Monday, May 20, 2013

DON'T SQUANDER YOUR GIFT! HOW TO PROTECT YOUR VISION

Don't Squander Your Gift! How to Protect Your Vision

Today – right now! – 10 million Americans are blind or are facing blindness from macular degeneration. It is the most common cause of blindness in North America. The most startling aspect of this disease is that, in many people, it may be totally preventable!

The most destructive disorder that affects our vision is a lack of knowledge. We need to know how to protect our eyes and what warning signs to look for as we go through life. There are also various other diseases that may attack your eyes. An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the eye. You should rely on your ophthalmologist for regular eye examinations.

Just getting old?
Loss of vision is not a normal part of aging. It is a condition to be vigorously treated and meticulously protected against. Vision loss may seem gradual, but it is relentless. We may start to have difficulty reading small print; then we may find it hard to read any print. The glare from headlights may make driving a challenge. Then night driving becomes impossible.

At first, brighter light and stronger glasses take away the blurriness. But, eventually, nothing can overcome the growing darkness in your central vision and even the faces of the people you love most are indistinguishable.

Vision loss is an epidemic. And, with the growing number of "Baby Boomers" turning 55 every year, the diagnosis of macular degeneration is exploding. So, what can we do? What strategies will help us to keep our precious eyesight as long as possible? Are there strategies for reversing vision loss?

What to do

If you smoke, stop. Do whatever it takes to stop smoking because smoking is strongly linked to blindness from several causes.

Vigorously attend to your diet. Foods that are high in sugars or have a "high" rating on the glycemic index can add to the total amount of sugar in your bloodstream. These excess sugars "cook" in your body and caramelize in your eyes – a reason why people with uncontrolled diabetes face blindness.

Eating a diet that is rich in antioxidants is essential for good vision, as they can help preserve and protect the health of your eyes. Children should eat 5 servings of fruit and vegetables daily; women should eat 7 servings of fruit and vegetables daily and men should eat 9 servings of fruit and vegetables every single day to protect their health and their eyesight. Colorful vegetables and a variety of berries – especially blueberries – can provide you with a variety of antioxidants.

Supplements play a role in vision protection. TriVita's VisionGuard and OmegaPrime are good examples of "vision-specific" nutrition. VisionGuard contains the best vision-specific antioxidants to act as sunscreen for your eyes. OmegaPrime provides you with the essential fats needed for eye health. Include these in your Healthy Foundation supplement program to help build a bulwark of nutrients against vision loss.

Exercise at least 30 minutes most days of the week and work to keep your cholesterol balanced, as buildup of cholesterol and other substances in the arteries (atherosclerosis) can cause vision loss.

When to do it
Imagine what life would be like if you could not see. That is a reality for many people. The tragedy of vision loss is compounded by the fact that many times, perhaps most times, it is preventable. If we want good vision throughout our lifetime we must begin prevention techniques today – this minute! Even if we have suffered some vision loss already, there may be time to stop the progress of this horrible tragedy.

Start today. Do whatever it takes to preserve and protect your eyesight. Your future and your freedom depend on healthy vision!

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VISION GUARD

HEALTHY FOUNDATION PACK

TRIVITA DETOX AM/PM

Take Control of Your Health

Use protective eyewear

UV-A and UV-B filters
Goggles and face shield with toxins or particulates

Nourish your eyes

Drink pure water
Sleep peacefully
Eat high-antioxidant fruits and vegetables, such as:

Blueberries
Tomatoes
Spinach
Turnip greens
Strawberries
Broccoli
Red peppers
Sweet potatoes
Carrots
Collard greens
Kale
Raspberries

Take vision-specific antioxidants such as Vision Guard and OmegaPrime
Use Healthy Foundation supplements every day
If you smoke, quit

Remember folks, only you are responsible for your health. By choosing to become a Wellness Seeker you place yourself on a journey to experience wellness and inspire others to do the same. Begin with the 10 Essentials of Health and Wellness and go to my website, www.charlesbrooks.us, and order Nopalea to neutralize toxins, drain away toxic waste, help your body repair tissue damaged by toxins and to reduce inflammation. Also, OmegaPrime, to help the body protect the eyes and the Healthy Foundation Pack to help build a bulwark of nutrients against vision loss. along with the Trivita Daily Detox AM/PM, the every day cleanse. Take the 60 day wellness challenge and experience a better state of health. There is a 60 day money back guarantee on all Trivita products. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by just giving these powerful nutrients a chance to prove themselves to you.

Be well and good health to you and yours.

Until the next time we meet I am

Always Serving Others,
Charles H. Brooks, Director, Wellness Seeker, Wellness Coach, Trainer, Keynote Speaker, Mentor
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"Purpose of Life Wellness Company"

P.S. This Is Your Life. Live it seeking Wellness.Your life belongs to you and life gives you two choices that will determine your health. One, you can sit back and do nothing and re-act to health situations or, two, you can become a focused participant in the health of your body and decide to be pro-active, providing your body with nutrients that feed vitamins and minerals to the many systems of the body. Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory, Circulatory, Immune, Reproductive, Endocrine and Lymphatic system. Keeping them operating at optimum performance is of great benefit to every human being. Be proactive and become a Wellness Seeker.

How do you do that? Include Nutritional Supplements into your diet and the 10 Essentials into your daily health routine by getting on a Wellness Journey, ordering a few Trivita products at www.charlesbrooks.us and doing the following;

1.Breathe Deeply - Take deep, cleansing breaths, hold, then release to detoxify and relax.
2.Drink Pure Water - Hydrated body systems perform at their peak, giving you abundant energy.
3.Sleep Peacefully - A regular sleep routine lets your body repair and rejuvenate. Pleasant dreams.
4.Eat Nutritiously - Savor the goodness of wholesome foods while you fuel both body and mind.
5.Enjoy Activity - Exercise your right to feel good all over: Physical activity helps your whole being.
6.Give and Receive Love - The highest emotion bathes the soul, while bolstering our immune system.
7.Be Forgiving - Release old angers and grudges: It makes room in the heart for peace.
8.Practice Gratitude - Appreciate your blessings to add joy and subtract stress from everyday life.
9.Develop Acceptance - To reduce worry and gain happiness, let go of what you can't change.
10.Develop a Relationship with God - Cultivate your spiritual awareness to achieve optimal wellness.
11.Develop Wealth - Live in abundance so you can live your life purposes.

Pursue wellness with passion and purpose.

Monday, May 13, 2013

TOXINS

Toxins: A Major Source of Inflammation

Have you ever walked down the cleaning aisle at the supermarket? What was your experience? I hate it! In fact, I completely avoid that aisle. If I need something, I hold my breath, quickly get what I need and beat a hasty retreat from that toxic soup.

The soaps, bleaches, softeners and fragrances in the cleaning aisle are all in sealed containers. Yet, they still give off an overwhelming, nauseating stench that may make a person sick for hours. What happens when we bring those containers home? They continue to give off toxins. Only now, the containers are open and the process happens 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our toxic environment
In North America we are inundated with toxins every moment of every day. Pollution in our air, water and food challenges our ability to detoxify and adapt. Worse still, the place we think of as a haven from stress -- our home -- is likely the most toxic environment we face in our daily routines. Toxins released from household chemicals, fabric, carpet, fragrances and pesticides seep into our body in tiny amounts even as we sleep.

Toxic waste, like barnacles on the hull of a ship, drags us down. It slows the efficiency of our mitochondria (the energy-producing engines inside our cells). Noxious chemicals create fatigue, headaches, digestive disturbances and moodiness. Eventually, toxins become the focus for inflammation.

Inflammation
Your body uses acute inflammation to try to neutralize toxicity. Think of your reaction to a bee sting: redness, swelling, heat and pain. This is not caused by the toxins in the bee venom. It is the reaction of your body as it tries to eliminate the toxicity:

Redness is the increase in blood supply to bring in immune system antibodies and remove the neutralized venom.
Swelling is the lymphatic fluid that dilutes the concentrated poison while providing proteins for repair of the tissue damaged by the toxins.
Heat comes from immune system activity as it battles the invading contaminant.
Pain causes us to guard that area from further damage.

Chronic inflammation occurs when the toxins are not completely removed from an area. A good example of this may be found in simple lawn chemicals, like fertilizers and pesticides. Certain fertilizers are potassium-based. Potassium is important for human health. When we are exposed to these fertilizers, our cells may accept the potassium along with the toxic "attachments." Your immune system will constantly attack these contaminated cells until it destroys them. Clusters of diseases like Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis have been linked to these fertilizers.

Home sweet home -- isolate and insulate
Neutralizing toxins in the body begins with isolating ourselves from chemical exposure. We must be diligent if we are to protect our family from toxic overload. Chemicals should be stored out of the living area in a place that is well-ventilated. This is especially true if there are children in the home, as developing brains are up to 10 times more likely to suffer damage from toxins than an adult nervous system.

Insulating ourselves against toxic exposure is equally important. Two nutrient classes shine when it comes to protection from pollution:

Essential fatty acids -- Many of the toxins we face are fat-soluble. We need "clean" fats in abundance to displace toxic fats in our brain, liver and other regions of our body.
Antioxidants -- Antioxidants neutralize toxins and Betalain antioxidants found in Nopal figs have two added benefits over standard antioxidants:
- Betalains drain away the toxin from an affected area
- Betalains shore up the cell membrane to help promote healing.

Betalains turn out to be our best tool in combating the causes of inflammation: toxins, stress, injury and nutrient deficiency. Use this excellent tool liberally to help you resist the increasing onslaught of toxins both inside and outside of our home sweet home!

GET LEAN, GET CLEAN

OMEGAPRIME

Take Control of Your Health

Breathe deeply
- Remove toxins from your living area
- Use HEPA filters for cleaner air
Drink pure water
- Granular carbon filters remove many toxins
- Ultraviolet light kills many pathogens
- Mineralized, alkaline water displaces poisons
Eat nutritiously
- Select organic foods
- Pre-soak fruits and vegetables
- Focus on high-antioxidant fruits and vegetables
Supplement with Nopalea
- Betalains help your body neutralize toxins
- Betalains help your body drain away toxic waste
- Betalains help your body repair tissue damaged by toxins
Supplement with OmegaPrime; at least two capsules per day helps you resist fat-soluble toxins
Detox daily with the Trivita Daily Detox AM/PM. The everyday cleanse for everyday life

Be well and good health to you and yours.

Until the next time we meet I am

Always Serving Others,
Charles H. Brooks, Director, Wellness Seeker, Wellness Coach, Trainer, Keynote Speaker, Mentor
Independent Trivita Business Owner773-924-1325 (B) 312-402-5405 (C)
cbvip_60615@yahoo.com
www.charlesbrooks.us
www.blogtalkradio.com/trivitawellness
www.wellnessajourneytogoodhealth.blogspot.com
www.trivitawellness.trivitapro.com/video.html
www.trivitadetoxchallenge.com/13569268
"Purpose of Life Wellness Company"

P.S. This Is Your Life. Live it seeking Wellness.Your life belongs to you and life gives you two choices that will determine your health. One, you can sit back and do nothing and re-act to health situations or, two, you can become a focused participant in the health of your body and decide to be pro-active, providing your body with nutrients that feed vitamins and minerals to the many systems of the body. Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory, Circulatory, Immune, Reproductive, Endocrine and Lymphatic system. Keeping them operating at optimum performance is of great benefit to every human being. Be proactive and become a Wellness Seeker.

How do you do that? Include Nutritional Supplements into your diet and the 10 Essentials into your daily health routine by getting on a Wellness Journey, ordering a few Trivita products at www.charlesbrooks.us and doing the following;

1.Breathe Deeply - Take deep, cleansing breaths, hold, then release to detoxify and relax.
2.Drink Pure Water - Hydrated body systems perform at their peak, giving you abundant energy.
3.Sleep Peacefully - A regular sleep routine lets your body repair and rejuvenate. Pleasant dreams.
4.Eat Nutritiously - Savor the goodness of wholesome foods while you fuel both body and mind.
5.Enjoy Activity - Exercise your right to feel good all over: Physical activity helps your whole being.
6.Give and Receive Love - The highest emotion bathes the soul, while bolstering our immune system.
7.Be Forgiving - Release old angers and grudges: It makes room in the heart for peace.
8.Practice Gratitude - Appreciate your blessings to add joy and subtract stress from everyday life.
9.Develop Acceptance - To reduce worry and gain happiness, let go of what you can't change.
10.Develop a Relationship with God - Cultivate your spiritual awareness to achieve optimal wellness.
11.Develop Wealth - Live in abundance so you can live your life purposes.

Pursue wellness with passion and purpose.

Monday, May 6, 2013

HEART ATTACK LONG TERM EFFECTS, COMPLICATIONS AND SOLUTIONS

Heart Attack Long Terms Effects, Complications and Solutions

The severity of the complications from a heart attack depend on how much of the heart muscle is damaged when the blood supply is cut off. If only a small part of the muscle is damaged a correspondingly small patch of scar tissue is formed, and the heart can usually still function normally afterwards.¹ If a larger area of the heart is affected a heart attack can be potentially fatal unless treated quickly. If treatment is sought promptly it’s possible to make a full recovery and resume normal life after completing rehabilitation.²
After you’ve suffered a heart attack, your health will be closely monitored to avoid the risk of complications. These can be divided into complications occurring immediately after the heart attack, and those occurring in the following months or years.
Immediate complications
These include:²

Arrhythmias: Irregular heart rhythms
Cardiogenic shock: A sudden drop in blood pressure causing your heart to be unable to pump enough blood to your organs
Hypoxaemia: Low oxygen levels in your blood
Pulmonary oedema: Fluid build up in and around your lungs
Deep vein thrombosis: A blood clot in the deep veins within your legs or pelvis, which can cause the flow of blood in your veins to stop
Myocardial rupture: Damage to the heart wall, which may, in serious cases, cause the heart wall to rupture
Ventricular aneurysm: A swelling in one of the heart chambers

Long term complications
Long term complications can include:²

Aneurysms: A swelling or bulging in the artery wall
Pericarditis: Inflammation of the heart lining that causes chest pain
Angina: Chest pain caused by a shortage of oxygen to the heart
Congestive heart failure: If a large part of your heart is damaged, it may be unable to beat powerfully enough to function properly and supply your body with enough blood containing oxygen and nutrients
Oedema: A build up of fluid in your ankles and legs
Depression: As a result of the inability to live a normal life or earn an income
Loss of sex drive or erectile dysfunction: Some men may find it difficult to have sex after a heart attack, even though doing so does not increase your risk of having another heart attack
Another heart attack: A further heart attack is more likely if the coronary arteries are badly affected by a build up of plaque from coronary artery disease⁵
Enlarged heart: If you’ve had a heart attack, the damaged heart muscle may result in the heart expanding in order to beat more efficiently⁶

Test Your Risk for Heart Disease

Heart disease is still the #1 killer in North America. "Atherosclerosis" is the medical term we use to describe heart disease. Literally, sclerosis means "hardening" and athero describes the nature of the debris that clogs and hardens arteries (typically the arteries of the heart). Our risk for getting this disease increases slowly over time as we age. Certain risk factors can tell us if we are in danger of developing this disease 10 years from now. These risk factors include:

Age
Blood pressure
HDL ("good") cholesterol
Total cholesterol

Test your risk
Follow these steps to calculate your risk.

Have the following numbers available: your blood pressure, total cholesterol and HDL.
Click here to access an online risk calculator.
Once on the page, scroll down and click on "Health Risk Assessors – Coronary Heart Disease."
Read the instructions and enter your data. The program will automatically display your risk.

Your risk of developing atherosclerosis is a combination of several factors over time. Please understand what this assessment does not mean: It does not tell you if you are going to have a heart attack. Markers in your bloodstream that signal an imminent heart attack include Total Plasma Homocysteine (tHCY) and C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP).

Heart disease warning signs
Let's review some of the factors that can act as warning signs of heart disease:

	•	High blood pressure Blood pressure measurements are read as two numbers. The higher number, called the systolic pressure, represents the pressure in the artery when the heart beats. The lower number, called the diastolic pressure, represents the pressure when the heart is at rest. A normal systolic number is 115. If your arteries are stiff, inflexible, inflamed or too narrow, your heart will have to beat harder and this will create a higher systolic number. A normal diastolic number is 75 or lower. When the diastolic number is too high it can mean that your lungs, kidneys and liver are not properly detoxifying your body. Some people find that their blood pressure will not go down no matter what they do. This often happens because of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). With OSA, a person stops breathing during sleep. Sensing the shortage of oxygen, your brain increases blood pressure to compensate.

	•	High total cholesterol Increased levels of cholesterol in the blood can contribute to atherosclerosis, which is the gradual build-up of cholesterol, fat and fibrous debris along the walls of your arteries. This build-up, called plaque, can accumulate enough to narrow the artery and stiffen the arterial wall. If the plaque is severe enough, it can impair blood flow past the blockage. A normal, healthy cholesterol level is 170 mg/dL or lower.

	•	Low HDL "good" cholesterol High density lipoproteins (HDL) absorb cholesterol and take it back to the liver for disposal. A normal, healthy HDL level is over 60 mg/dL. HDL cholesterol rises with moderate to intense exercise. We simply must make peace with daily exercise if we are to increase our HDL and reduce our risk of heart disease.

Heart attack warning signs
As mentioned earlier, cholesterol levels and blood pressure alone do not serve us very well as determinants of heart attack risk. Homocysteine levels are much more accurate in predicting who is at risk and C-Reactive protein (CRP) is the best predictor for heart attack (as well as many other really bad conditions!).
Elevated homocysteine levels can be reduced with certain nutrients called "methyl donors." TriVita's HCY Guard® is rich in methyl donors and proven to help the body reduce elevated HCY. C-Reactive protein has been reduced quite consistently with Essential Fatty Acid supplements and Quercetin-like Betalain bioflavonoids such as OmegaPrime® (one to six grams daily) and Nopalea™.

Learning to listen
High blood pressure as well as high cholesterol levels and low HDL levels should be viewed as warning signs from our body. Elevated homocysteine sounds a louder alarm and high C-Reactive protein levels sound the loudest siren of all. We can translate these alarms into valid communication by learning what each lab value means and how to address them in terms of nutrients and nurturing.

HCY Guard, OmegaPrime, Nopalea and Adaptuit

Take Control of Your Health

Regularly check your blood pressure
Have an annual medical check-up
- Test cholesterol, HDL and LDL
- Test homocysteine and C-Reactive protein
Reduce stress and increase nutrients
- Increase methyl-donors for HCY reduction
- Increase Omega-3 and Betalains for CRP reduction
Exercise 30 minutes most days of the week

Monday, April 29, 2013

ANATOMY OF NERVE PAIN

Anatomy of Nerve Pain

Pain is a funny thing. It’s not a hilarious thing – unless you have a really sick sense of humor. But it is funny in that pain is really a trick played on us by our mind to get us to do something. Let’s examine the anatomy of pain to see if we can learn to listen to its message.

Pain fibers
Nerves do many wonderful things, such as empowering our stomach to digest our food, empowering our heart to pump our blood and empowering our eyes to read this page. These are called efferent nerves. Efferent nerves carry signals from your brain to your body.
Nerves that carry signals from your body to your brain are called afferent nerves. Different receptors in afferent nerves help us distinguish hot and cold, a light touch from heavy pressure, and the many faces of pain signals: sharp, dull, throbbing, fixed, migrating, piercing, etc. Even numbness or pins-and-needles sensations are really pain sensations because of their afferent nerve signals.
Pain nerves are covered in a protective sheath called myelin. The myelin sheath may become damaged from injury, toxicity, and certain deficiencies such as Vitamin B-12 and folate. When this occurs, we will feel pain sensations when no injury really exists.
This is where the trickery begins.

Interpreting the signals
A pain signal is designed to get you to avoid serious injury. If you put your hand on a hot stove, pain signals get you to quickly remove or withdraw your hand before more serious injury occurs. The same with cold, sharp, dull, etc. Pain is very motivating!
Afferent nerves don’t really feel pain. You don’t really feel pain. Your nerves merely carry a signal from your body to your brain. Your brain, in turn, interprets this signal according to the type of nerve that conveys the message.

When you touch something hot, your brain interprets heat; you don’t really feel heat.
When you touch something cold, your brain interprets cold; you don’t really feel the cold.

When you experience pain you are not really feeling pain; your brain is interpreting a signal as pain. That becomes very important as we discuss the remedies for chronic pain.

Remedies for pain
Pain is the way your body signals that there is something wrong requiring immediate attention – withdraw from the pain! Switches – like light switches that turn on a light – turn on the pain signal when danger exists and turn it off when danger has passed. So, the first remedy for chronic pain is to withdraw from whatever is causing the pain.
With chronic pain, sometimes the switch gets turned on and never gets turned off! These switches, often called pain gates, are ruled by nutrients such as Vitamin D. Also, in chronic nerve pain, a signal is sent from a damaged area or lesion in the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath is ruled by nutrients such as Vitamin B-12 and folate as well as essential fatty acids.
Chronic muscle pain occurs when muscles try to restore balance to an unbalanced muscle region. The imbalance may be caused by injury, stress, a sedentary lifestyle or poor posture (really, poor posture and sedentary living are types of muscle injury). Muscle balance is ruled by magnesium and, to a smaller extent, by potassium and calcium.

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A word about inflammation
Just as chronic nerve pain can become caught in a loop or cycle, inflammation may become chronic even after the cause of the inflammation is removed. The chemicals of inflammation injure your afferent nerves and your brain interprets this injury as chronic pain. Pain and inflammation go hand in hand.
To break the cycle of chronic pain we must:

Remove the cause: trauma/injury, toxins, etc.
Restore nutrient balance
Break the cycle of inflammation

In this way we can learn to listen to the message of pain and achieve the balance of pain-free living!

NOPALEA 60 DAY WELLNESS CHALLENGE

Take Control of Your Health

Remove the causes of pain:
- Trauma/injury
- Toxins
- Stress
Restore nutrient balance:
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin B-12 and Folate
- Essential Fatty Acids
- Magnesium, potassium and calcium [VitaDaily or Wellavoh]
Break the cycle of Inflammation

Monday, April 22, 2013

HIDDEN CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC STRESS AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

Causes of Hidden Inflammation

Inflammation is the number one medical issue facing people in North America today. There are four sources of inflammation and each one requires a pretty lengthy explanation. Rather than presenting our Weekly Wellness Report as an exhaustive list of "what may go wrong" I would like to cover:

The major categories of inflammation
How you can protect yourself
Nutrients you can use to help reduce inflammation

Cause #1: Toxins
Toxins cause inflammation by penetrating healthy tissue in your body and hiding there. Your immune system knows they are there and responds with acute inflammation to eradicate them -- even killing healthy cells to get rid of the toxins. Toxins create death when more cells die in a single day than your body can replace with healthy cells.

Sometimes this happens very quickly, as with infection from the H1-N1 flu epidemic. The virus inhabits the lungs and airways. Your body responds with immune cells which douse the viral toxin with inflammation. So many lung cells are killed in the process that the host simply can't replace the sick, toxic cells with new, healthy cells and the patient dies.

Sometimes toxins kill more slowly, as with air pollution causing lung cancer. Inflammation kills diseased cells but at such a slow rate that a few replacement cells keep the lungs functioning. However, over time the rate of cell replacement cannot keep up with the rate of cell death and the patient dies of a chronic lung disease such as cancer or emphysema.

Toxins are produced outside our body as well as inside our body. We must insulate ourselves from external toxins and keep our body shiny and clean on the inside through vigorous application of the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness. Supplements such as Nopalea and Vitamin C can be very helpful in releasing hidden toxins.

Cause #2: Deficiency
Your body must replace millions of cells every hour. Building healthy cells requires that we have healthy building materials in our system all the time: oxygen, water, vitamins, minerals, enzymes and many other elements. We must give our body time to rebuild with 7 1/2 to 9 hours of peaceful sleep every night.

If any element in your health routine is missing for even a moment, a cell will be created without critical building materials and the cell will be weak. A single weak cell will be eliminated by the acute inflammation of our immune system. However, poor nutrition day after day and poor sleep night after night will create a deficit between the number of healthy cells you have and the number of healthy cells you need to live. Chronic inflammation is the way your body deals with this deficit. It is the seedbed for infection, disease and an early death.

Pay close attention to the 10 Essentials and support your body with Healthy Foundation nutrients. A multiple vitamin/mineral supplement, OmegaPrime, Vitamin C and Sublingual B-12 are basics for wellness.

Cause #3: Emotional Distress
Stress describes the forces trying to tear us apart: toxins and deficiencies, gravity and weather, injuries, expectations and time pressures. These are examples of things that pull us apart. The forces trying to pull us back together -- homeostasis -- are seen in the 10 Essentials: deep breathing, pure water, peaceful sleep, nutritious food, daily activity, emotional and spiritual support.

Emotional distress is based on how we appraise or evaluate changes in our environment. All changes are stressful -- even "good" changes such as a raise at work or a new, healthy grandbaby! The changes that threaten our health and create long-term, chronic stress are those that may cause pain or loss to ourselves or to someone we care about, or that may overextend our coping resources.

Support yourself against this dangerous cause of inflammation by creating a healthy community of people around you. Use Healthy Foundation supplements to create a solid foundation for coping with daily stress. Especially consider adaptogens to build a bulwark against the onslaught of daily stress from outside, inside your body and even inside your mind.

Cause #4: Injuries and Trauma
Acute inflammation is the normal response to trauma. Acute inflammation is characterized by pain, swelling, redness and heat. Using topical pain relief gels can expedite the repair process by supporting homeostasis during the early days following an injury.

Conclusion
There are four basic causes of inflammation; therefore, there are four basic causes of chronic disease. Work to insulate yourself from these malevolent influences with appropriate nutrients and emotional/spiritual nurturing and you will improve the quantity and quality of your life!

Take Control of Your Health

Practice the 10 Essentials each day
Use Nopalea to detoxify
Create a nutrient base with Healthy Aging supplements:
Adaptuit to thwart stress
Use topical pain relief gels for acute injuries

Being that inflammation has such a devastating affect on the human body, it is important that we learn to control it and keep it at a healthy level that makes it a benefit to the human body. Nopalea is the anti-inflammatory wellness drink that lowers inflammation and assist you in providing your body a measure of good health and wellness. Here's Brazos.

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Stress and Your Health

There are four common causes of imbalance that affect our health:

Trauma

Toxins

Deficiency

Emotional distress

Stress triggers a flood of hormones that sacrifice healthy organs in order to solve the stress crisis. Chronic stress causes us to wear out and age prematurely.

According to the book, "Who Gets Sick?" stress is reducing the quality and quantity of life of most people in North America -- including you! It strangles the joy and pleasure from your days and nights. It makes you miserable, and then it makes you sick. You become susceptible to diseases such as heart attacks, cancer and diabetes. Once you are sick, stress keeps you from responding as well to medical care. Yes, stress is a killer!

Know your enemy!
Stress is short for distress. Distress describes an unpleasant influence by forces outside or even inside your body trying to tear you apart; it can come from your environment, your body or even your thoughts.

Stress triggers the fight or flight mechanism. Your body will prioritize resources to meet specific demands of stress. In fight or flight, your body prepares to do battle or run away. Either of these actions will require fuel -- and right now!

Where do you get that fuel? From organs you don't need at that moment to survive.
So, if you are being chased by a lion, you don't need digestion. Stress will take nutrients from digestion as fuel to meet this particular crisis. The same is true for other organs and systems: Stress will literally rob nutrients from your reproductive system, your bones, and aspects of your immune system, your nervous system and more -- all in an attempt to survive.

Now, assuming you survive the stress, are the nutrients returned to those systems? No, not at first. They are taken out quickly and returned slowly, just in case there is another lion around.

Gradually, you begin to show signs of chronic stress that we call premature aging: your blood sugar becomes more difficult to control; your arteries begin to clog up with cholesterol; and your muscle and bone mass begins to melt away. Then, enzymes in your cells begin to turn off and caramelized sugars begin to damage your brain and nerves. You can't think and you have no energy. Your body cannot stand that kind of stress and it breaks down.

Fighting back
This illustrates why we need nutrients from food and supplements to combat stress. The more nutrients we have "on board," the less fuel your body will have to rob during a crisis.

The opposite of stress is homeostasis. So, while stress is constantly trying to pull you apart, homeostasis is constantly working to put you back together. Homeostasis is the priority process your body uses to combat stress. It requires nutrients to function. So, a key strategy for helping reduce the impact of stress is to take Healthy Foundation nutrients (including a robust supply of Sublingual B-12) every day.

Rather than being just an isolated event, stress accumulates over time. A single stressful event can affect you for up to two years or more. Therefore homeostasis must be constant, relentless and dynamic in working to return you to a normal state. It must do this no matter which direction stress is pulling you.

Homeostasis is a very important process in our body and we need to support it in every way we can. Homeostasis encompasses all of our resources: our brain and nervous system, our immune system, our hormonal system and every other body function.

Adaptogens support homeostasis in all body systems. Adaptogens are "non-specific" in that they help your body reclaim balance. Adaptogens are non-toxic at any level, so you can feel free to take an added serving of Adaptuit as needed in order to break the cycle of stress. A daily serving of adaptogens can help keep you calm and relaxed.

A specific target of stress is the thyroid gland. Specific proteins found in Energy Now! support healthy thyroid function when stress creates thyroid imbalance.

Healthy Foundation nutrients along with Adaptuit and Energy Now! can help protect against the relentless stress we all face. We need nutrients and nurturing; these lifesaving resources are found in the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness. Learn them and live them, and you will be able to resist the relentless killer: stress!

Take Control of Your Health

Practice deep breathing at least 20 minutes daily

Exercise at least 30 minutes most days of the week

Eat high protein foods; avoid sugar and caffeine

Take Healthy Foundation nutrients

Use adaptuit to fight off the effects of stress

Support your thyroid with Energy Now!

Trivita Chief Science Officer, Brazos Minshew, created a stress fighter and named it Adaptuit. This wonderful product assist the body in managing the effects of stress. Combined with the Healthy Foundation Pack and Energy Now, you have a system that is designed to fortify your body and help you find good health and wellness.

                                                           Adaptuit & Vitamin B-12

                                                                       Energy Now

Immune System Essentials

Have you ever heard an orchestra playing a symphony? Every instrument has a unique sound. Each plays a unique part in the masterpiece. The conductor brings out the best in every musician. Even the acoustics of the surroundings enhance or detract from the performance.
This is an accurate description of the way we harmonize the outside world with our inside world. From the instant of conception our life is a symphony of activity, ever-changing to meet new and varied circumstances. Only a complete platform such as the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness is strong enough to support this colossal activity!

The orchestra
Your immune system is the great harmonizer between the world inside your body and the world outside. Many scientists believe that the immune system may also be the “mind-body connection,” the communication system that changes the health of our body in relationship to our values, thoughts and feelings.
Just as an orchestra has sections, such as strings, brass, woodwind and percussion, the immune system has divisions. The first, important division is “active” versus “passive” immunity.

Passive immunity includes barrier protection like your skin as well as surface resistance from bacteria on our skin, in our sinuses, lungs, digestive system and reproductive system. All mucous membranes work to filter what is supposed to come into our body and what should stay out.

Active immunity includes two further divisions called “adaptive” and “innate.” The word innate describes something you were born with rather than something acquired along the way. The innate immune system is not really specific; it reacts in whatever way is needed at the time – like the musician that plays multiple instruments. Our adaptive immune system “goes to school” to adapt or adjust to its environment. It is very specific, often doing only one thing to contribute to harmony. Elements of our immune system can learn from experience and help us adapt to changing circumstances.

We need harmony between our mind, body and environment. Our immune system usually provides it. But what happens when things go wrong? What happens if we are exposed to “bad” bacteria, viruses or other pathogens?

Disease and our immune system
Sometimes we ask the wrong questions when we start to experience disharmony in our immune system. Sometimes we ask, in effect, “What makes sick people sick?’” That’s like asking, “What ingredients make bad music?” As pertinent as that question is to a sick person it is usually more productive to ask, “What makes music great” or, “What keeps healthy people well – and how can I be one of them?”
Wellness is:

Created in the way our immune system interacts with our environment
Based on our genetics
Modified by our behavior or lifestyle

Illness is really a disharmony produced by trauma, toxins from inside or outside our body, deficiencies in vital elements like air, water, sleep and nutrients, as well as emotional distress.
In order to help protect against disease and achieve wellness we must restore harmony between our world and our immune system. Immune-system harmony is the exclusive realm of the 10 Essentials!

Immune essentials
We participate in this symphony along with the individual members of the orchestra within our immune system. We are not merely passive observers. A deficiency in any one of the 10 Essentials – Air, Water, Sleep, Nutrition, Activity, etc. – may result in a compromised immune system. Conversely, attention to the 10 Essentials may result in an improved immune system.
Take time to learn how to harmonize your immune system so it works smarter, not harder. Learn and live the 10 Essentials of physical, emotional and spiritual wellness.

Take Control of Your Health

Practice the 10 Essentials for a healthy immune system:
1. Breathe Deeply
2. Drink Pure Water
3. Sleep Peacefully
4. Eat Nutritiously
5. Enjoy Activity
6. Give and Receive Love
7. Be Forgiving
8. Practice Gratitude
9. Develop Acceptance
10. Develop a Relationship with God

Now there is a new product from Trivita that assist the immune system in working smarter not harder. That product is Zuma Gold created from plant from the Amazon Rain Forest and put together by Amazon John Easterly and Trivita Chief Science Officer, Brazos Minshew. They put together a video that explains this remarkable product. Take a listen