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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!

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!

I mentioned earlier that resveratrol is currently available only in supplement form. Since I take a brand that makes all of its products at pharmaceutical grade and does a tremendous amount of scientific research on high quality supplements, I feel very comfortable taking it in supplement form. What will be different with a pharmaceutical resveratrol product if one is developed is most probably the potency. Drugs are more powerful than supplements and the amount of resveratrol in a drug may be higher than in a supplement.

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!

Destroy Pancreatic Cancer Cells.  Counter the effects of aging on our Hearts.  Our Bones.  Our Eyes.  And Our Muscles.  Can resveratrol make a difference? Billions of dollars are being spent right now studying resveratrol and how this natural antioxidant found in grapes skins and red wine can help us prevent the diseases of aging, and live longer, better quality lives.  Most of this money is focused on a pharmaceutical product that is at best probably 5 years away.  We do have a natural resveratrol supplement, a cellular anti-aging tonic, available right now and what a head start we can have in the new exciting world of resveratrol.

In 2008, the University of Rochester released the results of a study on resveratrol and how it can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells.  We talked before about how resveratrol can impact the key mechanisms of aging, one of these key mechanisms of aging being mitochondria (the cell’s core energy source) in the cells.  In the study, resveratrol was found to cripple the function of these cancer producing cells.

Study results posted on http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Mounting-evidence-shows-red-wine-antioxidant-kills-cancer-2618-1/ included this statement:  “The findings, published July 3, 2008, in Cell Metabolism, may increase interest in resveratrol as a possible intervention for age-related declines, said NIA scientists. The authors emphasized, however, that their findings are based on research in mice, not in humans, and have no immediate and direct application to people, whose health is influenced by a variety of factors beyond those which may be represented in the animal models.”

In July, 2008, A Harvard University study conducted and supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet.  This study is a follow-up to 2006 findings that resveratrol improves health and longevity of overweight, aged mice.

A review of the study that was posted on http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703120402.htm.  I found the following very interesting and potentially a huge help for so many folks:   “A major finding of the study reported today is that resveratrol prevented age-related and obesity-related cardiovascular functional decline in the mice as determined by several parameters. Total cholesterol was significantly reduced in 22-month-old non-obese mice after 10 months of resveratrol treatment, although triglyceride levels had only a slight, non-significant trend toward a decrease. Further, the aortas of 18-month-old obese and non-obese mice treated with resveratrol functioned significantly better than untreated mice.  Resveratrol also moderated inflammation in the heart.”

There have been many scientific research studies on resveratrol, and they are ongoing.  In addition, we have hundreds of resveratrol products that have been put on the market.  The problem is that many (maybe most) are not manufactured by companies that do their own research on resveratrol, nor are they a formulation that will actually be assimilated by the body and be able to produce desired results without unwanted side effects.  For example, on such side effect is a digestive issue with some resveratrol products.  This is due to a lower quality product and an ingredient source that is not pure.

Our brand has spent years of their own research on resveratrol, and partnered with the world’s foremost anti-aging scientist who works for Harvard University, to develop a unique resveratrol blend that also includes polyphenols from a super grape.  This muscadine super grape has an extra chromosome that no other grape has, and that is associated with anti-aging.  The combination, similar to many of this brand’s products that are complexes, or blends of synergistic ingredients, enhances the performance of all ingredients.

To learn more about Vivix, visit the world’s only cellular anti-aging tonic.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my friends, loyal readers, and first time visitors (please come back!).

Valentine’s Day is the traditional day of love where we think about and plan something special that we will do for our special someone. And then there are our mothers, fathers, children, grandparents, a special aunt or uncle, special friends.. the list goes on.. we may want to express our love for more than one person for sure.

For me, Vivix is now associated with a gift of love. First, since 8-8-08 when Vivix was introduced, my husband and I have been taking our teaspoon per day with the goal to keep the diseases of aging far away from us, and have been experiencing some benefits already in the form of weight management, more alert and focused all day, better joint function, great sleep at night, and overall feeling of well-being in what has become for many a very stressful time during this period of economic disaster and uncertainty. We think it makes a perfect Valentine’s Day gift to each other to order next month’s supply!

I gave a few boxes of Vivix to my parents at Christmas because I want them to stay healthy and to ‘be around’ for many, many years to come! At 80 and 74, it seemed like a perfect gift to give them to help them with some present health challenges and prevent other diseases of aging like diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer’s.

Guess what, for Valentine’s Day, another box is going their way! My father is now calling it his ‘Fountain of Youth’.. don’t we all want a Fountain of Youth* at 80 years of age?

****As a special gift to you.. for taking the time to read my post (thanks very much), I would like to give everyone who orders their own Fountain of Youth* box of VIVIX today, a special gift. I will send you a tube of another unique product from this brand that folks have been using from ‘head to toe’ for many, many years. It is our special formulation multi-purpose cream and is one of the favorite products of the brand. For relief from all kinds of skin discomforts (truly from head to toe and every place in between), this mentholated cream is absolutely awesome!****

(I will get confirmation of your order from Shaklee and personally mail your gift to you.  It must be ordered on 2-14-09)

*Fountain of Youth in this article is simply a personal testimony and not to be associated with any claims on behalf of myself or the manufacturer.