Corporate Hipocrisy and Conspiracy Theory

Stop telling people who care about the issues we face in the world today that they are too "Gung-Ho" or "Conspiracy Theorists". My reply to these comments are to tell the person they are an ignorant consumer, exactly what makes these corporations the most money and keeps American industry booming. If there was not corruption among these corporations and lobbies, then we would not need such misleading information and ambiguous responses being shoveled to the public. The American Council for Fitness and Nutrition (ACFN)....... sounds pretty positive, right? It is backed and funded by Coca-Cola and Kraft foods, as well as many other "Big Foods" corporations that are perpetuating the decline of our health in the name of profit. It is also backed by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) - who are on record as opposing nearly every state bill that would restrict some of the sales of junk food or soda in schools. Also, they are backed by the National Restaurant Association - who oppose providing nutritional information and fight to block access to courtrooms by customers who may be harmed by eating their food. What kind of company could seriously be honest if they won't even allow their customers to know what they are getting from their product? People who are honest and have nothing to hide DON'T HIDE THINGS! You have some people who try to defend these companies by pointing out the small positive things they do to blind us from their true motives. Such as McDonalds, they have the Ronald McDonald house to help children, yet they spend billions every year promoting a clown and playgrounds at every McDonalds when even they could not defend their food as being good for children. Or how about our past secretary of health and human services Tommy Thompson. He stood in front of thousands at a Time/ABC News summit on obesity and praised companies like Coca-Cola for being "responsible" corporate citizens. Maybe because they have a "Heart Healthy" stamp, which you can have too for the right price, they have their emblem on Frito Lay chips and Lucky Charms......? He didn't have much to say when a state representative stood up and asked : if Coca-Cola was such a responsible corporate citizen, then why had they sent 5 lobbyists to Brown's state capitol to kill his school nutrition bill. A bill that would have only required that 50% of all drinks in school be healthy. Coca-Cola refused to even meet him halfway, because it would reduce profit, who cares about health. When will people see that corporations are in place for profit. They provide a service, but their main goal becomes maximizing profits. The positive things that these large corporations do, and spend millions on to publicize as much as possible to make sure we all know, are merely P.R. campaigns to continue to maximize profits. Most positive measures taken by corporations known to be negative influences are not put into place until after they are attacked. If they truly cared then they would take the initiative or at least have honesty and integrity from the start. If you don't care that the world is falling apart from the inside out then shut up and let the people who care educate and take action. Don't talk about how they are "food-nazi's" or "conspiracy theorists". Because the ones who really care do research and have many obvious reasons to believe what they do. The examples above would be enough to give anyone with half a brain enough evidence to at least question. The ones who really want to change will take action, so get the fuck out of the way.

1st Round P90X finished, huge results from this workout mixed with eating clean.

China's Been Working in the Coal Mine

      There is no doubt that China is a very large contributor to air pollution. They are developing at a rapid rate, in an attempt to not only emulate the industrialization of the west but perhaps to try and surpass it. The problem is that they have such a large amount of land to develop on, and an alarmingly large population to support. Not only are they attempting to grow at a rapid pace, but most of the methods they incorporate into this process are outdated and have highly negative effects on the environment. With large amounts of production comes large amounts of pollution and waste. China relies mainly on the use of coal for there energy needs, their largest resource. Since 1996 coal has supplied China with about 78% of their energy requirements. They also still utilize diesel as a main fuel for transportation. Their two main energy resources are two of the worst available, and there have been detrimental effects because of this. Respiratory illness has become the leading cause of death in China. When the measurement of sulfur-dioxide in the atmosphere within China is measured, on any given day that it increases the death rate increases that day and the next by up to 10%. This shows evidence that there may be a direct correlation between the amount of sulfur-dioxide in the atmosphere and China's death rate. These issues do not only affect China, Hong Kong has been affected by their pollution outputs as well, with the winds carrying the air pollutants into their cities. Hong Kong can produce a large enough amount of pollution without China's help, with over 6.7 million people living on just over 1000 square kilometers.
     With China set on following the industrialization improvements of the west, I believe it is partly our responsibility to take action to help improve their production methods. We can not only lead by example, but educate them and share some of the methods for production that significantly reduce pollution, while not significantly decreasing production. We can help them develop environmental education programs and curriculums to incorporate into mandatory class sessions within their school systems.  The pollution they are releasing into the environment is not only their problem, we eventually all breathe the same air.

Healthcare is for Communists !!

In a book I was recently reading it said "Most Americans get health insurance as part of an employee benefit package." and then continued further down, "Traditional health insurance.... is like car insurance.". The first issue with this is where it states "Most Americans". The worker's who have medical coverage are typically the ones who have better jobs that provide these, and can afford it. People working behind the counter at places like McDonald's or as a "bagger" at Vons do not typically have medical coverage, and they are the ones who are least able to afford it. The insurance that we do get these days is very similar to the car insurance analogy. You have to pay a basic premium at a monthly rate, when you go in to get fixed you have to pay for medical costs, and then the company is supposed to reimburse you. The problem is this can be a long process, and there are intelligent and crafty people who work for these insurance companies, and there only job is to disqualify anything and everything they can. Some actually receive bonuses based on how many people they can disqualify, and a lot of times it is when they need it the most. The basic problem with this set-up is money and greed. Anytime money is the driving factor behind a situation it is destined to be destroyed by greed. How is it morally acceptable to not save someone's life or help them because they don't have money, even though we have the capability? If we incorporated a program similar to that of France or Canada, then we would definitely have to raise taxes. This would stir controversy with the population, but I think they will be much less keen on complaining when a family member is in need of radiation therapy for cancer or an organ transplant from kidney failure. The system has been in place for years in many other countries, and America is not at the top of the list for one of the healthiest countries. People argue how having universal health care would mean bringing socialism into the country, and for some reason people associate socialism with communism. What about the postal service!?!? What about Social Security programs?!? Our school system is paid for through taxes. Is education more valuable than health? We also pay taxes for police and fire protection - no matter if we use them or not. We already incorporate socialism into our country. The definition of socialism, as a dictionary definition, is "a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.". It says nothing about it being communist or, as a lot of Americans interpret the definition incorrectly, "Anti-American". It is our duty as human beings to care for others when we have the means to do so, and it is every person's right, no matter their socioeconomic status, to receive health care.

Complacency Destroys Safety

One of the easiest ways to allow a current or previous issue to become an increasing threat is complacency. Issues like Tuberculosis and Malaria are not hardly discussed in America, because they are not a common issue. However, there are other developing countries that still struggle with these issues as much as, or more than, America has at times. AIDS has surpassed even Malaria as the largest killer in Africa, and Tuberculosis is the most common infectious agent worldwide - Asia being the most affected. With complacency we have allowed diseases like Tuberculosis to resurface within the states, something we thought we had eradicated. We then shifted all of our resources to other areas of research, some outside of the medical field. At the same time developing countries are still fighting these diseases, due to a lack of education, funding, and poor living conditions in some cases.
     America can not take for granted what we have accomplished due to our resources, we can not forget where we were at one point with issues such as AIDS and tuberculosis. If we do so, we will begin to focus on the wrong issues, or focus too much attention on specific areas, and we will have "eradicated" diseases sneaking back into our population. I'm glad that OSHA was incorporated into the CDC in the early 1970's, to assist in monitoring and controlling diseases and other health issues. This is an issue that not only needs to be observed and attended to by the local organizations, but also needs a "big brother" authority to oversee these health issues. America has too large of a battle with diseases we have created and accelerated ourselves, such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, most cancers, etc. We have our hands full with these issues alone, we cannot afford to be complacent and ignore others, or we may find ourselves in the middle of another epidemic that could have been avoided.

Free Babies at Planned Parenthood!

How is it that hospitals have McDonald's and Pizza Hut food in their cafeterias? Multiple soda and candy machines full of refined sugars and HFCS? This is like planned parenthood giving out free babies, or mechanics ripping out your transmission while they change your oil. How can anyone claim the medical industry only cares for society's health and be on board with healthy lifestyles? How can they claim our health is the reason they are there, and not the billions of dollars for medications, procedures, and lengthy hospital stays? If they really cared they would be aware enough to realize that serving this food in their cafeterias is unacceptable and inappropriate. They are basically patching people up to push them right back into the emergency room, or better yet, the prescriptions window. Hospitals are just another business, another corporation, no matter how you look at it. And they are a billion dollar industry, that need to make money. If we had universal medical care, I guarantee you that the number of prescriptions would decrease and there would be other measures taken to keep people out of the medical system. The country would not want people in the hospitals because it would be a drain on the economy. As it is now, we love sick people - they make us billions. When the hospitals do something as simple as removing the very food that is proven to put people there, then I will re-consider my opinion of how much of a facade they present to the public. A facade protected by lawyers and manipulators.

Child is now spelled ADHD

Why do so many children in America get diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder) and get prescribed pills to be shoved into their body? Pills, by the way, that only have to show positive results in 2 out of infinity trials. I don't know any healthy children that are not hyper or that can pay attention for long periods of time. I realize that there are children out there who legitimately have ADHD or similar disorders, but the illness is being way over diagnosed just to have an excuse to market and sell more pills. Or even worse, to try to sedate the child so we don't have to deal with their childish behaviors. Find me a child who is very mellow and can pay attention to something for long periods of time, and they are either medically or self medicated. Chill out with the mental disorders. And don't tell me they are legitimate and factual just because they are published in the DSM-IV. Up until DSM-III homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder, and if you believe this then stop reading my blog because you need professional help. 

Patented Food

The corporation Monsanto has patented a genetically modified soy bean seed, and now owns rights to any crops containing their seed. One way you can tell if it is there seed is to spray Round-Up weed killer on all your crops, and the ones that live are Monsanto. This is because they bought all the pesticide companies in the mid 1990’s and genetically modified their seed so their weed killer could be used on it to kill bugs but not the plant. Their weed killer will kill all other plants however. Now, Monsanto sues thousands of farmers and destroys them by going to their land without permission or notice, collecting samples from their field, and a year later they file a lawsuit for patent infringement for having their seeds on their land. These seeds are blown over, carried from birds, and the farmers being sued do not even want the seeds on their property. Seeds are meant to travel freely, and now Monsanto is taking advantage of this fact. They have actually patented food, which is against the constitution. Most farmers settle because they cant afford to take it to trial. One farmer didn’t settle and lost all his money and still lost the case. The judge said he was guilty because he had Monsanto seed in his crops, and he didn’t care how it got there. The farmer then had to destroy all of his seed for fear it may be cross-contaminated. This is unbelievable and scary. Monsanto is trying to eliminate all seed except there own so they can literally own food. They could essentially decide who gets to eat and who doesn’t in the future. You think the government will stop this? They are the ones who blatantly went against the constitution to allow them to patent FOOD in the first place. We are allowing a company not only to drown our crops in pesticides, slightly different than the chemicals used for warfare in WWII (FACT), but also to sue all farmers out of business to monopolize the agriculture business. This is all happening easily because people don’t take the time to care, until corporations like Monsanto are at their door slapping a legal suit on them for infringement, slander, or defamation.  Or until they get cancer from the carcinogens from side effects of the genetic manipulation of our food, or should I say Monsanto’s food? Watch a film called The Future of Food for a bit of background.

A Pill for Every Ill

The medical community is run by tyrants. You have substantial evidence of simple vitamins and minerals curing diseases that no medicine can, or without the harmful side effects that come along with medication. There are medical cases as far back as the 1950's of doctors prescribing extremely large doses of Vitamin C to cure diseases, but the files have been sealed and are not filed in the public medical libraries. Rumors get spread to deter the use of these cheap alternatives, such as 'Vitamin C causes kidney stones'. There is not a single shred of scientific evidence to prove this by the way. Another example is Zinc, zinc has been found to help cure and/or prevent all types of diseases when given in large doses. Bill W. , the founder of AA, found extremely good results with the use of niacin many years ago in dealing with depression. But doctors made statements that too much zinc or too much vitamin C are bad, but they fail to provide evidence to prove this. They instead prescribe a fancy pill to get rid of your ailments. Well, did you know that new drugs are tested on only a few hundred and sometimes maybe a few thousand patients, and then distributed to millions? Also, in order to be approved by the FDA they need only show that they worked better than an alternative in two different trials. The scientists can hold 600 trials where they use their new drug with an existing drug or method, and if the data leans in their favor just 2 times of the 600 trials, it can get approved. There is way too much money to be made in prescription drugs, so like many other areas, the truth will always be buried by greed. They fail to mention the vitamin c trials, or the Niacin trials that were able to get a 100% reclusive, depressed woman who sat staring at the wall all day every day, to sit and converse normally at the dinner table. The doctor of six years (that had gotten no results thus far with medication) told them it was dangerous and to stop, with no medical evidence. The family did this, and she went back to how she was before. These are real clinical trials, they are just not mentioned to you by your doctors. Nature and the human body is made to heal itself, but the toxins must be removed first through healthy diet and exercise. These vitamins and minerals exist in our foods for a reason. You don't always need Prozac if you are depressed, two handfuls of walnuts also contain the same amount of pyrazine as Prozac, and have been found to boost serotonin. Fitness has had many trials to show it's effects on depression. Instead of solving the root of our medical issues, the medical industry wants to simply cover the problem with drugs that are expensive and have severe side effects. Some of those with diabetes have completely eliminated it with proper diet and exercise alone, and no longer take medication. Heart disease and cancer (two of the most profitable disease for prescription drugs and also most expensive for the country) are almost 100% preventable. They are diseases that only exist because of the Western diet and the chemicals we incorporate into our crops. But telling everyone how to get rid of them wouldn't be profitable at all. You may think this sounds like a crazy conspiracy theory, but all this information is out there, yet the medical industry and food industry do their best to keep it from you. When you do find out about it, the doctor will tell you why their medical care or their drugs are much better and safer than these natural human processes, without a shred of evidence. Cash is King, that is absolutely true. I used to take an anti-depressant drug for years, and never did it actually make me feel better or normal. I have not had any anxiety or depression orders for the last 3 years now. This is because I changed my outlook on life to a positive one, quit putting toxins like alcohol and crappy food into my body, and exercise regularly. I do not believe that all pills are useless, and I know some are necessary, but 90% of the prescribed medication today would not be needed if the public was educated and followed a healthy lifestyle. Prescription drugs are a market, and the medical industry treats it just as such.

Cardiovascular Disease : The Great American Tragedy

Cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, are among the top causes of death within the U.S. However, cardiovascular disease is due mainly to a much larger problem, the lack of exercise and a healthy diet in the everyday lives of the common American citizen. This is due to numerous reasons, but I would like to focus on three main points; the false and contradictory information fed to consumers, the unhealthy options made readily available to consumers, and the lack of physical activity in citizen’s busy lives. With these factors combined we have skyrocketed cardiovascular disease and other health issues into the top spots for causes of death within America.

     People today receive so much information that contradicts the other, or are told all out fabrications by companies trying to sell their product, that they are ignorant to what is truly healthy. You have the dairy industry pushing milk and cheese products, and then scientific evidence showing that our bodies are naturally lactose intolerant soon after the age of two. They tell you it is good for your bones after this age and contains a good supply of vitamin D. However, they fail to mention that vitamin D is put into the milk by factory workers, and our body cannot properly digest dairy. Oatmeal has been a staple of a “healthy” diet for years, but if you trust what the food industry says, then your glycogen levels will spike extremely high every morning after you have your “healthy” oats. Oats break down into glycogen and this skyrockets your bodies natural level of blood sugars. This can be deadly for someone who is diabetic. So you have the government and food industry telling you how important a good breakfast is, promoting milk and oatmeal as a staple, and scientific research in the background showing the detrimental effects they can have on your body. People want to trust the food industry, not realizing that they are just another organization with people who want to make money like everyone else. They come out with supplements that you can take to replace all of the vitamins and minerals that the consumer is now lacking due to the diet they have readily been provided of processed foods, McDonalds, and others loaded with salt and sugar. Most people take these thinking it will balance their diet, unaware that they are not even regulated by the FDA, and also many have detrimental side effects to the liver and kidney. So they shove as many calories as they can into processed foods, so the consumer can eat empty calories for cheap and feel full for a short period of time, and push supplements to make up for the important parts of the food that are lost in this process.

  Not only do consumers receive mounds of contradictory and false information on what a healthy diet truly is, but the unhealthy options are also much less expensive and are more readily available. Americans use this as an excuse to rationalize or justify their eating behaviors. They stop at McDonalds and order a Big Mac because they are in a hurry to get back to work. Or they order the salad, which McDonald’s offers as a “healthy choice” on their menu, not realizing that the salad with dressing contains more calories than a Big Mac. Besides, where else can you go and fill up on less than a dollar? There are fast food restaurants on every corner to lure in Americans and their families with their playgrounds, bright colors and lights, wafting smell being fanned from the building, and value menus full of filling and empty carbs. There may be one “health food” store in the city, with higher prices than the consumer is used to paying for a box of Hamburger Helper or pesticide soaked vegetables from across the country. The government fails to educate the public on how to maintain a healthy diet, and the food industry uses this opportunity to find the cheapest ways possible to shove as many calories, sugars, and salt into foods to get the customer hooked. This eliminates a lot of choice for Americans and pushes them towards an unhealthy diet. But food is not the only thing responsible for bad health, which leads to obesity, and can ultimately lead to heart problems and other cardiovascular diseases. After Americans consume the horrible food choices that are promoted to them, they then sit on the couch and watch commercials about more food options for the next day.

     The lack of physical activity combined with the unhealthy diet practices of the average American has skyrocketed cardiovascular diseases and heart issues into the leading cause of death in America. Americans are in such a hurry everyday that it is easy for them to make excuses about how they don’t have time to workout, or can’t afford a gym membership. Besides, who would want to workout after eating a double bacon ultimate cheeseburger? They don’t realize that they don’t have to have a lot of time to become healthier, and they don’t have to pay expensive membership fees to workout. There are tons of workout videos available for less than $20 that only take 10-20 minutes a day, or others that may be 30-60 minutes and only three times a week. You don’t need a gym membership for these exercises, they can be done right at home in front of the television, where many Americans have come to be very comfortable already. Little changes can lead to larger ones which can then lead to noticeable results, but Americans are too impatient to wait for results and want to try these get thin quick diets and pills. Most, if not all, are extremely bad for your body and yield results that are temporary. Lions are one of the most powerful animals in nature, when do you ever see them taking pills or only eating zebras and drinking crystal light for a month? To stay fit we have to do what has worked for our ancestors before we had Ab Rollers and Stackers and the Atkins Diet. We need a balanced diet that provides our bodies with the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and proteins that nature freely provides. We also need to get off the couch and go run a couple miles, down past the doughnut shop, past the McDonalds, and stop at the local farmers market to grab some fruit.

     Being fit and healthy to avoid issues like heart disease and stroke ultimately comes down to choices. Americans have to choose to eat the right foods and choose to exercise enough if they want to avoid becoming a statistic for cardiovascular disease. The food industry and government definitely make this a difficult task with all of their marketing and personal agendas of greed and profit. The information is always out there for the consumer, but they are responsible for turning off the television set and doing some research for themselves. We as Americans have to make a decision, are we going to grab the nearest food and set on the coach when we have a minute to relax in our busy schedules, or do we want to live a happy and disease free life. All we have to do is search for the truth ourselves, make the right decisions, and prioritize our health within our everyday concerns. If we do not do this, then hundreds of thousands of people will continue to die every year due to an unnecessary disease.

Is Food Safe?

In American supermarkets, our food has been infiltrated by science, in an attempt to make the food "better" than what it already is. By doing so, we have now entered a time that is dominated by obesity and malnutrition. In the late 70's, and into our current generation, we became obsessed with discovering what it was in food that our bodies actually needed to grow and be healthy. We discarded the idea that the food that has been provided for us since the beginning of time was good enough and decided we could improve upon it. That is when ingredient lists on food items began to get longer and harder to pronounce. We have become a society with two main citizens, those who are health nuts and want to add every vitamin and "nutrient" they can to food using science and hormones, or those who feel we can trust the FDA and Government to provide us with safe food choices. Neither of these lifestyles have proven successful, they lead to either obesity or failing kidneys and other organs. In our attempt to make ourselves healthy, we have actually broken fundamentals that have worked for thousands of years and succeeded in becoming even less healthy. The FDA can only regulate food to a certain degree, a degree that is ultimately determined by the needs of the economy and food industry. In 1938 the Government passed the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act stating that any processed food items must have the word "Imitation" printed on their label. This law was overturned in 1973, because it stood in the way of advancing food scientifically by adding things like dyes, gum, bicarbonate, and other chemicals. How can we trust an organization to tell us what is safe to eat, if they overturn the very laws they fought to create because of pressure by those with greedy and corrupt motives? The focus of food has become less about being healthy and more about maximizing it's effects, whether that be the amount of "nutrients" we can shove into it or how much we can yield from crops or animals to increase our sales. Look at the issues we have because of the corn crops. The government subsidizes farmers for their corn crops, so the farmers grow way too much corn and mounds of it sits under tarps decaying and going to waste. They then use whats left to create high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to shove into not only junk food and soda, but also supposedly "healthy" items like Gatorade. Even when the food industry releases food items with healthy claims such as "low-fat", "natural", or "high fiber", FDA regulations allow them to get away with hiding ingredients that are proven bad for our bodies behind these healthy claims, or to make claims that are misleading and fabricated. We have marshmallow covered cereals that are "high in fiber" and an "important part of your day" for children. Our attention is directed to the positive ideas to divert us from acknowledging how horrible the food blatantly is. This is like saying you should smoke crack because it helps you lose weight.... The FDA may do a decent job at regulating the safety of our food as far as preventing diseases and some of the methods with which the food is prepared, but it lets the food industry run freely as far as what they decide to put into the food. Because of this, obesity is one of the biggest causes of death in America now. People need to ignore the labels and simply turn the can around to read the ingredients. If it has more than 4 or 5 ingredients, and you can't pronounce most of them, then put it down! Or better yet, go to the produce isle and grab organic vegetables and some fresh fruit.

Food Inc.

If you haven't already then watch the film Food Inc. It not only has Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan in it (Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, etc.), but it will tell you nifty things like how the chief of the USDA was the former chief lobbyist for the beef industry or how the head of the FDA was the former exec. vice president of the National Food Processors Association under the Bush administration. You have to eat, and it's not safe. Like, you can die not safe. Happens A LOT, check the stats.We are creating new and stronger strains of E. Coli, and the organizations who are supposed to protect us are run by the leaders of the very organizations they are supposed to protect us against. This is not a far away war, this is the stuff you put into your body everyday, that you are being told is safe, and years later getting cancer and dying from. Think of how many meals you eat, every time you take a chance of getting sick and/or dying, or your children. Maybe from the meat being passed by the USDA with E.Coli, or the peanut butter or hundreds of bags of spinach that contained Salmonella in the early 2000's that passed by the passive inspections of the FDA and their greedy puppeteers. Money is way more important than human lives, at least that's the values of the people running the show. Watch about the little boy that was maybe 4 or 5 that had to go on dialysis because he got E. Coli from hamburger meat, and he wasn't allowed to drink water. So he spent his last days suffering with failing kidneys and begging for water before he died. This started by purchasing meat that was stamped "fit for human consumption" by the USDA. But, I guess people will care when their child is put on dialysis, until then they will just be naive and refuse to educate themselves to greatly lessen their chances.

Interesting Facts on Raw Foods

When you cook meats it destroys 50% of the proteins available for your body. When you even as much as steam veggies it destroys a large amounts of the nutrients they may hopefully still contain, depending on how depleted the soil they were grown in was. So even when eating healthy, you can be getting a lot less than you think. You should eat over 50% raw foods every meal if can. Your body actually attacks cooked foods as a toxin, increasing white cell count.

Spirulina: Superfood

"Spirulina is sustainable food, offering more nutrition per acre than any other food. It is able to provide 20 times more complete protein per acre than soybeans, and 200 times more per acre than beef. It contains the eight essential amino acids as well as ten non-essential amino acids, making it an excellent choice for anyone not consuming animal protein. It is rich in enzymes, chlorophyll, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and phosphorous. It is rich in B complex vitamins including B6, biotin, B12, pantothenic acid, folic acid, inositol, niacin, riboflavin and thiamine. It is a good source of essential fatty acids, including linoleic, and arachidonic acid. Spirulina contains 4,000 mg/kg of carotenoids as alpha and beta carotene, xanthophylis, cryptoxanthin, echinenone, zeaxanthin, and lutein."

With all the amino acids and high protein, it would be amazing for a recovery drink.