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Eat Your Oranges AND Take Your Vitamin C

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Eating oranges isn’t enough.

A classic anti-oxidant nutrient, and one very well known for its boosting immune function is Vitamin C.

Seasonally this is the time when citrus fruit is at its prime.  I personally can’t eat enough grapefruit and or oranges yet, am I actually eating enough Vitamin C to ward off all the invasions my body needs to fight on a daily basis?

I believe not.

This is why it’s really important to take Vitamin C.

Vitamin C is depleted by stress, such as infections, fatigue, anxiety, pollution and extremes in temperatures.  Birth control pills, smoking, and alcohol deplete Vitamin C.  As we age, there is an even greater need for Vitamin C to regenerate collagen.

Symptoms or conditions that suggest you need more Vitamin C:

Stress
Bruise Easily
Bleeding Gums
Nosebleeds
Varicose and Spider Veins
Slow Healing of wounds and fractures
Chronic infection
Shortness of Breath
Allergies and Asthma
Frequent Colds and Flu
Swollen Glands
Anemia
Weakened Immune System
Polyps in Colon
Alzheimer’s
Macular Degeneration

The benefits of supplementing your Vitamin C include:

Helps the body absorb iron and calcium
Natural antihistamine; helps allergies
Reduced risk of heart disease up to 40%
Reduces risk of cancer
Powerful antioxidant
Frequently used in the prevention and treatment of the common cold
Reduses risk of cataracts
Increases resistance to ligament and tendon injury
Protects from radiation ( xrays )

above commentary sourced from nutrition and you

Not all Vitamin C products are created equal!

As a matter of fact most are incomplete or petroleum sourced.  If your current Vitamin C label says absorbic acid, your  Vitamin C is missing part of its parts!  Absorbic Acid is only one part of what one would find in an orange picked off a tree.   Don’t you want all of the orange?  Vitamin C is water soluable.  You need protective dosages of it all day long!

Our superb complete Vitamin C product is sustained released melting ever so slowly in your digestive track releasing 100 mg of C each hour.

Sure beats eating oranges around the clock! Even if they are yummy!!

Got little one’s? Try treating them to our chewable version. Each tablet is 100mg

Kids love these!


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Natural Interferon Safely Builds Immunity

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The testimony below about our natural interferon and Chronic Lymphcytic Leukemia was shared via email from a fellow sales leader named Kris – thank you!

I have an older friend that has Chronic Lymphcytic Leukemia. His name is Alvin. There are two types of Lymphcytic – B cell, which is slow growing and T cell which grows faster. There is treatment for the slower, that puts it in remission. But there is no treatment that works well for T cell. Alvin has the T cell. I have been taking him to the cancer specialist since spring. Every two months at his appointment, his white count had risen. At one of the latter appontments I asked the Dr. if interferon was ever used to help stop the disease. He said that’s an interesting thought. So I pulled out my pamhlet on our natural interferon. He said that it wouldn’t hurt to try. Alvin has taken 3 of our natural interferon and 3 Vita C each day for two months. At his last appointment the Dr was amazed. Alvin’s blood levels greatly improved. The Dr said they were right back to where he wanted them. And to keep doing what he was doing and extended his appointments to every three months. We are just thrilled.

Imagine if one can see these results for this type of cancer, maybe they’d see results with other types too?

Our natural interferon was a powerful discovery in immune system science, it’s exclusivity with our company speaks highly of our ability to source and produce something of this caliber. It makes me proud to represent this company.  The product is designed for daily use and increases the production of your body’s natural interferon, a critical activator of the immune system.

This product works at the cellular level in two ways:

rapidly activates your immune system’s defenses
mobilizes the immune systems “search and destroy” teams

This product would be valid/helpful for you: 

If you are undergoing cancer or chemo, have allergies or asthma, have any auto immune disorders: MS, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis,etc.,Hepititis C, PMS, Colds and Flu, Thyroid disorrders, West Nile Virus, avian flue, SARS, HIV/Aids Virus

I mentioned this exclusive globally patented natural interferon today because of our cold and flu prevention topic focus this month, the timing of this testimony was perfect and kudos to this medical practitioner who didn’t say no to an herbal supplement.

Should you take this product the benefits include: regulation and stimulation of natural interferon production, increased resistance to infection, optimized immune repose against viruses,environmental irritants and airborne pollutants, a safe natural immune stimulant, activation of the body’s natural ” killer cells”

The Dr. who discovered the drug interferon, Dr. Kojima is the very same doctor who methodically strived for 40 years to find the plant extract natural version. Four published human clinical studies confirm the validity of this formula.  There is no other product like it in the world and no other company has the rights to share it.

Do you know anyone immune system challenged? Would they benefit from our Natural Interferon? 

The search term natural interferon finds my blog multiple times daily.   

Folks are actively looking for alternatives not only to the drug interferon, but also ways to build their immunity. 

A recent client shared a very positive testimony for a rare platelet disorder, so positive she feels confident that she can get pregnant!! What a remarkable health story to be a part of!


That White Sugar Is Just Terrible.

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Look at how much sugar consumption has grown.

I wonder if this has anything to do with our well being?

1900 – 10 lbs per capita

1985 – 124 lbs

2000 – 160 lbs

What happens to our immune systems at the holidays?

Like from Halloween through Christmas?

These are  ALL candy – centric holidays!

Here’s how it works.

Lots of sugar = lots of colds and flu. This is immune dysfunction.

Lendon Smith Author of Feed Your Kids Right shared that sugar, white flour and all that snicky snacky stuff as “anti-nutrients”

Why?

Because sugar and white flour deplete nutrients to metabolize them, specifically they deplete nutrients needed for immune function. Sugar slows down the white blood cells swimming through the blood stream needed to devour germs, viruses, bacteria, parasites, cancer. Pretty dangerous stuff that sugar.

Sugar Feeds Candida Yeast. Candida are those nasty yeast organisms that grow rampant when given anti-biotics, steroids, or when the balance of the gut is disturbed even by a bout of diarrhea. These yeasty things attach themselves to the lining of the intestines and over time often poke holes in the lining leading to a syndrome known as leaky gut. Those with leaky gut develop all kinds of odd health challenges; everything from environmental sensitivities, food allergies, or headaches. Many conditions of illness and discomfort stem from an unhealthy gut.

Guess what candida’s favorite food is ?? Sugar and white flour.

Sugar depletes B Vitamins. B’s are essential for the brain,the nervous system, behavior and balanced hormones.

Sugar causes the body to become more acidic. Some say this promotes inflammatory illnesses. We are an inflammed society.  Sugar and it’s empty calories contributes to excessive weight gain, dental decay, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporisis, arthritis

Sugar is just terrible for the digestive track. It literally depletes minerals. ( calcium, chromium, magnesium and zinc ). Sugar reduces the production of digestive enzymes, leads to allergies and immune system issues.

Sugar makes you old. Sugar sticks to proteins, changes their properties and interferes with their ability to function. It compounds heart disease, high blood pressure, cataracts, arthritis and artherosclerosis

above info sourced from nutritionist barb lagoni

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Why Do Kids Get Sick When They Go Back To School?

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Germs.

Ever think about them?

Ever think about them in relationship to back to school?

the doorknobs
the desks
the teachers desk
the pencils
the pens
the chairs
the computer key boards
the chalk
the eraser
the books
the drinking fountain
the lunch table
the lunch box
the milk carton
the cafeteria
the washroom
the gym
the locker room
the bus

need I go on ?

Everything mentioned above are items that are touched by EVERYONE over and over and over.

Would you agree that the germ factor in the school environment is HUGE?

As a wellness consultant I adore back to school for a variety of reasons. In my business I begin to hear from everyone again.

My mommy clients in particular totally come out of the woodwork – the phone rings with a different type of determination —

I NEED some vitamins!! My family is already starting to get sick.

Even as we get into the second week school related illness have begun.

“… the minute my kids get exposed,….” they say.

Breaks my heart

I have many a personal theory as to what is it about school that makes my child sick phenomenon

Perhaps it’s the use of toxic chemicals in the classroom or around the school’s property, some states thanks to the Green Schools Act are making strides to remedy that.

Perhaps it’s because very little cleaning actually occurs in the classroom.

We additionally have horrific school lunch programs, high sugar consumption and stress, not to mention a shift to cooler weather.

All of these things contribute to reduced immune function. Reduced immune function equals sick

Oh and the germs. Lots and lots of germs.

I don’t advocate germ hysteria or paranoia

Basic hand washing will get many of us very far.

I personally feel That anti-bacterial stuff is a bunch of hooey

I will say this …

Consider a happy back to school gift for the teacher

Give them this handy dandy canister of non-toxic germ wipes.

They can use them to actually clean the door knobs and computer key boards or everything!

Best yet maybe the teacher would let you come in and do a daily ” wipe “.

That way you know it’s getting done!

It never hurts to take your vitamins too!!

Try Echinacea For Seasonal Allergies

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I adore echinacea flowers. Always have.

Their cone shaped centers completely intrigue me. The purple cone flower. How positively cool.

When our company launched it’s medicinal herbal line, Echinacea was top of the list.

I never knew that Echinacea was native to our country.

Europeans have been using echinacea as a natural immune booster for hundreds of years.

What took us so long?

I also never knew that it was for intermittent use vs daily consumption

I also didn’t understand that one Echinacea product could be better than another.

Early in my supplement taking days I was ill enough that rebuilding my immunity was going to be a long term project.

I often felt on the verge or getting a cold.

Ever feel that way?

This for me was when echinacea came to play.

If you are on the verge of a cold, flu, sore throat, cough,swollen glands, wounds, ulcers, bacterial infection, viral infection, fever,herpes, boils or skin eruptions ie: poison ivy or tonsilitis…

Echinacea can help you

This common and remarkably effective herb …

stimulates the body’s natural response
pumps up the immune response
promotes production of white blood cells
stops virus’s from duplicating
is anti-inflammatory
has anti-cancer properties
attacks foreign invaders

the above sourced from nutrition and you

Our high quality echinacea product can be swallowed, crushed into a tea or used as a lozenge for a sore throat.

My nutrition mentor describes echinacea this way:

there are these bad guys in the blood stream, the white blood cells job is to eat them, sometimes the white blood cells have a lot of eating to do.  Echinacea gives them ( the white blood cells ) little engines on their tails to move them a tad faster – this way they can manage and eat more of the bad guys

How’s that for scientific ?

Works for me!!

The brilliance of our company and it’s commitment to science and nature is their understanding that nature works synergistically. Anyone can put echinacea in a bottle, but can they standardize the extract so that it delivers an exact amount of valued herb each and every time?  Not all companies do that.  Ours does.

Do other companies look at other immune boosting minerals and herbs to see how they can assist the mighty echinacea ? You will find zinx, larch tree and elderberry and other juice extract in this product as well. Why?? Because it makes the echinacea perform better in the body.

The tree does not stand alone

Take Echinacea upon the tickle you might feel when something is coming on — take for no more than 7 days.  If you are under stress or know that seasonal allergies are pending,  add echinacea to your immune system building/ fighting team.

OK for Kids to take too.

information above sourced from nutrition and you

For the products on the market everywhere that have added echinacea, especially products that one might consume daily.

Forget them, total marketing phoooey.

You just don’t take this herb daily and expect it to be valid in the body.

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