Our Beamish Story
“Unapologetic Optimism, Determination, Confidence and Belief”
My story starts with my diagnosis of leukemia. I underwent 33 rounds of chemo over the space of two years. At times, I was unable to climb a flight of stairs. For almost an entire year, I lacked the mental endurance to unload a dishwasher.
I needed a natural, anti inflammatory supplement
Strong enough to help my recover
From TWO YEARS of chemo
During my two-year battle with leukemia and intensive chemotherapy, I discovered a powerful blend of broccoli seed extract, ginger extract, and clinically proven supplements that rejuvenated my energy and endurance. These nutrients work by activating AMPK and NRF2, crucial pathways for mitochondrial function and cellular repair. With reduced inflammation and optimized metabolism, you can train harder, recover faster, and feel your best. Experience a new era of wellness—one where your body is primed to heal and excel.
Formulating our first cream with my aunt and uncle deep in the Kooteny’s of BC. My aunt is chopping beeswax from their beehives out back
Why are plants healthy?
Which plants are the best to eat?
Eight months after chemo ended, I realized that I would never recover. I was fragile. My energy wasn’t good, and I’d lost my ability to recover. I felt like a fit 75 year old man. The problem is that I was 38 years old.
When I’m stuck with a day
That’s grey and lonely
I just stick out my chin
And grin, and say
The idea that I’d never recover from the chemo was unacceptable to me. What hurt the most is that I felt that I’d never be able to see what I was truly capable of. I just said “Cancer, I beat you, and now I’m going to beat the chemo as well. You hurt me, but you can’t stop me.”
Oh, the sun’ll come out tomorrow
So you gotta hang on till tomorrow
Come what may
I refused to accept this limitation. I realized that until I had my health back, nothing else mattered. While I was lying in a hospital bed with chemo flowing from an IV drip into my chest, all that mattered was getting my health back. My life had a single-minded focus. I needed to figure out how to recover from the chemo. Diet and exercise where the two tools at my disposal.
We were married during my 4th (of 33) rounds of chemo and three days after I finished cranial radiation therapy. I was bald from the chemo. I thought it would be fun to have bright, blue hair.
I refused to accept my “new reality”
Exercises alone wasn’t working
So, I obsesses about my diet.
I created my own formula revolves around evidence-based botanicals and nutrients that have each earned their place through rigorous research:
- Broccoli Seed Extract (Sulforaphane): Activates NRF2, enhancing antioxidant defenses and promoting detoxification.
- Ginger Extract: High in gingerols, a potent AMPK activator that also reduces inflammation and help regulate mitochondrial function.
- Quercetin & Berberine: Potent AMPK activators, optimizing blood sugar and energy metabolism.
- NMN & CoQ10: Boost NAD+ and support the electron transport chain, essential for efficient ATP production.
- Taurine & Alpha-Lipoic Acid: Aid recovery, protect cells from oxidative damage, and keep your muscles primed for action.
This supplement isn’t reserved for post-chemo warriors alone—anyone pushing physical or mental limits can benefit. Endurance athletes find it invaluable for sustaining energy during long rides or runs, while busy professionals use it to sharpen mental clarity and resilience. New moms, weekend warriors, and even biohackers rely on its anti-inflammatory and mitochondrial-boosting properties to stay at the top of their game. Its balanced formula helps offset everyday stressors, too.
Whether you’re grinding through tough work hours or recovering from an intense life event, these nutrients help restore a cellular equilibrium that fuels steady, unwavering energy.
Science Behind It
At the heart of this product lies a simple yet powerful principle: cellular efficiency drives overall health. Research shows that compounds like sulforaphane, curcumin, and EGCG modulate AMPK and NRF2, key regulators of metabolism and antioxidant defense. AMPK activation supports mitochondrial biogenesis, helping your cells produce more energy with less fatigue. Meanwhile, NRF2 boosts the expression of endogenous antioxidants, reducing free radical damage. This two-pronged approach is crucial for anyone aiming to enhance recovery or bolster stamina. By incorporating additional boosters—like NMN for NAD+ levels—you equip your cells with the resources they need to repair, regenerate, and thrive.
A bike Trip with my Buddy to Moab, UT, Aug, 2023
Over the next 9 years, my blood gradually returned to normal. During the time period, a few other strange things happened. My skin stopped tanning or burning. I’m of Swedish descent. It’s usually impossible for me to ride my bike in the summer without my skin burning. Not anymore. I didn’t have to wear sunscreen (but I did anyway).
I lost the ability to feel muscle pain in my legs, my metabolism went way up, and my recovery went through the roof. At one point, I tried to overtrain, but I couldn’t. I rode my bike 3 hrs every day, and did intervals the entire time. Not only could I not overtrain, but I couldn’t even TELL that I’d riddent the day before. My bloodwork didn’t change (I was getting weekly blood work at the time) and I eventually gave up trying to overtrain. My body switched from mTOR (muscle growth) to AMPK (Autophagy and repair). I lost quite a bit of muscle during this time period. I knew that it was because my body was putting all its energy into repair. Eventually, my muscles all came back, and it was a small price to pay – especially because even now, as a 47 year old male, I have absolutely ZERO aches and pains.
The sun’ll come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
There’ll be sun
It looks like I dramatically raised my glutathione levels, and they stayed significantly elevated for the next 10 years. This elevated glutathione is why I didn’t tan, burn, or get tired when I exercise. The glutathione was in overdrive. This meant that the ROS generated by sunlight or exercise was immediately neutralized by my antioxidant defense system. The ROS particles were neutralized before they could do any damage.
Because I didn’t have many free radicals, I had much more Histone acetylation then the average person. What this means is that “Acetylation of histones altered the accessibility of chromatin and allowed DNA binding proteins to interact with exposed sites to activate gene transcription and downstream cellular functions.”. Basically, my metabolism increased to that of a young child. My appetite increased, and I became bullet proof – I could instantly recover from anything.
Just thinkin’ about tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow
Till there’s none
-Annie
Two other things happened during this time. I was in my early 40’s, and I was starting to struggle to read small print. I was starting to hold things farther and farther from my eyes. I needed reading glasses, but didn’t want them. I didn’t realize this had improved until I went to my optometrist. She asked if I wanted bi-focals. I told her that I wasn’t old. She said yes you are…
I’ll show you. Read this. You won’t be able to. I was like “why not?” She said “Look thru the lens. The words are close, and you won’t be able to read them.” I told her “I think you made a mistake, the words are tiny, but they’re far away.” She was like “Oh yeah, read them to me.” Me “JHT 8FT”. I’m serious. I think you made a mistake. They’re not close at all. She checked and said “Yeah, you can read them. Weird”.
My optometrist did a retina scan and said “Oh wow. You have young eyes”. I was really excited about this, because I’d been worried that the chemo had affected my eyes, but evidently they were still “Young”. I’m 47 years old, and things get blurry at about 6 inches when I have my glasses on. When I take my glasses off, I can read things about three inches from my eyes.
I was starting to feel indestructible. The night before my wife took this videos of me, I had an ear infection. The pressure built up in my ear, and both of my ear drums ruptured. I couldn’t even really hear properly that day because I had tears in the skin on both my ear drums. It was a powder day, and I had to ski. My wife shot these videos of me. I remember thinking “I shouldn’t be able to do this.”
It wasn’t until my platelets returned to normal that I became confident that I’d fully recovered from the chemo. I was riding my bike faster and further than I could in my late 30’s – but my skin still looked old. My skin looked old for two reasons.
The first reason is that I didn’t take good care of my skin at all. I was a Swedish/Ukrainian youth that spent their entire life riding mountain bikes in the Sierra mountains and didn’t wear sunscreen. Wrinkles and damaged skin was an inevitable result. To make things worse, skin grows fast, and the chemo aged my skin much more than other parts of my body.
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
Wishing for right now
Taylor Swift
This song describes the years I was immobilized by fatigue from the chemo. I was on the sidelines of life, waiting to be able to get back into the game.
At this point, I knew that the ginger had worked. So, I set about making anti-aging skin for my face. Inevitably, I decided to put some on my legs before a bike ride. I didn’t get tired during the ride, and I started doing it every ride. Despite skepticism from myself, my wife, and everyone that tried it – the cream worked. It wasn’t soon after this that I decided to make some for my friend’s natural food store. Things took off pretty quickly after that.
We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
And we held them up for our town
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, “This is absurd”
‘Cause for a moment, a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world
Taylor Swift
I made a bucket list of things to do after I recovered from my chemo. The last item on my list was to see Taylor Swift sing this song. We crossed this item of the list with floor seating as I watched Taylor Swift belt out this anthem to me in Seattle, WA.
Rose 2 Toads, a 100km singletrack mtb ride in Lake Tahoe, NV