Gatorade has gotten completely out of control…(hilarious)

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Written by David over at OurAnnoyingWorld.com. 

It’s another reason why Yoli is bringing a natural alternative to the mess out there these days in the beverage marketplace.  I think if we can realize how ridiculous some things are in our world, we are then able to see that alternatives like Yoli Truth just make logical sense.

I haven’t been paying much attention lately — say, for the last 20 years — but I’ve just begun to notice that Gatorade has gotten completely out of control.

When I was 10 years old there were two flavors of Gatorade:  Green and Orange.  It was a huge deal when they added red to the Gatorade cannon.  And by red I mean, it was called “red.”   Red Gatorade.  Because it was the color red and tasted very red.  They weren’t getting too fancy with the name branding yet.

Fast forward to 2009: There are now 67,000 flavors of Gatorade (13,000 of them being subtle variations on Purplish/Blue.)

Tiger Woods has his own flavor of Gatorade: Gatorade Tiger, which was recently renamed Gatorade Focus (so as not to upset the 3 vegans who thought it was made from actual tiger).  There’s another new flavor called Gatorade: Shine On (which sounds suspiciously like a feminine hygiene product).  There is something called  Gatorade: No Excuses (which was also a name brand of jeans in the 90’s: “Gatorade with just a hint of denim?”)

Oh, and when I say “flavor” keep in mind I’m using the term very loosely: Shine On. Quiet Storm.  Mountain Frost. Are these drink flavors or weather forecasts?

But the scariest one is Tiger Woods’ Gatorade Focus, because it adds an extra amino acid to the party.  This is where I draw the line.  Adding amino acids to my beverages?  Amino acids?  The building blocks of life?  Doesn’t anyone remember Jurrasic Park?  You start adding amino acids to Gatorade, dump a little too much of it on Eli Manning after a big game, next thing you know you’ve got some strange Manning/velocirapter hybrid rampaging the Superbowl.

Okay, maybe I’m just bitter because I feel left out.  Why does Tiger Woods get his own flavor and I don’t?  Shouldn’t I at least get to name a few?  Come on, just a half dozen or so.  Who would notice?  I’m sure blind people wouldn’t.  To them Gatorade comes in one flavor:  Corn Syrup.

I’ve already come up with a few good suggestions.  And Gatorade, you can have them, free of charge:

• Gatorade: Cloudy, Chance of Sleet (to go with their weather motif)
• Gatorade: Diabetic Coma (100 mg’s of extra fructose)
• Gatorade: Serena (fiery red, with just a hint of soapy water, to wash out her potty mouth)
• Gatorade: Shot of Greatness (a little vodka thrown in for good measure)
• Gatorade: Zoloft (to dump on losing teams, cuz they’re so sad!)
• Gatorade: Plaque Rinse (half sugar, half fluoride.  Let ‘em fight it out in your mouth)
• Gatorade: Kevorkian (when you want your last drink to be deadly and purple-ish)
• Gatorachino (coffee, foamy milk, and Gatorade.  Should be big in Europe.)

Yep, that last one makes my stomach churn too.  But remember 2006, Coke’s ill-advised Coke-coffee drink, Coke-blak?  Was that any better any idea?

And for those who’ve blocked it from your mind, I kid you not…

Arnold Palmer had nothing to fear

Yoli Helps Children, New Report Highlights Role of Drinks in Daily Calorie Intake

A new report has been posted about the consumption of drinks by children. It confirms what Yoli is putting together and why you and I and our children need Yoli now more than ever. We have to do better for our children.

A new report(1) which gives insights into what parents of young children and teenagers themselves think about drinks has revealed that parents do not count drinks as part of their children’s daily food consumption. The report, commissioned by safefood, also revealed that parents and teenagers shared a number of similar concerns but had very different purchasing patterns in terms of where they bought drinks, what drinks they bought, and also what influenced them in making these decisions(2).

Commenting on the report, Dr. Cliodhna Foley-Nolan, Director, Human Health and Nutrition safefood said, “This research clearly shows that we as consumers have a bit of a blind spot about the contribution of liquids to our daily calorie intake. Many soft drinks on the market contain a lot of ‘added’ sugars and few nutrients for example, sweetened fruit juice drinks and fizzy soft drinks (Yoli is addressing this problem). Water, milk and pure, unsweetened fruit juice drinks are the healthiest drink options and any other drink should be seen as a ‘treat’. (These so called “healthy” drink are also not all that good for us – we can do better)

In addition, the report revealed that parents know milk and water are the healthiest options as drinks and that when parents made changes to the drinks they bought, their children adapted. (This is why we have to give Yoli a chance. We can make a difference. Do it for you and your family)

“Both parents and teenagers indicated that mindless consumption plays a huge role in what they eat and drink”, continued Dr. Foley-Nolan. “Teenagers said they always needed ‘a drink’ while they were hanging out, watching television or socializing with one another. It also emerged that the consumption of many drinks was down to habit and what children/teenagers were used to. (mindless consumption of Yoli will actually improve health with next to zero calorie intake) Many parents said they tried to reduce the number of fizzy drinks being purchased and were quite successful at doing this. When they made positive changes to the type of drinks consumed, despite some initial resistance, their children adapted and got used to it quite easily” she added. (Again, we can do this together with Yoli)

A common dilemma expressed by those surveyed for the report was that parental control over food intake is somewhat lost as children reach a certain age. The research indicated that teenagers were influenced by image, advertising and cost when choosing their drinks. The power of brand advertising and celebrity endorsement of certain drinks were seen as major reasons why young people choose certain drinks. Parents expressed the belief that the marketing and pack formats of certain drinks were attractive to children and that these factors encouraged their children to consume these drinks. (Yoli already has more than one Olympic athlete on board and we’ll see more celebrity alignment in the near future)

“We know from dietary intake research who consumes what type of drinks. This research reveals that parents feel that a sugary drink is more favourable than a sugary food as a treat and both, parents and teenagers, seem to ignore the significant calorie counts of many of the drinks consumed in our schools and homes”, said Dr. Foley-Nolan. “It also highlights the challenges faced by parents when purchasing soft drinks for their children and the influence of advertising on their purchasing habits”, she added. (Yoli can help us as parents change these habits)

The report entitled “Consumer knowledge and practice in relation to drinks for children and young people” is available to download from the safefood website http://www.safefood.eu

References
1. safefood Drinks: “Consumer knowledge and practice in relation to drinks for children and young people” 2009 (safefood/Millward Brown Lansdowne)
2. safefood Drinks: “Consumer knowledge and practice in relation to drinks for children and young people” 2009 (safefood/Millward Brown Lansdowne) Table 1 Drink purchasing patterns among parents and teenagers – where and what they buy and the major influences on their purchases.

Food and Beverages With “Good Bacteria” Can Improve Your Health

Bacteria in your food & beverages—as a good thing? That’s the idea behind probiotics, which have been cropping up lately in yogurts, baby formulas, and Yoli’s Truth drink. A “probiotic” label on a product means it contains live bacteria similar to the microorganisms found in the human gut. These “ friendly bacteria” are supposed to be good for you. So are they?

In a study published in August in the journal Pediatrics, scientists looked at the effects of daily probiotic supplements in 300 children aged 3 to 5. The kids were divided into three groups and given two doses a day for six months. One group got a placebo, the second got one type of good bacteria, and the third got a combination of several different types of good bacteria. Over the six-month period, there were fewer fevers, runny noses, and coughing episodes among the children who got either of the supplements containing good bacteria. Those who were given the combination of bacteria were healthiest.

Further, when kids taking the probiotics did get sick, they took less time to recover, required fewer antibiotics, and missed fewer days of child care.

Evidence indicates that probiotics may be effective in reducing the risk and shortening the duration of gastroenteritis in children, decreasing cases of a serious gut infection in premature infants, preventing eczema in children, and preventing diarrhea associated with antibiotics in both adults and children.

The question is why. One theory is that the introduction of good bacteria into the system sets off a competition with bad bacteria, thus stimulating the immune system.

US Market – Healthy Beverages For Kids To Grow By Billions In Next 2 Years

Disclaimer: Yoli products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. 

The US market for children’s food and drink will grow in value by 50 percent from $16.4bn in 2007 to $26.8bn within two years, according to a new report from New Nutrition Business.

The report, Marketing Kids’ Healthy Beverages, identifies health drinks as making the biggest gains. Fruit juice, fruit-flavored water and dairy drinks are still the biggest and most dynamic areas of the junior beverage sector as more companies recognize that parents are looking for alternatives to sugary colas and sodas.

“There are a number of factors that give fruit drinks for kids a competitive advantage over other categories,” says the report. “For one thing the “naturally healthy” image of fruit drinks makes them a suitable vehicle for health benefits – as does children’s love of fruit-flavored, sweet drinks. They are also convenient to carry and pack in lunchboxes.”

Appealing to customers

Underpinning a brand with the claim of naturalness is proving to be just as strong and profitable a trend in children’s food as in adult nutrition, according to the report.

“Across all food and beverage categories, the message that a food or food component is naturally and intrinsically healthy is one of the most appealing to consumers in all cultures,” writes the report’s author, food specialist Julian Mellentin.

As almost all of the ten case studies featured in the report illustrate, health-conscious parents are increasingly choosing products that they perceive to be as natural as possible. Increasingly they are shunning ingredients that they see as undesirable or unnatural or potentially harmful, such as added sugar and artificial sweeteners, preservatives, colors, or flavors. - (Yoli is completely natural with NO harmful ingredients)

“Being able to offer one or more of the benefits of being “free-from” dairy or wheat (to take just two examples) is essential for any brand targeting children and health conscious parents,” advises the report. “Kids’ beverages should contain no added sugar – use apple or pear juice concentrates as your sweetener, or perhaps fructose.” - (Yoli fits the bill – no sugar in Yoli)

Although beverage products should be as natural as possible, manufacturers who want to deliver a health benefit from an added ingredient should choose one that mothers accept and understand. That means, in most countries, either a probiotic or an omega-3, said the report. - (Yoli Truth includes live enzymes and probiotics)

Digestive health

Parents’ key concerns for their children’s health focus on immunity and digestive health, according to the report.

“In coming years expect to see an increasing focus on developing brands to meet these needs. Concerns around digestive health suggest an untapped opportunity for fiber and probiotics,” it predicted.

Also important is strong beverage packaging which is equally as important as products’ scientific credentials, research and development, or advertising investment.

The report is available from New Nutrition Business.

What’s great about Yoli is that it is delicious and healthy.  Out of 20+ kids that I have personally seen try Yoli Truth, 99% of them liked it and wanted more.  My 3 year old daughter, Amaya, loves it and drinks it throughout the day.  Finally, we have something that we can drink as adults and the kids can enjoy as well that will improve our health and is simple and convenient to use.

Advertising Watchdog says “Vitamin Water claims are misleading”…

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Publicity for vitamin-enriched water made by Coca-Cola fell flat with the advertising watchdog for “misleading” claims about its nutritional benefits.

Watchdog bans Vitamin Water adverts…

Posters and a leaflet for Vitamin Water featured slogans such as “more muscles than brussels” and “keep perky when you’re feeling murky”.

An advert for the “power-c” drink said: “Popeye had it easy. A can of spinach and he bulked up … the nutrients in this bottle won’t enable you to walk on mud, or become a strapping sailor man, but they will help you beat your granny in an arm wrestle.”

Another read: “If you’ve had to use sick days because you’ve actually been sick, then you’re seriously missing out my friend. The trick is to stay perky and use sick days to just, erm, not go in.”

Complaints were made about the implications that the drinks were equivalent to vegetables and had health benefits such as raised energy levels and resistance to illness.

Two people also said that the adverts implied that the drinks were “healthy”, even though they contained 4.6 g of sugar per 100ml.

Coca-Cola insisted the advertising was “humorous and irreverent” and the reference to “brussels” referred to the nickname for action film star Jean Claude Van Damme aka “the Muscles from Brussels”, not sprouts.

The reference to staying “perky” meant mood rather than fighting illness, and consumers would not think that arm-wrestling their granny would need more energy.

But the Advertising Standards Authority upheld the objections.

The ASA also found that the drinks contained nearly a quarter of the recommended daily amount of sugar in 500ml but the publicity made it likely that consumers would think the products were “healthy”.

The adverts must not be used again.

Yoli Truth: 123 Reasons To Minimize Sugar Consumption…

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With Americans consuming 150 lbs of sugar on average each year (per person) it’s critical that we understand the impact of this practice.  The AHA (American Heart Association) says that adults consume 22 teaspoons of sugar per day and that teenagers are consuming 34 teaspoons per day.  All the research points to sugary beverages as the reason for this extreme amount of sugar intake.

It’s obvious the impact on our individual weight and the enormous obesity epidemic that we face here in America but many people do not understand the other dangers with this level of sugar intake.  Below is a list of 123 reasons why you and I need to stay away from sugar and make better decisions when consuming beverages on a daily basis…

 

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and rectum.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity.
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs) (Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can enlarge the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can enlarge the kidney and produce pathological changes in it.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body’s fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children’s grades and cause learning disorders.
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become under active and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increase platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food’s travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer- causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111..IVs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units: Limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar may impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in living organisms.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can cause gastric cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar can cause gum disease.
123. Sugar can cause low birth-weight babies.

I think you get the idea…

Carl Lewis Has Joined Yoli

Nine time Gold Medal Winner and Olympic Champion, Carl Lewis, made his official announcement that he’s joining forces with Yoli as a distributor.

In an interview on Saturday, September 26, 2009, with network marketing legend, Chief Marketing Officer, and Co-Founder of Yoli, Corey Citron, the Olympic Champion, Carl Lewis, told the worldwide participants on a live webinar, when asked why he was so excited about what Yoli is bringing to the table, he said, “Everyone has such energy. It’s one of the great things about sprinting is that it’s a dichotomy of two different things, it’s being the fastest, but also about being the most relaxed and focused, and that’s exactly what I feel the energy is. It’s bringing the best product to market, but also being focused and understanding its place.”

Yoli, http://www.yoli.com a new MLM company based in Jordan, Utah, near Salt Lake City, is poised for tremendous growth according to some startling facts revealed on Saturday’s webinar by COO/CFO, and Co-Founder, Rick Eisele. He stated that Yoli has already surpassed 1 Million Dollars in revenues and has over $1 Million in monthly commitments via “autoship orders” from its distributor forces. The startling thing about that news is this: Yoli hasn’t even had its official Pre-Launch yet, which is slated for some time in mid-October.

Carl Lewis also stated, “I’ve always thought about health, nutrition and diet. It’s not about complacency. If you’re not getting better you’re getting worse. There’s no in-between.” He related a story about how when he was 30 years old and saw that his competition was starting to catch up to him, he had to change his diet and either get better or retire, and that’s when he set personal best.

Besides being a Yoli distributor and Olympic Gold Medalist, Carl Lewis is alsoa philanthropist dedicating a large part of his life to giving back. He told thelisteners about how his parents were greatly involved in the community where he grew up and how that inspired him as he watched them change people’s lives. He added, I still hear about it everyday in my community.” You can check out Carl’s new website FitForever.com where he has video links about giving back to the kids in his community and elsewhere.

Arguably “The Olympian of the Century,” Carl Lewis has a lot to lose, as far as his reputation goes, so why would he choose Yoli out of all the network marketing companies in business today? He feels that the core beliefs of Yoli and his core beliefs are very much in alignment.

“Carl has a pet peeve that I wasn’t aware of but was elated to find out about it.” Said Corey, both Yoli and Carl care a lot about the environment and a have a goal to lower the total number of the over two million plastic beverage bottles that end up in the dumps across America in one hours time! Carl told of how he doesn’t allow his friends to bring plastic water bottles into his house because he doesn’t do that. He said, “My friends get angry at me.” He said, “I don’t believe that, I care about the environment, I filter water at my home.”

Carl ended the interview by stating, “It’s really exciting and I look forward to the future.”

To listen to the entire webinar, Click Here: Pre-recorded Yoli Webinar

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As an independent distributor for Yoli, I’m excited to be a part of a team that is bringing this unique nutritional product and delivery system to everyone around me. Finally, a company understands true nutrition and is bringing that to the marketplace during a time when the consumption of healthy beverages is sky-rocketing.

When I was exposed to the Yoli opportunity I didn’t hesitate to get involved as Yoli had all of the elements that I had been seeking in a business opportuntiy for many years.