Garlic as a medicinal herb has a remarkable history, withstanding the test of time. Reliably, Garlic is part of a valid heart health supplement program and benefits those who have immune function challenges.
 
If you are at risk for heart disease, use antibiotics regulary, have diarrhea or flatulance, any bacterial, fungal, or viral infection, low immunity, arthristis, sore throat, toothache, asthma, allergies, pneumonia, cancer, meningitis, colds or flu, tuberculosis, fever blisters, athlete’s foot, common warts, genital herpes, sinus infections, whooping cough or high blood pressure then garlic may be useful for you!

Garlic, to eat may taste wonderful, but does not maintain Allicin the valid medicinal compound once it’s been cooked or smashed.

Having Garlic in pill form secures it’s medicinal validity especially when not produced with extreme temperatures,  dried slowly, and combined with rosemary and spearmint for odor control.

Should you add a high quality Garlic supplement to your health building protocol you will notice these benefits:

Reduced risk of heart attack and stroke
lower serum cholesterol readings
lower tryglycerides
raised HDL, good cholesterol
increased blood fluidity
stops free radicals

Garlic is anti-inflammatory, bacterial, fungal and viral – sometimes referred to as a natural antibiotic

It kills parasites
protects the liver from toxins
protects against radiation
is used to treat excess perspiration
lower blood glucose in diabetics
is a blood cleanser, traps heavy metals
used in treatment for colic
increases while blood cell levels, even in AIDS patients

sourced from nutrition and you

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Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Author
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition, Weight Loss, and Green Clean

When considering what proven trace minerals build your natural immunity consider Zinc

80 % of Americans are deficient in Zinc.

Wow

Zinc participates in more that 200 different enzymatic systems in the body. A deficiency in zinc means that none of these essential systems will function normally.

You could be deficient in Zinc if you:

perspire
have white spots on your nails
loss of taste, smell or appetite
are slow to heal
have prostate problems
have a delay in sexually maturing
have acne
fertility problems
nerve damage
cataracts

The Benefits of Zinc include:

promotes healing of wounds/burns
protects the eyes
improves prostate health
necessary for the detoxification of alcohol
may be useful in the treatment of anorexia
essential during pregnancy and lactation
decreases premature delivery
improves common cold and sore throat when used as a lozenger

Diseases/conditions that benefit from Zinc include:

impotency, infertility, prostate health, heart health, immune function, fungal diseases, arthritis, lupus, crythematosus, scleroderma, plymitosis, polyateritis, eye health, acne, sickel cell anemia, hyperactivity, pregnancy, common cold, anorexia

Many know zinc oxide as that white cream that blocks the sun or diaper rash.

Zinc assists other nutrients in the body, consider it  the catalyst in the blood stream for a wandering bit of vitamin C that says where am I needed…zinc gently says, this cell is deficient – please go here.  Crucial.

Sourced from nutrition and you – a field support manual and an article titled 15 reasons to get enough zinc by ruth adams

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Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Publisher
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition, Weight Loss, and Green Clean

Ever hear of the French Paradox? The french have low incidence of heart disease while eating a high fat diet due to the consumption of red wine. 

Truth is it wasn’t the wine – it was the grape!  The super grape or resveratrol is now being touted as the next anti-aging wonder.

As I write, 10,000 very enthusiastic independant distributors are gathered at an annual convention in New Orleans.

A new product launch is unfolding.

It’s a resveratrol based product.

It is said that one teaspoon of our new resveratrol product taken daily equals 100 glasses of red wine!

I like that idea – heavy wine drinking without the hangover!

The hum is starting to happen. I am getting trickles of very interesting information

Resveratrol is on the internet everywhere, research on it is positively fantastic-

This new resveratrol based product has been referenced in over 2,000 research publications, including multiple studies conducted by Harvard University,at the National Institute on Aging, at the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Environmental Science.

The combined ingredients of this exclusive product are more powerful than Resveratrol alone in slowing key mechanism of aging – AGE protein formation.

I am so impressed!

Properties of resveratrol include an enzyme that is present in the bodies of many living organism called Sirtuin 2 (or SIR2). SIR2 is believed to extend cell life by ‘coercing’ cells to repair themselves (i.e. repair their DNA while increasing the production of protective antioxidants) as opposed to dying. In essence, it is believed Resveratrol extends the lives of individual cells and the lives of the ‘host’ organisms are extended as a result.

What I appreciate about my companies scientific tenacity is that they didn’t stop at the super grape, whatever is in this new product is actually TEN TIMES more powerful than the already super dooper proven anti-aging properties of resveratrol
 
I hear that the grapes are sourced from the US, that the product has a zillion patent’s on it and that we also have world rights to the source – noone else can have these grapes!

Since I am not at the convention, nor do I have my hands on any actual materials yet.  All I can say is I am pretty darn excited.

Stay tuned. Our websites will be updated as we sleep sometime this weekend and I can have this revolutionary new anti-aging product available to you to order by Monday!

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Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Publisher
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition, Weight Loss, and Green Clean 

I adore echinacea flowers. Always have.

Their cone shaped centers completely intrigue me. The purple cone flower. 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 had been using it as natural immune booster for hundreds of years.

What took us so long?

I also never knew that it was for intermittant 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 to notice an immediate difference, yet I was also ill enough that my body was going to be a long term project.   I often felt on the verge or getting a cold. 

This for me is 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: poinon ivy or tonsilitis…

Then taking Echinacea can help you

Taking this common yet 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
anti-inflammatory
anti-cancer properties
attacks foreign invaders

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 alot of eating to do, the echinacea gives them ( the white blood cells )  little engines on their tails to move a tad faster – this way they can manage and eat more of the bad guys 

Hows 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 some 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, know that seasonal allergies are pending add echinacea to your immune system building/ fighting team.  

OK for Kids to take too. 

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

Re: the four beautiful images below — I coudn’t just pick one ( giggle )

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Fiber isn’t particularly fun to talk about. Yet when you don’t have enough fiber in the diet that’s not fun either. 

A nutritionist told me that in order to get enough daily fiber in our diet we needed to eat:

13 cups brown rice ( brown rice is 7 times more fibrous than white )
an entire lb of carrots – that’s a bag folks
and 7 apples

a day.

Try and imagine ALL of that food sitting on your plate waiting for you to eat it – each and every day. 

The FDA suggest 25 Grams a day

We just don’t do it.

Remember the conversation about the good, the bad and the ugly re: digestion ? 

Fiber is the transit for the ugly. The ugly binds ( no pun intended ) to the fiber we eat and gets it the heck out of our body where it doesn’t belong.

Best way to get the fiber we need in our body is to eat it. Whole grain breads, pastas, veggies and fruit.

The second best way is to supplement it. Tuck it in as we say. Be sure that it’s something you get “regular” about.

I have fiber tablets ( sourced from beets,soy, lemon and grapefruit), this includes both a soluble and insoluble fiber.  

I also carry a very special fiber that cholesterol binds to making it an absolutely excellant addition to a natural cholesterol lowering program.

Are you getting enough fiber in your diet?

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Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Author
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition Weight Loss, and Green Clean