Boresha Skinny Coffee

Dr. Allen, whose first name is Ann and who has a second name of De Wees, of multi-level marketing fame, or infamy (depending on how you feel about that type of business) and Boresha Coffee are the subjects of my scrutiny today.

To be completely upfront I’d like to tell you that I don’t know Dr. Allen nor am I a doctor of any type. I DON’T have a Ph.D, an M.D., or even a Master’s degree. But, I also won’t fill you with a lot a BS either. What I do have is an inquisitive mind and a penchant for research and a fair amount of logic. With that being said, I’ll begin…

Mrs. Allen claims to be a Board Certified Doctor of Naturopathy (or for folks who like initials, an N.D.). While I know several N.D.’s, Ph.D.’s, M.D.’s, D.C.’s, O.D.’s etc. ad naseaum, I’ve ALWAYS been able to find out where they obtained their degree from. Unfortunately, I can’t find the higher education institution that supposedly awarded Mrs. Allen with her advanced degree.

Now, I want to state upfront that I have no doubt that Mrs. Allen does have a doctorate. I don’t think anyone, least of all me, would accuse her of actually lying about such a thing.

However, lest the fact that I (or anyone else I’ve actually talked to or read what they’ve written) can NOT find out where this lady got her education, we should all calm down and rest in the fact that her own website states that she is ‘known in the industry as the ALPHA SCIENTIST.’

That sounds pretty impressive until you ask the following two questions: 1) What industry is this statement talking about and 2) Who was the ALPHA SCIENTIST before Mrs. Allen came around and took the title away from them. Do a simple internet search on the term ‘Alpha Scientist’ and do you know what you find, besides a link or two that eventually takes you back to Mrs. Allen? Nothing.

Well, not unless you consider the statement that (Quote) “I am a physician double-board certified in emergency and integrative medicine. The only place I have ever heard the use of the phrase ‘Alpha Scientist’ is in regards to Ann d* w**s All*n.” (End Quote) And (Quote) “The term Alpha Scientist sounds quite impressive but appears to be a designation reserved just for this gal. With a huge list of apparent accomplishments, she has no published articles in any peer reviewed scientific or medical journal. Sure, an ‘alpha scientist’ would be one of those individuals whose public scientific work would be found somewhere credible.” (End Quote)

For now, until I can find out where it was she obtained her N.D., I’ll call the doctor, Mrs. Allen.

Of course, I may be committing financial suicide since Mrs. Allen has, at her beck and call, a law firm that seems to sue any and every one she deems appropriate to do so – the lady has even trademarked her own name so that it can’t be used by anyone, anywhere without her express written permission. Nice Christian attitude there m’lady!

This woman must be among the top ½ percent in the human populace as it concerns intelligence because among her many accolades it is inferred that she is a genetic engineer because she (quote) “…was able to genetically engineer a low-glycemic delivery system for L-arginine

specifically designed for the African-American community.” (end quote) While this is certainly possible allow me to explain what it takes to become a genetic engineer.

A 10 year +2 year +3 year educational pattern is normally mandated for anyone seeking a degree in genetic engineering. The first 10 years refers to the number of years one spends in both elementary and secondary education. In other words, it requires you to have passed High School… no big feat here. The following 2 years refers to one obtaining the equivalent of an Associate’s degree – usually highlighting both math and biology. Again, no huge feat. However, it’s the last 3 years that presents an issue in my mind because these years should not only include math and biology but also two genetics courses and three calculus courses that include integral and differential calculus BEFORE they are accepted into a genetic engineering course. Preferably a person who seeks to become a genetic engineer has to have as part of their undergraduate degree high marks in both molecular biology or molecular genetics. Then you need to achieve a Ph.D. which requires, several years of original research under the guidance of a supervisor and practical experience in recombinant DNA techniques.

The reason I state that Mrs. Allen would have to be in the top ½ percent of intelligent people is because she lists, on her website, that she has over 30 years of experience in Medical Clinical Research (though she doesn’t list anywhere on her site WHERE this experience was gained); and that she’s been the Director or Chief researcher or science officer for the following: nanoparticle science as it relates to the blood brain barrier, orthomolecular science, and nutritional genomics. Listing that she is or was the Director of Nanoparticle science (even though the company or University where she held this title is listed NO where) would lead the reader (you and me) to believe she had experience in Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and/ or Materials Science – which are the listed requirements for a Graduate Minor in Nanoparticle Science and Engineering from the University of Minnesota and similar qualifications for other major universities. However, I should state that not everyone who holds positions of high authority has qualifications in their respective fields. For example, Barack Obama and the majority of those in the Senate and Congress who passed the Affordable Health Care and Protection Act are NOT qualified to speak authoritatively on the subject of health care. So, it could be that Mrs. Allen is simply a very bright manager who was promoted to lead a team of qualified scientists because of her ‘people’ skills. Still, it would be great to know which company or university she worked with on nanoparticle science. The same set of questions arise about her qualifications in both orthomolecular science and nutritional genomics including which companies or schools she worked with on these two disciplines and whether she concentrated on either nutrigenomics or nutrigenetics?

As for Boresha and their Clinical Data References and Bibliography one must wonder why neither the research from Mrs. Allen or the Glycemic Research Institute is mentioned. In other words, one might assume that, given Mrs. Allen’s impressive list of credentials and research as well as those of the Glycemic Research Institute, at least SOME of the research that went into the Boresha products would have come from them. That this might be expected should come as no surprise as Mrs. Allen supposedly holds patents in everything from Thermogenic Coffee, tea, water, cola, soda, a sports drink, lemonade, a chocolate drink, hot chocolate, green tea, and even human thermogenesis. With all the scientific achievements Mrs. Allen has to her name (especially with the thermogenic cola and soda – which, according to everyone I’ve ever talked with is the exact same thing), I expected to see her research trumpeted far and wide but noooo… it’s not to be found anywhere on Boresha’s site.

As for the Glycemic Research Institute itself, it is a privately held corporation (which means that virtually no information is obtainable via general public inquiry) and it is not Better Business Bureau accredited – which might mean nothing more than a company that has (quote) “Over 30 years of Glycemic expertise” (end quote) has never bothered to register with the BBB or it might mean that the owner or owners of the Institute don’t want prying eyes into who actually founded the business. As for me, it sure as hell looks like the Glycemic Research Institute and the doctors own website (under her own name) was designed by the same company. This thought is compounded by the fact that a quick check of the WhoIs listing shows that someone by the name of Dr. Allen is the administrator for BOTH her website and that of the Glycemic Research Institutes and that the Nutrilab Corporation, whose website address is nutrilabusa.com, ALL have the EXACT Nameserver listed (fourguysfromtampa) as of December 1st, 2013. Now, none of this is suspicious in and of itself however, if one looks at the WHOIS listing with even a passing glance of interest you’ll find 10 entries associated with Mrs. Allen’s name. Whomever the Fourguysfromtampa are that run the Nameserver by the same name are definitely kept quite busy by Mrs. Allen because the websites I’ve personally visited associated with her seem to be cookie cutter sites.

Throughout Mrs. Allen’s website’s (of which she is, at the very least, the administrator and therefore should know what goes onto them) it is claimed she hold patents for various products and has authored research papers. All of that sounds great but it begs the questions… 1) Where are the patent numbers so we, the consumer can find out what the patents are for and 2) Who peer-reviewed her papers? I can find ZERO (Nada, ZILCH-OLA) information on any of this. Also, her claim to have been nominated for a Nobel Prize is a completely SAFE claim since, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize, Quote; “The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later.” In other words, I could claim to have been nominated for a Nobel Prize and I’d be safe from prying eyes for the next 50 years. In fact, I WAS nominated for the Nobel Prize and WILL be nominated for the Nobel Prize for the next 5 years straight. If you don’t believe I’m telling the truth about this… ask me and see if I’m not! Ha! Again, this could be sheer coincidence but as it’s been said “If it looks like a duck and it sounds like a duck”… well, you get the picture.

Okay, onto a review of their diet coffee…

First… the cost of a 30 day supply of the coffee, creamer and sugar substitute will run you around $150 which is about $5 a day for a cup of coffee! So, it’s almost equivalent to going to gourmet coffee shop and getting a large cup of French Vanilla coffee.

Onto the claims of this miracle coffee. One statement says simply that the coffee “will help you burn up to 800% more fat, all while you enjoy your morning, afternoon, or evening cup of coffee.”

While another states: “You can burn 800% more calories than while jogging.”

My question is this: What the Hell do these statements even mean in real life?

For instance, does it mean that at 170 pounds if I jog for 11 minutes and cover 1 mile that instead of burning 99 calories I would instead burn 792 calories? Or if I’m reading the paper and would normally burn only 40 calories after 30 minutes that I’d burn 320 calories instead?

If so, sign my ass up… I could drink dirt mixed with cat urine if it means this.

However, since there are no examples given as to what this statement might actually mean I’ll chalk it up, at least temporarily, to mean that it’s simply a marketing ploy.

So, how did I come across the BSkinny coffee? A friend of mine gave me several packets along with the literature. I’m not very overweight but I’m always looking for a way to become fitter and if I can sit around in my boxer shorts while the fat just melts, melts, melts away… AND if the coffee tasted good enough… I decided to give it a shot.

After reading the directions on the package which said to brew the entire 1 ounce package to make the recommended 24 ounces of coffee which I was supposed to drink in two sittings at least four hours apart… I noticed was that there was a hell of a lot more than 1 ounce of product in the bag. Again, I’m not a scientist but the last time I checked 1 ounce = 2 tablespoons. So, I measured and, sure enough, there was 3 ounces in the bag labeled one ounce.

Hell, I thought I’d struck the mother lode and had gotten a package with 3 times the servings in it. Then I checked the other bags I’d been given and found they all had the same amount of coffee. Just to be certain I wasn’t missing something I called my friend and asked them about it. They said it was sold by weight and not by volume. Rolling my eyes I got out my trusty food scale and weighed the stuff. Just like I thought… a LOT more than 1 ounce.

Oh well, maybe it was all the extra caffeine, chromium, vitamin C and ground-up pieces of fruit that made up it’s “proprietary blend” that accounted for the extra brown stuff.

I decided to go ahead and follow the instructions and so I poured 24 ounces of water into my coffee pot, poured the entire package into it and waited about 5 minutes.

I poured a cup of BSkinny, waited a couple of minutes for it to cool down and took a sip.

Wow! I couldn’t believe it

Have you ever heard the expression ‘That coffee is strong enough to get up and walk?’

Well, the BSkinny coffee could have bench-pressed a damn bus while running sprints.

Seriously, this stuff was so strong and tasted so much like an old cup of Walmart brand instant coffee it was ridiculous.

Just to make certain I wasn’t being super critical I took the coffee cup to a co-worker and had her try it. She nearly gagged.

Now, it’s important to understand that I have ZERO to gain from you taking my word about BSkinny coffee. I’m not part of any MLM and I don’t have stock in any coffee company. This is solely my opinion.

I brewed a second pot of regular coffee so I’d have something to compare it with. The regular stuff, even though I’d used three ounces of it (just like I had with the BSkinny) tasted a LOT better… not just a little better… A LOT BETTER – with a capital A L & B!

I wasn’t willing to give up so I decided to ‘dress up’ the fat burning coffee using the creamer I’d been given. Not only did I have to use an inordinate amount of the creamer (there’s NO way it would last 30 days if I had to use as much as I did the first time) but even when the first cup of coffee was chalk colored it started tasting really ‘Yucky’ – which was an improvement on the plain black cup but not much. Then I tried to sweeten the coffee up using the natural fruit sweetener and when I took a drink I thought I was going to gag. To be completely fair, the natural fruit sweetener, in and of itself is pretty damn good. And, while it might be good on fruit or maybe in tea, I don’t think it’s up to speed when it comes to putting it in your coffee.

I gave up trying to make the stuff taste better and I simply chugged 12 ounces of it down. It didn’t taste very good but I already knew that. What I didn’t know is how fast the stuff was going to react! Maybe it was because I hadn’t eaten anything when I drank the coffee but, whatever the reason, I felt so jittery it was ridiculous. I read the back of the package again and found out that even if EVERY bit of caffeine in the coffee is listed on the back, it’s damn near twice the amount that’s in some of the most popular Energy drinks!

Did I get hungry as fast as I normally would have… well, no and yes. No in that I was so friggin jittery I was afraid that I would eat one of my own fingers if I tried putting anything into my mouth… okay, that’s an exaggeration but you get my point. But, yeah, I definitely ate more than I would have normally because I was trying to counter the jitteriness I felt.

So, what’s my overall experience with the Bskinny coffee? I would NEVER, EVER drink this stuff on a regular basis. I’d rather go to Starbucks and spend my $5 bucks on a decent cup of coffee and risk being overweight!

I might note that I’ve been a fairly heavy drinker for nearly 30 years and I’m not a walking blimp or, as Dr. Allen says, “as fat as a pig.” The fact is I exercise on a fairly regular basis, I watch what I eat and I love coffee. I probably drink WAY more coffee than I should on a daily basis but since I don’t have a problem going to sleep I don’t worry about it. And, the best things are: 1) I’m NOT overweight and 2) I don’t have to suffer through this stuff they call ‘coffee’ to get skinnier.

My final call on this one is a definite ‘maybe’ leaning towards a great big NO!

If you like feeling as though you’re going to crawl out of your own skin and drinking something akin to tar… this stuff is for you. On the other hand, if you value your taste buds and want something smoother than an energy drink followed by a caffeine tablet, I’d say… stay away from this one. Also, if you happen to want something backed by scientists who have the schools they’ve attended and peer-reviewed studies… I wouldn’t touch this one with a ten foot pole!

HOWEVER… if you’re just into the business to make money and you can convince your buddies to spend an average of $5 a day on coffee they’ll either end up throwing away or using as plant food… I’d say go for it.

Either way… this is simply my opinion. Take it or leave it. It doesn’t matter at all to me.