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Get Off The Blood Sugar Roller Coaster Naturally

Maybe you had a big lunch, ate that side of mashed potatoes, washed it all down with a Coke. For dessert, maybe you had just a cookie. Should be more than enough calories to last ‘til dinner. But what happens by early afternoon? Crash! Energy drains out you like water from a sink. So it’s back to the vending machine. More calories and more sugar to last you only a few more hours. By the end of the workday, and despite an extra cup of coffee (with extra cream and sugar), you’re yawning again.

We’ve all been there. This is bad blood sugar management at its worst. And where do all those extra carbs go? To belly bulge, no doubt thanks to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that stimulates uptake of blood sugar (glucose) into tissues and the hormone that sends excess dietary sugar straight to be produced into fat.

How can you get your body under control so you can have lasting energy and also lose weight? No special drugs or treatments needed. Here are five natural ways to keep blood sugar in check.

Exercise to sensitize. Being active can have drastic effects on insulin sensitivity and blood sugar management. In fact, according to the American Diabetes Association, just one intense workout may lower blood glucose levels for hours. For consistent blood sugar control, however, regular exercise is best. Just 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise can help improve blood sugar levels long term.

Eat balanced meals. When you eat meals, it’s the carbohydrates that are broken down and absorbed that raise blood sugar (glucose). Getting too much too quickly can cause glucose levels to spike. Then, after insulin kicks in, glucose takes a nosedive. But combining carbs with proteins, fats and fiber can help provide you with only gradual, manageable rises of blood sugar. An example of a nutritionally balanced meal is Isagenix® IsaLean Shake.

Stick to low-glycemic carbs. Glycemic index is a measure of how quickly a meal with carbs raises blood sugar. Proteins and fats serve to lower glycemic index of a meal, but fiber itself lowers glycemic index of carbs. “Good” carbs, as are called those low in glycemic index, include whole grains and high-fiber vegetables while “bad” carbs, those high in glycemic index, include white bread and mashed potatoes.

Use soluble fiber to solve blood sugar woes. Soluble fiber absorbs water and becomes gelatinous slowing the time that food leaves the stomach, which lowers glycemic response for better blood sugar control. Great sources of soluble fiber are oats such as found in Isagenix® SlimCakes®. And, according to a 2006 study in Diabetes Care, you may even have a greater effect on stabilizing blood sugar levels by combining soluble fiber from oats with resistant starch such as found in Isagenix® FiberPro.

Keep amount of carbs low per meal. Carbs are the body’s main fuel source, but lowering glycemic load by limiting carbs to less than 30g-45g total carbs can keep blood sugar from rising too high. Some experts even suggest breaking up breakfast, lunch and dinner into smaller meals spread throughout the day. For example, IsaLean Shake can be taken into two servings for two smaller meals (1 scoop in 4 oz) three hours apart and followed by smaller balanced meals high in fiber three hours apart.

Take control with chromium and cinnamon. Getting sufficient chromium in your diet can help you better maintain appropriate blood sugar levels. And, if you must have dessert, try sprinkling on plenty of cinnamon. Both chromium and cinnamon appear to potentiate insulin activity. To get enough with each meal, consider taking a high-quality supplement such as Isagenix® Natural Accelerator™.

Replace high-sugar sodas with green tea. Not only will you eliminate a lot of carbs, but you’ll be getting antioxidants called catechins such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). New research from National Institutes of Health suggests EGCG may help blood sugar management. ECGC appears to enhance vascular flow by improving delivery of glucose to tissues as well as by improving insulin activity. For optimal benefits, drink plenty of green tea throughout the day, or try supplementing with ECGC found in Isagenix® Natural Accelerator™ and Isagenix® Antioxidants.

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Toxin Update: Canada and U.S. Call for Reduction of Acrylamide in Food

Toxin Update: Canada and U.S. Call for Reduction of Acrylamide in Food

Government bodies, Health Canada and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are both taking steps on reducing amounts of acrylamide in food.

A Canadian ruling added the carcinogen to the nation’s list of toxic substances and FDA has suggested it will soon issue guidance to the food industry.

FDA has requested comment from the food industry by November.

Formation of acrylamide in food occurs when sugars react with the amino acid asparagine when exposed to elevated temperatures. The amount of acrylamide can depend on how long the food is heated.

Acrylamide is found mainly in baked or fried starchy foods such as French fries, potato chips, and cereals. It’s also found in coffee in amounts depending on how long it’s roasted. Choose a light roast!

Industrial plastics, grout, some cosmetics and cigarette smoke also contain acrylamide.

In animal studies, acrylamide has been shown to increase risk of neurological problems and brain cancer. Not enough research exists to determine if acrylamide can cause cancer in humans.Acrylamide first made headlines in 2002 when Swedish scientists discovered unexpected levels of it in starchy foods. Some high-starch fried potato foods had 600 times the level normally allowed in drinking water. Are you sure you want fries with that order?

The chemical made more waves in 2005 when California regulators proposed that warnings be placed on labels of products containing higher than normal levels. These proposals were withdrawn in 2006 after the food industry consented to reduce amounts in these foods.Promising methods of reducing acrylamide formation in foods are treatment with asparagine-reducing enzymes or by soaking foods in antioxidants such as from green tea or bamboo leaves.

I think it is time we all consider a bit of cnutritional cleansing to reduce our body's level of toxicity.

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The How-To's and Why's of Nutritional Cleansing

So many questions surround the issue of how to appropriately address wellness and optimize our internal health. For many centuries and in many cultures it has been known that cleansing and replenishing the body was vital to maintaining great health and quality of life.

You only have one body, and it needs to last you a lifetime. Ask yourself the following questions. We are living longer, but are we living better? Modern medicine can provide fancy tests and pharmaceuticals. But do these fancy and often expensive tests and drugs truly address the root of what makes us sick in the first place? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Are you tired of struggling with your weight?

Are you looking to take your health to the next level? Are you ready to slow down the effects of aging? Are you ready to feel stronger and more mentally clear? Are you finally ready to feel awake from a night's sleep and finally feel rejuvenated? Are you ready to address the two issues causing the most havoc with our health today?

We are surrounded by toxins at every turn, and although we are the most overfed nation in the world, we are arguably the most undernourished. I think it is safe to say the majority of us are severely nutritionally bankrupt. The combination of abundant toxicity and nutritional bankruptcy is one of the leading causes of disease and illness in our society. Now is the time to help your body eliminate impurities on a cellular level and rejuvenate it on a level it has never seen before.

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Your Health - It’s up to YOU.

The human body is the most incredible creation on earth. It has the ability to maintain and create good health and well being. There are between 60 and 70 trillion cells in the average human body. That is six hundred times more cells than the number of stars in the milky way galaxy. Each cell is made up of over one quadrillion molecules, which is one hundred thousand times the number of stars in the milky way galaxy. The human body indeed is a living, working miracle.

One of the miracles of the human body is that it replaces almost all of those sixty to seventy trillion cells every seven years. With the exception of brain cells and the cells that line the nerves, you get a brand new replacement to the entire body. This does not take place all in one day, however. What does happen is that each day a million or more cells are replaced. If the new cells have the necessary building blocks to build a healthy cell, then the body can be renewed. If the building blocks are missing, you will have a degenerative cell which can result in a degenerative disease, or we start aging.

If we allegorically compared building a human cell to building a two story home it might look like this; we hire the finest contractor, the best carpenters, cement finishers, framers, plumbers, and electricians. Then we order top of the line products. The day of construction arrives and all the workers are ready. The trucks start to arrive. The first driver announces to you and the contractor that they have run out of lumber. There are no more 2x4’s, 2x6’s or any lumber. However, they have brought you a large load of sticks. Knowing the nails will split the sticks they also brought you a large supply of glue. If by some miracle the craftsmen can make your house with these products, what will happen when the first wind storm comes through? If we simply understood what our individual cells need on a daily basis to rebuild we would never deliver a load of sticks and glue to our bodies.

Just what are these building blocks? They are a series of nutrients and phyto-nutrients known as vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes, amino acids and fatty acids. The human body requires a minimum of ninety of these nutrients on a daily basis that it cannot produce on its own. These ninety essential nutrients have to come from our food source.

One of my colleagues was recently invited to Harvard Medical School to address the topic of the condition of food in the year 2004 and why he felt it was important that we add food supplements to our diets. His discussion explained that most of the foods we eat are missing many of these key nutrients. Without them our body can get out of balance and start to degenerate.

The essential ninety nutrients which the body requires on a daily basis are:

•60 minerals

•16 vitamins

•12 essential amino acids

•3 essential fatty acids

Along with water and oxygen these key nutrients become the lumber and building blocks for a brand new healthy cell. Unfortunately many of our foods no longer contain these building blocks.

The nutrients that are most often missing are the minerals. Most people do not realize that without these key minerals, even vitamins cannot be utilized by the body. As a result of our farming practices using pesticides we have sterilized our topsoil killing the micro-organisms which help with the transference of organic minerals into the plants which we use as food.

When these building blocks (minerals) are left out of our foods, we are trying to build and maintain our new cells with sticks and glue instead of good lumber and nails.

Another topic addressed at Harvard Medical was the issue of cleansing the body, and particularly cleansing the major filters of the body. Much of the world cleanses on a regular basis whereas in the United States a body system cleanse is a new concept. The genius of John Anderson, the founder of Isagenix International, was to recognize that in order for the body to heal itself the stumbling blocks have to be removed. And this is done primarily through a cleanse which takes out built up plaque and potentially hazardous toxic buildup.

One of the organs that performs over one hundred different functions for the body is the liver. Just cleansing this organ and giving it every building block in the form of nutrition it needs, can have a major impact on the body.

The Isagenix body system cleanse introduced to the world by John Anderson is not a medicine, nor is it a magic bullet that heals or cures anything. What it is, is a highly concentrated food with a cleansing system to remove the stumbling blocks and then deliver the ninety essential building blocks all from organic ingredients that give the body the opportunity to do its own work and repair.

One of the great side benefits of the Isagenix cleanse is that it also helps many people lose unwanted weight. By doing so you lower the risk of contracting a degenerative disease. I am convinced that the human body has the ability to even reverse degenerative disease if given half a chance by giving it the necessary tools.

The uniqueness of the Isagenix program that sets it apart from any I have seen is that:

1.It cleanses and preconditions the body first with excellent herbs and botanicals that are known to help cleanse.

2.It contains all of those ninety essential nutrients or building blocks from organic sources.

3.It has a transport system consisting of enzymes and fulvic that help the nutrients get into the cells. (Making the nutrients cell friendly)

Many other companies in the market today do not have this necessary delivery system to get their array of nutrients into the body and into the cell. This is what sets Isagenix products apart from all others.

As we become more informed, we can make better choices in what we eat, drink, breathe and put on our skin. This will deliver the necessary building blocks or the sticks and glue. By using the Isagenix program with its built in array of nutrients and delivery system, we are giving our bodies the greatest fighting chance for long and healthy lives.

It’s up to YOU.

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Beware Toxic Personal Care

Cleanliness and hygiene is healthy, but not if it exposes your body to harmful chemicals.

Chief culprits that you don’t want in your body are antibacterial soap and cleanser ingredients, common ingredients in fragrances called “pthalates” (which have been linked to obesity), preservatives in cosmetic products called “parabens”, and certain musk fragrance ingredients. These nasty chemicals can potentially cause overall harm to your body, disrupt hormonal systems, and may even accumulate in the body causing damage to organs such as the liver.

A recent article from WebMD reports,

“Certain personal care products have become so popular, they’re literally in our blood. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now monitors the levels of ingredients from cosmetics and other products in the bloodstream of random Americans, to help guide public health discussions.”

The chemicals can also have an environmental impact:

“Other scientists are sounding an alarm over the environmental effects of millions of pounds of antibacterial chemicals in soap that get flushed and rinsed into waterways each year.

“Research by Rolf Halden, Ph.D., associate professor at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, demonstrates harm to algae and other aquatic life from the antibacterial chemicals deposited in the water. In his view, the risks to the environment are only likely to increase, as massive use of these products continues.”

Aquatic life, of course, unfortunately can mean all kinds of fish, shrimp and so on. So if you like seafood and enjoy being healthy, then please only use safe personal and skincare products.

I am confident that my products are safe and have no impact on our environment, can you say the same about yours?

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Cleanse for Life: Not a One-Note Drink

Let’s face it, the marketplace is saturated with nutritional juices. Chances are, these “super juices” have a few ingredients that may help improve your health and wellness, but do you really know what’s in your juice? Are you getting the best value for your money? Now that Cleanse for Life™ is something you can enjoy daily, see how this complex drink is far from being a one-hit wonder and is unlike any “super juice” you’ll find anywhere.

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Why Nutritional Cleansing is more important than ever.

Situated at the summit of an auspicious mountain is the glorious Yumbulagang palace, the oldest palace in Tibet, with more than 2,000 years of history as a spiritual and healing center for kings and Dalai Lamas. Nowadays the palace is still a sanctuary for Buddhist monks and travelers alike who hope to take in the sublime views of the landscape below. The surrounding valley is so pristine and beautiful that legend has it that drinking water from a perennial spring found there will cure any disease.

You could say the palace is an ultimate place of purification where one can drink in pure spring water, breathe in pure air and enjoy health-giving foods grown from the nutrient-rich earth in the region. If you happen to be a monk living there, then you probably don’t need nutritional cleansing.

As for the rest of us, we live in a completely different world. In our daily lives our bodies are under constant onslaught of stressors that come in the form of pollutants—via food, water and air—from a poor diet, and from the stress of busy schedules, conflict and strain at work, conflict in relationships, and even conflict in traffic. There’s little doubt that traditional nutritional thinking won’t cover our needs. We need extra help for helping us guard our bodies, help us to detoxify and to lose weight.

Now, there is plenty of reason to be leery of claims regarding safe, long-term weight loss and optimum health after being subjected to hundreds of “miracle” fad diets over the years. Whenever I hear about someone who has lost a lot of weight and has kept it off for longer than a few months with little effort, I’m the first to find the story just a little too hard to believe.

I know also that I receive a variety of e-mails questioning the need for nutritional cleansing. Most come from high skepticism because the simple fact is that “most diets don’t work.” But just as you may have discovered since trying nutritional cleansing, the whole-system approach that Isagenix provides does work, and it contains the right nutrients and botanicals given at the right time for maximum support to the body.

Ask a Tibetan monk about health and he’d tell you that you mustn’t lose faith in the body’s capability to produce miracles. Isagenix may not be exactly a miracle—the system was created with careful research and design—but just ask anyone who has witnessed or experienced his or her own success story and you might just agree Isagenix is a phenomenon. And, we have it to share with the world.

Are you passionate about what you do or sell?

Are you passionate about what you do or sell?　

Ask yourself why you do what you do.　

If you are doing it solely for the money, you need to find something you are truly passionate about and find fulfillment in your work, life is too short and meaningful to drone along in a job.　

I used to be that person and Isagenix has changed my life.　

I own a very sucessful event staffing company and still felt something was missing, until now, here is my why.

The reason I love these products so much is they are all natural and they have worked for me so well.　 There are no added stimulants, no artificial coloring, no artificial sweeteners and the proteins are so well balanced with amino acids and digestive enzymes. The testimonials are never ending.　

I found myself overworked, 14 pounds heavier and drained after working last event season.　 I work out 5 days a week, I run, I do cardio kickbox, I do Pilates and I do weights, but still wasn't feeling or looking like I wanted to.　 I have tried all the unhealthy hydroxycuts, slimquick, cleanse and detox products that Hi-Health and GNC has to offer and found myself, spun out, wired or chained to the toilet.　 Protein shakes made me gassy, bloated and crampy. 　

A friend of mine introduced me to this line and I was skeptical at first, but tried it, as I wanted to get healthier and lose the extra few pounds.　 After 1 month on the products, I had lost 5 pounds and my natural vibrant self was returning, 4 months later, I am a size 6, 133 pounds, feel like I am 30 again, my skin has cleared up and my body fat is 18%.　 I have my boyfriend, a customer of mine, my Mom and half a dozen of my friends all using the products and everyone loves them, so now I decided to become a rep.　

This world is not super healthy and there are so many misleading and unhealthy weight loss and get fit campaigns out there.　 Toxicity is abundant on the planet: our air is polluted, our plants are grown in pesticides, our meat products have antibiotics and hormones in them and our water has chemicals in it, and we eat drink and breath so we have all this crap in our system.　 The Isagenix system of nutritional cleansing and replenishment is awesome, it uses a pure source of aloe vera and Ionic alfalfa with natural botanicals to clean out and replenish the body.　 Once you have cleansed yourself of the toxins, the body naturally sheds the fat it held onto to protect you from the toxins.

I can share with you how Isagenix can help you achieve peak health.I can share with you about adding an additional stream of income to your life that helps others achieve peak health in the process. Either or both, let me know how I can help you.

I am happy to be healthy and I want you to be too!

Sandy
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