Saturday, December 26, 2009

Calories: Time to Burn!

Losing weight is a challenge. It requires the same careful consideration that you would give to any serious endeavor; don't fail to plan. But, create a plan that is realistic. Allow for interruptions such as sickness or travel. Plan to start during a quiet time in your life, not when work and family responsibilities are likely to be at their peak.

You may prefer to start with an exercise program and then add in dietary changes. Or you may want to do it the other way around. If you're really motivated, you may want to start both the exercise and diet segments simultaneously.

Your diet
Very few aspects of your life are as emotionally charged as securing your right to choose for yourself. From early childhood until today, one of the most frequent choices you make concerns your diet. You must have choices and they must be your own. Recognize that restricting yourself from available choices goes against your very nature. A restrictive diet is doomed to failure. Select a diet that is uncomplicated and appealing to you and you will have a greater chance for success.

The first challenge we face in diet selection is committing to the discipline of thinking ahead instead of eating impulsively. So, start with something small and attainable:

Many health experts recommend fresh fruits and vegetables daily
5 servings for children
7 servings for women
9 servings for men
Add high quality protein to your diet
Drink plenty of water
These are easy steps that you can accomplish today! Remember, the time you spend selecting the right diet for yourself is an investment in your health and your future. Give it the attention it deserves.
Calories in – calories OUT!
We must burn more calories than we consume in order for weight loss to occur.
Exercise is the key to permanent, lifetime weight control. There is no way around it. However, exercise does not have to be a punishment; it can really be pleasurable. The key is finding something you enjoy doing. I suggest that you start with three forms of activity; this prevents exercise boredom. Add more activities every month. Get in the habit of participating in at least 30 minutes of activity every day.

There are basically two types of exercise that you need every week:

Aerobic exercise is defined as any activity that increases your need for oxygen. Aerobics make you breathe harder. You need at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise most days of the week.

Aerobic exercise can balance hormones, relieve anxiety and depression, and mobilize your energy for the great works of your life. Aerobic exercise speeds up your metabolism.

But where does metabolism originate? It comes from your lean body mass – your muscles! That is the domain of resistance training.



Progressive resistance training is defined as any exercise where the load to the muscle is increased by some mechanical means – weights, bands, springs, and many other methods. The key is to progressively increase the weight or resistance over time. This results in more lean body mass and less fat mass. If you increase your muscle strength, you increase the "engines" that produce muscle energy. Nothing builds metabolism (muscle energy) as well as progressive resistance training.
Supplements for weight loss
The Leanology Smart Weight Loss System can also be an important part of your weight loss plan. For many people it represents the critical difference between success and failure in lifetime weight control.


Fat burning capsules – Leanology Weight Loss Capsules help increase metabolism and energy to support your body's ability to burn more calories. Plus, they help limit cortisol production – the stress-induced hormone that can lead to abdominal fat.


Snack replacement chews – Leanology Appetite Control Chews contain ingredients that are clinically proven to help curb the appetite.


Nutritional shakes – Leanology Nutritional Shakes can be used as a low calorie meal substitute; they provide a healthy balance of wholesome carbohydrates, proteins, good fats, fiber, vitamins and minerals.

However, you must always remember that these are supplements; they supplement a healthy diet and exercise program. Use them wisely as an important part of your total wellness program.

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Trivita's Get 2 IT Program

Trivita launching the Get 2 It program for Sonoran Bloom's Nopalea Share and Earn. CEO Michael Ellison has stated that we have never had this kind of response in our 10year history!

Get 2 it! is our theme as we will begin fulfilling the reservations in January.

The new Nopalea infomercial is on TV and is doing extremely well. View it Thursday morning on the ABC Family Channel at 6:30am Eastern Time. It's also on several other times, too. Be sure that you and everyone on your team is "TV Qualified" so you can have the Nopalea Affiliate Members (AM's) in your business. Everyone who sponsors two people who have a bottle of Nopalea on autoship will get three Nopalea AM's from the TV infomercial which their sponsor will buy. You will then have five AM's on your front line / first tier (two that you sponsored and three from the Nopalea infomercial). So GET 2 IT!

Next year will be an explosive growth year, so don’t wait! Get your Affiliates Share and Earn qualified and help them get their two Affiliates in place so they may receive three media contacts.

There has never been a more opportune time to build in TriVita as we have Nopalea delivering incredible wellness experiences, a Nopalea Wellness Challenge follow-up system with great tools, and now Get 2 it! is going live. I would encourage you to take advantage of the holidays in networking your contacts about the wonderful opportunity to experience greater wellness and wealth with TriVita.


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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Inflammation? Reduce The Toxins

Antioxidant Betalains

Betalains are a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the Nopal cactus fruit. Nopalea harnesses the power of this desert superfruit and its betalains to bring you scientifically proven health benefits.

What they are Betalains are the pigments that give the Nopal cactus fruit its vibrant pink color. But that’s just the beginning. They’re also natural antioxidants—and they’re only found in a few of the world’s plants.

The Nopal fruit isn’t just included in this small group of special plants, it actually leads the group by containing one of the highest amounts of betalains in all of nature.
How they heal When you drink Nopalea, you take these betalains into your system, where they begin to restore your vitality on a cellular level. By helping the body reduce the toxins surrounding your cells and enabling essential nutrients to reach each cell, the betalains in Nopalea can reduce the inflammation in your body that leads to disease.

Scientific research shows that betalains help to:
Reduces the risk of blood clots—betalains protect the thin lining of your blood vessels; this helps reduce the inflammation that makes your blood sticky and leads to clots.
Reduces bad cholesterol—betalains strongly reduce oxidized LDL cholesterol.
Protects cells from toxins—betalains protect many types of cells, especially brain cells, from toxins known to trigger tumors.Protects your liver—betalains provide significant protection from toxins that directly affect your liver.

Nopalea defends your body against dangerous toxins that threaten cellular health, lead to inflammation and trigger a whole host of diseases. Here’s how it can help the body thrive.
The power of betalains Harnessing the power of betalains, a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the Nopal cactus, Nopalea delivers scientifically proven health benefits.
Detoxify your body Every day, we’re exposed to toxins in our air, water and food—and even toxins created by our own bodies. Nopalea combines its betalains with other anti-toxic ingredients to combat these poisons where they strike us first: right inside the trillions of cells in our bodies.

By increasing the activity of CYP-2E1, a special enzyme that neutralizes daily toxins, Nopalea protects your cells and vital organs—especially your liver—against the carcinogens, hormone disruptors, respiratory toxins, developmental toxins and neurotoxins that are responsible for one-quarter of all the world’s diseases.

Reduce inflammation When toxins assault your system—or when injury or infection strikes—your body responds with a complex biological process commonly referred to as inflammation. If this inflammation goes unchecked, it can lead to a wide variety of disorders, from stroke to arthritis to heart disease.

Nopalea specifically targets signs of inflammation in your body and reduces them quickly.1 Its betalains and other anti-inflammatory ingredients work directly on the fluid surrounding your cells. There, they draw off the toxins and excess water to reduce inflammation and rebalance the cellular environment.

Protect against premature aging Your skin is a miraculous covering that protects you from harm. Pollution, toxins, radiation and other potentially damaging influences are kept out of your body by your skin; vital organs are protected inside. One of the first signs of aging is thin, sagging, withered skin that is easily damaged.

Nopalea rushes to these damaged areas to shore up your protective layer. The betalains in Nopalea fill in the gaps of your cells (including the cells in your skin) and return them to the firm, robust nature of young cells — at any age. By providing a healthy environment for the cell, betalains keep it from withering.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Health: The Fires Within- Inflammation

What does a stubbed toe or a splinter in a finger have to do with your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, suffering a heart attack or succumbing to colon cancer? More than you might think. As scientists delve deeper into the fundamental causes of those and other illnesses, they are starting to see links to an age-old immunological defense mechanism called inflammation — the same biological process that turns the tissue around a splinter red and causes swelling in an injured toe. If they are right — and the evidence is starting to look pretty good — it could radically change doctors' concept of what makes us sick. It could also prove a bonanza to pharmaceutical companies looking for new ways to keep us well.

Most of the time, inflammation is a lifesaver that enables our bodies to fend off various disease-causing bacteria, viruses and parasites. (Yes, even in the industrialized world, we are constantly bombarded by pathogens.) The instant any of these potentially deadly microbes slips into the body, inflammation marshals a defensive attack that lays waste to both invader and any tissue it may have infected. Then just as quickly, the process subsides and healing begins.

Every once in a while, however, the whole feverish production doesn't shut down on cue. Sometimes the problem is a genetic predisposition; other times something like smoking or high blood pressure keeps the process going. In any event, inflammation becomes chronic rather than transitory. When that occurs, the body turns on itself — like an ornery child who can't resist picking a scab — with aftereffects that seem to underlie a wide variety of diseases.

Suddenly, inflammation has become one of the hottest areas of medical research. Hardly a week goes by without the publication of yet another study uncovering a new way that chronic inflammation does harm to the body. It destabilizes cholesterol deposits in the coronary arteries, leading to heart attacks and potentially even strokes. It chews up nerve cells in the brains of Alzheimer's victims. It may even foster the proliferation of abnormal cells and facilitate their transformation into cancer. In other words, chronic inflammation may be the engine that drives many of the most feared illnesses of middle and old age.

This concept is so intriguing because it suggests a new and possibly much simpler way of warding off disease. Instead of different treatments for, say, heart disease, Alzheimer's and colon cancer, there might be a single, inflammation-reducing remedy that would prevent all three.

Chronic inflammation also fascinates scientists because it indicates that our bodies may have, from an evolutionary perspective, become victims of their own success. "We evolved as a species because of our ability to fight off microbial invaders," says Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "The strategies our bodies used for survival were important in a time when we didn't have processing plants to purify our water, when we didn't have sewers to protect us."

But now that we are living longer, those same inflammatory strategies are more likely to slip beyond our control. Making matters worse, it appears that many of the attributes of a Western lifestyle — such as a diet high in sugars and saturated fats, accompanied by little or no exercise — also make it easier for the body to become inflamed.

At least that's the theory. For now, most of the evidence is circumstantial. (A few researchers think chronic inflammation can in some cases be good for you.) But that hasn't stopped doctors from testing the anti-inflammatory drugs that are already on pharmacy shelves to see if they have any broader benefits. What they've found is encouraging:

— In 2000 researchers concluded that patients who take Celebrex, a prescription drug from Pfizer that was originally designed to treat inflammation in arthritis, are less likely to develop intestinal polyps — abnormal growths that can become cancerous. Now there are dozens of clinical trials of Celebrex, testing, among other things, whether the medication can also prevent breast cancer, delay memory loss or slow the progression of the devastating neurodegenerative disorder known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

— As cardiologists gain more experience prescribing cholesterol-lowering statins, they are discovering that the drugs are more effective at preventing heart attacks than anyone expected. It turns out that statins don't just lower cholesterol levels; they also reduce inflammation. Now statins are being tested for their anti-inflammatory effects on Alzheimer's disease and sickle-cell anemia.

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Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993419,00.html#ixzz0ZzkUGdQd

Monday, December 14, 2009

Opening A Small Business With A Proven Business Model

The economy has forced people to consider opening a small business. One way to do that is to look at a established business model such as purchasing a franchise.

However for the ordinary person purchasing a franchise is cost prohibitative. Therefore they must look at different ways to get their small business started without spending a lot of money.

Over the years one of the most common business model people have chosen is multi-level marketing. Starting a small business with the network marketing business model is a established way that average people can make money.

One of the main benefits right up front is you can start for very little cash out of your own pocket. Most MLM business opportunities allow you to get started for $100 or less. In some instances it may be more than that if you're purchasing products for personal use or stock.

Using the Internet has become a accepted way to get a small business started as a network marketer. The World Wide Web has made it possible for people to build large distributorships very quickly.

As a matter of fact you can probably earn back your initial investment in as little as one day. With a franchise you are looking at years of debt before you are able to get into a profit mode.

The nice thing about multilevel marketing is you can take this proven business model and copy exactly what has been done by people already. The concepts of leveraging your time and enrolling new distributors are a very powerful one.

This is kind of like having employees working for you without having to pay them. Think about the advantages of that.

You do not have a payroll to meet, taxes to pay, a building to rent, office furniture acquire, and so on. Yet you can still earn commissions on the product purchases and sales of the distributors below you.

This truly is one of the most incredible concepts about using this business model to get started. The concept of duplication has made it possible for people to become rich beyond their wildest dreams.

The biggest challenge you face with this type of business is the attrition rate. What this means is the number of people who will start and stop their business without ever actually working hard at it.

If you were to acquire a franchise, and invest thousands or millions of dollars to get started, you are not going to quit one month after you do. Yet that's exactly what happens with network marketing.

Because people have so little invested up front they really do not stand a lot to lose. Therefore they don't take the business they had just started as serious as if they had invested a lot of money in it.

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

What Your Brain Needs For Healthy Aging

by Brazos Minshew-Trivita Cheif Science Officer

Ever have a "senior moment"? It seems that forgetfulness increases with age. This is partially because the damage to our brain accumulates over time. "Brain shrinkage" from stress and nutrient deficiencies, plus brain trauma from injuries and toxicity contribute to memory loss, inability to concentrate and even Alzheimer's disease. New research on brain erosion suggests that those experiencing significant stress may experience volume loss (brain shrinkage) as early as age 30.

Some of the rapid aging of our brain and body is caused by nutrient deficiency. It is much harder to get the nutrients from our food as we did in the past.

Healthy brain, healthy body
We have to remember that every cell in our brain and body has a pre-programmed life span. This lifespan may be very short or very long. For instance, digestive cells in the small intestines live only a matter of hours and may be replaced up to six times daily. Some cells in our brain, nervous system and immune system may last our entire lifetime but become dormant and stop functioning if not properly nourished.

When the signal goes out that cell repair or replacement is needed, growth hormone accomplishes this with the nutrients we have available at that time. So, just imagine: A cell reaches the end of its normal lifespan and needs to be replaced. Growth hormone is present to facilitate this restoration. Now, your body recruits the nutrient building blocks that it needs to build healthy cells:
Proteins
Fats
Carbohydrates
Water
Vitamins
Minerals
Enzymes

Antioxidants and many other nutrients
What if you don't have enough nutrients available to facilitate this replacement? What if you are missing a vitamin or an antioxidant or fat or some other critical nutrient when it is needed most? Well, one of two things will happen:
Either the cell will not be replaced and we begin to wither; or
The cell is replaced, but without critical elements needed to keep it healthy.
For healthy aging you simply must have the proper nutrients available at all times because a cell deprived of the proper nutrients will be prone to disease and premature aging. Your body must replace millions of cells each day. One single day of poor nutrition will mean that you will make deficient cells that day. These cells may live for many months or years and they will be the focus for disease and inflammation.

Premature aging is about losing more cells than we replace. Healthy aging is about closing the gap between loss of cells and repair or replacement of our cells - as triggered by growth hormone and fueled by nutrients. Men's and Women's Wellavoh™ is our newest contribution to the total nutrition you need for healthy aging!

Forgotten nutrients

All experts agree that the best way to get the phytonutrients we need is from whole foods. Most experts agree that the best way to ensure that you absorb your vitamin supplements is to take them with food. Men's and Women's Wellavoh are designed with whole-food complexes containing virtually every nutrient known to science. Many of these foods have known health values, such as pomegranate for the heart, cranberry for the kidneys and bilberry for the eyes. However, all of these superfoods belong in a healthy diet.

How can we have a healthy brain and body? Only from healthy living - based on healthy choices. If we make unhealthy lifestyle choices, our aging process can rush us into disability like a flooding river. If we make wise choices our aging process will move along almost imperceptibly - like a creeping glacier. This is true healthy aging!

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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