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Guideby Jake Petrykowski and Dave Saunders


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Your Wellness Guide

Copyright 2005-2008 by Jake Petrykowski and Dave Saunders

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

This guide is NOT intended to replace information supplied by a physician, pharmacist, or other

healthcare professional. It is DEFINITELY NOT intended to replace any information you receive in

package inserts or other materials that come with your particular medications or herbal preparations.

This guide is not intended to include every drug-herb, drug-nutrient, or other interaction. If you are using

medications or preparations that are not presented here, you should seek information from your

prescribing physician.

This guide is intended to be used for informational purposes only and is not intended to be used for

medical diagnosis or treatment or to substitute for a medical diagnosis and/or treatment rendered or

prescribed by a physician or competent healthcare professional. Statements in this book are not approved

by the FDA. The author does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or provide medical services and

therefore assumes no liability whatsoever of any kind for the information and data accessed through thisbook or for any diagnosis or treatment made in reliance thereon. Nothing in this book shall be construed

as medical advice.

Please use common sense and consult a physician whenever you have questions regarding your health.

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Wellness: What Is It and Who Cares?The term wellness is something you have probably heard before, but you might not know

what it means. Where the words sickness and disease imply describe the state of havingsomething wrong (disease literally means lack of ease), the wellness describes the

functions of the body that set right these problems and in many cases prevent them from

happening at all.

Sickness and disease are focused on whats wrong while health and wellness are focused

on the support of natural bodily processes that restore, protect and defend you at the

cellular level.

It makes you wonder why health insurance isnt calledSickness Insurance, doesnt it?

According the World Health Organization health is defined, not as a mere absence of

symptoms but rather Health is a state of complete physical, mental and

social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Health and wellness are about balance. However there are some common myths about

health which should be dispelled immediately.

Healthy people can catch colds and the flu

(though will less frequency than a less healthy person)

Healthy people can get injured

(and studies show they heal more quickly than a less healthy person)

Healthy people can have a genetic challenge

(again it can be shown that a healthier person will express a genetic condition less

acutely than an unhealthy one)

Healthy people die

(as do all people)

Health is your personal responsibility. By making good choices to support your health

and wellness, as well as to share information and education with others, you can help

reduce health insurance costs, rates of preventable chronic disease and reduce your need

for dangerous drugs and medical procedures. This by no means you should ignore theadvice of a doctor or not to seek medical attention when you need it. Healthier people are

more resilient, and heal faster. That should be good news to you and your loved ones if

any are in need of the miraculous life-saving measures made possible by Western

Medicine in the emergency room.

How do you support health and wellness? Good lifestyle choices like regular chiropractic

visits, regular exercise, stress management, and excellent nutrition habits all serve to



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support the natural processes of the body that repair and maintain tissue, support a

strong immune system (that is, one that is functioning correctly) and help keep you in a

naturally balanced state that can quickly rebalance itself in the event of something

negative happening in your life.



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A Primer of Basic NutritionIn the beginning the study of nutrition was incredibly simple: you ate food and it made

you sick or it didn't. This information was passed along from person to person so otherpeople could avoid the foods that made them sick without having to taste it for

themselves. Some foods were also found to make one feel better during times of illness.

This knowledge accumulated into the first Materia Medica in 3,000 BC and led to the

knowledge of herbology, which is now finding modern validation in countries like

Germany and Japan where advanced plant studies add to the new recognition of this

ancient knowledge.

The process of gathering food also began to involve longer periods of time between

harvesting and consumption and processing techniques were developed to make the food

last longer. This had an impact on the healthfulness of food and early on it was

recognized that these foods could be pleasurable to eat and could also sustain life forshort periods of time when no other food was available, but they could not be used for

long-term sustenance.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, rapid industrialization, a large global population

and emerging global conflicts led to a scarcity of so-called fixed nitrogen which is an

absolutely essential component of fertilizer. Fixed nitrogen is also a key component in

the making of explosives. German scientist Fritz Haber developed an artificial technique

for creating fixed nitrogen from petroleum. Known as the Haber-Bosch process, Fritz

Haber shared the Nobel Prize in 1920 for this important discovery with Carl Bosch.

While the initial intent behind this discovery was to serve the German war effort, Fritz

Haber also provided a crucial ingredient for chemical fertilizer.

The ability to produce artificial, fixed nitrogen completed the equation developed by

Baron Justus von Liebig who declared in 1840 that soil fertility was based on nitrogen,

potassium and phosphorus as the key minerals necessary for growing food. The evidence

of this discovery can still be found on every bag of artificial fertilizer emblazoned with the

initials N-P-K to this day.

Research from Liebig also provided the first break down of food into basic components.

It was his assertion was that animals only require protein, fats and carbohydrates for

sustenance. This research was considered to be as important as the research behind

fertilization of plants because if large numbers of military troops were to be sustained itwas in very important to know what parts of food were actually necessary to support life.

However, as it can be easily shown that plants fed only N-P-K have lower levels of

micronutrients than the same plants grown in "organic" soil, so too can it be shown that

animals fed highly refined foods, stripped of essential nutrients, will not thrive compared

to those who eat more nutritionally-supportive foods. Liebig's research was important in

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doors for additional research to find other "parts" which were essential for nutritional

support, but it was also a bit of a curse for those who subscribed to this overly

reductionist concept of food composition.

The next components of food to be discovered are known as the micronutrients. These

are the vitamins, minerals and trace elements and were all discovered between 1908 and

1935. Research continues today in order to determine the scope of importance these

nutrients play in human physiology and health. At the newly established Center for

Nutrigenomics, at UC Davis, research is even conducted to show how individual

nutrients directly influence gene expression.

Continued research into the composition of food has added antioxidants, glyconutrients,

phytosterols and sub-classes like polyphenols and proanthocyanines to the growing list

of necessary and essential nutrients which are often missing from our highly processed

modern diets.

The varieties of these plant chemicals number in the thousands and the best way to

access them is through a widely varied diet, rich in fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately

most people in most nations now consume very narrow diets, composed largely of corn

and animals fed nothing but corn. A report from the Economic Research Service of the

USDA estimated that we would need an additional six million acres of crop production to

supply the fruits and vegetables all people in the US should be eating in their daily diets.

These numbers clearly show that the majority of people do not come even close to eating

enough fruits and vegetables for optimal nutrition. Ironically, informal surveys seem to

suggest that most people believe that they eat well even though the money spent and

food supply available shows that less than 1% do or even can.

Any step that one is removed from the direct gathering of food reduces the potential

nutritional support of that food. For example, at room temperature, spinach looses over

90% of its Vitamin C content in only 24 hours from harvesting. In the United States,

most of the agriculture resources are dedicated to massive monoculture growth, typically

corn and production of other fruits and vegetables is left either to import or to

comparatively small plantations of crops which are also grown in monoculture.

The knowledge of food composition and nutrition is necessary today because food is no

longer a simple issue. Very few people walk outside and simply eat what they are able to

pick directly from plants around them. If an optimal diet is highly varied and the

available food supply is distinctly narrow, the benefits of understanding nutrition, and

how it affects good health over long periods of time, cannot be understated.



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How Malnutrition Affects YouWe often associate malnutrition with people in developing countries, where the food

supply is inadequate.

Malnutrition occurs with people of developed countries as well.

The original definition of malnutrition centered around the intake of calories. This was

due to the assumption that food was made from ingredients that also provided nutrition

in the form of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, plant sterols, essential

sugars, essential fats, antioxidants, naturally occurring enzymes and so on.

In the US, the World Health Organization has stated we are experiencing an epidemic of

over nutrition. This means we are getting far, far too many calories in our diets.

Were also experiencing the double-whammy of those calories being veryunnutritious intheir extreme lack of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, plant sterols, essential sugars,

essential fats, antioxidants, naturally occurring enzymes and so on.

We are intended to eat from a wide variety of foods, but the typical person consumes a

very narrow selection of foods. Modern farming practices that value monocultures over

variety compound this problem.

Processed foods are often highly processed and stripped of many vital nutrients. In

addition to this, medications, stress, environmental toxins and tissue injury can further

increase the need for nourishment.

An extreme lack of a specific nutrient will result in disease.

For example, scurvy is the disease which results from severe lack of Vitamin C. Such

diseases are what most people associate with malnutrition. Less acute deficiencies can

still affect proper functioning of the body such as in the brain, eyesight, height, weight,

the functioning of various organs, as well as the development and formation of body

parts, especially in unborn babies, newborn babies, and young children.

How do we protect ourselves from the dangers of malnutrition? We can first turn to the

Food Pyramid for a bit of guidance. For fruits and vegetables, the Food Pyramid suggests

that we eat about nine servings of a variety of fresh, raw fruits and vegetables each day.

Unfortunately most people arent eating this minimum and a recent report from theeconomic research arm of the USDA stated that we would need an additional six million

acres of farmland to grow enough of this produce to support this minimal need for the

American diet. This suggests that we are most certainly not getting sufficient nutrition

from food alone.

A second option to improve nutrition is to add freshly made juices to your diet. Juice

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from a fruit or vegetable and channeling the juice into a container. The juices are

naturally sweet. Even a juice made from celery and spinach has a sweet flavor. Making

your own juice provides better nourishment than pre-packaged juices and isnt likely to

contain added sugar, or preservatives, unless youre adding those yourself. The downside

to juicing is that juice extractors tend to make a mess, and must be cleaned immediately

after use.

The third option is to supplement the diet withfood-based, standardizednutritional

supplements. This means supplements which are made by concentrating nutrients from

food sources and are then tested to ensure that the final product provides those nutrients

in a consistent fashion. Unfortunately, most nutritional supplements do not meet these

standards so it is important that if you are going to use dietary supplements, to fill in the

holes of your diet, you must find ones that are effective instead of reaching for the

cheapest, mega-sized bottle of chemically manufactured multivitamins you can find.

Studies have shown that people who are well-nourished tend to get ill less often and

recover quickly from injury and disease when such events occur. A good diet is good

when you eat more whole foods, ensure that there are no gaps in vital nutrients from day

to day and also limit your exposure to things which can harm you. This can certainly be a

challenge, but the more we are aware of how these different factors can affect our lives,

the more we can make choices which provide us with the maximum benefit.



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Top 7 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy LifeWondering what simple steps you can take to improve your diet and improve your

health? Here are 7 simple nutrition tips which can help you have more energy, andexperience better health starting today.

Eat Whole FoodsEating whole foods doesn't mean they have to be "whole" when you eat them. Instead it

refers to the form they were in when you obtained them. Your body was designed to use

foods in their natural form and cooking can deplete essential nutrients. Instead of getting

your next meal from a box or a can, add some cut fruits or vegetables to your meal for an

easy first step towards eating more whole foods.

Super food list

Heres a list of foods that provide the highest concentration of nutritional support perbite.

Apples, Avocado, Beans, Blueberries, Broccoli, Dark chocolate, Extra virgin olive oil,

Garlic, Honey , Kiwi, Oats, Onion, Oranges , Pumpkin, Pomegranates, Wild Salmon,

Walnuts, Spinach, Tomatoes, Turkey

Limit Processed Foods

Processing refines out many nutrients and natural compounds which would have been in

the whole food ingredients. By removing natural fats and other naturally occurring

compounds, processed foods last longer on the shelf and the box you buy today will taste

exactly the same as the one you buy a year from now. This is good for business, but notso good for nutrition. Processing also adds chemicals to preserve, control consistency,

add flavor, smells or textures to enhance the sale of the product. None of these are things

that your body needs. The abundance of processed foods is being cited as a major factor

in the obesity rates which are rapidly rising in "industrialized" nations. Processing breaks

down the food leading to faster absorption of sugars and starches and rapid blood-sugar

fluctuations.

Avoid Artificial SweetenersAspartame, Sucralose and Saccharine all have known toxic properties. This is not due to

allergies that some people may or may not have. Some people are more resilient to

poisons than others but eventually all are affected.

There is no such thing as a perfectly safe artificial sweetener.

There are over 6,500 products that now contain Aspartame. Read ingredient labels!



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Rethink What You DrinkWho says pasteurized, homogenized milk does a body good? The American Dairy

Council. The facts should make you question the validity of that statement. Numerous

allergies are attributed to the consumption of milk and certain proteins may even

contribute to a net-loss of Calcium in the body. Finally, the USDA quality standards

allow for up to 1.5 million white blood cells per milliliter of milkthats pus!

Other drinks are also not all they appear to be.

Most healthy waters are sweetened with Aspartame or Sucralose.

Many fruit juices list high fructose corn syrup as the first, and most abundant ingredient.

Drink Clean WaterClean water is free of chemicals, and infectious agents (bacteria, viruses, other

organisms) and should contain levels of beneficial minerals and trace elements as found

in natural water sources. Over-filtered and distilled water, may accelerate bone mineral

loss but can also help the body naturally detoxify itself when used appropriately.

Limit Your Animal ProteinIncreased portion sizes provide far more animal protein than a person can handle in a

entire day. Animal proteins lead to build up of uric acid and other toxins in the kidneys.

While your body can manage these toxins (within reason), limiting portion sizes can

enhance health and will not deprive you of essential dietary amino acids.

So No to All Trans FatAccording to new studies, theres no amount of trans fat which is ok for your body. This

isnt about limiting trans fat from your diet. Eliminate it all. No amount of trans fat is

good for you.

Say Yes To CarbsAs Long As They Are The Right OnesYour body doesn't need any refined carbs (for example, while flour, white rice, white

sugar, etc.), but your body needs fresh fruits and vegetables every day. At least 50% of

your calories should come from these whole foods. For a great shopping tip, buy as many

colors of foods as possible. The colors come from different nutrients so the greater the

color variety, the better your nutritional support.

Use Dietary SupplementsDietary supplements should supplement, not substitute the benefits of a good diet. This

means that the job of a high-quality supplement is to fill in the holes that are common

in the diet of just about everyone in our modern world. Choose wisely though. Most

supplements are of a very low quality. Only usefood-baseddietary supplements that are

backed by a quality assurance program which uses independent laboratory testing to

ensure youre getting the nutritional support youre paying for.



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Exercise PrimerEach January, hoards of people join a gym or health club with their health related new

years resolutions in mind. While gyms or health clubs can be a great place to pursuehealth and fitness goals, they are by no means the only way to get the job done.

There are many exercises that can be performed in the comfort of your own home in a

safe and efficient matter, using only your own body weight. This is a wonderful option for

the novice workout enthusiast. These exercises require little to no equipment and since

they use only your own bodyweight, they are very safe.

As always, speak with your doctor before engaging in any exercise program.

If you have mobility or health challenges, start very slowly. Try one repetition of an

exercise before you try two. This is a great example of baby steps being a safe and

advantageous way to go.

You may be wondering; why should I exercise at all? Here are just few of the many,

many reasons that regular exercise is one of the best things you can do for your health,

today and in the future.

Reduce the risk of premature death

Reduce the risk of developing and/or dying from heart disease

Reduce high blood pressure or the risk of developing high blood pressure

Reduce high cholesterol or the risk of developing high cholesterol

Reduce the risk of developing colon cancer and breast cancer

Reduce the risk of developing diabetes

Reduce or maintain body weight or body fat

Build and maintain healthy muscles, bones, and joints

Reduce depression and anxiety

Improve psychological well-being

Enhanced work, recreation, and sport performance



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Wall SlideStrengthens: thigh muscles, hamstrings, gluteus maximus

Level: beginner, intermediate

Be sure to walk around a bit and do some gentle stretching and warming up before you

begin this exercise.

While doing this knee exercise, wear sturdy shoes that provide good support for your

feet. Make sure you are standing on carpet or a non-slippery surface.

Stand with your back against a wall, and your feet straight in front of you.

Slide down, keeping your back against the wall, until you are in a slight sitting position.

Slide down only as far as you feel comfortable; when you get stronger you will be able to

slide into more of a sitting position.

For the first few times you do this knee exercise, hold the sitting position for a few

seconds, then slide back up. As your quad muscles get stronger, you can hold the sitting

position for up to 20 seconds.

Start by performing this exercise 3 times (sets). As you feel stronger, you work up to

repeating this exercise 10 times (sets).

Use the ten scale to determine fatigue level. Perform this exercise until you feel at least

a 6-8 burn level.

When you are finished, walk around a bit to give your knees and quads a gentle stretch.

This knee exercise can be repeated several times per week.

Push-upsLevel: intermediate, advanced

Strengthens: chest, shoulders, biceps, core


begin this exercise. Perform some shoulder circles/rotations as well.

While doing this exercise, make sure you are on a non-slip surface.

Start out with your hands on the ground, about shoulder width apart and your feet

touching together. Push yourself up until your legs and upper body are both in a straight

line. You should look like a horizon, not an upside down V. Slowly lower your body

towards the floor, using your arms and upper body as your main source of control. Stop

just short of your nose touching the ground and push yourself back up. Dont worry if

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slow and controlled form. Do as many as you can while using perfect form. Less is more.

Form, form, form.

*Beginners can do push ups against a wall, standing up. Let your strength be your guide.

Start with your feet closer to the wall in the beginning and slowly move your feet farther

away from the wall, as you get stronger.

Toe RaisesLevel: beginner through advanced

Strengthens: Calves


begin this exercise.

Find a set of stairs, preferably indoors. While gently holding onto the railing with one

hand, slide your feet backwards until only your toes and the ball of your feet are still on

the stairs.

Slowly lower your heels until you feel a comfortable stretch in your heel and calves.

Slowly raise your feet back up by pressing and flexing your toes against the stairs.

Use the ten scale to determine fatigue level. Perform this exercise until you feel at least

a 6-8 burn level.

Always stretch the muscles you trained after a workout. Give your muscles ample time to

recover before training them again. A good rule of thumb is to wait between 24-48 hours.

If a muscle you have trained is sore or painful, do not train it again until this sensation is

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What is Anti-Aging Nutrition?As the baby boomers get older, a larger and larger segment of the population is very

interesting in anything about anti-aging. Be it special creams, surgery, nutrition, geneticmanipulation, hyperbaric chambers, there are many avenues of research. Some people

will have you believe that anti-aging is not possible. I think this is untrue, but it requires

that the concept of anti-aging be defined properly.

Obviously, you cant get any younger. Time affects each of us in the same way. We are all

moving forward as the clock ticks off each second. Aging, however, is not necessarily an

event that occurs as a strict function of time. Consider two cars of the same make a

model, being driven off the lot at exactly the same time. One car is maintained very well.

Repairs are addressed quickly. Salt is never left on the body or the underside. Fluids are

changed on a regular basis. The other vehicle is driven hard, rarely cleaned and is never

given a single oil change. At 40,000 miles, the cars should already be operatingdifferently. At 100,000 miles, it is likely that the second car is no longer running. It aged

more quickly than the other car, even though they are equally old.

The same is true for the human body, with an interesting exception. The human body is

made from living cells. They regenerate constantly which means that you are not stuck

with the cells you have today. Tomorrow you will already have about 400 billion new

cells. Given a healthy diet containing appropriate levels of nutrition and a limited intake

of preservatives and other chemicals which you body not only does not need, but can

even harm you, the number of healthy cells in your body will gradually increase and the

number of less-healthy cells will decrease.

This amounts to anti-aging as the cumulative effects of the aging process lessen over

time. Imagine if removing the rust from a spot on a car resulted in the metal being able

to heal. It doesnt because its not alive. Your body is alive though and it does heal when

you remove the source of damage. Because of this, improved nutrition should be

considered a critical component to any anti-aging approach.

Heres the catch. It seems the human body may have certain timers which have an

impact over things like how tall you are, when you enter puberty, and so on. Some of

these timers may also slow down hormone production and there may be timers, which

ultimately end your life at some maximum life span. Some of these things may be helped

with nutrition. For example, hormone balance can be greatly affected, both positivelyand negatively, by nutrition. Other so-called timers may be normal biology and

therefore happen no matter what you do. Some of these timers might be affected by

genetic manipulation, but no such technology exists so dont believe any claims about

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Either you support normal biology in an effort to bolster your potential for optimal

health or you manipulate normal biology and do something that is unnatural. There is no

third option. Its your body so choose wisely.

Colorful Foods, Potent AntioxidantsWhen you shop for food you should notice a wide variety of colors found in the fruits and

vegetables are grown all around the world. These colors derive from plant chemicals also

known as phytochemicals and many are potent antioxidants that helped your body

neutralize oxidative stress and fight disease. What do the different colors represent and

how can you know you're getting the best antioxidant support from the food that you're

eating.

Here's a short list of just some of the antioxidants that give food their color as well as

their nutritional punch.

Lycopene, a potent antioxidant from the carotenoid family, protects DNA from mutation

and natural sources of it are being researched for its cancer fighting potential. This

antioxidant gives foods a red color. Tomatoes are considered an excellent source of

lycopene but if you've ever cut open a tomato and found that the meat is a very pale pink

or even white in color, that's because the lycopene content is very low.

Orange foods contain carotenes which are converted into Vitamin A in the body which is

needed to protect skin and eye sight as well as to support enzyme production in the liver

and sex organs.

Lutein and quercetin give foods a yellow color and can help improve vision as well asprovide anti-inflammatory support.

Blueberries and other purple foods contain anthocyanines which improve blood

circulation in vision and are among some of the few antioxidants that cross pass the so-

called blood-brain barrier.

Deep scarlet foods contain beta-cyanine antioxidants which are anti-anemic due to their

support of improved iron utilization.

Which colors do you need when shopping for your groceries?All of them. The best way

to select fruits and vegetables for a healthful diet is to select from as many available

colors of food that you can find.



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The New Science of Antioxidant SynergySince the initial discovery of antioxidants, science continues to move forward with new

developments and new understanding into how these important molecules work toprotect the body from oxidative stress and even prevent the progression of certain

disease processes. New scientific developments also show that different antioxidants can

actually positively synergize with each other or in some cases cancel each other out.

Laboratory methods of measuring these synergies have become the buzz in the research

world and amongst informed authors as the only viable method of comparing apples to

apples, or at least antioxidants to antioxidants.

Effective laboratory tests are also essential in the study of antioxidants as well as

antioxidant supplements because many manufacturing practices expose antioxidants to

heat and oxygen and thus render them useless in the final product.

The first laboratory tests to measure the potential of an antioxidant was developed in

1993 and called the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity test, or ORAC. Known as a

chemical assay, this test provided an efficient means of measuring the effective amount

of water-soluble antioxidants in a sample. However it did not test fat-soluble

antioxidants and could not test the synergy of antioxidants when combined with each

other. Because this assay is also based on fluorescence, a sample could provide a

misleading reading if it contained other compounds that were fluorescent but were not

antioxidants.

A newer assay known as ORACo was designed to add the ability to test fat-soluble

antioxidants, allow for the testing of synergistic combinations of antioxidants and

minimize the possibility of false positives that limited the effectiveness of the older

technology.

These types of tests are known as in vitro studies. This means the tests are not done

inside of a life form. To maximize the effectiveness of any antioxidant, so-called in vivo

studies are performed on the body to measure the delivery of the antioxidants to the

blood serum after the antioxidant has been ingested. Such testing is of extraordinary

importance because antioxidants are ineffective unless they make it into the areas of the

body they're intended to go.

Any study-data on antioxidants that does not include both in vitro and in vivo

verification that the antioxidant supplements are effective and being delivered to the

blood serum is inherently flawed and untrustworthy.



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Any antioxidant supplement should therefore meet the following criteria.

The antioxidants in the supplement should come from natural food sources and

not inexact, synthetic counterparts.

The supplement should be manufactured against an in vitro chemical assay,

publishing the ORACo value per standardized serving, to show the antioxidant

effectiveness of both water and fat-soluble antioxidants in the supplement.

The supplement should also be measured in vivo and verified by independent

laboratory analysis to demonstrate that the antioxidants are actually being

delivered to the blood serum where they can be used by the body.

Any product that meets these criteria can be trusted to effectively deliver the benefits of

antioxidants in the manner we would expect to receive them from fresh fruits and

vegetables being eaten directly off the vine from a living plant.

As most antioxidant supplements do not meet any of the above criteria, care should be

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What is Optimal Health Anyway?This happened to me recently. I had a woman attend one of my health lectures using a

walker. She had just come from dialysis and was wearing a surgical boot. I asked her ifshe had any health concerns, and she said no. Thats right, she told me that apart from

the wound in her foot that wouldnt heal and her failing kidneys she was otherwise in

good health.

Im very thankful to live in a world with such amazing, life-saving technology as dialysis,

but Im also amazed that someone in this state would consider herself to be in a good

state of health.

What does it mean to be healthy anyway? It stands to reason that there should be an

accepted definition of health to use as a starting point. It so happens that the World

Health Organization has one.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the

absence of disease or infirmity.

This definition has not been changed since 1948. It pretty much says it all.

The word health comes from the same root word that gives us the word holy. Its about

being whole. Being healthy is about being in balance. Balance doesnt mean that you

never lean to one side or the other. Balance is about how quickly you come back to

center. Physical health is greatly influenced by genetics, environment and diet. Someone

who falls and receives a scrape should expect to heal. First their genes will influence

potential. Some people may not form blood clots well. Some people may have otherdisorders that slow their ability to rebuild tissue. Others heal very quickly.

The environment may influence healing processes as well. If you keep scraping your

knee, how quickly would you expect it to heal? Damaging influences need to be taken

away. What other things are affecting your body that it is also trying to deal with? If your

body is trying to deal with constant lung irritation due to bad air, the resources of your

body might not be able to cover other battles, like an infected wound.

Diet is about raw materials. You are what you eat. If you are providing your body with

good foods that are not saturated with preservatives you have the raw materials the cells

need to perform the tasks of healing. Sometimes it is difficult to eat the recommendedamounts of fresh whole foods on a daily basis, so high-quality dietary supplements can

help ensure that you have the raw materials your body needs.

Studies have shown that people with better diets seem to enjoy better health. This means

that they still get sick from time to time. They are still at the same risk for car accidents

and paper cuts. What makes them healthier than others is measured by how quickly they

come back to their balance. How is your state of balance?



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The Need for SupplementationWhen I began to study nutrition, I too believed that it was possible and even easy to get

all the nutrition I needed from diet alone.

What I discovered was shocking to me. Over the past 50 years the quality of nutrition, or

the availability of nutrients in our diets, has steadily decreased. This is even true forpeople who think that they eat a healthy diet today. Why does this happen? The complete

answer is complex but in short, nutrient depletion in our soil, combined with green

harvesting (which interrupts the natural biology of the plant before it has manufactured

most of the nutrients we should be getting), and new toxins found in our environment

result in produce that simply has fewer nutrients available to us than previously found in

those same foods. Organically grown products offer some greater benefit however most

are still green harvested and are therefore picked before most of the nutrients have been

manufactured. At least they have lower levels of man-made toxins than some non-

organic produce.

This problem is further compounded by our fast food diets. All too often we eat food thatprovides calories but does not provide adequate nutrients. So we are feeding our bodies

but we're not nourishing our bodies. Nutrients provide the basic building blocks for all of

the functions of our cells. If we are only providing our bodies with calories we are

depriving our bodies of the other essential components to good health.

Many of us take better care of our cars than of our bodies.

So while it is important that we all learn how to make better dietary choices, it is also

essential that we take supplementation, to make up for the nutrients that are missing

from our food and that our bodies need so much. There is no single nutrient that will

make up for a deficiency of another nutrient. We need to be taking balanced supplements

which provide us with quality sources of all of the nutrients, provided in the correct

ratios to each other.

To be clear, supplementation means supplementation. It is not substitution for a healthy

diet. We should all be eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods.

Mega dosages of individual vitamins are not necessarily beneficial to us. In fact, some

studies have shown that certain fat soluble vitamins should not be taken in extremely

high quantities. This makes complete sense to me. Think of supplementation as simply

providing the nutrients that should be in your well balanced diet. Vitamins and minerals

and other nutritional components often works synergistically with each other so it is vital

that you get all of the nutrients that are necessary for support of natural biological

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What Supplements Should You Take?The following is a list of dietary supplements that should be considered to support the

loss of nutrient support in the modern diet. The supplements in the following list all

support what used to be found in a normal diet.

Vitamin/Mineral Complex

Your vitamins and minerals should always come from natural food sources and most

supplements contain vitamins made from petroleum derived chemicals and minerals

mined from the same rock quarries that sell calcium to cement factories.

Few people eat as nutritiously as they should for lasting wellness. Modern farming

techniques, storage and transport methods have reduced the nutritional value of many

forms of produce from their nutritional content of only a few decades ago.

Every person can benefit from a plant-based vitamin and mineral complex to ensure

adequate nutritional support.

Antioxidant Blend

Antioxidant-rich nutrients help protect your cells against the harmful effects of toxins,

environmental stress, poor diet and oxidative stress. Antioxidants also act as free radical

scavengers. Toxins such as pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke and herbicides on cells

can create free radicals. Stress and poor food can also contribute to the creation of free

radicals. Free radicals attack atoms by stealing electrons, making these atoms unstable.

Plant Sterols

Plant Sterols are not hormones. Instead, they provide nutrients to help support the

endocrine systems natural production and balance of hormones.

Glyconutrients

Glyconutrients are sugars which are not used for energy but instead support effective

cell-to-cell communication. The messages cells exchange directly affect your natural

defense (immune) and endocrine (glandular) systems, as well as affecting proper gland

and organ function.

Essential Fatty Acid (Omega 3 Only)

The importance of Omega 3 fatty acids cannot be understated. Over 65% of the mass of a

healthy brain is made from these fats, omega 3 fatty acids also help the body regulate

blood thinness and control inflammation. Modern diets are very heavy in Omega 6 fatty

acid (promoted through livestock fed 100% corn diets) which is known to thicken the

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Digestive Enzyme Support

Live plants actually contain digestive enzymes that your body can use to digest the foods

youre eating. Cooking and processing denatures and otherwise destroys many of these

enzymes and increases the burden on your body to produce enzymes to make up for

whats missing. A broad spectrum digestive enzyme supplement helps ensure that

thoroughly ingested material gets broken down and passes rapidly through the digestive

tract.

Probiotics

In your body, there are about 60 trillion of your cells and about 100 trillion cells of

beneficial bacteria in a healthy colon. These cultures of bacterial support your immune

system and even help you absorb nutrients in food that are otherwise indigestible. A

probiotic supplement provides the right bacteria to help regulate the delicate balance

that exists among these bacteria for a healthy intestine. This balance can cause an overall

beneficial effect to take place among the various healthful microflora that live in the

human intestine.

For more information, visitwww.glycojake.com. Feel free to contact me with any

questions or concerns. My e-mail address [email protected]

At your service,

Jake Petrykowski
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