What's The Most Potent Nutritional Combo Around?

Received this yesterday in my inbox. Thought I would share :)


The LIVESTRONG Foundation - a great cancer-awareness and fundraising group who we've worked with before - are trumpeting the powerful pairing of Ganoderma lucidum with Vitamin C as an essential part of your journey to healthier living!

Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG Foundation was founded with a simple purpose: to promote healthier living in general, and cancer awareness in specific. Now this charitable powerhouse is trumpeting the virtues of Ganoderma lucidum, the powerful herb that enriches every cup of Gano Life's unique products!

In a recent article posted on the LIVESTRONG blog, journalist and mind-body-spirit health advocate Heather Vale Goss discusses the benefits of Ganoderma lucidum in building a stronger, better you.

"Several companies are now offering [Ganoderma lucidum] as a dietary supplement, and even brewing it into 'healthy' coffee and tea," Vale Goss* writes. "But what are the benefits and possible side effects of taking this Asian fungus? It turns out the pros far outweigh the cons."

Vale Goss* covers a lot of ground us Gano Life fanatics already know, touting Ganoderma's positive effects on the immune system, its antioxidant-rich structure, positive effects on blood pressure and cholesterol, and its anti-allergen properties. But she makes two observations that really knocked our socks off, and we just had to share with you!

First, Vale Goss* tells us that pairing Ganoderma lucidum with Vitamin C boosts the powerful little mushroom's health-giving abilities into overdrive! She writes, "taking [Ganoderma lucidum] along with vitamin C, another antioxidant, helps the body absorb reishi's active ingredients by breaking down the complex polysaccarides into a more manageable size." Basically, Vitamin C spoon-feeds you all of Gano's good stuff in bite-size packets that'll make your whole body smile. Orange juice and Ganocafe for breakfast, anyone?

Vale Goss* also tells us that Ganoderma's benefits far outweigh its side-effects - independent verification of something we are Gano Excel have known for years now!

"Reishi is classified as a superior herb, which means it's non-toxic and can be taken in large quantities for a long time without adverse side effects," she writes, citing Ganoderma's 2,000+ years of use in Asia and its lack of contraindications with other treatments as proof.

So, what we've got with Vale Goss's* excellent summary is a total slam-dunk for Ganoderma lucidum! If they did brackets for health supplements like they're doing for the NCAA Championship, we'd totally be at the top! (Oh wait: they do, and we were!)

This great article as points further towards the power pairing of Gano Life and the LIVESTRONG Foundation. Like LIVESTRONG, our company is also dedicated to spreading the news about healthier living and raising awareness of important social and medical causes. Though we're not official partners with this fine organization, we have worked with LIVESTRONG before, helping to support their global LIVESTRONG Day campaign for cancer awareness, and will continue to offer our support to their cause in any way possible. Now that LIVESTRONG has been turned on to the benefits of Ganoderma lucidum, our missions are closer than ever!

Complete article with associated links can be found here:
What's The Most Potent Nutritional Combo Around?


*Original review article erroneously named the article author as Voss. Correct name is Heather Vale Goss. It has been corrected in this posting.

great ideas using your Gano Excel products...

LOVE THOSE FANCY SMOOTHIES & TRES CHIC COFFEE shop favorites?
Try our delicious homemade and healthier versions...feel better and save money!

Iced Mochaccino

1 cup boiling water
2 packets Gano Excel Mocha
1 packet Gano Excel 3-in-1

Dissolve packet contents in water.
Let cool.

In a blender:

2 cups ice cubes
Gano Excel mixture (above)

Blend until smooth.
Makes 2-3 servings


Dr. Hoover’s Protein Shakes

Strawberry Delight:

1 cup water or almond milk
1 scoop vanilla whey protein (we use Cinch Shake from Shaklee)
1/4 - 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/4-1/2 frozen mango chunks
1 packet Gano Spirulina Oats
approx. 6 ice cubes for thickness

Blend until smooth.


Vanilla Nut:

1 cup water or almond milk
1 scoop vanilla whey protein
1 TBSP raw cashew butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 packet Gano Spirulina Oats
approx. 6 ice cubes for thickness

Blend until smooth.


Gano Breakfast Blast!
An intense start to your day...especially right before you exercise!

1 scoop whey protein
1 TBSP cod liver oil
1 banana
4 packets Gano Spirulina Oats
1 packet Gano Schokolade

Blend with 8 oz of water and ice to desired thickness.
Makes enough for two power hungry people. Go get ‘em.



Super Antioxidant Cranberry Iced Tea

Boil water for your favorite teapot.

Brew 1 or 2 bags Gano Excel SOD Tea in the hot water to your desired strength.

Sweeten, if desired but not necessary. Chill.

Add one part 100% Cranberry Juice and two parts brewed chilled tea. Serve over ice. Makes plenty to share!


Pina Colada:

1 cup water or almond milk
1 scoop vanilla whey protein
1/2-1 cup frozen pineapple
1/2 tsp coconut extract
1 packet Gano Spirulina Oats
approx. 6 ice cubes for thickness

Blend until smooth.


Chocolate Fat Burning Shake

1 cup water or almond milk
1 scoop chocolate whey protein
1/2 banana
1/2 packet Gano Schokolade
1 packet Gano Spirulina Oats
approx. 6 ice cubes for thickness

Blend until smooth.


Mix and match flavors to make your own healthy creations.

Do you have a great recipe idea using Gano Excel’s products?

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If so, share them with us here: guiltlesscafe@shaw.ca

Occasionally we make something other than a great cup of healthier coffee or tea...

Getting healthier -- it takes encouragement, it takes knowledge, it takes the willingness to learn and share.

We want to share, to encourage, and to give you some knowledge, in our own style as we learn together, of course!

We love to experiment in the kitchen (cooking) and our favourite new find is Epicure Selections. Here is where we share our discoveries: Inspired By Food

Buon appetito!

Anatomy of a Step Class

Okay. So if you know me, you know I am so not a stepper. Sure I like to dance but I march to the beat of my own drum. I am the William Hung of dancing. I love it and I do it but I know I am not good at it. I just do it for the love...

Enter my step class* nightmare...

Don't get me wrong, I take exercise classes and they are choreographed but I take weight classes. We do low weights at high reps to music and stick to the beat. Yup, I can certainly stick to the beat if I am doing arm curls, squats, lunges, triceps extensions, etc. No problem, I can count to four.

But no one asks me to do over-the-top, around-the-world, shase (sp?), criss-cross, t-step, and on and on and on -- ALL IN ONE SONG!

First song ends, instructors says "Okay, that was easy, let's move on to the good stuff". Excuse me?? Pardon Moi?? WTF?? No really...I got how many more of these? Are there any slow songs?

By the third song, every muscle is tired, I have never sweat so much in my life, labour suddenly seems so easy, and the little line that was forming between my eyebrows (you know the one that you think maybe Botox is the only thing that will help) is now six millimeters deeper from concentrating so hard on the instructors steps.

Oh my, I just realized I have actually been staring at her butt for an hour....man, she has a nice a--, never mind, sorry....awkward...

I manage to get through many, many songs, I don't know how many, I don't even know what the songs were since I was concentrating so hard on the steps. I even managed to figure out some of the 8 beat combinations (okay, maybe only one).

I am sure that in the middle of the night I will wake up several times and find myself trying to figure out those steps. 1,2,3,4...and 5,6,7,8. Shase-over-the-top, mambo one time, shase, turn step right...and repeat on the other side. Around the world, triple knee repeater, other side.

Round out all that stepping and breathing and sweating with a little abdominal workout (7 freaking minutes long -- who writes songs that are THAT long anyways) just in case you weren't already tired enough. Don't laugh because then I might and I am afraid to. It may hurt.

Best part? Cool down. Yeah, I like that! 'Cuz dang-nabbit I am overheating and it ain't hot flashes (this time)!

One liter of water later, a bit of toweling down myself and the general area around me, and you may ask: Will you do it again?** You betcha! I am far too stubborn to let those 20-somethings out-do this 40-something.

Honestly though, the 20-somethings are really quite nice to their elders. They don't laugh at us every time.

I do ask one thing: please, please, please don't change anything....no new songs, okay?? Please...

The real reason I will return: I want my a-- to look like that! Maybe its just a dream but a girl has gotta have her dreams, baby.

Now...where did I put those Epsom salts.........

This William Hung of step class exits stage left.

* apparently no one told this newbie stepper that this was an intermediate-advanced step class until it was too late.
** I have returned and, yeah, still three left feet but I am consistent.

Got a great company?

I know I am working with one!

Shaklee can brag about:

The 9 consecutive quarters of growth, with some being double digit growths
Being in 6 of the fastest growing markets
Being lead by a visionary billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist
Having the highest ethics and is based on The Golden Rule
Having a 53 history of integrity
Never having had a product recall due to safety
Over $250 million invested in clinical testing, research, and development
Over 83,000 tests annually for product quality
Over 100 scientific papers, 90 of them published in peer-reviewed journals
Quality far beyond industry standards

The time is always right to do what is right. ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Can your company say the same? No problem, we have room for you here too. Last year, we grew with another 650,000 members. This year the target is 1,000,000. Wanna be a part of it?

Not to mention that Shaklee has continued to grow DESPITE past recessions and has actually grown DURING them!

Why Direct Sales? Why Not?

No really...I get weird looks all of the time when I say "Hey, I can sell you that". But really at the end of every month who is laughing? Me...all the way to the bank. Yeah, I know I haven't struck it rich yet but if I can take a check to my bank every month that basically pays for my purchases and/or allows me to save a couple of extra dollars for that vacation I love to take every year then why not?? I am going to buy this stuff anyways so why not buy it from my own store? And if I can give good service (yeah I know, what the heck is that these days) to few people and they also want to buy from my store, I got myself a mini-business going! I get what I love, I thoroughly enjoy helping you get what you love, and we are all happy. If you want you can even start your own mini-store and I can help you. Wait, I even reduce some carbon emissions along the way -- I do this all from the comfort of my home! Boo-ya, bonus!

All this and a company that has survived the tempestuous waves of more than a few recessions unscathed...no pink slip for me, I manage my own destiny, recession proof dare I say? To infinity and beyond!!

Get it?

Yeah...thought you would...he thinks it a good idea too:



Come along for the ride.

Let me show how it works!


And wait, CNN had something to say about it too:
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