This past month I did a little test on a product called VIVIX, a liquid resveratrol product that I have been taking daily for almost two years now.  I stopped taking Vivix for about three weeks.

Resveratrol is made from red wine and its purpose is to help you live longer by making your cells healthier to fight the diseases of aging. Right now it is available in a natural supplement form, though there is aggressive research being done to make a pharmaceutical resveratrol form.

The serving size of Vivix (the brand I use) is only 1 teaspoon per day and it is equal to the resveratrol in 100 glasses of red wine. That’s because Shaklee combines resveratrol with polyphenols from the ’super’ muscadine grape and the combination is 10 times more powerful than resveratrol alone.

Update: November, 2011. More proof about the value of resveratrol. Learn why this doctor is going to start taking a resveratrol supplement right away.  (See special offer of FREE VIVIX at the bottom of this article.)

Resveratrol, metabolism and your cells.

I don’t know about you but for me there are things that happen in terms of the way you feel or something hurting that you tend to ‘put up with’ instead of addressing right away. These are things that affect your quality of life.

Three things that I re-discovered last week when I started taking Vivix again were the same 3 things that I liked about it when I first started using it. Now I have a new appreciation for these things that I don’t have to live without. We don’t have to ‘put up’ with anything less than feeling great everyday!

Alert

Almost 2 years ago this summer I was taking my youngest daughter to visit colleges. Most were 2 – 3 hours driving distance away and something that has affected my driving for almost as long as I can remember, and especially in the summer (not sure if it is the heat or what because we are inside an air conditioned vehicle), is that I want to take a nap. As soon as we get on the road, I feel tired.

What was different during those trips is that I wasn’t tired. Not at all. They were long drives to the destination, a presentation to sit through and then a tour of the school. We usually had a bite to eat and then back on the road. Once we visited two schools in one day. It hit me about half way through the trips that I was not tired at all driving, or during any of the events. I was alert and focused throughout the day. This was the same when I was home. Every day there is this alertness and ability to focus better that comes along with taking Vivix.

Energy

I won’t call the energy I get from Vivix a burst of energy. And I do take my Cinch Protein Shake every morning that contributes to the balanced energy I get all the way till lunch. Together, they give me a constant feeling of energy to go from morning till night and not feel tired.

I felt this within a week of starting Vivix. Now, for almost two years, I have grown accustomed to feeling good. Feeling alert, focused and having enough energy to last all day long. So why would I need to ‘test’ this. For starters I sold my whole supply of Vivix before I realized I was at the end of my own bottle (not sure how I let that happen). It was going to be close to a week until my new supply would come and by that time I thought why not conduct this personal little test and stop my Vivix for a month – see if I noticed any difference. Well, I only lasted 3 weeks.

Sleep

Sleep is one of the reasons I wanted to start taking resveratrol again. Sleeping better and feeling very rested when I woke up is another benefit I discovered within a couple of weeks after taking Vivix when it was first introduced on 8-8-08.  And it is something that I have come to expect.

This month, during my test, I could tell a difference. I have always been a good sleeper but I can’t say that I always felt rested when I woke up. This month not only did I have a few nights that I didn’t sleep well, which may have been unrelated, I didn’t feel as rested. I like that feeling of waking up, feeling good, and ready for a full day!

Conclusion

I don’t think that I will be doing more Vivix testing anytime soon, at least not in regard to pulling it out of my food supplement regimen. I believe in it too much and I am getting such great results. Why would I want to mess with that?

And the three I mentioned may not be the main benefits associated with resveratrol. It does a lot on the inside that we don’t see and won’t feel either. It is working at the cellular level to fight the diseases of aging while also giving us better quality of life. Still, these benefits that I have noticed are benefits lots of people notice and it is good to ‘feel’ some of the benefits.

Another thing that will appeal to lots of us is looking younger than our age. When resveratrol is hard at work keeping us younger, it is helping us look better. It is not a miracle worker, or surgery, but if you take it faithfully (EVERY DAY) I really believe that people are going to notice something different about you!

So what are you waiting for? Do you want to feel younger? Do you want to live longer? (with a great quality of life of course!) I know that I do!

FREE VIVIX*

*Shaklee is offering it’s biggest incentive ever!  Tell all your friends about this one:  Until December 31, 2011, order a new Shaklee Membership (saves 15% off retail prices of all products) with a $100 product order and get a 30-day supply bottle of VIVIX – FREE.  That’s a $100 retail value, or $85 member price value.

**When you order a VITALIZER (the only natural nutrition program with 80+ nutrients and 4 different delivery systems so that each tablet gets to the right part of the body at just the right time in order to be released and absorbed for maximum health benefits) with your order, your membership is also FREE (save the $19.95 membership fee) and you can continue to receive 15% off all products.

Want a suggestion on how to get the free Vivix AND the free membership?  Try 30 days of nutrition that are guaranteed to make you feel better – or get your money back:

When you buy a Vitalizer and a can of Cinch Shakes, your order will total $100 and you will get the Vivix and the Free membership (all Vitalizer orders get a free membership).

Vitalizer + Cinch Shakes = your $100 order  -  that gives you VIVIX Free (and a Free membership)!  Cinch Shakes make a great breakfast and energetic way to start your day!  When you balance your blood sugar levels from the start of your day, you have more energy all day long!  Together, Vitalizer, Cinch & Vivix will make you a new person!

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If you did not see the CBS 60 minutes feature on resveratrol.. have a look at the video below.  In addition to all of its anti-aging benefits, research on the benefits of not only disease prevention but current disease, AND the healthy side benefits folks are experiencing, resveratrol is the most exciting thing we have right now in our quest to live more (quality) years.

While a ‘pill’ might be years away, it is fascinating how the same scientist from Harvard who is interviewed in this video about discovering the link to resveratrol is the same one that partnered in developing our  brand’s natural resveratrol supplement, the world’s only cellular anti-aging tonic (something we do have available right now).  I remember personally hearing him say that he takes this brand faithfully every day, and how excited he was about the potential of what this natural supplement can do for us.

The idea that we may have something available to us that can potentially trick our body into thinking it is on a calorie restriction diet is an amazing thing.  A calorie restriction diets is the one true way to manage our weight, and yet we can’t do it on our own because we have to cut too many calories on a daily basis.

It is important to do our research when looking for natural food supplements.  With resveratrol specifically there are options that are more pure, and are formulated with other beneficial ingredients to deliver 10 X more results than other brands.

We all know (as we’re inundated with exposure) that there are many, many resveratrol supplements on the market today.

Don’t we all want to live longer?  But not just grow older.. feel good, feel younger, have better quality of life?

So we are watching all of this anti-aging research that is happening and what is being produced out of that.

What makes one brand different from another?  Quality?  Efficacy?  Safety?  Performance?  All of the above?

Since natural food supplements are still unregulated, all of these factors are important because we want to make sure that the money we spend is going to produce the results we want and of course that we are safe.  We aren’t looking for a resveratrol product that has miniscule amounts of active ingredient, or is unpure and might result in digestive issues we don’t want, or simply isn’t good quality to make much of a difference.

For 25+ years, I have trusted a brand that is based on science.  To many of our distributor’s frustration, it can take years before a product is introduced to the market.  That is because the company won’t release it until it is proven to work, which includes being absorbable to the body in a formula that is most beneficial.

These formulas are complex, combining synergistic ingredients that enhance how each works.  It takes science, research, testing, and more testing to get it right.  Our scientists find ingredients from all over the world and sometimes that can be quite challenging because our quality requirements are so high.

I remember reading about third party quality control experts that rave about our standards and how high our competitors that they have been set and will not waiver.  I remember hearing about the company being reviewed for pharmaceutical level standards even when that is not required for a food supplement company (inspectors were very impressed).

These are reasons why I choose to stay with a brand that I can trust.  But ultimately, even more important than all of that is that the products deliver.  If we don’t get results, we aren’t going to stick with it.

The resveratrol supplement from Shaklee Independent Distributors is a potent tonic equivalent to the resveratrol in 100 glasses of red wine, DAILY.  That makes 3000 glasses per month.  The unique formula that includes our super grape is 10X more powerful than a resveratrol product alone.

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