I was wondering if any health professionals could let me know about any potential risks of combining Acai and weight loss supplements. These are what I’m taking:

Sambazon Acai Capsules, 2 capsules per day. Each capsule contains 1000 mg of organic Acai.

Recreate Clinical Strength Fat Loss, 2-4 capsules per day. Each capsule contains a 750 mg blend of Succulent Cactus, Arabian coffee bean, Olive leaf, Caffeine, Indian colchicum stem, 2-(4(beta-D-Gluco-pyranosyloxy)phenyl)-5-hydroxy-6, 7-dimethoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-1, Weak Jumby Pepper stem, and Finger Cactus stem.

Thanks in advance!

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Ok, today I am as broke as a joke and my only alternatives are McDs and Coffee Bean for a 30 min lunch.

Despite seeing the Supersize me DVD and all those gross outakes, I went to see Ronald McDonald and the crew was scattered everywhere and I waited five whole minutes before anyone took my order (they never came).

Before organic and politically correct became everyday words of the American language, I worked at McDs in college and there was actually a system that was multifunctional and precise as far as taking the customers order etc. What the h— happened?

BTW, this was not a McD’s in Compton or South Central L.A. - this was by the Century City/Beverly Hills area and since no one ever took my order I had to make a 10 muffin stretch until dinner.

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I’m seeing if "homemade" organic fertilizer made of food waste could substitue for commercial fertilizer.
It’s winter so, I’m planting my radishes inside.
I’m using bananas for potassium
beans for nitrogen
and mushrooms for phosporous

and maybe coffee grounds as SEPARATE experiment

I have a question about my "homemade" fertilizer. Since plants need 3 primary nutrients, I don’t know what the ratio for the 3 primary nutrients should be? Should they all be the same?

How often should I apply my homemade one? How much should I apply each time?

I wasn’t sure about this because the commercial one comes with directions so….

About the coffee grounds…
are coffee grounds the moist thing after you make the coffee or is it the thing before I make coffee?
How much would I apply? How often?

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Call me an immature teenager, but i hate structure, routines, and suck at making commitments.
But… i think it’d be absoloutley lovely to change a few of the rules, and give the united states complete freedom, i know this won’t be happening anytime soon, and some people say it’d cause "chaos" & what not, and i agree to a certain extent, but i also prefer imagination versus reality,
so let’s all pretend, and use our imaginations, what would you do to the country with complete freedom? or even if you could just create a small community with no rules or obligations, i guess as an "exception" of rules to the entire u.s.

I personally would follow some transcendentalist points of view, and some "hippie "morals.
You see, at 15, I’m kinda tired of society. I want to change the world, but nobody else wants to.
I’d create a place where people could be allowed to emancipate themselves from the mainstream society… most people choose to be part of said society, but in this community, it would not be forced upon. Mainstream society can often mean misery, and this community would be completely different, a place to relax, and a place to get in tact with your true self- a place to have 100 percent freedom.
There would be structure to a certain extent, but there would be a majority of freedom to do whatever, and a sense of community, where nobody was strangers, everyone got along. Happiness, peace, love and positivity would be incredibly important. Nudity, Drugs, and free love would be normal. There would be some structure, and organic coffee shops, smoke shops, and lounges with big comfy tie-dye bean bags to just ‘chill’ in, there would be domes like the ones @ "drop city", where you could buy to live in for 100 bucks yearly. Everyone would help each other out, and it’d be more like a camp campus, with a kitchen where everyone shared. and lived lifes where to give mean more than to take.

Also, do you know of any hippe communes, or communities that do exist today silghtly similar to my image of my ideal hippie community?
I guess similar to drop city but with more of a sense of community, dancing, singing, meditating, and friendships/free love, but not so farm-landish and distant?

Thanks so much for all of your imput, Peace and love, sorry this got real lengthy :l

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I am 5′2", 110 lbs, 34 years old, and I eat healthy. I try to watch my carbs, and I really try hard to stay away from junk food. I woke up with a headache the other day, and my grandmother (who is diabetic) suggested to test my blood sugar. It was 127. Prior to the 127 reading, I had eaten a blueberry smoothy (from fresh blueberries, Greek yogurt, some vanilla soy milk and no sugar), but I did eat 3 taco shells (just the shells, not anything in it). I also had some organic coffee made from the Pinol grain (from Nicaragua).

After the 127 reading, I went home, had some mashed potatoes, okra, green beans, and a piece of fish. A few hours later, I had 10 saltine crackers and a glass of grapefruit juice. I took another reading about 1/2 after eating those food items, and it was a 140.

Mind you, my headache wasn’t bad, it was just a dull headache, I didn’t even take any pills for it or anything.

Before any of you comment, please be sure that I am making an appointment to see the doctor because I know he will give me the best advice, but I would like some intelligent input first. If you have something intelligent or helpful for me, please comment. I really appreciate it.

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Ok, I just read the book "Skinny Bitch." so now I’m all hyped up and ready to tackle this vegan thing. I was already a fairly healthy eater. Mostly lean chicken, salmon, and whitefish type stuff, but of course ate cheese, and milk, and eggs. Anyway, today was my first Vegan Day. I did great. No cravings really. Fruit for breakfast (I passed on my normal morning coffee!), beans and veggies for lunch, and whole wheat pasta, with sun-dried tomatoes olive oil and fresh garlic, and mixed veggies for dinner along with a Morningstar PizzaBurger and half of an organic wheat bun with some organic ketchup. How did I do? I need ideas. How are some of the non-dairy cheeses? Especially the parmesan-type stuff. I really missed that on my pasta tonight. I need some support here guys. Thanks for all your help!

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what’s for breakfast,, hard organic bread, with cheese on top, maybe goat cheese, or maybe godda, coffee,

lunch, salad, and soup,, white bean soup,,
my favorite meals are:
salmon and broccili
or Thai food, spicy rice, or cocunut chicken,
I love dave and busters chipotle salad, that sound good right now.

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some leaves on my gardenia are becoming yellow, and the leaves are becoming pale (not all the leaves).
I water it everyday, and used some coffee beans to keep the ph a bit high.
what can I do to keep my plant healthy and green, without using chemicals, I mean the organic way.

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….noticed a difference? I eat fairly healthy to begin with. But I’m on a budget,so I dare not buy organic. My main diet consists of:
-chicken
-salads
-tomato
-onion
-banana
-apple
-orange
-cilantro
-avocado
-grain breads
-eggs
-oatmeal
-little brown rice
-soymilk
-tons of water
-yogurt
-popcorn kernels (ok let me explain this lol…i need snack once in a while but i dont buy those processed bags..I pop the kernels in a pan and put on some sea salt
-tuna
-salmon
-shrimp
-lobster
-almonds
-soups
-potatoes
-corn
-carrots
-kiwis
-pears
-sugar snap peas
-diff beans

Sort of along those lines..and TONS of water. If I’m going to have a coke or sugar in my coffee, I go with real sugar. But this is a rare occurence..maybe when I’m PMSing..I know that’s bad..but I’m pretty healthy..I usually only crave water.

I just want to know…did any of you kind of eat like me..and then just start buying organic, the same stuff you know? Did you "feel" a difference? I sometimes think CERTAIN companies are just paying off the govt to stamp organic on their food. I know people are like " oh no they cant do that theyll get in trouble" but i dont think anyone realizes how corrupt this country can be. So while im sure most organic food IS organic…i just wanna get feedback.

Since it’s SO expensive, my idea is that I will start buying small quantities of HIGH quality organic food. I’m starting to eat less since I’m dieting anyway. This will balance it out. :-).

Honestly..did you notice ANY difference at all after buying organic? Please just be honest. I still buy organic on sale..I just want honesty. Thanks a lot!

PS. I suffer from depression, adhd, anxiety, and OCD. Mostly just depression..so I’m trying to see if I can sort of get myself back to being healthy as naturally as possible. If that fails THEN I may seek medical attention

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Hi, We are starting a much needed expresso,internet,bagel cafe that is on pacific ocean in Costa Rica. There is a large shady Papaturro tree in the back courtyard of place so we thought about calling it "Papaturro’s" It is a coffee tree and the one we have doesn’t produce beans. We will be getting out coffee from a 700 family farm cooperative called Dota. Our non yeilding coffee tree is only for shade and asthetics. We are getting ready to open and need to put the right name of business on permit from city. We are going to serve organic green beans, bageles, fresh juice and offer high speed internet as well as access to international calls over broadband. We will also feature oil paintings from residents and will play light chiled out electric jazz. Any suggestions for a cool name would be appreciated. Most of the business’s here are names after tropical things, like monkey, iguana, rainforest, harbor reef…so those kinds of names are off the drawing board.

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No animal products of any kind. No animal product derivatives (eggs, dairy). No highly processed foods, no flour, no HFCS.
None of that fake-oh crap where they shape soy to look like chicken nuggets.

Basically you just eat fresh fruit and veggies (does not have to be local or organic) which can be cooked or not. Then you add in a little bit of things like beans, sprouted no-flour bread, and artisan products like dried fruit, coffee, dehydrated cuke chips, non-dairy cocoa. I imagine it as bascially a kind of pre-industrial vegetarian?

But I don’t know what to call it so I am having A REALLY HARD TIME finding anybody else doing this! What do you call this style of eating? HELP! Hunter, vegan, organic, all wrong.

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One thing I learned when I worked in the coffee business, is that practically ALL high quality arabica coffee is farmed organically, even though very little of it is "certified". There are a couple of good reasons for this.

First, arabica coffee is grown at altitudes where insect infestation is pretty much non-existant. Also, a huge percentage of this coffee comes from cooperatives who buy beans from very small family farmers.

A large coffee conglomerate could certify its thousand acre plantation by going through the certification process only once. 200 five acre family farms would EACH have to go through the process seperately. So it would cost them 200 times as much per acre to certify; making it economically impossible. So, you’re probably not at risk using coffee that isn’t certified.

What other agricultural products lend themselves to organic production so that ceritification is kind of a moot question? Is there a list somewhere of what crops are most risky?

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I am taking organic chemistry and I was wondering what is the best way to extract alkaloids from plants such as yohimbe, ephedra, coffee beans, passion flowers and others as well. Any help would be great.
So far I just put powdered coffee beans into Isopropanol and shook it vigorously, but I’m not sure what to do next.
Would I be able to use water+vinegar for the acidified water? Also is there anything else to use besides lye, because I don’t feel safe using that.

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I make the worst coffee on earth! I’ve been practicing for 10 years. I can’t say for sure why it is bad, not consistently strong or weak, but it is bitter with an unpleasant taste. Sort of sharp on the mouth. It is not smooth and soft on the mouth like what I have at a coffee shop or even at a fast food drive through.

I have used nearly every brand of coffee that is offered on the market from cheap to very expensive. I have tried organic too.

I’ve had 4 coffeemakers in the last 10 years, each pot improving in quality but with consistently bad results. I now use a Delonghi 10 cup model that is only 2 months old. It uses a gold metal filter basket.

I use cold water that is filtered through my fridge filter. This is the same water that I drink & has a crisp, clean taste.

I keep my coffeepot and carafe clean & descale regularly.

I typically make 4-6 cups of coffee (6oz of water per cup). 1-2 tbsp grinds per cup, using instructions on bag of beans.

Please help?!?

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Starbucks is way too bland, Pete’s is too strong…I’m somewhere in the middle. Too bad Coffee Bean is in SF I’m looking for something in the east bay…the closer to Berkeley the better.
Also- if organic really makes a difference, I’m all for it. If you know of any cafes, shops, or supermarkets where I can get my 1lb ground espresso whenever I run out, I’d really appreciate it Thx!

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The java joint wishes to mix organic kenyan coffee beans that sell for .25 per pound with organic venezuelan beans that sell for .50 per pound in order to form a 50 lb batch of morning blend that sells for .00 a lb. How many pounds of each type of bean should be used to make the blend?

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The java joint wishes to mix organic kenyan coffee beans that sell for .25 per pound with organic venezuelan beans that sell for .50 per pound in order to form a 50 lb batch of morning blend that sells for .00 a lb. How many pounds of each type of bean should be used to make the blend?

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So no perfumes like CK1 but an organic item like jasmine, coffee bean, cocoa, evergreen, etc.

Mine would be lavander.

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We like Sumatra and Kenya beans from Starbucks. We grind our own coffee, and make it in an automatic drip machine - pretty strong. I drink it with 2% organic milk.

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I buy whole bean coffee, bought some today, Whole Foods organic, very oily. All the bags were. Why?

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Do they treat it chemically, or add caffeine, or something?

I have two containers of the same type of coffee - one’s Starbucks, and the other is another brand made by a company that boasts about being "organic" and "natural."

The coffee beans look the same, same type, same darkness of roast, etc., and smell SIMILAR but the Starbucks container has a "sharper" odor.

I know from brewing coffee from both that the Starbucks batch IS stronger, has more caffeine.

Do they spike their coffee?

If so, why?

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I buy coffee bean from starbucks which is not that great and not that bad. I have tried dunkin donuts and it was nasty..
where can I get the best organic coffee beans? and from where?
oh. how much is it if you know..
ThanX

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Greetings everybody!

Today I went to Whole Foods and I bought a pound of organic
Allegro coffee, the "El Salvador" brand. I bought the beans and the clerk ground them for me.

I bought this coffee with the intent to use for my at home coffee enema but the brand i that i used last week (that was given to me by my colon therapist) had a beige/light brown color and it did not smell like coffee at all.
This Allegro El Savador organic brand is dark brown with beight specs and has a rich coffee aroma but I thought coffee used for enemas were light brown/beige color.

Did I purchase the correct type of coffee for my enema? Pls let me know…I want to make sure I’m doing this correctly by purchasing the correct organic brand for my coffee enema procedure.

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I am looking for a coffee company, that has their beans in stores that are regularly available, safeway/qfc/new seasons/wild oats/ etc. I would like this coffee to be Organic, Free Trade (meaning no slave labor) and shade grown, so that they do not support deforestation. Does anybody know of a place?

Thanks

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I am currently trying to decide which brand of coffee to go with for my coffee shop. I want something that will set me apart from the market. I found a brand that is organic and carbon free. I would like this to be a unique selling point, but don’t want to use it as one if most coffees qualify as this too.

Any additional suggestions for picking a bean would be welcomed as would useful websites.
Some coffee, is in fact, organic.

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I have coffee made from whole organic beans straight from a coffee maker. A bit of frothy skim milk on top and thats it.

How many calories in one cup?

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Hello,

I have some organic coffee beans that I bought from Costco earlier in the week, they have a very fresh aroma to them. I was wondering if I can forego brewing coffee in a coffeemaker and just grind the coffee, pour hot water and then, after drinking the coffee, eat the grinds at the bottom of the cup?

Thanks,

Av

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A couple of years ago my sister bought me a bag of what I thought was coffee. After reading the label I saw that it was meant to be brewed like coffee but it wasn’t made from coffee beans. It was made from an organic bean from an exotic country. Since it wasn’t made from a coffee bean it was completely caffeine free and tasted just like coffee. Great coffee as a matter of fact. I’m pretty sure I saw the Fair Trade logo on the bag. I meant to keep the bag but it is gone. I would like to order more and support the Fair Trade Community, but I can’t remember the name of the manufacturer.

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These beans are top quality from Central America and I am looking for a realistic price range.

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