Food Anti Inflammatory: Why Inflammatory Diets Can Make You Sick

By Vicki Zerbee, on January 22nd, 2012

Food Anti Inflammatory is a term that gets a lot of searches on Google.  That may be a recent occurence, I’m not certain.  What I do know is that scientists are making a lot of connections between our diets, inflammation, and all kinds of health issues including serious illnesses and diseases.

I received the information below about Inflammation from the Chairman of Health Sciences at Shaklee.  Shaklee employs the largest staff of scientists than any other natural nutrition company, with the numbers not even close.  75 compared to 2 or 3 at most other brands, and unbelievably some may not have any on staff.

It’s the science and the research, a brand’s own science and research, that can make the difference between products that work very effectively, and the opposite which is when you hear someone say, “Nutrition doesn’t work for me.”  Of course nutrition ‘works’.  Nutrients in food and in supplements is what fuels our body and feed our cells.  The problem is that not all food and not all supplements are created equal.

Back to the science.  We get the inside story from Shaklee on every area of natural health.  I will keep you updated on this site so bookmark it and come back often!

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Inflammation – A Biological Response to Stress

In the past decade, inflammation has become one of the hottest topics in medical research because it is emerging as a possible cause of many of the chronic diseases that threaten the quality and the length of life. . If that’s true, then addressing inflammation could be a singular approach to targeting multiple health conditions and, perhaps, could simplify scientific and medical research strategies for fighting many of the most deadly chronic diseases.

We now know that there are many possible lifestyle and environmental triggers of inflammatory stress, including smoking; a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet; obesity; radiation; and even exposure to environmental toxins. Persistent, chronic, or uncontrolled low-grade inflammation has been linked to increased risk for the metabolic syndrome and heart disease, diabetes and insulin resistance, rheumatoid arthritis, certain cancers, asthma, allergies, and even Alzheimer’s disease.

Acute inflammation is a natural immune system response to injury or infection during which the body orchestrates a symphony of immune system signals, messages, and physiological actions to combat and neutralize foreign invaders that may be responsible for the injury. This inflammatory response can result in the characteristic redness, heat, swelling, and pain that you may see and feel at the site of a wound and is the beginning of the healing process as the body eventually brings nourishment to the site.

Most of the time, inflammation is an acute, on-demand function, a biological stress response that enables our body to fight off disease-causing bacteria, viruses, and parasites. But when inflammation doesn’t shut down on cue, or somehow persists with no particular purpose, it can attack normally healthy cells and cause damage at the cellular level. In autoimmune diseases, a continuously triggered inflammatory response causes damage to its own tissues—sometimes with disastrous health consequences.

Recent research has uncovered the benefits of smoking cessation and even moderate exercise as sound approaches to battling inflammatory stress. A September 2010 laboratory study found that a three-week moderate exercise regimen reduced several biomarkers of inflammatory stress, including C-reactive protein (CRP) in diabetic rats, (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04240.x/abstract). The investigators concluded that moderate physical exercise had significant anti-inflammatory effects and that this may be a good strategy to protect against insulin resistance and vascular complications in diabetics.

Nutritional approaches to reducing inflammatory stress are also receiving more attention. Several studies have supported the benefits of a “Mediterranean” or an “anti-inflammatory” type diet, and spices such as ginger and turmeric are also showing promise. In the 2010 review Dietary polyphenols can modulate the intestinal inflammatory response, plant sources of dietary polyphenols—including green tea extract, various flavonoids, ellagic acid (found in muscadine grapes and pomegranates), and resveratrol (found in red wine and Japanese knotweed)—were shown to successfully modulate intestinal inflammatory response. The investigators concluded that the use of natural preventive treatments in early life could reduce or delay inflammatory bowel diseases, and that polyphenols could play an important role in modulating intestinal inflammation (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00210.x/abstract).

In February 2011, a new study, A resveratrol and polyphenol preparation suppresses oxidative and inflammatory stress response to a high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal, was published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The researchers from the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) showed that a resveratrol and muscadine grape polyphenol blend was able to suppress the oxidative and inflammatory stress response typically experienced after consumption of a high-fat fast food meal (jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jc.2010-1812v1).

This peer-reviewed and published human study is even more compelling because it is one of the earliest placebo-controlled clinical research studies on resveratrol compounds. In fact, a January 2011 review of resveratrol research published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences found only six recently completed clinical trials on resveratrol supplementation, and only one other study employed a placebo-controlled design (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05853.x/abstract).

In the SUNY study, the researchers fed 10 healthy adults either the resveratrol-muscadine polyphenol blend or a placebo before the high-fat fast food meal, and markers of oxidative and inflammatory stress were measured for five hours following the meal. In the group consuming the polyphenol blend, there was a significant reduction in the oxidative stress response typically observed after consumption of a high-fat meal. At three hours, there was also a 150% increase in Nrf-2, an important regulator of the body’s antioxidant defense and detoxification systems.

The investigators also reported a significant blunting of the body’s inflammatory response to eating a high-fat fast food meal in the subjects who consumed the resveratrol-muscadine polyphenol blend. Induction of two well-known inflammatory biomarkers, plasma lipopolysaccharide and IL-1ß, were both significantly reduced after consuming the high-fat meal, but only in the supplement group.

So what are we to do to address the chronic low-grade inflammation that permeates our modern-day lifestyles? Fortunately, many of the same dietary and lifestyle behaviors we’ve recommended for decades to lower the risk for cardiovascular diseases and cancer can also help to reduce the risk for chronic inflammation:

  • Find an exercise you like and participate on a regular basis
  • Reduce stress and keep your blood pressure in check
  • Achieve and maintain a healthy weight, which can reduce inflammation, a biological stress response
  • Don’t smoke and avoid secondhand smoke
  • Eat a healthful diet rich in plant foods, whole grains, legumes, leafy vegetables, colorful fruits, lean cuts of meats and poultry, and low-fat dairy products
  • Choose unprocessed foods low in trans fats, saturated fat, salt, and sugar
  • Seek out anti-inflammatory foods such as fish that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, as well as olive oil
  • Look for anti-inflammatory nutritional ingredients such as resveratrol, muscadine, and pomegranate polyphenols, as well as spices such as ginger and turmeric

For information about inflammation and your health, talk with your doctor or health care professional to discuss the steps you can take maximize your anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle.

To your good health!

Shaklee Health Sciences

To learn more about Shaklee products, including the science and research behind this #1 Natural Nutrition Company in the United States, visit Food Anti Inflammatory support.

To try Shaklee resveratrol and get a package of anti inflammatory Cinch Inch Loss food products valued at $100 retail for FREE, visit Shaklee Resveratrol.  (Until March 31, 2012 when you become a new Shaklee member and order $70 worth of products, you automatically get the Cinch package Free.  You will be prompted through the order process to become a member and receive your free package.  Any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me through this site or through the Shaklee site.)

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Helpful Bacteria: Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria Testimonies

By Vicki Zerbee, on January 11th, 2012

Your body contains trillions of ‘friendly’ microorganisms that mostly live in your colon where they do a lot to help you maintain good health. One of their most important roles is to balance out the bad bacteria that enters your body.

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Who might have challenges maintaining enough good bacteria? If you take an antibiotic, it destroys the ‘bad stuff’ that is making you sick, but the problem is that it kills all bacteria – even the ‘good stuff’ that your body needs. You have to find a way to get the good bacteria back.

Sometimes your diet choices will upset the balance of your good bacteria. Also, if you do foreign traveling, you could be at risk for imbalance of your good bacteria.

So how do you get healthy microflora levels back in your body?

Normal, healthy colonies of lactobacilli and bifidobacteria can help you maintain a healthy balance of intestinal microflora. There are lactobacilli and bifidobacteria supplements available to take. There may be a problem absorbing these since they need to make it all the way to the colon, which is past your stomach digestion, in order to be most effective.

Unlike other probiotics that may disintegrate prematurely and never reach the lower intestine, the state-of-the-art, triple encapsulated, seamless capsule OPTIFLORA is guaranteed to withstand the acidic environment of the stomach to deliver live beneficial bacteria to the intestine.

Below are testimonies from people who received great results using Optiflora.

Tick Bite, Stomach Pain & Optiflora

Anita D was experiencing extreme stomach pain recently.  She thought it might be from the second round of a very strong antibiotic she had taken because of tick bites.  The pain would wake her up at night and she was getting scared that it might be something very serious.

She decided to try a triple dose of Optiflora one night before bedtime.  That night she slept through the night and the next morning felt much better.  She continued to take a triple dose the next day and a single dose that evening.  She did that for one more day and the pain was totally gone.

Could her pain have been from the antibiotic causing a gross deficiency of friendly bacteria in her intestines and colon?

Beneficial bacteria help defend your body against illnesses and disease, and also help your gastrointestinal system function well.  It’s not fun to have digestive problems on an everyday basis.  Sometimes meds work and sometimes they don’t.  They can have side effects.  It’s worth a talk with your doctor to find out whether natural supplements (that don’t have side effects) might be of benefit to you.

Optiflora, BW and Traveling on the Job!

Vickie L had trouble for years when she traveled anywhere.  Any small amount of water from another area would send her to the bathroom in great pain.  She suffered from diarrhea and would have to bring her own water from home.  It got to be time consuming since she only drank water.

She was asked to go on a work trip where she would have to fly and wondered what she would drink since she could not take enough of her own water with her.  She decided to try Optiflora to see if it could help.

For three days before the trip she used Optiflora and took it along with her.  She held her breath after drinking the local water – and nothing happened.  She continues to take Optiflora and can drink water in different areas – thankful to live a more normal life!

Helpful bacteria help boost immune function, can reduce food allergies, and can help prevent certain infections.  There is ongoing research that supports good bacterial may be associated with lowering your cholesterol and helping fight cancer.

Crohn’s Disease and Optiflora

Suzanne C has Crohn’s Disease, an inflammation on the intestinal wall that can cause her to be very sick at times and gives enough discomfort that she needs to stay at home and rest.  The goal of a Crohn’s Disease patient is to try not to let the disease take over his or her life.

Suzanne had several flare-ups after being diagnosed.  She had surgery to remove 12 inches of her small intestine and was symptom free for awhile.  When she started to have pain again she attributed in part to stress and the rest to the disease returning.  When she reported the symptoms to her doctor he said that if it continued he would have to put her back on antibiotics.

She did not want to go back on antibiotics and decided to try Optiflora after a friend told her about it.  Optiflora has been a godsend to Suzanne!  She avoided the antibiotics and was surprised how quickly the Optiflora helped her.  She wishes GI doctors would learn more about it and prescribe it to their patients!

Optiflora is a unique, two-product system that:
Provides dietary support for the normal, healthy balance of intestinal microflora
Promotes colon health by supporting the growth of healthy microflora naturally found in the colon.*
Delivers guaranteed live probiotics Bifidobacterium longum and Lactobacillus acidophilus, along with the
prebiotics FOS and inulin and provides gammatocopherol, a nutrient associated with colon health.*
Optiflora Prebiotic Complex
Provides a welcome environment for the friendly, beneficial bacteria that live and work in the colon.
Pleasant tasting powder provides nutrients—including FOS and inulin—that selectively feed friendly bacteria,
encouraging their growth and multiplication.*
Optiflora Probiotic Complex
A unique capsule transports live beneficial bacteria safely through the acidic conditions of the stomach
Optiflora’s triple encapsulation protects the helpful bacteria so they can be delivered live to the intestines

Learn More About Optiflora

Optiflora is a unique, two-product system that:

  • Provides dietary support for the normal, healthy balance of intestinal microflora
  • Promotes colon health by supporting the growth of healthy microflora naturally found in the colon.
  • Delivers guaranteed live probiotics Bifidobacterium longum and Lactobacillus acidophilus, along with the prebiotics FOS and inulin and provides gammatocopherol, a nutrient associated with colon health.

Optiflora Prebiotic Complex

  • Provides a welcome environment for the friendly, beneficial bacteria that live and work in the colon.
  • Pleasant tasting powder provides nutrients—including FOS and inulin—that selectively feed friendly bacteria, encouraging their growth and multiplication.

Optiflora Probiotic Complex

  • A unique capsule transports live beneficial bacteria safely through the acidic conditions of the stomach
  • Optiflora’s triple encapsulation protects the helpful bacteria so they can be delivered live to the intestines

To purchase Optiflora from the #1 Natural Nutrition Company in the United States, visit:  Helpful Bacteria.

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Asthma and Chemicals: 1 in 13 School Age Children Have Asthma

By Vicki Zerbee, on January 6th, 2012

Asthma rates in children under 5 increased 160% from 1980 until 1994.  These are both worrisome.

Asthma and chemicals

A child can develop asthma due to genetic reasons.  But often, there is not a genetic relation – and so it is an environmental reason.

Symptoms of asthma are very frightening, and even life threatening.  The good news is that you can control the amount of chemicals and toxins that your child is exposed to every day.

United States Environmental Protection Agency studies found levels of about a dozen common organic pollutants to be 2 to 5 times higher inside homes than outside. Where do these pollutants come from? They are in your carpet and upholstery – these are harder to manage, but they are also in your air fresheners and especially in your home cleaning products if you aren’t using natural (green) cleaners.

Bleach, toilet bowl cleaners, oven cleaners, and drainer cleaners are classified as hazardous household wastes. They are environmental toxins and proven harmful to human health. So why are they in our homes? It’s scary.

It is also scary to read many cleaning product bottles. There are all kinds of warnings and most poisonings involving children are related to products like these. And we know that the fumes and toxins make it hard for kids and adults who have asthma to breathe.

We do have the choice about what cleaning products we bring in to our homes, and put into the air. What we breathe does affect our health. Powered with this knowledge, why shouldn’t we go ahead and try green cleaning?

Just think: If everybody switched to cleaning their homes with natural, non-toxic, chemical-free, green cleaning products.. how huge that would be.

Our families and our homes are healthier. The environment benefits in multiple ways: less chemicals in the air and in our water supply, cleaner air because concentrated green cleaning products require less manufacture and shipping of containers, and finally less bottles end up in our landfills.

We are all worried about performance. We want our families to be healthy, but we need need our cleaners to clean well. We found a brand where you don’t have to sacrifice clean for green. We did the work testing them against popular brands, plus they are 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

Now you can’t go wrong when you clean without chemicals. And your children can breathe a whole lot easier.

To learn more about green cleaning with the Shaklee brand, visit: GET CLEAN GREEN CLEANING.

Here’s a link to a review about how well Basic H2 cleans on a mommy blog site: The Mama Report.

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Weight Loss Testimonies

By Vicki Zerbee, on January 3rd, 2012

Weight Loss Testimonies Using CINCH Inch Loss

CINCH testimonies are pouring in.  Here are some from people who take the time to post around the web so that their experiences might help others be successful in weight loss.

Right now the rates of overweight and obesity are very high.  It’s not only about how we look or even how we feel about ourselves anymore.  The illnesses and diseases resulting from excess weight that people are being challenged with every day are affecting their lives and threatening their lives.

The GOOD NEWS is that we have choices.  We can take charge of our weight and take charge of our health.  One way to do that is to try the CINCH Inch Loss program.  CINCH is safe.  CINCH is healthy.  CINCH is effective.  And CINCH is 100% guaranteed.  You have nothing to lose but pounds!

Amy is biw 75 lbs lighter and healthier*
“Sugar was my own personal demon.”
About a year ago, Amy was in “a bad space.” Her weight (220 pounds) had hurt her self-image, crippling her relationships with family and friends. Her Shaklee business was floundering.
Whenever Amy felt stress, she reached for sweet relief—often in the form of sugary snacks, which did not help her weight or her self-image.
Because of Amy’s family history, she feared for her long-term health. Amy lost her mother and aunt all too soon, and her grandmother had passed away before Amy was born. As a mother herself, she wanted to see her 10-year-old daughter grow up to have a family of her own. Amy says “I felt like I was destined for a health crisis like others in my family had experienced. I wasn’t worth anything more than what my destiny was. That’s a terrible way to feel.”
But Amy persevered. Even though her mind was telling her she was a failure, her heart told her it was time to take a stand and make some positive changes in her lifestyle.
Shortly before her 40th birthday, Amy started the Cinch™ Inch Loss Plan. By the time her birthday rolled around, she already had dropped from a size 20 to a 16. After one year on the Cinch Inch Loss plan, she has lost 75 pounds and she’s now a size 8!*
“I feel dramatically different now.” Amy says.”Before, I would make excuses to avoid going to family functions because I did not want to be around people and be seen. Now, no more excuses!”
It’s been over a year since Amy can remember eating any desserts, and she says the natural sugars she gets in fruits, vegetables and other whole foods have satisfied the cravings. While healthier eating habits have helped Amy to conquer her personal sugar demons, she also has introduced exercise into her everyday routine—and she recently laced up her running shoes for the first time in more than 15 years!
With her recent surge in self-confidence, her Shaklee business is no longer floundering—it’s flourishing.
“Shaklee has been in my family since I was in third grade, and I have a firm belief in the products,” Amy says. “And before, when I tried to do the business, my self-esteem would always get in my way. I would have a hard time calling people, thinking, ‘Oh, they don’t want to talk to me.’ And now I find myself reaching out to so many more people, working my business again. I’ve got a different outlook now, it’s amazing!”
*Results not typical.

Amy is biw 75 lbs lighter and healthier*

“Sugar was my own personal demon.”

About a year ago, Amy was in “a bad space.” Her weight (220 pounds) had hurt her self-image, crippling her relationships with family and friends. Her Shaklee business was floundering.

Whenever Amy felt stress, she reached for sweet relief—often in the form of sugary snacks, which did not help her weight or her self-image.

Because of Amy’s family history, she feared for her long-term health. Amy lost her mother and aunt all too soon, and her grandmother had passed away before Amy was born. As a mother herself, she wanted to see her 10-year-old daughter grow up to have a family of her own. Amy says “I felt like I was destined for a health crisis like others in my family had experienced. I wasn’t worth anything more than what my destiny was. That’s a terrible way to feel.”

But Amy persevered. Even though her mind was telling her she was a failure, her heart told her it was time to take a stand and make some positive changes in her lifestyle.

Shortly before her 40th birthday, Amy started the Cinch™ Inch Loss Plan. By the time her birthday rolled around, she already had dropped from a size 20 to a 16. After one year on the Cinch Inch Loss plan, she has lost 75 pounds and she’s now a size 8!*

“I feel dramatically different now.” Amy says.”Before, I would make excuses to avoid going to family functions because I did not want to be around people and be seen. Now, no more excuses!”

It’s been over a year since Amy can remember eating any desserts, and she says the natural sugars she gets in fruits, vegetables and other whole foods have satisfied the cravings. While healthier eating habits have helped Amy to conquer her personal sugar demons, she also has introduced exercise into her everyday routine—and she recently laced up her running shoes for the first time in more than 15 years!

With her recent surge in self-confidence, her Shaklee business is no longer floundering—it’s flourishing.

“Shaklee has been in my family since I was in third grade, and I have a firm belief in the products,” Amy says. “And before, when I tried to do the business, my self-esteem would always get in my way. I would have a hard time calling people, thinking, ‘Oh, they don’t want to talk to me.’ And now I find myself reaching out to so many more people, working my business again. I’ve got a different outlook now, it’s amazing!”

*Results not typical.

Amanda Did Not Give Up!

“The best results come from just plugging along and never giving up.” Amanda says.

My father passed away suddenly, and my way of coping with the grief was to comfort myself with food. I ate poorly, stopped exercising, and gained 60 pounds. It took some time to work through that emotional experience and re-focus on my health. When I did, I turned to Shaklee products to help me get back on track.

My grandparents have been Shaklee Distributors for over 45 years, so I trust Shaklee and I knew the Cinch® Plan would work. First, I concentrated on establishing a healthy eating and exercise routine, and conquering some of my emotional food cravings. Then I added Cinch products into the mix. I lost 65 pounds and 16 inches.* I still miss my dad, but I don’t miss the extra weight. Life feels “lighter” and less bogged down—both physically and emotionally.

My advice to someone who would like to lose weight is simple: stay consistent. Consistency is the key to creating momentum toward your goal. Fast “fad” ways of dieting to reach a goal are not the healthiest, and they take a toll on your body. On the other hand, if you don’t commit and keep “putting it off until tomorrow,” you stay stuck. The best results come from just plugging along and never giving up. So instead of holding on to only the big, successful moments that seem few and far between, I celebrate small triumphs every day. Simple things, like remembering to take the time to enjoy a cup of Cinch Energy Tea Mix every afternoon are a reason to celebrate!

I still use Cinch products to help me maintain my weight—and because I love the healthy satisfaction and delicious flavors. Thank you to Shaklee for always coming through for me with your quality, to my grandparents for leading the way, and to Cinch for making this particular journey possible!

*Results not typical. In a preliminary study of the Cinch Inch Loss Plan, participants on average lost 15.4 pounds and 6.6 inches over 12 weeks.

Dan lowered his blood pressure and cholesterol and lost 61 pounds.

“Thanks to my weight loss and my healthier lifestyle, my blood pressure and my cholesterol have both dropped. I am 61 pounds lighter and a healthier person.*“ Alan says.

When Alan went in for a physical, the news was not good. His blood pressure and his cholesterol were both up, and he faced possible long-term health consequences if he did not make some lifestyle changes.

“When my father died, I promised to take care of my mother and my own family,” Alan relates. “If I did not improve my own health, I was not sure I could keep that promise.”

Alan started the Cinch® Inch Loss Plan to lose weight to help keep a promise he made to his father and he ended up creating a new life for himself in the process.

“Cinch is amazing. I was not hungry when I was on the plan, and I now have lots of energy. I used to enjoy sports, but my weight made it hard for me to do some of the things I liked, such as running. Now I am able to have an active lifestyle again. One of the best parts of my day is my regular run,” Alan says.

Alan’s work life changed, too. “There were a lot of work tasks I hesitated to take on when I was heavier. They were simply too hard. I am now considered a leader at work because I am much more active—I can lead my work crew by example. It affected not just the tasks I do, but my attitude towards all of my work. I have more self-confidence, and it shows.”

Alan is also more confident that he can fulfill the promise he made to his father.

“Thanks to my weight loss and my healthier lifestyle, my blood pressure and my cholesterol have both dropped. I am 61 pounds lighter and a healthier person.*”

*Results not typical. Do not discontinue treatment or medications without first consulting a physician.

To learn more about the healthy CINCH Inch Loss program, and the new Transformation Pack where you can use the program for three months andget the 4th month free, visit CINCH Inch Loss.

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Weight Loss and New Years Resolutions

By Vicki Zerbee, on January 3rd, 2012
Why do you think that the majority of diets fail?  It’s probably not a coincidence that most New Years resolutions are also not kept.
Yes, many of us may have set one to lose weight, but if we’re honest we have tried to lose weight at multiple times throughout the
year, and throughout the YEARS!
Maybe a more realistic reason why diets don’t work is that we set ourselves up to fail.  If you think about it, we either starve ourselves
straight out, or we go on one of these diets where we eliminate entire food groups – or maybe only eat (or drink) one type of food.
That’s not the way our bodies were designed to function.  And in my humble opinion, it’s not healthy.  I have always been a big fan
of balance (I don’t follow horoscopes but I was born under the Libra scales) – throughout my life:  it just feels better when things
are balanced.
When it comes to our health, and our bodies, balance has been proven to work.  I know that because I have been associated with the
Shaklee Corporation – the #1 Natural Nutrition Company in the U.S. – for 30 years this month, and throughout that time I have heard
Dr. Shaklee stories about creating balance.  The research and science that man and this company have been doing since the 1920’s
is all about being in harmony with nature (balance).
So back to weight loss.  It makes sense that we need to consider nutrition when we set a goal to lose weight.  It makes sense that we
need to make sure our body is going to work with our goal.  I believe if we can feel good during the weight loss program, there is a greater
chance that we will stick to it.  And if you take care of your nutrient needs so that your body feels satisfied, you will feel good.
Do you know how it feels to have a sugar high and then a crash?  Not so good right?  You lose energy, feel like you are dragging.  In
comparison, when you keep your blood sugar levels constant, you feel energized – you feel pretty good.  Low glycemic [ph] index
foods help keep your blood sugar balanced.
Don’t Lose Your Muscle When You Shed Those Pounds
Is exercise part of your diet?  Whatever your activity level, muscle can help in your weight loss and help maintain your weight goal for
the rest of your life.  If you realize the importance of preserving the muscle mass that you have, it will help you make good decisions
in terms of food choices while on your diet, and you will see the positive benefits.
With most diets, you lose 5 pounds of muscle for every 12 pounds of weight loss.  That’s not the kind of diet – or weight loss – that you
want.  Every pound of muscle burns about 50 calories a day, so it’s important NOT to lose your muscle when you are trying to lose your fat.
The more muscle you lose, the more calories you are going to have to cut every day since you won’t have the muscle to burn up the calories.
In fact, if you do the math, you’re going to have to take in 250 (5 lbs of muscle that you lost and that won’t be burning 250 calories for you
eace hay) calories less everyday if you’re going to continue to lose weight at the same rate that you’ve been losing up to that point.
Losing muscle as you shed pounds is the cause of the dreaded weight loss plateau that you hear so many people talking about.  You are
on your diet, lose some pounds – but you are also losing muscle – and keep doing the same thing but you aren’t losing any more weight.
Since you lost muscle, you are burning less calories.  In order to continue to lose weight, you have to cut more calories.  That’s not going to
feel good because you are going to feel hungry, maybe tired or irritable – and it’s why you get discouraged and are not able to maintain
your diet.
If you quit your diet, after losing muscle along with fat, and don’t get that muscle back before you start your next diet, you will be among
the many people who get caught up in yo-yo dieting.  Losing fat, along with muscle, then quitting the diet because you aren’t continuing
to lose weight.  Next you gain more weight and decide to go on a diet again, where you may lose some pounds but you also lose more muscle.
Enough already?  Are you ready for a healthier, more effective solution to weight loss?
Keep Your Muscle
If you understand the dreaded yoyo diet phenomena, you should also understand that preserving your muscle mass is the key to long term
weight control.
So what can you do to help keep your lean muscle and lose your excess fat and pounds?   Recent ground breaking research shows that an
amino acid, when added to a well-balanced protein source, can help you preserve your muscle mass while you’re losing weight and also
while you are trying to maintain a healthy weight.  Leucine is a branched-chained amino acid that scientists have known for years has been
beneficial for athletes who want to increase their muscle mass when they work out, and now is helping people lose weight the healthy way.
The same product that helps you build muscle mass when you’re working out, can help you lose weight (fat and inches) and help you keep
burning calories.  Leucine enhanced weight loss supplements have been clinically proven to preserve your muscle mass when you try and lose
weight.  So you are going to lose weight and be able to keep it off.  Isn’t that what we really want to do after all?
Here’s another benefit.  Most people work out because they want to increase their strength, improve their physique – or both.  Either way, you
usually feel better, feel stronger, when you work out.  So when you add leucine to a good protein supplement, you are going to get these same
benefits while you lose weight.  Instead of feeling bad when you lose weight, you can actually feel GOOD when you lose weight.
CINCH
The scientifically proven, clinically proven CINCH Inch Loss program uses this very same leucine in their weight loss supplements.  From the
protein shakes, to the snack and meal bars, to the unique weight loss multi-vitamin that helps boost your energy while on your diet, this
program is guaranteed to help you lose weight.  That’s right it is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
Leucine has been used for many years.  Dozens of clinical studies show that it’s both safe and effective.  It’s very exciting to be able to take
a product that has been successful for athletes and be able to use it to help people lose weight at a time when overweight and obesity rates
are higher than ever before.  Leucine is both safe and healthy.  And now it can help you finally take off pounds and inches in a nutritious,
healthy way.
It is hard to find food that supports your diet when you are traveling, on the road for daily business trips, or even during your everyday busy
schedule.  With CINCH, it’s easy.  There are multiple meal choices that you can combine with healthy food choices to make your 3 meals.  There
are healthy snack options and an energy tea that will energize you and keep you away from sugary drinks that have lots of hidden calories.
CINCH meal options are fantastic meal replacements because they are well-balanced.  When your blood sugar levels are constant, you are going
to have a constant level of energy all day long.  You won’t have the ups and downs of blood sugar levels that cause you to feel tired and drag through
your day.  When you keep your blood sugar levels balanced, you will always have high energy.  It can even help you prevent mood swings that are
often associated with dieting because when your blood sugar tanks, so does your mood.
CINCH was designed to prevent you from feeling hungry and prevent carbohydrate cravings while you lose weight.  These are what usually destroys
healthy eating patterns and many diets.  Keeping your blood sugar levels balanced will help benefit you in so many ways.  Fiber is another beneficial
food source for both weight loss and good health in general.  CINCH has fiber built in to the healthy shakes and you won’t taste a bit of it!
To learn more about the healthy CINCH Inch Loss program, and the new Transformation Pack where you can use the program for three months and
get the 4th month free, visit http://jillzerbee.myshaklee.com/us/en/category.php?main_cat=WeightManagement.

Don’t Set Yourself Up To Fail

Why do you think that the majority of diets fail?  It’s probably not a coincidence that most New Years resolutions are also not kept.  Yes, many of us may have set one to lose weight, but if we’re honest we have tried to lose weight at multiple times throughout the year, and throughout the YEARS!

Maybe a more realistic reason why diets don’t work is that we set ourselves up to fail.  If you think about it, we either starve ourselves straight out, or we go on one of these diets where we eliminate entire food groups – or maybe only eat (or drink) one type of food.

That’s not the way our bodies were designed to function.  And in my humble opinion, it’s not healthy.  I have always been a big fan of balance (I don’t follow horoscopes but I was born under the Libra scales) – throughout my life:  it just feels better when things are balanced.

When it comes to our health, and our bodies, balance has been proven to work.  I know that because I have been associated with the Shaklee Corporation – the #1 Natural Nutrition Company in the U.S. – for 30 years this month, and throughout that time I have heard Dr. Shaklee stories about creating balance.  The research and science that man and this company have been doing since the 1920’s is all about being in harmony with nature (balance).

So back to weight loss.  It makes sense that we need to consider nutrition when we set a goal to lose weight.  It makes sense that we need to make sure our body is going to work with our goal.  I believe if we can feel good during the weight loss program, there is a greater chance that we will stick to it.  And if you take care of your nutrient needs so that your body feels satisfied, you will feel good.

Do you know how it feels to have a sugar high and then a crash?  Not so good right?  You lose energy, feel like you are dragging. In comparison, when you keep your blood sugar levels constant, you feel energized – you feel pretty good.  Low glycemic [ph] index foods help keep your blood sugar balanced.

Don’t Lose Your Muscle When You Shed Those Pounds

Is exercise part of your diet?  Whatever your activity level, muscle can help in your weight loss and help maintain your weight goal for the rest of your life.  If you realize the importance of preserving the muscle mass that you have, it will help you make good decisions in terms of food choices while on your diet, and you will see the positive benefits.

With most diets, you lose 5 pounds of muscle for every 12 pounds of weight loss.  That’s not the kind of diet – or weight loss – that you want.  Every pound of muscle burns about 50 calories a day, so it’s important NOT to lose your muscle when you are trying to lose your fat.

The more muscle you lose, the more calories you are going to have to cut every day since you won’t have the muscle to burn up the calories.  In fact, if you do the math, you’re going to have to take in 250 (5 lbs of muscle that you lost and that won’t be burning 250 calories for you each hay) calories less everyday if you’re going to continue to lose weight at the same rate that you’ve been losing up to that point.

Losing muscle as you shed pounds is the cause of the dreaded weight loss plateau that you hear so many people talking about.  You are on your diet, lose some pounds – but you are also losing muscle – and keep doing the same thing but you aren’t losing any more weight.

Since you lost muscle, you are burning less calories.  In order to continue to lose weight, you have to cut more calories.  That’s not going to feel good because you are going to feel hungry, maybe tired or irritable – and it’s why you get discouraged and are not able to maintain your diet.

If you quit your diet, after losing muscle along with fat, and don’t get that muscle back before you start your next diet, you will be among the many people who get caught up in yo-yo dieting.  Losing fat, along with muscle, then quitting the diet because you aren’t continuing to lose weight.  Next you gain more weight and decide to go on a diet again, where you may lose some pounds but you also lose more muscle.

Enough already?  Are you ready for a healthier, more effective solution to weight loss?

Keep Your Muscle

If you understand the dreaded yoyo diet phenomena, you should also understand that preserving your muscle mass is the key to long term weight control.

So what can you do to help keep your lean muscle and lose your excess fat and pounds?   Recent ground breaking research shows that an amino acid, when added to a well-balanced protein source, can help you preserve your muscle mass while you’re losing weight and also while you are trying to maintain a healthy weight.  Leucine is a branched-chained amino acid that scientists have known for years has been beneficial for athletes who want to increase their muscle mass when they work out, and now is helping people lose weight the healthy way.

The same product that helps you build muscle mass when you’re working out, can help you lose weight (fat and inches) and help you keep burning calories.  Leucine enhanced weight loss supplements have been clinically proven to preserve your muscle mass when you try and lose weight.  So you are going to lose weight and be able to keep it off.  Isn’t that what we really want to do after all?

Here’s another benefit.  Most people work out because they want to increase their strength, improve their physique – or both.  Either way, you usually feel better, feel stronger, when you work out.  So when you add leucine to a good protein supplement, you are going to get these same benefits while you lose weight.  Instead of feeling bad when you lose weight, you can actually feel GOOD when you lose weight.

CINCH

The scientifically proven, clinically proven CINCH Inch Loss program uses this very same leucine in their weight loss supplements. From the protein shakes, to the snack and meal bars, to the unique weight loss multi-vitamin that helps boost your energy while on your diet, this program is guaranteed to help you lose weight.  That’s right it is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

Leucine has been used for many years.  Dozens of clinical studies show that it’s both safe and effective.  It’s very exciting to be able to take a product that has been successful for athletes and be able to use it to help people lose weight at a time when overweight and obesity rates are higher than ever before.  Leucine is both safe and healthy.  And now it can help you finally take off pounds and inches in a nutritious, healthy way.

It is hard to find food that supports your diet when you are traveling, on the road for daily business trips, or even during your everyday busy schedule.  With CINCH, it’s easy.  There are multiple meal choices that you can combine with healthy food choices to make your 3 meals.  There are healthy snack options and an energy tea that will energize you and keep you away from sugary drinks that have lots of hidden calories.

CINCH meal options are fantastic meal replacements because they are well-balanced.  When your blood sugar levels are constant, you are going to have a constant level of energy all day long.  You won’t have the ups and downs of blood sugar levels that cause you to feel tired and drag through your day.  When you keep your blood sugar levels balanced, you will always have high energy.  It can even help you prevent mood swings that are often associated with dieting because when your blood sugar tanks, so does your mood.

CINCH was designed to prevent you from feeling hungry and prevent carbohydrate cravings while you lose weight.  These are what usually destroys healthy eating patterns and many diets.  Keeping your blood sugar levels balanced will help benefit you in so many ways.  Fiber is another beneficial food source for both weight loss and good health in general.  CINCH has fiber built in to the healthy shakes and you won’t taste a bit of it!

To learn more about the healthy CINCH Inch Loss program, and the new Transformation Pack where you can use the program for three months and get the 4th month free, visit CINCH Inch Loss.

Note:  Until the end of March, 2012, if you become a Shaklee member and order $70 worth of products (choose products to help in your weight loss/weight management goals or choose products that you buy for your family regularly anyway – switch to the Shaklee Brand!) you get FREE Cinch products valued at $85 Member Price – Cinch Shakes, Energizing Tea (helps cut cravings and gives you energy), Snack Bars, Meal Bars and Cinch Boost vitamins with leucine to help you lose weight and still get all the nutrients your metabolism needs to help you burn more calories.  All the details are on our website:  CINCH FREE OFFER.

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Lecithin and Dyslexia: A Personal Testimony

By Vicki Zerbee, on January 2nd, 2012

My experience of having a positive response to Shaklee, after having no response to other brands, suggests that more than 95% of patients, who were prescribed lecithin, used inferior quality brands. . . . → Continue reading: Lecithin and Dyslexia: A Personal Testimony

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Resveratrol Benefits: Resveratrol mg of 100 + Polyphenols = 10X More Potent

By Vicki Zerbee, on December 13th, 2011

Drinking red wine is healthy. Taking a teaspoon size supplement resveratrol mg of 100 plus polyphenols is like drinking 100 glasses and offsets high fat diets. . . . → Continue reading: Resveratrol Benefits: Resveratrol mg of 100 + Polyphenols = 10X More Potent

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Non-Toxic Home: Would You Like to Keep Chemicals In Your Home or Do You Want to Live Chemical Free?

By Vicki Zerbee, on December 2nd, 2011

The average home generates 25 pounds of toxic waste every year, much of it from household cleaning products. Wouldn’t you rather live in a chemical free home? . . . → Continue reading: Non-Toxic Home: Would You Like to Keep Chemicals In Your Home or Do You Want to Live Chemical Free?

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Build Up Immune System Naturally: Vitamins Boost Immune System

By Vicki Zerbee, on November 16th, 2011

Build up immune system with Shaklee natural interferon supplement Nutriferon with pumpkin seeds, safflower flower, Japanese honeysuckle flower buds and plantago seed. . . . → Continue reading: Build Up Immune System Naturally: Vitamins Boost Immune System

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Resveratrol Mg: AntiAging Supplement Transresveratrol Impacts High Fat Diet

By Vicki Zerbee, on November 14th, 2011

Taking antiaging supplement transresveratrol is exciting because of the promising science and research that shows the way resveratrol can help repair and rebuild our cells that power our health. . . . → Continue reading: Resveratrol Mg: AntiAging Supplement Transresveratrol Impacts High Fat Diet

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