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A Common Sense Approach

To Sound NutritionAnd Wellness

First, a few questions:1. What are your goals for your physical health?


(Did you have any before you saw that question?)



2. On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is your physical health?




3. On the same scale, how much of your time/energy/financial resources do you spend on it?




3. On the same scale, how much of your time/energy/financial resources do you spend on it?

4. How much money do you spend, on average, per day on things you eat or drink that you know

are not

improving your health (coffee, soda, donuts, desserts, fast food, unhealthy snacks, etc.)?

How does your daily diet compare to what your body needs?

U.S.D

.A., mypyram

id.gov

The USDA spent about a zillion dollars to figure out the minimum of what our bodies need. The New Food Pyramid can be a bit confusing, but let’s simplify it and answer the question above.

Following are the requirements for a hypothetical active 35-year-old woman. If you’re male, you’ll need a bit more. If you’re sedentary or an older adult, you’ll need a little less.

GRAINS6 oz. per day

6 -

9 servings

VEGETABLES2½ cups per day

4 servings

Furthermore, you should vary your veggies each week as follows:

Dark Green Vegetables = 3 cups weekly

Orange Vegetables = 2 cups weekly

Dry Beans & Peas = 3 cups weekly

Starchy Vegetables = 3 cups weekly

Other Vegetables = 6 1/2 cups weekly

FRUITS2 cups per day

3 -

4 servings

MILK3 cups per day

3 servings

5½ oz. per day

2 -

3 servings

MEAT & BEANS

OILS & FATS6 tsp. per day

SUGARS

Fats & sugars combined, 265 calories per day (less than in one 2-oz. Snickers bar, or about

the same as one small

serving of fries)

What’s a Serving?Bread, cereals, pasta, rice, starchy vegetables-

1/2 cup whole grain cereal, pasta, rice, corn, potato-

1 slice whole grain breadFruit-

1 whole fresh fruit-

1/2 cup chopped fresh fruitVegetables-

1 cup raw, leafy vegetable (iceberg lettuce does not count)-

1/2 cup chopped vegetable

Milk, yogurt, cheese-

1 cup milk or yogurt-

1/2 cup cottage cheeseDry beans, eggs, fish, meat, nuts-

2-3 oz. fresh lean meat, poultry, fish-

1/2 cup dried beans- 1 eggFats, oils, sweets -

use sparingly-

Salad dressing, mayonnaise, margarine, butter, oil, pie, cake, cookies, ice cream

Who eats like this?

Mostly in your dreams

Note that these should be “good” fats, and that you’re already getting some of these fats in your meat and dairy foods.

Inadequate Nutrient Intake

The Anarem Report reveals that not a single person out of the 21,500+ people surveyed consumed 100% of the DV for even any one of the following ten nutrients:

• Protein

• Calcium

• Iron

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin C

• Thiamin

• Riboflavin

• Vitamin B-6

• Vitamin B-12

• Magnesium

Fiber:

The American Cancer Soc., Nat’l. Cancer Inst., and American Heart Assn. all recommend a daily fiber intake of 20 –

35 grams. The average American gets 7-10 grams per day.

The Myth of the Well-Balanced Diet

Close to nature, organic; fresh = picked that day

The Myth of the Well-Balanced Diet

Dinner today. Far from nature; fresh = never canned, maybe frozen13,000-15,000 chemicals added to our food (9-12 lbs./yr./person-USDA)

% more (less) in organic vs. commercial produce

Wheat

Sweet corn Overall average

Calcium

120%

1800%

63%

Iron

(15%)

160%

59%

Magnesium

430%

300%

138%

Phosphorus

240%

210%

91%

Potassium

360%

280%

125%

Zinc

80%

90%

60%

Lead (unfavorable) (65%)

0%

(29%)

Organic Foods vs. Supermarket Foods: Element Levels, by Doctor’s Data Inc.Published in Journal of Applied Nutrition, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1993 Their conclusion was that organic foods contained, on average, twice the elemental concentration (of the favorable elements) as commercial foods.

•The USDA food tables show a dramatic decrease in the nutritional

content of produce over the last 40 years. They offer no explanation or concern. LE Magazine, March, 2001

The Nutrients We Expect May Not Be There

And Today, Our Need Is GreaterNutrient Antagonist

Nutrients Depleted

Stress

B’s, C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium,Protein, Zinc

Sugar

A, B’s, C, Potassium, Copper, Zinc, ProteinMagnesium, Chromium, Iron, Phosphorus

Caffeine

A, B’s, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium

Birth Control Pills

B’s, C, E, Copper, Protein, Zinc, Magnesium

Aspirin

C, Phosphorus

Smoking

A, B’s, C

Chlorine

E

--The Nutrition Almanac

Our Increasingly Toxic WorldPollution (air, water, food)

A, B’s, C, E, Protein, Selenium, Antioxidants(over 2100 contaminants have been found in US public drinking water –Center for Responsive Law)

•If you take a breath as you get off a bus and it is pulling away, leaving a cloud of exhaust behind, you’ve been exposed to more free radicals in that one breath than your grandparents were exposed to in their entire lifetime. Stephen Cherniski, MS, author of The DHEA Breakthrough

and The Metabolic Plan

•10% of the women studied were found to have levels of mercury so high as to cause fetal brain damage. CDC study

•“Of the 287 chemicals we detected in umbilical cord blood, we know that 180 cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests.” BodyBurden: The Pollution in Newborns,

2007 study, Environmental Work Group

Our Health: A Most Valuable Asset

1900: Infectious DiseasesAttacked from outside•Pneumonia•Tuberculosis•Diphtheria•Small Pox

Today: Degenerative DiseasesDecaying from within•Heart Disease•Cancer•Diabetes•Stroke

The US is #1 in Degenerative Disease

•Once the least, the US now has the most people with degenerative

disease per 1000 in the world. 1

•Death rate from heart attack in the US:1926: 1 in 20,883 21940: 1 in 2,114 3

Present: 1 in 2 4 (world’s highest)

•US cancer rate:1950: 1 in 80 51970: 1 in 6 51990: 1 in 3 5Present: 1 in 2 6 (world’s highest)

1. US Dept of HEW and OECD Health Data 2007. 2. JAMA 113, 563, 1939. 3. British Medical Journal

2, 782, 1946. 4. American Heart Association. 5. Center for Alternative Cancer Research. 6. National Cancer Institute, 8/07.

•Life Expectancy:

US ranks 23rd

out of the 30 industrialized nations in the world.

OECD Health Data 2007

•1 in 3 men and 1 in 6 women in the US can be expected to die of heart disease or stroke before the age of 60.

American Cancer Society –

world’s highest rate

•Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer worldwide, but once it is contracted, women are more likely to die of it in the

US than

in African nations. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, March/April 2005

•Percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese (BMI=25+):1960-62

24.3%

1971-74

25.0%

1988-91

33.3% All 3 above from

Journal of the Amer. Medical Assn.

2004

66.3% from NHANES data –

world’s highest, by far

•A greater proportion of our life is spent in ill health. For every one year increase in life expectancy, four are ill.

New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 318, No. 7, pp. 414-18

Our Children Are At Risk•As many as one in every 3 pregnancies now ends in miscarriage.

Newsweek

–

world’s highest

•More US children age 3-14 now die of cancer than any other disease. Am. Inst. for Cancer Research –

world’s highest

•Two-thirds of US children are above the recommended cholesterol of 150. Dr. W.H. Dietz, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

•The rate of overweight children more than tripled in the 25 years from 1980 to 2004. NHANES –

world’s highest

•The current generation of young adults and children may be the first generation that will be less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.Surgeon General Carmona to Congress, 3/2004See also NEJM 352:1138, March 17, 2005

In America, Normal is not Healthy“Nearly 4 out of 5 people in the US have some sort of disease; not serious enough to warrant medical attention, but neither can they boast of good

health.” --USDA•Tired, fatigue•Irritability•Headaches•Nervousness•Depression•Sinus trouble•Insomnia•Unhealthy hair, skin, nails•Allergies, asthma•Bleeding gums•Weak immunity•Circulation, varicose veins•Menstrual problems

•Constipation/diarrhea•Back pain/leg pain•Joint pain or inflammation•Digestive disorders•Heartburn•Dandruff•Muscle cramping•Need caffeine/sugar•Anemia•Slow healing/scarring•Inability to conceive•Abnormal blood sugar•PMS, hormonal problems

Photo courtesy of Successories, Inc.Concept from Dr. Stephen R. Covey





Disease is not caused by a shortage of medications. Treat the causes, not the symptoms.





Disease is not caused by a shortage of medications. Treat the causes, not the symptoms.

The average American fills 12.4 prescriptions per year. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005

“There no longer can be any doubt about the link between diet and disease.”

US Surgeon General

“The major causes of illness and death in the US are related to what we eat… including heart disease… cancer, hypertension, diabetes,

obesity, and other chronic problems.”Dr. D. Mark Hegsted, Harvard School of Public Health

“Today we’re finding that the chronic illnesses plaguing Americans are greatly influenced by our environment: what we breathe, drink, and eat.” Dr. Elizabeth Bowmen, Physicians for Social Responsibility

“The top 5 causes of mortality have a nutritional association.”

National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

The Good News—You Can Do So Much!“If the public would just eat up to the low RDA’s, 450,000 deaths per year would be prevented from heart disease, stroke, and cancer. There would be dramatic improvements in 19 major health problems.” USDA

“The average US physician receives 2.5 hours training in nutrition during four years of medical school.” John A.

McDougall, MD

“You can do more for your health than your doctor can.”90% you, 10% medical care system CDC

“Every $1 spent on nutrient supplements will save $28 in health care costs.” Dr.

Ranjit Kurnar Chandra, MD, pediatrician & immunologist, University of Newfoundland, from NY Times, 8/21/2001

Build a Healthy You

“The nutritional microenvironment of our body cells is crucially important to our health,

and deficiencies in this environment constitute a major cause of disease.”

2-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling, MD and Roger J. Williams, PhD, discoverer of

Pantothenic Acid (a B vitamin)

Body functions are so intertwined that one missing nutrient can affect the

absorption and utilization of others.

Cells

Continually beingreplaced, repaired,and renewed…300,000,000 newcells per day

Nutrients

Vitamins, minerals,protein, phytonutrients,antioxidants, water, essential fatty acids, etc.

Build a Healthy You

Cells

Continually beingreplaced, repaired,and renewed…300,000,000 newcells per day “The nutritional

microenvironment of our body cells is crucially important to our health,






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Organs

Dependent on the healthy function

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Continually beingreplaced, repaired,and renewed…300,000,000 newcells per day

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“The nutritional microenvironment of our body cells is crucially important to our health,




Organs


of healthy cells



Which Direction Are You Heading?Which Direction Do You Want to Be Heading?

If you take care of you, the body creates

health..

if you don’t, the body degenerates.

•Proper Diet•Supplementation•Exercise•Rest and relaxation•Positive attitude•Healthy relationships•Strong spiritual life•Good lifestyle choices

•Pain and suffering•Money•Emotional distress•Time•More money•Nursing home•Oxygen and wheelchairs•Even more money

?You get to choose, every day…

Which Direction Are You Heading?Which Direction Do You Want to Be Heading?

OptimumHealth

Disease andDeath

If you take care of you, the body creates

health..

if you don’t, the body degenerates.

•Proper Diet•Supplementation•Exercise•Rest and relaxation•Positive attitude•Healthy relationships•Strong spiritual life•Good lifestyle choices

•Pain and suffering•Money•Emotional distress•Time•More money•Nursing home•Oxygen and wheelchairs•Even more money

?You get to choose, every day…

•“We have enough data for physicians to suggest that their patients take supplements.”

Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, USDA’s Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts Univ.

•“…it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements.”

Journal of the American Medical Association, June, 2002

•“The Editorial Board of The Wellness Letter… has been reluctant to recommend supplementary vitamins on a broad scale for healthy people eating healthy diets. But the accumulation of research in recent years has caused us to change our minds….”

The Wellness Letter, University of California at Berkeley, Jan. 1994

•“The needs of different human beings for some vitamins have been shown to differ by as much as 20-fold, or even, in some cases, as much as 100-fold.” Linus Pauling, PhD and Roger J. Williams, PhD

Today, Supplementation is Necessary

Good Nutrients Make a Difference

Good Nutrients Make a Difference

Environmental & Nutritional Connections to Learning & Behavior: LD, ADD/ADHD

--Karen M. Craig, Ed.D.

The Three Types of SupplementsMichael Pazdon, Organic Research, Univ. of New Hampshire

Synthetic:

Most drug/health food store brands

Manufactured from chemicals, not foodNo enzymesCan legally be labeled “natural”


Synthetic:



Crystallized:

Often labeled “whole food”

Chemical or heat extraction (dead)Weak enzymes at bestImbalancedQuestionable absorption/bioavailability


Synthetic:



Crystallized:

Often labeled “whole food”

Chemical or heat extraction (dead)Weak enzymes at bestImbalancedQuestionable absorption/bioavailability

Lyophilized:

Shaklee food supplements

Cool, no chemical process (alive)Strong enzymatic actionBalanced, from whole, healthy foodNourishes the cells

Synthetic vs. NaturalChemically Similar, Biochemically Very Different

NaturalVitamin C

Synthetic Vitamin C(most vitamin supplements)

NaturalVitamin C with BHA

(a preservative)

ShakleeVitamin C

“The research literature contains numerous reports which suggest

that natural vitamin C, for example, has been found to be more effective than

synthetic ascorbic acid. This fact has been recognized for a long time. In 1954, for example, it was reported that cases of scurvy failed to respond to doses of synthetic vitamin C. A cure was effected when individuals suffering from scurvy were given a natural food substance containing vitamin C.”

Consumers’ Research

magazine

Who’s Looking Out for Us?

“Supplements don’t get the same pre-market safety and efficacy evaluations that drugs get, nor does the FDA set standards to ensure that labels accurately reflect contents.” Time, July 31, 2000

8 of 21 brands of ginseng tested were found to contain high levels of pesticides. Many also contained high levels of lead. consumerlab.com website

“The USDA tested ginseng products, and they found that 39 of 43 ginseng-labeled products on the shelves in health food stores had no ginseng in them.”

UDSA radio report, Sept. 17, 1998

“Out of 13 brands of probiotics bought over the counter, only two matched their labeled microbiological specifications qualitatively and quantitatively.”

British Medical Journal 312 (7022): 55-6

“Some pills had 10 or 20 times as much active ingredient as others.” Consumer Reports, after analyzing 10 brands of ginseng

“One of every four supplements we’ve tested had some problem.”Tod Cooperman, MD, President,

ConsumerLabOver the years,

ConsumerLab

has tested over 1900 dietary supplements for quality and purity.

1915 –

Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee

creates Vitalized Minerals, the world’s first multivitamin supplement

1956 –

Dr. Shaklee founds a company based on

living in harmony with nature and on the Golden Rule: Shaklee Corporation

The Shaklee DifferenceHeritage

1960 –

Shaklee introduces Basic H, one of the first nontoxic,

biodegradable cleaners (biodegradable is not yet a word in the dictionary)

2000 –

Shaklee becomes the first company in the world to

obtain Climate Neutral certification, totally offsetting its CO2

emissions and achieving a net zero impact on the environment

The Shaklee DifferenceScience

•Over 100 clinical studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Applied Physiology,and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

•Shaklee’s Scientific Advisory Board, internationally recognized physicians and scientists in the fields of nutrition, medicine, immunology, cardiovascular health, etc., provide expert advice and direction. They are prohibited from endorsing Shaklee.

•Over $250 million invested in research, development, and testing, resulting in cutting-

edge scientific breakthroughs and patents in nutrition, skin care, environmentally-friendly household products, etc.

The Shaklee DifferencePurity

•Shaklee’s standards are far stricter thanorganic standards. They require purity in theend product, not just adherence to steps in the production of raw materials.

•Shaklee performs over 83,000 quality tests per year (yes, they counted them) on all raw materials and every

significant step of every production run, including every final batch. That’s 1 test every 6 minutes, 24/7. They don’t have to do recalls.

•Many of the raw materials Shaklee tests, they reject. Having been rejected by Shaklee, those contaminated and/or deficient raw materials are then sold by the distributor to other manufacturers.

The Shaklee DifferenceProof (Pub. in Nutrition Journal, Oct. 24, 2007)

In 2007, a landmark study conducted by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health determined that people who took Shaklee supplements had markedly better health than people who took either no supplements or another brand of multivitamin.

Here are two dramatic examples of those results. What is not clear in the charts, however, is that none

of the

Shaklee subjects in the test group had abnormal levels in either of these two analyses.

Want to be healthier?

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Will Steger’s three record-setting polar expeditions, which included the first trans-

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8 of Time-Life’s 25

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