Nutrition & fitness experts
Fitness expert Samantha Clayton
Samantha is Director of Fitness Education at Herbalife, and as a former competitive sprinter and fitness expert this is the perfect role for her! Married with four young children, Samantha understands how difficult it can be to make fitness a priority but it’s her passion to reawaken everyone’s urge to exercise.
Samantha has raced for her country and specialized in the 200-meter sprint and the 100-meter relay. More recently, she ran her own gym and helped people build their confidence, and their muscles, through exercise.
With AFAA and ISSA certifications under her belt and a love of science that she honed while completing her Applied Chemistry degree, Samantha understands how the human body works and how little changes can make a big difference. Follow Samantha’s blog posts for tips and advice about how you can enhance your lifestyle by becoming fitter and happier.
With an effervescent personality, Samantha makes fitness an achievable goal for everybody whether they’re already a regular gym-goer or happy sitting on the sofa.
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Nutrition expert Susan Bowerman
Susan is a registered dietitian and a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics. Susan majored in biology at the University of Colorado, and received her master’s degree in food science and nutrition from Colorado State University.
During her clinical training, Susan taught extensively and developed educational programs targeted to individuals, groups and industry in areas of health promotion and self-care, women’s health, cardiac health and weight management. Susan’s wide-ranging expertise in areas such as weight management, sports nutrition, food safety, cooking, consumer education and complementary medicine has been sought by celebrities, athletes, restaurateurs and writers.
For many years, Susan had a successful private practice in Beverly Hills, California. Susan was also a contributing columnist for the Los Angeles Times’ ‘Health’ section for two years, and wrote the menu plans and recipes for “What Color is Your Diet?” and “The L.A. Shape Diet” by Dr. David Heber, published by Harper Collins in 2001 and 2004, respectively.
Susan Bowerman is a paid consultant to Herbalife.
Discover Good Nutrition & Fitness is sponsored and edited by Herbalife International of America, Inc. The primary authors of this nutrition and fitness blog are Samantha Clayton and Susan Bowerman.
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Fitness is my life’s 40%. And Nutritions is a must.
Я независимый дистрибьютор Herbalife из России г. Ульяновск. Спасибо за эту полезную информацию. Очень интересно, я могу использовать статьи и фотографии на своем сайте блог? Не могли бы вы дайте мне знать, пожалуйста, большое спасибо.
Hello! I saw a video from Susan Bowerman about the eggs. It has a lot of really interesting info, however something I didn’t get is: how many eggs a person should eat daily or weekly? Some say 3 eggs a week, others 1 daily egg and others recommend 2 eggs per day! What do you recommend? Why? Thanks!
Hi!
I just saw your blog posts. It’s such a great source of information with useful tips for healthy lifestyle…all at one place.
I’m going to start a health & wellness blog. So I just want to get the permission that, can I share some of these useful information on my blog..:)
Hi Jonel.
Thanks for the compliment.
We’re happy for you to share our content. We want to help everyone enjoy an active, healthy life.
Glad we have a very informative page like this. Like Jan, I also wanted to use most of your articles on my blog to promote good health and an active lifestyle. I would like to take this opportunity to ask your permission to post your articles on my site. Hope you grant my request. Keep up the good work!
Hi Jan,
Yes, please do share the advice our experts have prepared. We have created this blog to help educate everyone about how they can live a healthier, more active life.
We only ask that you link back to Discover Good Nutrition and Fitness and credit our experts.
Thanks.
Hi I’m a Herbalife Distibutor in the UK, just wondering of I can use articles and photos on my website blog ? Could you let me know please many thanks.
Dear Deepak,
A healthy, well-balanced diet is just one of many important factors for heart patients in managing their individual health concerns. Your wife should discuss her specific nutritional needs with her medical doctor to determine any underlying reasons for her weakness and her weight loss, and to discuss the appropriate use of nutritional supplements and meal replacements.
my wife is a heart patient , her body tendency to make more cholesterol, she had a stroke at age 26 yrs. now she too much under weight. her ht.-5.3 ft and wt.-44 kg. feels week & lazy can you pl suggests us the best product of your factory.
i look forward to hearing from you asap.
Thnx & Rgds,
Deepak (India)
I am independent distributor from Turkey. Thanks for this useful information.
Hi susan
I am distributor from India. Its coincident to see this site. Great information about nutrition thanks for sharing this good info here. Can i clear my doubts whenever i feel to ask here. And will u answer my doubts.
Hi Liz, it’s great to hear that you like the blog and that this is an interesting subject for you.
We’re not looking for additional authors but thanks for the offer.
Hi,
My name is Liz Becker and I really enjoy your blog. I am interested in guest posting on discovergoodnutrition.com. Is that something that you are open to? If so, what are your guidelines. I am working on an article that I feel will look really good on this site. Please get back to me and I will send you the full article when it is finished :)
Looking forward to your response,
Liz
Hi Toshiki,
We’re happy for you to share Susan’s advice.
Thanks for checking in with us.
Hi Susan,
This is Toshiki an Herbalife Distributor from Philippines. Im planning to make a blog of my own. I would like to ask for your permission to put some of your post on my blog? Is it ok with you ma’am?
Thank you!
Hi Cayden,
Thanks for visiting our blog. We’re glad our content is useful. Please feel free to share the posts.
Susan
Great website. Plenty of useful info here. I am sending it to a few buddies ans also sharing in delicious. And of course, thanks for your sweat!
Hi Susan,
I’m a Herbalife Distributor from Singapore. I would like to share all these good articles in my blog. Will it be possible if I re-post it in my blog? Kindly advice and thank you for doing such a wonderful thing for people like us with very little knowledge in health matters.
Planks are really helpful core exercises. Overall good info.
Hello, I’m a Belgian Distributor. Can I translate your post in French and publish them on my blog ? I’ll say each time that it come from this blog and mention your name.
Hi Deepthi,
Good question.
Herbalife’s weight management products are designed to be part of a plan that includes a healthy diet and exercise. If you are using Formula 1 Shake as a meal replacement, it is not a requirement to add additional items, such as fruit or yogurt. You may personalize your shake, as many of our customers currently do, by adding different items to it. However, keep in mind that you may affect the taste, texture and consistency of the shake. Herbalife does offer a number of enhancers, such as Protein Drink Mix, Personalized Protein Powder, or Beverage Mix that were designed to be added to your Formula 1 Shake.
It is important to note that weight loss can be affected by a variety of factors, such as the amount of physical activity undertaken, medication or medical conditions. Always consult your healthcare professional prior to starting a weight management program and incorporating dietary supplements.
Hi,
I have ordered recently herbalife products for weight management. I have a question about using these products. Can i have milk shake with fruit or is it going to add any extra calories and will it delay by weight loss?
Can replacing my meal with milk shake make me weak or fatigue?
I exercise daily so i do drink protien shake every evening at 5 after my workout. Its about 120 calories per serving. So can i still take the protien shake while using these herbalife products. I am worried if that might add calories which may effect my weight loss?
Can i have milkshake in the morning and at dinner time and have my lunch as normal i would?
When i am using these products will it supply with all nutients vitamins required for body as i will not be snack on fruits?
Please do help me with concerns.
Thank you,
Deepthi
Hi there Kiran,
Papaya is a commonly consumed fruit, and this ingredient is the fruit powder. Papain is comprised of a mixture of enzymes that are present in papaya leaf, and the safety concern for pregnant women is related to either crude papain preparations or possibly other substances present in crude papain preparations, which are very different from the papaya fruit powder used in Herbalife Formula 1 Nutritional Shake mix products.
Hi,
I am a new distributor for Herbalife. We recommend Formula 1 as a healthy breakfast for all our customers. In the formula 1 – nutrional shake mix product, papaya powder is listed in the ingredients. Some of my customers, who have observed this fact, told me that this doesn’t suit the women, who is looking to conceive or already pregant.
Please could you clarify on this.
Hi Kiran,
Herbalife has been in the business of supplying the best nutritional supplements, weight management, and personal care products for over 30 years. Everything we do starts with great products; and all our products start with proven science.
Some Herbalife nutritional products contain soy, and like all of our products, the ingredients they contain are healthy, science-based and chosen for use by our world-class scientists overseeing product development and formulation.
Hope this helps.
Hi,
I am a Herbalife distributor and please can you clarify on the below email complaining on the usage of soy foods for women, especially.
I have read many articles on Herbalife websites and elsewhere as well, supporting the usage of soy food but the below I have got an email from one of my customers, which is completely contradicting my understanding. Hence I profoundly request your clarification in this regard.
Thanks in advance!
Below is the content of the email I have received:
> THIS ARTICLE IS THROUGH THE KIND COURTESY OF MS SUREKHA
> RAMCHANDANI,ONE WOMAN’S STORY ON SOYA…
>
> Something to take note of. This is my true story, nothing altered.
> These are facts, as they relate to my experience, my opinions based on
> what I have read and felt. I am relating them to warn other young
> health-conscious women who are unwittingly harming themselves.
>
> In 1989, I graduated from high school in Texas and couldn’t wait to
> hit the big college city. One of the changes I wanted to make was to eat healthier.
>
— Rest of comment removed due to length –
Thank you for your support of Herbalife and your detailed attention to the product ingredients, Shahieda.
Someone who is diabetic should follow the advice of their personal physician about any dietary changes.
The sugar used in Herbalife Formula 1 Express bars is Fructose-Glucose Syrup and is used for flavor and to help bind the ingredients so that the bar maintains its shape.
I’m a Herbalife Distributor
Can someone please tell me if the Formula 1 Express bar (14.2g of sugar) and the protein bar (10g of sugar) are safe to use by diabetics! What type of sugar is this and why so much?
Thanks
i like this post greatly. ill be checking backfor future articlesthanks.
Hi Yvonne-
More than 100 studies have been conducted on sucralose that show it is unabsorbed or metabolized by humans and completely safe to eat. These studies have been evaluated over a 20-year period and clearly demonstrated its safety. Additionally, our ingredients are reviewed by leading doctors and nutrition scientists and we are confident in the safety of our products.
We understand that there are consumers who prefer not to use non-nutritive sweeteners. Sucralose is the only non-nutritive sweetener that is made from sugar, and only a very small amount of sucralose is used in Herbalife® products.
As you said, we do offer products that do not contain sucralose and we hope that you will continue to enjoy them.
Hi I am a Herbalife distributor and would like to know why we use surcalose in our products. It is a chlorocarbon made from 3 chlorine atoms. They say it’s not absorbed in the body but that is not true. Can you let me know if we are going to change that? Thank you.
SOY DISTRIBUIDORA DE HERBALIFE Y GRACIAS A ESOS CONOCIMIENTOS HE CAMBIADO MI NUTRICION Y MI VIDA A DADO UN REVOLCON PARA BIEN AMO A HERBALIFE GRACIAS
Enormously helpful thanks, It is my opinion your current subscribers could very well want significantly more blog posts along these lines maintain the good effort.
So I’m in my teens and I would like to begin weight training. All of the people around me appear to be stronger then me so I want to change it. But some body recently had said to me that weight lifting will stunt my growth, so I definitely want to be sure if that is the truth?
I can’t believe I hadn’t come across this until just now. Very happy I came across this post. Appreciate you posting it!
Hi. Please could you confirm whether the Herbalife Formula 1 Shakes are gluten free. I have seen on the ingredients that they contain oat fibre,
Thanks!
Elmarie Smith
I have found the most effective method to get every one of your b vitamins is to just take a mutliple b supplement every morning. they have 100% of the recommended daily amount. Also some of the finest resources of vitamins are always found in fruit plus veggies, you really can’t go wrong with fruit and veg..
Thanks for the suggestion, we’ll keep it in mind with future tips. If there’s something specific you’re wondering about, please let us know.
Thank you providing us (food lovers) with some great tips. Just wondering if your blogs could give us a little more information (links?) with scientific references to continue learning more about nutrition.
Hi Kay, We are pleased to hear that your daughter is having success using Herbalife products!
My daughter took Herbalife vitamins to her doctor and he compared them to prenatal vitamins, the only nutrient she needed to add was folic acid. She took Formula 1, Formula 2, cell activator, Herbalifeline(clinical studies have proven the baby’s brain develops faster with omega3), Herbal aloe vera drink and her baby was a 10 on the apgar scale.
New distributor here that wants to thank you for the great work. Just started putting my website together where I hope to build a support group for good health. You videos are excellent and I appreciate the work that goes into them. Keep it up and best of health to you. Brett
Thank you for your comment. The small increase in acidity in the digestive tract that occurs with the consumption of dried plums does facilitate calcium absorption, as calcium is more readily absorbed from a mildly acidic environment. However, this small increase in acidity does not increase the overall acidity of the diet, and does not affect the overall pH balance of the blood.
Hi, please help me understand: Adam Baer wrote an article in Men’s Health quoting you on dried plums: dried plums…..”make for a more acidic environment in the digestive track….That, in turn, facilitates calcium absorption.” I know dried plums have proved to increase bone density, but I have read that an acidic diet can cause the extraction of calcium from the bones to rebalance the pH. Please help me understand this. Thanks!
Susan, I am a dietitian interested in becoming a distributor. Would you be able to provide me with a contact number where I could ask you a couple of questions about Herbalife?
Diane Benfield, MS, RD, CD
Hi Susana,
Thanks for your question. Optimum nutrition during pregnancy is important to maintain your health and to minimize problems during pregnancy. All nutritional supplementation during pregnancy should be discussed with your prenatal physician. Formula 2 is not a replacement for prenatal vitamins.
Hi!
I am planning my second pregnancy and I would like to know what are the recommendations for consuming Herbalife products during pregnancy:
- Is it safe to have a Formula 1 milkshake at breakfast?
- Does Formula 2 replace some of the supplements that pregnant women have during pregnancy, such as folic acid, iron, magnesium and calcium?
- Is it safe to continue taking Herbalifeline? What about Guarana, Aloe Concentrate, Thermojetics Tea?
The reason why I am asking all these questions is because my distributor advised me to talk with my doctor on this and my doctor doesn’t really know Herbalife products, so she cannot give her opinion on this. So, I would like to hear your advise.
Thanks in advance,
Thank you for your question, Karen. Fructose is a natural simple sugar found in fruit. It is not an artificial sweetener and is also different from Sucrose. It differs from table sugar and high fructose corn syrup in that it does not cause a rapid rise in blood sugar. Fructose is a slowly metabolized fruit sugar and is considered to have a low glycemic index. The mixture with protein further slows the effect of fructose on blood sugar.
Corn syrup solids are a dried form of glucose syrup. Glucose is a natural sugar and the name “corn syrup solid” is used because corn tends to be the primary source. This material is distinct from high fructose corn syrup which undergoes a reaction of the sugars to include a higher ratio of fructose. Corn syrup solids provide sweetness and thickening properties to foods while offering a natural source of glucose. As with fructose, a diet that uses this type of ingredient in moderation can be considered healthy and safe for those with no issues digesting sugar.
I would like to submit a question on a subject I would like you to talk about and help us understand. 2 things, often someone will think our Formula 1 has artificial sweeteners in them and when I show them it’s ‘fructose’, some still think it’s artificial and not healthy. How could we best address Fructose as a natural sweetener? Also, can you clarify what Corn Syrup Solids are (in our PDM) and what is it exactly compared to other corn sweeteners and/or why it’s in there?
Hi
I am a Herbalife distributor. I have my own nutrition blog. I like your articles can I put some onto my blog?
Thanks!
Sean Teo
Hi, thanks for visiting our blog. Please feel free to share our content on your blog. We also post videos and content on our Facebook page in English and Spanish.
Hi
I am also a Herbalife distributor with my own blog and just want to confirm as well that it is okay for me to put some of the posts on my blog.
It is great info.
Sarette Vermaak
hi suzan
i am adistributor from egypt & i am just a starter but i faced q? about using weight lose products in breast feeding period , so if those women use only the f1 & protien instead of two meals so it will effect in losing weight or not
Hi Susan,
You are fantastic and we are glad to see this awesome blog so we can share these life changing health guides with our clients.
Keep up the great work.
Mehran & Kim
Mil gracias, la informaciónn esta muy valiosa, sera de gran ayuda para nosotros,,como se puede leer en español?
Una gran felicitación a todo el equipo encargado de este sitio, nos es de mucha ayuda para difundir a todo mundo los artículos acerca de la buena nutrición, sigan adelante.
Hasta pronto
Hi, I am a Herbalife distributor, great informations to use with our customers. Nutrition is a major lead to protect our body from illness. Thank you.
Hi,
I’m a distributor from Peru and I also recently started a nutrition blog (in Spanish).
It’s good to have such a great source of information to share.
Thanks,
Gonzalo
http://www.alimentacion-correcta.blogspot.com
Thank you!
The 1st post is already translated ;)
http://bit.ly/cqdcdq
Hi Emilio,
Sure, the content is here for you to share with others so please feel free to translate into Portuguese.
Hi!
I’m a Herbalife Distributor and also have a blog called “Mais Nutrição” (More Nutrition) in Portuguese-Brazil.
I’m always posting news, subtitling videos and spreading the word about a good health, nutrition and Herbalife.
I’d like to know if I could translate all your posts in my blog, translating them to PT-BR. Is it OK for you?