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Correlation isn’t causation — and that’s where most wellness claims get messy. 🧠
In our ENERGYbits Reaction Episode (dropping Nov 4), we break down how to tell what’s real science from what just sounds convincing.
#Science #Biohacking #Research #Health #Wellness
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Our ENERGYbits episode blew up — so we decided to talk about why. ⚡

Because this was never about “calling someone out.”
It’s about raising the standard for truth in wellness. 🧠
🎙 Full Reaction episode drops Nov 4

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October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Can algae really improve mental health, prevent disease, and even fuel spiritual wellbeing?

Catharine Arnston, founder of ENERGYbits, says it can. But as scientists and skeptics, we had questions.

🎧 The full episode drops Tuesday.

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June 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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BOTH VERY BENEFICIAL, BUT IT’S LIKE IBUPROFEN AND TYLENOL. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. THEY EACH HAVE THEIR ABILITIES TO GO IN AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SPIRULINA 🆚 CHORELLA
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The difference between Spirulina and Chlorella algae by Dr. Catharine Arnston at ENERGYbits Inc.
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January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Do you know why antioxidants are so powerful? They stop the free radicals in your body from damaging cells and stealing electrons. 🦠 💪

Learn more from Dr. Catharine Arnston, founder and CEO of ENERGYbits, on Men Talking Mindfulness👇
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July 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Want to slow aging and boost your health? 🌿✨ Chatting with Catharine Arnston of @energybits about the power of algae—chlorella & spirulina—for anti-aging, energy, and overall wellness! 💪🥦 #AntiAging #Algae #Chlorella #Spirulina #NutritionTips #HolisticHealth #EatYourVeggies
February 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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In case anyone didn’t know how much money is in the supplement/wellness space…

And she claims she didn’t know about her husband’s investments in Philip Morris and Altria?
Screenshot from article Among the payments included in the new disclosures for newsletter sponsorship and partnership fees are $12,000 from herbal remedies firm Apothekary; $27,431 from algae supplements company ENERGYbits; $16,461 from fiber supplements company Florosophy; $27,000 from probiotics company Pendulum Therapeutics; $46,000 from supplements company Pique; $536 from prenatal vitamin company WeNatal; and $16,104 from basil seed supplements company Basil Seed Works. Means received a total of more than $130,000 in sponsorship fees from supplement company Amazentis, including a $55,000 book tour sponsorship. Means also received hefty newsletter, book tour sponsorship, and partnership fees from a number of other companies in the health, wellness, and nutrition space, including $59,847 from Function Health, the lab testing startup co-founded by longtime Kennedy friend Mark Hyman; more than $16,000 from cleaning supply company Power of Pure; $12,000 from meal kit service Daily Harvest; and $18,771 from seafood company Seatopia. The forms show that Means’ husband, entrepreneur Brian Nickerson, holds investments in two tobacco giants, Altria Group and Philip Morris International, each with a value between $15,000-$50,000. These were part of diversified holdings in one of his retirement
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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What's the difference between whole foods & synthetic supplements?

Dr. Catharine Arnston, founder + CEO of ENERGYbits, says whole foods come with a biological "QR code" your body recognizes, something supplements lack.

Join the conversation on Men Talking Mindfulness👇
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July 23, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Inflammation doesn't just affect how you feel.
It can impact testosterone, brain function, recovery, circulation & more.

Dr. Catharine Arnston, founder and CEO of ENERGYbits, explains why cellular energy may be the foundation of better health on Men Talking Mindfulness👇
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July 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Whatever Happened To Energybits From Shark Tank?
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Whatever Happened To Energybits From Shark Tank?
Energybits made its way onto Shark Tank in search of an investor for its nutritional algae supplement tablets. What happened to the brand after the show?
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May 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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What if everything you thought you knew about health was missing one tiny, ancient, green piece?

In today’s brand new episode of The Decision Lab Podcast, we talk to Catharine Arnston, founder of ENERGYbits

🎧 Can Algae Save You? is streaming now.

#Supplements #Health #Wellness #Biohacking
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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🚨Upcoming Episodes:
Tomorrow we examine the validity of EnergyBits- an algae based supplement product that may be too good to be true

Thursday we launch an expert interview with Brandon Luckett, a crossfit athlete and medical physicist

Available wherever you get your podcasts!
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June 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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What drives someone to keep going when everything says stop?

🎧 Listen Tuesday to unpack the science and the psychology of betting on yourself.

#Persistence #FounderMindset #Resilience #Startups #EnergyBits #AgainstTheOdds #PurposeDriven #Founders #Entrepreneurship #Wellness #Health
June 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Only 5 days left until Season 2 Drops! 🎉

We're kicking it off with Dr. David Rabin from Apollo Neuro followed by Mindright, Natural Nipple, Fixbiome, Loosey Goosey, and EnergyBits ⚛️

Make sure to follow and subscribe to never miss an episode!

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May 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Disclosure and Conflicts: The Central Credibility Issue Rolling Stone’s reporting frames the core problem as the mismatch between anti-toxins, pro-trust rhetoric and paid promotion of brands facing contamination or safety allegations, alongside questions about whether affiliate relationships were consistently disclosed.1 Public Citizen formally urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Means violated influencer-marketing standards, framing the issue as a pattern rather than isolated omissions. Public Citizen’s “MAHA, Means, Money” write-up similarly emphasizes the scale of sponsorship and affiliate fees disclosed in ethics filings and argues that these relationships matter for a public-health communicator’s perceived independence.5,6 FactCheck.org’s review of the confirmation hearing indicates that these disclosure and conflict questions were not peripheral: they were central to senators’ critiques and to the nominee’s contested factual claims about her own practices.4 Assessment: Even if each product-safety allegation were ultimately litigated to mixed outcomes, the disclosure and monetization pattern can independently degrade public trust. A surgeon general’s power is not enforcement; it is persuasion. When a nominee’s recent professional identity and income streams are tightly coupled to paid wellness marketing, the informational authority of the office risks being reinterpreted as sales influence — especially in a health-information ecosystem already degraded by grift incentives and anti-vaccine drift.1,4‑6 Interim Assessment The independent record supports Rolling Stone’s broad thesis that at least some named sponsors were associated with credible contamination and safety-related disputes (Daily Harvest’s outbreak; Pique and EnergyBits in the Proposition 65 enforcement channel), and that EnergyBits also faced meaningful advertising-substantiation scrutiny.1,7,10,12,13 The most consequential confounder is FDA’s caution about definitive tara flour causation —even while emphasizing the ingredient’s weak safety-information foundation— which counsels against overclaiming certainty while still reinforcing that the “clean” endorsement posture was misaligned with the risk landscape.7‑9,14 Taken as a whole, the evidence base strengthens the argument that the nomination raises legitimate integrity and credibility risks for an office whose core function is trusted public-health communication, not merely partisan signalling.1,4‑6 Citation List: 1 “RFK Jr's Pick for Surgeon General Cashed in Promoting Companies with a History of Unsafe Products” – Rolling Stone (Katherine Eban, 04-Mar-2026). – https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/casey-means-surgeon-general-newsletter-products-1235524011/ 2 “MD191266 – Means, Casey, MD – OR License Verification” – Oregon Medical Board (information current as of 04-Mar-2026). – https://omb.oregon.gov/Clients/ORMB/Public/VerificationDetails.aspx?EntityID=1530903 3 “Nomination of Casey Means to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service” – U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (hearing materials page). – https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nomination-of-casey-means-to-be-medical-director-in-the-regular-corps-of-the-public-health-service-and-surgeon-general-of-the-public-health-service 4 “FactChecking Claims in Casey Means’ Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing” – FactCheck.org (04-Mar-2026). – https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/factchecking-claims-in-casey-means-surgeon-general-confirmation-hearing/ 5 “Letter to FTC: Investigate Casey Means’ Potential Violations of Influencer Marketing Standards” – Public Citizen (05-Feb-2026). – https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-ftc-investigate-casey-means-potential-violations-of-influencer-marketing-standards/ 6 “MAHA, Means, Money” – Public Citizen (05-Feb-2026). – https://www.citizen.org/article/maha-means-money/ 7 “FDA Update on Post-Market Assessment of Tara Flour” – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (page updated 2024). – https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-update-post-market-assessment-tara-flour 8 “Scientific Memorandum: Post-market Assessment of Tara Flour” – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (PDF memorandum, 2024). – https://www.fda.gov/media/178582/download 9 “Tara Flour” – LiverTox: Clinical and Research Information on Drug-Induced Liver Injury, U.S. National Library of Medicine (updated 2024). – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK604845/ 10 “60-Day Notice of Violation” – California Department of Justice (Notice 2022-03022 naming Pique, Inc.; 16-Dec-2022). – https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/prop65/notices/2022-03022.pdf 11 “Complaint” – California Department of Justice (court filing associated with Notice 2022-03022; 13-Mar-2023). – https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/prop65/complaints/2022-03022C7698.pdf 12 “60-Day Notice of Violation” – California Department of Justice (Notice 2022-00823 concerning ENERGYbits; 2022). – https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/prop65/notices/2022-00823.pdf 13 “Environmental Digest” – BBB National Programs (includes ENERGYbits case summary; digest PDF). – https://bbbprograms.org/getmedia/6cd2dc28-6e9d-44de-b960-fc8c43f162b0/naddigest_2025_environmental.pdf 14 “Acute Liver Injury Induced by Tara Flour: Toxicological Characterization of a Novel Outbreak” – Chemical Research in Toxicology (American Chemical Society, 2023). – https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00238 15 “Long-Form Notice” – SM Crumbles Settlement (litigation notice PDF, 12-Jan-2024). – https://smcrumblesettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NYW-1.12.24-SmCrumbleSettlement.com-Long-Form-Notice.pdf
March 5, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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🔃 {𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} My notes about the article… ⤵
{𝗮𝙅𝙎𝘿} My notes about the article… What Rolling Stone Claimed Rolling Stone reported that Casey Means’ “Good Energy Living” newsletter sold paid sponsorship placements to wellness brands and that “at least five” sponsors were associated with allegations involving hazardous ingredients, heavy metals (lead and cadmium), or PFAS contamination. The text available for review names three sponsors in detail —Daily Harvest, Pique, and EnergyBits— so the evidence-check focuses on those three, plus the broader disclosure and suitability questions raised in the same reporting.1 Public-Trust Context: Role, Hearing, and Licence Status The nomination moved through the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee process, including a confirmation hearing on 25-Feb-2026.3,4 Oregon Medical Board records list Means’ physician licence as “inactive” as of 04-Mar-2026, which aligns with the line of questioning described in Rolling Stone’s reporting about whether a nominee who is not currently practising medicine should serve as the nation’s chief public-health messenger.1,2 FactCheck.org’s contemporaneous review of the hearing underscores that committee scrutiny centred on vaccines, financial conflicts, and disclosure practices — i.e., not merely “optics,” but core issues of credibility for a public-health communications role.4 Sponsor 1: Daily Harvest and the Tara Flour Outbreak Rolling Stone linked Daily Harvest sponsorships to the 2022 outbreak tied to Daily Harvest’s French Lentil + Leek Crumbles and asserted severe outcomes, including hospitalizations and gallbladder removals.1 What independent sources substantiate (and complicate): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published an update on its post-market assessment of tara flour following adverse-event reports tied to the Daily Harvest product and noted that tara flour is not an approved food additive and lacks sufficient publicly available safety information for intended food uses.7,8 The same FDA update also states that the agency had not found evidence (as of that update) that tara flour caused the outbreak — an important confounder against categorical phrasing like “unsafe ingredient” when framed as settled causation.7 Medical and scientific references nevertheless describe a strong association between tara flour and acute liver injury in the outbreak. LiverTox (U.S. National Library of Medicine) summarizes the episode and the suspected toxic agent in tara flour.9 A peer-reviewed toxicology study reports identification of baikiain in tara flour and discusses plausibility for the observed liver injuries.14 A settlement document from litigation over the crumbles describes severe injuries among claimants (including liver injury and cholecystectomy claims), which supports Rolling Stone’s depiction of serious harm while remaining a legal document rather than a regulator’s final causation finding.15 Assessment: Daily Harvest is the strongest of Rolling Stone’s examples in terms of demonstrated real-world harm (acute liver injury reports and litigation). The confounding element is that FDA’s later update is cautious on definitive causation attribution to tara flour, even while raising serious safety-information gaps for tara flour as a food ingredient. Taken together, the record supports the view that promoting the brand as an exemplar of “health and safety” was, at minimum, poorly risk-calibrated for a public-health figure.1,7‑9,14,15 Sponsor 2: Pique and Proposition 65 Heavy-Metal Allegations Rolling Stone reported that Environmental Research Center alleged certain Pique products exceeded California’s allowable lead limits (under Proposition 65), and that Pique disputes Rolling Stone’s characterization.1 What independent sources substantiate: A California Department of Justice-hosted Proposition 65 notice naming Pique, Inc. (Notice 2022-03022) alleges consumer-product exposures involving lead (a listed chemical under Proposition 65’s warning framework).10 A related complaint file (also hosted by the California Department of Justice) documents litigation tied to that notice number, demonstrating that the matter proceeded beyond informal allegation into formal court filing — while still not constituting a merits finding.11 Assessment: For Pique, the evidence base available here supports Rolling Stone’s core point that at least some allegations were formalized into the Proposition 65 enforcement pathway, but it does not, by itself, establish that a court found Pique liable or that consumers suffered measurable harm. That distinction matters: “contained lead above California’s warning threshold” (allegation) is not the same claim as “unsafe for consumers” (conclusion). The credibility hit for a surgeon general nominee is less about proving Pique’s guilt and more about the nominee’s judgment in selling “trust me” health branding while monetizing endorsements of products under contamination-related challenge.1,10,11 Sponsor 3: EnergyBits, Lead Allegations, and Advertising-Claim Scrutiny Rolling Stone reported that Environmental Research Center found elevated lead levels in EnergyBits algae tablets and that a Better Business Bureau-related review challenged evidence for some health claims.1 What independent sources substantiate: A Proposition 65 notice hosted by the California Department of Justice (Notice 2022-00823) concerns EnergyBits and alleges lead exposure issues in connection with its products.12 BBB National Programs’ published case-report materials (in its environmental digest) summarize the EnergyBits matter, referencing the NAD monitoring case and the National Advertising Review Board appeal, and describing recommendations regarding discontinuation or modification of certain health-related and environmental claims.13 Assessment: EnergyBits presents two distinct risk signals: contamination allegation (lead) in the Proposition 65 system, and an advertising substantiation challenge through the advertising industry’s self-regulatory process. Those mechanisms are not equivalent to a regulator imposing a penalty, but they are credible indicators that the “healthy, evidence-based” posture of the promoted products was disputed in formal venues. For a nominee positioned as an integrity-and-trust messenger, this compounds conflict-of-interest optics with a plausibility question: was the promoted narrative aligned with the evidentiary bar being applied to others (e.g., “big pharma” marketing critiques), or was it selectively relaxed for paid wellness endorsements?1,12,13
March 5, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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Whatever Happened To Energybits From Shark Tank?
Whatever Happened To Energybits From Shark Tank?
Energybits made its way onto Shark Tank in search of an investor for its nutritional algae supplement tablets. What happened to the brand after the show?
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May 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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📣 New Podcast! "THE 8-HOUR LIE (Sleep Less, Live More): The Minimum Effective Sleep Dose" on @Spreaker #8hourrule #biohacking #brainfog #chronotypes #circadianrhythm #coffeenap #energybits #healthhacks #highperformance #insomnia #morningroutine #podcast #productivityhacks #recovery #rest #viral
THE 8-HOUR LIE (Sleep Less, Live More): The Minimum Effective Sleep Dose
Let’s be real: we’ve all been lied to. We’ve been told that if we don’t hit that magical "8-hour mark," our health is doomed. But have you ever slept for 9 hours and felt like a zombie, while some of the world’s highest performers thrive on 6? In this episode, we are shattering the 8-hour sleep rule and shifting the conversation from sleep quantity to sleep quality. We’re diving into the controversial reality that your genetics and biological chronotype—not a generic number—dictate how much rest you actually need. We explore why your "effort" to sleep might actually be the very thing causing your insomnia. If you spend hours tossing and turning, you are literally training your brain to stay awake in bed. We’re breaking down the sleep efficiency manual, including the high-performance "cheat code" known as the coffee nap and the "nuclear option" for resetting your clock: sleep restriction. What we’re mastering in this sleep deep-dive: - The 8-Hour Myth: Why forced sleep is a recipe for brain fog and anxiety. - Biological Chronotypes: How to stop fighting your circadian rhythm and start working with your DNA. - Sleep Restriction Therapy: Why spending less time in bed is the secret to deeper, more restorative rest. - Environmental Mastery: How to optimize light, noise, and room temperature to create a biological "off switch." - The Morning Reset: The exact hydration and light routine to clear grogginess in under 10 minutes. Whether you're a tired entrepreneur, a student, or someone who has struggled with sleep for years, this episode provides the minimum effective sleep dose to help you reclaim your energy without sacrificing your life. Stop counting hours and start mastering your recovery. 🔊 LISTEN NOW to unlock the high-performance sleep protocol. Tired of being tired? Hit that SUBSCRIBE button and leave a review to help others find the truth about rest! Share this episode with that one person who swears by their 8 hours but still drinks four lattes a day—they need this reality check.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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ENERGYbits: Here's What Happened After Appearing On Shark Tank
ENERGYbits: Here's What Happened After Appearing On Shark Tank
ENERGYbits appeared on "Shark Tank" touting the benefits of its algae-based supplements. But was it the real deal and how is the company faring today?
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April 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Where Is ENERGYbits From Shark Tank Season 8 Today?
Where Is ENERGYbits From Shark Tank Season 8 Today?
When Catharine Arnston brought her algae-based ENERGYbits to season 8 of "Shark Tank," none of the Sharks decided to bite. But what has happened since then?
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April 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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What's the difference between @energybits and @skinnybits_ ? /cc @rbuike
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