Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Energy: But Were Too Weak to Ask

Rating:
Summary: great
Review: I bought this book in mid 70's, followed energy shake recipe for over a year, with great results! Thick lush hair and long, strong fingernails, not to mention the brain power it provides. The shake must be taken every day for best results. I've since lost the book and am looking for a copy of the recipe. HELP!!!!
I am now 45 years old and know this will trim off fat and provide much energy. Naura Hayden is a loyal author, genuinely intrested in passing good health ideas to others, her research is unbelieveable!! I read another book of hers, which stated that much mental illness and depression is from lack of nutrition to the brain and body and lack of this knowledge. I wrote her a letter back in 1980, I was so excited about what her shake did for me, and she toodk the time to write me back with much encouragement. Thanks Naura!!! Somebody please help me get that book or recipe!!! IT WORKS -- DO IT!! THE POSITIVE RESULTS ARE WORTH IT!!! Use orange juice instead of low fat milk in the morning shake. It can be mixed at night with milk and refrigerated till morning, for a pudding like consistency, with a "nutty" taste.

GO FOR IT!!

Rating:
Summary: great
Review: I bought this book in mid 70's, followed energy shake recipe for over a year, with great results! Thick lush hair and long, strong fingernails, not to mention the brain power it provides. The shake must be taken every day for best results. I've since lost the book and am looking for a copy of the recipe. HELP!!!!
I am now 45 years old and know this will trim off fat and provide much energy. Naura Hayden is a loyal author, genuinely intrested in passing good health ideas to others, her research is unbelieveable!! I read another book of hers, which stated that much mental illness and depression is from lack of nutrition to the brain and body and lack of this knowledge. I wrote her a letter back in 1980, I was so excited about what her shake did for me, and she toodk the time to write me back with much encouragement. Thanks Naura!!! Somebody please help me get that book or recipe!!! IT WORKS -- DO IT!! THE POSITIVE RESULTS ARE WORTH IT!!! Use orange juice instead of low fat milk in the morning shake. It can be mixed at night with milk and refrigerated till morning, for a pudding like consistency, with a "nutty" taste.

GO FOR IT!!

Rating:
Summary: Chirpy, very 70s, and totally unscientific
Review: I found this book in a common room at a campground, and was entranced with the cheesy 70s cover. So I swiped it and started reading it. OK, for starters, Naura Hayden wrote the book with a very 1970s oh-so-casual-and-chummy tone. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but she seems to think words like "vitamins" and "proteins" are too pretentious, so she calls them "vites" and "protes" instead. It took me a few pages to even figure out what "protes" were.

Then there's the matter of her "energy shake", which apparently not only gives you more energy, it also clears up acne, makes you look younger, causes weight loss, and does everything else but cure cancer and make your hair grow back. She has zero medical or scientific evidence to indicate why this shake is any good, just a lot of anecdotes, which are worthless as evidence. And then she includes this cheesy "personal guarantee" that it will work, including her signature right there in the middle of the book. what is she going to do, send me money in the mail if it doesn't work? it is so obvious this book came out before the age of litigation. her publisher's lawyers would have FAINTED at such a claim if she tried to do it now.

but anyway, as a good experimentalist, I thgought, what the heck, I'll try this shake. it's basically 2 cups of milk, 4 tablespoons of powdered lecithin, 4 tablespoons of brewer's yeast, some vanilla, some artificial sweetener, and a bit of vegetable oil. there you go, you don't need to buy the book now. It tastes absolutely foul, despite her chirpy claims that it's "yummy" (which, by the way, basically proves to me that she MUST have been on some sort of speed).

to make a long story short, although I tried it for a month, the only thing I gained from the energy shake was foul-tasting burps all morning. yum.

I give it two stars only for the entertainment factor.

Rating:
Summary: It does work.
Review: I saw the previous reviews and thought maybe mine would help provide some suggestions to make Naura's recipe and suggestions better understood.

First of all, I hope people by now understand that nothing will work 100% of the time for all people. We are all different and must try different things as we go until we find what is right for our individual bodies.

So with that disclaimer out of the way, here is what my experience has been. In 1989, my health was spiraling downward for no apparent reason. My energy was dropping and I was experiencing numerous symptoms that made me wonder if I was just imagining it all or just going crazy. I was trying all kinds of things and had seen doctors with no results.

I came upon this book in a used bookstore and started using this shake and it totally turned things around for me within a few short days. In fact, my energy seemed to zoom up so much, one of my co-workers thought maybe I should cut back a little on the shake!

Regarding the taste of the shake, here is what I did. I have never believed that artificial sweeteners are better than the real thing in terms of what is healthy for us. I know about the pros and cons of honey. It has great health benefits but must be used wisely due to it's sugar content. So as you may have guessed, I used honey in my shake as well as making sure it did sit overnight in the refrigerator. It always tasted great! I also used raw eggs from time to time and sometimes fruit such as bananas based on my own intuition about my health. To enhance the flavoring, I used additional extracts such as almond extract along with the vanilla extract.

If I'm using the shake on a daily basis, I go ahead and mix up the next day's batch as soon as I have emptied the blender. My schedule is very busy and I tend to forget to mix it up if I don't do it right away.

I also only mix the basic ingredients such as the milk, lecithan, yeast and oil when I'm initially making up the drink. When I take it out of the refrigerator the next morning, I then add any other ingrediants in such as the honey, fruit, eggs and sometimes fresh coconut flakes.

Your own intuition about what is good for your body is much more valid than you can know. If something totally repulses you, it may be something you should avoid. Whether it's corn, milk or whatever, your body speaks to you through your own intuition about what seems good and healthy for your body. Why wait for science to catch up to what you already know? Sometimes the problem lies with pesticides, etc. So using organic products can sometimes be the only adjustment necessary.

If you should decide to use the eggs, it's very important to wash the outside shell of the eggs before you break them open because of the possibility of salmonella. I use organically raised eggs and wash them well. They are available in our local grocery stores here in Colorado as well as in our local health food grocers. I don't know about availability in other parts of the country.

Next, it is VERY important that you start out with very small doses of the yeast when you are first using it. You will get all kinds of digestive distress if you use too much too soon! If you do experience any distress, then cut back on what you are using until you notice the symptoms subsiding. Wait awhile before increasing your doseage of the yeast. Each time you increase it, pay very close attention to how you feel.

This is the kind of drink you can experiment with. The important ingredients are the yeast and the lecithan. Everything else is game for experimentation. So if you do decide to try it, don't be afraid to use products that are right for you and leave out the ones you feel are harmful for you.

I used this shake to help me get my health back on track. I think it is a great drink to use whenever you feel you need to boost your health a little more in the right direction or you feel things are off physically or emotionally. If you are having extreme symptoms, it is definitely useful as I already stated about my own experience with it. But like anything else, it should not be looked upon as some sort of miracle cure or elixer.

Good luck to all of you who decide to use it and remember. You are looking to see if this does something for you. If it doesn't, then either you don't need it or it isn't the right thing for you.