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Subject: Re: High-Tech Vitamins
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:18:28 EST
References: <[e-mail]>
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Michael D. Beatty) writes:
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> Greetings All:
>      Do you remember about a month and a helf ago, when some clumsy,
> blind, ignorant oaf allegedly abused the use of the listserv and
> asked for help from you folks on methods of getting an exciting line
> of nutritional products out into the marketplace?   Well, I come
> forward in honesty, some minor bruises, but most of all would like to
> share with you a personal breakthrough that I think you'll find a
> little more appropriate than my previous communication.
>      I am a runner. but I, like most normal humans get quite bored
> from time to time doing the same things for my fitness.  Well, like
> most frequent exercise enthusiasts, for whatever reason, I simply
> stopped running...for about two weeks.  I began noticing that I'd run
> fewer miles, vary my distance to lesser  goals, and wasn't the least
> bit concerned about breaking through "walls".  I was previously, for
> years, motivated to exceed myself and previous attainments.  I was
> becoming what every fit person dreads...burnt out.
>      So, I dove into a more academic mode and opened up the books to
> see what exactly was happening to me and the atoms of my body.  I
> re-learned about free-radicals, what happens when one doesn't
> vigilantly watch and monitor the intake nutritional area, and how all
> this hyped up vitamin hoopla actually effects my very being.  Doesn't
> it just make sense that the age old thought that one IS what one EATS
> really make a difference?  If you don't already know, life, food,
> exercise, thinking, behavior, all these things, are ATOMIC
> experiences of being what we refer to as ALIVE.  Sometimes we
> accumulate an abundance of the atoms(what our cells that provide us
> with whatever energy are comprised of) that are called free-radicals.
>  A free-radical is simply an imbalanced atom that cannot provide the
> same output that a balanced one can.  These free-radicals are taken
> in by us sometimes by our own decision to abuse ourselves by smoking,
> drinking excess alcohol, but mostly by the environment in which we
> are forced to exist.
>         Anyway, in an effort to make this shorter than it is
> becoming, as a result of my regularly consuming certain energy
> metabolizing compounds that utilize
> the biological processes to an extent I have previously not
> experienced, combined with the fact that I have been running and
> sensing the inner workings of my energy supply for 15 years now, I
> was literally blown away at the difference!  This stuff really works.
>         You see, how you feel equals how you think.  You've
> undoubtedly heard the expression, "You become what you think about."
> Well, I'm here to testify that this truth works on the subtlest of
> levels.  That's the reason we're even motivated to exercise.  Because
> it FEELS better to be alive, and because it POSITIVELY effects our
> THINKING.  We're more creative, happier to be in this existence, more
> well adjusted to whatever life's path we've been created to follow.
> It may sound silly, but I even notice a difference in the way I
> perceive watching the world news in the evening...
>         The reason there is so much emphasis in the bio-chemistry
> area is that there is a worldwide rush for people to experience the
> happenings in the world from a more positive perspective...which, I
> grant you, is quite a task.  Conclusively, all this is being done to
> help YOU FEEL BETTER.  The processes in your cells, molecules, atoms,
> are what provides that for you.  I'm sure I'm not informing you
> anything that you don't already know, but I'd like to remind you that
> it's how these things metabolize in one's body that makes all the
> difference.  It's how much energy comes out of you that is what
> yields the experience of feeling so much better.  I'm here to tell
> you that I can FEEL the difference, it's almost like I can sense a
> positive activity going on from within me, naturally manifesting
> itself in my thinking process, improving my memory, creativity, and
> all the other functions that we as humans need to do according to our
> make up.
>         You see, I have no interest in blatantly marketing products.
>  I have no interest in brilliantly manipulating my environmental
> possibilities simply with the intent of lining my self centered
> pockets full of money.

Then why do you go on to say that you market these vitamins, and ask
us to contact you if we are interested, and even mention possible business
oppurtunities?


Don't believe the hype!  These free radicals have also been marketed in
dramatically slowing down the aging process, even though the scientist
who did the original work in the area linking  free radicals and aging
has dismissed most claims attributed to free radicals.  A recent Consumer
Reports had an article on the over blown free radical hoopla.


Personally, I would rather read about running, than some bubbly sales
pitch.  Please stop wasting my time.

                          -dp


What I do have an intense interest in is
> feeling better myself, and sharing my experience, strength, and hope
> with others in order that they might experience the reward that exist
> as a natural result of doing certain things.
>         A lot of us have had to really exercise some personal
> discipline to gain the insights that now are usual for us.  But, I
> truly believe that sharing what one knows to be true with others who
> simply haven't found out yet is a major part of the human process.
> It so happens that the vitamins and supplements that I take are
> produced by a company called Interior Design Nutritionals.  And yes,
> I also market these items internationally as well as within the U.S.
> If you have an interest in trying them, I assure you that it will
> alter SOMETHING as a result of your decision.  People all over the
> world are finding that these compounds are yielding enough results to
> build either a part time of full time business upon.
> Please contact me if you you would like to try them, or hear more
> about the potential business possibilities.
> Or, to just discuss the chemistry!
>
>         Thanks for being there......           Michael Beatty
>