My drink of choice for a long time now has been green tea.  Yesterday I stumbled upon a study from Molecular Nutrition & Food Research that reports– adding citrus juice to green tea promotes better antioxidant absorption.  Less than 20% of the catechins (antioxidants that may lower the risk of disease) in green tea survive in the nonacidic environment of the intestines.  Scientists added citrus juices to the tea and found that with lemon juice present, 78% of catechins remaind intact during digestion and 71% with orange juice.  That’s quite the boost!

Looks like I will be sucking on the lemons before the green tea shooter.

After 6 hours of waiting, questions, and more waiting I was denied admission and gently escorted out of the country. For one brief moment I felt like a loser. I had gone back in time some 29 years to a place and emotions I thought I would never have to experience again. For that moment all the joy, excitement, and success I had felt about my talk at the IDEA event and how it changed lives just two days earlier had evaporated into an old belief that I wasn’t good enough and would never amount to anything. While I was being questioned I could feel my body tighten, blood pressure elevate, and pulse quicken. I could also feel myself begin to shrink…I felt small.

Have you ever had one of those up and down weeks? You know… one day you’re up and really excited about what’s going on and the next day you feel like you’ve been kicked in the crotch.  Sure you have –we all have.

Just yesterday I was on a plane from Vegas to Vancouver, celebrating a big victory. I had my computer in my lap, and was getting ready to share with you my very exciting experience at the IDEA World Fitness Convention that week. More on that later. That was just about 36 hours ago. By the time I had got back to my computer my state had been radically altered. I had been on my way to Vancouver BC to co-teach a training course when I was stopped at the border. Yes… STOPPED (more…)