Frequently Asked Questions

Our whey is produced from original herds of cows that are not given recombinant bovine growth hormone (RBGH) or bovine somatotropin. Our protein also comes only from grass-fed cows.

Yes, stevia was approved for sale in the United States in December 2008.

Chia is rich in nutrients. When it inter-fuses with the protein and liquid, it creates a SuperFood that helps stimulate your metabolism, nourish your body and satisfy your hunger, so you can reach your weight management goals. *Our Chia has gone through a patented micro-milled technology that opens the seed without losing any of the nutritional properties. This micro-milled process makes the nutrition in Chia easier for your body to absorb.

Since Chia is highly hydrophilic (it absorbs water), it expands in the stomach giving you a pleasant feeling of satiety or fullness and if you feel full, you’ll be less likely to overeat.

Soluble fiber dissolves in water and forms a gel-like substance. It is great for moderating blood glucose levels and promotes digestion and heart health. Soluble fiber is found in peas, beans, lentils, oatmeal, and the pectin of fruit. Insoluble fiber does not swell or dissolve in water and passes through the digestive system in much the same way it entered the system.

Chia is believed to decrease recovery time and fatigue from cardiovascular workouts by promoting muscle tissue repair.*

Chia seeds can help maintain optimal hydration levels since they absorb water and slow down the absorption of food, thereby modulating hydration levels. They are also complex carbohydrates and very high in protein, omega-3 fatty acids and several minerals, so these nutrients are supplied to our bodies slowly to help and maintain endurance levels.

The Shake contains whey protein that comes from milk; however the process removes 99.9% of the milk byproduct, therefore making the shake virtually casein and lactose free, but technically not dairy-free.

The natural flavors are listed on the product labels.

Pregnant or nursing mothers should consult their physician and follow all safety instructions before beginning any exercise program or using any supplement or nutritional product.

In a reversal of an earlier opinion, the FDA has decided that all instantized whey proteins must contain a warning for soy on the label because lecithin is a naturally occurring ingredient in the manufacturing process.  Although it is present only during the whey extraction phase of the process in trace amounts, and undetectable in the final formula by testing procedures currently available, since soy is on the list of food allergies, the FDA has determined that all instantized whey products must contain the warning.

If you have trouble waking up in the morning or you do not wake up feeling refreshed, this could mean you haven’t gotten enough quality sleep. Other signs of sleep deprivation include daytime fatigue, mood changes, difficulty focusing, and memory loss.

The Mental Benefits:

• One night of good sleep can improve your ability to learn new motor skills by 20%.
• Eight hours of quality sleep increases your ability to gain new insight into complex problems by 50%.

The Physical Benefits:

• Helps with skin health and a youthful appearance
• Helps increase testosterone levels
• Helps control optimal insulin secretion
• Helps increase athletic performance
• Strengthens your immune system

Melatonin helps you fall asleep quickly, stay asleep, and get deep, restorative sleep with increased REM sleep. 5-HTP releases critical brain neurotransmitters burned out by modern-day stressors, increasing calm feelings of well-being. L-Theanine helps you to sleep for longer periods, awakening less often by feelings of anxiety, stress, and fitfulness.

REM sleep, one of five stages of your sleep cycle, is what many experts call “restful sleep.” "Restful Sleep" is the stage of sleep where we dream. A reduction in REM sleep leads to less restorative and less satisfying sleep. The IDLife Sleep product promotes REM sleep cycles, so, yes, it is perfectly normal to dream while using the Sleep Strips.

Because the ingredients in the IDLife Sleep Strips are naturally derived, you should wake up feeling refreshed and restored without a groggy feeling.

The ingredients contained within the Sleep Strips have not been shown to have addictive properties. If you stop using the Sleep Strips, your sleep patterns should return to the same as those experienced by you prior to using the IDLife Sleep Strips.

It is safe to take more than one at a time, but most people only need one to achieve the desired outcome of restful and restorative sleep.

In addition to helping you fall asleep and giving a feeling of overall wellbeing, melatonin is a powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger that helps combat inflammation. Melatonin is so integral to your immune system that a lack of it causes your Thymus gland, a key component of your immune system, to atrophy. L-Theanine is thought to have both antioxidant and relaxant effects. Some studies have shown that the amino acid may also help lower lipids in the blood, fight obesity, and help with cognitive function.

One full jar of Hydrate is designed to mix with one 5-gallon sports jug so that you can easily hydrate a sports team or a group attending an event.

Hydrate is a clean electrolyte replenisher that provides all the essential nutrients without all the added sugar.

All IDLife products are designed to be consumed together and taken together. However, it is suggested that Hydrate & Slim+ be taken 30 minutes apart for best results.

It depends on the person. A properly hydrated person would most likely need one serving in a day. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated, it’s recommended you use Hydrate at least two times per day.

There is no sugar in Hydrate. It is naturally sweetened with Stevia.

The Fruit Punch flavor consists of cherry, berry, and pineapple. The Grape flavor consists of grape.

You can take it multiple times each day.

Consult your physician.

Everyone’s body chemistry is different. If you do experience this, it is recommended to instead take Lean during the day, an hour before a meal or a workout.

It depends on your goals and why you are taking it. The different time suggestions are intended to provide options for individual goals and lifestyles.

All IDLife products are designed to be consumed together.

The Lean Drink Mix is a flavorless product designed to be mixed it with any drink and consumed twice a day. The Lean Capsules are a 4 pill serving that is suggested to be taken twice a day. Although the product is the same and has the same effects, the delivery method is the only difference.

Lean was developed to combat Sarcopenia, which results in the loss of lean muscle mass. As people age, the body goes into a catabolic state and eats away lean muscle. IDLife developed this product to preserve that muscle. IDLife found that Lean also curbs sugar cravings and helps people burn more fat by boosting metabolism.

If you attempted to purchase these ingredients separately at any retail outlet, you would pay an average of 30% more without the convenience of the daily packs, quality assurance or Scheduled Delivery option.If you attempted to purchase these ingredients separately at any retail outlet, you would pay an average of 30% more without the convenience of the daily packs, quality assurance or Subscription option.

Take your AM packet with your morning meal and your PM packet with your evening meal. If you have multiple AM or PM packets (Breakfast 1, Breakfast 2, etc.), take them all together with the appropriate meal.

If you miss a pack, take it as soon as possible once discovering the omission; you will lose the effectiveness of Chronobiology, but having some benefit is better than none. If you miss a day entirely, simply start again the next day. The Program is designed to provide optimal benefits when taken regularly, so set up a routine and place the pack on your kitchen counter or in a place you will see them each day.

You should begin to see preliminary benefits as early as 10 days. The maximum benefit, however, is usually achieved after 90 days of continuous use.

Dietary supplements like IDNutrition™ do not require FDA approval. All the IDNutrition™ products, however, are manufactured and marketed under strict compliance to FDA guidelines and mandates.

Natural ingredients have their own unique colors, and the dark speckles you see are from these natural ingredients. IDNutrition™ formulations are optimized using curcumin, quercetin, green tea extract, and broccoli extract as fillers.

Fillers are usually inactive substances that are used in the supplement manufacturing process to bind the contents of a pill or capsule, resulting in a stable dose. IDNutrition™ elects to minimize the use of inactive fillers by using the bioactive ingredients such as curcumin, quercetin, green tea extract, and broccoli extract as fillers in the products.

• Do not store in the refrigerator
• Store in a cool, dry location
• Keep out of reach of children

• Disintegration refers to the physical process by which a tablet or a capsule breaks down into smaller particles after ingestion to permit the ingredients to be absorbed.
• The disintegration rate (disintegration time) for IDNutrition™ products is generally under 10 minutes.
• Capsules or tablets manufactured at a low cost often do not disintegrate or do so at such a slow rate they are excreted and eliminated from the body before they can be of benefit.

The term Kosher is generally associated with products manufactured or derived from specific animal sources produced in a kosher facility. The only ingredients in the IDNutrition™ line that are derived from animal sources are the Fish oil, Krill oil, and the Gelatin. IDNutrition™ products are produced in several different pharmaceutical grade facilities, none of which are kosher.

Tablets do not contain any gelatin; therefore, vegans can take IDNutrition tablets without any problem. However, gelatin in the two-piece capsules and soft gels is derived from animal sources (generally from bovine).

All of the manufacturing facilities we use are peanut-free. Several of our products are manufactured utilizing coconut water powder. Each product with any nut ingredients are legibly labeled and identified.

• Other manufacturers of dietary supplements use ingredients with varying degrees of quality. Nutrients should be tested for toxic substances and any kind of contamination.
• IDNutrition™ uses high quality, pharmaceutical-grade ingredients manufactured under c-GMP guidelines (United States FDA issues current good manufacturing practices guidelines).
• All of IDNutrition™ products are tested by FDA approved independent laboratories for quality and potency.

Derived from the Greek (chronos for time, bios for life, and logos for study), the word used to describe biological rhythms.

A proprietary blend of active botanical extracts added to the IDNutrition™ Formulas in place of the inactive inert fillers, flowing agents, etc. used as fillers by other supplement manufacturers. One of the major ingredients of the IDNutrition Factor is Curcumin. In human studies, Curcumin has shown to enhance the immune system by increasing CD4 counts.

The evolving science of Chronobiology demonstrates that all body systems have a biorhythm or circadian rhythm that serve as physiological indicators that have a timing effect on specific systems’ metabolism. Nutrients and drugs give a more desired effect when given at a time that best matches this metabolism. This is called Chronobiology and is generating clinical studies that demonstrate certain drugs have a significantly different result if given in the AM as opposed to the PM. For example, since the liver is regenerating itself on a daily circadian basis in the early morning, antioxidants (i.e., Glutathione, N-Acetylcysteine) to help strengthen and support the liver are given in the IDNutrition™ PM packet. Because the pain of Osteoarthritis is generally late in the afternoon, the Joint and Inflammatory Support formulas are optimal if given in the IDNutrition™ AM packet. IDNutrition™ is delivering the optimal dose at the optimal time of day.

Nutritional supplements have a wide variation in ingredient “quality” and, to a lesser extent, ingredient “quantity.” Quality is Mission Critical and can vary as to potency, purity, solubility and absorbability.

Verification that the amount of active ingredients are present in the proper bioactive form. IDNutrition™ ingredients are carefully selected, certified and verified by our manufacturers. IDNutrition™ also uses outside independent laboratories to inspect and certify the potency of each ingredient.

It’s critical that all ingredients contained are free of pesticides, herbicides, and any chemical contaminants. IDNutrition™ ingredients are carefully selected, certified and verified to guarantee the purity of each ingredient. IDNutrition™ also uses outside independent laboratories to inspect and certify the purity of each ingredient.

Solubility is critical, regardless of the potency and purity of the ingredients. If the tablet or capsule is not readily soluble, the ingredients will not be broken down. They instead will be eliminated from the body before the nutritional value is absorbed. IDNutrition™ utilizes outside independent laboratories to verify disintegration rates of its tablet and capsule formulations to assure the pure and potent ingredients are available for absorption.

Absorbability is critical because once the potent, pure, soluble ingredients are broken down for absorption, in a form ready to be absorbed into your blood stream. IDNutrition™ formulations use ingredients that are pharmaceutical grade and also derived from natural sources.

Our formulas provide only ingredients that have scientific evidence behind the recommendations, and we provide the level of ingredients as close as possible to the dose used in the scientific studies. Many companies will add unnecessary or minimal ingredients to insinuate a potent formula. Still, the quantity of each ingredient is minuscule and far below the level required to deliver a positive result.

IDNutrition™ endeavors to use the studied amount of each ingredient and also does not believe in very high doses of nutrients (mega-dosing) where it is assumed if x is beneficial, 3x is more beneficial.

Mega-dosing or “overdosing” is often dangerous, leading to unwanted side effects and is even wasteful since “overdosing” is not only a waste of money, but the entire excessive ingredient amounts are being excreted.

Yes. Like IDNutrition, the science of chronobiology, or dosing vitamins at the appropriate time of day to optimize their effectiveness, is incorporated into the packaging of the various Vitamin Packs.

While these packs are designed to help support a specific issue or challenge you might be experiencing, they are intended to be an introduction to the who, what, and why of IDLife. We packaged these packs in IDNutrition boxes to introduce the consumer to our more advanced product offering

No. The packs are designed to be an introduction to the who, what, and why of IDLife. We packaged these packs in IDNutrition boxes to introduce the consumer to our more advanced product offering.

Dietary supplements like these Vitamin Packs do not require FDA approval. All of these Vitamin Packs are manufactured in strict compliance with FDA rules, regulations and guidelines.

The gelatin in the two-piece capsules and soft gels is derived from bovine animal sources.

The Vitamin Packs are intended as an introduction to the who, what, and why of IDLife that is culminated in our IDNutrition product. While these packs have been meticulously formulated to address life’s challenges, they don’t take into consideration your overall diet, lifestyle, medical history or genetic information to provide you a completely personalized recommendation backed by scientific evidence like IDNutrition