FEBRUARY 2011 NEWSLETTER

Creating Healthier Lives for 55 years 

Changing Brands can Change Your Life

Shaklee NutriFeron is GAINING FAME for Reducing your Risk of the Flu: (by Dr. Frank Painter, Chiropractic Physician).  Shaklee NutriFeron is a building block for viral protection.  Developed and extensively tested by immunologists in Japan, this proprietary blend of natural plant extracts supports the immune system by increasing the activity of macrophages and inducing natural interferon production it also optimizes the body’s immune response against environmental irritants and airborne substances.

A soon-to-be published study, funded by Shaklee, was conducted at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University (J. Virology, 2009 (Jul);83 (13): 6900-8).

The study demonstrates how NutriFeron stimulates natural killer cell activity during viral attack, by activating many of the genes that code for their activation, signalling, and proliferation.

It also showed that NutriFeron is a safe alternative for one of the leading anti-viral influenza drugs called oseltamivir.  This is especially important, because the H1N1 swine flu has recently become resistant to oseltamivir treatment.  (N Engl J Med., 2009 (Mar 5); 360 (10): 953-6)

The Natural Medicine Cabinet If you experience the onset of a cold or flu, these Shaklee products can halt or reduce the symptoms and duration:  (by Dr. Frank Painter, Chiropractic Physician)

1) SHAKLEE  DR:

Contains Echinacea, one of the most studied immune building herbs used in North America and Europe.

It activates the immune system, promotes production of white blood cells, enhances resistance to infection, both viral and bacterial, and it’s anti-inflammatory.

It also contains larch tree and elderberry extract, believed to surround viruses and prevent their reproduction.

It is especially effective when taken at the onset of a cold or virus.

2) SHAKLEE GARLIC:

Has traditionally been used for its anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory properties.

People often take it to reduce symptoms of allergy, asthma, colds, flu, sinus, or yeast infections, and diarrhea.

It also has heart protective properties of lowering elevated blood pressure  and cholesterol levels.

3) SHAKLEE SUSTAINED-RELEASE VITA-C:

Is Shaklee’s time-released supplement, releasing almost two oranges worth of Vitamin C to your blood stream every hour for five hours!

Vitamin C is integral to immune function and also has powerful anti-histamine properties

It’s an infection fighter, speeds healing, and also protects us from free radical damage.

This simple anti-viral nutritional program will help prevent most viral infections.  If you happen to catch a virus, the Natural Medicine Cabinet can help you recover faster.  You can always rely on Shaklee supplements for their potency and purity.  They are the natural solution for protecting your family during the flu season.

All Roads Lead to the LIVER! Just about everything that goes in the mouth ends up in the liver.  As the blood filter of the body, it receives about one-and-a-half liters of blood every minute! 

Unfortunately, our modern environment and lifestyle have created a hostile atmosphere for the liver.  According to environmentalists, each year more than 500 billion pounds of industrial wastes such as formaldehyde, lead, cadmium, mercury, exotic acids and solvents are produced in North America.  This is over one ton of toxic chemicals for every man, woman and child.  Many of these end up in the food we eat and the water we drink.  Then add to this list … drugs (over the counter, prescribed, or illegal), chemical food additives, pesticides, herbicides, chlorine from water, car exhaust, cigarette smoke, etc.

To summarize, we have more toxins entering our bodies right now than at any time in the entire history of civilization, and they all end up in the liver.  It is so easy to ignore the health of the liver because it very QUIETLY becomes overloaded with toxins, functions slow down, and the bile flow is stagnated.  This is usually not dramatic or painful.  It just makes you feel like the “normal” North American … tired, sluggish, depressed, physically weak, and suffering with muscle or joint pain, poor digestion, etc.

 

That’s why we recommend SHAKLEE DTX …  “The Complete Liver Protection Package” … a premium herbal formula containing six herbs:  Milk Thistle Seed Extract, Schizandra, Reishi Mushroom, Dandelion, Artichoke, and Turmeric.  CHOOSE PREVENTION!  Make Shaklee DTX a part of your daily herbal supplements to help your liver’s ability to perform its daily functions.

CINCH TESTIMONIAL:

Nancy went from a size 16 to a size 10 … and lost 29 ½ inches! In 2006, after cancer treatments, Nancy found herself with some extra pounds.  She wanted to get her old shape back! 

“Over the next three years,” Nancy says, “I tried several popular diets. Nothing worked for me; I even gained weight on one plan. My thyroid was checked in case the cancer treatment had changed its function, but it was normal. I thought I would just have to learn to accept being overweight.”

Nancy was familiar with Shaklee because her father has been taking Shaklee vitamins for 40 years. And she recalls that “learning about the Cinch® Inch Loss Plan seemed like an answer to my prayers! I needed to find ‘me’ again.”

At 200 pounds, Nancy started the Cinch program. She followed the plan diligently, tweaking it a bit to make it fit her schedule: a shake for breakfast, half of a Meal-in-a-Bar for lunch, and a sensible dinner—plus a 3-in-1 Boost™ tablet with each meal and Cinch® Energy Tea Mix each afternoon. Now she is 53 pounds lighter.   “Cinch is very easy! The weekly measuring keeps me motivated, and I am still going strong!  On my journey to attain my pre-cancer weight, I have found myself again. Thank you, Cinch, and thank you to the Shaklee Distributor who took time to come talk to me. I FEEL GREAT!”

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To your health,

Gift of Nature

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JANUARY 2011 NEWSLETTER

Creating Healthier Lives since 1956

Changing Brands can Change Your Life

January SPECIALS, ONLY until January 31st!

√  Buy Coenzyme Q10 and get Shaklee Energy Chews for ONLY $5 (use code# 84802 – $49.55, savings of $14.50)

√  Buy Basic H2 473ml and get Germ Disinfecting wipes for ONLY $2 (use code #84800 – $13.05, savings of $6.25)

√  Buy Basic H2 1.89L and get Germ Disinfecting wipes for $2 (use code #84801 -$41.75, savings of $6.25)

Purchase in Quantity and SAVE (ongoing sale)

√  NutriFeron … buy 4 at a time and save 10% off all four (use code #80960 English)

√  Shaklee Vitalizer with iron … buy 5 at a time and save 10% off all 5 (use code #77010)

√  Shaklee Vitalizer without iron … “    “    “    “    “      “      “      “      (use code #77000)

√  Shaklee Vivix … buy 4 at a time and save 10% off all 4 (use code #80962)

√  Cholesterol Reduction Complex … buy 4 at a time and save 10% off all 4 (use code #80963)

Take CONTROL of your Weight by taking that FIRST STEP … the First 10 Pounds! It is true … studies conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that men and women who set a more modest goal of losing just 5 to 10% of their body weight are more likely to succeed than those who set more extreme goals.  After you have lost your first 10 pounds, then set your second goal.  BABY STEPS COUNT!

So if you have some inches to lose …

Take the first step and MAKE A DECISION.

Then take the second step and reach for AN INCH LOSS PLAN that is SAFE, and really works – Shaklee Cinch Products

COMING SOON!  NEW Cinch Blueberry Almond Crisp Meal-in-a-Bar: These yummy Meal Bars have all the goodness of a meal, minus the junk.  They’re packed with 20 grams of protein and 6 grams of fibre to fill you up, plenty of quality vitamins and minerals, plus delicious blueberries to satisfy your taste buds.  These bars will be a NEW Flavour available in January 2011.

Warning!  Common Cough Medicine May Kill Your Child Quickly!

BE AWARE!  Tessalon (a.k.a. benzonatate) liquid cough capsules are known to cause serious side effects in childen under 10, and sometimes even kill them! … according to the article posted at http://www.aboutlawsuits.com.  At least five children, all under ten years old, have died from ‘accidental ingestion,’ and others have ended up in the hospital. That’s because this medication, which is NOT approved to treat children under ten, looks like candy–and it only takes one or two of the capsules to put a child at serious risk.  The impact on children is brutal and very fast, with the accidentally ingested Tessalon causing things like tremors, convulsions, cardiac arrest, and coma. This can happen within twenty minutes of taking the capsules, and the deaths occurred within hours. In fact, just one tiny capsule is an overdose in a child that young.  What has the FDA done about it?   … they have added a new warning to the drug label. If it can kill a child, what will it do to an adult?

These types of “horror reports” make me soooooooo thankful that I am aware of SAFE options like Shaklee DR, Shaklee Garlic, and Vitamin C.  We have safely taken them ourselves, and given them to our infant grandchildren.

Medical Doctor reports on “Anecdotal Evidence”: “I am an M.D.  My daughter suffered from temporal lobe partial absence SEIZURES from age two. Many medicines helped but none were fully effective.  I read an article on congenital defects in lipid metabolism … brains are almost entirely formed by conglomerates of proteins and fatty acids. So I started my daughter on Omega-3 fish oil. From the day she started the fish oil capsules her seizures stopped. She had been having 2 to 3 per week – often more.  It has now been six months since her last seizure. I don’t know how widely this treatment applies in the community, but fish oil seems safe.”  (Anonymous M.D.)  There are thousands of reports like this regarding natural health dietary supplements, but in spite of these types of results, this medical doctor along with his peers must legally tell patients that there is “no scientific evidence” that fish oils might provide these types of benefits, only anecdotal reports that have not been clinically proven.  Choose Shaklee’s purified fish oils … OMEGAGUARD.

Nourish Your Hair! A healthy scalp is the foundation for healthy hair.  That’s why each of Shaklee’s ProSanté hair products contain “Scalp Health Complex”, a blend of vitamins, minerals and herbs that provide the optimal environment for healthy, thick and vibrant hair … TEST Shaklee’s Guarantee … the products are clincally proven to reduce hair loss and strengthen and thicken hair!

CHRONIC DIARRHEA: Maureen Shaw shares the following … “My friend’s 83 year old grandmother, Millie, has experienced the worse 2 years imaginable. It began with chronic diarrhea. Nothing Millie or her doctors tried brought this condition under control, so the doctors performed a colostomy and managed to cut the stoma too short: it was inverted. The bag would never attach properly, so the area around the stoma became ulcerated and Millie lived with the fear of the bag popping off.  A new doctor was able to undo the colostomy and reconnect everything. The surgery healed, food was introduced and everything seemed okay for the first 2 months, then diarrhea began again. (The exact same condition that had started the 2 year horror.)  Once again, Millie and her doctor tried medicines and nothing worked. She had chronic diarrhea. This time, however, Millie was willing to try Shaklee’s Optiflora and EZ-gest. She started by taking both products twice a day. Millie was already taking Vita-Lea, Vitamin C and E, Garlic, Cal-Mag, B-Complex, Lecithin and Zinc.  Two of her friends had decided her problem was caused by all the supplements she was taking. She didn’t want to tell them about the addition of Optiflora and EZ-gest, so she told them she had a ‘secret weapon’ … AND the secret weapon worked!!!   No more diarrhea.  To think the entire two year nightmare may have been avoided had Millie used these products initially.   She is a happy grandmother.”

SHAKLEE DID IN 7 MONTHS WHAT 14 DOCTORS COULDN’T DO IN 10 YEARS FOR MY SKIN !!! Barbara Mulin shares her story … “When I was 13 years old, my face started breaking out. My sisters (6 of them) had peaches and cream complexions. My mom felt badly for me, so she started taking me to dermatologists. Within a 10 year span, I went to 14 different doctors. Each doctor had his own solution; and all of them included some type of antibiotic. I had salves (that burned), shots in my arm and cortisone shots in my face, dry ice therapy, sun lamp treatments, etc. Each time my skin would clear up, but then after stopping the treatments, my skin would break out again and get worse. My few pimples turned into acne and I was eventually referred to the head of dermatology at Johns Hopkins. There, they put me on 6 tetracycline tablets a day for 2 yrs. Can you imagine taking antibiotics for 2 yrs – and at such high levels? I moved to New York when I was 23 yrs. old. One day at my new job, my mom called to say she had made an appointment for me with the head of Columbia Hospital. I started crying and said that I was done. I couldn’t take the ups and downs, the disappointments anymore – I would rather have the acne! 

When I got off the phone, Helen, one of the secretaries in the office heard me on the phone. She said, ‘I have something that will clear up your skin for good. It may take a year, but it will get to the root of the problem.’  She was a beautiful woman – beautiful hair and skin, but she was always taking pills and I thought she must be sick!!!!! There was something so genuine and caring about what she said and how she said it that I was willing to give it a try.  She was very honest and said that my skin might get worse before it could get better because of all the medications I had taken … that it all had to come out so I could get better. And, that made sense to me. Well, the products she was talking about were Shaklee. I took ONLY 3 products – Energizing Soy Protein, Vita-Lea and Herb-Lax.  At first my skin did start breaking out – but at the same time a lot of other things started happening. I started sleeping better, my PMS symptoms went away, the skin around my eyes started looking healthier – no more circles, and I had more energy. I started experiencing a feeling of well being that I had NEVER experienced before. Well, true to Helen’s word, my skin was clear within 7 months.”

Amazing Cholesterol Results Coming In! Shaklee Cholesterol Reduction Complex was introduced to the general public in August, 2010.  RESULTS are starting to come in. One lady reports … after ONLY TWO MONTHS on  “Shaklee Cholesterol Reduction Complex”  …  LDL down 14.9% and HDL up 15%.  Do you know someone who has high levels of cholesterol?   Would you be willing to speak with them? Whether they are not taking any medications or they are on cholesterol medications, they simply take 2 Shaklee Cholesterol Reduction Complex with two meals each day.   Then get their results checked in 3 months.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if they could work with their doctor to reduce their medications after lowering their cholesterol levels? And wouldn’t you feel good knowing you helped someone to better health?

When to take Shaklee’s Cholesterol Reduction Complex:  Most studies on products containing plant sterols and stanols show they are effective when taken at the beginning of a meal.  However, some scientists believe that taking up to 30 minutes before meals should yield the best results, even though the results don’t necessarily support this.  It is difficult to remember to take anything 30 or 60 minutes before a meal and compliance would suffer if this specific instruction was required.  Therefore, Shaklee’s instruction regarding their very effective product for Cholesterol Reduction is as follows:   “Twice daily, take 2 tablets at the beginning of a meal, or up to 30 minutes before the meal.”  (Les Wong, Vice President, Health Sciences, Shaklee Corporation).

There are Supplement Companies … AND THEN THERE IS SHAKLEE! … 350+ tests on every batch of raw ingredients —over 80,000 quality tests a year on Shaklee supplements.  Who else does this?  Check out a Brand X company the next time you consider switching brands.  Call the company and ask how many tests their company does on the raw ingredients for their supplements.   Then ask if they test during manufacture and again after the product is complete.  The company reps may well tell you that is excessive testing. “It’s not excessive … it’s the Shaklee way of keeping YOU safe.”

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To your health,

Gift of Nature

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DECEMBER 2010 NEWSLETTER

A Great Vivix Testimonial!

Joy Dunham, age 65, from Michigan, shared her story in October 2010. “I purchased the VIVIX several months ago, but have not used it since late last winter.  I just had no problem with growing older and besides, I was in pretty good health.  After receiving a copy of the VIVIX testimonials I thought maybe I should try it seriously.  I started around the 10^th of September.  About a week later, I thought that my fingers looked more elongated, but assumed I was imagining it.  Every evening as I sat down to read I would look at my hands and think not.  The joints in my fingers have been enlarged for several years now.  I have taken the Joint Health Complex and Pain Relief regularly and never really had pain issues.  After about two weeks I was sure something was happening because of the VIVIX.  I had not mentioned anything to anyone, but at Sunday dinner I put my hands on the table in front of my husband and told him what I was seeing.  The elongated appearance had come from the swelling going down on the tops of my fingers.  But additionally, the swelling was receding at the sides of the joints.  The middle joint of my little finger on my right hand has been much more enlarged than the other joints.  It is still out of proportion to other joints, but the swelling reduction is huge.

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The most visible reductions happened with the first month.  The joints on my left hand are almost returned to normal.  One of the fingers on my right hand looks funny now because the swelling is going down in an uneven manner, and the joints are looking a little crooked.  Do I care??  Not!!   I proudly tell everyone I see.

My husband and I attended a luncheon a couple of weeks after I had started taking VIVIX.  One of the ladies attending mentioned that I looked so young.  People have said this before to be polite.  But she later came over to our table and said to me, “I’m not kidding, you do look younger.”  So I started looking in the mirror.  I wear turtle necks all winter and each spring I look in the mirror and gasp.  But now I looked and the lower lines at my neck are continually diminishing.  When visiting my sister that weekend, she looked at me and said, ‘Your jowls are gone.’

Besides this a couple of large age spots are diminishing slowly.  My skin is changing as well; much silkier.  And my hair has become very silky.  I am not a vain person so these last visible results alone would not have been a reason for me to use VIVIX.  But these in combination with the joint results have surprised me beyond anything I could have imagined.  Not to mention what all is going on inside where it is not visible.  I have used many Shaklee supplements for approximately 28 years and know I am healthy because of that.  But I have to say VIVIX really tops it all for me.”

NOVEMBER 2010 NEWSLETTER:

Rejuvenate, Preserve and Restore YOUR HEALTH!

NutriFeron – the Natural Choice to Optimize your Immune System: Shaklee NutriFeron was developed and extensively tested by the world-renown immunologist, Dr. Yasuhiki Kojima of Japan. This proprietary blend of natural plant extracts is derived from pumpkin seeds, safflower flowers, plantago seeds and Japanese honeysuckle flower buds.

It supports the immune system by optimizing the activity of the white blood cells.

It also induces natural interferon production.

It optimizes the body’s immune response against environmental irritants and airborne substances, as with allergies and asthma.

It reduces stress and menopause-related symptoms.

No adverse reactions to these plant extracts have been recorded.

And best of all, Shaklee has world-wide distribution rights to this amazing product.

The four key ingredients in NutriFeron contain POLYSACCHARIDES, which are the active ingredients that bring the results indicated above.   Many companies are marketing products that contain beta-glucan or medicinal mushrooms because they also contain polysaccharides.  However, the polysaccharides per daily dose in NutriFeron are over 200% higher than most beta-glucan products, and over 100% higher than most medicinal mushrooms.

NutriFeron is intended for EVERYDAY USE!  Don’t wait until you get sick … help to keep your immune system in optimum state to defend itself DAILY!

EAR Food! – Fish Oils & B Complex

Fish may be “brain food”, but it’s also “ear food”.

Researchers at the University of Sydney evaluated data from the Blue Mountains Hearing Study of 2956 adults over age 50.  They found that people with increased levels of fish oils had a 42% reduced risk of hearing loss.

In a separate study, the same team also analyzed blood levels of the B Vitamin – Folate.  Those with low folate levels had a 37% increased risk of hearing loss.  Even more important was homocysteine, a known risk factor for heart disease and other health problems.  People with elevated blood homocysteine had a 64% greater risk of hearing loss.  Folate had been clinically tested to lower homocysteine.

[Am. J. Of Clin. Nutr., epub. 6/9/10 … J. Nutr., epub. 6?23/10 … Ear Hear. 31(2)(2010) P.277-82)]

Shaklee’s Fish Oil capsules, OMEGAGUARD, are the world’s finest fish oils, and meets the utmost standards for quality and purity.  They are made with a proprietary, multi-step molecular distillation process that concentrates the natural beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, while removing the harmful heavy metals that are found in many types of fish.

Shaklee’s B Complex provides the essential folate (folic acid) in a unique, patented bioactivated folic acid coating that makes the nutrient more accessible and bioavailable … this is a Shaklee exclusive!

For more information on any of these products, you may email or call Gift of Nature at info@giftofnature.info or 1-877-405-4471.

OCTOBER 2010 NEWSLETTER:

DANGER! Osteoporosis Drugs!

Over the last few weeks, the media has been discussing the possible risk of several bisphosphonate drugs (a group of drugs used for osteoporosis, including Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, Didronel/Didrocal, and Reclast).  This class of drugs, which has been promoted to help make bones stronger and denser, is now under suspicion of …

-increasing the risk of spontaneous fractures after five years of use  (Dr. Kenneth Egol, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center)

-causing severe musculoskeletal pain (The Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2005)

-increasing the risk of a serious bone-related jaw disease called osteonecrosis (where the jaw bone dies off) [Journal of the American Dental Association, January 2009]

-increasing the risk of esophageal cancer (New England Journal of Medicine Report, January 2009)

-increasing the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat by 85% (Archives of Internal Medicine)

While thousands of lawsuits are being battled, and while the FDA and Health Canada decide their course of action, wise citizens are seeking safer options … a drug-free natural approach.

That is why it is so critical for people to be aware that there are several factors that affect optimal bone mass:

1.  Optimal levels of Calcium/Magnesium, and a smorgasbord of other minerals such as zinc, manganese and copper

2.  Optimal levels of Vitamin D – which causes the bones to hang on to Calcium

3.  Optimal levels of Probiotics – which supports the absorption of minerals

4.  Optimal levels of Protein and Vitamin C  – which build the structure of the bone itself

5.  Avoiding coffee, soda pop, white flour, sugar, etc., – all of which cause calcium loss

6.  Avoiding drugs like corticosteroids (cortisone-like drugs), anti-depressants, antacids, tetracycline, diuretics, aspirin, tylenol, anti-coagulants, etc., – all of which list osteoporosis as one of their side effects

7.  Maintaining a healthy hormone level appropriate for the stage of life you are in without the use of pharmaceutical hormones (wise women who need support for hormone balancing choose a great diet, including raw soy smoothies, flaxseed, phytonutrients, and transdermal bio-identical natural hormones when needed)

Reduce your Risk of Osteoporosis Naturally!

Many women have committed to a daily supplement program to reduce their risk of Osteoporosis, which includes three items:  1) Shaklee Vitalizer (which includes Probiotics)  2) Shaklee Optiflora Prebiotics, 3) Shaklee Vita-D3

Many purposefully include additional nutrients in the following three areas:  1)  Shaklee Super Calcium/Magnesium,  2)  Shaklee Alfalfa,  3) Shaklee Vitamin C.

And, of course, EVERY Woman should start her day with a delicious Soy Smoothie Shake from Shaklee, since soy is one of the best foods to support optimal hormone balance.

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