Antioxidants from Around the World.

The ingredients in MGM's Powerful Antioxidant Solutions were gathered from the mountains of Thailand, the verdant valleys of China, from the farmlands of Israel, the lava flows of Kona and beyond. This broad spectrum of flavonoids and cartenoids provides extra armor against environmental assaults such as pollutants, exposure to sunlight, and stress

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Shingles Testimony

By: Jean Gordon

THANK YOU FOR THE ARTICLE ON SHINGLES. I RECOVERED VERY QUICKLY FROM MINE AND IT WAS ON MY FACE AND EYES.

NATURALLY TOOK MY SUPPLEMENTS BUT WHAT CURED IT OVER NIGHT WAS OUR WONDERFUL FLAOMAX!

I TOOK 4 THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION IN ORLANDO IT WAS AWESOME WHAT HAPPENED BY MORNING.

MY DOCTOR SAID I HAD THE MOST UNUSABLE CASE HE HAD EVER SEEN SO I SHARED WHAT DID IT. ALSO SPONSORED A PHARMACIST BECAUSE OF THE QUICK RESULTS. AGAIN, AM SO VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR SHAKLEE, IT HAS CARRIED ME THROUGH SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS.

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Lower your risk of Colorectal Cancer with a High-Fiber Diet!

Colorectal cancer is the number three cancer killer of both men and women. In the year 2000 nearly 130,000 people in the US developed colorectal cancer, and nearly 59,000 died. The really frightening fact is that these numbers have been on the increase for 10 years!

Now for the good news: reversing these horrendous numbers is deceptively simple. Two studies* in the prestigious English medical journal Lancedt have found that people who eat the hightest amounts of dietary fiber (between 30 and 35 grams a day) reduced their risk of colon cancer ab an astounding 40%! The first study is extremely signifiacant because of its statistical power. It involved a large number of people from diverse locations and extended over a long period of time.

This study looked at the diets of 519,978 subjects in 10 European countries for a four-and-a half year period. The second study compared a sub group of subjects from the first study. They compated the development of cancer between people wiht no colorectal polyps and those with at least one polyp. The type of polyp studied often turns cancerous. Even those with polyps reduced their risk.

The recommend daily intake of fiber for Americans is 25 to 30 grams a day. Tragically, the average fiber intake in the US is an average of 11 to 15 grams a day!

Editors Comment: We focus strongly on vitamins, minerals and herbs, but I belive we need to include in that focus our fiber intake. According to the Lancet studies, we could save thousands of lives a year and untold suffering simply by increasing our fiber intake. Many of us are becoming aware of the fat grams in various foods, but very few have any idea of the fiber content. I challenge you to take this test....

For just 3 days write down the fiber content of each food you comsume. Total the days and divide by three; I believe you will be very suprised and the low number. I did this myself and was very suprised... even with a pretty good diet I did not consume enough fiber! I have now added fiber supplements to bring my intake up to healthy levels.

Our Manufacturer produce's four excellent fiber products. Their Fiber Supplements are pure and premium quality. It's the type of fiber you need on a regular basis. They provide the soluble fiber from psyllium seed husk to help retain normal cholesterol levels by its ability to bind cholesterol, preventing absorption.* It contains insoluble fiber as well, which promotes regularity by its ability to absorb water.

Choose from:

Fiber Tablets- Each serving provides 3 grams of dietary fiber with just 5 calories - making it simple to do what's good for you.

Daily Mix- Two tablespoons of Daily Mix makes juice (or your favorie recipe) a heart- and colon-healthy snack. Its unique formula combines - both soluble and insoluble fiber - helps retain normal cholesterol levels, aids in good digestion and promotes regularity.* It's an easy way to add fiber to your diet.

Unflavored Mix- has a proprietary blend of four natural soluble fibers, including psyllium seed husk, which binds to cholesterol, preventing its absorption, thereby helping retain normal cholesterol levels. Two teaspoons contain 4 grams of dietary fiber.

Daily Crunch- My Favorite! The Fiber You Need, the Taste You Enjoy... It sounds too good to be true. A supplement that promotes both heart and colon health while aiding good digestion and regularity - and it tastes good, too! The natural soluble fiber in Daily Crunch helps retain normal cholesterol levels by binding to cholesterol so it can't be absorbed. At the same time, the insoluble fiber aids colon health by assisting digestion and promoting regularity. Its tasty, crunchy formula packs a high-fiber punch with 5 grams per serving.*

I want to urge you as strongly as possible to increase the total fiber in your diet. This is a very simple way to reduce your risk of an extremely unpleasant disease by 40%.

Source: Nutrition Today " News Breaks: Riasks of colon cancer plummets with a high-fiber diet. " Vol 38, No4, July/ Aug. 2003. (AICR News Release, April 10, 2003

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease

Oral Chelation Therapy using Superior MGM Supplements.

Chelating nutrients are used to bind toxic metals as mercury,lead, and to remove it from the body.
Chelating nutrients also prevent calcium from accumalating in areas in which it does not belong. Oral chelation offers a safe alternative to people with serious circulation problems.

The following is JUST a suggestion for your best chelating nutrients that can also be used can to prevent many degenerative illnesses:

Shaklee Alfalfa - 10 tablets, 3 times daily (can take the tablets or you can make a tea with the alfalfa also ) detoxifies the liver,high in chlorophyll and nutrients.Alkalizes the body, chelates toxins subtances from the body.

Shaklee Garlic - 2 tablets 3 times a a dayA great chelating nutrient,a natural antibiotic, detoxifies the body,strengthens blood vessels, and lowers blood pressure. Aids in the treatment of arteroisclerosis, asthma, arthritis,cancer,circulatory problems, colds flu, digestive problems, heart disorders,insomnia,liver disease,sinusitis,ulcers,and yeast infections. Great for all diseases,infections, fungus, and bacteria.

Shaklee Fiber Crunch Daily - 2 servings minimum, Binds with unwanted toxic metals and removes them from the body through the intestinal tract.

Shaklee CoQHeart - 3 to 4 daily Improves circulation,lowers blood pressure, enhances the immune system,protects stomach lining.strenghtens the heart muscle. Shaklee's unheated Instant Protein Soy Mix - 3 tablespoons 2 times daily ( 6 total ) Many of the amino acids in

Shaklees Instant Soy Mix are high in sulfur, also aids in detoxifying harmful toxins and metals. Powerful free radical scavenger.

Shaklee Vita-lea Multi - 2 tablets two times daily always take with food Aids in excreting toxic substances.

Vita C 500 mg - 5,000 to 15,000 mg daily Powerful chelating nutrient

Shaklee Vita E Complex with selenium - start with one and work up to two daily. Removes toxic substances and destroys free radicals.

Shaklee Super Cal Mag Plus - 4 tablets 3 times daily A great oral chelating nutrient. Calcium also protects the bones and teeth from by inhibiting it's absorption of toxic metals. If their is a deficiency,lead will be absorbed by the body and deposited in the teeth and bones.

A calcium deficiency may result in the following symptoms: Muscle cramps, nervousness, heart palpitations, brittle nails, eczema,hypertention, aching joints, increased cholesterol levels, rheumatoid arthritis, tooth decay, insomnia, numbness in the hands and legs.hyperactivity in children.

Female Athletes, women in menopause need greater amounts of calicum due to lower estrogen levels. If you consume a high amounts of animal protein, drink pop or coffee, take any prescription drugs your need for calcium goes up.Zinc and Iron are also effective chelating agents.

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Baby's & Vitamins...How old should they be?

From: Sandy Abrams (long time Shaklee Distributor)

RE: Help for new Mom and Baby !!

When Dr. Shaklee was asked how soon to give Liqui-Lea to a newborn baby he said, with his loooooooow voice, "Well, I would wait about.....one hour."

Every Liqui-Lea baby I have seen is amazingly healthy and when I meet a mom whose baby has ear aches and get that baby on Liqui-Lea, the earaches are gone within a month or so. Often they don't take that long.

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An "ah haugh" Moment for preventing Headaches...

By: Maureen Brown...

I'm under the care of a Neurologist for my M.S..
She gave me a sample drug to help the pains of my Migraines. I did not want to add yet another drug to my list, but I did open the accompanying drug info sheet from the bow. And to my delight it stated that there seem to be food triggers.

I read on to my dismay and found that THE FOUR FOODS LISTED were ones I'd been enjoying alot lately. I call them the Four "C's" since they each begin with the letter C.

They were Coffee, Chocolate, Cheese & All Citrus foods.!!!!

I'd do all four in the course of a day and I'd be in a dark, quiet room lying very still for HOURS. I found through elimination what, how often & how combined these "C's" affected me.

Fortunately I can have 1 small cup of coffee a day or a piece of Chocolate. BUT NEVER CAN I EAT CHEESE or CITRUS or combine any again with consequences.

BOO-HOO no more Chocolate Coffee, grill cheese sandwich, pink lemonade's. Oh well at least I still have my wonderful Costa Rican Coffee to enjoy.

I think Gods really trying to teach me MODERATION. Not that I gorged on these things individually, but at the same time or same day really messed me up.It's nice to know that I can run my own life, and maybe "fix"a few things rather than just putting on a band-aid.

A Headache Testimony using Natural Supplements

Testimony by: Jean Stucky

Migraine and vascular headaches were suffered for two years following a car accident in which my car was totaled. The pain caused extreme nausea so I would run and vomit between students in my teaching schedule. All the specialists I sought told me I had to live with these headaches the rest of my life and eventually wrote prescriptions for 7 different meds.

One day a neighbor learned of my plight and, caring enough, took the time to share what had helped her get well. I thought, "Hmm - this won't hurt and might help," so I tried it. After 30 days the headaches all had stopped. After 3 months there was so much improvement everyone around me noticed. I had regained my energy and endurance and could bounce out of bed in the morning again and enjoy my students.

Here is how I began:

During a headache I drank Herb Tea every hour (2 tablets of Herb Lax in a cup and pour boiling water into the cup for instant tea). This is an excellent detoxifier and cleanser.

Also, during a headache I took Shaklee calcium (3 - 5 tablets every 20 minutes with a glass of water). Calcium acts like nature's aspirin and is a wonderful calmer and muscle relaxer. It's important to find a calcium source without impurities.

Later, I learned of the nutrition deficiencies I had and added needed supplements to my diet each day.
This is what I did to gain optimum health:
I began with --
Vita Lea 2-3x a day, balanced basic vitamin/mineral
Soy Protein 3 T. a day, to feed every cell in body
Herb Lax 1 or more, to detoxify
Calcium 4-3x a day, natures aspirin and calmer
B-Complex 4-3x a day, for stress
Later I added --
Alfalfa 10-3x a day, to cleanse blood
Vita E tabs, 400 IU 3-3x a day, for oxygen & circulation
Formula I 2 a day, to build immune system
Sustained Release Vita C 3-3x a day helps all nutrients work & protects cells
Omega 3 Fatty Acids 6-at bedtime, for circulation, essential for migraines

Today Jean Says, " I would add the Stress Relief and the Pain Trio

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How to get rid of a Planters Wart...NO Cutting!

Shaklee Solution to plantars warts...

Per Dr. Brouse:

Soak in hot water with 1TBL Basic H, 1/2tsp Basic G.

Pull out core after soaking for weeks.

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How to Lower Blood Pressure through Nutrition

Here is a nutrition Plan for Lowering your Blood Pressure Readings

I once heard Shirley Fike say that just about everyone can get their Blood Pressure to normal in 3 to 5 days.

Use a cup of Soy Protein daily (of course you will mix it with water, that's best) and eat just protein foods for the 3 to 5 days.

Some vegetables are alright, but keep the carbohydrates to a minimum.

Keep track of your blood pressure and when it reaches normal, you can start slowly adding carbs, keeping track of how many carbs you're eating and your blood pressure.
When you see BP increasing, cut back on the carbs - that's your level of tolerance.

Hope it works for you.

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How to clean arteries that are clogged through nutrition

Chelation Therapy vs Shaklee to clean out Arteries and Veins

Years ago, I heard Shirley Fike talking about how her arteries were clogged and Dr. Nasr wanted to do chelation but she said, "Shaklee has helped me through so many health problems, it will do it again."

So Dr. Nasr put her on lots of Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Lecithin and Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids (EFA)
I just found some notes I'd made on this information and here are the figures:
Daily
30 Lecithin
20 100 IU Vita-E (now we have 400 IU Vita-E so it would be 5)
20 Sustained Release C
9 EFA
Allow 2 - 3 weeks to work up to full amounts.

Take along with all regular nutrition (this is just in addition to what everyone should be taking anyway). Took 3 months to clear her arteries.

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How to quit smoking with nutrition

AN EASY DIET TO HELP YOU STOP SMOKING
1. Do NOT smoke during this diet.
2. Eat meals high in protein.
3. Cut down on all starches.
4. Eliminate ALL white sugars and white flour products.
5. Do NOT drink coffee at any time.
6. Eat a high protein breakfast or drink a Shaklee Slim Plan Gold which contains 14 grams of protein, which will stabilize your blood sugar level.
7. Substitute protein foods, instead of smoking: nuts, sunflower seeds, hard boiled eggs
8. Add Shaklee's Energyzing Soy Protein, or Shaklee Instant Protein (stabilizes blood sugar level) to your favorite fruit drink or milk.
9. Include a balanced multi-vitamin-mineral supplement, Shaklee Vita-Lea with or without iron, to balance your metabolism, so that your body can perform it's functions properly.
10.Take extra Shaklee B-Complex and Vitamin C Sustained Release 500 mg each day to protect you from the poisonous nicotine.
11.Take Shaklee's Alfalfa tablets with each meal to protect you against indigestion, heartburn, and belching.
12. Take one Herb Lax after breakfast to help cleanse and detoxify your body of poisons and toxins.
13. Substitute strips of celery, carrot sticks, and Fiber Crunch when a 'craving' feeling occurs.
14. Exercise to help dissipate the tensions of stopping smoking.
15. Take Shaklee's Essential Omega-3 Complex to help reduce the coagulation of blood Platelets.
16. Take the Glucose Regulation Complex to help keep the blood sugar balanced.

Try Breathing Exercises:Inhale very slowly (through the nose) filling the lungs as much as possible, then very slowly exhale (through the mouth) and give an extra push to expel the last of the air.
If you have a "craving" feeling in the chest, drink this soup:
I quart of tomato juice
3/4 cup lemon juiceSeason with several dashes of Tabasco Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, salt & pepper
Serve hot or cold

If you follow the Nutritional Support Program as suggested, and you still insist on smoking, you will find that you will significantly reduce your smoking.

If you have followed the above sixteen steps for 6 weeks WITHOUT SMOKING,then you have succeeded! GOOD LUCK!

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Great Cancer Testimony

A great Testimony by: Dr. Joe Tierney
Thank You Very Much
I want to thank our Shaklee Rep., and the very many of you that are responsible for the research, quality production and distribuition of the Shaklee products that my family and I use.

Thank you for the integrity we have seen over these past 15 years that we have used shaklee.
I have wanted to pass this thank you on for a long time and just haven't gotten around to it. I decided to take and make the time today.

A few days ago my wife and I saw our 5th grade daughter's Christmas choir concert. I saw the family physician that I had in 1997 when I was diagnosed for the second time in two years with Malignant Melanoma.

In 97' it had metastisized to stage 3 cancer. After I saw the concert I spoke to my physician about his expectations that I would be here still. He did not. Meanwhile, I am able to be husband and father still to children 23 to 10.

I am certain that the foundational shaklee supplement regimen that I take, with anti-oxidant's has had so much to do with my being here still. Thank you, and thank you on the behalf of a 10 year old girl who still has her father.

To very briefly review, I could be a poster boy for the need to utilize sound science for maximum wellness, and have my physician be a part of that vs. not all of that. In my life, when it has been "all of it", it has been to treat illness only rather than to achieve how "well" I can be.

Let me outline: illness - In 1995 I was diagnosed with Stage I Malignant Melanoma. I had the cancerous mole for months, not knowing what it was. wellness: Although I had the mole for months I was faithfully taking shaklee.

How interesting that the cancer was held to stage 1. illness: I was given a "clean" bill of health, but told nothing about supplements, and was told I had a bigger chance of dying from a car wreck than getting cancer again. (I wish I was exaggerating this comment to me but I'm not.) further illness:

I get busy with career, life, stop taking all shaklee for approximately 9 months. Because, "I didn't have time", and my physician at the time basically gave me a message of invincibility. Inevitably, I acquired stage 3 malignant melanoma. I stopped reading statistics years ago.

Back then the 5 year survival rate for my cancer type was 38%. I saw a 10 year survival rate study as low as 9%. wellness: I develop a mantra of "give me shaklee or give me death." I am devoted to taking my regimen of shaklee supplement products.

I am almost 8 years post my last cancer episode. illness: After two solid years of my wife begging me to go to the chiropractor for severe neck pain (2x a month, neck pain, migraines, sick to my stomach) I went (January 03'). This was after a car wreck in 96...... Why didn't I get it then.... During those two years of spousal pleading I saw a Physical Therapist at the prescription of my doctor.

Oh yeah, and I had a MRI. ...a ruptured disc..... a reason for the pain.... Physical Therapy treated the symptoms ok. For me Chiropractic treated the cause area and the symptoms really well. wellness and counting: as early 03' continued I began to realize that although I will always need and want physcian's, and am thankful for them, only I can be my wellness "manager."

I had my last migraine in January of 03', right before my first adjustment. As many of you know I have battled weight issues in my adulthood, some clear obesity links from my Father's side. I made moves from staving off illnesses, to pursuing wellness through 03'.

I got "straightened out", worked on becoming happier, lost 75 lbs, and only upped my commitment to shaklee products. Now, at 47, I feel 20 years younger than two years ago. I run 25-30 miles a week. Hope to be in my first marathon before I turn 50. Feel great, feel healthy, and see concerts and activities that a precious 10 year old girl is in. I am so thankful.

Thankful for the supplement basics, the anti-oxidants, the joint health complex, and the physique!!! I started taking physique early this summer and my recovery from my run/workouts has changed dramatically.

These products are amazing and as a Psychologist/clinician knowing of the very impressive research that shaklee conducts means so much.

Thank you, thank you! Sincerely Dr. Joe Tierney

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BREAST LUMP – The Power to Heal...

This is a great testimony of the power of believing and giving your body what it needs to heal itself.

Written by: Ester Shafer

In November, 2004, as I was standing at the counter, I felt a sharp pain in my left breast. I thought I must have bumped myself, but later that night the pain was all the way through to my backbone. I went to bed still hoping that I had just bumped it. The next morning the area was getting to be a hard lump with swelling and was getting red. The next day it was growing larger and had progressed to the underside of the breast.

By this time I had started taking larger amounts of Shaklee Supplements than what I usually took, especially the Antioxidants and Immune Building supplements and the new Flavomax, because the lump had now started to encompass the entire tip of my breast to the size of my hand and and was still painful, red and swollen and now the nipple was inverted. It seemed to be growing with each breath, and I kept lookiing at it as I felt sure it looked lopsided. By this time I realized this was getting serious so I went on the internet and saw all my symptoms listed under a fast growing Breast Cancer which didn't offer much hope of any treatment.

I remembered hearing a tape by Barb Herman about her taking twenty-four Vita Lea a day when she had Breast Cancer, because of the natural Cobalt in it, along with a lot of the rest of the Shaklee supplements, so I started adding massive amounts of VitaLea along with all my other supplements & Soy Protein three times a day, and that is when my symptoms started to reverse.

It started to regress in the same manner that it had progressed, and all the while the chest wall was tender and my lymph nodes were sore and I had symptoms like a col while it was regressing back.This went on for two weeks, all the while I was taking all my Shaklee. I was praying a lot and I went up for a prayer healing at church about 9 days before my doctor's appointment and by the time I got to the doctor, all my symptoms went away.

In the meantime, my daughter , who is a nurse, had made the doctor's appointment in Columbus a few weeks earlier with a specialist since when she saw it,she was very concerned. At this time, even though it was a lot better and I couldn't feel the lump anymore, my chest wall and nodes were still sore.and the nipple was still a little inverted, when she made the appointment. My doctor's appointment wasn't for another ten days, so I had more time to keep taking my supplements.

When I finally got to the appointment, the doctor couldn't find any lump or anything else wrong. She said "I have never seen Cancer go away without some help". But I had lots of help, lots of prayer and lots of Shaklee supplements, but of course she was referring to Chemo and Radiation or Surgery, not considering the alternative things that I had done.

The Following Is What I Took Three Times A Day:

Soy Protein Drink 2 E-Complex
7 Vita Lea 2 Omega 3
4 Immune Building Complex 2 GLA
5 Carotomax 2 Calcium-Magnesium
5 Vitamin C-500 Mg 1 B-Complex
5 Flavomax 1Stress Relief
4 Lecithin 1 Zinc
1 Citriboost or Optiflora 1 DTX
4 Alfalfa 1 Herb Lax
All Above Amounts Taken 3 Times a Day

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Setting the Record Straight on Vitamin E

A recently published report in the online edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine (Nov. 10) alleges that high doses of Vitamin E may increase the risk for mortality, and the report has been widely disseminated this week by the media. The Council for Responsible Nutrition and other scientific experts disagree with the conclusions of the study which is the basis for this report. In addition, the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Medicine, which sets the recommended daily allowance for vitamins in the United States, both state that Vitamin E is safe.

Why the Study Is Flawed
There are significant flaws and inaccuracies in this meta-analysis conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins University. A meta-analysis is not a new study. It is simply a compilation of previously run large-scale clinical studies. Scientific experts have noted major problems with the authors’ conclusions drawn from this meta-analysis, which ignored the vast majority of existing published studies, for the following reasons:

• There was a bias in the selection of the studies to review. The researchers selected only 19 of the 2,170 studies available on Vitamin E.
• Eighteen of the 19 studies reviewed did not support the researchers’ conclusions. The only study that did support their conclusions was a hormone replacement therapy study that examined the effects of using Vitamin E and estrogen in combination, which confuses the results of this study.
• Less than half of the studies reviewed were done on Vitamin E alone
• Additionally, studies using higher than 400 IU were done on diseased populations, whereas studies using less than 400 IU were done on healthy people.
• While the authors concluded that Vitamin E supplementation did not affect all-cause mortality (death risk), with no supporting data they recommended that people should not exceed a daily dose of 400 IU.
• 
  The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Institute of Medicine, which sets recommended daily dietary guidelines for vitamin supplements, have identified the tolerable upper level of natural Vitamin E intake at 1500 IU/day for adults. The Institute of Medicine defines the upper limit as "the maximum intake of a nutrient that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects in almost all healthy individuals in the general population."

Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg, Associate Director of Tufts University’s Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, member of Shaklee’s Scientific Advisory Board, and widely recognized nutrition expert, emphasized that the research used in the study looked at people already at high risk of death, which can’t be used to determine what’s good for healthy people.

Dr. Blumberg also stated that “these investigators selected 19 specific studies to analyze. In doing so, they also selected not to employ a vast number of studies that show no harm from Vitamin E and a great deal of benefit.”

In reaching their conclusions, the authors ignored a huge body of research that supports the health benefits of Vitamin E supplementation.

Vitamin E Is Safe and Effective
There are more than 1,000 studies that support the safe and efficacious use of Vitamin E supplements, including several studies that were reviewed in this recent analysis. Research studies on Vitamin E supplements have linked the antioxidant to numerous health benefits including reduced progression of advanced age-related macular degeneration, reduced occurrence of cataracts, slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease, slower progression of atherosclerosis, lower incidence of non-fatal myocardial infarction, and reduced incidence of upper respiratory infection, to name just a few.

For instance:

• 1993 – Supplementation with Vitamin E was associated with a 30-40% reduced risk for coronary disease in a study of 90,000 nurses (Nurses Health Study; NEJM 328:1444-1449).
• 1993 – Total Vitamin E intake was inversely related to the risk of colon cancer; those with a highest Vitamin E intake had the lowest incidence of colon cancer (Iowa Women’s Health Study; Cancer Res:53:4230-4237).
• 1994 – Levels of Vitamin E intake were inversely correlated with coronary deaths in both women and men in a large (>5000 people), long-term (14 year follow-up) Finnish study (Am. J. Epidemiol. 139:1180-1189).
• 1997 – A review of the literature concerning vitamin E and breast cancer concluded “although epidemiologic study results have been inconsistent, further study of this nontoxic vitamin is warranted.” (Nutr. Cancer 27:109-117).
• 2000 - Supplementation with Vitamin E may prevent ischemic stroke in high risk hypertensive patients (Arch. Neurol. 57:1503-1509; analysis of data from the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study).
• 2004 – Protective effect of Vitamin E supplementation on upper respiratory tract infections in elderly nursing home residents (JAMA 292:828-836).
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  2004 – Supplementation with Vitamins E and C in combination is associated with reduced prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer's Disease (Arch. Neurol. 61:82-88; this study is from Johns Hopkins).
• FDA – Allows qualified health claim regarding “consumption of antioxidants (including Vitamin E) and reduced risk of some forms of cancer.”

This week’s headlines aside, the preponderance of scientific and clinical data shows well-established benefits of Vitamin E for otherwise healthy individuals. Supplementation with vitamins, including Vitamin E, makes sense in support of a healthy lifestyle, and for people who desire nutritional insurance for the gaps left unfilled by the typical diet.

What Should You Do?
We want to reassure you that you do not need to change your vitamin regimen. Use supplements “as directed” on the label. As always, continue to look to Shaklee to provide the best and most reliable information on health and wellness.

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Re-energize Your Day the Natural Way

Traditional Chinese remedies - cordyceps, ginseng, and green tea - to help you resist fatigue, replenish energy, and encourage more efficient oxygen utilization through your 50,000 miles of blood vessels. It's not a quick fix or a stressful stimulant. The natural way to use herbs and antioxidants to replenish and increase your energy naturally.

Our product contains standardized extract of Cordyceps (a mushroom), Asian Ginseng and Green Tea specifically teamed to promote vitality. Cordyceps is clinically proven to help fight everyday fatigue ; Ginseng is traditionally used as an energizer; the antioxidant properties of polyphenols in Green Tea promote sustained vitality.

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