Is Cholesterol the Cause of Heart Disease?

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Is cholesterol the real cause of heart disease? This information was passed along from another Shaklee leader (L. K.). Stopping inflammation is very important for your heart, and your whole body. Read carefully. . .

Heart Surgeon Speaks Out …  Dr. Dwight Lundell is a renowned cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon who has performed over 5,000 heart surgeries.  He is also the author of “The Great Cholesterol Lie” in which be debunks the notion that cholesterol is the main cause of heart disease.  Dr. Lundell recently said, “The discovery a few years ago that inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease is slowly leading to a paradigm shift in how heart disease and other chronic ailments will be treated.  Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes.  Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended.  It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.

 

Shaklee Vitalizer and Vivix,  and Pain Relief Complex which contains Boswellia, have been shown to reduce or stop chronic inflammation in the body.  Taking these supplements while avoiding processed foods and further thwarting any unwanted cholesterol build-up with Cholesterol Reduction Complex, will help keep your circulatory system in top notch condition.

Thank a Teacher This Week

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This week and specifically today is for Teacher Appreciation.  Think back for a moment to all the teachers in your life: parents, grandparents, spouses, children, aunts and uncles, grade school, junior high, and high school teachers, college professors, siblings, friends, pastors, colleagues, authors, doctors and nurses, neighbors. The list could go on and on because if you’re like me, you are always learning something from someone!  And that is a good thing.  If we quit being open to learning new things, we shrivel up and our world becomes very small.

I often tell people that if someone had not taught me a new way of looking at how my body works–cells die off continually, new cells must have the “ingredients” to form correctly, and the “ingredients” cells need are vitamins, minerals and protein–well, I probably wouldn’t feel as good as I do today. Is it possible to feel better in your 60′s than your 30′s? I do.

So thanks to those of you who have taught me so much in so many areas of my life.  And I hope you are inspired to thank a teacher this week!

Your Invitation–May 8, 2012

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Shaklee Chairman and CEO Roger Barnett is coming to Chicago this Tuesday, May 8th. For those of you who have attended one of these tour meetings in the past, you know how inspiring and life-changing these meetings can be, and this time will be no exception.

Roger will be sharing why he found Shaklee to be such a compelling opportunity for so many; why Shaklee products are the very best natural health products in the world; and how the cumulative impact of our individual actions is making a global difference.

There will also be stories! Real people from all walks of life will be sharing how they’re successfully transforming their lives with Shaklee.

Tuesday, May 8th                                                   
Doors open at 6 pm
Meeting 7 – 9 pm

Chicago, IL
Drury Lane Conference Center
100 Drury Lane
Oakbrook Terrace, IL  60181
630-530-8300

Please join us, if you agree with these statements.

~I am looking for a way to earn additional income or full time income.

~I care about people and enjoy helping them.

~I am looking for different employment and want to investigate Shaklee.

See you there! Or. . . click here to explore how a Shaklee business works in the privacy of your own home.

Autism and Cleaning Products

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The Impact of Get Clean Laundry Products on an Autistic Child

from  professional Nedra Sahr, MS . . .

   A number of year ago a young family I was working with, who had a 6 year old autistic son (Rick), asked if there was anything they could do to help him.  I said yes, we could work on nutrition, but before we start on that, we need to clean up his home environment.  I asked them to wash all of his sheets, pillowcases (and the pillows), pajamas–everything–with the Get Clean laundry products.  The mom agreed and called me up at 9 the next morning.  “Nedra, I can’t believe that stuff!  Last night was the first night in his 6 years of life that Rick slept through the night, so it was also the first night in 6 years that I had a full night’s sleep.  You’ve already given us a gift that I just can’t believe!”  I said it wasn’t me, it was those great laundry products.  Why?: because products that have bleach, nitrates, various chemicals etc. in them will outgas.  Rick was one of those who was extremely sensitive, but what’s this doing to the rest of us?  To our children, who may not yet show it on the outside, but may have neurological damage on the inside, and to us adults as well.  –Thanks! to Nedra Sahr, MS, Nutrition & Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Maine   

With the Get Clean® Starter Kit, you’ll have everything you need not only to clean the house from top to bottom this year and next, but also to greatly impact the health of your family! Plus you’ll keep 108 pounds of packaging waste from landfills. The all purpose cleaner costs about 5 cents/16oz bottle and the window cleaner costs 1 cent/16oz bottle. Order here for $10.00 savings on the starter kit for your financial health too.

Another special that is available:  JOIN FREE with any order!

 

Autism and Nutrition

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“Autism is a developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of social and communication skills. Autism is a physical condition linked to abnormal biology and chemistry in the brain. The exact causes of these abnormalities remain unknown, but this is a very active area of research. There are probably a combination of factors that lead to autism.”  A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.  It includes a range of complex neurological development disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and behavior problems.

The treatments are behavioral interventions, counseling, medications (please weigh the possible benefits and side effects of meds), along with some new research that links diet and nutrition and getting as many chemicals out of the child’s environment as possible. Next week I’ll discuss getting the chemicals out!

Does nutrition help? And specifically Shaklee nutrition, which tablet for tablet has the same active ingredients and is proven to get to the blood stream? The story of one boy who was diagnosed with autism at age 3, now age 10, looks bright.  Mom says , “He is now going into fourth grade. He has had a wonderful year in school and socially. He is adding, subtracting, and understands fractions! He can read, write, type, and loves computer games. Socially, he asks to play with the neighborhood kids, which is HUGE for him since he didn’t care if anyone was around. If you are planning to try Shaklee supplements, I would encourage you to do it.” There is one specific supplement that helped her son the most. Write below asking for more information on this or click on the talk balloon above–I’m happy to share.

Costs a Little–Protects a Lot

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A hormone? A vitamin?  This vitamin is in a class by itself and effects every organ system in the body.  In order for this vitamin to be made in the body, it requires help from an outside source, which then arranges itself in the body to give birth to this vitamin and then quickly exits the skin cell for the bloodstream with the final step in the liver and the kidneys.  Now it’s ready to be used in the body, in your body if you have enough of it.

Dr. Andrew Weil, in a forward to a book about this vitamin, states that this vitamin can prevent or help treat a remarkable number of ailments:  obesity, arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes, muscle cramps, upper respiratory tract infections to other infectious diseases, fibromyalgia, cancers of the breast, colon, pancreas, prostate and ovaries, it will also safeguard pregnancy, support weight management, and stave off infection and chronic diseases!

Dr. John Cannell, M.D., in The Athlete’s Edge, say this vitamin improves muscle tone, muscle strength, balance, reaction time and physical endurance as well as immunity and general health.

Click here to take a free quiz to see if you are deficient in this nutrient and to find out what it is!  Feel free to also find out your HQ (health quotient).

Will the Ants Eat Your Food?

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We can learn a lot from studying nature, which is what Dr. Shaklee loved to do. He knew over 50 years ago that our food supply would be in trouble with the milling of the grain, genetically modified foods, and the addition of synthetic fertilizers to our land. Think twice before eating what ants would not touch.  Be sure your food is food and your supplements are made from food.

Top right: margarine. Left: reduced fat margarine. Bottom right: natural butter.

Buy natural supplements.

 

Blind Spots

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In the morning, husband Henry often reads the newspaper aloud while I clean up the kitchen. Yesterday he read two very sad stories. First, the news of former IL governor, Rob Blagojevich who will be leaving for prison this week. The author of the article commented on what a difficult devastating transition this will be for him. The second article told about the end of the Robert Schuller family in the Crystal Cathedral. Without discussing the good or the bad of these situations, I think it is fair to say that neither of these men set out to: 1. end up in jail for 12 plus years, or 2. be removed from a his once gigantic church empire.

Blind spots. What is a blind spot? Webster’s second meaning says it’s “an area where a person’s view is obstructed.”  Does it make sense that  both Blagojevich and Schuller just didn’t see this coming, that their “view” was obstructed? They were unable to see the situation or themselves the way others were seeing it due to their blind spots.

I have blind spots too.  A few were revealed to me. There have been times when a blind spot, #1, caused my words and actions to be hurtful. I wasn’t able to see the situation clearly. I didn’t set out to hurt someone, but I did, and I’m working on not doing that anymore. Another blind spot, #2, happened when our children were little; I had a blind spot about the benefits and value of nutritional supplementation. Shaklee Videos: Why Supplement?.  I thought eating right was good enough. But what a difference it could have made in their health and my own, if I knew then what I know now. When I saw clearly that we needed vitamins, Henry went to the health food store for supplements. I shared with him that he was probably wasting money–we could buy them at the drug store for a couple of dollars! After learning that all supplements are not created equal, that most are man made synthetics and high heat processed, another, # 3, blind spot was removed. I saw clearly that a food based vitamin, processed at room temperature, would do a much better job of feeding my cells. Shaklee Videos: The Shaklee Difference.

Do you know anyone with a blind spot or two? Do you have a blind spot? Or perhaps I should say a former blind spot since we can’t see the ones we don’t know about yet!

Need Health Insurance?

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Health insurance is really “sick” insurance if you think about it.  I can’t promise you that you won’t get sick if you take Shaklee’s Vitalizer, but you will probably have fewer sick days since you will be feeding your cells good nutrients. Healthy cells=healthier you.

What are you doing on a daily basis to feed your cells the things cells are made of? Cells are made of vitamins, minerals, protein, plus some other good nutrients and Shaklee has some help for you:  a convenient daily strip of nutrients which is based on the Landmark Study.  The daily vitamin strip is called Vitalizer.  Below you will see the protection your body needs to build healthier cells.

Order Vitalizer and your membership is FREE.