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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
NEW NSP CLASS - YOUNG AT ANY AGE - SEPTEMBER 6
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ESTEROX - Pain Relief (new product)
HOW NOT TO BURN
B COMPLEX
HOW TO HEAL A SUNBURN
THAI-GO AND THE ORAC SCALE
COOL YOUR BODY NATURALLY
THAI-GO BENEFITS
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FREE EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT FOCUS CALL
Aug. 13: Focus Your Attention
Sept. 10: New Products
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Esterox - New Product
We are now stocking Esterox is an all natural supplement that works in support of pain associated with: Arthritis, both Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Low back pain Joint pain and, even the symptoms and side effects of debilitating diseases including Alzheimer's and some cancers.
Inflammation in your body can produce acute and even chronic pain. Swelling and soreness in your tendons, ligaments and muscles play a critical role in the intensity of pain that you experience.
Today, much of the world's population suffers each and everyday from pain associated with inflammation.
At present, mainstream healthcare treats inflammatory diseases with prescription steroids or non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory, synthetic drugs. These drugs have either limited therapeutic benefits or they are known to produce severe side effects, which prevents their long-term use.
Dr. Kurt Donsbach, D.C., N.D., Ph.D., a leading pioneer in the field of holistic medicine, and a founding member of Evidence Based Medicine, states, "Nature has provided us with a strong, nontoxic, anti-inflammatory pain reliever. Many times natural-based vitamins and supplements work better with the body's innate mechanisms to overcome alignments, injuries and disease. When an individual uses man-made synthetic or prescription alternatives, they are limited one by the amount of time that they can use them. And two, they can produce unwanted and sometimes devastating side-effects."
Esterox is an all natural supplement that works in support of pain associated with:
• Arthritis, both Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Low back pain
• Joint pain
• Traumatic pain
• Athletic injuries
• Headaches
• Menstrual discomfort
Based upon the responses from individuals who have taken Esterox, this pain reliever is rapidly becoming a "Daily Miracle" for many seek to relief from the agony of acute and chronic pain.
Esterox, a Daily Miracle?
Within EBN's Esterox is a proprietary formula that includes a COX-2 inhibiting curcuminoid extracted from curcumin. With this proprietary blend, the pain from inflammation is often reduced or eliminated.
For relief of acute and chronic pain try Evidence Based Nutrition's Esterox.
Reviews from Professionals
"Everyday I see patients who suffer from chronic pain. Esterox has been very effective in reducing inflammation in my patients. The best part is that it's all-natural without the terrible side-effects of over the counter or prescription pain relievers. Thanks for formulating such a wonderful product."
- Dr. Shannon
"I have been suggesting and offering Esterox to my patients and have seen tremendous results. It works wonders for my patients that have pain associated with inflammation and trauma."
- Dr. Munoz
"Amazing is all I can say for the way my patients have responded to Esterox. It allows them to get back to doing everyday chores that were not possible before. Esterox is a great healthy alternative to OTC drugs."
- Dr. Young
"Usually nutritional supplements take awhile to produce long-lasting results. What I love about Esterox is that my patients report significant pain relief within an hour of taking the product. I would highly recommend its use for your patients who suffer from pain and inflammation."
- Dr. Bell
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NEW NSP CLASS - YOUNG AT ANY AGE - SEPTEMBER 6
Feel Better, Look Younger, Live Longer
Isn't that what you really desire? The ability to feel and look your best with each passing year is a goal we all share.
Discover the true keys to enjoying a long life full of great health and vitality.
This year's seminar is being held at a more convenient time with all new modules containing cutting-edge information. We're also offering an optional business module at no extra cost. Additionally, everyone in attendance will receive a complimentary Nature's Sunshine product.
Current topics include:
- Young At Any Age: Take Charge of Your Health & Reclaim Your Vitality
- True Health Begins in the Cell
- The Silver Solution
- Breakthrough! The Nutrition Prescription for Maximum Weight Loss Success
- Business Building Module (Optional, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.)
| DATES: | Courtyard Marriott
100 S Fountain Ave
Springfield, OH 45502 |
| TIME: | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (lunch is on your own) |
| COST: | $35 per person (Register 10 or more business days in advance and save $10) |
| REGISTRATION: | Call 1-800-223-8225 |
Seminar Guidelines: NSP will send a confirmation letter to you 10 days in advance of the seminar for which you signed up. If for any reason you cannot attend, it is your responsibility to inform Customer Service. If you fail to do so, you will be charged a $25 "no show" fee.
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HOW NOT TO BURN AND OTHER INTERESTING FACTS
The Nutritional Origin of the Term "Red Neck" and Other Fascinating
Historical Facts About Vitamin Deficiencies
by Mike Adams
(NaturalNews) There is a long and fascinating history of relationships
between nutritional deficiencies and chronic disease. One of the most well
known is probably scurvy -- a disease where your bones lose their rigidity
due to a deficiency in vitamin C. The historical accounts of this condition
mostly involve sailors who, when long sailing voyages, were overcome by this
nutritional deficiency. And it actually took hundreds of years before the
right scientist came along and discovered that this was caused by a simple
nutritional deficiency that could be cured by eating fruits high in vitamin
C such as limes. Hence the name 'limeys' for sailors.
That's just one example of a disease caused by nutritional deficiencies.
There are many other diseases such as rickets and beriberi that are also
caused by nutritional deficiencies. Asian people who historically ate
polished, processed rice (white rice) frequently got beriberi, a disease
caused by a deficiency in vitamin B1 (thiamin). Until the nutritional causes
of beriberi were established, however, physicians of ancient Asia thought
the disease was some sort of plague.
In America, the term 'redneck' actually comes from a vitamin B deficiency
that causes heightened susceptibility to sunburns. Interestingly, most
Americans are, today, deficient in B vitamins as well, which is why they are
so easily susceptible to sunburns. As explained in Staying Healthy With
Nutrition by Dr. Elson Haas, M.D.:
For a long period of history, the niacin deficiency disease, pellagra, was a
very serious and fatal problem. Characterized as the disease of the "three
Ds," pellagra causes its victims to experience dermatitis, diarrhea, and
dementia. The fourth D was death. As described previously, the classic B3
deficiency occurs mainly in cultures whose diets rely heavily on corn and
where the corn is not prepared in a way that releases its niacin. One of the
first signs of pellagra, or niacin deficiency, is the skin's sensitivity to
light, and the skin becomes rough, thick, and dry (pellagra means "skin that
is rough" in Italian). The skin then becomes darkly pigmented, especially in
areas of the body prone to be hot and sweaty or those exposed to sun. The
first stage of this condition is extreme redness and sensitivity of those
exposed areas, and it was from this symptom that the term "redneck,"
describing the bright red necks of eighteenth-and nineteenth-century
niacin-deficient fieldworkers, came into being.
Colonial Americans Rejected the Wisdom of American Indians
The early colonial settlers in America, by the way, didn't know how to
properly process corn as the American Indians did. The American Indians
processed corn using potash (which is highly alkaline) that makes the B
vitamins in corn available for assimilation during digestion. But the
American settlers, not understanding how to prepare corn (and too arrogant
to follow the food preparation ways of the Indian "savages"), would simply
grind up their corn and consume it as corn flour (corn meal). By the way,
that's how most people eat corn today: as ground up cornmeal ingredients in
chips and foods. It's no wonder so many modern Americans remain so deficient
in B vitamins.
In more modern times, we know very well about what happens when you're
deficient in folic acid and you are a pregnant woman: your baby may be born
with serious spinal cord defects or even be stillborn. In fact, birth
defects are almost always explained by nutritional deficiencies or the
consumption of foods and beverages by the mother that interfere with good
nutrition. Yet modern (arrogant) medicine remains nutritionally illiterate,
refusing to teach expectant mothers much at all about prenatal nutrition
(beyond folic acid, anyway).
We also know that iodine is absolutely essential for human health, which is
why salt is enriched with iodine. That's in an effort to prevent goiter, a
disease that was quite common in the United States until iodine was finally
mandated as a salt supplement (enrichment) by the FDA. And yet most
Americans get only the minimal amount of iodine necessary to prevent
disease, not the higher intakes that would enhance health and help prevent
obesity and cancer! (Read books by Dr. David Brownstein to learn more about
Iodine. See www.DrBrownstein.com )
As a nation we have managed to force a handful of minerals and vitamins into
the food supply that prevent only the most grotesque and physically obvious
disorders and diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies. And by the way,
those are the only ones that really get addressed through the food supply.
We have not yet, however, come to our senses enough to actually recommend
levels of nutrients that would prevent degenerative diseases like cancer,
heart disease and Alzheimer's.
And that, frankly, is why the public is still not being taught the
correlation between nutrition and chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes,
heart disease, osteoporosis and even mental disorders like clinical
depression. It is why, for example, the truth that Vitamin D, all by itself,
prevents nearly four out of five cancers is still not taught to the public
(and is, in fact, censored by the cancer industry, which steadfastly remains
invested in the business of keeping cancer alive and well in America today).
What history has really taught us is that Western medicine is a system run
by illiterates who, after hundreds of years of claiming medical superiority,
still have not admitted that a single nutrient can treat a single disease.
Astonishingly, it remains the regulatory view of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration that no nutrient has any therapeutic effect whatsoever on
human health. If it did, it would be classified a drug, not a nutrient, and
would therefore be outlawed as an "unapproved drug."
Facts are stubborn things, but the blindness of Western medicine has proven
itself to be far more stubborn in its pursuit of enforced nutritional
illiteracy among not just the population, but the entire medical profession
as well.
Illiteracy among the uneducated is a dangerous thing, but when selective
illiteracy is embraced by those in the position of apparent authority, it
becomes a dangerous disservice to humanity.
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B- Complex Capsules
Stock Number: 1778-9
Benefits:
•Supports nervous system functions.
•Aids in digestive functions.
•Enhances enzyme reactions controlling energy, circulation, hormones and overall health.
Vitamin B-Complex [Vital Nutrition]. Many different vitamin B compounds are grouped under the name B-complex. These vitamins are easily lost in refining and cooking; they also can be washed from the body by coffee, tea, alcohol and heavy perspiration. Physically stressful conditions can also deplete the body of B vitamins.
B vitamins are particularly important for the nervous system. They are also vital for good digestive function and enzyme reactions that control energy, circulation, hormones and overall health. Their actions are interdependent, so for greatest efficiency the complex should be taken together.
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HOW TO HEAL A SUNBURN
Take one tablespoon Nature's Sunshine Aloe Vera Gel #1679-2, and 4-5 drops Nature's Sunshine Lavender oil #3907-8 and blend together in the palm of your hand. Slather on burned area of the skin 2-3 times a day.
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THAI-GO AND THE ORAC SCALE
Finding the Function in Designer Foods
By Kimberly Day
I cannot deny my love and fascination with food. Ever since I boiled my first bowl of water to make Jell-o@, I've been hooked. (Of course, my mother wasn't so thrilled when the plastic melted all over the stove!) Still, you can imagine my delight when the market began to explode with "functional foods."
I have to admit that I was skeptical at first. Let's face it, if we ate the way we should (fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, fresh poultry and seafood) instead of feasting on junk food, we wouldn't need "special" food. And if our farming practices weren't so destructive, we wouldn't need to replace the nutrients we stripped away in the first place. But this is the reality we live in, which makes functional foods exceptionally timely.
Putting the Function Back in Food
According to the International Food Information Council, "'Functional Foods' are foods or dietary components that may provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition." These can include nutrient-fortified or enhanced foods and beverages, dietary supplements, fruit or vegetable components being added to a food, or key elements of several types of foods being extracted then combined.
Of all the different types of functional foods on the market, many are offered as beverages. It seems like everywhere I turn, there are smoothies with a variety of different protein options, vitamin-infused waters, and a plethora of juices and concentrates bragging about their high antioxidant levels. It is the last type of functional beverage that interests me the most. I'm a huge fan of antioxidants. Antioxidants are the antiagers of the nutrient world, working to protect your body from free radical damage.
Every time you eat, breathe, or move, your body uses fuel created from the food you eat to produce energy. But just as a car using gas to produce energy releases harmful by-products like exhaust, so, too, does your own body's energy-producing efforts produce dangerous free radicals.
Free radicals are highly reactive forms of oxygen that are missing an electron. When they come into contact with normal molecules, they try to steal an electron, damaging the healthy cell and its DNA. In fact, some estimates show that every cell in your body takes 10,000 oxidative hits to its DNA daily!
Free radical damage has long been believed to be a risk factor of many of the chronic diseases that accompany aging-including heart disease, eye degeneration, memory loss, damage from UV light, and cancer. Antioxidants, however, gobble up as many free radicals as they can and deactivate them, preventing them from doing damage.
The Best Drinks on the Market?
Believing the amazing power of antioxidants, I went in search of the best of the best. As a true believer that you get what you pay for, I bypassed the grocery stores and looked into the top-selling antioxidant drinks available online and through relationship marketing. I found that three stood apart from the pack: Mona Vie, Xango, and Thai-Go. Mona Vie is an acai-based drink that also contains pomegranate, prune, pear, bilberry, cranberry, blueberry, grape, and kiwi, as well as a few other fruits. Their marketing claims that Mona Vie "delivers the phytonutrients and antioxidants you need to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle." They go on to state that their freeze-dried acai powder "boasts an ORAC score of 1,027 - higher than any other fruit or vegetable tested to date, on a gram for-gram basis." These statements intrigued me very much.
Next, I looked at Xango.
Xango is a mangosteen-based drink that is rich in xanthones, a specific class of compounds that are known for their antioxidant properties. However, I couldn't find anything on the company's Web site indicating other ingredients, so I'm left to believe it is just mangosteen. As for marketing claims, Xango declares that mangosteen contains "antioxidizing phytonutrients called xanthones that support your health."
Finally, I researched Thai-Go, another mangosteen-based drink that also contains noni, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, apple extract, and several other fruits. It also contains decaffeinated green tea. From a marketing standpoint, Thai-Go claims to deliver a "punch of antioxidant protection with a high ORAC value." They go on to say that antioxidants, particularly one category known as bioflavonoids, "enhance vitamin C absorption and help maintain collagen and capillary walls. They also aid in the body's defense system."
The Truth Is in the Testing
Right off the bat, I was struck that both Mona Vie and Thai-Go referred to the ORAC value of their drinks, while I couldn't find any mention of ORAC for Xango. I found this baffling. ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity and is the accepted method of measuring antioxidant content in a food. To market an antioxidant drink without a word about ORAC seemed strange to me, so I took my investigation one step further and sent all three beverages to an independent lab for testing.
I chose Brunswick Laboratories to do the evaluation due to their strong reputation for specializing in antioxidant testing. I had all three products tested for their water-soluble antioxidant capacity. The results were quite interesting.
Mona Vie was found to have the lowest ORAC value, with a reading of 23,323. Xango wasn't much higher, coming in at 24,480. But Thai-Go was off the charts at 51,939, (twice as much as Mona Vie!)
The Lesson to Be Learned
While I know that you can't believe everything you read, I have to admit that I was shocked by the discrepancy in ORAC values among these drinks. All three are comparably priced and all three are pretty prominent in the marketplace, yet that is clearly where the comparisons end.
After this little experiment, it became obvious to me that if you truly want to improve your health and get the biggest bang for your buck, you need to do your homework. Read labels, investigate ingredients, and ask for nutritional markers, such as ORAC values. You, your health, and your pocketbook are worth it.
Kimberly Day has written for several health newsletters and magazines, and has recently completed her first book (co-authored with Dr. Susan Lark) entitled Hormone Revolution. She also pens a free food eLetter entitled Food for Thought: Quaffs and Cuisine for Decadent Health.
ORAC Test from Brunswick labs
Thai-Go 10
Xango 4-8
MangoXan 3.8
Tahitian Noni 4.1
Mona Via 3.3
Xanthone Test
Thai-Go .51
MangoXan .34
Xango .24
Via Viente 0
Tahitian Noni 0
Mona Via 0
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COOL YOUR BODY NATURALLY
Thai-Go used in the summer time helps with heat stroke and helps to keep the body cool much like freon does for a refrigerator and it taste good too.
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THAI-GO BENEFITS
Stock Number 4095-1 for a two pack
Nature's Sunshine Products has harvested the healthiest fruits and nutritional supplements from around the world and combined them into one delicious, nutritious juice: Thai-Go. Thai-Go is replete with healthful bioflavonoids and powerful antioxidants. If there is one drink you reach for in the morning, it should be Thai-Go.
Bioflavonoids are responsible for giving fruits and vegetables their bright colors. In the body, bioflavonoids enhance vitamin C absorption and help maintain collagen and capillary walls. They also aid in the body's defense system. In fact, rich in bioflavonoids, Thai-Go is 3.1 times stronger than its closest competitor with benefits for the immune system.
Antioxidants scavenge the free radicals that the body accumulates as a by-product of energy production, as well as, through pollution, tobacco smoke, ultraviolet light and radiation. Free radical damage has been linked to many common concerns from wrinkles to cancer and heart disease. Thai-Go delivers a punch of antioxidant protection. The USDA recently suggested, "Eating plenty of high-ORAC (Oxygen Radical absorbance Capacity) fruits and vegetables-such as spinach and blueberries-may help slow the processes associated with aging in both body and brain." Antioxidants also benefit virtually every organ and body system because they mop up damaging free radicals. By comparison, spinach has an ORAC value of 1,260 while blueberries rate 2,400.
Thai-Go Ingredients:
(1) Protect against free radical damage,
(2) Build up an immune system and
(3) Provide extra energy, plus other benefits.
To formulate Thai-Go, the scientists at Nature's Sunshine Products drew from Mother Nature's arsenal of antioxidant protectors. They carefully researched ingredients high in antioxidant activity and selected the elite of all the available ingredients.
NSP used an analytical instrument to measure Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC), or the power an individual ingredient has to neutralize free radicals. Using this instrument, NSP scientists measured many combinations of ingredients before the final selection of a proprietary blend of eleven fruits and herbs that test high on the ORAC scale.
The most powerful fruits and herbs were selected for Thai-Go.
Thai-Go has an ORAC value of over 100,000.
Mangosteen is a tropical fruit found in eastern tropical islands, as well as Thailand. The Thais call it the "queen of fruits". Mangosteen is deliciously sweet with a slight hint of sourness. The dried fruit and outer rind have been shipped and used medicinally for many years in China, India and Singapore. In addition to antioxidants, mangosteen contains xanthones, compounds that offer immune and cardiovascular support. Xanthones have attracted attention from scientists and researchers who are discovering that these compounds support the immune system, the structural system, the digestive system, the brain and the skin. Mangosteen offers the greatest known supply of xanthones.
Wolfberry, sometimes called lycium, grows in China. For thousands of years the fruit has been used to maintain good health and promote longevity. The fruit contains a wide variety of amino acids, polysaccharides, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients, which enhance the immune system and protect against DNA and cellular damage.
Sea Buckthorn is native to China and also grows in many European and Asian countries. The nutrient rich berries are a supplemental source of vitamins A, C, and E, as well as, superoxide mismutase (powerful antioxidant), minerals, flavonoids, and amino acids. Sea buckthorn helps the body use oxygen efficiently and increases overall energy.
Red Grapes, grape seeds and grape skins contain various compounds that have been shown to boost cardiovascular health. Grapes are responsible for the phenomenon called French Paradox. The French diet is often high in fat, but the French have a lower incidence of heart disease. The lower rate of heart disease is in part attributed to frequent consumption of red wines. Red and purple grapes naturally contain heart-protecting compounds, such as anthocyanins, procyanidins, quercitin and resveratrol.
Raspberries have strong antioxidant abilities from compounds they contain called anthocyanins.
Blueberries are part of the super foods "dream team", according to the SELF magazine survey. The survey asked a panel of nutritional experts to vote for 12 must-have foods. Blue berries were voted "best fruit" because they give the body more energy for fewer calories. Blueberries are near the top of the list for antioxidant power.
Applephenon, a concentrate juice from immature apples, contain heart-protecting phenols, similar to grapes.
Green tea (decaffeinated for Thai-Go) is a traditional herb lauded by the Japanese for increasing longevity. Green tea offers antioxidant protection against disease by guarding cells from chromosomal damage and reducing free radical generation.
Adults: Take 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) twice daily.
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This information is for educational purposes only. If you have any health problems consult a health practitioner before embarking on any course of treatment. Adults: Take 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) twice daily. |
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No information in this letter should be construed as medical advice.
This information is for educational purposes only. If you have any health problems consult a health practitioner before embarking on any course of treatment.
Sincerely,
Shelton R. Hendriex, CNHP