The Energy Drink Scam -- Do Energy Drinks Actually Help You, or Just Give You a Fatter Gut?

by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist
Author - The Truth About Six Pack Abs

Today I have a little rant on energy drinks...

I receive a ton of questions about all of these new "energy" drinks that have hit the market over the last few years. They seem to be all the rage, and they promise you the world with outrageous claims of all of the super energy that you are going to have, and how you'll become the best athlete in the world, start lifting cars over your head, and get a perfect body.


So a couple questions arise:

Are these "energy" drinks really any good for you?
Do they actually increase your energy?
Do they really have some sort of magical energy formula?
Will they help you lose weight?

First of all, let's look at what most of these energy drinks are usually made of. Most of them are simply carbonated water loaded with gut-fattening high fructose corn syrup (or other added sugars), caffeine, the amino acid taurine, and some crappy artificially-derived vitamins added for show to trick you into thinking there's something healthy about these concoctions.

Let's start with the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Well, here we've got empty calories that will go straight to your belly fat, and that are possibly even WORSE for you than plain old refined sugar (although that's up for debate, but semantics in the big picture). Some energy drinks use other added sugars instead of HFCS, but it doesn't really matter, because they are all gut-fattening empty calories with no nutritional benefit.

Ok, so you say that they also have low-sugar or sugar-free varieties as an alternative to the HFCS-laden energy drinks. Yes, but now you have the problem of the harmful chemicals in the artificial sweeteners which have their own set of health dangers.

Another problem with artificial sweeteners is that there are some research studies that indicate artificial sweetener use leads people to inadvertently consume more calories and gain more weight in the long run... in addition to having a negative hormonal effect in the body. I won't go into all of the details on that topic because that would fill up an entire discussion by itself.

Just trust me that artificial sweeteners and artificial chemicals in food in general, are ALL bad news for your body! It's never a good idea to try to "trick" your body with artificial tastes.

What about the caffeine?

Well, first of all, caffeine doesn't in itself provide "energy". Technically, the only substance that actually provides energy is calories (from carbs, protein, and fat).

However, caffeine can be an aid for livening or waking some people up, by means of stimulating the central nervous system.

Instead of caffeine artificially added to some carbonated "energy" drink, I'd rather get my caffeine from a natural source like green, white, or oolong teas (or my new favorite - yerba mate teas), which actually provide very powerful healthy antioxidants too!

Keep in mind though, if you're a regular daily coffee drinker, you probably have some level of addiction to caffeine and probably wouldn't receive too much benefit from the caffeine in an energy drink anyway.

Tip: try to drink more tea and reduce your coffee intake to only a couple days per week max to reduce your dependency on caffeine. Most teas contain much less caffeine than coffee, and some teas (such as green, white, and oolong) contain synergistic phytochemicals that work to slow the response of the caffeine that they do contain. This means you get a milder response from the caffeine in green, oolong, or white teas compared to the harsher jittery response that some people get from coffee.

Now what about that so called magical blend of taurine and B-vitamins that they load into these energy drinks?

Well, big deal...you get taurine in almost any protein source. And the vast majority of those artificially added B-vitamins are simply coming right out into the toilet in your pee. Vitamins are best obtained naturally from a REAL food source, not artificially added to some carbonated drink. Your body just doesn't use fake sources of vitamins as readily as natural sources from real food.

So as you can see, in my opinion, I give all of these energy drinks a big time THUMBS DOWN! Don't fall for the ridiculous marketing of all of these so-called "energy drinks".

Instead, here's my recipe for my own home-made energy drink:

1. Make a big iced tea mixture using green tea, white tea, and yerba mate tea. I like to add a little fruit flavor, so I'll use 1 tea bag of a raspberry or blueberry hibiscus tea, and then use 2-3 green and/or white tea bags, and 2-3 yerba mate tea bags, and make a gallon container of iced tea. I just use a small amount of stevia to lightly sweeten the batch of tea.

2. I buy a container of organic coconut water from a health food store, or buy fresh coconuts to obtain the coconut water from the inside.

3. For my healthy energy drink, I mix a half of a glass of the white/green/yerba mate iced tea mixture and fill the rest of the glass with the coconut water.

This is actually a delicious and truly healthy energy drink instead of the chemical-laden crappy energy drinks that everybody is getting suckered into buying these days.

The green, white, and yerba mate teas contain a small dose of caffeine along with a diverse mixture of powerful antioxidants and synergistic phytochemicals. Plus, the coconut water is a rich source of electrolytes and a diversity of vitamins and minerals. Coconut water is known to provide a good instant energy source, and also contains a small dose of medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are healthy fats that are readily used for energy and also aid your immune system.

So enjoy this natural healthy energy drink, knowing that you're doing your body good instead of filling it with chemicals with normal store-bought energy drinks.

As usual, feel free to email this link to your friends and family or share it on your blogs, forums, or facebook pages to help your friends live healthier.

Raw for 30 Days DVD

Please go to http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?af=1265379 to purchase your Raw for 30 Days DVD.  There are other books and DVD's that can also be purchased on this site.

Raw for 30 Days - "You ARE what YOU EAT"

Raw food is "Alive". To feel alive. Eat food that is alive. 50-80% of you food raw.

The sicker the person, the more raw, fermented foods I recommend.

For a regular diet, supplement your raw foods with your cooked whole foods, and limit consumption of raw dairy and pasture fed met.

Cancer Success Stories

When a person recovers from an illness that gave themselves and their families a very close look at death, that story should be told - over and over and over!  What better way to do it than through writing a book or publishing the information on the web.

Here is a website that gives you the top 50 blogs about cancer survivors.

May God bless you!

Here is the website...

http://radiologytechnicianschools.net/top-50-cancer-survival-inspiration-blogs/

-Steffanie

Online Wellness Summit - Incredible!

Please go to this website to register ASAP

http://wellnessrevolutionsummit.com/cmd.php?af=1268444

All the books I've read, all the CD's I've ordered and listened to, all of the conferences I've attended, all the knowledge, all the healing, all of the inspired people that have been placed in my path...

I've found an INCREDIBLE way to get that knowledge in the shortest amount of time possible.

Please check out this website.  Please enroll.  There is so much valuable information there.

Learn how to CURE diabetes - even Type I diabetes.

Learn how to reverse ANY health condition you may be struggling with.

I am on MST (Mountain Standard Time).  I will set my alarm to listen in every day at 5pm.  I want to be there to ask questions when the webinars are given.  However, if I happen to miss that time, I can listen to the rebroadcast.

There are options for very little to purchase the downloads, the transcripts or the CD's.

If you need healing for you or someone you love, please listen to the summit.

I GUARANTEE the information will bring peace and healing.

With love,

Steffanie England

Speedy Recovery for Ultra Marathon Runner and Cyclist

MJ Assist®

Whether from a long day on your hands and knees in the garden, a training run for your upcoming 10K race, or keeping pace with your teenagers on a weekend mountain hike, we all experience occasional muscle and joint discomfort associated with today's active lifestyles. As we age, our bodies don't seem to respond the same way they did when younger, and we may experience muscle and joint discomfort more frequently. Many of the over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceutical solutions for muscle and joint discomfort can be accompanied by negative side effects such as stomach discomfort resulting from the inhibition of the COX-1 enzyme which protects the stomach's lining. MJ Assist® is an all-natural alternative for temporary easing of muscle and joint discomfort. MJ Assist's fast-acting formula is made with safe and gentle therapeutic-grade essential oils that support your body's response to physical activity without harmful side effects.

Deep Blue® Roll On

According to recent studies, more than half of us are sufferers of ongoing discomfort. Deep Blue® is dōTERRA®'s soothing solution to this challenge. Wintergreen, camphor, peppermint, blue tansy, blue chamomile, helichrysum and osmanthus work together to ease achy joints and sore muscles. Its effects are deep and penetrating with sustained results. Once gently rubbed into the area of discomfort, Deep Blue's cool therapeutic benefit will be felt almost immediately. For topical use only. Packaged for convenient application in a roll-on bottle. For topical use.

Other athletes, cyclists, tri-athletes, marathon runners etc. use the doTERRA oils in their training program as well as during competitions.

Here is a testimonial from an Ultra Marathon Runner and Cyclist who used the dōTERRA products to recover quickly from his 100 mile competition.  Usually it took weeks to recover but this avid marathon runner and cyclists was up and going within two days.

"So how did the dōTERRA oils help me?  My blisters and tendinitis, with continued application of essential oils healed. I returned to work with little ill effect on Monday, and my knees hardly bothered me at all.  In fact, on Tuesday, I was headed down to Moab for a 100 mile mountain bike ride on the White Rim Trail with some college friends – to unwind.  My leg muscles were still fatigued, but I barely noticed the monster blisters and sore knees I had suffered from three days earlier.

I plan on continuing to use dōTERRA oils for these ailments and others for many miles to come!”

This article was originally posted at http://doterrablog.com/. For more information on the oils, go to www.mydoterra.com/nzau. Look for the MJ Assist under "wellness" and DeepBlue under "oil blends".

Staying WELL while Traveling - Using Essential Oils

Family Physician® Kit from dōTERRA
I REALLY wish that the company that sells this product would have been in existence 12 years ago when I spent several months in South America. I contracted lice, scabies, was bitten by something that swelled up my forearm until it looked like I'd slid a cucumber under my skin while out of the US. During the winter I was so sick that I felt like a knife was plunging into my lungs every time I coughed, and diarrhea was an every day occurence. It was extremely frightening when I had that bite on my forearm and to watch it grow from being the size of a quarter to the length and size (the swelling) of a cucumber. I was given a remedy injected into my body from the Dr. in that remote part of the world that I felt travel through my body, numbing everything as it made it's way through me. I ended up passing out for two days because of the vaccine I was given. OH HOW I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS AT THAT TIME. It would have saved me from all the sickness, the vomiting, the diarrhea etc. If only I had known!

Fast forward ahead 12 years. I know so much about food, herbs and essential oils. With the knowledge and application of that knowledge brings great peace. This knowledge has blessed my life and the lives of my children, extended family, neighbors and those who attend my events.

When I traveled with my family to New Zealand and Australia for several weeks while I was teaching, I had my essential oils with me. I had more oils than what are listed in the Family Physician kit, but I feel like the oils in this kit are the ones, if I had to choose only 10, would be the ones I'd bring with me while traveling. These oils are the purest oils you will find anywhere in the world. They are CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade). Because of this certification, the company tests to make sure the chemical constituents in the oils are at the levels they should be at to be considered "therapeutic grade". You CAN take these oils internally. I feel 100% comfortable applying the oils to my newborn baby's feet when we were adding additional protection for her or to add comfort.

The Health Center where I work carried 7 different lines of essential oils at one time. Once we discovered dōTERRA, and learned of the remarkable difference between dōTERRA and all of the other essential oil companies, we set aside (for some future day) all of the thousands of dollars of oils from the other companies (thinking we'd have a nice emergency oil stash in case there was ever a community crisis or need) and we stocked the shelves with our dōTERRA oils.

UNBELIEVABLE! After one year, the owner of the center pulled out the old oils in storage and wow! Nearly all of the oils from the other companies had gone rancid and smelled nothing like they should have. Essential oils, when they are pure last from 30 to 1000+ years. We are absolutely in love with these oils from dōTERRA. You can feel the amazing life they have in them. When I introduced people to the oils in Australia and in New Zealand, the words they gave to describe them were "they are alive". They said "you can feel the amazing energy that they have". They could sense while just holding them how powerful they were. Then when they tried a small drop of the oil it was incredible to see the reactions from Doctors, Naturopathic doctors, Veterinarians, Aromatherapists, Massage Therapists etc. They couldn't believe the difference in smell, touch or taste. It was like they had never before in their lives experienced the power that essential oils have when they are 100% pure - as God intended.

The Dr. , that I worked with in New Zealand, introduced me to his colleagues by saying that he had used many different modalities for healing, but he had never found anything that worked so powerfully and so quickly as the dōTERRA oils did. I felt honored to teach all of these medical professionals about dōTERRA and about the experiences I've experienced, and what those around me had experienced when they've used the oils to heal themselves or their loved ones. I loved watching these wonderful men and women as they carefully took notes about each oil and oil blends and the healing power each one has.

Here is a little bit about the Family Physician® Kit and the oils that are in it.

Note: The Family Physician kit includes tips for using the oils, as well as an audio CD featuring dōTERRA®'s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David K. Hill. In the audio presentation, Dr. Hill teaches listeners how to care for their family's everyday health needs with simple and safe methods using the ten essential oils included in this kit. I'm keeping my advice on how to use each oil as briefly as I can, but the CD goes into more depth as to how to use each oil. The kit includes 5 ml bottles of Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, Melaleuca, Oregano, Frankincense, Deep Blue®, Breathe, DigestZen®, and On Guard™ to help families address a multitude of health issues.

Below each oil, in green type, is an explanation of how I would use the oil or oil blend while traveling.

Breathe
Respiratory Blend

Respiratory issues are prevalent in modern society, and dōTERRA® essential oils are a perfect way to ease breathing consistently for a sustained benefit. Breathe is a remarkable blend of CPTG® essential oils which combine to do just that, help you breathe easier. A proprietary blend including laurel leaf, peppermint, eucalyptus, tea tree, lemon and ravensara cleanses and soothes the airways, and can easily be applied topically to the chest, back, or bottom of feet. Its pleasant aroma is calming to the senses and perfect for night time diffusion allowing for restful sleep. For aromatic or topical use.

My husband uses this for his allergies. My mother uses it to stop her asthma attacks. She's been out of the ER ever since I gave her a bottle of dōTERRA's Breathe (It's been almost a year now that she hasn't had to go to the ER when in the past she was admitted to the hospital several times a month for her asthma). I left a bottle of Breathe and Onguard with the dear friend who watched my baby when we were in New Zealand and Australia. My friend, her husband and children got sick while we were gone, but after talking to my Mom, my friend used the Breathe and Onguard on the bottoms of my baby's feet to keep her well and to also use on everyone else to speed the healing process and to provide immediate comfort.

Deep Blue®
Soothing Blend

According to recent studies, more than half of us are sufferers of ongoing discomfort. Deep Blue® is dōTERRA®'s soothing solution to this challenge. Wintergreen, camphor, peppermint, blue tansy, blue chamomile, helichrysum and osmanthus work together to ease achy joints and sore muscles. Its effects are deep and penetrating with sustained results. Once gently rubbed into the area of discomfort, Deep Blue's cool therapeutic benefit will be felt almost immediately. For topical use only.

This oil would have been fantastic at relieving all of the aches and pains that I had from walking around so much during my time in Chile. My husband gets debilitating neck pain sometimes when he doesn't have a good pillow or bed to lay on at night. The DeepBlue works to alleviate the pain and to heal the injured or strained muscle or area. It works fabulous on little kids that have growing pains in their legs. I remember how my Mom would rub my legs at night when I was going through growing pains as a child, but it would never stop the pain. My kids have found immediate relief when I rub the DeepBlue combined with FCO (Fractionated Coconut Oil) or with Coconut oil. It can be applied to the neck if you feel a migraine coming on. There is an oil blend called PastTense that was made specifically for those who suffer from migraines.

DigestZen®
Digestive Blend

Many essential oils have been recognized through research as powerful agents to help restore normal balance in the digestive system. DigestZen® takes advantage of these well-established therapeutic compounds in a proprietary blend of pure essential oils. Ginger, peppermint, tarragon, fennel, caraway, coriander and anise each have specific attributes which add to the overall efficacy of this potent blend. When used internally, dōTERRA®'s DigestZen brings soothing digestive relief. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.


DigestZen is fabulous for any type of stomach discomfort. I had the opportunity of sharing the oils with a man whose daughter was throwing up on the airplane. She was right in front of my seat. It made me nauseous hearing her throwing up. My kids looked at her with horror in their faces. I got out the peppermint oil and gave it to her father to have her smell. It was able to calm her enough to where she wasn't throwing up any more. If she were my daughter, I would have applied DigestZen over her abdomen. My kids get immediate relief of stomach pain using DigestZen. When I returned home to my little 3 month old baby, my milk supply wasn't what she needed to be completely satisfied. Until we were able to get her raw goat milk, we used an organic formula. After a few days on the formula she cried and I knew she was constipated. I applied the DigestZen to her little tummy and to the bottoms of her feet. Within minutes she was calm and within the next couple of hours she had several bowel movements. I also gave her some plain filtered water in her bottle to help assure she was hydrated while the oils worked to cleanse her system.

On Guard™
Protective Blend

On Guard™ is dōTERRA®'s unique, proprietary blend formulated to support healthy immune function. Wild orange essential oil, combined with clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus and rosemary offer a fragrant, natural and effective alternative to synthetic options for immune support. On Guard, with its unique aroma, is one of our most versatile blends. It is also safe to use on counter tops, as a non-toxic way to cleanse surfaces, or to purify the atmosphere by diffusing. On Guard is superb for eliminating and controlling pathogens due to the potency of its constituents. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.

This is by far my FAVORITE OIL BLEND. It is antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal. This oil is applied on my children's feet daily when there is some type of illness going around or when we are in areas where the kids are going to be exposed to unseen dangers. I can have them take a drop of OnGuard under their tongue to stop throat issues, I can put a drop on their hands to kill the bad bacteria, but keep the good bacteria, it can be diffused in the hotel to kill any pathogens, mold, viruses or bacteria. It is incredibly powerful stuff. I listened to a scientist tell about how powerful OnGuard is. Even diluted down 10K x's it's original strength it still had "inhibitory effects" over salmonella, e-colli, etc. I also take along the OnGuard hand wipes and lozenges while traveling and use the OnGuard soap in the hand dispensers that I have at home. If I were going to be living out of the US for several months or years, I would assure I always had OnGuard Essential Oil with me so I could use it as preventative medicine, and to share with others as well to stop illness, in all of it's ugly forms, immediately.

Frankincense Essential Oil
Boswellia frereana

Perhaps the most precious of the ancient oils, frankincense is highly sought after by modern consumers for its many uses, including relaxation, immune support, and mood enhancement. For aromatic, topical or dietary use.

When in doubt? Use FRANKINCENSE. If Frankincense had a tag line it would be "I help the body remember how to be perfect". It truly is a remarkable Godlike oil. I have a reverence for this oil due to how it has helped me personally. Dr. Hill recommends taking 2 drops of Frankincense AM/PM. I did what Dr. Hill recommended by taking the Frankincense (2 drops under my tongue AM/AM) and it reversed a condition that the Dr's felt like I needed to receive an operation for. Dr. Hill healed his wife's Uterus using Frankincense. Studies have shown that it kills cancer cells. This is an oil that I apply to my children's foreheads when I think they need protection or mental or emotional clarity. This oils should be in every person's home and should be used regularly. When in doubt...use Frankincense.

Lavender Essential Oil
Lavandula angustifolia

Our most popular oil, lavender has been cherished for its unmistakable aroma and its therapeutic properties for thousands of years. Lavender is widely used and accepted for its calming and relaxing qualities. For topical, aromatic, or dietary use.

This is a wonderful calming oil. My daughters LOVE it. If anyone gets sunburned or burns themselves in any way, Lavender provides immediate relief and promotes healing and is antimicrobial to fight off infection. Pink eye has lasted less than a day at our house because I apply lavender under and over my children's eye. My baby started to have one eye that started to get infection in it. One day of applying lavender every couple of hours and she was no longer producing the mucus in her eye. This is a great oil to rub on your kids feet before they get on a plane. Or put it on their pillows to help them relax more on the plane. With 4 kids under the age of 8, they were very well behaved the entire 14 hours to our destination there and back home as well.

Lemon Essential Oil
Citrus limon

Another favorite, this essential oil powerhouse is cold-pressed from lemon rinds to preserve its delicate nature and potent properties. Lemon is known as a powerful aromatic, topical, and internal cleanser that can be used to complement many other oils. Diffusing lemon in a room can cleanse the air and uplift mood. It can also be used on surfaces throughout the home as a non-toxic cleaning booster. For aromatic, topical or dietary use.

Whenever you drink water while traveling, I highly recommend that you put a drop of lemon essential oil in your drink. This is an oil that I carry in my purse. The oil helps support the liver to rid the body of toxins. It kills bacteria, parasites, germs etc. that may be lurking around in your beverage. Even at the resort, we used lemon oil in our water. Be sure to use glass glasses and not plastic ones. The citrus oils attach themselves to petroleum and other wastes and draw them out of the body. They do the same to a Styrofoam or plastic cup. Very powerful, very pure and highly recommended for those wanting to prevent diarrhea before it happens.

Melaleuca Essential Oil
Melaleuca alternifolia

Recognized by its more common name "tea tree", melaleuca has been revered for its cleansing and regenerative properties, especially for the skin. Composed of more than ninety different compounds, melaleuca has limitless therapeutic applications. For aromatic or topical use.

While on a nature hike in Australia, I fell off the small smooth path and one of my feet landed in a black stinky mud. It was obviously swarming with bugs and insects. It was a horrible feeling to have to continue walking for several minutes with the mud (parasites, viruses, bacteria included) smashed up against my foot and my sandal. It was a huge relief to find a stream of water to wash off in. It gave me cold chills thinking about what had possibly entered my body through the largest pores on my body found on the bottoms of the feet. The thing that kept me calm was knowing that once I was back at the resort I would apply melaleuca to the bottoms of my feet. It prevented me from getting sick from eating food that had been expired for several months unknowingly, and I knew it would kill any parasites etc. I should have also taken the melaleuca internally, but I doused the bottoms of my feet with it and OnGuard when I got home and took OnGuard internally as well.

Oregano Essential Oil
Origanum vulgare

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, used oregano as a cleansing agent as well as for digestive and respiratory support. High in antioxidant activity, oregano contains phenolic acids and flavonoids. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use (dilute when using topically).

I put Oregano on the bottoms of my kids feet to fight off serious illnesses. When a friend's little boy contracted swine flu, I brought her over a bottle of Oregano, a bottle of Breathe, one of Lemon and one of OnGuard. Out of all the oils used, this friend uses Oregano the most. Her little boy who suffers from asthma, who had been diagnosed with RSV and on top of that diagnosed with Swine Flue, was out playing with his sister a day and a half after I gave them the oils. The Mom was extremely grateful and she told me she was positive it was the oils that helped her little one recover so quickly. Even I was surprised at the results when I saw my neighbors husband out playing with both of his kids a day and a half later after I gave them the oils. DO NOT put Oregano anywhere on your kids other than the bottoms of their feet. Dilute with FCO. It is incredibly powerful stuff. If you take Oregano internally, I recommend that you also take a pro-biotic as well because the oils is so powerful at killing bacteria, viruses etc.

Peppermint Essential Oil
Mentha piperita

Peppermint is popular in countless forms, from toothpaste to chewing gum. As an essential oil, it is useful to ease breathing and as a digestive aid*. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.
dōTERRA®'s collection of single essential oils represents the finest aromatic extracts available in the world today. Each oil provides the living essence of its source botanical, gently distilled from plants that are nurtured and carefully harvested throughout the world. Each oil is 100% natural and passes strict standards of purity and potency. A beautiful palette of botanical energies, they can be used individually or blended for personalized essential oil therapies.

For those who suffer from allergies, 2 drops of peppermint under your tongue, 2 drops of lavender, and two drops of lemon is the secret ingredients for getting off ALL of your allergy medications. I have MANY neighbors and friends who LOVE these three oils for getting rid of their allergies. I carry peppermint in my purse at all times to help keep me alert, for helping my breath while giving lectures and while traveling, and it is incredibly invigorating yet calming at the same time. Peppermint has worked for me in an emergency to get my young child's fever down that came on suddenly when we were traveling and staying somewhere very far from any medical care. I was extremely grateful for my oils. My husband and I enjoy the cooling sensation Peppermint gives if applied to the neck, or chest, but my kids prefer to have it applied to the bottoms of their feet.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

To Purchase the oils, go to http://www.mydoterra.com/kiwi. There is an option to sign up for a wholesale account which gives you an instant 25% savings.

For those wanting additional discounts up to 55%, or who are interested in doTERRA as a business, call me and I can give you more details about how to maximize your return on investment. We didn't sell many oils at the Health Center until we replaced our old oils with the doTERRA ones. Please tell me about your business and I will work to get you in contact with someone that is in a similar industry. My number is 1.801.879.3506.