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Fixing Healthy Care

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The issue of health care is going to be center stage when campaigning begins for the next President. Since Obamacare has been met with so much opposition, including lawsuits and tea party uprising against it, the issue has taken a back burner to other more immediate needs that have arisen - Afghanistan, Japan, Libya, and so on.  The real solution to our health care woes needs to start with the simplest idea. Sometimes the solution is so simple we overlook it.  So what's a good first step to health care?

If we just look at the nomenclature of the subject matter, the answer is plain to see. When speaking about 'health care', the first thing that should come to mind is caring for our health.  That means it starts with personal responsibility and choosing things that are healthy versus those that aren't.  We can narrow down these choices specifically into a few basic items.

The first is what we choose to eat. Our diet is one of, if not the most, influential aspect of health.  Choosing plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, grapes, and berries are going to provide the best source of nutrition, fiber, and antioxidants for supporting good health and preventing sickness and disease. Because most people don't get enough of these foods in their diet, we recommend adding a whole food nutritional supplement like Juice Plus+.  Providing nutrients from 7 different fruits and 8 different vegetables and 9 different grapes and berries, Juice Plus+ can help support your health. 

The second choice to make concerns what liquids we're drinking. This is an easy one. Water should be what is consumed almost always, save some for coffee or tea or wine or spirits. The liquids we consume should be 90% comprised of water. That is an easy way to approach, maybe not the most likeable by many but certainly the healthiest.  This eliminates soft drinks and sugary drinks that add too many calories and unhealthy calories at that.

The final choice to make regarding caring for your health is exercise. This is a bit harder, but getting some form of physical exercise everyday. Not just 3 times per week, but everyday even if its a little.  Get the blood flow going and the heart rate up via exercise is a good way to keep feeling good and healthy!

Of course, avoiding a few of the most common things that are contributing to poor health is a necessary part of the plan. The means avoiding tobacco, fast foods, soft drinks, processed foods, and excessive alcohol consumption.  It may be a cliche but the plan is 'easier said than done'....but do it anyway.  Then we won't need Congress or the President wasting our tax dollars debating for hours on how get everyone treatment for problems, most of which could be avoided through healthy choices.

The Health & Wellness Institute
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Weight Loss Supplements Make it Easy

Always wanting an easy answer to our problems, the market for weight loss supplements does not seem to be getting any smaller. As the overweight and obesity levels around the world continue to climb, so too are the products that offer an easy solution.  'Just take this capsule and watch the pounds peel off' go some of the claims. We all know that this isn't possible, but somehow we still want to believe. We want to believe that with all of our technological advances and scientific discoveries, that there's got to be a pill or some juice or powder solution that can remove the unwanted fat from our body.  Well, maybe some day. But not this day. Here's more on what the consensus seems to be among researchers about weight loss supplements --

Slimming supplements are an ineffective weight loss method, a researcher has found after scanning the literature in the area.

Slimming supplements won't help the overweight or obese, a researcher has found Writing in the December 2010 issue of Nutrition Bulletin, Helena Gibson-Moore's mini meta analysis concluded there was insufficient evidence backing the efficacy of weight loss supplements, and therefore should not be recommended by health professionals to the overweight and obese.

She concluded lifestyle, dietary and pharmaceutical interventions were more likely to yield positive results.  “Considering the wealth of evidenced-based advice and guidance available to treat overweight and obesity, dietary supplements for weight loss are unlikely to be used in the clinical setting in the near future,” she wrote, noting, “a lack of robust evidence” supporting their efficacy.

“Health professionals need to be aware of the potential safety concerns associated with their use and also advise individuals that most supplements are costly and may result in frustration and disappointment when expectations are not successfully met in the long-term.

“People who use weight-loss supplements may be highly motivated to lose weight and therefore health-care professionals should try and utilise this motivation to encourage evidence-based weight-loss approaches and the use of proven, safe, and effective treatments when embarking on weight-loss attempts.”

Gibson-Moore referenced an as yet unpublished study, a summary of which was presented last summer at the 11th International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, Sweden, which found no statistical difference in weight loss between a range of weight loss supplements and placebo among 179 overweight or obese people.

The supplements included L-carnitine, guarana seed powder, bean extract, konjac extract, polyglucosamine, cabbage powder, fibre pills, sodium alginate formulations and selected plant extracts. All were purchased at German pharmacies, with subjects receiving one of them or placebo for eight weeks.

Those on the supplements recorded weight loss of between 1-2 kilograms, while the placebo group averaged 1.2kg weight loss.  Read more...

Comments: The best solution for weight loss and reducing unwanted weight is first to stop focusing on the weight you want to lose, and instead start focusing on ways you can improve your health. Taking things one step at a time is the best approach since we're talking about a lifestyle here, not just a quick change that will allow you to drop 40 pounds so you can go on vacation. That's not how you want to live, and that's not practical. What you can do is start giving up soft drinks and juice drinks in favor of water...and water only. This one action can result in 3-5 pounds of weight loss per week, in many instances. Start there, then move on to giving up fast foods - if you can get it at a drive-thru, chances are it's not providing the health benefits you need.  Start thinking about what you're consuming always in terms of 'is this healthy for me' instead of 'that sounds good, I'll have that'.  Add more fruits and vegetables to your diet in place of any other processed foods that you may be getting and you will not only start increasing your energy levels, but you'll see visible changes to your physique. Do these first two steps and start changing your thinking about what you're consuming and you'll find the transition to a healthier, more fit body to be much easier.  It's about living healthy, not just about losing weight.

Lastly, because fruits and vegetables are the most important part of a healthy diet, we always recommend adding a nutritional supplement to help bridge the gap between what you're getting and what you need.  Juice Plus+ provides nutrients from a variety of fruits, vegetables, grapes, and berries.

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Official Juice Plus+ Independent Distributor

Antioxidants, Vitamins Needed to Fight Electromagnetic Pollution

Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be any more sources of pollutants that have an effect on our body's health, here comes one more.  No, it's not the aliens that you're expecting to visit.  And it's not the tweets that come from those who think their every action in life is worth knowing about, although that could qualify.  Instead this source has been growing exponentially for the past 30 plus years.  Starting with the desktop computer that started at the workplace, and now has become a part of the majority of homes; to the cell phone which seems to be in the hands of everyone who is old enough to read numbers...we have a potential crisis of sorts with the 'pollutants' that come from this and other similar technologies.  It's called electromagnetic pollution.  The scary thing is, you can't see them, taste them, touch them, hear them(most of the time), smell them, or even know how much and to what degree you are being affected by them.  Just another reason that we continue to emphasize the need for good nutrition and more antioxidant and vitamins support in the form of supplementation, considering most of us don't get enough in our diet. (Click here for our recommended nutritional support...)

According to Camille Rees, an expert on the subjet: "This is a species issue ... There is early evidence there may be a link between EMF exposures and autism ... We know radiation is affecting our DNA and jeopardizing the health of future generations. There is research from many countries now showing dramatic decline in sperm count from exposure to cell phone radiation ..."  And that is just the beginning of what we are starting to learn about what could be a very widespread problem as we continue to increase the use of modern technologies, which translates into greater amounts EMF (electromagnetic fields) around us.

There is also a report that suggests the need for increasing mass awareness about negative impact of electromagnetic pollution among children, because it effects their normal, physical and mental growth, and goes on to point out that electromagnetic pollution likely hampers proper growth of children as well as the developing child in pregnant women.

While it is important to be aware of these things, it may be difficult if not impossible to do anything to change how we are being affected. That is, unless we come up with better technology or use of such in ways that will help us avoid so much exposure.  But individually, there doesn't seem to be an easy solution, especially if you're using a cell phone frequently, barring the move to a rural area where there exists much less EMFs. That may not be practical for most people.

Even Dr. Andrew Weil states, "Electromagnetic pollution may be the most significant form of pollution human activity has produced in this century!"

What to do? In the meantime, the most important thing you can do is feed your body the proper nutrition that it demands for fighting the free radicals that come from any type of pollutants. While it may seem like using a slingshot on a killer whale, the fact is that good nutrition and plenty of antioxidants from those sources (fruits, vegetables, grapes, berries) are going to be the best way to take action and give your body the best chance for preventing sickness and disease. If you do not eat enough of those plant-based foods, you should. If you won't, then it is highly recommended that you supplement your diet to get more nutrients from a variety of those foods - a whole food nutritional supplement. There are many to choose from out there, but only a few that are very good quality.  One that is recommended is Juice Plus+®.  You can learn more by visiting the corporate website or contacting your local Juice Plus+ Distributor.

Take steps to improve your diet and cut out those foods and beverages that aren't providing the nutritional benefits that you need to keep you healthy and fit.

The Health & Wellness Institute, DC PC
Official Juice Plus+® Independent Distributor

Sources:
http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/116322759.html
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=125241&date=2011-02-06
http://emf.mercola.com/sites/emf/archive/2011/02/16/raising-awareness-about-electromagnetic-pollution.aspx
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/electropollution.html

Jack LaLanne, No Stranger to a Healthy Lifestyle

So many people knew who he was by his positive energy, great attitude, and most of all his message of eating plenty of ripe, raw fruits and vegetables as the best way to stay young and vibrant.  Jack LaLanne certainly was a icon for the health and fitness industry. His message is one that stands true for what health care should be all about -- caring for our own health through a good diet and regular exercise. While we continue to spread the message of a diet that includes more fruits and vegetables, most of us are still falling short of what's needed. While Juice Plus+ is one way to help get more nutrients from a variety of those foods as a whole food nutrition supplement, there is no substitute for eating those foods.  And of course, exercise is an important part of staying healthy, and J.L. reminded us of that with his push ups displayed into his 90's. Here's more on this great icon -- 

Jack LaLanne, a one-time sugar-holic who became a television fitness guru preaching exercise and healthy diet to a generation of American housewives, died on Sunday at age 96, his daughter said.

LaLanne, who became U.S. television fixture in his close-fitting jumpsuit starting in 1959 and came to be regarded as the father of the modern fitness movement, succumbed to pneumonia following a brief illness at his home in Morro Bay, along the California's central coast.

"He was surrounded by his family and passed very peacefully and in no distress ... and with the football game on Sunday, so everything was normal," Yvonne LaLanne, 66, told Reuters. Read more...

Comments: It may be a long time before we see anyone like Jack LaLanne. We have entered a day when science seems to trump common sense and good ol' fashioned plant-based foods for staying healthy. Those who farm their own food have a better chance of getting those healthy nutrient-dense foods, but the percentage of farmers is so low that the few that remain, don't turn out the same quality as once did. The point is that everything we can do to add more nutrition to our diet is almost required for maintaining good health.  A balanced diet and lifestyle that includes plenty of water, regular exercise, and plant-based foods, is the best approach for the prevention of sickness and disease while providing the benefits of increased energy, healthy looking skin, and longevity....as J LaLanne proved.

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Official Juice Plus+ Independent Distributor

Juice Plus Scam Revealed

Alert: Juice Plus is a scam. It is now revealed that fruits and vegetables and plant based foods and all the nutrients in them are not of any benefit to your good health and wellness. Therefore, the nutrients in the Juice Plus + fruit, vegetable, and berry blends are of no benefit either. Is this true? Have we reached the point where we no longer need nutrients from the foods grown on the Earth's soil?..... Uh...no. Let's get things straight.

There are plenty of people who would like us to believe that we can get the foods we need to maintain good health and prevent sickness and disease just from the supermarket shelves. You may be able to get calories that can provide energy to stay alive, but most certainly not the type of healthy and optimal energy that can be derived from the consumption of fruits, and some vegetables.

Are we entering an age where all of the foods and beverages we consume are man-made?  Think about how many things that you have consumed in the past day that are in some way altered, processed, boxed, canned, or touched by human hands. Probably most of what is being consumed fits into this category. How many of us actually pick our fruits or pull our vegetables? A very small percentage, that's how many.

Assuming you don't have an orchard, a vineyard, or a garden from which to get ripe, raw, fresh nutrient-dense foods, then you probably get them from a local market. That is the method used by most of us. However, when you go to the market, do those foods make up the majority of what's in your cart, basket, or bag?  If not, they should. There is no more important consumable for good health and the prevention of sickness and disease than are those plant-based foods...ideally consumed in their ripe and raw form.

There is no other source of nutrients that has as much impact on our health. 

So, wouldn't logic dictate that because Juice Plus+ contains nutrients from a variety of fruits, vegetables, grapes, and berries, that it is going to provide positive benefit as well?  Maybe. But we cannot rely on just common sense and logic for what needs to be proof of the efficacy of this or any product. That is why there is more research that shows evidence of what Juice Plus+ does.

One thing to be clear about: ripe, raw whole food fruits, vegetables, grapes, berries are the best way to get your nutrition. A supplement is only that - a supplement to what should be an already healthy diet, that can provide some nutrients that may be missing. 

So eat a healthy diet, and when you do choose a vitamin supplement, choose one that is made using a variety of whole foods so you can get as many of the nutrients as possible.

The Health & Wellness Institute, PC
Official Juice Plus+ Independent Distributor