Comparing products for the hangover

As I usually do every couple of months, I review the various products that have come and gone since 2000 claiming to prevent the hangover.  There have been over 100…most are gone and every so often another appears.  The latest is something called Remedy Hangover Prevention.  You can look them up if you’d like but I just thought it funny that they would use an oxymoron to name themselves.  With Vitamins and Amino Acids their claim is prevention.  How ironic that their own labeling suggests another dose the next morning if you still feel bad.  I’m sorry, that is not PREVENTION.  Prevention means exactly that…there should be no hangover symptoms.  This is the problem in our industry…tell the truth and do not mislead.  Back to the hangover.  What exactly is alcohol?  Rather than go into the science, let’s just simplify.  Alcohol is an oxidant.  It’s metabolization by the body (primarily the liver), promotes free radical formation that results in an inflammation response creating the flu like symptoms of the hangover.  It’s that simple.  The product that you should use to PREVENT the hangover must be something that will ‘anti’ oxidize, in other words something that will negate the oxidation aspect of the alcohol.  That is why LiverGARD exists and has for many, many years.  Until we discovered that it does PREVENT the hangover about 10 years ago, the raw material had been used to support liver health in a variety of applications.  We named it First Call (as opposed to Last Call) as a moniker associated with drinking alcohol.  Just recently we changed the name to help the average consumer understand it’s primary function – LIVER HEALTH.  LiverGARD is a tremendous antioxidant.  So much so that it’s at least 23x the antioxidant power of blueberries.  That’s the simple explanation for it’s ability to help your body PREVENT the hangover.  Stepping away from drinking…we are assaulted everyday with oxidative stressors; from the air we breathe to the water we drink.  Antioxidants are extremely valuable in supporting natural bodily functions and invaluable in maintaining health and wellness.   Let’s look at it another way.  How do you know something is a powerful antioxidant?  One way is to look at shelf life.  For example, look at fresh produce.  It goes bad sitting out on the shelf…lasts a bit longer in the refrigerator…and can last a good while in the freezer.  LiverGARD can stay in it’s bottle for over 3 years before we can actually begin to measure it’s decline in protective qualities.  7 years later it still is extremely potent and we still measure enough active response in raw material from 10 years ago to keep our PREVENTION claim valid.   A product with only a 6 month shelf cannot have much antioxidant value, therefore cannot offer too much value in hangover prevention.  That’s simple fact.  Do the research, compare products yourself and see why LiverGARD has been around so long.  It simply is a better choice for your liver health.  And yes, it will PREVENT the hangover if you follow directions.  Taking it everyday is not a problem and simply a good idea.  Visit us a www.livergard.com or www.preventhangovers.com to see the research and factual information on our product.  Almost no natural food products have been awarded patents.  We have.  You can look it up.  What is another reason we’re still here and most other products are gone?  It has to work.  LiverGARD works whether you drink or not.

In health and wellness, NBPI

Wisdom gained via the liver and a houseboat…

Wisdom is certainly learned via experience or really, really good observation.  When you’re stubborn like me, though, it’s definitely through the experience (often enough a painful one).  We know it’s wisdom when we can dispense the knowledge in the hopes that those receiving the input choose the benefit versus the ‘experience’.  That’s what we’re trying to do here at Natural Bridges Products.  With LiverGARD, we’re trying use our knowledge about the liver to impart the practical aspects of using this product as part of your lifestyle.   We don’t pay that much attention to the liver yet in our country but it’s gaining attention.  You probably know someone who is on statins to control cholesterol.  Ask them how often they need to have their liver enzymes checked.  Ask them if they’ve ever had to discontinue the statin because the enzymes elevated too much.  Ditto for painkillers that utilize acetaminophen like hydrocodone products (Vicodin).  These are folks who could use LiverGARD immediately.  Tell them about us and then make the leap yourself.  What does your day look like?  Do you drink coffee?  Did you eat right today?  How clean was the air or water I took in?  When we’re younger the liver can handle quite a bit of stress.  As we age, we see a decline in this capacity.  Just increasing the nutrition to the liver can produce amazing results in increasing this lost capacity.  That’s what LiverGARD does.  How did we learn about this?  For me, it was the hangover.  Dr. Charles Cochran, the extract specialist who originally has worked with the artichoke and sarsaparilla extract gave it to me to help me protect my body from my lifestyle.  Think of who you know who have been in sales, traveling the country and the world, and doing business with many cultures.  This was me and I worked for a Japanese company.  It was code to drink.  After work, with clients, all the time.  You’d go away on weekends, just to get away, and of course habit took over and another drink appeared.  I had purchased an old 74 kayot houseboat out on the Sacramento Delta.  This derelict needed some TLC which, if you’ve owned boats, is constantly required.  Fortunately for me, Dr. Cochran was already working with what is now LiverGARD.  He gave it to me as liver support to help handle the stresses of my job and lifestyle.  What he didn’t know and what we learned was that if you took LiverGARD while you drank, you didn’t get that dreaded hangover from overdoing it.  Here’s where we want to dispense some real wisdom…LiverGARD is so good for your liver that it actually prevents the alcohol hangover.  We even received a patent for this invention of use for a nutritional product.  That’s rare enough in itself.  Check it out…US Patent# 6,824,789.  So please consider the wisdom of using LiverGARD everyday and use our knowledge as your own.

All the best….NBPI

PS.  To leave you today, here is a testimonial from Kristin in Wisconsin (stay warm) that we received just a couple of days ago…’

The product is wonderful and
really works. I have allowed many friends to try it and they have ALL called
me the next day to tell me how great they felt. I also use the product for
daily maintenance.... Thank you again for the great service as service is just as
important as the product (well, almost, haha).
With great appreciation,
Kristin