Trying Steve's Pure Goodness Probiotic Gut Shot

Hey YouTube, what's going on today we have another one of these Steve's Paleo, uh, probiotic gut power pure goodness greens, um, you may have seen the video where I tried one of these previously it was very potent um that one was beet-based this one is distilled water, cabbage, chard, kale, fennel, ginger, spinach, lemon, I don't like lemon, dandelion, parsley, watercress, chlorella, which is like pond scum basically, spirulina which is basically pond scum, Celtic sea salt, and a live active culture. If you did catch the last video when I had that last one I looked like I was possessed by a demon, uh, it was uh you'll pardon the sinuses it's winter and it's very dry, um, I look like I was possessed by demons

So you know it was pretty horrific, hopefully, this one's a little better because it's not beet-based, I'm not really a fan of beets, uh the lemon as long as it's, it's, subdued it shouldn't be too bad, the rest of the stuff's just gonna taste green, is the best way to describe it so yeah, you're supposed to keep these refrigerated once you get them. The serving size is one bottle, of course, the uh bottle has 10 calories, zero grams of fat, 70 milligrams of sodium, zero milligrams cholesterol, three grams of carbohydrates, zero sugars, one gram of protein that's probably from the chlorella, chlorella and the spirulina they're actually pretty high in protein for a for what are basically single-cell organisms, um vitamin a is 30 percent of your daily value, vitamin c is 25, calcium's at 2 percent, iron is it two percent again that iron's probably coming from the like spirulina, not a significant source of calories from fat, saturated fat, trans fat, daily value based on a 2000 calorie diet like it always is. Raw, never pasteurized, uh paleo, keto, vegan, and gluten-free, traditionally fermented, um, proudly handcrafted by Steve's Paleo Goods in Pensacon, New Jersey. Um, certified organic by PCO. I, I've said this in the other video if you watched it, that I like Steve's Paleo because they have a really good buffalo, uh, chicken jerky. He also uses a significant percentage, to me anyway, percentage of his, uh, income to support a youth program that he's developed and I've always thought that was kind of cool. I've been buying from them on and off for oh, I don't know, five, ten years, somewhere in there I'm not sure exactly and you know for jerky it's, it's, fairly priced but jerky is expensive, but I like to get some once in a while for a treat, and they had these and some other things and as I said in previous videos I've had a pretty lousy diet so I'm trying to heal my gut microbiome if you will, and I thought I'd give these a try. They're a little pricey but just having one a week just to try the different flavors so yeah, let's give this thing a couple of shakes because it does settle not, as bad as the last one I did but it had settled appreciably, go ahead and get this plastic off here. I hope you guys are doing well, it is what February, it's the day before Valentine's day as I record this video, um it's a Saturday and on Monday we're expecting five to ten inches of snow. Fun I guess. That's the benefit of being work from home right now, I'm sorry to tell you that have to actually still go to work during this past year, but I've been fortunate enough to be able to work from home and I'm very happy about it come Monday, when we get all that snow. So since the last one was pretty nasty I've got my handy dandy Nalgene bottle here, go ahead and unscrew the cap in case it's so horrific that I have to guzzle the entirety of the contents. Uh, we're not going to use Mr. Moose since it's just a little tiny shot in a glass bottle.

You can go on the website and see the pictures or you know at the beginning of the video I got a photo of it it's just green bile looking water yeah.

Oh.

I'm gonna try not to wretch and gag but from the smell of this is not going to be pleasant,t so uh, bottoms up. Oh I don't want to do this I'm doing this for you people I hope you appreciate this, this is going to be horrible, I um, hold on just the smell of it's turning my stomach. All right oh it's not going to drink itself, I do this for you people, I'm gonna double fist it here because I'm probably gonna need this water, uh yeah, bottoms up.

That's horrible.

You can definitely taste the culture.

The like, caustic vinegary, um the aftertaste isn't as bad as the last one you can definitely taste that it's got you know fermentedness in it. Ugh, oh, I only drink half of it. Good grief, it is making me snot up a little, um I found that just pretty much anything that's fermented does that to me, ugh oh, all right I'll finish it just for you guys, as you can see there's maybe uh, you know we're about halfway left, I don't know if you can see that the camera's pretty far away and it's just my phone so it's not the best but.

Oh, the burps for it are...

I'm gonna have to cheat and have a little bit of diet coke after this, okay let's get it done.

No, you know what it tastes like.

Oh, I need a minute.

Serenity now, serenity now, yeah it's got this whole nostril stopped up. Okay, what it kind of reminds me of is, um, I used to drink heavily, I've said this in other videos, I am sober now, um personal choice, that's I think sobriety has its benefits. I'm not going to harp on that but, it reminds me of some just like really horrid, uh, horrible, horrible beers I have had in the past, that probably weren't fit for human consumption at like brew fests and stuff because people were trying to be you know, uh, novel. It actually reminds me of one, I forget the name that had, uh, cayenne or something in it and it had just this caustic, it's definitely a lot better than the last one I had, I forget the name of it but I'll make sure I link the video either, you know, in a box, or a title card thing, or in the, in the comments. It's not as bad as that one, I feel like my reaction might have been worse because it's just the taste, there are things in here that I just don't like. I'm not fond of the taste of kale, I will eat it in a smoothie with a lot of oats or something. I'm not a fan of lemon actually, I think the lemon might be what's making me get a little snotty here, and I don't like parsley, and parsley in it but the fennel was real subdued in it even though it's towards the top of the ingredients. It's definitely not as strong as you would get fennel in something like absinthe when they have fennel in them. It's, see, it's, it's making my sinuses. Uh yeah, not bad if, if this was something I had to do once a week, and it had like appreciable health benefits, I'd probably consider it. Um, you know the taste is already mostly gone, I can taste it a little on my tongue but it's mostly just that fermented taste, so like you had pickled onions, or, or something it's just got that without the really salty overtones. So yeah, maybe try these out if you're interested, um, they're four or five dollars a bottle or something you get a little sampler pack I, I don't know that I'd buy them regularly, but it was interesting to experience it. Um, I still have one more left, I tasted one off-camera when they first came, and uh, it was kind of like the one I did on video, the next one is a recovery whereas this one is greens and I think the one I did on camera was immune.

The one in the refrigerator that I'll try in another video looks a lot like the one I had last time. Yeah, that was Steve's Paleo, uh, probiotic gut power pure goodness greens. Thanks for stopping by, I'll have more videos coming soon go check out some old videos. Like, comment, subscribe, Patreon in the doobly-doo, um you know, I know I'm getting a little bit of glare sometimes off my lights, I'm working on it. I gotta figure out where to position them, microphone's not the best, I'm gonna get a little lapel mic eventually, we're using that rode mic, gonna upgrade the camera when I can afford to - using my iPhone 2020 SE so not the greatest camera, um yeah, I'm gonna wash this down with a little more water and I'll see you guys next time!

Trying the Gut Power Probiotic Kulture Shot by Steve's PaleoGoods (drink review)

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Hey YouTube what's going on? Uh, doing another drink review here in the drink review series, we have a probiotic gut powder or gut power, sorry it's really early in the morning , it is the beet ginger boost from Steve's PaleoGoods. These are like probiotic, uh, gut shots with beets, distilled water, ginger, Celtic sea salt, live active culture, and organic ingredients. I always like Steve's PaleoGoods because they have a buffalo chicken jerky that's really good, and he gives like 15 of his proceeds to this like program to help kids and stuff that he's developed you can read about it on his website, but out of curiosity I wanted to try these I did try one the other day off camera and it was uh it was, it was very strong that's you could taste the beets it wasn't this specific one but I got a sampler pack and I tried one and I thought I'd try the other three on camera so here we go in our drink review series it's you know just a little refrigerated probiotic shot. So I have my handy dandy water here because the last one was pretty potent so let's go ahead and give this a try. The plastic off there um I did shake this a little beforehand because it had settled some definitely something I'd recommend. Oh that uh, uh, it, it smells like when you open a can of, of creamed corn. it's I'm guessing that's the beets so we're gonna have my water here on the ready.

Uhhh bottoms up, that, yeah that's, yeah uh oh yeah yeah I gotta finish this hold on, that is very, uh, pungent, strong, yeah it's immediately making me snot up because my body is like what did you just drink. The taste did go away with a little bit of the water though. So the nutrition facts you have a serving size of one bottle uh there's 20 calories in the bottle, 55 milligrams of sodium probably just for taste, 1 gram of sugars, no protein, 35 your daily value of vitamin A, 6 percent of your vitamin C, 2 percent of your calcium, uh if you hear a loud noise sorry the heat just kicked on it is like eight degrees outside, eight degrees Fahrenheit outside which is well below freezing for celsius folks, we're in that cold snap whatever that's going on when this video went up, and then uh yeah 8 percent of your iron. So yeah, if, if you're interested in a probiotic product, this is this isn't sponsored, um I don't know the efficacy of it in your gut is to improve your biome but the taste is miserable as it's going down, it's mostly gone away now, so yeah maybe check it out. Definitely not my favorite thing to drink but, you know, I've never eaten well and my wife and I have been trying to eat a little bit better as I've said in other videos trying to do more of a whole food plant-based thing. Not all the time, I like my meat, don't get me wrong I respect people that don't eat meat and I know the environmental impact of meat. Meat is kind of bad but I like it, but I'm trying to like repair my dead health or presumably, that's what I'm trying to do so I've been trying to introduce, you know, living cultures of probiotics to kind of help my digestive system maybe go from years of abusing it with highly processed and garbage foods and I drank alcohol heavily for years and years and I'm sure that didn't do great things for my gut microbiome so yeah check that out probiotic gut power beat ginger boost. There will be two other videos in this product line eventually I'm going to kind of spread them out like once a week or so so the videos might not be up when this goes up but if this has been up for a while they'll probably be there I just didn't want to take them all at once I figured, you know, small little doses to my gut over time. So yeah check that out Steve's PaleoGoods, uh links in the dooblydoo, Patreon down there too, check out my other videos, uh you know if this heat sound is terribly annoying if the echo in this room is terribly annoying I can really use help on that Patreon so I can get some sound solutions in this room you don't have to it would just be nice this is a hobby. I'm not trying to get rich or anything just uh trying stuff documenting it. It's winter then you know I'll be tinkering outside in warmer weather so yeah thanks for stopping by!

Trying Olipop Orange Squeeze fizzy tonic

On a recent Buff Dudes they had the sponsor Olipop, the soda alternative sounded interesting so my wife and I got some at Fresh Thyme when we were doing our groceries, here’s my impressions on their Orange Squeeze.

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Hey youtube what's going on um I was watching another youtube creators account the other day uh buff dudes it's I guess it's two brothers and a dad their mom runs their merch and stuff for them but they, they have some interesting sponsors sometimes they'll have like this super expensive cereal that's you know low carb high protein or whatever and I'd love to try it but it's fantastically expensive uh then this week their sponsor was Olipop - and grab yourself a crisp refreshing Olipop - so

First I'll say if you go on their website this stuff comes out to like three dollars a can shipped and that's a lot for tonic water or soda sparkling tonic is what they call it. It's unique because, at least it's unique as far as I know, it's a prebiotic you know it's got botanicals and plant fiber it's not joking about the plant fiber. What I found interesting was in this can of orange squeeze which I'm about to try for the first time it contains 45 calories but nine grams of fiber, five grams of sugars, and then zero grams of protein. It's 160 percent of your daily vitamin C in a can. Now, my wife and I found this at fresh time yesterday uh you can go on lollipops website, this isn't sponsored or anything, I've just decided when I try something unique uh I'll share it with you guys so you don't have to waste your money or so you can be like well hey he liked it so maybe I will like with the solo stove which I haven't done another fire with yet. I was going to this weekend but yesterday we got a lot of rain, snow, rain, snow, rain, snow, and it's snowing right now so I didn't get around to that but let's uh let's check this can out. Again, I found it on the buff dudes, it was one of their sponsors, they're not sponsoring me. I'm nobody, as you can tell by my subscriber count, and the three of you that are watching this but it claims to support digestive and immune health you know whatever but it's plant-powered and microbiome approved - I'm not sure what the certifying body for that is and you know they make the proud claim that it's non-GMO, I don't care if something's genetically modified in a lab within reason before it's introduced into the wild and I don't think eating GMO crops is necessarily bad, it might kind of reduce the fiber and up like the carbohydrates with you know things like corn or whatever where they're trying to get the most bang for the buck, but I think some things are important like genetically modified rice. If we could get it to grow in different conditions and, um, you know we could we could really go a long way with world hunger and you could get it to synthesize vitamins and stuff inside while it's growing so that's cool. So I don't really care about the non-GMO part of it but it's an interesting thing. So the ingredients in this can uh they have several different flavors and they're all a little different, I know the cola one contains caffeine this does not, the cola one gets its caffeine from um green tea extract this one though, however, is carbonated water and then OLISMART which is cassava root fiber, chicory root inulin, jerusalem artichoke inulin, nopal cactus, calendula flower, kudzu root, hey a beneficial use for kudzu really bad invasive species, marshmallow root, slippery elm bark, that's all in their OLISMART, and then you have lemon juice, apple juice concentrate, mandarin juice concentrate, cassava root syrup, clementine juice concentrate, rosehip, uh acerola cherry, stevia leaf for the sweetness, Himalayan pink salt it does have you know 35 milligrams of sodium which is kind of on par with regular soda, and then natural orange flavor extract. It appears to be manufactured for Olipop in Oakland California, it doesn't say where but it wouldn't surprise me if it's regional, um one thing that is interesting is the can here, it's not printed on the aluminum it's definitely some kind of plastic wrap on just a bare aluminum can, uh yeah. Oh, it's gluten-free, it's vegan-friendly, it's paleo-friendly, but that's why you're paying $2.65, $2.70 I think we paid at fresh time and they only had three different kinds and a couple of cans each. I imagine it's not a super high volume sales product for them but it does sound like they're kind of new too so you know let's try it, my wife wanted to try it off camera so we're going to pour this in a glass

Oooh nice hiss, Steve would approve. MRE Steve, check him out.

Well, right away,

right away it smells like McDonald's orange juice, I don't know if they still have it but if you're a child of the 80s or 90s you'll remember it. It was kind of pulpy and had a very distinct orange juice taste, and we're definitely carbonated, you know it's a, it's a soda, it just looks like any number of energy drinks or something but there's no, no stimulants in this so let's give it a taste

It kind of tastes like Sprite

Yeah, it has a decidedly Sprite taste, I like that uh, at 250 to three dollars a can I'm not gonna rush out and get it but I may actually order some more of this just to have a treat. Um I've had two diet cokes this year it's january 30th or 31st when I'm recording this prior to that I was doing two or three Diet Cokes a day and when I ran out at the end of December I just decided not to buy anymore, um got a couple you know at the gas station or whatever when we were out and about and I wanted something to drink but yeah, that's that's pretty good, um I really should have prepared better and have a list of the flavors - they do have a root beer one I'd like to try assuming it's uh, not caffeinated like Barq's and some root beers are, I doubt it is but I'm just trying to stay away from the caffeine - it's uh, it's been surprisingly easy, I used to be a very heavy coffee drinker back in the day and you know, I would drink a pot, pot and a half of coffee a day and then I switched to Diet Coke and now that I've given it up I find generally I don't need it anymore. I miss the taste of the Diet Coke which is what interested me about these but, yeah, I was never a big fan of Sprite but I would drink it sometimes. I'm sure you've all had Sprite when you were sick to the stomach you know mother's wisdom and all that but it's not exactly Sprite it's...

It um, it's kind of like Sprite if it was watered down a little, eh, that's not fair because it doesn't taste bad it just tastes "light" I guess but yeah, probably want to go on their website and order a case of it you have to order like a whole bunch of it and the shipping makes it expensive plus it's winter so coming to me would probably freeze but go to their website it's drinkolipop.com I think, I'll have the link in the doobly-doo. Again not sponsored, if they'd like to send me some I'd gladly take it to try the other flavors, but I'm nobody so Ii don't that's gonna happen, but yeah look it up see if they have it in a store near you and just try it. It could be a nice little treat every now and then, uh, I might drink one or two of these a week some of the other flavors sounded interesting, I believe they had strawberry vanilla or cherry vanilla, I wish they had like a vanilla cola without caffeine. That I can get behind, but yeah, I'm gonna look for more of these. Uh sorry for you know not doing a fancy video today, I'm just kinda, it's winter don't really have a lot of great ideas just going to try stuff share it with you my wife and I have been doing plant-based, whole food plant-based, for a while we're going to probably share some of that with you as, uh, as we try it. Why not, and uh, yeah I'm gonna stop rambling now this is probably going on for like 19 minutes or something and I intended it to be a 45-second video so cheers! Like, comment, subscribe, dislike, check out the Patreon so I can get more weird stuff like this, uh tell me you hate my guts, that's been Ryan Mercer - uh, you guys have a nice one!

Paleo friendly ketchup!

So I know a lot of people love their ketchup (catsup) but hey, it's got a lot of sugar in it usually. Well, I went in search of a good sugar-free ketchup and I found one! I love it! I don't use a lot of it so a 13oz bottle lasts me about 2 months. What brand do you ask? Westbrae Natural Vegetarian Unsweetened Ketchup! 

Westbrae Natural Vegetarian Unsweetened Ketchup -- 13 fl oz (Pack of 6)

$30.35

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Ingredients: Water, tomato paste (from red ripe tomatoes), apple cider vinegar, salt, onion, maltodextrin (from corn), spice, natural flavor.

Now, some of you are going to argue that maltodextrin is NOT paleo/sugar-free but I disagree.

Yes maltodextrin has a glycemic index of over 100, however it's in such small quantities in this ketchup that it's not even worth noting, a tbsp or two with your food is going to have a negligible effect on blood sugar levels and insulin activity, if you drink a bottle or two ok yes you might be getting enough to make a worthwhile difference bbbuuuttttttt if you are drinking 26 ounces of ketchup in a meal you have other issues. 

"Oh but maltodextrin from corn! Corn is a grain! Corn isn't paleo!" *facepalm* Maltodextrin can come from any number of sources, likening maltodextrin to corn is like saying "I can BBQ with diamonds instead of charcoal because they are both carbon!". 

Look, if you want ketchup that's sugar-free this is the best solution I've found that doesn't involve a lot of labor (try making your own, it's a giant time-suck). This stuff tastes wonderful, 2-tbsp takes care of a pound of hamburger for me (two 1/2lb patties) and adds a whopping 10kcals and 2g of carbohydrates (from the tomato paste) to a meal. If you are concerned about the maltodextrin, and just won't listen to me, buy some of the ketchup and get a blood-glucose meter and experiment with a bottle... for the vast majority of people you'll find a negligible change.

Stop saying sweet potatoes are more nutritious than white potatoes!

I get tired of seeing the Paleo community go

“Oh sweet potatoes brah like they are way better than white potatoes, like grok man he only ate sweet potatoes and white potatoes are just the devil! Like uh I saw that they have more of them nutrient things and are healthier for you and just better, sweet potato with butter, sweet potato with cinnamon, sweet potato sweet potato sweet potato!”

I do not care for the taste of sweet potatoes at all, nor do I care for people making claims that have zero basis in reality. Yes, white potatoes are nightshades and a small portion of the population has negative reactions to nightshades... I suspect somewhere, somewhen an individual that had a legitimate nightshade issue found that when they switched to sweet potatoes from white potatoes they had some of their health issues vanish and then someone else saw it and was like "oh man sweet potatoes!" and then another and another and another... and this white potatoes developed a stigma.

The Paleo community is starting to come around to white potatoes with more and more people being adventurous and returning to them, finding they don't have issue with them as they suspected. Still, at least once a week I see someone on a forum or Reddit or a blog demonize white potatoes with comments like "sweet potatoes are more nutritious!" well... why don't we actually take a look at the numbers, because... you know... SCIENCE.

	Sweet Potatoes 200g	White Potatoes 200g
kcals	160	281
fat	0g	0g
cholesterol	0mg	0mg
carbohydrates	41g	64g
dietary fiber	7g	6g
sugars	13g	4g
protein	4g	6g
Vitamin A	38433IU	29.9IU
Vitamin C	39.2mg	37.7mg
Vitamin D	-	-
Vitamin E	1.4mg	0.1mg
Vitamin K	4.6mcg	8.1mcg
Thiamin	0.2mg	.01mg
Riboflavin	0.2mg	0.1mg
Niacin	3mg	4.6mg
Vitamin B6	0.6mg	0.6mg
Folate	12mcg	114mcg
Vitamin B12	-	-
Pantothenic Acid	1.8mg	1.1mg
Choline	26.2mg	43.1mg
Betaine	69.2mg	0.6mg
Calcium	76mg	29.9mg
Iron	1.4mg	1.9mg
Magnesium	54mg	80.7mg
Phosphorous	108mg	224mg
Potassium	950mg	1626mg
Sodium	72mg	20.39mg
Zinc	0.6mg	1mg
Copper	0.3mg	0.4mg
Manganese	1mg	0.6mg
Selenium	0.4mcg	1.5mcg
Fluoride	-

Wait, what? I thought sweet potatoes were so much more nutritious than white potatoes?!?! You're telling me the only thing sweet potatoes has over white potatoes is considerably more vitamin A but white potatoes have more of several other minerals/nutrients/vitamins. Fancy that. Now stop saying sweet potatoes are more nutritious.

Bulletproof Diet and Mental Clarity

I've been doing the Bulletproof Diet for 5 days now. I have not had my normal 'brain crash' or 'brain fog' creep in around 2pm each day, which has been the norm for the vast majority of days of my life (despite even things like nootropics). I contribute this entirely to the MCT oil, a tbsp in the morning and a tbsp an hour or two before bed. Time perception has been sped up too, both at work and home... again I contribute this entirely to the MCT oil. Oh, and if any of my readers have 1500$ to spare and want to be generous, buy me a Vibe Whole Body Vibration Plate!

Food observation: Boiled hamburger DISGUSTING

Food observation: Soft-boiled egg DECENT

I failed to mention my start weight in my first post. So, my PRE-BP START WEIGHT WAS 262.8 LBS. I'll update randomly as I continue to post updates.

Today I start eating bulletproof

Today I start eating the bulletproof diet. I already prefer to eat paleo and have known of the BP diet for some time. Well decide to start June off by switching 100% to it. I've been getting everything ready leading up to today, after getting paid last night I raided Trader Joe's this morning and cleaned them out of their grass fed beef walking away with 10lbs and replinished my stocks of kerrygold grass-fed butter.