"Amazon" John provides insight on natural products

Last weekend I had the chance and fortunate opportunity to meet John Easterling. Dubbed “Amazon John”, he is the compassionate, dynamic and health visionary behind Amazon Herb Company. I've been researching Amazon Herb Company for several months and it's the real thing: a quality product manufactured and distributed by an ethical company in a truly unique and compassionate way. The Amazon people have taken an active role in harvesting and producing the products thereby creating a sustainable economy for themselves, while creating pure and energizing products for others. Amazon produces nutritional and herbal supplements and an amazing skin care line called Lluvia ('rain' in Spanish).

Side Note: I also asked John about the use of Grapefruit Seed extract in some of Lluvia's products. There's conflicting opinions in the industry over the use of this as a preservative and stabilizer. John's opinion is it is safe and effective otherwise he would not use it.

John told a poignant story of how his travels to the Amazon in his early years as a treasure hunter and archiologist and a near death experience changed his life. After coming down with Yellow Fever and other ailments, he was treated with herbs and juices from various barks, berry and rainforest plants that grow throughout the region. He’s convinced the energizing plant remedies saved his life. He then decided to capture the lifeforce of these meganutrients for skin too.

This got me thinking. The Amazon. A remote place without many of the modern day luxuries we think are so great. However, this is a place where cancer, diabetes, arthritis, anxiety, depression, ADD, chronic fatigue, and many other ailments virtually DO NOT EXIST. I echo John's belief that we’ve become so accepting of substandard health; cancer and disease is part of our daily lives and we accept it! The irony is that we place such high value on pampering ourselves, but the products and cheap materials we are using do us more harm them good and are actually contributing to the problems in the first place.

Simple is better. Pure is better. It's that easy.