Monthly Archives: December 2011

The First Wealth Is Health

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Ralph Waldo Emerson said ” The First Wealth Is Health “

Would you agree??

The commentary below is from an insert that I have often tucked into my holiday greetings. It is especially meaningful to me in that it reinforces the work I do.

written by Sarah Breathnach Ban from 1995′s Simple Abundance 

“Money has to buy alot during this time of year, but can it buy gifts that count the most?  Can it buy love, a good marriage, vibrant independant children, creative expressiveness, inner peace and most of all can it buy health?”

Having brought back layers of my health in recent years I really appreciate the strident, true and methodical steps one must take to find strength to get through yet another day

If I had to choose between the material things in life or the health achievements of recent years I’d choose my health in a heartbeat.

“We can’t buy good health, no matter how much money we have. We can buy profound medical treatments but actual good health is not for sale.  Your health is a priceless gift and it’s only when we become sick do we get reminded how priceless it really is”

“If you have your health you have more wealth than all the riches in the world. A healthy mind, heart, reserves of stamina and an abundance of vreative energy to draw on, will have the world literally lying at your feet – with good health you have it all.”

“What is health? Is it the absence of sickness? Good health is vitality, vigor, high energy, emotional equilibrium, mental clarity and physical endurance. This is the health to pray for”

She says, take your vitamins she furthers says,  ”that if there is only one lesson I can inscribe into your consciousness… ask for good health and get real specific “

Ask and get specific — LOVE that!

Ask yourself how committed are you to your health and well being?

How I can be of a support to you and an advocate for your well being.

Those who take supplements really do have better health!

Kidney Stones And Sports Drinks

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Love this… a study comparing two well known sports nutrition product Perfomance and Gatorade was published and our company wasn’t even aware of it.  The results clearly shared how superior our “Performance” sports nutrition product was in relationship to decreasing the risk of Kidney Stones.

Thank you to Dr Chaney for sharing this information.

Shaklee Performance & Kidney Stones 

Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney 

When you are the leader in the natural food supplement industry, people sometimes test your products without you even knowing about it.

That was exactly what happen with a recent study comparing the effects of Shaklee’s Performance and Gatorade on the risk of kidney stone formation.

This was the ultimate independent study.

Shaklee didn’t initiate it. They didn’t support it. And, in fact, they didn’t even know about it until it was published  (J.W. Goodman et al, Urol. Res., 37: 41-46, 2009).

Before I get into the results of the study, perhaps I should start with an explanation of why you would even want to do that kind of study.

Let’s start with the problem – kidney stones. They are extremely painful, and they can damage the kidney – particularly if they form over and over again.

To a urologist the solution is simple – just drink two liters of water a day.

The problem is that you have to really, really, really like water to drink two liters a day, and most people just aren’t that into water.

In fact, previous studies had shown that even when patients had a previous kidney stone and were told by their urologist to drink two liters of water a day, the beverage result was an increase of only 0.3 liters a day of water.

So this group of urologists asked what people were drinking instead of water.

The latest trends show that soft drink consumption is decreasing and consumption of sports drinks and energy drinks is increasing. And, there was absolutely no information on whether sports drinks increased or decreased the risk of kidney stone formation.

So they decided to look at two well-known sports drinks, Shaklee’s Performance and Gatorade, to see whether they would increase or decrease the risk of kidney stone formation compared to the consumption of an equivalent amount of water.

They looked at the effect of each sports drink on the amount of citrate in the urine and by how much they increased the pH of the urine because each of these decreases the risk of kidney stone formation.

They also looked at the effect of each sports drink on the amount of sodium and calcium in the urine because each of those increases the risk of kidney stone formation.

Performance significantly increased the amount of citrate and the pH of the urine, while Gatorade had no effect on either of them.

Neither Performance or Gatorade had an significant effect on sodium or calcium levels in the urine.

Thus, they concluded that Shaklee’s Performance was superior to either Gatorade or water alone at deceasing the risk of kidney stone formation.

Now you might be tempted to say that this study was of more interest to urologists than the general public. but my guess is that if you have ever suffered through a kidney stone this study is of great interest to you.

But to me the more important conclusion is that, once again, independent clinical studies show the superiority of Shaklee products.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. 

About The Author 

Dr. Chaney has a BS in Chemistry from Duke University and a PhD in Biochemistry from UCLA. He currently holds the rank of Professor at a major university where runs an active cancer research program and has published over 100 scientific articles and reviews in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Dr. Chaney and his wife have also built a business part time that has earned them a 6 – figure income for the past 15 years and he has spent the last 10 years teaching other people how to do the same.

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Instant Firming For Your Face

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Bring A Little Vitamin D On.

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It is said that when we turn our clocks back that it’s time to take more Vitamin D, I know that every simple natural strategy that I can add to improve the way I feel during the winter months I am willing to try.  You can too.

I think the combination of the holidays  ( a season that is particularly hard for me) and shorter days tests my ability to cope.  I am a “light” person.  I require light and immerse myself in it during my day to day. I walk early morning, read and enjoy the east with my tea, work where the most light is in the south windows of my home, and when the sun is setting I am creating my evening meal.  I am very ceremonial and very connected to the days light.

In the winter the light is less. I recognize myself well at this time of year and respect my inclination to go internal, to perhaps feel anti-social and moody, and have strong desires to make soup and bake cookies (!) Isn’t that what most folks do in the winter time?  I think it’s OK to do what comes naturally

I also know that as I get older my moodiness become deeper.  This is where again I give myself the nutritional tools to help

Our exposure to Vitamin D from the sun has shifted, this is showing up in folks disposition, their immunity, cell health, their heart health and in their bones.  80% of Americans levels of Vitamin D are insufficient.

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