Juice Plus+ products are the most convenient
way of getting fruits and vegetables into our
daily diet.

I thoroughly enjoyed this email. Was very well explained and would enjoy seeing more.
Listing the different foods and explaining what each of them do for your body. This can teach us about the foods we can eat for our health.
Thank You

I also think Juice Plus+ is a great way to increase the colors in our diets. I wonder if Dr. Hyman knows about Juice Plus+?

>>And most importantly, do you have any tips or advice for how to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables one can eat each day?<

My favourite way to get as many colors in is to go with stir fry or recipes that call for a variety of colors. I recently made a chili garlic shrimp that I stir fried with corn, green onion, red bell pepper, garlic, and cucumber (yes, I stir fried cucumber...wasn't sure how it would turn out but it was not bad). I served it over lettuce for my husband and over diced avocado for me. I am also an artist and like to paint so when I prepare a meal, I try and consider the look as well. DO NOT BE AFRAID TO CHANGE A RECIPE. If I am making something with green broccoli and white onion and orange carrot, I will go ahead and add a yellow bell pepper for color and interest even if the recipe does not call for it. Experiment and tweak. Play and have fun!

I have trouble with fruit myself because I seem to be allergic to anything that grows on a tree. I have noticed, however, that since I have been cleaning up my diet the reactions are not quite as severe. I have to cook fruit in order to be able to eat it so my fruits tend to run towards more deserty type dishes.

It's comforting knowing all the time spent in deciding and preparing a colorful dinner has multiple "+" effects; eye appeal & health benefits too! Now, I'll work on mixing it up even more.

On veggies - My fiance has begun using at least one vegetable in his daily salads each week he's never used before. He goes for color! Currently, he is trying organic yellow tomatoes.

Dr. Hyman mentions shark fin soup. I would encourage anyone with ecological concerns to investigate the overfishing of sharks which is contributing to food chain collapse in parts of our seas. Sharks are harvested for their fins and not much else. Please take a look and decide for yourselves. In my opinion, any healthful properties they may have pales in comparison to driving a species to extinction and creating such an imballance in our world's oceans. Thanks!

I've been preaching rainbow foods for years, but this was a great reminder and summary! Thank you.

Since you asked: Yes, I've thought of food as medicine since I was in college, although my physician father didn't agree! I probably eat six to eight servings of vegetables and fruits daily (and feed them to my family) and I also supplement a lot because I can't always get organic, unprocessed food. But I DO buy organic when possible, and I buy organic chicken and beef as well. In particular, I believe milk products should be organic, because of the connection between the breast cancer epidemic and the hormones given to dairy cows. I'm shocked to see children as young as ten showing secondary sexual characteristics--and then people complain that organic means expensive!

To answer your questions Dr. Hyman, each day I eat at least on fruit, chopped salad with lunch (filled with lettuces, carrots, cabbage, red onion, celery, a few green and black olives, and tomatoes. For dinner I have at least one vegetable, sometimes two. As for color groups, I have to say that I don't cover all of them in one day, perhaps three colors in one day, and in a week, maybe four. This has to change! I never thought of food as medicine, but rather something I feed my body to keep it healthy, similar to medicine. I now will begin looking for more Chinese foods to add to my diet. No I have never had the pleasure of eating a meal such as the one you ate, but perhaps some day I will. As for tips to increase one's consumption of fruits and vegetables, I would suggest only that people have them readily available to themselves. For example, have a variety, cleaned and easily accessable to just grab and eat. I sometimes steam two large heads of broccoli and cauliflower and have it for a few nights. I keep a variety of apples, pears, and such washed and ready to be eaten in my refrigerator. I keep nut and raisin, and dried fruit snacks in a zip bag in my car as well. I am not always so good, and don't always eat them, but I try.

Dr. Hyman, your words are so reassuring. I started my health regime way back in the 70's with Adele Davis. I shared her book with my father, who is now an amazing 96, and he credits me with giving him a start to a healthier life.
My husband and I eat well and pay a lot of attention to nutrients in our food. Your recent article totally supports what we have learned over the years about nutrition.
Two questions: I rely on "Splenda" for added sweetness in foods and wonder if it is, in your opinion, safe; and, we take many supplements, well-chosen over the years. With good eating habits, do you think supplements are still a good idea?
Many, many thanks for sharing your knowledge. I plan to give copies of your book to several friends and relatives.
MLE, Taylors, South Carolina

I lived in Japan for two years and ate many interesting meals and managed to stay healthy and thin. Konjak was the "slim secret" of all the ladies and was eaten on an almost daily basis...it has almost no calories. You can buy it at any asian market. It looks like clear noodles and you can add them to any dish you would normally use a thinner noodle. They are also good in a cold salad. Green Tea was the other "slim secret" and was also consumed on a daily basis. Drinking green tea made from the whole leaf, found in an asian grocery store, kept my skin glowing and my weight perfectly maintained. We ate many four course meals while in Japan, some with meats and fried tempura, but did not gain weight. Each meal contained a variety of interesting vegetables and cleansing foods to help your body get rid of the fat(konjac, teas). Rice was eaten at every meal, not the uninteresting, plain american style rice. We at sticky rice made in a rice cooker, which was much more flavorful and very filling.This was the main source of protein. Even now, my family still eats rice at least 3 times a week. You can buy asian rice at an asian market and it's inexpensive. I highly recommend the asian style of eating and we can incorporate some of the food easily into our diet. Drinking 1-2 cups of green tea is an easy change, (just remember it's caffeine level is similar to coffee, so don't overdo it if your limiting caffeine)and trying some new recipes with konjac is easy. Try getting an asian cookbook to get ideas of how to use new foods. The other "slim secret" was to add several kinds of vegetables and fruit to each meal and limit the meat. Stir fry consisted mainly of vegetables, very little meat was added. A meal always ended in a fruit as desert or very lightly sweetend gelatin, sugar was used sparingly. If you are interested in changing your diet, but not sure what you'll like, try your local asian resturants, ask questions while you are there and find out what healthy foods you can make at home.

Love the plan, love the recipes, enjoy the blog, but I can't read any of the comments. They come on my screen all smooshed together.

BTW, what is the ETA on the recipe book? I'm anxiously awaiting it.

Try Bolthouse Farms bottled health drinks, especially the green one called "Green Goodness." It looks awful but tastes great and contains all sorts of phytonutrients. These small and large size bottles are usually in the produce department of grocery stores. You don't have to go to health food places to find them.

Dr. Hyman. You indicated you had eaten shark fin soup. First, let me say how you have made my life so much better. I read portions of your book at least 1x per week.

As to Shark Fin soup: I am a scuba diver and devoted to preserving our biodiversity. You cannot know how disappointed I was to read that you had this soup. It is singlehandedly the most detrimental dish served in Asia which is destroying the world's shark population. You should read up on how the shark's are hunted. You should read about how 1000s of dolphins and other large game fish are also captured and slaughtered as a by-product of the shark hunting. It is reprehensible. Sharks are critical in the life cycle below the oceans. Their needless and senseless slaughter is having tremendous impact on our fish and reef population.

Dr. Hyman hits the nail right on the head. But who can afford organic to get the best phytonutrients. I have found an alternative called Juice Plus+. 17 whole food fruits, vegetables and grains in a capsule. Backed by peer-reviewed research (double-blind, placebo-controlled). For $2.00 a day I get all the fruits, vegetables and berries I am suspose to get. And know I am doing the best thing I can for optimum health.

Hippocrates was famous for his statement "Let your medicine be your food and let your food be your medicine." However, much of that wisdom is lost to the so-called medical system of this country. We traditional Naturopaths have been doing this for centuries underground and from prisions that MD's have put us in and would often still like to do and are pushing new legislation to increase that very thing.

This is so they can act like they discovered or re-discoverd it and can control it and make all the money off of it by making it by prescription only. This has already succeded in some other countries and it is slated for us. The UN via Codex is putting this into international law and getting counties to incorporate it into their existing laws or be cut-off from trade if they refuse. Any food that is shown to have health benefits will be classified as a "medicinal food" and only be available by prescription (imagine that price). This leaves only junk food for those who can't afford the high price of "medicinal foods". Think of the drug company profits then! You may not have to take drugs now, but it will soon be illegal to grow your own food without a controlled substance growers permit. Just what do you think that will cost? I'm not making this stuff up folks. They have already initiated a satillite crop monitoring program of small food growers in Oregon. Yes we are talking back yard gardens here.

Fight now for everyone's health freedom. Support local organic farmers by buying their products. Yes they cost more, but that is alot cheaper than losing it all to the cororate farms who lie and cheat us now with their so- called organic that isn't anything but regular cows shipped to thier "organic" farm so they can sell the polluted stuff at much higher prices and smile all the way to the bank. I don't buy Horizon or Aurora products for this reason.

Eating all colors and as much as possible is an ancient naturopathic concept. I am glad that science is finally starting to come on board with research these last thiry years, but Native Americans and Naturopaths have known this for many centuries. When I say Naturopath I do not mean the Bastyr type of naturopaths who use drugs, sugery, and radiation, I mean a traditional Naturopath who follows nature and how the body heals.
What is in the food is only as good as your preperation and your relationship to the food. We eat food for the energy contained within it. I explain this in my book Your Own Perfect Diet" and this section was originally written in 1980 showing that this is not new.

It is the poisons in the food and using the wrong food balance that damages most of the genes to create genetic conditions. It is no supprize that getting good food that actually have the phytonutrients in them help heal the body.

I personally traveld to China and studied there at their Qi Gong hospital with the masters. They have lost alot of their understanding in the food area too. However, they are so far ahead of allopathic (MD) medicine that there is a vast amount to learn. Each area of the planet has much food lore and wisdom from observation of cause and effect. That wisdom needs to be honored and incorporated until fully understood.
I am glad to see you waking up and waking up many others to true health. I produced some exercise guidlines many years ago about the varied rate exercise you have called supra aerobics. Thank you, I have been trying to get people aware of that for almost thiry years, but as a naturopath I have not had the access to the public like you.
Keep up the good work.
Dr. Robert L. Groves, ND

How do we know that all the things the Chinese recommend to eat are really true? Remember, the Chinese also used to bind and break little girls bones to make their feet small so they would be more marriagable.

How do we know that all the things the Chinese recommend to eat are really true? Remember, the Chinese also used to bind and break little girls bones to make their feet small so they would be more marriagable.

How do we know that all the things the Chinese recommend to eat are really true? Remember, the Chinese also used to bind feet and break little girls bones to make their feet small so they would be more marriagable.

I have taken juiceplus for about 7 years. This product is 17 different fruits, vegetables and grains in a capsule. It relieved me from 30 years on a sulfa drug to control chronic prostatitis that my doctor said could not be cured. Neither my wife nor have had a cold since we hae been taking it. Easy way to get your fruits and veggies.

We are a nation suffering from iodine deficiency...iodized salt cannot be used in food processing because iodine discolours food. The food is still perfectly safe to eat, but it is not attractive. Since the land (particularly around the Great Lakes) is iodine poor, we don't get iodine from the foods we expect to provide it. If we are "mature" and "well built" the doctor has probably told us to cut back on the salt because it is not good for edema or heart.
Is it therefore logical to suspect that we are not getting enough iodine in our diets, which would make us all prone to "hypothyroid"?

I have enjoyed your book although, for the most part, it reflects the opinions of many others - and, as you say, it mostly just having common sense about what you eat. The only problem I had with your article about going to China had to do with eating shark's fin soup. Most people consider these predators as "bad" - but, without them, our oceans will become polluted with sick and dying fish. The fact is the seas are being overfished and sharks are fast becoming an extinct species if we don't stop harvesting them and, in some case, killing them for pure sport.

Dr Hyman:
Very interesting article. I have been reading your books and trying to implement your priciples as best I can. Today, my wife and I ate 8 servings of fruit and vegetables in 5 color groups. The best way we find to consume a good amount of fruit/vegetables is to buy and keep a good quanity on hand. If you don't have it, you can't eat it. I was glad to read someone else was concerned about shark fin soup. Your theme about interconnectiveness can be expanded to the universe.

A lot of important information regarding the food we put into our mouth. Put the wrong food in your mouth and you are slowly digging your own grave.

Regarding the comment about Shark Fin soup, I too was disappointed with this part of the email as tens of millions of Sharks are killed every year, with at least 8,000 tons of shark fins shipped to restaurants around the world.
Fishermen from all over the world have said that the shark is hardly found anymore and the size when caught are getting smaller. The cooking process used to prepare Shark Fin Soup involves drying, bleaching and drying again which removes all taste and nutritional values anyway. The remaining taste is the only ingredient. The following is a link for those who are interested in supporting the ban on this practice: http://www.thailandlife.com/sharkfinsoup.html

This was a beautiful post. It inspired me into wanting to open a fresh juice stand that would be called "Rainbow Natural Juices"

It only makes good sense to eat right. I really enjoy the knowledge that your emails provide. Chinese people generally do stay fit and it's all in the food they eat. I love green leafy vegetables and all sorts of fruits. I was on the low carb diet for a while and when I started it, I lost 30 pounds. This diet seems easier to follow, without having to give up the fruits I like. I like the concept of cooking fresh vegetables, but have to admit that I am a big fan of (frozen) vegies because of convenience. I would like to have everything fresh, but it is kind of hard when you work. Please keep me informed, I am trying to eat healthy, trying to stay away from starches, and eat more whole grain foods. So, food really is medicine, good for the body.

Good article but I was sorry to see you extolling the virtures of shark-fin soup. This dish causes the death and mutilation of thousands of sharks that are harvested just for the fins and otherwise wasted. But the color wheel for foods was very useful.

I found the article quite interesting on the colors in our diet. Some of us have to get an illness to wake us up and make us pay attention to what goes in our mouth!
After a muscle disease I went to Weight Watchers and lost 73 pounds due to the steroid treatment which made me look very pumpkin like. Being of Greek heritage didn't help either...using food to show your love all through my childhood made a bad mix for well being.
This article was a very good eye opener to the benifits of each food.
Now I eat all the colors and use the treadmill daily to help in eating more of anything including fruit. As a child I hated Broccoli but was always an avid fruit eater. My tastes have changed because I love Broccoli even raw now. I think our taste buds die off because what used to make me gag as a child just doesn't now! I would love to read the book you mentioned: "What Color is your diet?" by David Heber thanks for the useful information.

i have to agree, Dr. Hyman; you have had me on everything you have said/written up to this point (mentioning shark fin soup favorably).

No one believes me when I tell them this, but peanut butter goes very good on raw cabbage leaves. My kindergarten teacher used to make us "cabbage sandwiches" (no bread, just cabbage leaves with peanut butter)for snack time and we all loved them. I still love them, and whenever I have a bit of cabbage left over from making borcht I'll whip up a few for a healthful snack.

I saw so many comments mentioning this Juice Plus that I had to check it out. I found this article from a "watchdog" site:

http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/NSA/juiceplus.html

I thought everyone should have access to this info. Make up your own minds of course, but don't begrudge the "examination" type sites. I'm thankful for sites such as this that take a look at a group of products closely. Whenever I have been tempted by a weight-loss supplement commercial I would check out the supplement watcher websites for real results and info (and end up being "un-tempted").

Anyway, now that I've read Dr. Hyman's books, I no longer am even tempted to believe in any supposed "weight-loss supplement." As Dr. Hyman says, and it really is obvious, good health doesn't come from a pill or a shake or a diet.

Just wanted to share. :)

I live in Israel where we have a huge
variety of fruits and vegetables all year long so I see that I get to eat all the variety there is on the market to get all
the diferent nutrients from them and its fun
to experience all those colors and tastes
and never get bored!

RE: drugs vs food as medicine, how many doctors out there are frustrated with their many noncompliant patients who just can't seem to take all their pills on time, every time, every day of the week? I know all about this because I am 1) one of those patients whose schedule is not routine, which makes me forget SOMEthing every day! 2)as a medical transcriptionist, I have become aware of how great the percentage is of those who ADMIT their noncompliance.

But, everyone loves food. We love to eat. It's built in. Our bodies crave it, and we delight in the effects eating food has on us (excepting those few foods we have overindulged in and become allergic to). So, why not take Dr. Hyman's discoveries that food IS medicine and shout them from the rooftops?

Simply put, because the drug lords would have the Feds put us in jail faster than you can say Jack the Ripper. (Yes, I meant that. What did Jack Robinson ever do to anybody? But everybody recognizes how deadly Jack the Ripper was, and that is the mental image I intended to conjure in your mind.)

So imitate Dr. Hyman and educate your patients first about which foods they can eat more of to help their conditions. As time goes on and those conditions are nourished back to a healthy state, the emphasis will undoubtedly shift as a different condition, formerly muted because of a more insistent and more bothersome condition, makes its presence known. Treat that with emphasis on those foods, but all the while teaching your patients that food is medicine and to be consumed thoughtfully and gratefully - what pill ever tasted as good as a handful of red raspberries? a cup of ruby-red watermelon cubes? a half-cup of carrot slaw with dried blue grapes (raisins)?

GO FOR IT, DOCS! Your patients will love the results and refer all their family & friends to you, leaving the drug-addicted patients of all those drug-pushing doctors out in the cold and still not getting any relief! Make a statement that makes you feel good - and makes your patients feel great!

Let's be careful about idolizing traditional Chinese medicine. They're also very big on taking things like bear gall bladders and tiger bones and penises, which are putting those species in danger of extinction.

Hello Michalena
Iodine deficiency is common in the Great Lakes area; the highest rate of thyroid cancer in North America is in York Region, just north of Lake Ontario. In addition, is estimated that 75% of females in the region will develop thyroid nodes. It is recommended that kelp and other seaweeds are ingested in the diet to rectify the situation; a study at Queens University is currently underway to provide empirical evidence on the matter. There are some physicians at Southlake Regional Hospital who are also proposing a study.

LOVE IT! Long ago, I was told by a nutrition Professor of mine in Miami to eat like Paleolithic man . . . seasonally, lots of available fruits, veggies & nuts/seeds and occasionally a bite or two of flesh protein, preferably from fish. That was over 25 years ago. Now we know so much more! The real reason for the ill health of our people is that our Countrys' priorities are a deranged media and conglomerate fed labryinth of gluttunous half-truths. All misinformation aimed at fueling big business, and not the health and welfare of our humane interests.

Check out something new I've recently discovered, and see what you think about it . . . zija. @ tryzija.com Maybe it's a step in the right direction?

Mark, shark fins are harvested by removing the fin from the live shark and tossing him back in the sea to die. They are actually depleting shark stocks where they are industrially fished. Shark's fin soup is a no-no.

Regarding iodine, it is interesting to learn that the midwest has this problem. I've been taking a product called SeaVegg, and upon arrival it had a page indicating it contains alot of iodine. It is made from seaweeds, and the sea plants chosen are supposed to have far more nutrients than land plants.

When I was a Marine stationed in Okinawa, my freinds and I would be out partying on a weekend and stop at midnight at a resteraunt for a bowl of "SOBA". That is Japanese for soup. It had in it rice, fish, beef, seaweed, and who knows what else. It had a raw egg laying on the top when served. The soup was very tasty, but we mainly got it because it energised us to continue the rest of the night. It was like taking a super high potency vitamin. I wish I could get that same soup again.

Seems to me that by taking a juice+ capsule, you're missing out on all the fiber, which is also critically important.

Our family has always tried to make our diet be our "Medicine". But lately we have REALLY tried to incorporate more fruits and vegetables. With children who preferred sweets and salty snacks especially processed, we have had success with putting the veggies in food we already eat. For instance, when making spaghetti sauce, I grate carrots very fine and precook with the onions, garlic and mushrooms. By the time the sace had simmered for a while they never know carrots are in there. Another way is to roast some sweet potatoes, mash and add to your spaghetti sauce. Some people add sugar to their sauce but sweet potatoes are already naturally sweet and roasting them REALLY brings out the sweetness. My husband, who is Italian, says that my spag. sauce with roasted sweet potatoes is the best he ever tasted. Another way to add veggies is to grate veggies into breakfast muffins (carrots, zuchinni, ANY vegatable); add apples or unsweetened applesauce (w/ a handful of oats thrown in) to pancakes; finely grate fresh cabbage and add to a fruit salad with a yoghurt dressing.

Food is not just for filling our bellies. It is NOURISHMENT. If we give a body what it needs it heals itself and gives us energy. I wish I had learned that years ago. I am glad I get to teach it to my kids.

I recently ordered a meal at a local Chinese restaurant in NYC of bok choy and shitake mushrooms. What was served was a beautiful plate of baby bok choy cabbages, each about four or five inches high, artfully placed around whole mushroom tops; all were lightly sauteed and it was delicious. Since then, I found baby bok choy once in a local market; otherwise, I am buying the full size and using it in place of celery in my chicken soup. I also saute it as part of a stir-fry instead of using broccoli and prefer it now.
Try it!

Thanks for your ideas. You may be interested in one I learned of today...making a macaroni and cheese using one or two packages of the frozen butternut squash as a base, and adding much less cheese to it when heated just until it melts (four cheeses were used in smaller amounts - riccota, monterey jack, cheddar and fresh grated parmesan), then mixing this in to the macaroni.

Thank you for a direct and factual article. Would you address the topic of glyconutrients, please? I appreciate your knowledge and wisdom.

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I have a question about green tea. I purchased some Good Earth Green Tea, decaffeinated by natural process to preserve antioxidants. Do you think that this green tea would be okay? I have been wondering that if it's decaffeinated, it would not have what you expect from green tea. Does brand matter? Do you prefer one brand over another. Also, I purchased green tea pills. I'm supposed to take one pill twice a day with a glass of water, half an hour before meals. What do you think of that? I'm interested in increasing my metabolism. It's a soft capsule -- I'm not sure what you call it. I left the bottle at home.

Dear ADr. Hyman.
I have Verticulosis (diagnosed a week ago), had it 5 yrs.ago as well. Shown on Colonscopy. Not any worse. Dr. wants me off nuts, almonds, etc. I asked him if I can grind them, he has no documentation if ground
is O.K. What is your opinion please. I am on your second phase of your diet and lost 10 pounds.
Maria

I regularly eat 4 out of the 7 color groups. I am mostly bad about the red group. I don't eat much red stuff. Our oranges will be coming on soon, then I will be getting that color group. I was doing a little better before the spinach scare, as I included sliced spinach in my weekly salad that follows. I make a salad for the week with everything in it but regular salad ingredients! The base is shredded red or green cabbage (I alternate), beets, carrots, radishes (or daikon), chopped onions, garlic, zucchini (or yellow crookneck), either a turnip, rutabega, or parsnip, califlower, broccoli and parsnip (I don't think I left anything out). I keep it in a large plastic cake saver (upside down). It takes up a whole shelf in the fridge. I eat between 2 and 4 salads a day (about a hand full or 1 cup) with a homemade dressing make of equal parts of seasoned rice vinegar, flaxseed oil and water, with 1/2 t of dry powdered mustard and paprika and that colored ground pepper. Yummy! And I don't like raw vegetables very much. The trick is to chop the pieces as small as possible so that you can get a variety of flavors in your mouth at one time.

This was an excellent article. You asked how my family & I manage to get max benefit from fruits. We drink a nutritional beverage called Monavie. It contains 19 of the worlds most potent fruits. The #1 ingredient is the Acai Berry from the Amazon. It is the highest rated fruit on the ORAC chart at 1027. The other fruits it contains are: Pomegrante, Bilberry, Passion fruit, Wolfberry, Blueberry, Kiwi, Cranberry, Apricot, Prune, Nashi, Aronia, Pear, Acerola, Banana & dark & white pigment grapes.

We drink 2 oz. in morning & 2 oz. in evening. It has done wonders for our health, including lots of energy, plus sleeping like a baby at night! Dr. Ralph Carson, PHd from Duke & from Auburn developed this fruit blend. The Acai berry is harvested from the wild's of the Amazon, freeze dried & blended with the other fruits from around the world in Salt Lake City.
Dr. Alex Schauss is the foremost expert on the Acai berry & has been studying it for a number of years. Dr. Schauss just recently published a paper in the Journal of Agricultural & Feed Chemistry on the "Phytochemical & Nutrient Composition of the Freeze-Dried Amazonian Palm Berry, Acai" & also "Antioxident Capacity & Other Bioactivities of the Freeze-Dried Amazonian Palm Berry - Acai". It can be gotten online.

We love our juice & so do our kids & grandkids. It is the simplest way for anyone to get their daily requirement of antioxidants & 5 colorful fruits a day!

Lu Crews

Thank you, Oceana, for giving much needed attention to this issue in such an informative and educational manner.

I've been using a blender to add more vegetables to my diet. I drink two protein shakes a day, and toss 2 to 3 ounces of fresh baby spinach into my morning shake, and 4 to 5 ounces of canned pumpkin into my evening shake.

Also, there's a supplement called Greens+ (no relation to JuicePlus) which is worth looking into. It's recommended by top sport nutritionist Dr John Berardi, who is pretty selective about his supplement recommendations.