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Stay Fortified This Fall Season with Superior Source Vitamins

This post is a partnership with Superior Source Vitamins – in my opinion, the best MicroLingual vitamins available. I hope you love them as much as we do!

It seems like living a healthy life should be easy, right? But in today’s world – filled with fast food around every corner, a million tasks keeping us over-stressed and under-rested, our air filled with everything from viruses to smog to wildfire smoke, and a schedule that’s so busy it can be hard to sit down together for home-cooked healthy meals… Well, sometimes we can all use a little bit of help to keep our families as healthy as possible. And that’s where Superior Source Vitamins comes to the rescue!

Taking vitamin supplements can play a role in optimum health for anyone – from kids to grandparents, from athletes to the chronically ill. Superior Source Vitamins has over 70 vitamins and supplements to choose from, to aid your quest for a healthy lifestyle. These micro-tablets dissolve fast with no pills to swallow, or water needed. Clean. Pure and Simple — with NO ingredients you can’t pronounce—just the way nature intended. Micro-tablets that dissolve easily under your tongue are so much easier for little kids who can’t handle pills yet, or people with medical issues that make swallowing pills difficult.

Why are Superior Source Vitamins the Best?

As you can see – these are really small! SuperiorSource Vitamins are MicroLingual® – that means they dissolve on or under the tongue in seconds for quick absorption into the body – NO pills to swallow or water needed! They use only clean ingredients – the way nature intended. Because honestly, what’s the point of taking vitamins for your health, if they’re just going to be packed full of unnatural yucky stuff, right? But Superior Source Vitamins have NO chemicals, GMOs, preservatives, excessive binders, dyes, fillers, or artificial colors.

For the Love of Family, a “Superior” Vitamin Was Created

I think the story behind how Superior Source Vitamins was created is so great – It all starts with Ron Beckenfeld, the owner of Superior Source Vitamins. Ron was into fitness, worked out regularly, had a real focus on staying healthy. So when he decided to go into business – finding the right vitamins seemed like a perfect fit.

Ron first started selling vitamins out of the trunk of his car in 1964, and in 1969 he started Continental Vitamin Company; at that point, it became a life-long passion to establish a supplement company that truly cared about health.

In 1998 he started Superior Source MicroLingual® due to his concern about his father’s Parkinson’s condition.“When my father developed Parkinson’s, he already had a heart condition.I realized he had problems swallowing traditional large tablets, which inspired me to find a way to help my dad and others who had similar problems swallowing the vitamins they needed.”

“My dad had nitroglycerine tablets, which are very small and dissolve instantly, and he asked me why I couldn’t make vitamins like these. This was the “ah-ha!” moment that started the evolution of instant dissolving tablets, and Superior Source was born.”

“I was also concerned about all the additives and excessive amount of other ingredients found in conventional vitamin tablets, so decided to create a vitamin that was small and pure where potency isn’t lost in the high acid environment of the stomach.”

Ron started witha B-12 quick-dissolving soft-molded tablet and continued to develop an entire line of clean and pure MicroLingual®instant dissolve tablets where users didn’t have to worry about swallowing. “So here I am 50+ years later, still passionate and profoundly providing people with vitamin tablets that are easy to take anywhere with no water necessary and absorbed quickly into their systems.”

Where to Get Superior Source Vitamins:

You can find Superior Source Vitamins at tons of your favorite retailers. If you’re shopping online, you can shop direct here:

Or… you can get them right here, from me!! I’m giving away an amazing set of Superior Source Vitamins to one lucky winner. To win, head on over to my Instagram – @sunandsipcups – look for the Superior Source Vitamin Giveaway post, and enter to win today!

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Posted by on October 2, 2023 Filed Under: Giveaways, Wellness | No Comments

Cooling Bedding that REALLY Works! Elegear arc-chill keeps you cool at night!

This post about staying cool at night with cooling bedding from Elegear arc-chill contains affiliate links. Thanks for reading, be sure to share.

Best Cooling Bedding

Are you one of those people who get super hot at night when they sleep? I mean, right now during the summer months we’re all struggling to beat the heat – but for a lot of people {like me!}, getting overheated at night is a year-round problem. Luckily, I’ve tested a few products and have a rad solution to share with you guys. Elegear arc-chill cooling technology, crafted into really luxe – but also really AFFORDABLE! – bedding options. So good, seriously. Keep reading to see how it works, why you need this, and how to get a deal on your own cool new bedding too. ;)

Cooling blankets

I’m a chronically ill single momma in my 40s – so, getting good rest is a challenge. Creating a peaceful, comfy bedroom to relax in is a top priority – and obviously, the actual bed in the room is the centerpiece of it all. I get super hot when I sleep, even in the winter; I’m one of those people who sleep with a fan on them, year-round. But, I also like the feel of a blanket on me, you know? So, I use a lot of layers on my bed, so I have options at night.

gray cooling comforter

This gray cooling comforter from Elegear arc-chill is THE perfect busy mom solution. It’s thin enough to keep you cool, yet has enough fluffy weight to feel good at night. I wish I could put into words how magical this thing is – you really have to feel it yourself to fully get it. But it’s like… immediately, you slip yourself under it at bedtime and it’s…. this soft, silky, cool feel. The blanket itself is super smooth, and they use this… well… literally “cool” technology to keep you cool, all night. Even if you’re like me and get hot flashes sometimes, or live in an area where it’s so hot your AC has a tough time keeping up, or just like to be extra cold at night. I’ve just never, ever had a blanket quite like this!

Best Cooling Comforter on a budget

Here’s how this works to keep you cool – a mix of science and freaking magic, I think, lol:

  • The Elegear cooling blanket uses Japanese Arc-Chill cool technology fabric to brilliantly absorb and release body heat, and reduce skin temperature by 2-5°C instantly. (Ordinary cooling fibers only have a cooling rating of 0.2). I swear, you will notice it the very second you have it against your skin.
  • Both sides of this Summer blanket are made of Japanese cooling fibers and jade-based fibers to make the cooling quilt super soft, silky and have no static. I’m a huge fan of the healing properties of jade in general, so seeing it included in this cooling comforter was a big selling point for me. And, I wear very little when I sleep {I toss and turn a ton, and am always so darn overheated} so it’s really important to me that BOTH sides of a blanket/comforter are really smooth and soft.
  • This Summer quilt is filled with DARCON fibers to form a 3-D hollow structure which works to adjust the humidity and temperature, thus provides you with the coziest sleeping environment. Weighing only 5.02 lb, the Elegear cooling comforter is fluffy and lightweight. Its super-soft touch feels like silk, but is cooler and more breathable than silk. With good elasticity {it has a unique stretchy feel to it}, and a pleasant weight {light so you stay cool/but enough heft to have that safe, secure, cocoon feeling}, the cool comforter helps you relax and enjoy a high-quality sleep. Imagine a weighted blanket but filled with magical fluffiness, which will make sense when you try this, I swear. Like a marshmallow. 
  • This lightweight cooling comforter is wrinkle-resistant and uses single needle stitching technology to make the fiberfill stay in place and prevent it from shifting and clumping, which is the WORST thing in a comforter, isn’t it? The cooling comforter is machine washable too, without color fading, shrinkage, or pilling. We’ve been using it for MONTHS, and as you can see – it still looks as good as new.
  • It comes in a few different shades and sizes – my bed is a queen sized mattress, with a memory foam topper. And this works easily as a comforter on it’s own, as a blanket under other patterned comforters, or as a throw folded across the bed. In the smaller size, it’s perfect on the couch for movie nights, or summer camping trips. I imagine this would be SUCH a winner for kids going off to college, or stuffy dorm rooms.

Perfect blanket

We are obsessed with blankets in my house – but I can say, seriously, that I’ve just never had anything quite like this. It’s definitely a unique technology – the cooling part is SO needed, but it also works great under other blankets to keep you warm, and that 3-D hollow structure they use inside the blanket is just incredible. It’s my go-to blanket to snuggle under when reading my book every night. 

Cat approved bedding

This blanket is cat-approved too, if that matters to you, lol. But seriously – if you have pets, you know that their claws can do a lot of damage to your bedding, with snags and stuff. But this holds up great, even when they claw at it to jump up on the bed. I have 5 wild little cats, a tweenager, and a blind old man dog – but this is sturdy enough to withstand all of them. And it looks and feels so LUXURIOUS for such a workhorse of a blanket.

Have I convinced you yet? :) Here’s how to get your own cooling blanket:

You can buy this exact same blanket on Amazon: Elegear Arc-chill Japanese tech cooling comforter blanket. Read the other reviews, you’ll see everyone agrees – it’s got a 4.3 out of 5 rating. You can see more of their products online in the Elegear shop on Amazon too; they have other cooling blankets, pillows, sheets, and more. Right now there’s a sale on this comforter $59.99, and a bonus coupon you can click to add on top of that – but hurry, I’m not sure how long that will last!

If you’d rather go straight to their website, you can also order directly from them here: Elegear Shop Online. They have a ton of really great summer deals going on right now, especially if you’re buying more than one item.

You can also go learn more about the brand and the products on their Instagram pages – Elegear has it’s own page, and there’s another specifically for the Arc-chill technology they use. And you can pop over to my Instagram too, and see the Reel I made about this cooling blanket.

If you have any questions – feel free to leave comments below! And share this with any friends you know who could use this info. :)

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Posted by on July 14, 2022 Filed Under: Chronic Illness, Reviews, Busy Mom Solution, Homemaking | No Comments

Living with Liver Disease – Webinar Sign-Up!

Most of you know by now that I’m a chronic illness girl. Especially if you follow me over on Instagram, where I talk about my adventures in medical shenanigans often. Not everyone knows the details of my illness though. One that I haven’t talked as much about is liver disease. But that is going to change, starting right now.

Liver disease is a growing issue in this country. And far too often, it’s a silent issue – your liver can take a lot of abuse, and can hang in there doing it’s job under massive stress. By the time you find out that you have liver damage, or issues like fatty liver, or NASH – it’s often pretty far along, and harder to get under control. Which is why the conversations and education about liver disease are SO super important! And, it’s why I’m excited to share the knowledge I’ve gained since I was diagnosed in 2016, answer questions, and partner with some amazingly smart people, as part of a panel all about living with liver disease.

Join us for an engaging fireside chat on April 28th, featuring an expert panel of persons with #liver disease about their lived experience & perspectives on living with #NAFLD #NASH during the #COVID19 pandemic & beyond. Register now to secure your spot – this is limited to only the first 100 people to sign up.

bit.ly/2OLrAV6.

At the sign up link you can learn more about the panelists and hosts, and there is a place for you to add your info too: Do you have a question that you would like to be answered during the event? Type it into the registration form today, so we can make sure to have that info for you on the day of the event! Would you like to be called on to ask your question live during the event? If so, indicate that too, or you can have one of the moderators ask the question for you if you feel more comfortable.

After doing Zoom school for the past year with my daughter, I know how much anxiety there is at times, jumping in and asking questions live. So, no worries if you aren’t into that. :) Just add your questions in advance and we’ll be sure they get answered. You can also feel free to reach out to me personally — Instagram is usually the quickest way for me to see a message. You can follow and message me here: Instagram.com/sunandsipcups. Or send me a tweet at Twitter.com/sunandsipcups, or email me directly at sunshineandsippycups@gmail.com. Seriously. If you have any questions about liver disease and/or the webinar, reach out, and I’ll do my best to help. 

If you’d like to read more about my journey with liver disease, you can read my story on the Fatty Liver Foundation site here: Meagan’s Place, that details my sudden liver failure in 2016, how I got my diagnosis, learning to live with such a life-changing disease that has no cure, and my path back to happiness. 

And sign up for the webinar today – Fatty Liver Foundation Webinar – and mark your calendars for April 28th! Then use the tweet button below to share this with anyone else you think might be interested too.

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Posted by on April 20, 2021 Filed Under: Chronic Illness | No Comments

1, 3, 5, 7, 9… I Cannot Even Today.

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Hello, Tuesday? I’d like to speak to your manager.

First of all, the weather. It’s like… moist. Humid. Gross. I’m not a fan. At all. This morning was cold and sweatpants {my cool new ones from Bookish Shop that say Don’t Let the Hard Days Win and are the most comfy sweats everofalltimeomg.} Currently it’s warm and muggy and musty and overcast and the air feels heavy. I have rheumatoid arthritis, neuropathy, and a million other weird random old lady diseases and this type of weather makes me more achy. The pool is clean and blue and so ready. I just want to sit poolside and read my book all day, ok? *Sigh*

{Random side note: #OOTD – I haven’t had a haircut in 6 months. I haven’t even dyed it at home because I have some weird scalp autoimmune weird nonsense going on and it’s inflamed so I can’t. I haven’t even brushed it today. Makeup probably from BoxyCharm because they send me personalized stuff each month since I suck at knowing what to pick myself. But I’m accessorized, yo. Necklace is from ThreeBirdNest, one of my absolute favorite shops at the moment. And this Mama Bird t-shirt is from ThePineTorch, another absolute obsession – they’re shirts are long, thin, soft, drape perfectly. I cut the neck to be off the shoulder because regular crew necks strangle me because I have anxiety. The link I added should give you 10% off or something I think. I am a hot mess. Emphasis on hot. Also on mess. Ha.}

Anyway. Tuesdays are lunch day – Abby’s school district has two different locations, one is 5 minutes from our house, where you drive through and pick up a week’s worth of breakfast and lunch items. There’s honestly not very much food at all – but, Abby likes seeing the little juice boxes, frozen burgers, things that remind her of school days and normality, you know? So, we did that. Then came home to do Abby’s school work. But…. her computer.was.broke. Like, Oregon Trail-looking font on a black screen telling me that it had no operating system or soul and haha you bought me 5 weeks ago but I’m done now haha sucker. Because that’s how 2020 DO, you know?

I immediately call tech support (my brother Brian who is a very smart man in the robot world of technical shenanigans) and he walks me through some diagnostics but it seems that my hard drive is just nope. But fast forward 2 hours, battery out, power off, restart, blah blah, and I’d run a new diagnostic that it passed, so I ran other stuff, and I say “just do SOMETHING this time, sweet lil baby Jesus in your manger just please ok I can not even anymore today” and then hit the button and…. Abby’s eyes get so big because it.boots.up.again, like normal, like nothing happened, because the robot gods and baby Jesus heard my prayers and I have no clue what happened but ok. Good. It’s all ok. Thank you, universe.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Then, there were just other assorted other sh*t shows all day, k? So, no school work done. No house work done. No patience left. Abby’s dad comes to get her for the evening – she goes to visit every Monday and Tuesday evening + every other weekend. I had these 4 little baby waby cuteness rescue kittens, right? And he let her take one to live at his house, about a week ago. But today he says the kitten she brought there {Salty, a little white one that started out really hissy and spitty and scared and mad but ended up being my bff little bro cat} probably has to come back to my house because his girlfriend has allergies so — I’m gonna have SIX CATS and the dog. Cool. Great. Let’s buy another litter box. Ha. I turned 40 last month right after getting these 4 rescues and I didn’t find homes for ANY of the others so I guess it’s just Crazy Cat Lady Lifestyle for me. 

Then, after she leaves, I think imma sit down, quiet, finally, for a few minutes, get my head sorted out. Nope. My momma called, she left a sprinkler on in my back gardens. I go out to turn it off. We have about a half acre out there, and the sprinklers that I had to shut off were all the way in the back. As I’m coming back to the house, walking towards the shop, I see a flash of fur, and think I accidentally let a kitten out again. But no. That is black and white and the right size but that is a SKUNK omg. And the dog sees it. My grumpy little old man dog who’s half blind these days and BORKS HIS FOOL HEAD OFF at every other cat and dog in the neighborhood because he is all about that protect and serve, you know? I know he’s going to attack the skunk and I’ve never handled a sprayed animal before and this day is just too much so clearly I know he is going to get sprayed. My boyfriend is on the phone listening to me scream at the dog to “please do not attack the skunk!! Run away!!” I throw a pinecone to distract him. It’s no use. He goes right towards the skunk. And… they sniff each other. And my dog who attacks every animal he doesn’t know… does nothing. Like, all friendly hey what’s up little skunk man. And it’s a BABY skunk. It is so cute. I wait, in panic. But… it runs to hide under the shop, no spraying, nada. But if there’s a baby skunk doo doo do doo, then there’s a momma and maybe siblings and daddies and aunties and uncles. Oh my.

So I grab the dog and run in the house. I’m over today. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9… I Cannot Even Today. {Get it? That’s counting by odd numbers. No even numbers. Because, can’t even? My kiddos joke. Hilarious. I’m delirious? Who knows.}

E X H A U S T E D.

All cool. Very cool and good and ok. How was your day? Leave me some comments. Or come on over to my Twitter – @sunandsipcups – where I like to talk about politics and current events and staying hopeful in a world of idiots that is on fire in every way. Come cheer me up with bad puns and good jokes and memes and pics of your cats. K? Cool. All so very cool today.

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Random Rad Stuff

Since I whined a whole lot and you guys are such good listeners and I love you, here’s some stuff that doesn’t suck, ok? Yay! Just some randoms that I think are extra cool that I’ll share. 

FabFitFun. You probably see the posts all over social media about them. A lot of people think only the “influencers” get cool stuff. But, I have a subscription I pay for myself, and get RAD stuff. I just paid for another full year subscription – I like to prepay, so that I get early access to customization and Add-Ons. I got my summer box recently but haven’t even put pics up – you’d think that being a pandemic and all, and me being immune compromised and staying home, that I’d have more time? No. I never have time. Anyway – you can see the Spring Box pics on my Facebook. And if you’re interested – sign up here and get $10 off your box. Every single box I’ve paid for the past year and a half, I’ve loved, and has been worth it.

Speaking of subscription boxes… I’m a junkie for them always. But extra more right now, since there is no leaving the house or shopping or anything like that. {I’m in Yakima, Washington. We have the highest rate of COVID19 cases on the West Coast. It’s bonkers.} I am super in love with BookishBox – last month’s theme was Harry Potter, and was one of my all-time faves of any subscription box I’ve ever gotten. My link gets you 10% off. Another really great book nerd box is Owl Crate – these have such fun stuff. And each month there is a hardcover book, signed, often with a handwritten note from the author with notes about the book/why they wrote it/etc, they’ll have special edition covers, or gilded edges. The personalized touch of a note from the author makes my daughter feel like it’s a super special package, and really motivates her to read. They have a kid’s box, the Owl Crate Jr. – but we get the young adult one, and read the book together. She’s 10, the stories are often in a fantasy, magical, adventure type them. We love it.

And, since we’re all shopping online, are you using Rakuten? It used to be called Ebates. You get cash back on almost everything you buy online. It isn’t *quite* as good as it used to be, I admit, since Pandemic life online shopping has got a little weird. A few sites no longer give cash back, like Target. But, I use this every time I shop, and rack up quite a bit of extra totally free money this way. If you aren’t using some type of cash back site, you are legit missing out. Sign up today and you’ll get a FREE $10 gift card. If you already use it, share it with your friends and get the referral bonus. #winning

 

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Posted by on June 9, 2020 Filed Under: Random Rambles | No Comments