I was recently introduced to a webpage selling Laminine, also known as ‘The Happy Pill’. In the past I was always curious about new drugs like this one, quick fix methods that get rid of everything bad in your life, simply by swallowing a pill a day. Of course they are all have different claims, and different ingredients but the bottom line is – none of them work.The answer is always the same, there is no substitute for a healthy lifestyle. Mix a balanced diet, rich in fresh fruits and vegetables with exercise and mental well being and you won’t ever have to worry about which magic pill is right for you. Let’s take a closer look at Laminine.
This magic pill is supposed to:
1. Reduce Signs of Aging
2. Build Collagen for Healthier Skin
3. Stimulate Natural DHEA & Testosterone
4. Increase in Physical, Mental & Emotional Strength
5. Reduce Stress
6. Promote more Restful Sleep
7. Quicker Recovery & Increased Muscle Tone
8. Elevate Serotonin Levels – Be Happy!
9. Decrease Pain
10. Increase Clarity and Alertness
11. Improve Stamina & Energy
12. Increase Libido
13. Aid in Brain Function
Wow, pretty much everything we all want more of. Looks like this is the right pill for everyone, right? Wrong! How is it supposed to do all these amazing things?
First of all, it says that it contains all the 22 amino acids. OK, great. Eat a balanced diet and you’ll have no problem getting all of your amino acids. They aren’t rare or hard to find. In fact quinoa (keen-wa) is a grain that has a complete set of protein (all 22 amino acids in a single food). It’s close to impossible for anyone eating a normal diet to be deficient in amino acids. If you survive on pizza and breadsticks, you might develop a deficiency. But if that’s the case, you’re looking at much bigger problems.
The next claim to fame is that it contains this other magic ingredient called FGF (fibroblast growth factor). This is a hormone that they extract from a fertilized avian (bird) egg on the 9th day of incubation. There is some weird logic that because FGF is used by the embryo, that it is life giving, and has some beneficial qualities that we humans can now exploit. Does anyone else see holes in this logic? They boast that FGF isn’t found anywhere in our diets, and this is supposed to be a good thing? If nature didn’t put it into our food, we probably aren’t supposed to be eating it. FGF, as with other growth hormones are not good for our health. (See my post on AMERICAN MILK). Growth factors make cells grow, they are used by a species mainly before birth and shortly after birth, the stages of life when growth is the most dramatic. The use of growth factors during other times (like during our adult lives) causes overgrowth of different types of cells. This can cause major issues, the most popular being cancer. Why would you want to take a pill that could cause cancer? My guess is that you wouldn’t.
I’m not even going to get into the animal rights implications of using fertilized egg embryo’s to collect FGF, along with the shark cartilage that’s labelled under ‘marine protein’.
After watching the sales powerpoint presentation, I realized that this ‘health product’ is manufactured by LifePharm. Does that sound like a company that’s trying to help you get healthy? I originally took this for a pharmaceutical company because of the name, but it turns out they are focused on supplements. Supplements like these are not a cure all! Often they mask the symptoms and leave the cause, creating a medicated society that takes pills for their entire lives (sound familiar?). Companies like this have no intention of fixing or curing anyone, they are in the business for profit and profit alone.
My recommendation is to stay away from this product, and any others like it. There is only one quick fix to good health, and that is a healthy and balanced lifestyle. If you want to reap the benefits of good health, you must provide your body with what it needs. Fresh whole fruits and vegetables are natures magic foods. Try them!
*UPDATE: Comments are strictly moderated. If you are a Laminine seller, please do not advocate yourself on this page. Your comment will not be posted. All sales links will be removed. Apart from this please add to the discussion. *
Not convinced? Check out Dr. Bill Sukala’s independent take on Life Pharm’s Laminine
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I’ve encountered two medical studies published by the NIH which claimed that YTE (another name for PESE, the primary active ingredient in Lamanine) supplementation produced significant results, one for countering depression, and another for reducing chronic stress. While the second link did not provide the complete study, is from a source reputable enough to warrant further personal research. What are your thoughts on these trials?
I just want to say one more thing. Thank you for your website. Regardless of opinion, this is what gets us talking and learning. Most of the important things in life I’ve learned from random people. It’s good to keep an open mind!
I have been taking laminine for 6 weeks. I have been struggling with mid-life issues- mostly insomnia which led me to the doctor’s office. I was put on bio-identical hormones. I’m in year 3 of this process and am much better but sleeping was still an issue until I started taking laminine. I feel the same about the laminine as I do about the bio-identical hormones. I could barely function without them and if I had to live the rest of my life like that, I wouldn’t want to live much longer. If these supplements give me some years of feeling and looking (nice side effect – improves your looks. Not what I was looking for but hey, I’ll take it, right?!)fabulous, then they have been well worth it. I have spent thousands of dollars trying to get better and in 3 short weeks I could feel the improvement. It was AMAZING when I got into bed and my whole body felt relaxed. After almost three years of insomnia, sometimes not even getting one minute of sleep (sometimes with sleeping pills and xanax which I do not take anymore!)laminine is a miracle for me and I thank God for it every day!
Gosh I think you should really do a better job vetting Laminine before saying things like Quinoa has amino acids too. It happens that the formulation of Laminine is precise and includes a specific amount of 22 amino acids that are necessary to allow the body’s own immune/defense/stem cells to awaken (read “activate”) and then continue to repair and rejuvenate the parts of the body that need attention. Quinoa as healthy as it is, does NOT have the precise amounts and types of amino acids that are Laminine.
Further, FBF is NOT a “magic ingredient”. There has been documented research on this going back to 1929 with a Canadian Doctor.
“After watching the sales powerpoint presentation, I realized that this ‘health product’ is manufactured by LifePharm. Does that sound like a company that’s trying to help you get healthy?”
Thirdly, I think it very interesting that you looked at the SALES powerpoint presentation instead of doing the research or requesting the many Clinical Studies that we have on the actual product. If LifePharm Global Network is a pyramid scheme it is in rather good company, just like GE (General Electric), The US Government, Social Security, and your local School System who all have someone at the top of the pecking order with subordinates on many lower levels doing the work (and getting paid for their work).
I am a Pharmacologists Daughter and grew up in my Dad’s Pharmacy when medications were formulated by the Pharmacologist (now called compounding) using combinations of HERBS and made into lotions, salves and stuffed capsules. In the 50-60′s the big pharmaceutical houses started making and marketing toxic medications, and the old pharmacologists became almost extinct (due to money and greed). FOOD and the foodchain have become adulterated and I find it interesting again, that although proffer that people can “stay healthy” eating balanced fruits and veggies you do NOT reveal that unless they eat Organic foods and stay away from Antibiotic and Growth Hormone Laden meat and poultry AND farmed fish (the same) they will be harmful to you AND your family.
“There is only one quick fix to good health, and that is a healthy and balanced lifestyle. If you want to reap the benefits of good health, you must provide your body with what it needs. Fresh whole fruits and vegetables are natures magic foods.”
By the way, FDA “approves” lots of medications that are killing people every day. LAMININE IS CLASSIFIED as A WHOLE FOOD (3 types of protein, including ORGANIC protein) need not be approved (unless you want meat, poultry, apples, milk, asparagus, etc) to be approved by FDA. You are not, in my humble opinion, correct in stating there in only one quick fix to good heatlh. Establishing & maintaining good health is an ongoing process achieved by traveling many avenues and when we CHOOSE the right combintation we achieve homeostasis (balance) in our health, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Please do not presume because LifePharm Global selected one of the most prevelant and popular ways to market Laminine and bring it to the general public that they or the product is inferior or deceptive. Again, I invite you to research, read and listen to the Clinical Studies on Laminine and then offer an opinion AFTER you have tried it (using the correct suggested amounts) for 3 months. I am happy to get that information to you IF you are truly interested in learning the truth about this, or any other product.
Live long and Prosper!
I am wondering about Shark cartilage? Is Shark an unclean food—according to Leviticus 11 in the Holy Bible—-I never could eat clams, shellfish due to the unclean facts—what about Shark?
It’s so true we need a balanced healthy diet. Is there such a thing? You said, to quote you “The use of growth factors during other times (like during our adult lives) causes overgrowth of different types of cells. This can cause major issues, the most popular being cancer. Why would you want to take a pill that could cause cancer? My guess is that you wouldn’t.” My question to you is where is your scientific proof that Fibro blast growth factors from this product cause cancer? From another blog? Also, is that the same as bovine growth hormone? Just because they sound the same doesn’t make it the truth. My suggestion is that all people do their own due diligence in investigating anything before taking. If after all that one takes a supplement that helps them, who are we to say that supplement causes cancer? The very air we breathe, fluoridated water, fluoridated toothpaste, GMO foods, radiation from Xrays, wifi, cell phones, smart meters, sun spots, eating mercury laden fish, smoking, drinking, barbecuing foods, anger, all these things are known to create cancer. What if you are wrong and other readers read this unsubstantiated opinion. I read the Dr link below also and feel the same way about how has shared his personal opinion. If any product makes a person feel good, something is happening. When animals have good results from a product, we know it is really working because animals can’t intentionally through positive.negative thought think that a product is doing good for them, with a positive result! Time for people to wake up, think for themselves, and make good choices. The proof is in the result, not what labels say, or blogging about a supplement they haven’t even tried to know if it works for them directly. My challenge to you is to fund a study where all these people using this supplement (or any for that matter) over a period of 6 months!
Zosh,
First off, thanks for your comment! Many of your points have already been discussed in this comment thread, so I’ll try to keep my reply short.
” where is your scientific proof that Fibro blast growth factors from this product cause cancer?”
Obviously if there were articles published linking this specific product to cancer growth it would not be on the market. My suggestion is that playing around with growth factor consumption is risky business. Here is an article linking a few forms of FGF to prostate cancer growth in humans.
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/5/5/1063.short
A quick search on google scholar will give you plenty more examples. Perhaps a better question would be, where is the ‘scientific proof’ that it doesn’t cause cancer?
“Also, is that the same as bovine growth hormone?”
No, BGH and FGF are different molecules. If you are interested to learn more about BGH, you might enjoy my article on milk:
http://realrawhealth.com/american-milk-banned-europe/
“My suggestion is that all people do their own due diligence in investigating anything before taking.”
This is exactly what I hope my readers will do as well. My point with this article was to point out the holes in the marketing campaign by the sellers of Laminine. We shouldn’t be so easily reeled in as consumers. It’s important to research each and every ingredient in the processed foods that we consume. Including of course, growth factors like FGF.
“The proof is in the result, not what labels say”
I will very briefly remind you that our own doctors and medical professionals once prescribed tobacco, cocaine, alcohol, and even crystal meth. These substances all have the effect of ‘making you feel good’. The problem with relying on short term effects is that they are not always indicative of the long term result.
“My challenge to you is to fund a study where all these people using this supplement (or any for that matter) over a period of 6 months!”
Perhaps you should put this challenge out to LifePharm, as having long term studies (longer than 6 months to be sure) could drastically improve the skepticism surrounding their shoddy marketing material. And I have no interest in or means of producing such a study!
Thanks again for stopping by and stirring up the conversation. All my best to you!
being in the business that you are it is obvious that a product of this nature would not be beneficial to your sales figures it is all natural so you should be looking into marketing it yourself!you as with almost every body else you don’t realize this product does not claim to be a cure all it in fact cures nothing what it does do is to regenerate the body to heal its self!!
I am not a distributor and so have no financial interest at all.
neil.
Neui,
What business is it that you believe I am in???
It may surprise you to learn that this website is not intended for my own profit. The advertising income barely covers the hosting costs. I’m not here trying to sell anything at all, only to educate and inspire my readers to empower themselves with health and happiness.
I hope you understand, this article is not to bash the product, it is to remind people to be educated consumers.
Too bad our food (whole foods) doesn’t contain all that good stuff we need in the quantities we need it in! Wish we could go back to the day someone thought up processed and engineered foods and kick them in the butt… or show them pictures of our society. Thanks for your thoughts… a little one sided, but interesting none the less.
need to know a little more on what it side effects are o n a person that has had CHF .With two main arterys blocked 100% with no help from surgery.
There are millions of people who cannot balance their lifestyle and eating habits; millions who take supplements. When one supplement brings out so many great testimonials and helps with the stress of day to day living, and no apparent side effects, how BAD can this be?
Also to pick on a name “LifePharm” as a reason for not taking a supplement, that seems silly.
Assess and compare the benefit and risk of taking supplements. Approach life with more education and responsibility is the true answer. Each of us will find a way.
I don’t care as long as it supports a person’s life.
I believe in the product so say what you want to say.
If there’s something wrong with the marketing, that’s not our problem.
Remember that the significance here is supporting life.
I’m a user … after big resistance at first … I am noticing big differences for the better in my overall health. That’s the true bottom line after all!