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Juice Plus+® Contains Nutrients From Fruits And Vegetables

There may be conspiracy to make people believe that organic foods are not as good or even have more benefit than conventionally grown foods. We believe that Juice Plus+® is a good supplement to a healthy diet because most people don't get enough fruits and vegetables - organic or not - and Juice Plus+® contains nutrients from a variety of those foods. But why would there be motivation to make us believe that organic foods are not what 'they' say they are? Here's more --

Despite its obvious benefits for our health and for the environment, organic food continues to be denigrated by the political and corporate establishment in Britain. The food industry, in alliance with pharmaceutical and big biotechnology companies, has waged a long, often cynical campaign to convince the public that mass-produced, chemically-assisted and intensively-farmed products are just as good as organic foods, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

The latest assault in this propaganda exercise comes from the Food Standards Agency, the government’s so-called independent watchdog, which has just published a report claiming that there is no nutritional benefit to be gained from eating organic produce. Those forces bent on promoting GM crops and industrialised production, would have been delighted by the widespread media coverage of the Agency’s report, portraying enthusiasm for organic foods as little more than a fad among neurotic consumers that would pass once the public is given the correct information.

But what is truly misguided is not the increasing popularity of organic goods, but the Food Standards Agency’s determination to halt this trend and instead promote genetic modification. The new report from the FSA highlights this. For all the publicity it has attracted, the document does not contain any new material. In fact, it is just an analysis of existing research carried out by other bodies. Moreover, the organisation that conducted this second-hand study, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is not renowned as a leading centre in this field.

Organic produce: a threat to corporate power?
Indeed, there is far more significant work currently beirightng done on organic foods by several other bodies, some of it funded by the European Union, though the FSA has chosen to ignore it.  It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the FSA has decided to give such loud backing to this report because it can bend the findings to suit its political, pro-GM, anti-organic agenda. (Full Story)

Comments: There is no substitute for a diet rich in whole food fruits and vegetables, and organically grown are better. The problem with this point is that most people don't get anything close to a healthy diet on a regular basis, that organic or not probably doesn't make a difference in their overall health. If you're eating fast food or junk food or drinking soft drinks, then eat 1 piece of organically grown fruit or vegetable, the scale is still tipping to the side of unhealthy...all things considered. So choose a healthy diet, then start thinking about organic for an even healthier diet.

Diet and exercise can help reduce the risk of degenerative diseases like heart disease and stroke, diabetes and cancer. Learn why eating fruits and vegetables is especially important, and how you can benefit from adding Juice Plus+® to your diet.

The Health & Wellness Institute
Official Juice Plus+® Distributor

Report Suggests Little Added Benefit With Organic Fruits & Vegetables

While organic fruits and vegetables may not seem to provide more nutritional benefit than conventionally grown ones, the real issue is the fact that most people fall short of the needed minimum per day, to support good health. In fact, the real health pitfall in the US and most countries is the lack of any fruit and vegetable consumption at least 3 times per day, even short of the suggested 9 or more. This is the biggest reason we suggest Juice Plus+® nutritional supplement, in order to at least get additional nutrients that are left out if you're not consuming enough fruits and veggies. Here's the new report that suggests Organic may not be any better than regular --

A group of British researchers concluded that organic foods aren't nutritionally superior to their conventionally produced cousins after reviewing 50 years of published literature on the topic.

However, the review didn't address any contaminants or chemical residue connected with different agricultural production methods. One of the main selling points of organic food is the absence of chemical additives.

"The lack of non-organic chemicals and pesticides on organic foods is what the appeal is," Brian Todd, president of the Food Institute, an Elmwood Park, N.J.-based trade association, said in response to the study.

The study by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Topical Medicine was published Wednesday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. A representative for the London School of Hygiene & Topical Medicine couldn't immediately be reached.

In the study, Alan Dangour of the school's public health intervention research unit and one of the report's authors, said: "A small number of differences in nutrient content were found to exist between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs, but these are unlikely to be of any public health relevance."

Some consumers are willing to pay more for organic foods based on their perceived health and nutrition benefits and the global organic food market was estimated at €29 billion ($41.1 billion) during 2007, the researchers say. While other studies have also concluded that organic foods aren't better nutritionally, the authors called their effort the first systematic review of published studies on the topic. (full story)

Comments: While this may seem significant or of some interest, the emphasis should be put on the fact that too many people, as a percentage of the whole population, are not getting anywhere near the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables in their diet. Organic or not really is not a matter of concern when the majority is getting neither. It is important to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet for the prevention of sickness and disease. If you won't, don't, or can't get the recommended amount, try adding Juice Plus+® to your diet. Juice Plus+® contains nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables, and may help you get some of what you're missing.

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

Orange Juice May Be Heart Smart

Although a new report suggests that orange juice may benefit the health of the heart, what should be made clear is that the juice should come from the orange, not a juice made from concentrate (as most are). The reason is that the "not from concentrate" juices should still have most of the nutrients as if you were to take the orange and squeeze the juice out yourself and drink it.

Having said that, you're still much better off eating the whole food, in its raw form, than you are to get the juice form from a supermarket. Although I recommend Juice Plus+®, that is for the many nutrients that provide overall health support, since most people don't or won't eat enough fruits and vegetables. The actual fruit (and vegetable) is still the superior source of good nutrition, and the best way to a healthy diet, and healthy weight. Here's more on what benefits orange juice may have on the health of the heart--

An antioxidant in orange juice called hesperidin improves blood vessel function and helps lower a person’s risk of heart disease, researchers report. Hesperidin is a plant-based compound called a flavonoid. (Grapes, red wine, green and black teas, and chocolate also contain flavonoids.) A growing body of evidence suggests that flavonoids can improve the health of the delicate cells that line blood vessels. The way these cells work is referred to as "endothelial function." Problems with these cells can lead to the development of clogged arteries, a major risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. For the study, 24 healthy men at risk for cardiovascular disease each drank either 500 milliliters of orange juice each day, a "dummy" drink that contained the same calories as orange juice, or a dummy drink fortified with 292 milligrams of hesperidin. A 500 milliliter glass of orange juice naturally contains 292 milligrams of hesperidin.

Over the course of the study, every man drank every beverage for one month straight. The researchers found that when the men drank the daily orange juice or the hesperidin-fortified drink, they had better endothelial function and lower diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number of a blood pressure reading) than when they drank the non-hesperidin beverage. In addition, gene expression profiles (as related to cardiovascular disease development) were improved. (Source)

Comments: While a study that may show the benefits of consuming orange juice may provide some insight to the health benefits of such juice, it should be noted that this particular study is more likely than not looking for a way to take the 'hesperidin' and make it into a drug. Nothing is going to perform better than the fruits and vegetables grown on healthy soil, that are ripened before picked, and eaten raw. The real issue is whether or not we can keep our soil healthy enough to sustain healthy fruits and vegetables. Only if more of us choose to eat more fruits and vegetables. With more demand, the quality should improve, or at least keep from getting worse.  Please make the effort to get at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day (then work your way to 7!).

Dr. J. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute, PC
Fruit and Vegetable Nutrients: Juice Plus+®

'Junk' Foods Marketed To Appear Healthier Than They Really Are

Not to be eliminated or squeezed out of the market by health advocates who make every effort to help people avoid "junk" foods, the makers of such items are changing their marketing 'schemes' to make their 'junk' appear....well, less 'junky'. These foods not only have no vitamins or nutritional value that would sustain life beyond a few days, but also are the cause of many health problems common to many Americans.

This is the battle that we (those who try to promote healthy eating, and a healthy lifestyle) are constantly dealing with - fighting with the millions of marketing dollars that help convince you and every other American that there's no problem eating "junk". Here's more from SFgate.com --

Where is the Food and Drug Administration in all this? Busy elsewhere. You might wonder what happens if independent experts establish the criteria. This experiment was performed by Hannaford, a supermarket chain in the Northeast. It developed a Guiding Stars program that awards one, two or three stars to qualifying foods. It applied independently determined standards to 27,000 products in its stores.

Oops. Only 23 percent qualified for even one star. Worse, 80 percent of that 23 percent were fresh fruits and vegetables in the produce section. By independent nutritional standards, everything else is a junk food.

Wooing experts -- The best way to sell junk foods is to make them appear healthier. The best way to do that is to entice nutrition experts to create easier standards. Enter Smart Choices.

This program is the result of years of food industry consultation with nutrition professionals. It replaces the individual programs of participating companies so you have a "single, trusted and easily recognizable dietary symbol" to help you make "smarter choices within product categories," based on "consensus science." Sounds good, no?

But is a "better-for-you" junk food really a good choice? Of course not. Smart Choices is about marketing, not health.

Its "consensus science" nutritional criteria allow rather generous amounts of sugars and salt so many processed foods can qualify. They reduce the value of food to a few nutrients. The standards do not deal with how foods are produced, how processed they are or how they are used in daily diets. (Full Story)

Comments: If there a person whom I respect on their knowledge and opinion when it comes to nutrition and a healthy diet, it is Marion Nestle, author of What to Eat. We cannot continue to be persuaded by these marketing tactics, and give in to these 'junk' food temptations.

A healthy diet does not include junk foods, and must include plenty of fruits and vegetables. Sugary foods and drinks are the #1 source of calories that contribute to extra weight, not to mention stress on the blood sugar (pancreas), and effects the energy levels.

So choose a diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and avoid 'junk' foods all together. They won't provide any help to your health, only hurt.

Dr. J. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute, PC
Official Juice Plus+® Distributor

Diet and exercise can help reduce the risk of degenerative diseases like heart disease and stroke, diabetes and cancer. Learn why eating fruits and vegetables is especially important, and how you can benefit from adding Juice Plus+® to your diet.

Drug Companies Ignore Benefits of a Healthy Diet

While this blog is dedicated to a healthy diet and sound nutrition, we do recommend Juice Plus+® because most people don't eat enough fruits and vegetables (and won't). Juice Plus+® is only the nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables, not a substitute for them.

Finally, an advocate for a healthy diet who is willing to speak out against the big companies who's sole intention is more market share, higher sales, and increased profits. Namely, drug companies and let's include fast food restaurants and soft drink makers. Here's 'Plain Dealer Reporter' Harlan Spector's stance on how a vegan diet (one that this author agrees with, but doesn't follow) is superior to about every drug on the market, for the benefit of improving one's health --

The pharmaceutical arms race strikes a nerve with people who advocate a plant-based or vegan diet. The argument goes that if we would only eat for heart health, we wouldn't need all these drugs that drive up health-care spending and carry risks of side effects.

Rob Stuart of Lakewood faulted doctors, the food and drug industries, and my column for not promoting a healthier, plant-based diet.

"Why advocate for a plant-based diet when you can make millions of dollars producing drugs, performing surgery, etc.," he said in an e-mail. "Who will pay for that medicine? The individual who takes it? Or will he/she try to pass the costs on to healthy people, such as myself, by way of insurance?"

"Dr. Steven Nissen's efforts are misplaced," wrote Marty Kilroy of Euclid, who said he was able to kick medications for high cholesterol and high blood pressure after adopting a plant-based diet a year ago. "With the problems we have in this country with medical costs, there is a better way."

The criticism is worth noting because, 1) they have a point; and 2) they reflect a growing backlash against the ugly American diet, the diseases it causes and the medical infrastructure built to treat the diseases.

No doubt, cutting out meat, cheese and other fats has an effect on the heart that is underappreciated, underpromoted and understudied. If you've had a heart attack, your food choices may very well determine whether you'll have another.

But big money is not chasing the potential of kale and collard greens. And in meat-and-potato towns like Cleveland, people who promote "veganism" -- meaning no animal-derived products -- are still viewed by many as kooky.

I've talked to doctors who believe a vegan lifestyle would help their patients avoid heart trouble, but they think it's futile to suggest it. They're happy if they can talk a patient with high cholesterol into eating a little less fried chicken and a little more baked.

Yes, the health-care system, and the way it's financed, is at fault. Rewards go to treatment, not prevention. The food industry also is at fault, leading us down a path to chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease. And the government is at fault for subsidizing commodities such as corn and soybeans, which are used to produce high-calorie foods from corn-fed livestock to hydrogenated oils. (Full Story)

Comments: It would be in the best interest of all citizens to take up a healthy diet, Vegan if they may, in lieu of consuming drugs for any condition. We're not talking about a cure here for drugs, we're talking about a quality of life. There are too many side effects of 99% of the medications on the market to believe that a healthy diet should be the first step as part of a conservative 'treatment' plan. Choose a healthy diet if you're stricken with any sickness or disease. And if you can, go the extra mile, be extreme. Do a Vegan Diet if you can. It won't hurt, and it just may be what saves you in the long run.

I recommend Juice Plus+® to anyone who won't or can't get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet because Juice Plus+® contains nutrients from raw, whole food fruits and vegetables, 7 and 8 respectively. Try it for 4 months.

Dr. J. Patrick Havey

The Nutrients in Juice Plus+® Comes From the Juice

The question was asked, how do you get the nutrients out of the fruits and vegetables to make Juice Plus+®? The answer is quite simply, the juice comes from a propretary process where the juice is dried in such a way to preserve the vitality of the nutrients. Since heat destroys nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, proteins, and even will break down fats and sugars... the heat must be kept to a minimum level.

What happens when the juice is dried? A dry powder is left, without the sugar and water. And that powder is what goes into the Juice Plus+ products. If you've ever tried juicing instead, you know that it can be cumbersome, since you have to get the fruits and vegetables, cut them into small enough pieces to fit in the juicer, then juice...then drink. Don't forget the clean up process. This is where most people tend to stop juicing after days or a few weeks. I've done it, that's my feeling anyway.

So, while juicing is not a bad thing, if you find that you're not doing as often as you'd like, or at all, then you can find that you can get added fruit and vegetable nutrients from Juice Plus+. Nutrients from 7 different fruits and 8 different vegetables, Juice Plus+® is consider whole food nutrition.

Don't forget that a healthy diet rich in raw whole food fruits and vegetables is your first and best bet for good health.

The Health & Wellness Institutute, PC

Juice Plus+ Whole Food Nutrients Superior to Vitamins

Synthetic vitamins have been shown to actually increase the risk of certain conditions, which is why such supplementation as Juice Plus+® is recommend - because it is nutrients from raw, whole food fruits and vegetables. Now, the Bayer company must change the labeling on its vitamins because of this new research that shows adverse effects from consuming such synthetic vitamins over many years. Here's more --

Bayer will change the packaging and health claims for its vitamins targeted at men, on the heels of research that casts serious doubt on one ingredient's ability to prevent prostate cancer. In an E-mail, Bayer HealthCare spokeswoman Tricia McKernan said the company is "in the process of revising the packaging and promotional materials for its One-a-Day Men's and One-a-Day Men's 50+ to exclude reference to the qualified health claim regarding the relationship between selenium intake to the reduced risk of certain cancers."

The company's website seems to have already been changed; it says the men's vitamins provide "key nutrients to support heart health, eye health, and healthy blood pressure," plus ginkgo to "promote memory and concentration." There's no longer any mention of prostate health, and selenium isn't singled out as a key ingredient, though both vitamins still have 150 percent of the recommended daily amount of selenium. McKernan's E-mail said Bayer would not change the products' formulations.

Late last year, researchers halted SELECT, a clinical trial designed to see whether taking selenium and vitamin E might help prevent prostate cancer, after it became clear that neither nutrient had the desired effect. In June, the Center for Science in the Public Interest warned it would file a lawsuit against Bayer if it continued to promote its men's vitamins as a cancer preventative. (Source)

Comments: What's really important to realize here, is that although there are studies that show negative effects from taking certain synthetic vitamins and minerals, Bayer ignores this information and instead will just stop making claims of cancer prevention. Wouldn't it be in the consumer's best interest to not just stop making the claim, but possibly take their product off the market? Of course not, drugs have more negative side effects than positive effects...so they're use to this sort of thinking.

If you're going to take a nutritional supplement, choose one that is made from a whole food fruits and vegetables, like Juice Plus+®.

Juice Plus+ contains nutrients from raw, whole food fruits and vegetables - 7 and 8, respectively - and has been researched extensively and shown to actually support good health in many ways. Try a risk-free 4-month supply of Juice Plus+® for your health.

The Health & Wellness Institute, PC

Juice Plus+® And Pregnancy

Many physicians who understand the importance of good nutrition on the development of a baby, will recommend Juice Plus+® to their patients who are pregnant.

Medical doctors everywhere are recommending Juice Plus+®

Many have written us to share the healthful results that they have observed in their own practices. Doug Odom, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist in Jackson, Mississippi, took his observations one step further, carefully documenting and analyzing the outcome of more than 350 pregnancies within his group practice over an almost three-year period.

“I’ve delivered literally thousands of babies over the past 30+ years,” says a smiling Dr. Odom. “And I’ve talked with expectant mothers about the importance of good nutrition ever since I started practicing. But it wasn’t until Juice Plus+® came along that I felt really comfortable recommending anything more than prenatal vitamins. “I was always worried that something I recommended could turn out to be harmful to my patients,” he explains. “Juice Plus+® is whole food based nutrition – a wide variety of nutritional elements from a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. That just made good sense to me from the very first time I heard about it. On top of that, it’s backed by a whole body of published, peer-reviewed clinical research that’s impressive in terms of both quantity and quality. “You never see that with other nutritional products.”

Dr. Odom began sharing Juice Plus+® with his patients in May 1998. “I started noticing improvements here and there, but we really saw it in the expectant moms. Pregnancy is a very physically demanding nine months: there’s such a rapid acceleration of tissue growth and, as a result, a rapid acceleration of free radical damage [oxidative stress]. I’ve always recommended ‘standard issue’ prenatal vitamins. But we started to see healthier pregnancies more often when I started to add Juice Plus+® to the regimen.”

Over time, Dr. Odom and his nursing staff noticed that with the Juice Plus+® moms, they were seeing fewer Caesarean deliveries (“Csections”), fewer premature deliveries, and a lower incidence of preeclampsia – a condition of late pregnancy that is characterized by high blood pressure and that can be potentially lifethreatening to both mother and baby. They also noticed that the newborns of these moms tended to have higher birth weights, fewer admissions to neonatal intensive care units, and a lower incidence of respiratory distress syndrome.

“It made sense to me that better nutrition would lead to healthier moms,” Dr. Odom recalls. “So, I decided to get a little more formal about my Juice Plus+® observations. “Looking back to January 2000, I categorized expectant mothers into two groups: one composed of women who took Juice Plus+® (two Orchard Blend and two Garden Blend capsules) every day in addition to prenatal vitamins, the other comprised of women who took prenatals only.” Dr. Odom “matched” subjects for age, ethnicity, prior pregnancies, and insurance status – “everything I could think of to make sure that the two groups were as close to identical as possible” – and ended up with 178 mothers in his Juice Plus+® group and 178 in his non-Juice Plus+® comparison group.

Dr. Odom compared pregnancy outcomes by reviewing the medical records of all 356 patients after delivery. “The results even surprised me,” he confides. He found that women who had added Juice Plus+® to their regimen had significantly fewer Caesarean deliveries (47% versus 66%), no premature deliveries before 37 weeks (compared to 35 women or 20% of the comparison group), and no diagnosed incidents of preeclampsia (versus 38 cases or 21% of the comparison group). The Juice Plus+® babies fared better as well. They weighed about a half-pound more at birth on average (7 pounds, 11 ounces versus 7 pounds, 3 ounces). None of the Juice Plus+® babies had to be admitted to neonatal intensive care (compared to 17 or almost 10% of the comparison group babies). Similarly, none of the Juice Plus+® babies studied were diagnosed with respiratory distress syndrome (versus 13 or 8% of the non-Juice Plus+® babies).

Dr. Odom offers a simple explanation: “Healthier moms have healthier babies.” Dr. Odom presented these findings to his medical colleagues at the annual meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in October 2003. The findings are also being published as a “retrospective descriptive analytic comparison” in the March 2006 issue of JANA, the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association. More importantly, Dr. Odom’s findings have led to the initiation of a methodologically rigorous (prospective, doubleblind, placebo-controlled, and randomized) clinical trial of the impact of Juice Plus+® on pregnancy health currently underway at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. “I am pleased to see that what I observed in our practice is now being taken to the next level of scientific investigation by my academic colleagues.

“Eight years ago, when I first started recommending Juice Plus+® to my patients, I did so simply because I believed that better nutrition would lead to improved medical outcomes,” he concludes. “Now, I recommend Juice Plus+® because I know that better nutrition leads to better outcomes.” Dr. Odom and his expectant mothers learned what so many of us already know: that good nutrition – including Juice Plus+® – really can make a difference in the health and wellness of people of all ages and at all stages of life. (from The Health & Wellness Newsletter of Juice Plus+®)

Comment: Whether you are pregnant or not, be sure you're getting plenty of nutrition from raw whole food fruits and vegetables, and add Juice Plus+ to help get those nutrients.

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

Calorie Restriction Proven To Increase Longevity

Juice Plus+® is the recommended nutritional supplement for adding more fruit and vegetable nutrients to your diet. Calorie restriction is the topic, for a longer lifespan --

Although many people hear calorie restriction and they think of eating less, it goes beyond that. Simple calorie restriction is not the key to longevity, although by itself may extend life a bit if you're just getting less of the 'crap' that you may be eating now. A slower death, if you will. (One of the reasons we advocate the use of Juice Plus+® is because it is an action that is easy for most people to take who want to support their health.)

However, when looking at a diet from the sense of what to eat instead of how much, then you can easily understand how calorie restriction will be happen almost automatically. Here's why: considering the diet of the average American and the recommended diet for optimal health, it's almost impossible to consume the same amount of calories without spending most of your time eating.

Ask yourself this: how many bananas would you have to eat to equal the calories of a typical fast food cheeseburger? Or how many apples or oranges would you have to eat to equal the calories of a typical soft drink (which by today's definition is 20 ounces or more)? The answer is most definitely, lots.  Here's more on the study --

Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20-year study of monkeys published in the journal Science.

The study confirms in primates what's long been known in other species, including mice, worms, and flies. And it's no surprise to the humans who have taken the animal research to heart and adopted calorie restriction as a means to a (hopefully) longer and healthier life.

Brian M. Delaney has been eating 20 percent fewer calories than most people of his size and stature since 1992. "The new study confirms everything we have seen," says Delaney, coauthor of "The Longevity Diet" and president of the nonprofit Calorie Restriction Society, which had 2,000 members in 2007 and thousands more on mailing lists. "It also adds some new information on brain volume changes."

In the study of 76 adult rhesus monkeys (a species that shares many similarities with humans), only 13 percent of the calorie-restricted animals died during the 20-year period, compared with 37 percent of monkeys allowed to eat their usual diet. (The study began with 30 monkeys; an additional 46 were added in 1994.)

At the start of the study, the researchers analyzed how much the monkeys were eating and then cut the calories by 10 percent each month for three months in the calorie-restricted group. The other monkeys were allowed to eat as much as they wanted.

The calorie-restricted monkeys preserved volume in areas of their brain that have been linked to motor control, memory, and problem-solving. (Read more...)

Comments: While the study shows the benefit of consuming less calories, let this be another motivating reason to adjust your diet to one that includes all healthy foods, starting with plenty of fruits and vegetables. While its hard to imagine that anyone who wants to live longer is just going to eat a single cheeseburger and fries and soft drink instead of a double cheeseburger, fries, and soft drink in order to try to live longer, the point should still be made that healthy dietary habits is what should be the focus, not just eating less.

A diet that is rich in whole food, raw fruits and vegetables, lean protein sources, and limits fats, salt, and sugar, is one that will 99% of the time be the one that provides you less calories and therefore the opportunity to live longer. And living longer isn't the result of just calorie-restriction, but instead the chance of dying from the most common diseases will go down dramatically.

And even if you still die from the same disease that you may have anyway, chances are that you're adding a good many years of a quality lifestyle, while suffering less. So choose a healthy diet today, and don't worry about what you ate yesterday.

While most people don't, won't, or can't get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet, we recommend you add Juice Plus+® nutritional supplement. Not to help you reduce your calorie intake, but add Juice Plus+® capsules to get the nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables that help support good health. Fruits and vegetables are still the key in their raw form as a substitute for most of the unhealthy foods and/or beverages that you may be consuming, as a way to get good nutrition and reduce calorie intake.

Dr. J. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute, PC

Juice Plus+® comes in capsule form for adults, Chewables for kids, and Gummies for children.

Vitamin D, Juice Plus+® Provide Support For Health

Juice Plus+® may not contain the levels of Vitamin D that are being shown to be needed for prevention. However, Juice Plus+® does provide nutrients from a variety of fruits and vegetables that have been shown through clinical research to provide support to the consumer's health. Here's more on what's being discovered about Vitamin D in particular --

Emerging research suggests that nutritional factors—including vitamin D, magnesium, and others—may influence the risk and progression of cardiovascular disease. The new data on nutrition and heart disease were the topic of a recent symposium and are summarized in the July issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS), official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and biomedical intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

"The prospect that macro- and micronutrients may play an important role in the appearance of diseases of the cardiovasculature and their progressive nature is both intriguing and provocative," according to the article’s preface by Dr. Karl T. Weber. The article highlights key findings presented at the SSCI's Annual Scientific Session in New Orleans earlier this year. The symposium was presented in conjunction with the SSCI's Cardiovascular Club and the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences/North America.

New Evidence Links Vitamin D to Cardiovascular Disease
Several recent studies have identified low vitamin D levels as a common problem with many adverse health effects, including increased rates of cardiovascular disease. People with vitamin D deficiency are at increased risk of high blood pressure, heart failure, and ischemic heart disease, according to Suzanne Judd, MPH, PhD, of University of Alabama at Birmingham and Dr. Vin Tangpricha of Emory University. In patients who already have heart disease, low vitamin D may increase the risk of high blood pressure or sudden death.

Vitamin D deficiency may also help to explain the apparent relationship between osteoporosis-related fractures and heart failure, according to Dr. Syed H. Raza and colleagues. Osteoporosis and heart failure are both common conditions in older adults and share several risk factors—including low vitamin D. Pending further research to clarify this relationship, patients with heart failure need attention to their risks of osteoporosis and fractures. (Full report...)

Comments: As always, we suggest a diet that is rich in raw, whole food fruits and vegetables to combat any health problem, and in some cases even healing. Since most people aren't getting the nutrition they need from those sources, we recommend adding Juice Plus+®...at least as somewhat of an 'insurance policy' for those times when you don't, won't, or can't get the daily minimum recommended amount. Don't skimp on your budget when it comes to healthy foods. In the long run, spending the time and money to get good nutrition each day will save you more than what you'll spend in lost hours of work, doctor's visits, and expensive medical care in the long run.

Dr. J. Patrick Havey
The Health & Wellness Institute, PC
Official Juice Plus+® Distributor