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Ingredient Analysis: Melaleuca All-Purpose Cleaner

Ingredient Analysis: Melaleuca All-Purpose Cleaner
Melaleuca is often hailed as a non-toxic alternative for a wide range of products. It's frequently referred to at the "wellness store" or "wellness boxes."
However, the company is also often accused of "greenwashing" – or "cleanwashing" as I prefer to call it.
The truth is always found in the ingredients, so let's take a look at the ingredient label of one Melaleuca product – their household cleaner, the Tough & Tender 12x All-Purpose Cleaner.


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Ingredient Analysis: Herbalife Formula 1 Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake

Ingredient Analysis: Herbalife Formula 1 Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake
Even if you aren't familiar with Herbalife, you've quite possibly seen it in your community. They are often named "X Nutrition" and referred to as "shake clubs" or something similar. The products are often marketed as good for nutrition, weight loss, or energy.
I'm not going to examine those claims, but the truth of any product is always in its ingredients (and their sourcing), so let's take a closer look at the ingredients in Herbalife's flagship product – the Formula 1 Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake.
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Meet Melissa Denelsbeck

 

For years, I was trapped in a fog, never feeling 100%, always tired but too stressed out to get a good night’s sleep, struggling through headaches 3-4 times each week. Almost every afternoon at work, I would hit that mid-afternoon slump and be unable to keep my eyes open. Often, my headaches would start around this same time and last through the rest of the day. All I wanted to do was go home and sleep, but when I went to bed, my thoughts would race, and I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep.

I felt like I was stuck in a never-ending cycle of fatigue – tired all day and wide awake at night, and the headaches just made it all more difficult to deal with. I pushed on as well as I could through the sleepiness and the pain, but I never felt like I was functioning at full capacity.

Then, I started making some changes in my life and becoming aware of what I was putting in and on my body. Over time, I realized that my headaches were becoming less frequent, and my sleep quality, energy, and mental clarity were improving.

Now, a couple years later, I feel my energy levels remain steady from the time I wake up until I go to bed. I am able to quiet my anxious thoughts and fall asleep quickly at night. And the headaches? They’re so infrequent that I can’t even say how often they come – maybe 3-5 a year?

It wasn’t even that difficult a change to make. I just swapped out products in my life that were contributing to my bad health, and I replaced them with versions that enhance my wellness instead.

It’s a step-by-step process that you can take at your own pace, and I am here to be your guide on the journey and empower you to take back your own health! Take a look around my blog or join my free Facebook group where we discuss tips for how to take back your health and live your life abundantly!

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