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Bone Solid Supplement by Country Life

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Back in December I posted about a book called The Whole-Food Guide to Strong Bones.  As the name implies, the book explores how whole foods, not supplements, can restore and maintain bone health.  I was pretty convinced….

But not fully.  My great-grandma Delphine, who lived into her nineties as her height slipped below 5 feet, warned me and my sister about osteoporosis and how it should be avoided.  That always kind of haunts me.  Which is why I took up Bailey’s offer when she offered to send me a new product by Country Life: Bone Solid.

Not your regular calcium pill (or even your calcium-magnesium-Vitamin D pill), Bone Solid has some fancy-sounding Triple Action.

The Bone Solid trifecta:

  • Increasing Utilization – by using the MCHA form of calcium that is identical to the body’s natural bone composition.
  • Strengthening Bones – by providing vital bone supporting nutrients such as Boron, vitamins K1, K2 and D3, plus calcium for stronger bone structure.
  • Supporting Bone Metabolism – by including nutrients such as vitamin K1, K2, and D3 that support the management of specific metabolic processes for better bone support.

So, I’ve been popping a couple of these each day.  In conjunction with the whole-food approach, I think my great-grandma Delphine would be proud.

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Intelligent Nutrients Hair/Skin Care, Supplements

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Last spring was the launch of an exciting new line of hair care, skin care, aromatics and nutraceutical supplements: Intelligent Nutrients.

Intelligent Nutrients is 100% organic.  It was developed by the founder of Aveda (and active environmentalist), Horst Rechelbacher.  Aveda is from Minnesota, like me.  But that’s not the only reason I like it!

I had the opportunity to try a whole gamut of Intelligent Nutrient products.  As you can see, they are all beautifully (but not overly) packaged.

I’ll highlight my favorites out of all of the types:

1.  Spray-On Detangler :  I have very fine hair that is incredibly prone to tangles.  I’ve never consistently used detangler, though, since I wasn’t confident in its origins or its effectiveness.  Intelligent Nutrients Detangler was very helpful while not weighing my hair down.  Its smell is fresh and light- not toxic at all!

2. Lip Delivery Nutrition (aka Lip Balm): This lip balm is great!  I love the tall, thin shape and its sweet smell.  It really “wakes up” the lips, so to speak.  And apparently it’s nutritious for them, too- score.

3. Intellimune Tablets : These are soft, crunchy pebbles that come in a bottle.  They’re chewable and a little bit “seedy” and a little bit “fruity.”  I really got used to them and now I really look forward to eating my dose (2-4 pebbles) each day.  They’re antioxidantly potent, which helps me feel better (psychologically at minimum) on those days where coffee, take-out and wine make up the rest of my intake.  (Though coffee and wine each have a lot of antioxidants too, right?)

4. Certified Organic Hair Balm : Long live hair balm!  It’s very helpful for people with fine hair (see #1), for people whose hair likes to do “its own thing,” or for people who live in humid climates: ie, for nearly everyone.  This hair balm actually reminds me a lot of Aveda’s hair stick which is shaped like a deodorant stick and deserves serious credit for keeping me and my sister looking halfway decent during high school swim seasons.

Check out the Intelligent Nutrient website for more info on each of these products as well as many more.

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