Your diet is good. From what you have shared with me, you are eating mostly alkaline forming foods, and that is good. Your body’s alkalinity should be between 7.35 – 7.45. If it’s below or above this range, this means symptoms and disease. A pH of 7.0 is neutral. If your pH is below 7 your body is acidic.

When your body becomes acidic that stems from an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and or immune reactions, or any process that deprive your cells of oxygen and other nutrients. Your body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals. If your diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur. This is what causes water retention, among other disease.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

When you have an acidic balance in your body, it decreases your body’s ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decreases the energy product in your cells, decrease your cells ability to repair damaged cells, decrease your cells ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumour cells thrive, and make you more susceptible to fatigue and illness. If your blood pH is 6.9, this is only slightly acidic, but it can induce coma and death.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

Our bodies have a natural lean/fat ratio, which varies with individuals. It could mean that when you hit that brick wall, which I would not refer to as a brick wall, but a natural state of balance, your body had reached its natural lean/fat ratio.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

I commend your focus, and would very much like to know from your perspective, what is the purpose of this exercise? What are you aiming to achieve?

A body that is in perfect balance should run like a river, cleansing all the time, because everyday your body releases five-hundred to eight hundred billion dead cells. This is why Sunrider concentrated herbal foods are perfect for your body. They are pre-digested, and they support balance. Anyone who understands the body will tell you that the foods you eat are not the miracle. It is the cells of your body that are the miracle of intelligence. One year from now you will have whole new body. The question is, will your cells be regenerating strongly, or will they be degenerating? Plant foods cause cancer cells to degenerate. Animal products cause cancer cells to mutate.

What I have said above should help you to understand why using ordinary washing-up liquid to clean plates that you put your foods on and eat, is not a good idea, because of the acidity that you might absorb from those products.

Since Sunrider started in 1982, Dr Chen has been very conscious about making his products affordable to Customers, as well as IBOs, as you can see from the recent Business Plan Summary. He knew that if he is asking people to switch brands, and buy from his Healthy Supermarket, his prices would have to be competitive. He also knew that the quality of his products would have to be superior

From my experience, I find Sunrider prices very cheap. For example, one ten pack of Calli Tea, or Fortune Delight is at present costing £5.60 inclu. VAT (Prices go up or down relative to the strength of the £, and how much profit IBOs. or Customers are able to make on retailing products). So this means that one tea bag, or one sachet of Fortune Delight is costing 56P. Given that one tea bag of Calli, or one sachet of Fortune Delight makes six mugs, or up to two litres of beverage, you are paying 56P for six mugs, or up to 2 litres of tea, or Fortune Delight. I do not know of any place where I can buy six mugs of tea for 56P. Not only that, I do not know of any place that I can buy tea that supports the cleansing of my one-hundred-trillion cells in my body, enabling my body to maintain balance at that price.
My wife and I have a three Litre stainless steel pump thermos in which we put one sachet of Fortune Delight, and one Calli tea bag, and fill it up with hot water. We like to mix the Calli and the Fortune Delight. Relative to how much we drink throughout the day, this sometimes last us for a couple of days. It sometimes goes cold before we are able to finish it, so we either have it cold, or warm it up. If you have a big family, this is an ideal way to share Sunrider Concentrated Herbal Foods with your family.
We have already established that the pyramid structure is a natural law of life, and you said that you do not like the business structure of Sunrider. But 98% of the population, by the time they get to 60 or 65, are either dead, or dead broke. The other 2% have financial freedom.
Now let’s put this into some perspective. Say some of the 98% have the desire, and commitment to move up to the 2%, and they do not have a huge capital to begin with. They start looking around at possibilities. They see that the economy is in recession. They see that people are being made redundant left, right, and centre. They look at their bank balance and see that they don’t have enough money to invest in any of the established business models such as Stocks and Shares, Property investments, buying a Franchise, opening a Retail business, and if they did, it would still be a big risk. What hope would you give to those people? Every year 9 out of 10 university graduates fail to find a job. What hope do you give to those graduates who can’t find a job?
The Direct Marketing Business Model is the Business Model of the 21st century. Richard Bronson realized that, and has now bought into it. It is the only business model that can meet 99% of any person’s needs. It boast more millionaires than any other business model, and with the right skills and training, it gives non-graduates, undergraduates, and graduates the opportunity to build a six, and seven figure income working from home. More importantly, they do not need a huge capital to set up their Franchise like business working from home. Production, distribution, Research and Development, Packaging, Accounting, Recognisable branding etc., are all taken care of. They just need to have desire, commitment, self-motivation, team spirit, and dependability.
http://www.centre-of-health.com
Yes, if you wanted to retire from Sunrider you are able negotiate with Sunrider on the best course of action to take in your interest as well as Sunriders’ interest. As you can appreciate, not everyone has the aptitude for business, or business acumen to run an established business. One of my colleagues did inherit his Father’s Sunrider Business.
I know people who are earning six figure incomes with Sunrider, and I am sure that none of them consider themselves to be Dr Chen’s underling. I certainly do not consider myself to be Dr Chen’s underling.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

Hi Ali!
It is such a pleasure to be sharing with you on your blog.

Your diet is good. From what you have shared with me, you are eating mostly alkaline forming foods, and that is good. Your body’s alkalinity should be between 7.35 – 7.45. If it’s below or above this range, this means symptoms and disease. A pH of 7.0 is neutral. If your pH is below 7 your body is acidic.

When your body becomes acidic that stems from an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and or immune reactions, or any process that deprive your cells of oxygen and other nutrients. Your body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals. If your diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur. This is what causes water retention, among other disease.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

When you have an acidic balance in your body, it decreases your body’s ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decreases the energy product in your cells, decrease your cells ability to repair damaged cells, decrease your cells ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumour cells thrive, and make you more susceptible to fatigue and illness. If your blood pH is 6.9, this is only slightly acidic, but it can induce coma and death.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

Our bodies have a natural lean/fat ratio, which varies with individuals. It could mean that when you hit that brick wall, which I would not refer to as a brick wall, but a natural state of balance, your body had reached its natural lean/fat ratio.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

I commend your focus, and would very much like to know from your perspective, what is the purpose of this exercise? What are you aiming to achieve?

A body that is in perfect balance should run like a river, cleansing all the time, because everyday your body releases five-hundred to eight hundred billion dead cells. This is why Sunrider concentrated herbal foods are perfect for your body. They are pre-digested, and they support balance. Anyone who understands the body will tell you that the foods you eat are not the miracle. It is the cells of your body that are the miracle of intelligence. One year from now you will have whole new body. The question is, will your cells be regenerating strongly, or will they be degenerating? Plant foods cause cancer cells to degenerate. Animal products cause cancer cells to mutate.

What I have said above should help you to understand why using ordinary washing-up liquid to clean plates that you put your foods on and eat, is not a good idea, because of the acidity that you might absorb from those products.

Since Sunrider started in 1982, Dr Chen has been very conscious about making his products affordable to Customers, as well as IBOs, as you can see from the recent Business Plan Summary. He knew that if he is asking people to switch brands, and buy from his Healthy Supermarket, his prices would have to be competitive. He also knew that the quality of his products would have to be superior

From my experience, I find Sunrider prices very cheap. For example, one ten pack of Calli Tea, or Fortune Delight is at present costing £5.60 inclu. VAT (Prices go up or down relative to the strength of the £, and how much profit IBOs. or Customers are able to make on retailing products). So this means that one tea bag, or one sachet of Fortune Delight is costing 56P. Given that one tea bag of Calli, or one sachet of Fortune Delight makes six mugs, or up to two litres of beverage, you are paying 56P for six mugs, or up to 2 litres of tea, or Fortune Delight. I do not know of any place where I can buy six mugs of tea for 56P. Not only that, I do not know of any place that I can buy tea that supports the cleansing of my one-hundred-trillion cells in my body, enabling my body to maintain balance at that price.
My wife and I have a three Litre stainless steel pump thermos in which we put one sachet of Fortune Delight, and one Calli tea bag, and fill it up with hot water. We like to mix the Calli and the Fortune Delight. Relative to how much we drink throughout the day, this sometimes last us for a couple of days. It sometimes goes cold before we are able to finish it, so we either have it cold, or warm it up. If you have a big family, this is an ideal way to share Sunrider Concentrated Herbal Foods with your family.
We have already established that the pyramid structure is a natural law of life, and you said that you do not like the business structure of Sunrider. But 98% of the population, by the time they get to 60 or 65, are either dead, or dead broke. The other 2% have financial freedom.
Now let’s put this into some perspective. Say some of the 98% have the desire, and commitment to move up to the 2%, and they do not have a huge capital to begin with. They start looking around at possibilities. They see that the economy is in recession. They see that people are being made redundant left, right, and centre. They look at their bank balance and see that they don’t have enough money to invest in any of the established business models such as Stocks and Shares, Property investments, buying a Franchise, opening a Retail business, and if they did, it would still be a big risk. What hope would you give to those people? Every year 9 out of 10 university graduates fail to find a job. What hope do you give to those graduates who can’t find a job?
The Direct Marketing Business Model is the Business Model of the 21st century. Richard Bronson realized that, and has now bought into it. It is the only business model that can meet 99% of any person’s needs. It boast more millionaires than any other business model, and with the right skills and training, it gives non-graduates, undergraduates, and graduates the opportunity to build a six, and seven figure income working from home. More importantly, they do not need a huge capital to set up their Franchise like business working from home. Production, distribution, Research and Development, Packaging, Accounting, Recognisable branding etc., are all taken care of. They just need to have desire, commitment, self-motivation, team spirit, and dependability.
http://www.centre-of-health.com
Yes, if you wanted to retire from Sunrider you are able negotiate with Sunrider on the best course of action to take in your interest as well as Sunriders’ interest. As you can appreciate, not everyone has the aptitude for business, or business acumen to run an established business. One of my colleagues did inherit his Father’s Sunrider Business.
I know people who are earning six figure incomes with Sunrider, and I am sure that none of them consider themselves to be Dr Chen’s underling. I certainly do not consider myself to be Dr Chen’s underling.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

Hi Ali!
It is such a pleasure to be sharing with you on your blog.

Your diet is good. From what you have shared with me, you are eating mostly alkaline forming foods, and that is good. Your body’s alkalinity should be between 7.35 – 7.45. If it’s below or above this range, this means symptoms and disease. A pH of 7.0 is neutral. If your pH is below 7 your body is acidic.

When your body becomes acidic that stems from an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and or immune reactions, or any process that deprive your cells of oxygen and other nutrients. Your body will try to compensate for acidic pH by using alkaline minerals. If your diet does not contain enough minerals to compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur. This is what causes water retention, among other disease.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

When you have an acidic balance in your body, it decreases your body’s ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decreases the energy product in your cells, decrease your cells ability to repair damaged cells, decrease your cells ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumour cells thrive, and make you more susceptible to fatigue and illness. If your blood pH is 6.9, this is only slightly acidic, but it can induce coma and death.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

Our bodies have a natural lean/fat ratio, which varies with individuals. It could mean that when you hit that brick wall, which I would not refer to as a brick wall, but a natural state of balance, your body had reached its natural lean/fat ratio.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

I commend your focus, and would very much like to know from your perspective, what is the purpose of this exercise? What are you aiming to achieve?

A body that is in perfect balance should run like a river, cleansing all the time, because everyday your body releases five-hundred to eight hundred billion dead cells. This is why Sunrider concentrated herbal foods are perfect for your body. They are pre-digested, and they support balance. Anyone who understands the body will tell you that the foods you eat are not the miracle. It is the cells of your body that are the miracle of intelligence. One year from now you will have whole new body. The question is, will your cells be regenerating strongly, or will they be degenerating? Plant foods cause cancer cells to degenerate. Animal products cause cancer cells to mutate.

What I have said above should help you to understand why using ordinary washing-up liquid to clean plates that you put your foods on and eat, is not a good idea, because of the acidity that you might absorb from those products.

Since Sunrider started in 1982, Dr Chen has been very conscious about making his products affordable to Customers, as well as IBOs, as you can see from the recent Business Plan Summary. He knew that if he is asking people to switch brands, and buy from his Healthy Supermarket, his prices would have to be competitive. He also knew that the quality of his products would have to be superior

From my experience, I find Sunrider prices very cheap. For example, one ten pack of Calli Tea, or Fortune Delight is at present costing £5.60 inclu. VAT (Prices go up or down relative to the strength of the £, and how much profit IBOs. or Customers are able to make on retailing products). So this means that one tea bag, or one sachet of Fortune Delight is costing 56P. Given that one tea bag of Calli, or one sachet of Fortune Delight makes six mugs, or up to two litres of beverage, you are paying 56P for six mugs, or up to 2 litres of tea, or Fortune Delight. I do not know of any place where I can buy six mugs of tea for 56P. Not only that, I do not know of any place that I can buy tea that supports the cleansing of my one-hundred-trillion cells in my body, enabling my body to maintain balance at that price.
My wife and I have a three Litre stainless steel pump thermos in which we put one sachet of Fortune Delight, and one Calli tea bag, and fill it up with hot water. We like to mix the Calli and the Fortune Delight. Relative to how much we drink throughout the day, this sometimes last us for a couple of days. It sometimes goes cold before we are able to finish it, so we either have it cold, or warm it up. If you have a big family, this is an ideal way to share Sunrider Concentrated Herbal Foods with your family.
We have already established that the pyramid structure is a natural law of life, and you said that you do not like the business structure of Sunrider. But 98% of the population, by the time they get to 60 or 65, are either dead, or dead broke. The other 2% have financial freedom.
Now let’s put this into some perspective. Say some of the 98% have the desire, and commitment to move up to the 2%, and they do not have a huge capital to begin with. They start looking around at possibilities. They see that the economy is in recession. They see that people are being made redundant left, right, and centre. They look at their bank balance and see that they don’t have enough money to invest in any of the established business models such as Stocks and Shares, Property investments, buying a Franchise, opening a Retail business, and if they did, it would still be a big risk. What hope would you give to those people? Every year 9 out of 10 university graduates fail to find a job. What hope do you give to those graduates who can’t find a job?
The Direct Marketing Business Model is the Business Model of the 21st century. Richard Bronson realized that, and has now bought into it. It is the only business model that can meet 99% of any person’s needs. It boast more millionaires than any other business model, and with the right skills and training, it gives non-graduates, undergraduates, and graduates the opportunity to build a six, and seven figure income working from home. More importantly, they do not need a huge capital to set up their Franchise like business working from home. Production, distribution, Research and Development, Packaging, Accounting, Recognisable branding etc., are all taken care of. They just need to have desire, commitment, self-motivation, team spirit, and dependability.
http://www.centre-of-health.com
Yes, if you wanted to retire from Sunrider you are able negotiate with Sunrider on the best course of action to take in your interest as well as Sunriders’ interest. As you can appreciate, not everyone has the aptitude for business, or business acumen to run an established business. One of my colleagues did inherit his Father’s Sunrider Business.
I know people who are earning six figure incomes with Sunrider, and I am sure that none of them consider themselves to be Dr Chen’s underling. I certainly do not consider myself to be Dr Chen’s underling.
http://www.centre-of-health.com

The Sunrider product that will nourish your body back to balance are the basic foods. Nuplus, Quinary, and Calli. These you can purchase in a SunPack: Code: 00011
In this Sunpack, you will get 2 ten packs of Calli Tea, 3 ten packs of Fortune Delight, 2 ten packs of NuPlus, 1 bottle of Quinary, and 1 Shaker bottle. You may purchase these directly from Sunrider by joining as a Customer. As I am the person who introduced you to Sunrider , you will need to have my details to join, which is: Earth G Seasun-Moonstar, and email: info@earthg.co.uk No commitment for you to become an IBO, and membership is free. If you need support, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Bless!

Thank you for responding to me!
Yes, I am the same Earth-G.
You are welcome to my support any time.
Bless!

As far as artificial sweeteners…not only do they cause fat and weight gain but they literally destroy the body and the organs that we need to be functioning for survival and to regulate metabolism and increase weight loss when needed. They are neurotoxins that kill our brain cells, mess up our thyroid gland, and wreak havoc on our digestive system. https://lifesnaturalpleasures.wordpress.com/healthy-living/artificial-sweeteners-splenda-aspartame-saccharin-high-fructose-corn-syrup-splenda/ Here is a research article I did on some of the common artificial sweeteners.
I agree that you should definitely experience the benefits of the Sunrider foods for yourself before looking into the IBO part. As of March 1st the business plan is changing, you might want to take a look at that in the future. You can find a description on the Sunrider website.

And as far as bowel movements go…that is great your getting in a lot of raw vegetables. That will help not only with the fiber, but to balance out the pH in your blood from all of the acidic meat. I’m not sure if you are familiar with the acid-alkaline balance within the body, but it is very very important to keep healthy and trim. Doing some green vegetable smoothies would help with the bowel movements. For me, I tried everything from diet, fluids, exercise, and the only thing that has helped me is the Fortune Delight from Sunrider and now I am very regular. I promise I am not saying that to hype it up, its really what I have experienced.
Good luck on everything Ali, I would love to help you out if you ever have any questions. Nutrition and natural health is my passion.

That’s a nice way to look at weight gain and health, but do you not think that even a healthy body that consumes excessive amounts of food will store the excess energy as fat? Isn’t putting on fat a way for the body to prepare for when times get tough and therefore an important survival function. It’s just that with today’s ample food supply it becomes a a nuisance…

I have heard this before… I have heard that even low calorie artificial sweeteners encourage fat gain. It’s a subject I’ll need to look into in more detail at some point.

Thanks for the recommendations. I’ll stay away from the IBO and other options for now – seeing as I’m skeptical of Sunrider’s business side of things. But I’ll look into the costs involved and look into making an order in a couple of months time towards my fat loss experiment.

As for fibre, well I’m eating a lot of vegetables raw, so imagine I’m getting plenty of fibre. But it seems the excessive meat consumption is slowing down my bowel movements as you guessed. When I did the detox the opposite was true…

The key is to get our bodies functioning properly and balanced between all of the systems to flush out those stored toxins so our body can release the fat it has been holding onto in order to survive. It can be overwhelming to think about all of the functions, systems, processes, hormones, ect that go into being healthy. This is where the beauty of the Sunrider foods comes in. All of the thousands of years of research has been done to create the perfect combination of herbal foods at the best quality and concentration to nourish, balance, and cleanse our bodies. What I would recommend, which is the recommendation for everyone to start is a Starter sunpack. This would give you a small sample of all of the Sunrider basics: Calli Tea, Nuplus, and Quinary as well as fortune delight, sunbreeze oil, and sunnydew stevia. You then have the option to become a “V.I.P” customer where you would save 10% on all of your further purchases, or an “IBO” where you would save 20% on all of your purchases. If you want to start slower, I would recommend you starting with the Cali tea (1 bag diluted in 1 gallon of water per day) and the Regular No Beans Nuplus (3 scoops a day or more is optimal, but eat whatever budget allows). As you may know balanced blood sugar is a huge part of weight loss and increased energy and stamina, the Sunnydew Stevia is one of my favorites as an all natural sweetener that feeds the pancreas to stabilize blood sugar and secrete digestive enzymes to improve digestion. If you are on a “low carb” diet, I am guessing your fiber intake is low and regular digestion is probably an issue. The fortune delight is wonderful at flushing fat out of the body and cleaning out the colon gently by cleansing the blood and feeding the digestive system.
Feel free to email me with any questions: mrs.jlopez34@gmail.com and check out my site at http://www.lifesnaturalpleasures.com where I have some real life testimonies and a short powerpoint to describe the basics of the Sunrider foods. I promise, all of my advice and opinion comes from an honest heart. I have seen these foods do miracles in my body and some of my friends and family. I have a huge passion for helping people in my profession as an R.N. and that is all I want to do, spread the exciting news about what these foods do for the human body. Let me know if you want any help ordering of if you have any questions, I would be happy to help!

As you can see from the chart despite my BIA scales showing that I have hit a brick wall in body fat percentage at around 17%, my waist size continues to decrease in size as does my calculated body fat according to the results from this web page: http://home.fuse.net/clymer/bmi/

If I do find myself hitting a brick wall even in waist size (visceral fat), then I shall take your comment into consideration and increase my intake of carbohydrate to see if it makes a difference.

Yes you’re totally right about the brain running on glucose, and I must confess that my brain does feel quite cranky compared to the clarity I experienced during the 40 day detox. I do occasionally eat fruit high in vitamin C though, like lychees, kiwi, oranges and grape fruit. But not as much as I would normally.

As for using washing up liquid to wash vegetables that would all depend on what kind of washing up liquid one uses. I didn’t specify. If someone is using a non-toxic organic one like this: http://www.organically-speaking.co.uk/Organically-Speaking-Earth-Friendly-Natural-Almond-washing-up-liquid-d232b0b (750ml for £3.99) then what I said still stands true. If one is using commercial washing up liquid – well if one considers it good enough for the utensils one is using, then how different would it be to use it to wash the skins of vegetables? It will be rinsed of the liquid just like the plate. However if one considers it problematic, then the question would be, why use it as a dish washer either? Perhaps one should move to an alternative? Another option which I failed to mention in the blog post is to follow the natural instructions here: http://www.ehow.com/how_4497214_clean-chemicals-off-fruits-vegetables.html (i.e. the use of salt and lemon). My point is that there are so many far more economical ways and organic alternatives to the £26.66 for 475ml SunSmile® Fruit & Vegetable Rinse. Imagine seeing the Sunrider product in your local Wilkinson’s.. it simply would not sell at £26.66 for 475ml! No one in their right mind would pay that kind of price to rinse your vegetables regardless how good the product might be! You’d be better off spending that money on increasing one’s consumption of organic fruit and vegetables rather than trying to superficially clean the pesticides off commercially farmed fruit and veg.

I can’t comment on the quality of Sunrider’s products, it’s possible that they are as amazing as you believe… despite that, I still think the products are over priced.

Did you read the link to the FTC alert I quoted? It’s here: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt057.shtm

To me the description it gives of dodgy MLMs fits like a glove for Sunrider, with a few exceptions.

The halal certificate and kosher award mean nothing as far as the business side of Sunrider goes. And as Sunrider products are vegetarian anyway its not hard to get a Halal certificate for one’s products. These certificates do not say anything about Sunrider’s business structure or practices – just their products.

Just because something is successful and and has a multinational presence doesn’t mean that they are completely ethical or free from “sin”. I mean there are many large corporations which rape the earth – they are so large because they do rape the earth. So Sunrider’s large size is not proof of them being all round wonderful as you try to claim. Their wonderful products doesn’t mean that they should be able to charge an arm and a leg for the products. That’s the main issue here for me, their pricing and their business structure and practices. As far as I am concerned they fit the FTC warning like a glove. That’s the real issue here.

Yes pyramid structures are everywhere. But I prefer not to be part of them if I can avoid it. And if I have to be part of a pyramid I’d rather be at the top, rather than be someone’s else’s underling. That’s just a personal preference. But again your confusing pyramid structures with what I have a real problem with. I have already mentioned in my blog post that I don’t have a problem with earning commission in a tiered structure. My problems with Sunrider are (I’ll repeat it again):
1) extortionate pricing; 2) not having enough faith in one’s pricing to be able to sell the products side by side with other brands on a shop floor; 3) the need to contribute €100 to €200 per month to be eligible for commission 4) an emphasis on finding other distributors who will also pay €100 to €200 per month into the pot, or sorry buy €100 to €200 worth of products every month.

And finally Earth G, is their an exit strategy? If you wanted to retire one day, could you sell your business onto someone else? Or are you trapped for life? Or what if you discover another company, that rewards you more generously for distributing their products, could you make the move after selling the business you have built all these years? For example I know someone who swears by the quality of Sunrider’s products and uses them to this day, but after spending 18 years as an IBO he moved over to working with another company (http://www.isagenix.com/us/en/home.dhtml).

Thanks for the videos I’ll check them out.