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Nutrition

I’ve posted articles about nutrition in the Articles section on the left. But suffice to say, eating 6 or so small meals throughout the day can be quite a challenge with our hectic schedules. Also getting good quality protein in the land of milk and honey isn’t easy. It seems that everywhere we go for food whether it be a fast food restaurant or sit down, the food is starchy and carbohydrate heavy, low in quality protein and high in the bad fats and low in the good fats.

Well like most unknowing but dedicated health buffs I used to go to a certain company to buy my protein and vitamin supplements. I won’t mention their name but their initials start with GNC ;-) 

Anyways I have found some excellent products that are more cost effective, have better ingredients than a lot of the junk out there and even taste good if you can believe that! I’m definitely not the type of person to recommend something I don’t use myself so all of the products below I personally use either daily or when needed.

To start let me just say that if we were to use the pyramid as our basis of proper nutrition, it would look like the picture below with high quality food as the foundational and most important ingredient. A quality multi-vitamin/mineral/phytonutrient would be next along with Omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil. Finally any supplements that enhance such as creatine or whatever would be the last priority. Real food is at least 80% of it, the high quality multi-v/m/p is 18% and the other stuff is the rest.

Ok, here is my recommended list of supplements. You don’t need them all but most can help you reach your goals faster.

You can purchase these on my other site Brian Copeland’s Health Zone, you will need to create a login and password.

Warrior Whey Natural Whey Protein

Ori Hofmekler with Defense Nutrition/Warrior Diet makes some great protein supplements made from grass-fed and hormone-free cows. From whey protein powders, protein bars and even rice protein powders, you can't go wrong with these very modestly priced quality proteins.

Warrior Whey (formerly called Warrior Milk) is my new favorite protein powder, it is creamy, tastes great and is very healthy. Best of all, since it isn't processed and filled with chemicals like normal protein powders, you won't get bloated and farty like Will Ferrel's character in the movie Zoolander!

Xs™ Energy Drink

A low-carb, sugar-free blast of energy.
XS Energy Drinks deliver a powerful punch of B vitamins to help boost mental and physical energy.
Low carb and sugar free.
Twelve 8.4 oz. cans

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Flavors:
Tea-Berry Blast (no carbonation) my favorite
Cranberry-Grape Blast
Cranberry-Grape Blast Caffeine-Free
Citrus Blast another favorite
Cola Blast
Cherry Blast
Tropical Blast
Tropical Blast Caffeine-Free
Rootbeer Blast
Rootbeer Blast Caffeine-Free
Electric Lemonade Blast

Getting the proper nutrition is vital not only to making progress in building muscle and loosing body fat but also in recovering from your workouts. The world’s fastest man Asafa Powell reaped huge benefits from adding Double X® to his nutrition program.

This isn’t Centrum or One-A-Day. These vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients are all organic and made from plants unlike most multivitamins, which are made from chemicals. For less than your daily Starbucks coffee you can improve your health, recovery and alleviate nutritional deficiencies ever present in the food we eat.

Nutrilite® Daily Free Multivitamin/
Multimineral

Free of yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, alfalfa, iron
and vitamin- K

People with sensitivities can still get 100% or more of the Daily Value for 12 essential vitamins and 7 minerals with this unique multi.
6-month supply
180 tablets


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Nutrilite® Kids Multivitamin/ Multimineral Chewables

A complete children's chewable with exclusive plant nutrients.

This great-tasting children's multi contains xylitol, a natural sweetener that won't promote tooth decay. This product contains gluten.
45-day supply
90 tablets

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Nutrilite® Ocean Essentials®
Balanced Health Omega-3s

Fire up your mind-body connection.

Support memory, learning, and concentration1 and help your nerves send messages more efficiently with this blend of essential Omega-3s.
30-day supply
90 softgels

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