By Peter Greenlaw and Dr. Dennis Harper

Another failed diet.  Unfortunately, those words ring hollow and true for many Americans who are left wondering why diets consistently fail them.

There are many answers to this question, but a primary reason is the polluted world in which we live.  Major studies conducted by Mount Sinai Medical School and National Geographic have shown that our bodies are storing pollution, acid and impurities in fat cells.  The more impurities we ingest, the more fat cells our bodies create.  This is one of the main reasons why over 75 percent of America is overweight, and why 3 million Americans weigh over 500 pounds.

The answer would seem to be a diet with the proper amount of nutrition – eat healthy and cleanse the body.  However, in order for the body to naturally cleanse itself of impurities, it needs proper nutrients that contain trace minerals (by ingesting trace minerals and rare earth elements in a high nutrition diet, enzymes can more rapidly break down food and cleanse the body).  The problem with this solution is that there are no more trace minerals in our food.

In a report to the US Senate in 1936, it was reported that American soil had become “almost void of trace minerals” due to the use of pesticides and herbicides, and the fact that farmers no longer rotated their fields.  Today, in 2009, the problem has only been exacerbated, and America is considered to be the most overfed and undernourished society on the planet.  In fact, our food supply is so nutritionally bankrupt that it would take about 12 apples in 2009 to equal the nutrition in just one apple from 1976.  The nutrition in a bowl of spinach from 1957 requires 51 bowls of spinach in 2009.

It’s with this dilemma in mind that 21st century thinking is taking over when it comes to nutritional health.  Scientists, doctors, health advocates and other health professionals are backing the attributes of nutritional cleansing, a viable option that is rapidly gaining momentum among people who want a new way to lose weight and achieve overall wellness in their bodies.  They are discovering the benefits of flooding their body with massive amounts of nutrients, trace minerals, fats and proteins, leaving the body satisfied without having to overindulge on food.

While trendy diets and dramatic steps such as stomach stapling continue to be the solutions people are turn to for their weight and health problems, nutritional science is an option that cannot be overlooked.  As people become more aware of the value of nutritional cleansing, it’s likely the choice they’ll make to lose weight, gain energy and improve their lifestyle.

Peter Greenlaw and Dr. Harper have spent the past several years researching nutritional science and the health benefits of nutritional cleansing.  They are both considered experts on the subject, and can be reached at 303-589-7087

Mr. Greenlaw will be speaking at the Hilton Garden Inn/Allen, 705 Central Expressway, in Allen Texas on December 3, 2009 at 7:30PM..

For more information, please contact Kerry Erling at 214-295-7631 or you may pre-register for this FREE seminar at http://www.cleansing-coach.com/seminar-signup-form.htm

– Providing individuals with the opportunity to manage and organize their busy lives; R2 Business Ventures announced today that it has launched the website http://www.groupusup.com.

The website www.GroupUsUp.com. is a social networking community site focused on allowing individuals to form groups for anything or join groups such as clubs, family, friends, neighbors, neighborhoods, HOA’s, organizations, teams, co-workers, alumni, non-profit, jobs & career, business, social, charities, nightlife, sports and more.

Managing Partner Rick Erling adds; “Our early market gap analysis uncovered a need for an easy to use community social networking site that is focused on groups, rather than individuals. We wanted a way for people to organize their lives by having a place to socialize with groups that they have a common interest with.”

With the Group Us Up! concept of “groups for anything”, there is no limit to the benefits of having an outlet to organize your members. You decide if your own profile and the groups you create are public or private and you also decide who to invite. Groups can have multiple discussion forums, photo albums, file attachments and your members can also post blogs, organize events and keep track of who’s attending those events.

Mr. Erling adds; “We have neighborhood and HOA groups that are staying connected and sharing information about their groups and organizing social events. Intramural sports teams and booster clubs are also using it to organize and provide updates on when practices are, where the games take place and plan fundraising events. Businesses are getting onboard for internal corporate communications and reaching out to new customers and partners. There is no limit to the benefits of having an outlet to organize right from your home or anywhere, anytime you have web connection.”

As Mr. Erling and his team grow Group Us Up! they will be depending on their members to provide input on functionality to make Group Us Up! as user friendly as their members desire.

Membership is FREE and signing up is quick and easy at http://www.groupusup.com/.

I have to say this is the BEST chicken I’ve had in my life. I first heard about this place from a plumber…yeah, a plumber! We were talking about food in Dallas and food in Southern California. Then somehow El Pollo Loco came up and he then mentioned Charo Chicken. He said he had it in Cali and saw one driving on his way here. The thing is that I’ve never heard of it even though I am from So. Cali. That’s because most of them were far from me.

So this location at Coit and Park just kept staring back at me everytime I past by it. Though I never had the chance to stop in and try it. Two days ago we were driving by and my husband mentioned Firehouse Sub right next door. So I told him he can go get something there while I hop over next door to Charo Chicken. Somehow he ended up eating at Charo Chicken also. He had the Chicken Quesadilla and I had the Mama Charo, which was basically 2 peice leg & thigh with a side of rice and grill vegetables. My food looked so good my husband said he wish he had what I was having. After having a few bite of the chicken, I’ve told him we’ve found our other kitchen (since we eat out more often now with two kids and all).

The chicken was really good in my opinion and the grill vegetable was tasty. I especially liked the skin. It wasn’t fatty looking. It looked more like the fat just all burned away and left a VERY thin crispy grill chicken skin. The seasoning was yumalicious and the meat was moist and not dry ( I hate eating dry chickent ).

So I hope this place stays around because it’s currently my favorite place to go and I’m so tired of eating everything else that I almost gave up on eating because I didn’t find anything I wanted to eat anymore. I’m also glad it’s from So. Cal !!

It’s funny because everytime I read about people from So. California living in Texas, it always comes down to missing In-N-Out! If you don’t know what that is, it’s a burger chain, but currently it’s only in Cali, Arizona, and Nevada. It’s the BEST burger and for the price, it’s even better than best.

The problem is “In-N-Out remains privately owned and the Snyder family has no plans to take the company public or franchise any units.” so arrgh, can someone just offer them LOTS of money to open one in Dallas???

At least I get to have a few when I visit L.A. but that’s only twice a year if I’m lucky. Do people really miss it?? oh yeeaaah, I do for sure. The closest thing in Dallas would be Kellers on Northwest Hwy, but they just don’t have the same taste and Kellers is a bit far from me right now. Even a burger at a nice restaurant that cost $7.99 isn’t as good as In-N-Out. I think it’s only $2.99 or $3.99, I forgot since the last time I had it was a little more than a year ago. Luckily I’ll get to have it again in a month and a half!!!

Arrghh, I’m hungry now.

I’m not sure why Tuesday is THE day, but I just noticed a couple of places that offers kids free meal on tuesdays. One being Central Market on Coit - they sometimes have some children entertainment provided by Team Family on Tuesdays from around 5-8pm as well. So far, seem like everytime we go, they are there. Oh yes, back to the free meal. They have free meal for kids on Tuesdays. The other place was Cafe Brazil which is almost right next door to Central Market. They have pretty decent food. Better than I expected, but I do always order the French Toast with Seasonal Fruit on top along with the Peach italian cream soda…yum yum…So, why Tuesdays??