protein taste acceptable. This means that some plant protein powders might trigger inflammation or digestive upset.

Common Ingredients to Watch out for in Protein Powders Include:

Sugar

Sweeteners (artificial or refined natural)

Artificial flavors

Artificial colors

Ingredients that may come from genetically modified (GMO) sources

Non-organic ingredients that often are sprayed with toxic pesticides

Vegetable oils

Gluten

Milk ingredients

Fillers

Soy protein or soy derivatives

While many healthy protein powders (without these unhealthy ingredients) are fortified with vitamins and superfoods, it is still possible to react even to the healthy components of the protein powders. These effects are individual.

For example, a person who struggles with small intestine bacterial overgrowth might not do well with protein powders that contain fermentable fibers like inulin. Those allergic to ragweed or dandelions may react to protein powders that contain dandelion powder.

The key to finding the best protein powder for you is to be informed about your health and always read the ingredient list. When in doubt, choose protein powder with a shorter list of ingredients.

Different Types of Plant Protein Powders

There are many different types of plant protein powders on the market, such as:

Peas and legumes — A good source of proteins that are higher in branched chain amino acids and lysine but lack methionine. Pea proteins often contain soluble fibers from the pea itself, causing it to swell and thicken up as water is added.

Brown rice protein isolate — A source of protein that is higher in methionine, but lacks other amino acids including threonine, leucine, and histidine. Rice protein isolates tend not to dissolve well in water and have a rather grainy texture.

Pumpkin protein powder — Tastes good, mixes well in liquid, and is rich in minerals such as zinc, but like hemp, proteins has its unique flavor and aftertaste.

Vegan Proteins from single sources are typically incomplete proteins. They are low in some of the 20 essential amino acids, which we need to fully utilize the protein. Therefore, it is necessary to combine plant proteins from different sources in order to make full use of the proteins.

How to Choose a Good, Healthy Protein Powder

Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of different plant based proteins. I’ve tried to like them. But I just couldn’t. They tasted grassy or chalky and some had a flavor I can’t even describe, but it didn’t taste good. A lot of them also had more sugar than most cereals.

I feel best when I avoid dairy but I’d pretty much given up hope of finding a plant based protein powder that I could actually stomach without gagging. I avoided vegan proteins completely because I figured I’d never find one I actually liked.

Then, a friend introduced me to Plix and raved about their products. So I tried their Vegan protein… and it tasted great. And I tried their pre-workout … and loved it too! I made a smoothie with my homemade almond milk, a couple of strawberries, and a scoop of their Plant Protein STRENGTH. I braced myself for the disappointment… and I was surprised that I actually liked it and choose this protein powder. Especially because I really thought I would hate it like all the others I’d tried over the years.

And the best part about it? It meets my strict criteria, including:

1) Free of Harmful and Allergenic Ingredients

My first and most important criteria is that a protein powder should be free of any harmful ingredients. Plix Plant Protein is guaranteed to be free of yucky ingredients that I avoid, and I feel great after taking it.

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Blind tasting exam, MW style: what’s it like?

Yesterday. I joined in a tasting session with two MW students who were doing a test practical paper. I’ve never done a tasting like this before, and to be honest, sitting down with 12 wines (all red in this case) and an accompanying set of questions is incredibly daunting, even for someone who tastes all the time. What I lack is any training in the way to approach this sort of structured blind tasting: a logical framework to guide me through, channelling what I know in the pressured situation of an exam. So here are my notes, not written necessarily as exam answers, but just to illustrate what is going through my mind. [I haven’t altered them in any way in light of the answers.] I’m a very open sort of person, so please be easy on me posting my raw notes from this tasting. Unless you’ve sat through it yourself, it’s hard to understand how challenging it can be. I think by posting my comments absolutely unedited, they are more interesting and useful for readers. I merely added in the names of the wines. Thank you to Robin and Anastasia for letting me crash your tasting, and to Nikolai for setting the test.

Q1: Wines 1,2 and 3 are all from the same country of origin. Two of them are made from the same grape variety. Identify the country of origin and the grape varieties used for each one.

So I try the first three wines. They taste European. The middle one is the outlier: paler in colour with sour cherries and plums and good acidity. It tastes quite Pinot Noir-like, but like a Spätburgunder, with some leafy green notes. It just tastes very like a German Pinot, although I can’t say why.

But 1 and 3? Darker in colour. No 1 is quite refined with sweet black cherries and plums. Quite polished and sophisticated, with some silkiness. Ripe but not warm-climate ripe.

No 3 has some bite, with a bit of volatility. It’s bright and fruity with blackberries and black cherries, and some sour cherry character. Very hard to place.

So I’m sort of stumped. I don’t think it’s Italy, although it could be – a Pinot Nero flanked by two Dolcettos, for example. Nor does it seem like France, just because wine 2 isn’t an obvious Pinot Noir (or could it be from Alsace? Hmmm), even though 1 and 3 seem quite French and could be Merlots. And because nothing is riding on this tasting for me, I’m thought of taking a chance and choose Austria, with 2 being a Saint Laurent and 1 and 3 being Blaufrankisch. But then the next question makes me reconsider. What about Germany? Then I can stay with the Pinot Noir and use this for wines 2 and 3, and wine 1 can be something richer, maybe a Dornfelder?

Q2: Wines 2 and 3 are from the same region. Identify the region as closely as possible and comment on the style and quality with particular reference to viticultural techniques.

So now I’m stumped even more and will have to revise my answers to the first question. Before, I thought 2 was Pinot Noir or Saint Laurent, and 3 Merlot or Blaufrankisch. Now, I don’t think that is possible. Now I think that both must be Pinot Noir from somewhere likes Alsace or Germany, but they are completely different.

(2) is all sour cherry and plum and is pale in colour with distinct green notes. (3) is fuller in body and richer, with more fruit, and is a darker colour, and has a bit of volatile acidity. How could this relate to viticultural techniques? Well, if they are German, they could be from the Pfalz or Baden. They don’t taste like the Ahr. Maybe Baden? Soils would make a difference, as would exposure of the site, but the question talks about viticultural techniques. Yield would make different wines, as would trellising technique and interventions such as fruit zone leaf removal. The richer colour of the latter could be because of lower yields, removing the leaves in the fruit zone, and doing a green harvest. Wine 2 with its lighter colour and greener flavours could come from higher cropped vines on less favourable sites.

Answer: the wines were from New Zealand.

1 The Wine Society’s Exhibition Hawke’s Bay Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2014 2 The Edge Pinot Noir 2017 Martinborough, New Zealand 3 The Society’s Exhibition Pinot Noir 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand}

Q3: Wines 4, 5 and 6 are all from the same region and made from the same grape variety. Identify the region and grape, and discuss the style and quality of each one, with particular reference to winemaking.

I’ll begin by tasting the wines one by one.

4 – juicy and vivid with fresh acidity and sweet black fruits, with a sour cherry finish. Medium bodied with a really juicy quality. Has high acidity and moderate tannin. Tastes very European, with a few year’s bottle age. Still quite tannic. Has a little bit of warmth so not Bordeaux or Burgundy, but not as warm as the southern Rhone. May be this is Italian with that bitter cherry/damson edge?

5 – sweetly floral on the nose, with good colour. Youthful and aromatic and quite berryish. Juicy, fruit forward palate with good acidity. Tastes quite carbonic and primary, and is very fruit forward with wild strawberries and raspberries. Fresh acidity. This is very European and the brightness is leading me to a carbonic maceration commercial style, possibly Beaujolais. No oak. A commercial wine.

6 – This is sappy and bright with good acidity and a light body. Has freshness, but also a tiny bit of development. Bright, juicy cherry fruit dominates with low-ish tannin and a nice savoury twist. There’s a nice grainy structure, and the fruit isn’t too primary or overpowering. No evident oak.

For me, there are two options. The first is Gamay from Beaujolais, which wine 3 certainly could be, but maybe less so wines 4 and 6. So the other choice would be Dolcetto from Piedmont. What would lead me to the latter is the distinct sour cherry character of wine 4, and the taste of wine 6. These aren’t warm enough to be from the south.

What about winemaking? I think wine 5 is carbonic maceration, made in a way to accentuate the youthful fruitiness. Wine 4 is more structured, so I think conventional maceration and extraction then ageing in neutral oak. Wine 6 has a nice elegance to it, so maybe ageing in large barrels after a short maceration, or could this be aged in concrete? 6 could also be more of a wild-ferment, low intervention wine.

Answer: Beaujolais

4 Thibault Ligier Belair Moulin a Vent Les Rouchaux 2014 5 The Society’s Beajolais Villages 2017 6 Domaine des Chers Saint-Amour 2017

Q4: Wines 7 and 8 are made from the same grape variety. Identify the grape variety. Identify the country and region of origin as closely as possible for each wine, making reference to style and commercial positioning.

So I taste both wines. They are quite dark and fruity. No obvious variety leaps out of the glass to me. This is the stage where you are just waiting for something to identify itself: why can’t one of the wines be really obvious, leaving me with a sense of certainty? So I’m going to have to do this the hard way.

(7) is fruit forward and supple with ripe but restrained black cherry and blackberry fruits, and nice freshness. It’s polished and fruity and clean. Medium tannin, moderate acidity, moderate ripeness. There’s some warmth here. No obvious green notes so I don’t think it is Merlot, and not blackcurranty enough for Cabernet Sauvignon. It could be Syrah (but a relatively warm climate version, there’s no black pepper here), or it could be Tempranillo, which can be a bit generic with no obvious features. I don’t get any obvious oak. It’s warm climate old world or a balanced, slightly cooler new world.

(8) is ripe and sweet with some green olive hints. Rich with some warmth, and hints of tar. Deep in colour with a savoury twist. There’s a subtle hint of mint here that makes me think of Australia, and some tannic structure. Shows a bit of blackcurrant character, too.  Meaty and rich, finishing with a touch of sweetness. Quite a commercial wine, and I reckon it’s Australian.

So I’m going to make a call. I think the variety is Shiraz. The first is either from the Languedoc or from Australia, and it’s a warm climate wine made in a restrained style without too much ripeness or oak. It’s a medium-priced wine. The second is a more commercial Australian Shiraz from a lesser region (or a lesser part of a good region), selling at a lower price.

7 The Society’s Exhibition Hermitage 2014 (made by Chave) 8 The Society’s Exhibition Shiraz 2014 Victoria

Wines 9, 10, 11 and 12 are all made from the same country of origin, but different regions. Identify the country of origin and the grape varieties used for each wine. Identify the winegrowing region of each wine as closely as possible.

I’ll start here by tasting the wines one by one. As I taste, I hope I’ll get some clues.

(9) has liqueur-like black fruits on the nose. It’s supple and taut on the palate with compact structure and hints of leather and spice. Good tannins. Medium-weight fruit, with some warmth to it. But also nice structure. Is it Carignan? It reminds me a bit of Carignan. Quite a serious wine.

(10) has an ashy, gravelly, chalky edge to it that leads me straight to the Cabernet family, and in particular Cabernet Franc. Or it could be Carmenere. This has a bit of development. It’s ripe and generous, with nice green notes.

(11) is lighter in colour, with nice supple, juicy red berry fruits. Quite warm with some generosity. Sleek, ripe and balanced with red fruits and some green tea notes. Could this be Cinsault? It’s pretty harmonious. Or Pais?

(12) is ripe and very fruity with some blackcurrant fruit. Generous and ripe with a rounded blackcurrant fruit character and some pastille notes. I think this could well be Cabernet Sauvignon from a warmer climate.

So, my answer for the country of origin is Chile. I think the first wine is a Maule Carignan, with its fresh acidity and compact black fruit character. I think the second is a Carmenere, and so I reckon this is from Maipo. The third would then be a Pais from Itata or somewhere else down south, and the last a Cabernet Sauvignon, which I’d place in Colchagua.

I’ve either nailed these last four wines, or I’ve got them completely wrong. I guess in the exam you want to get them right, but even if you don’t, if you explain your working, and your working is essentially sound, you could score points even if you come to the wrong conclusion.

Answer: Chile 9 Caliterra Tributo Malbec 2015 Colchagua, Chile 10 De Martino Alto de Piedras Carmenere 2011 Maipo, Chile 11 De Martino Cinsault Old Vines 2016 Itata, Chile 12 The Society’s Exhibition Merlot 2016 Peumo, Chile

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Side note – Josh is ambiguously ill – he’s potentially schizophrenic, potentially not; obviously sick, yes, but with? He’s an inherently, intrinsically, fundamentally disturbed man/person; his dreams are more or less play-by-play snap-recollections of traumatic and/or traumatizing events/memories; the death of his mother, sustained and prolonged physical/emotional abuse – a tragic etc.etc.etc – a sort of perfect storm and concoction of various so and so issues that express themselves in a passingly/cursory sadism and machoism that can only be really described as edging; a sort of halfway-gratifying externalization of deeply internalized thoughts and feelings that does, eventually, lead to his ultimate “demotion”

Rye

From: [email protected] (you) To:[email protected] CC:

Subject: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re(…) daily journal and/or note-to-self anthology (sp?)

04-19-2004

just because i dont say it dosent mean i dont think it

i feel more than i am on the outside a tired and slow procession of empty emotion and really if I were to choose a word to describe how and as i am it would be that -- tired literally metaphorically fundamentally i am a dead man barley half-way brought back to life (re: Lazarus) very weakly trying to claw his way back into a familiar grave (cliché yes true yes -- if its been said before why does or does it not (?) matter if it’s true?) -- anyway to the real (real? Intended? actual?? what should I say here that i do S(dont) not?) message tucked and buried in this mess (im a mess and i know it – what the wall said) -- i am lost and there isnt a way out and im sorry and no matter how i try i cant and what has so been eloquently described to me as a quote downward spiral endquote (“”) has or has recently caught up to me (the ground at the bottomless pit more like) and i have finally taken the time out of my already very busy day as you know to finally notice and yes what many would call quote giving up endquote (“”) or quote submitting to a self-subscribed fate endquote (“”)  and acknowledge that yes my time here is up and i cannot stay for much longer if any time at all and to punctuate or maybe exclamate(sp?) my point not all who wander are lost but I sure am and what started as a confident march ends in a whimpering limp through a deep dark that i cannot see thru

i wont say goodbye but im obligated to say thanks anyway

Josh’s Word of The Day: -- for you especially:

bit·ter·sweet

ˈbidərˌswēt/, adjective

1. (of food, drink, or flavor) sweet with a bitter aftertaste.

·         arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain.

From: [email protected] (you) To: [email protected]

CC: [email protected]  

Subject: daily journal and/or note-to-self anthology (sp?) (01-01-2000)

You’ve very prudently (if I can say that about such an early judgement call) asked me to, in your words, “voice in plain language”, as a more-or-less new-year’s resolution, what’s “keeping me down”; it’s not a short listed, and I feel compelled to (at the very least) forewarn you that I’m not a necessarily happy person (but you’re here to help that, so it’s fine(?), I guess).

I don’t like fluorescent light or, even, the word itself -- it reminds me of a pale sick-green tinge and pallor in my skin exclusively; sitting in an office chair, stare-spinning into the chalky, plaster-and-plastine(sp?) ceiling with those admittedly gross bright-yellow-almost-grey god forsaken fluorescent lights that make me and my weirdly-high cheekbones and thin ash-skin look more gaunt and corpselike than they and I already do not withstanding or considering what little, balding black hair I have does nothing to alleviate an admittedly freighting and death-like air that I have

They’re on the bus, the trains, my office and my house -- they’re cheap, not really very technical appliances that need to be oft replaced or serviced but my god do they give me the worst headaches and work more than/as nothing other than a reminder that I’m the primary auxiliary character in some avant-garde art film that pans and zooms and fisheyes a little too close to the face of some glum, doleful, sagging and sad average-looking middle-aged man or woman with shadows cast long over their point, sharp eyebrows and acne-ridden, bony jaws that accentuates this awful feeling of discomfort and hunger and rot that I can’t help but feel that that isn’t the general impression they were going for in the first place

I guess I just don’t like feeling nauseous or uncomfortable (I sincerely doubt many people do at all -- maybe some special color or flavor of masochistic deviant -- but I digress) -- for some reason, physiological or psychological, I think there’s something poking and sticking out of my stomach and my intestines that’s hot and solid yet liquidly-fine like molten iron or steel that seeps in and out of my ulcers (That I know I have for a medically proven fact); I can’t say if its bile or blood but I do know that if I don’t eat for a period of some days (which I usually don’t – food makes me want to violently vomit/throw up and the  thought of anything mildly warm or cold in me, my mouth, or otherwise is enough to reduce me to a manic mess (if im not already one)) it (the bloodbilemetal feeling, that is) gets almost intolerably worse and I honestly only eat or drink anything at this stage to keep me from passing out from the pain and mental malaise of knowing that something is there that I can’t personally account for or take responsibility as to or of; I’ve quite literally almost taken a sharp, pointed needle or small, swiss-army like knife and punctured the little pouch of belly fat that sits over my atrophied once-athletic abdomen to bleed myself of this “bad blood” and restore my “balance of humors” like a  sick and (by modern standards) barbaric doctor from some long- forgotten, dark century where it honestly wouldn’t be the worst thing to have some diseased, plague-ridden piece of dirty metal jammed into you if it meant that you’d at least die in a few months and not physically feel your body suffer through mortal agony for or years or weeks on end knowing that you’d essentially be subject to the same net-effect of nonexistence either way

Im sorry and thanks for your time, I’ll write to you soon

Many more to come, (and yours truly),

Josh

Josh’s Word of the Day:

pipe dream, noun

1.       an unattainable or fanciful hope or scheme.

From: [email protected] (you) To: [email protected]

CC: [email protected]  

Subject: Re:Re:Re(…) daily journal and/or note-to-self anthology (sp?)

07-15-2002

Im sorry im sorry im soryr im soryy?

I needed badly to get that out of my system really – this past year and the year before and the year before has been one very large and scary exponentially-progressively worse and worse train wreck that I can’t stop and I don’t think that I can anymore

I dream only of and in words at this stage – anything that is concretely visual or outside of hearing/” experiencing” language is/are very vague and very brief images of what I think I remember my very very late mother looking somewhat maybe like – atmosphere is tense and I feel a very pungent and precise feeling of regret each time I wake up

I’ve noticed that lately my thoughts have become markedly more dark and have assumed what could-be(?) described as self-harming in nature; I’ll blink, pause (for what feels far too long for a normal – is there a scientific standard for a normal, decidedly subconscious bodily function?) and think about jamming a nail under my big toenail and kicking a door or wall very hard or peeling my eyelids off with tweezers or drilling big, metal screws into my shins

i don’t know if it’s because i burn myself with wax or compulsively pick at my skin but I feel a very distinct urge to poke and prod and see how far and much pain I can take all in one go just to make sure that I still feel something other than cold and nothing or a little bit of both at the same time

Sometimes when im on the bus or train I feel like jumping out of a window or running headlong into an oncoming train/bus/both –I wonder honestly what dying might feel like and im afraid that if and when I find out it’ll be more of the same and I’ll have gone through all that pain and effort for nothing and die full of regret and realize ive done and been too little too late and die during my already-underway death from disappointment and a broken heart – i don’t know if very many likeable or normal people think of jumping from windows (which, I feel compelled to and should add my new office’s 6th story has a single thinly-paned sliding-glass-door-esque window situated right over and above the freeway and I can say that from the time ive spent after-hours wandering floor to floor desk to desk wall to wall back-and-back again it’s the only actually functional window I’ve found in the entire 200-foot-something building; its weirdly convenient and more so weirdly alluring)

i look like ive lost more weight and that’s not a bad thing I don’t think – I can almost just see all of my ribs and the grainy sand-like grit and texture of my bones through my beautifully paper skin and each day I feel like im getting closer and closer to what god is and what god has wanted me to be all along; im a little self-conscious about how big and disproportionate my head looks on my spiny, spindly pencil-thin neck and how frail my knocky elbows and knees are but i cant eat even if I try so really why even make the effort if you know that you’re just going to make it more painful in the long run (why do anything if you know none of it matters deep down?)

anyways thanks again and for everything so far – I’ll write you soon I really hope

josh

Josh’s Word of the Day:

ex·fo·li·ate

eksˈfōlēāt/, verb

1.                   (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.

"the bark exfoliates in papery flakes"

From: [email protected] (you) To: [email protected]

Subject: FWD: Concerning Josh Haag -- Incident

09-09-2001

Management,

          As the Chief of California Operations I believe this to be a concerning note for one Joshua Haag, a System Admin of ours. Read full details from our HR department below, but it is in fact my decision to demote him. Our company health insurance would not cover mental health service, but we would strongly recommend it to him if he stays apart of the MC family.

Any concerns, please leave a direct reply.

Lucas Shaw

Chief of California Operations at MiddleCorp™, 12380 E. Dorchester St. Silicon Valley CA, 94087

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From: [email protected] (you) To: [email protected]

Subject: Concerning Josh Haag Incident

09-02-2001

Mr Shaw,

          In the company it is our policy to notify management of any disturbing notes from HR. Yesterday the Human Resources Department ran into a rather upsetting matter. System Administrator Joshua Haag was found hanging by his neck on a rafter in the second story bathroom by saleswoman Martha Stein. ([email protected]) Various coworkers of Josh ran in and thankfully saved him. We are not sure as to why he would resort to such drastic measures, especially on company property. This email is simply meant to inform you, as it is management’s decision as for Josh’s future with the company. Personally I do not recommend we keep him on our Administration. Anyone aware of the situation is very uncomfortable, especially those working directly under Mr. Haag.

If you require any more information, please let me know.

Pam Lancaster, MiddleCorp™ Human Resources Department, 12380 E. Dorchester St. Silicon Valley CA, 94087

From: [email protected] (you) To:[email protected] CC: [email protected]

Subject: Re:Re(…) daily journal and/or note-to-self anthology (sp?)

09-03-2001

Im not even going to look him in his (eye??) eyes – hes a disgustingly handsome awfully beautiful awful person and what -- honestly is the comparison and competition between a ratty once-been systems administrator who cant help but feel absolutely threated by “a higher existence”

Its absolutely the last straw – they’re obviously trying to phase me and only me out of their godforsaken system and I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT

Im sorry if I’ve (or, my messages, in reality) are coming off a bit more frantic and disjointed than they usually do – ive been experimenting with a hypno-sedative cocktail-concoction and I have noticed that its more effective at keeping me awake for days on end than it actually is at getting me to sleep (and stay there/like that) in the first place – the stress of potentially, no, not even, not losing my job, no, voluntarily as a screw-you kind of message and metaphorically speaking finger-giving finale leaving this awful awful awful no-good we-only-let-the-pretty-ones-to-be-in-the-cubicles is just too much not EVEN considering that there is a very messy personal element involved now that i NEED with a very LARGE and BIG emphasis on NEED to tell you about

One of the older, huskier, more dead-and-defeated looking edge-of-middle-age blondes of the office (her name is probably some shade of Cheryl or Sherry) – the kind that always makes me wonder that in 10 or 20 or never if I’ll get married or settle down like all these thick-jawed, broad-faced, ugly-but-not men of the universally consistent late 20s/30s or will I die alone burning and melting the circuits of a server like the man-rat that I am – the bathrooms on the 2nd floor aren’t marked, and since today has really been bad enough before the incident I resolved/more like decided to more-or-less hang myself with my already tried and true very strong leather belt that I wear for one reason only – really awful terrible days like today especially

So there I am, the boy genius extraordinaire, hanging from the unfurnished ceiling, tied and strung on and under a steel rafter, in a very very (what you would believe) compromising position when the aforementioned Cheryl-Sherry walks proudly in like she owns the single, poorly cleaned stall (without knocking, I should mention, WHICH IS A CORPORATE POLICY), screams really too loudly, runs out red-faced with streaks (more like streams) of thickly applied makeup and mascara running down and over her pouch-y cheeks and once-pretty knobby double-ish chin and before I know whats happening (I was more concerned with my pants being down near my ankles than anything) im being dragged across this dirty bathroom floor to “safety away from myself” and being crocodile-cooed by all these poorly sympathetic people and I HONESTLY can barely stand the thought of thinking of remembering something as legitimately horrifying as today has been or ever will be(?)

Talk to you soon,

From: [email protected]

(you) To: [email protected]  CC:

Subject: Emails (Sep. 4th, 2001)

Stop sending these to me.

Yours Truly,

Dr. Robert G. Anderson, Licensed (pending) Psychiatric ProfessionalTM at and by the Internet's BestTM  Online Resource for Emotional Counseling - opensourcepsych.org

From: [email protected] (you) To: [email protected]

Subject: RE: open when alone

09-05-2001

That ratty nerd in the back? I didn’t know he was an admin... LOL not like it matters anymore :P And yeah I’ll see you there, 6pm ;)

Peter Alcazar

Salesman at MiddleCorp™

12380 E. Dorchester St. Silicon Valley CA, 94087

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From: [email protected] (you) To: [email protected]

Subject: open when alone

Did you hear about that guy trying to hang himself in the bathroom? Haha looks like he finally figured out that nobody likes him LOL. Anyways, you still on for dinner tonight?

Sigourney Yagey, Saleswoman at MiddleCorp™, 12380 E. Dorchester St. Silicon Valley CA, 94087

From: [email protected] ( (you) To: [email protected] (CC:  [email protected]  

Subject: Re:Re:Re:(…) daily journal and/or note-to-self anthology (sp?) (11-18-2001)

I started dreaming again, on very sudden and short notice, and I can’t say im a fan – there’s nothing there for me at all

Tonight’s episode started just above my chest cavity; cue opening credits and a brief roll of the cast and I can feel the bony knot just above-and-to-the-right of my sternum brush and squeeze against something cold and hard and the smooth ridge and cleft of my leftmost ribs catches on a sharp angle and the pain is something what you’d think literally “bone-crushing” would feel like; its dark, and each shufflestep I take im further and further from where I should be but do not want to and the closer and the louder my everything threatens to break I smell toothpaste and mold in an old air conditioning system and plastic from cheap toys and feel silky warm smokeair move through and over my fingers and cold cold toes and there it is – me and my mom, my mom and I – she’s crying into her arms and hunched back and so is her wife at the counter of the clinic and im too interested in the green-blue-turquoise wall behind them that bleeds numbers to ask or wonder for too long why

I feel like im sometimes-usually drowning in my emotions but thats like drinking too much water when you’re stuck in a desert somewhere in an unbelievably god awful awful place

I should have loved my brother more -- I should have done a lot of things better than I have or have done -- I should have realized that I am short lived but my problems are more so  -- Im done for tonight, I know you’re only contractually and not legally or financially obligated to reply to anything I send you but please please please please just tell me even if you’re lying that things might just be ok

Josh’s Word of the Day:

com·punc·tion, noun

1.       a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad.

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Organic Coconut Protein: This tropical fruit has 17 of the 20 important amino acids the body requires. Typically coconut meat on its own will be very fatty and relatively low in protein, but this isolated form provides the protein by itself.

Organic Pumpkin Protein: Made from extracted pumpkin seeds which are high in nutrients and fatty acids. It is likely that in its extracted form it isolated the protein from the fats however.

Organic Coconut Milk Powder: Refined white powder that is spray dried and free of any liquids.

Sodium Chloride: This is the scientific name for standard salt which provides sodium, an essential mineral.

Organic Wheat Grass: A popular health food taken from the plant. Within it is an array of nutrients such as magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin E, iron, and amino acids.

It’s common to heat many health claims made about it but so far it’s still understudied. This includes the claim that it has potent antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits. Some side effects are possible such as:

Loss of appetite, nausea, and constipation.

Organic Beet Powder: The beet vegetable is one of the sweetest vegetables available, and it has nitric oxide in it which can be used to support blood flow. The powdered version of it is likely free of many nutrients, but it can potentially still offer cardiovascular benefits.

Check out our top 10 list for meal replacements which were rated as being optimal for sustained weight loss support.

EDITOR’S TIP: Combine this supplement with a proven meal replacement such as 18Shake for better results.

IDEAlraw QUALITY OF INGREDIENTS

One thing the company emphasizes and does well is offering only natural and organic ingredients. Even their sweetener stevia is highly touted for its ability as a superior alternative sweetener, since it does not affect blood sugar, cause tooth decay, or lead to obesity.

They provide a total of 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, 15 grams of protein, and 120 calories per serving. The protein and calorie amount are optimal, and the sugar is also still low.

Unfortunately the lack of fiber at just 1 gram per serving, and there is only calcium and iron, other essential vitamins and minerals are missing. This disqualifies it as being a well-rounded meal replacement shake, since a proper shake should provide a fair amount of nutrients that you would find in a meal.

The interesting thing about this is the added broccoli, beet, what grass and pomegranate, their basic Super Fruits Blend as it’s called. Since you’re only getting a few trace minerals, it essentially means that they strip these nutritious foods of their vitamins and minerals.

Compiled in this link are the top rated meal replacement shakes which can help you lose weight.

THE PRICE AND QUALITY OF IDEALRaw

One 30 serving jug retails for $35.99. They do recommend it as a pre and post workout meal, and at “strategic times”

They do focus on providing a natural formula and they do make sure to add the majority of their ingredients in adequate amounts, but it’s far too low in vitamins and minerals. You’d have to have to have a nutrient dense meal if you were to replace 2 meals a day, and have a regular meal at the end of the day.

You just can’t be secure in the low amount of nutrients provided; iron is the only mineral that is added in a sufficient enough strength, the rest is sorely lacking.

Find out about what meal replacement shakes were favorited by customers for their ability to suppress appetite and provide weight loss results.

BUSINESS OF IDEALRAW

THGPP LLC owns IdealRaw and their provided contact details are:

Phone Number: [phone]

Address: 632 N 2000 W

Ste 110 Lindon, UT 84042

Their risk free return extends for up to a year up the purchase date. If you purchase more than 1 tub, both of the returned tubs must be unopened. It’s unclear if the return policy extends to those who purchase one container and use it, but decide to send it back.

They do offer a clear terms and conditions but information about ow they operate is lacking. Not much is available on 3rd party websites either, so it’s unclear just how trustworthy this company is. The return policy is an issue in particular which they fail to truly explain in detail.

Click here for the best meal replacement shakes reviewed by our research team this year.

EDITOR’S TIP: For the best results with meal replacement shakes diet our experts recommend to use it at least 5 months. Save your money buying a few bags of meal replacement product.

CUSTOMER OPINIONS OF IDEALraw

The following are reviews found online:

“The taste was ok but this is very difficult to mix and the texture was far too chalky for my tastes”

“Not a fan of the aftertaste just a tad bit too strong”

“I like the taste it was better than I thought it was going to be. It did have a grainy texture but it wasn’t overpowering”

“I’m a fan of the chocolate it satisfied my chocoholic taste buds and it has a good taste when you mix it with almond milk and a banana”

Reoccurring concerns were had about the texture of it and the difficulty of mixing it inside of a blender bottle and blender. Apparently it would not mix well and would often leave behind a residue, which also means you might be wasting some of the powder.

There was also a difficulty in making it taste good, since some customers felt that it was unpleasant and that the aftertaste was strong.

Some customers did enjoy it and felt that it had a pleasant texture and taste however, so this may be an issue with preference.

We’ve linked a top 10 list of our chosen meal replacement shakes of the year.

How Does IdealRaw Shake Compare?

Product Name

User Rating

Has Good Appetite Suppressant

Has Only Natural Components

Good Taste

18Shake (Editor’s Choice)

97/100

Yoli YES

92/100

Isagenix

83/100

Ideal Protein

71/100

Vega One

66/100

IdealRaw Shake

37 /100

CONCLUSION – DOES idealraw WORK?

The best part about IdealRaw is that they emphasize using natural, organic, and only wholesome ingredients. The glaring issue however is that they emphasize using only plan based proteins which is often low in essential amino acids, and that’s why there are so many forms of it added here. The user reviews were also mostly negative due to the chalky taste and difficulty in mixing. Because there’s such a lack of nutrients you may also have to supplement with a hearty nutrient dense meal and or multivitamins.

Our preferred weight loss meal replacement shake of the year is the all-natural 18Shake.

You get a rich amount of protein, high amounts of vitamins and minerals, natural ingredients, a low amount of calories, and a custom approved taste. Customers also said that it suppressed their appetite for hours, that it mixes with ease inside of a blender bottle, and that it made weight loss easy.

The makers of 18Shake ensure its quality by producing it in a FDA approved facility, and by making it only with natural, wholesome, and well-regarded ingredients. You get a comprehensive formula with only rich whey as a protein for improved lean muscle growth.  To make the search for information on 18Shake easy, we’ve linked their official website here.

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Do we need vitamins for health?

A rose is a rose is a rose. But is a vitamin a vitamin a vitamin?

Today, one can almost buy vitamins on the street corner. In fact, it is hard to imagine vitamin consciousness being any higher. Millions take one or more vitamins daily.

Is Big Pharma laughing at us? Let’s inquire.

This week the publication “The Week” published a column by a Becca Stanek titled, “I took multivitamins every day for a decade. Then I found they’re useless.” In it, Ms. Stanek told how she had taken a daily multivitamin almost without fail since her middle school days, starting with the old, chalky ones of her youth, to the bulk grainy pills from Costco to the sugar-laced gummy vitamins so popular today. But that changed, she wrote, when her “doctor bluntly informed me that my multivitamins weren’t doing a darn thing for me. Though the idea of getting just a little bit more of all the most important vitamins may seem like a foolproof idea, she informed me that more isn’t necessarily better. Few people have vitamin deficiencies.”

Well, no one has a chemical deficiency but that doesn’t stop physicians from prescribing chemical pills by the handfuls to their patients to “cure” any and all diseases. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on one prescription drug; more than half take two, and 20 percent of all Americans take five or more prescriptions at a time.

For its part, the Food and Drug Administration’s website says, “There are many good reasons to consider taking vitamin supplements, such as over-the-counter multivitamins.” But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website says its “Second Nutrition Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition found 9 out of 10 people in the U.S. are indeed getting enough of some important vitamins and nutrients. These include vitamins such as folate (important for brain and spine development during pregnancy) and vitamin D (needed for good bone health); and trace elements like iron (important to avoid anemia) and iodine (important for brain development during pregnancy).“

So how do we decipher this government argle-bargle? First we must understand that change agents from government, Big Pharma and doctors have created false narratives.

The vitamin business is for the most part a huge deception simply because at least 90 percent of vitamins are synthetics. They are extractions or chemical creations of laboratories. They are man-made and, by strict definition, they are drugs. Most of these vitamins are produced by just a few pharmaceutical companies. They are repackaged and repurposed and renamed to give the illusion of choice.

Pharmaceuticals make drugs, not nutrition. In fact, the modus operandi of the drug cartel is to treat the disease of starvation with drugs instead of with food or nutrition. This is a great deception. Very few understand this.

The sale of drugs for sickness and disease implies that all sickness is a drug deficiency. Drugs are mass marketed to treat people who should be treated with food or nutrition. Sickness and disease is a manifestation of starvation, not a drug deficiency.

On the other hand, natural vitamins or a natural vitamin is a food or a biological enzyme system which comes directly or indirectly from the plant kingdom. The plant kingdom gets its energy and life force from the sun, whereas synthetic vitamins, which are characterized by “potency” are man-made chemicals. A product of chemistry cannot be natural. It is an extraction. It cannot be a whole food. It cannot have or be a synergism. Most people who buy vitamins — like Ms. Stanek — are absolutely unaware of this distinction.

The potency of a natural whole food supplement is not a factor. The synergism is the principle. It is in the synergism of natural whole food supplements that produces life and health.

But most Americans are starving. They eat what I call foodless foods — processed, chemical-laden junk loaded with synthetic sugars, carbohydrates, monosodium glutamate, etc., etc. It is dead, devitalized chemicals made to look good, taste good, addict you and kill you. It’s as empty of nutrition for the human body as Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.

So from this sick American population they’ve taken a cross-section of the health status of the American public to establish a baseline for what is enough of a certain nutrient and determined that everyone at that baseline is healthy. But they are not.

And that doesn’t even take into account that the prescription medications rob your body of a number of micronutrients. It’s called “drug induced nutrient depletion” — for example any number of drugs deplete potassium and magnesium levels —  resulting in arrhythmias, hypertension, fatigue and depression. Guess what the remedy for these is? Another drug.

And then there is the creation of the recommended daily allowance (RDA or RDI) — a nebulous, arbitrary and meaningless standard of measurement. The purpose of the RDA hoax is to get the public to accept that the smallest amount you need in order to survive is the gold standard of nutrient health.

A prime example is in the case of vitamin D. The RDA for vitamin D has indeed practically wiped out rickets in the United States. But this is a camouflage for the need of much higher amounts of vitamin D (1,000 to 3,000 units daily even up to 10,000 in the case of TB) as proven therapy for patients with cancer, heart disease, dementia, autoimmune disease, influenza A, chronic pain, depression, gingivitis, the common cold, and dozens of other diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency. But this means natural vitamin D3 (calciferol), not synthetic vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).

The RDA for iodine is like the RDA for Vitamin D. The RDA for iodine is just enough to prevent goiter. What the public doesn’t know is that in both instances this RDA under-therapy allows for critical disease to creep in, and many times, terminal disease. You need much more of these critical nutrients for not just health, but optimal health.

Of course “orthodox medicine” does not tell you how to achieve optimal health. They simply wait until you complain of something and then use drugs and surgery to try and return you to your original depleted state until something else goes wrong. Is this any way to live?

Standard medicine also screams “toxicity,” as if you can take “too much” of a vitamin. But the truth of the matter is that toxicity will be a long time coming — if at all — for anyone taking natural supplements because their bodies are so deficient. It takes time for our bodies to heal from a lifetime of abuse.

So should Ms. Stanek — and everyone else — heed her doctor’s advice and stop taking vitamins because it’s a waste of time of money?

The best medicine we can take is a proper diet. That’s one consisting of whole foods; vegetables — mostly raw — and small portions of organic or free-range, antibiotic/steroid-free poultry, and wild-caught fish like salmon (which is high in omega-3s). Eat very little beef and pork and make sure what you do eat is grass-fed, free-range and free of antibiotics and steroids. And augment with natural vitamin supplements.

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Do we need vitamins for health?

A rose is a rose is a rose. But is a vitamin a vitamin a vitamin?

Today, one can almost buy vitamins on the street corner. In fact, it is hard to imagine vitamin consciousness being any higher. Millions take one or more vitamins daily.

Is Big Pharma laughing at us? Let’s inquire.

This week the publication “The Week” published a column by a Becca Stanek titled, “I took multivitamins every day for a decade. Then I found they’re useless.” In it, Ms. Stanek told how she had taken a daily multivitamin almost without fail since her middle school days, starting with the old, chalky ones of her youth, to the bulk grainy pills from Costco to the sugar-laced gummy vitamins so popular today. But that changed, she wrote, when her “doctor bluntly informed me that my multivitamins weren’t doing a darn thing for me. Though the idea of getting just a little bit more of all the most important vitamins may seem like a foolproof idea, she informed me that more isn’t necessarily better. Few people have vitamin deficiencies.”

Well, no one has a chemical deficiency but that doesn’t stop physicians from prescribing chemical pills by the handfuls to their patients to “cure” any and all diseases. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on one prescription drug; more than half take two, and 20 percent of all Americans take five or more prescriptions at a time.

For its part, the Food and Drug Administration’s website says, “There are many good reasons to consider taking vitamin supplements, such as over-the-counter multivitamins.” But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website says its “Second Nutrition Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition found 9 out of 10 people in the U.S. are indeed getting enough of some important vitamins and nutrients. These include vitamins such as folate (important for brain and spine development during pregnancy) and vitamin D (needed for good bone health); and trace elements like iron (important to avoid anemia) and iodine (important for brain development during pregnancy).“

So how do we decipher this government argle-bargle? First we must understand that change agents from government, Big Pharma and doctors have created false narratives.

The vitamin business is for the most part a huge deception simply because at least 90 percent of vitamins are synthetics. They are extractions or chemical creations of laboratories. They are man-made and, by strict definition, they are drugs. Most of these vitamins are produced by just a few pharmaceutical companies. They are repackaged and repurposed and renamed to give the illusion of choice.

Pharmaceuticals make drugs, not nutrition. In fact, the modus operandi of the drug cartel is to treat the disease of starvation with drugs instead of with food or nutrition. This is a great deception. Very few understand this.

The sale of drugs for sickness and disease implies that all sickness is a drug deficiency. Drugs are mass marketed to treat people who should be treated with food or nutrition. Sickness and disease is a manifestation of starvation, not a drug deficiency.

On the other hand, natural vitamins or a natural vitamin is a food or a biological enzyme system which comes directly or indirectly from the plant kingdom. The plant kingdom gets its energy and life force from the sun, whereas synthetic vitamins, which are characterized by “potency” are man-made chemicals. A product of chemistry cannot be natural. It is an extraction. It cannot be a whole food. It cannot have or be a synergism. Most people who buy vitamins — like Ms. Stanek — are absolutely unaware of this distinction.

The potency of a natural whole food supplement is not a factor. The synergism is the principle. It is in the synergism of natural whole food supplements that produces life and health.

But most Americans are starving. They eat what I call foodless foods — processed, chemical-laden junk loaded with synthetic sugars, carbohydrates, monosodium glutamate, etc., etc. It is dead, devitalized chemicals made to look good, taste good, addict you and kill you. It’s as empty of nutrition for the human body as Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.

So from this sick American population they’ve taken a cross-section of the health status of the American public to establish a baseline for what is enough of a certain nutrient and determined that everyone at that baseline is healthy. But they are not.

And that doesn’t even take into account that the prescription medications rob your body of a number of micronutrients. It’s called “drug induced nutrient depletion” — for example any number of drugs deplete potassium and magnesium levels —  resulting in arrhythmias, hypertension, fatigue and depression. Guess what the remedy for these is? Another drug.

And then there is the creation of the recommended daily allowance (RDA or RDI) — a nebulous, arbitrary and meaningless standard of measurement. The purpose of the RDA hoax is to get the public to accept that the smallest amount you need in order to survive is the gold standard of nutrient health.

A prime example is in the case of vitamin D. The RDA for vitamin D has indeed practically wiped out rickets in the United States. But this is a camouflage for the need of much higher amounts of vitamin D (1,000 to 3,000 units daily even up to 10,000 in the case of TB) as proven therapy for patients with cancer, heart disease, dementia, autoimmune disease, influenza A, chronic pain, depression, gingivitis, the common cold, and dozens of other diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency. But this means natural vitamin D3 (calciferol), not synthetic vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol).

The RDA for iodine is like the RDA for Vitamin D. The RDA for iodine is just enough to prevent goiter. What the public doesn’t know is that in both instances this RDA under-therapy allows for critical disease to creep in, and many times, terminal disease. You need much more of these critical nutrients for not just health, but optimal health.

Of course “orthodox medicine” does not tell you how to achieve optimal health. They simply wait until you complain of something and then use drugs and surgery to try and return you to your original depleted state until something else goes wrong. Is this any way to live?

Standard medicine also screams “toxicity,” as if you can take “too much” of a vitamin. But the truth of the matter is that toxicity will be a long time coming — if at all — for anyone taking natural supplements because their bodies are so deficient. It takes time for our bodies to heal from a lifetime of abuse.

So should Ms. Stanek — and everyone else — heed her doctor’s advice and stop taking vitamins because it’s a waste of time of money?

The best medicine we can take is a proper diet. That’s one consisting of whole foods; vegetables — mostly raw — and small portions of organic or free-range, antibiotic/steroid-free poultry, and wild-caught fish like salmon (which is high in omega-3s). Eat very little beef and pork and make sure what you do eat is grass-fed, free-range and free of antibiotics and steroids. And augment with natural vitamin supplements.

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Domaines Delon: Léoville-Las-Cases, Potensac, Clos du Marquis and Nénin

Jean-Hubert Delon owns four Bordeaux estates, with the Jewel in the crown being second growth Léoville-Las-Cases in Saint-Julien. In addition, he owns Nénin in Pomerol, Clos du Marquis in Saint-Julien, and Potensac in the northern Médoc. I recently attended a masterclass where we were introduced to each of these estates, and tasted through a few wines.

Château Léoville-Las-Cas is a descendent of one of the most ancient left bank estates, and in its time was one of the largest. Originally planted in 1604, it went on to become Domaine de Léoville, covering almost the whole appellation of St Julien. In the French Revolution, the owner, the Lord of Léoville, was forced to flee to Britain and the domain was broken up. A fifth was given to revolutionaries. And Hugh Barton bought a number of plots in 1915, creating Leoville Barton. Some more plots were joined to form Léoville-Poyferre. But the original 55 hectare plot of Las Cases remains. It is separated by a small stream from Latour in Pauillac.

Château Léoville Las Cases 2003 Saint Julien Bordeaux, France Great concentration and refinement here, despite the heat of the vintage. Has fresh berry and blackcurrant fruit, with grainy, chalky, slightly gravelly structure. Has a supple personality and nice concentration. Plenty of structure, supporting sweet fruit with a warm, generous mid-palate and a long finish. Drink now or over the next five years: showing some development, and while it’s delicious now it might dry a bit. 94/100

Château Léoville Las Cases 1998 Saint Julien Bordeaux, France This is beautiful: showing some lovely development with sleek, elegant red and black fruits, with a lovely seamless structure. The tannins have melded beautifully, and there are some appealing sappy notes under the fruit. Really luscious and harmonious, drinking fabulously but there’s no need to drink this up. Amazing purity, freshness and precision. 96/100

Château Léoville Las Cases 1989 Saint Julien Bordeaux, France This is quite mature now, with some herb and earth hints as well as hints of treacle and tar. This is well past its best: is it just a bad bottle? [In which case, why was it being poured at a masterclass?] Dry with notes of iodine, herb and leather. Tastes like old wine. 87/100

Le Petit Lion du Marquis de Las Cases 2009 Saint Julien Bordeaux, France Second wine, with lots of Merlot in it (71%) and younger Cabernet Sauvignons and Franc. This is ripe and sweetly fruited, but also well structured, with some grip under the grainy, chalky blackcurrant and blackberry fruit. There’s a fresh, supple, restrained feel to this wine, which has nice weight and drinkability. Finishes harmonious but also structured. Very stylish with some potential for future development. Not too ripe or weighty, and drinking very well. 93/100

Clos du Marquis is often mistakenly thought of as the second wine of Las Cases, but it’s not. Planted in 1884 by a member of the Delon family, it’s a separate 43 hectare property on very different soils.

Clos du Marquis 2008 Saint Julien, Bordeaux, France Taut and compact with supple berry fruits and good structure. Some gravel and pencil shaving notes with structured blackcurrant on the palate. Bright and nicely structured with lovely purity and focus. Very fine. 93/100

Clos du Marquis 2003 Saint Julien, Bordeaux, France This is compact and quite nicely structured, with a core of sweet berry fruits, some cherry notes and good structure. Ripe and harmonious, but still retains freshness. This has elegance and purity, with nice mid-palate richness. Drinking well, despite the heat of the vintage. 93/100

Nénin is the second largest property in the Pomerol appellation with 32 hectares (the average in Pomerol is just 1.5 ha). This is on the clay/gravel plateau of Pomerol, and there’s also one block separate to the main vineyard, called Fugue de Nenin. The winery is new: the property was brought by Delon from his cousins in 1997 and has been modernised. The vineyards have also been restructured and many parts replanted. There are lots of soil and subsoil combinations here.

Château Nénin 2009 Pomerol, Bordeaux 35% new oak, 14-16 months in barrel. This is supple and elegant with ripeness but also finesse and balance. There’s some sweetness to the fruit, with an ease to it. It’s ripe (14.5% alcohol) – atypically so because of the vintage – with some harmonious, slightly Port-like fruit generosity. This is drinking beautifully now. 94/100

  Potensac is an 84 hectare vineyard planted in a high spot in the northern Médoc that has been in the Delon family for many generations. The hilly mounds that make up most of the vineyard are clay/gravel over a limestone base.

Château Potensac 2014 Médoc, Bordeaux Located at a high point in the northern Médoc. 40% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon with a bit of Franc and a touch of Petit Verdot. This is lovely: it’s fresh, supple and structured with bright blackcurrant and raspberry fruit, with good acidity and grainy, grippy structure. It’s really fresh and well defined with bright acidity. Lovely balance here with some fine sappy notes. Classic, structured, yet has flesh. 94/100

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Sunwarrior Illumin8 Review (UPDATED 2017): Don’t Buy Before You Read This!

Sunwarrior Illumin8 is a meal replacement shake made with organic ingredients and plant based protein. Their flavors include vanilla bean, mocha, Aztec chocolate, and all of which are said to be rich in nutrients and with wholesome additives.

Many sources of plant based protein are used as well as healthy gluten free carbohydrates, and wholesome fat sources. Superfoods, healthy fats, and organic herbs are used for vitamins also.  After taking time to thoroughly understand many meal replacement shakes, our review experts were able to determine that 18Shake was the best for weight loss. It has a natural blend of ingredients and a rich source of protein which can suppress appetite for hours. Get a closer look at the benefits provided by 18Shake when you visit their official website here.

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SUNWARRIOR ILLUMIN8 DIET INGREDIENTS AND SIDE EFFECTS

Inside of this are some of the following ingredients:

Oragnic Pea Protein Organic Brown Flax Seed Organic Ground Coconut Organic Baobab Aquamin Organic Holy Basil Organic Annato Organic Amla Organic Sesbania Fungal Protease Bromelain Lipase Phytase Cellulose Pectinase Hemicellulase Organic Lentil Sprout Powder Organic Chia Seed Organic Stevia Extract B12 Methylcobalamin

Organic Pea Protein: This form of plant based protein is known to be taken from yellow peas. While it is easy to digest, in large amounts it can lead to indigestion and diarrhea. By itself it is deficient in amino acids.

Organic Holy Basil: A plant that is used in Ayurvedic medicine as a way to provide adaptogen benefits. This can help the body be better adapted to deal with stress so there’s less of an increase of the hormone cortisol. Web MD has confirmed that it’s unknown whether:

“long-term use is safe”

Aquamin: This plant based mineral complex is patented and said to contain 72 different trace minerals.

Kelp: Seaweed which contains high levels of iodine. This is also used as a natural laxative to help promote proper bowel movements. It is important to watch out for iodine intake as it may lead to side effects including an increased risk for:

◦ Nausea, diarrhea, and difficulty digesting.

This is why it is important to know whether or not the iodine content is high. It must also be taken from clean water sources otherwise it may be contaminated.

Organic Brown Flax Seed: Fibrous seed which is known to contain many omega fatty acids which can help with the reduction of inflammation. This has been used to improve colon health and reduce the risk for prostate cancer. It is advised to use this alongside additional water as it can lead to indigestion and diarrhea if one is not hydrated enough.

There is a potential for contamination if one does not heat these seeds, as it can be dangerous when eaten raw.

Organic Baobab: Fruit bearing tree found in parts of Africa which is said to be a superfood rich in antioxidants. Because of lacking clinical studies, it’s unknown if these claims are actually accurate. Web MD has also added that because of this same reason:

“no reliable information about its safety”

So it’s thereby yet unknown what it can do whether good or bad. It Is known that this food is commonly used as a food source and it does contain some fiber. It has been granted GRAS or generally recognized as being safe status in the US however, so at the very least it is not likely to cause issues in the short-term.

Simply click on this link to see what the very best appetite suppressing meal replacements are; our experts have rated the very best within this link.

EDITOR’S TIP: Combine this supplement with a proven meal replacement such as 18Shake for better results.

 SUNWARRIOR ILLUMIN8 QUALITY OF INGREDIENTS

The additives within this are widely organic which is good, and they also add many vitamins and minerals. The main issue however is the plant based protein which does not contain all the amino acids. The reason why they mix so many different kinds of protein is because if they were taken individually, it would not be enough to satisfy the body’s demands.

Amino acids are highly important as they regulate essential function within the body. Without these amino acids there is a possibility for deficiencies. They do not mention whether or not all the amino acids are provided per serving, which is important to take into account to understand the overall quality.

They also provide many forms of healthy enzymes which sound good, but aren’t really necessary as the body has its own enzymes it uses to help digest foods. Read more about the top 10 shakes for weight loss by clicking this cited link.

THE PRICE AND QUALITY OF SUNWARRIOR ILLUMIN8

When purchased directly from the official website a container sells for $46.72 for a total of 25 servings. Sunwarrior Illumin8 nutrition facts reveal that each serving offers 160 calories, 5 grams of sugar, 20 grams of protein, 13 grams of carbohydrates, and just 2 grams of fiber.

While the protein is high it comes from a mixture of plant based proteins which are notorious for not having enough amino acids on their own to support a healthy meal replacement, which is why numerous kinds are mixed together.

Furthermore the calories are a bit high at 160. The sugar could have been better sourced since some meal replacements offer just one sole gram per serving.

Sunwarrior Illumn8 is also sold on GNC.com for a significantly reduced price, but it’s unknown if they offer a refund.

It is good they decided to use many organic ingredients, but at this price point it’s somewhat high. The company does also not offer any Sunwarrior Illumin8 recipes.

The top 10 meal replacement shakes have been ranked and rated in the list here.

BUSINESS OF SUNWARRIOR ILLUMIN8

The owners are called Sun Brothers, LLC and their listed contact details are:

Address: 2250 N coral Canyon Blvd

Ste. 100 Washington, Utah 84780

Phone Number: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Returns are offered within 30 days of return which have to be authorized by the company first. One has to submit a written statement on why they are making the return, and they then decide if it is worthy enough for one to get their money back.

There isn’t much else known about this company that isn’t already on their own website.

Many users also wanted to compare Sunwarrior Illumin8 vs Warrior Blend, which is their other meal replacement shake.

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EDITOR’S TIP: For the best results with meal replacement shakes diet our experts recommend to use it at least 5 months. Save your money buying a few bags of meal replacement product.

REVIEWS OF SUNWARRIOR ILLUMIN8

The following are some Sunwarrior Illumin8 reviews found online:

“didn’t really mix that well especially not in my blender bottle”

“I just couldn’t drink this. Especially the vanilla I had to choke it down to drink it”

“really far too sweet and it was difficult to digest for me”

“I like it it’s very filling and rewarding”

There have been mixed reviews on this and currently 20 out of 58 reviews of Sunwarrior Illumin8 on Amazon.com are negative. Many thought it was far too sweet and chalky, though some did like the taste. There were also issues with it not mixing well as people said they were unable to get a good consistency even when it was blended. For many mixing in a blender bottle was impossible without an overly grainy consistency.

Their Sunwarrior Illumin8 Aztec chocolate was often outed for being unpleasant in comparison to the other flavors. The Illumin8 vanilla flavor was often said to be superior.

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How Does Sunwarrior Illumin8 Compare?

Product Name

User Rating

Has Good Appetite Suppressant

Has Only Natural Components

Good Taste

18Shake (Editor’s Choice)

97/100

Yoli YES

92/100

Isagenix

83/100

Ideal Protein

71/100

Vega One

66/100

Sunwarrior Illumin8

36 /100

CONCLUSION – IS SUNWARRIOR ILLUMIN8 GOOD FOR LOSING WEIGHT?

This meal replacement shake has many wholesome additives which are organic. They also make it in 3 flavors which all have stevia as a sweetener. The main issue is that while this is provided, many users said they were unsatisfied with the flavor and overall consistency. It was far too difficult to mix for some, and there were complaints of it being overly sweet and unpleasant to drink.

The company also has a policy where they can ultimately decide whether or not one’s reason for return is valid enough to be passed. One may not get their money back even if they return within the allowed 30 day time span. Furthermore, some of these additives are not necessary such as the digestive enzymes.

After reviewing many kinds of meal replacement shakes our review experts were able to identify which were the utmost best in terms of nutrition, customer satisfaction, taste, mixability, company policies and much more. 18Shake was the most noteworthy and it is currently the number 1 rated meal replacement shake for weight loss.

The reason being is it has a high quality protein source with whey protein, just  gram of sugar, no article additives, and customers have said it has helped with lose weight successfully. To read more about 18Shake and to get a hold of it direct from the creator’s official website, simply click on this cited link.

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