How Liquid I.V. uses Cellular Transport Technology to Hydrate More Efficiently

Brandin Cohen, Founder of Liquid I.V., the Non-GMO electrolyte drink mix that is based on Oral Rehydration Therapy joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Brandin Cohen discuss the following:

1. How does it work?
2. Explain the technology behind it.
3. How do I know if I'm dehydrated?
4. Does drinking liquid IV help anything else in my body besides dehydration?
5. What does Liquid IV do better for the body rather than drinking water?

Brandin Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of Liquid I.V. Brandin Cohen grew up in Manhattan Beach, California, where he aspired to become a professional golf player, eventually playing the sport on scholarship at Loyola Marymount University. When Brandin hurt his shoulder in college, he had no idea the injury would close one door and open another: a career as an innovative entrepreneur with a philanthropic mission.  

After graduating Loyola Marymount University as Entrepreneur of the Year for a project he did in Haiti, Brandin accepted a sales & marketing position with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He quickly noticed the players were opting for ineffective sports drinks to fight dehydration. As a former athlete himself, Brandin knew just how full of artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, and preservatives these drinks contain. He set out to find a cleaner, more efficient alternative along with his friend and Liquid I.V. co-founder, Hayden Fulstone.

In 2012, the duo came across an untapped hydration science, Oral Rehydration Therapy, developed in the 1970’s by the World Health Organization and deemed to be one of the best medical advancements of the 20th century. This hydration breakthrough was created to aid children in developing countries suffering from extreme dehydration caused by deadly diseases such as cholera. Brandin searched for any beverage utilizing this technology and but were left empty handed. They decided to bring this untapped science to market and create Liquid I.V. The company officially launched in December 2012.

Aside from creating a great hydration product, Brandin also has a passion for giving back. In 2015, Liquid I.V. began sending hydration aid to some of the poorest regions of Haiti. The brand has since joined forces with multiple nonprofit organizations to fight dehydration together in other undeveloped nations like Uganda and South Sudan. Since the company’s inception, they have donated 34% of all manufactured Liquid I.V. product to fight dehydration both in developing countries and here in the United States.

Brandin was recently nominated as a finalist for Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur List. He currently resides in Playa Vista, California, and when he is not on the road meeting with retailers, he loves to travel the world and meet new people of varying cultures on his mission to eradicate global dehydration.

Website: www.liquid-iv.com

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Life Balance and Omega-3s

Nils Hoem, Chief Scientist at Aker BioMarine to talk about the importance of “life balance” and how omega-3s are an essential part of healthy living joins eHealth Radio and the Nutrition and Supplement Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Nils Hoem discuss the following:

1. Let’s start from the beginning.  What are omega-3s and why do we need them?
2. You’re the Chief Scientist for Aker BioMarine, a leading supplier of krill oil.  I read a post that Aker recently launched a health campaign on the importance of omega-3s and the ramifications of omega-3 deficiency, can you tell me more about that campaign?
3. During the educational short film, one of the key points was that even those who seem ‘healthy’ can have dangerously low omega-3 levels. Can you talk more about the importance of knowing your omega-3 levels?
4. Can you tell our listeners what omega-3 level they should strive for and how to get there?
5. What is next for Aker BioMarine? Can we expect to see a part 2 to this short film or another campaign in the future?

Nils Hoem is the Chief Scientist at Aker BioMarine. Nils Hoem received an M.Sc. Pharmacy at University of Oslo, Norway, in 1983 and finished a Dr. Philos. in Pharmacology at University of Oslo in 1991. He worked as an Associate Professor at University of Oslo until 2000.

After working as a visiting scientist at University of Southern California from 2000-2001, he held Director positions at MDS Pharma Services Europe and Pronova Biopharma Norway before joining Aker Biomarine as a Chief Scientist in 2008. Sectors of Personal Expertise: food & beverages / life sciences / chemicals / other industrial products, materials or services.

Website: www.akerbiomarine.com

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Naked Nutrition Has Nothing to Hide

Steve Zieminski, Founder, at Naked Nutrition, the unique protein powder and supplement brand that has many products that contain only one ingredient joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Supplement Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Steve Zieminski discuss the following:

1. What is Naked Nutrition?
2. How did the brand get started?
3. What are some of your more popular items?
4. How do you differ from other competitive brands?
5. What are some trends you’re seeing in the health & wellness space?

At an early age, Steve Zieminski was introduced to running by his father which included innumerable 5k road races and weekends spent at the track. After high school, he attended the University of Florida where he ran cross country and track, and was a two-time All American for the Gators.

Following school he moved to New York City with the goal of eventually working on Wall Street. After making it to a large bank in Manhattan, Albert Matheny moved up to New York and the two began working on ideas for a nutrition company. It is from this friendship that Naked Nutrition was born.

While Steve doesn’t run as much as he used to, he replaces time spent out on the road with weight lifting, tennis, mountain biking, and surfing.

Website: www.nkdnutrition.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nkdnutritioninc

Energizing Your Body with Vitamin Energy: A Focus on Health and Wellness

Jonathan Johnson, Founder of Vitamin Energy joins ehealth Radio and the Fitness and Supplement Channels to discuss energizing your body with Vitamin Energy.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jonathan Johnson discuss the following:

• Please give us a summary of Vitamin Energy.
• What inspired you to launch Vitamin Energy?
• Your product is sugar free. Why is that fact important to athletes and/or everyday users of energy shots, drinks and related items?
• Tell us about your emphasis, too, on maximizing the power of Vitamin C.

Jonathan Johnson is an athletic coach and the creator of Vitamin Energy. With over two decades of training experience, starting with his first student who became an NCCA champion for the University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan has developed a talent pool ranging from youth athletics to state and national champions, respectively, as well as an Olympic Gold Medal star. A former three-time NCAA All-American, Jonathan has several trademarked inventions involving health and fitness.

Website: www.vitaminenergy.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyVitaminEnergy

Sublingual Vitamins Like NutraGlow’s Super B and Super Lean are Making it Easier Than Ever to Maintain Your Energy and Overall Health

Sherry Kelishadi, a respected pharmacist and Vice President at NutraGlow, a provider of premium sublingual vitamin supplements developed to help people maximize the benefits of vitamin B-6 and B-12 joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Supplement Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Sherry Kelishadi discuss the following:

• Can you give us a general overview of what sublinguals are and what kinds of vitamins and supplements are available in this form?
• What are the advantages of taking vitamins and supplements in sublingual form?
• Tell us a bit about your company, NutraGlow, and why you started the business?
• What can you tell us about Super B and Super Lean and who these products might be of greatest benefit for?
• How do you see the vitamin and supplement market evolving over the next few years?

Sherry Kelishadi, Pharm.D is vice president at NutraGlow, Inc, a provider of premium sublingual vitamin supplements developed to help people maximize the benefits of vitamin B-6 and vitamin B-12. 

Kelishadi earned a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the prestigious University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in 2011. Kelishadi worked as a chief pharmacist at Rite Aid for three years before joining the team at a compounding pharmacy in Orange County and, ultimately, cofounding NutraGlow. Her passion lies in nutrition, dermatology, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and wound care. Her hobbies include traveling, dancing, sports, and spending time with her family.

Website: nutraglow.com

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Safe Catch where their tuna is traceable from catch to can

Bryan Boches, the Co-Founder of Safe Catch where their tuna is traceable from catch to can and we only buy from captains whose fish come from managed and sustainable tuna stocks joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Supplement Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Bryan Boches discuss the following:

• How did you come up with the idea of Safe Catch? Tell us a little more about it? 
• Is it true Safe Catch - Elite Wild Tuna has the lowest Mercury of any tuna brand? Please explain. 
• Is Safe Catch ok to eat several times a week unlike traditional tuna? 
• Is it safe for pregnant women as well?
• Tell us about the additional products in the Safe Catch line? 

About Safe Catch: Our tuna is traceable from catch to can and we only buy from captains whose fish come from managed and sustainable tuna stocks. Read more about our sustainability policy. Then, we test each tuna.Using our proprietary technology, we are able to test every single fish for its mercury content. If it doesn’t meet our purity standards we don’t buy it.  It still may be a good tuna, but it’s not a Safe Catch tuna.

• Our limit for Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna is ten times (10x) stricter than the FDA mercury action limit.
• Our limit for Safe Catch Wild Albacore Tuna is three times (3x) stricter than the FDA mercury action limit.

About the Co-Founders Bryan Wittenberg & Bryan Boches: As childhood friends growing up next door to each other, we never thought we would be working together and fighting for purity in our seafood and oceans. It all began when Sean’s mom read an article about mercury variance in tuna and said, “Moms shouldn’t have to worry about giving tuna sandwiches to their kids. Sean, why don’t you solve this?”

After some research, we learned that two identical tuna, same species, size and school could vary in mercury levels by over 10 times. The only way to know the mercury level was to test every fish.

Existing technology cost $100 per mercury test which would make a can of tuna cost about 50 bucks. So, we formed a team of talented software and hardware engineers and invented a new technology to rapidly test every fish for purity.

We went to major seafood brands and offered to test for them but they all declined. One executive told us that consumers wouldn’t understand or care about better purity. So, we did what any entrepreneur with zero experience in food would do. We started a new brand of tuna and named it Safe Catch.

We knew how to identify amazing tuna but we didn’t how to make amazing tuna. We were surprised to learn that conventional tuna is precooked, rehydrated with fillers, machined processed and recooked and as result of so much processing it loses many vital Omega 3 oils, flavor and texture.

So, we searched for a better way to make and cook tuna. We found and adapted an old artisan method. At Safe Catch, we hand cut and hand pack each wild tuna steak into a BPA free lined can with no additives or fillers. Then, we slow cook it just once. It took us 75 different variations to get our formula perfect.

We’re so happy with the purity, quality, and taste. All of the vital Omega 3 oils and flavor are retained in Safe Catch tuna and there is no draining after opening. Open the can into a bowl, chop up the steak with a fork and let it reabsorb its natural oils. It’s moist and delicious pure wild tuna as nature intended.

We hope you love it!

– Sean & Bryan

Safe Catch Founders

Website: www.safecatch.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/safecatch

Breast milk probiotics for pregnancy, breastfeeding and infant health

Jim Arsenis, a Registered Pharmacist based in Sydney and is the pharmacist and medical liaison to health care professionals for the probiotic range Qiara joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Supplement Channels to speak with us about probiotics in breast milk and how they affect both mother and infant health.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jim Arsenis discuss the following:

• Do probiotics exist naturally in breastmilk?
• How do they get there?
• What are the benefits for mother and baby?
• How can they be low or absent in breastmilk and what are the consequences?
• Can supplementation with a specific probiotic strain isolated from breastmilk help?

Jim Arsenis is a registered pharmacist based in Sydney. After graduating from the University of Sydney Jim has been a practising community pharmacist for over 25 years. Over this time Jim has developed a passion for natural and complementary medicine, particularly in how it can assist in restoring the bodys’ natural processes that promote health and prevent disease.

Jim has developed his passion by continuing education in complementary medicine which has led him to his speciality in the human microbiome, the trillions of bacterial cells that live within us and how they shape our health.

Today Jim is the pharmacist and medical liaison to health care professionals, representing Puremedic, for the breast milk isolated probiotic range Qiara.

Website: www.qiara.com.au

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The Omax3 difference: Why taking omega-3 supplements are important to overall health

Dr. Joseph C. Maroon a renowned neurosurgeon, sports medicine expert, health and nutrition expert as well as Ironman triathlete joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Supplement Channels to talk about why taking omega-3 supplements are important to overall health.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Joseph C. Maroon discuss the following:

• Why should people take an omega-3 supplement?
• What makes Omax3 so special in the omega-3 space?
• How does Omax3 benefit cognitive, heart and muscles?
• What is the freezer test?
• How does Omax Pet help with pet health?

Dr. Joseph C. Maroon, MD, FACS is Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition to being a renowned neurosurgeon, he is a sports medicine expert, health and nutrition expert and Ironman triathlete.

For more on Dr. Maroon click here.

Website: www.omax3.com

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The purpose of supplements and where they fit into eating healthy

Greg Bastin, the Founder of Opportuniteas, a series of products that redefines the supplement industry, thanks to the use of highest quality natural and organic whole foods joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Supplement Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Greg Bastin discuss the following:

• How did you get started on your journey towards health and wellness?
• What foods and drinks should someone eat to start the day with energy and focus?
• How does someone make eating a healthy breakfast a habit?
• Why do most people not feel full when they drink a smoothie?
• What is the purpose of supplements? Where do they fit into eating healthy?

Greg Bastin is the Founder of Opportuniteas, a series of products that redefines the supplement industry, thanks to (among other things) the use of highest quality natural and organic whole foods.

Greg has a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC).

Website: www.opportuniteas.com

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Are you getting enough omega-3s?

Dr. Bill Harris, an internationally recognized omega-3 expert and Professor of Medicine at Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota & the President and CEO of OmegaQuant joins eHealth Radio and the Health News, Nutrition & Supplement Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Bill Harris discuss the following:

• What are omega-3s and where can you get them?
• Why are omega-3s important for our health?
• How do we know if we are getting enough omega-3s and what is an optimal level?
• Why do you consider the omega-3 index test the ‘new cholesterol’ test?
• Where can our listeners get more information?

SUMMARY: Low omega-3 levels are one of the most common and most easily corrected nutritional deficiencies in the world. Increasing the intake of oily fish and/or using omega-3 supplements will quickly and safely increase the Omega-3 Index into healthier zones. I think that the Omega-3 Index test will play a critical role in helping consumers take control of their own health and wellness. This simple at-home test requires only 1 drop of blood and enables people to identify a low omega-3 level. Armed with that information, they will be able to easily correct and then maintain healthy levels of omega-3s throughout their life. 

Dr. Bill Harris is an internationally recognized expert on omega-3 fatty acids and how they can benefit patients with heart disease. He obtained his PhD in Human Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, and did post-doctoral fellowships in Clinical Nutrition and Lipid Metabolism with Dr. Bill Connor at the Oregon Health Sciences University. His interest in omega-3 fatty acids began with his postdoctoral work when he published his first study on the effects of salmon oil on serum lipids in humans (1980). Since that time he has been the recipient of five NIH grants for studies on the effects of omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) on human health. He has over 190 publications relating to omega-3 fatty acids in medical literature and was an author on two American Heart Association scientific statements on fatty acids: “Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease” (2002), and “Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease” (2009) both published in the journal Circulation. Dr. Harris is a Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, and the President and CEO of OmegaQuant.

Website: www.1heart1life.com | www.omegaquant.com

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Twitter: @O3iProject