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Child Obesity And The Heart

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Kids are taking high blood pressure and cholesterol medication.

What’s THAT About?

The World Health Organization offers these statistics:  Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese.  The key causes are increased consumption of energy-dense foods high in saturated fats and sugars, and reduced physical activity.

Further commentary states:  Obesity and overweight pose a major risk for serious diet-related chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer. The health consequences range from increased risk of premature death, to serious chronic conditions that reduce the overall quality of life. Of special and alarming concern is the increasing incidence of child obesity.

Childhood obesity is epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. An estimated 22 million children under five are estimated to be overweight worldwide.  According to the US Surgeon General, the number of overweight children has doubled and the number of overweight adolescents has tripled in the US since 1980 

Tripled!!

Are you as stunned by this statistic as I?

Epidemic is not a word to mess with.   The long term ramifications are costly not only fiscally, but also in loss of life – our health care system can not support this predicted level of illness, worst yet life span for this generation is predicted in early death. 
I repeat… lifespan for this generation is predicted in early death.
I can recommend healthy weight loss methods that are simple and effective.
I personally used a product-centric inch loss program.  Even in maintenance these products are useful in my or any healthy living regime.

I made changes, I didn’t do them all at once, but each layer as it unfolded created a better attitude and better eating habits.  You can too!

Losing weight is very overwhelming.  Mainstream eating has an addiction element that I feel adds to the problem, our very busy lives don’t help the situation.

If I can help you or anyone you know. Please let me know

You can be part of the outreach. Example a healthy lifestyle.  Simple things like taking walks really do make a difference. Share with those you know the success you have.Be encouraging and supportive to the youth around you, if your concerned about a particular youth who’s suffering from obesity, say something.They may not know even where to start.

Testimony: a year ago a teen I know hung with the wrong crowd, they ate lots of really awful food. Volumes of empty calories. That teen gained quite a bit of weight. This fall the teen, stopped eating the junk, added swimming, started biking to school, added veggies at lunch. Lost 20 pounds.

What are you willing to do to lose the weight?

We all know the right things to do.  Which of those things are you willing to do?

Ask your kids these same questions.

Kids don’t want to be fat.  They certainly don’t need the long term consequences.

Do You Really Want To Take That Statin Drug?

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It is reported that 86% of Americans over the age of 65 are taking statins.  

YIKES!

Your heart health and those of whom you know and/or care about is very important to me.

The benefits of nutrition for the heart are remarkable.  

The non-drug approaches to reducing risk factors for heart disease are possible with the right nutritional supplement program.

Do you really want to take that Cholesterol Lowering Drug Lipitor?

Did you know that the design of the cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor is for those who can’t lower their cholesterol with diet and exercise alone??

Yet, often when someone is diagnosed with high cholesterol they are just given the drug without attempting first to educate about eating right and exercising more?

Did you know that people with liver problems should not take Lipitor? Yet, blood tests are often done on Lipitor patients because of liver issues actually caused by Lipitor ??

Side effects of Lipitor include: muscle problems including severe muscle pain, kidney problems, including kidney failure, liver problems, headaches, diarrhea, gas, rashes, constipation, upset stomach and pain.

Did you also know that Lipitor depletes the nutrient CoQ10?

CoQ10 is a remarkable nutrient that is actually essential for heart health.

My company produces an absolutely superb CoQ10 with resveratrol and 3x more CoQ10

Every single cell in your body requires CoQ10 to create energy, especially in the heart and the brain, resveratrol are the heart protective properties found in red wine, CoQ10 recycles and regenerates vitamin E, prevents the oxidation of LDL cholesterol up to 80%, reduces platelet aggregation and helps maintain proper blood viscocity.

Should you have these health issues CoQ10 can benefit you: history of heart disease, smoker, angina, arrythmia, peridontal disease, hypothyroidism, lowered immunity, chronic fatique syndrome, fibromyalgia, schizophrenia, alzheimers, mental decline, mitral valve prolaspe, kidney failure

Benefits of CoQ10 include: anti-aging benefits, helps control body weight, protects heart and blood vessels, loweres blood pressure, protests from cholesterol and chemo therapy, important for prevention and treatment of congestive heart failure, helps with macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, also assists treatment of MS, Parkinsons, Huntington’s disease and hereditary ataxia
sourced from nutrition and you booklet, my personal website


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Our Improved CoQ10 Just For The Heart Of It

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Our company has announced an improved CoQ10 just for the heart of it!  This nutrient is impressive for the health of the heart and in all that it does for the energy of each and every cell in our body.  It is of particular significance if someone is medicating with Lipitor.  Lipitor and other statin medications deplete CoQ10 by up to 50%!

The Center For Nutrition shares why statin users should know about CoQ10

Get Your Vitamin D On – Dark Days Of Winter Can Be Lightened By…

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The Dark Days of Winter ( however balmy – goodness, is it really January? ) can be lightened by:

B Complex – essential for brain and nervous system and happy moods

Stress Relief Complex – blunts cortisol that can cause anxiety reactions

St John’s Wort — helps balance serotonin in the brain

Vita D-3 — helps prevent depression

A little word on the street regarding Vitamin D:  

You may be aware of the importance of supplementing with Vitamin D … especially during the winter months

(not to mention how it contributes to prevention of bone loss, cancer, strengthening the immune system,  cardiovascular health and promoting good cholesterol !) 

What you may not realize is that there is a big difference in quality and the body’s ability to absorb Vitamin D.

In the testimony below,  a couple in Ohio – where they celebrate sunshine days perhaps 1/2 of the year tackled raising their Vitamin D levels.  The gentleman taking our Vita D3 (1000 IU per day) had better improvement than his wife taking megadoses from a prescription source, which are often very hard for the body to handle … AND he saved a whole lot more money too.  Our D is less than $8 per bottle ! After one year on mega doses her Vitamin D levels decreased. His on the other hand increased by 11 points!

Which Vitamin D would you rather take?

1.  Tom’s wife, Cathy, used a prescription amount of 50,000 IU daily, yup – that number is correct.

2.  Tom’s Vita D amount = 1,000 IU Vita-D per day = 7000 per week.

PLUS Vita-D in his Multi – Vitamin = 800 IU per day = 5,600 per week.

Tom’s Total Vita D per week = 12,600 IU per week

Another testimony shared the expertise of Dr Bevacqua and a therapeutic dosage approach:

My levels were at 23 which is pretty low.  Dr. Sandra Bevacqua had suggested that I take 20 Shaklee Vita-D3 for 2 weeks then go down to 10 daily for another 2 weeks and stay at 5 for a long time.  I did this for 6 weeks and my vitamin D level went up to 59.  Dr. Bevcaqua feels that everyone’s Vitamin D level needs to be minimum 70 for optimal health.

above info from nutritionist Barbara