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Hot Flashes

I receive more questions about the distressing symptoms associated with menopause than perhaps any other single situation. Usually, the concerns are about how to stop the hot flashes. In this Weekly Wellness Report we will discuss some of the more disturbing signs associated with abnormal menopause and what they mean. Hopefully, we can map out a strategy that will work for you and work soon!

Taking a look at the symptoms

Menopause Symptoms
Rate your menopause symptoms on a scale of 0 to 5 with 5 being the most severe.

Signs of low estrogen

Hot Flashes
0 1 2 3 4 5

Night Sweats
0 1 2 3 4 5

Low Energy
Mental/physical
0 1 2 3 4 5

Low Moods
No emotional energy
0 1 2 3 4 5

Bladder Urgency
Including incontinence when you cough or sneeze
0 1 2 3 4 5

Signs of low progesterone

Ache in joints
Hips, low back, knees, fingers, etc.
0 1 2 3 4 5

Allergies getting worse
0 1 2 3 4 5

Wide mood swings
Anxious, tense, irritable
0 1 2 3 4 5

Brain fog
Often unable to think clearly
0 1 2 3 4 5

General inflammation
0 1 2 3 4 5

Signs of low testosterone

Low motivation/increased apathy
0 1 2 3 4 5

Low libido
Sexual interest
0 1 2 3 4 5

Reduced strength/muscle tone
0 1 2 3 4 5

Shorter attention span
0 1 2 3 4 5

More unsure of yourself/frightened
0 1 2 3 4 5

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Hormone basics
Although the three hormones that affect menopause most directly are estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, this is not the whole hormone picture. In fact, they represent broad categories of hormones that may encompass hundreds of other hormones. There are at least 35 different estrogens alone. Also, they interact with each other in such a way that a relative excess in one hormone may make another hormone seem deficient even though blood tests say it is normal.

Balancing hormones is simple, though it is not always easy

Make them
Use them
Detoxify them

This is the cycle of balanced hormones. The vast majority of women using this procedure achieve balanced hormones in just a few months. Over half of these women find substantial symptom relief in their first month using this approach.

Make them, use them, get rid of them!
Estrogen, progesterone and testosterone are examples of trophic hormones. They are made of the same substance, cholesterol. If your body is unable to convert cholesterol into these hormones you may see your blood levels of cholesterol rise while the hormone levels drop. You can bring your cholesterol down and your low hormones up by using nutrients to help convert cholesterol to hormones.

Make them. We make good hormones from good cholesterol. We make good cholesterol from good fats. OmegaPrime contains fish oil, flax oil, Evening Primrose oil and Perilla seed oil to help convert cholesterol to any of these hormones that may be low. You may find that you need to take more OmegaPrime every day to properly support converting cholesterol into hormones.

Use them. Balanced Woman helps your body make and use the hormones it needs. Then, the hormones may complete their important work of building up the body and mind. Most of the distressing symptoms will disappear during this make them, use them phase.

Get rid of them. Finally, the hormones must be excreted from your body to prevent them from building up to toxic levels. We must get rid of them or smoldering fires of inflammation will begin. Inflammation from hormone toxicity is one reason for the distressing symptoms associated with menopause. To find relief we MUST detoxify the hormones. This is where Balanced Woman really shines!

Hormones are detoxified through the liver. Detoxification enzymes in the CYP family account for clearing almost all toxins from our body, including toxic hormones. This may include so-called xenoestrogens, the estrogen-like substances that come from plastics, solvents and other chemicals in our environment. The Branched Chain Amino Acids, or BCAA, support detoxification. Balanced Woman contains BCAA to up-regulate hormone detoxification. You may need to take more Balanced Woman capsules daily during detoxification.

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Conclusion
One final note. Imbalanced hormones can cause uncomfortable symptoms, which can create stress. Stress all by itself creates hormone imbalances. Add the insult of a toxic world to the daily traumas, nutrient deficiencies and stresses from inside and outside our bodies and we have a recipe for disaster. The 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness replenish our reserves through nutrients and nurturing. Embrace the 10 Essentials and practice them daily for a healthy mind, body and spirit.

Take Control of Your Health

Increase good fats. Avoid bad fats
Take OmegaPrime
Take Balanced Woman to help make, use and get rid of hormones
2 capsules daily with juice on an empty stomach for maintenance
You may need to take more during detoxification
Consider Nopalea to help the body reduce inflammation and Adaptogen 10 Plus to block stress
Eat meals that are protein, carbohydrate, fat and fiber balanced

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Building and Restoring Your Memory
by Brazos Minshew, TriVitas Chief Science Officer

What do you remember?
Earlier this year I wrote a Weekly Wellness Report on how to make a memory. Do you remember the key points from that article? To recap, occasional memory lapses usually indicate you are distracted by stress. Rehearsing things you want to remember will help and practicing new things that you have learned will help as well. Because new behaviors create new pathways in your brain, learning something new such as a new language or musical instrument can improve your overall memory.

Stress kills your memory. Nutrients such as Omega-3, Vitamin B-1 and anti-inflammatory antioxidants such as those found in Nopalea help rebuild and restore your ability to remember. With all of these tools at your disposal you have access to the power of a healthy memory.

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New data!
In my research on how to build or improve your memory, I found three articles in the medical literature that were impressive to me. Let me tell you about them.

The first article discussed the attempt to reduce heart disease by reducing homocysteine with Vitamin B-12. Now, the form they used was not even close to our HCY Guard formula. It was an oral form. They did not deliver the supplement sublingually nor use the critical nutrient Biotin to complete the B-12 family, as found in Dr Libby's original, patented Sublingual B-12, B-6 and Folic Acid. So, they did not achieve the level of homocysteine reduction they could have if they were using the complete B-12 family of nutrients and delivering them either sublingually or by injection.

Still, the results against homocysteine were adequate. The formula did not change the heart attack risk. But, it had an unintended benefit in that Vitamin B-12 improved the memory of the senior adults that took it. The study conducted at the University of Oxford demonstrated that people taking Vitamin B-12 had better memory, less brain atrophy or shrinkage, and less white matter damage as well.

Hooray for B-12!

Another study published in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin measured levels of Vitamin B-12 in women during pregnancy and the mental status, occurrence of mental illness, and cognitive functioning in their children nine years later. The results were clear. The better the B-12 status in mom, the better the brain in the child! Pregnant women need Vitamin B-12 if they want smart babies!

The third study focused on the 16 percent of 70-year-olds that have cognitive impairment. Half of those with measureable impairment at age 70 will go on to have full-blown Alzheimers disease. In this group, they found that the impairment could be improved with Vitamin B-12 therapy and that the cognitive decline toward Alzheimers disease could be slowed.

Hooray for B-12!

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Foundations for a healthy brain and memory
We have developed a package of nutrients that we call the Healthy Foundation Pack. It contains Sublingual B-12, OmegaPrime, a multi-nutrient complex and Vitamin C. Each of these nutrients has direct application to creating a healthy brain at any age.

We have just discussed the impact of Vitamin B-12 on healthy memory. OmegaPrime contains the Omega-3 essential fatty acid DHA, docosohexanoic acid. Two-thirds of a healthy brain is made of fat and three-fourths of the fat in the brain is DHA. That means that half of your brain is DHA. OmegaPrime contains the stuff your brain is made of!

A multi-nutrient complex is an important foundation of health for the entire human body. But did you know that specific studies have shown cognitive improvement with a multi-nutrient complex? Three blinded studies of children show significant differences between kids who take their multi and kids who do not. That data applies to adults as well.

Finally, Vitamin C is important to protect the brain from oxidation and stress. Oxidation occurs when there is not enough oxygen to parts of the brain, such as with seizures, migraines or snoring. Stress directly damages the hippocampus, the memory-forming and memory-retrieval area of the brain. Vitamin C protects against that damage and helps the injured brain repair.

Conclusion
Building a healthy memory and protecting what you have is within your power. Take control of your health and enjoy the benefits of a good memory your entire life!

Take Control of Your Health

Reduce stress
Increase physical activity and mental activity
Learn something new
Rehearse before an important event
Practice and review the things you want to remember
Learn something new. Yes, I know I repeated this, but repetition is the mother of retention
Nourish your memory with
Sublingual B-12
OmegaPrime
A multi-nutrient complex
Vitamin C

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Want Healthy Joints? Keep On Moving!
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

The most common diagnosis in North America, more common than the common cold, is arthritis. This condition begins when old cartilage cells are cleared away faster than they are replaced with new ones. This deficit of new cells can be likened to spending just a little more money than you deposit each month. Sooner or later, your account will be empty. With arthritis, old cells are taken from a joint faster than new cells are added. Sooner or later, the joint becomes dry.

Healthy joints
Joint spaces are filled mostly with water. There are small, magnetic proteins embedded in collagen that constantly push each other apart. This suction creates a vacuum that is soon filled with water and nutrients. Every time you move the joint, some of this water is squeezed out along with waste from the joint cells. Between movements, when the joint is at rest, it once again draws in water and nutrients.

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Sick joints
Many different things can interfere with the balance of cell life and death, like trauma to the joints, toxins from infections and our environment, nutrient imbalances that create a deficit in the structure of joint cells, and stress that suppresses new joint cell formation. All of these influences can slow the production of new cartilage cells and hasten the death of existing cells.

When a person lacks sufficient nutrients to make complete, healthy cells, immature and imbalanced cells will be produced instead. These may function for a time, however, sooner or later they will shatter and splinter into fractions of protein in your joint capsule. These act like slivers of broken glass. As they slice through certain guardian cells, called mast cells, large amounts of histamine are released and inflammation sets in. You can often hear the grinding in your joints when they become inflamed.

Joint Damage

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Nutrient rescue
To make sure our joints remain healthy we all need the right nutrients in the right amounts and at the right times. These nutrients include joint-specific proteins such as glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid, minerals including magnesium and potassium, and special fats that reside specifically in your joints. But there is another essential element to joint health, movement.

Movement is key
Remember, joints are made of living cells. Each cell must get nutrients in and waste out. But the cells have no blood supply. They have to get their nutrients by the gentle action of movement. Think of a sponge in a pail of water. If you want circulation in the sponge, you must squeeze and release it. If you want healthy joints you must move them to squeeze out the waste and draw in the nutrients. For good joint health you must move.

Your body was made to move. By moving more you will enjoy greater flexibility and less pain. So, keep moving every day for healthy joints.

Take Control of Your Health

Stretch before exercise. Make sure your joints are ready.
Use both warm up and cool down exercises to preserve joint health.
Exercise for at least 30 minutes most days of the week.
Drink pure water to moisten your joints.
Use sulfur-bearing nutrients for joint hydration, Glucosamine sulfate, Chondroitin sulfate, and MSM.
Use Essential fatty acids to stabilize the joint cells.
Use enzymes and plant substances to reduce inflammation.

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Top 10 List To Better Heart Health
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

What an amazing organ our heart is! It beats for an entire lifetime without stopping for a break. With every heartbeat, about a third of a cup of oxygen-rich blood is pumped out to your body. This means that between 1,500 and 2,000 gallons of blood are pumped through your heart every day. The average heartbeat is 72 times per minute. In the course of one day it beats over 100,000 times. In one year the heart beats almost 38 million times, and by the time you are 70 years old, on average, it beats 2.5 billion times! That makes me tired just thinking about it.

The heart has a lot of work to do, so how can we help it stay healthy throughout life?

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Heart Health Top 10

1. Eat a high-fiber diet
Dietary fiber is often classified into two categories, soluble and insoluble.

Soluble fiber draws water into the bowel and can help slow digestion. Soluble fiber can help reduce bad cholesterol, triglycerides and elevated glucose or blood sugar. Examples include

Oatmeal
Oat bran
Beans
Peas
Rice bran
Barley
Citrus
Strawberries
Apple pulp

Insoluble fiber speeds digestion and can add bulk to the stool. Examples include

Whole wheat breads
Wheat cereal
Wheat bran
Rye

2. Eat healthy fats
Most of us have heard about how fats are bad for us, but this is not always the case. Some fats are very good for our ongoing well-being. Two of these fats are Omega-3 and Omega-6. Not only are they good for us, they are actually indispensible, which is why they are also called Essential Fatty Acids or called EFAs.

There are two reasons why these omega fatty acids are considered essential

By nourishing our heart, brain, skin, glands and joints and by helping the process that produces our hormones, these two EFAs play crucial roles in helping us sustain vibrant good health, from early adulthood development on up through healthy aging in the senior years.
Because our bodies cannot make them internally, we have to get omega fatty acids from outside sources, such as diet and supplements.

3. Reduce salt
If you have high blood pressure or are at risk of developing it, cutting back on salt could reduce your risk of a heart attack by 25 percent or more. Your goal should be less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day, which is about a teaspoon of salt.

4. Lose the gut
Even if you are not significantly overweight, carrying extra fat around your middle is bad for your heart. It raises blood pressure, adversely affects blood lipids, causes insulin resistance and produces inflammation. No amount of crunches can reduce belly fat. The only way to get rid of it is to lose weight overall.

5. Increase activity
Updated recommendations from the American Heart Association call for at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity most days of the week. Strength training, in addition to improving overall fitness, improves fat-burning capacity by increasing muscle mass. If you are over 45, already have some kind of cardiovascular problem, or have not exercised regularly for years, see a doctor before lacing up your workout shoes.

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6. Calm down
Stress triggers the release of hormones that can threaten your heart. Curbing negative emotions is almost as good for your heart as proper diet and exercise. For stress, try deep breathing and regular aerobic exercise.

7. Drink a little, if at all
Drinking a little bit of alcohol can raise HDL (good) cholesterol and reduce inflammation and blood clots. But too much can cause heart problems.

8. Do not smoke
As for smoking, do not. Cigarette smokers have twice the heart attack risk of nonsmokers. If you can not quit on your own, get help. It is essential for heart health that you do not smoke!

9. Know your numbers
Elevated levels of C-reactive protein, LDL cholesterol, homocysteine, glucose or blood sugar, and triglycerides are associated with poor heart health. Know your numbers and work to keep them under control.

10. Stay in touch with family and friends
Love and gratitude are the emotions most closely connected with the heart, and science has shown that people who experience and express love have healthier hearts. Conversely, people that never form heartfelt attachments with others, and those who never make room for love have the shortest life spans and highest death rates from all causes.

So, take care of your heart through nutrients and nourishment. Learn to love and accept love from others and be grateful. Be grateful for all the wonders in your life, large and small, and be grateful for your heart, a small organ with a huge impact on your health and happiness.

Take Control of Your Health

Learn and live the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness
Take healthy foundation supplements
Achieve an optimum body weight
Consider Adaptogen 10 Plus for stress management
Consider Nopalea to help your body reduce inflammation
Try HCY Guard to help reduce elevated homocysteine
Get your essential fatty acids from OmegaPrime

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Arthritis, More Common than the Common Cold
by Brazos Minshew, TriVitas Chief Science Officer

What is the most common medical diagnosis in North America? Arthritis!

Arthritis literally means joint, arthro, and inflammation, itis. Indeed, there is often inflammation around a diseased joint. But, did you know that arthritis is a disease of dehydration? Yes, long before the joints swell and inflame, the water-rich lining of the joint begins to dry out. That is why most doctors have changed the diagnosis from arthritis to Degenerative Joint Disease. To effectively care for degenerating joints we need to find a way to get fluid, especially water, back into its proper place.

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Inflammation
Have you ever put two north pole magnets together? Notice how they repel each other? A similar phenomenon occurs in your joints. Thousands of positively charged proteins called GAGs push each other apart and create a vacuum in your joint space. But nature does not like a vacuum. So your body will fill this space with a nutrient-rich soup made of minerals, fats and water. In degenerative joint disease, GAGs are lost and the vacuum collapses. No water gets in and your joints dry out and become inflamed.

Inflammation occurs when a special cell in your joint bursts and releases acids and histamines. This cell is called a mast cell. When a mast cell is damaged by trauma or toxins, or is weakened by nutrient deficiency or other stress, it pops like a water balloon and its contents flood out to neighboring cells.

Even healthy cells cannot resist this flood of chemicals and they will join in spreading inflammation. Within a short time, all of the joints in a region can become inflamed with arthritis because of dehydration in one joint. Mast cells also exist in your skin. So the area around a diseased joint will become red and warm to the touch.

The solution to this immediate problem is really quite simple.

Replace the nutrients found in the soup of your joints. The most important nutrients to put into your joints are mineral protein complexes. Glucosamine, chondroitin, and methyl-sulfonyl methane or referred to as MSM, are three good representatives of this family of protein-mineral complexes. Also, basic minerals like magnesium and boron are very important to joint health. These nutrients are pumped in and out of your joints by movement. So, keeping your joints mobile and active is critical.

Stabilize the mast cell so it does not pop. Mast cells are surrounded by healthy fats. Dietary fats from certain fish and nuts can help reduce inflammation. Also, supplemental fats like Perilla seed oil, fish oil, and cetyl myristoleate or referred to as CMO, create healthy, robust mast cells.

Clean out any debris left over from the inflammation. Finally, you must clean out all of the fractured proteins to prevent more cell damage in the future. These proteins are like broken glass inside your joints. The enzyme Bromelain is very effective at reducing these fractured proteins and inflammation.

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The results
Numerous studies from such renowned researchers as Navarro, Ressel and Bucci have all demonstrated that joints can be re-hydrated by following these recommendations. Just imagine what this means, we may not have found a cure for the common cold but we have found a way to help repair the most common crippling degeneration we face in North America.

Take Control of Your Health

Take glucosamine and other joint-health nutrients. TriVitas physician-formulated Joint Complex provides the nutrients that have been shown to help re-hydrate joints.
Increase essential fatty acids. OmegaPrime from TriVita contains healthy fats that can help stabilize mast cells.
Keep your joints clean with enzymes. Enzymes such as Bromelain can help reduce inflammation. Bromelain is an ingredient in TriVitas Joint Complex.
Drink pure water. Divide your weight, in pounds, by 2. This is the number of ounces of water you should drink every day.
Get daily exercise. Try to get 30 minutes of exercise per day for optimum health.

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Test Your Risk for Heart Disease
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

Heart disease is still the number one 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, which is 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 or the 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 or tHCY, and C-Reactive Protein or hsCRP.

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Heart disease warning signs
Let us 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, often called 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.

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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. TriVitas HCY Guard is rich in methyl donors and proven to 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.

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

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Do Not Take Fatigue Lying Down

Valuable tips for fighting exhaustion

If you are feeling tired all the time, you are not alone. Fatigue is one of the most common complaints that people bring to their healthcare providers. Several studies say that people who see their doctor have suffered silently with fatigue for a long time, anywhere from six months to several years. Sadly, many people have become resigned to the fact that they will always be tired. What is causing this fatigue epidemic? Ask many medical experts and they will tell you that the true cause of this widespread problem is modern life itself. Some of the most common life stressors that can bring on fatigue include

Depression or anxiety
Relationship issues, family conflict, loneliness and social phobias
Job or financial stress
Poor eating habits
Substance abuse, such as caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes and drugs
Side effects from medication
Chronic disease and pain

Specific medical causes for fatigue can include congestive heart failure, hyperthyroidism or diabetes. Fatigue may also be a result of sleep disturbances caused by menopause or physical changes that accompany aging. If you feel that your fatigue may be caused by a medical condition, consult your healthcare provider. Another important stressor is physical inactivity. Our bodies were not designed for a sedentary lifestyle. While many of us struggle to exercise one hour a day, previous generations often had eight hours of daily exercise. Today, too few of us make an effort to get off the couch and get moving. While fatigue may seem inescapable, there are several easy-to-follow strategies to help you regain the physical and mental energy you need to enjoy life to its fullest.

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Start with a healthy, balanced diet
If you fuel your body with junk foods and sugary drinks you will pay the price. Any short-term energy surge will soon be replaced by an overwhelming sense of fatigue. Here are several suggestions to keep your energy level high

Eat the right kinds of food to help prevent fatigue. Simple sugars found in many fruits can give you a quick lift, while other foods, such as whole grains and healthy unsaturated fats, supply energy reserves for the entire day.
Eat small, frequent meals for sustained energy. It is better to eat small meals and snacks every few hours, instead of three large meals a day. You will feel less fatigued because your brain, which has very few energy reserves of its own, benefits from a steady supply of energy.
Take a daily multivitamin to get the necessary vitamins and minerals.
Pass up the so called energy drinks. The short-term surge from these caffeine and sugar-heavy drinks make you even more tired.

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Reduce the stress in your life
Here are some easy-to-implement techniques which can help reduce fatigue

Engage in regular, low intensity exercise, including aerobic exercise or a leisurely walk. Exercise acts directly on the nervous system to increase energy and reduce fatigue.
Meditation, yoga and tai chi.
Progressive muscle relaxation which involves systematically tightening and releasing sets of muscles.

Do not neglect such fundamentals as enjoyable work, healthy relationships and adequate recreation. Many of the 10 Essentials For Health and Wellness will also help reduce fatigue and increase energy. Remember, regardless of your age you have many options to get that energetic feeling back in your life. If you are vigorous you are much more likely to enjoy life to its fullest.

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Help Stop Allergies Before They Stop You
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

On the cusp of the new millennium we saw an explosion in allergy suffering. Since 1991 numerous studies in Allergy News have cited the following increases among children and adults worldwide

Hay fever increased from 9.8 percent to 10.1 percent
Eczema increased from 13 percent to 16 percent
Asthma increased from 18.4 percent to 20.9 percent

These increases were global, from North America to Western Europe, from South Africa to Iran, from the UK to New Zealand. Everyone everywhere is becoming allergic, sensitive, or reactive to almost everything!

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What are allergies?
At first, allergies may just seem like an annoyance. However, over time this irritation becomes chronic inflammation. Inflammation may turn to infection. People that suffer from respiratory allergies have an increased tendency for ear infections, sinus infections, frequent sore throats, lung infections, and bronchitis. Additionally, people with allergies suffer from increased headaches, fatigue, and irritability. Similar outcomes affect people with skin reactions, food allergies and intolerance, and chemical sensitivity.

Allergies occur when a plant or animal protein or a synthetic substance contacts your mucous membrane and your immune system reacts to reject this irritant. These irritants can include

Mold
Pollen
Dust
Animal dander
Many other irritants

A normal, healthy immune system may react very little when exposed to these irritants. A form of barrier protection called passive immunity prevents irritants from getting inside of you and triggering your active immune system.

There are small hair-like structures called cilia that form the protective aspect of passive immunity. These move the irritant away from the contact area. Imagine tall stalks of wheat blowing in the wind. This gives you a mental picture of the gentle way your body should deal with irritants. Allergy problems begin when this ciliary action fails and the irritant requires a more persuasive approach to leave the area. Your active immune system is summoned and an allergic reaction results.

When your immune system senses one of these irritants it creates an antibody. The antibody protein is rushed to the site of irritation by your bloodstream and lymph system. It immediately pops a balloon-like mast cell in the region of this irritation. Mast cells contain histamines that cause your body to flood the area with liquid. This excessive liquid attempts to wash the irritant from the area. This is why you get watery eyes and a runny nose and other symptoms. This is your body attempting to wash away an irritant.

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Boost your immune system to help reduce allergies
Many medications exist to block histamines and the irritation, discomfort, and damage they cause. But, think about this. Is it the histamines that need to be corrected or your immune system? Put another way, the histamines are like the fruit on a tree. You will never get rid of the tree by simply picking the fruit. You must attack the tree at the roots if you are to rid yourself of the fruit. In the same way, you must address allergies at the level of the immune system if you are to be successful in resolving the problem of seasonal allergies.

Health only comes from healthy habits. A healthy immune system is built moment by moment from the choices you make. One of the choices you make is the food you eat. If you eat healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and low-fat sources of protein, you will build a healthy immune system. The same goes for the rest of the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness. For instance

Breathing deeply reduces stress and strengthens your immunity
Drinking pure water flushes your system of toxins and encourages the delivery of nutrients to your cells.
Peaceful sleep is very important in correcting allergies, as the kind of immune cells that inappropriately trigger allergies are higher in people that do not get enough sleep.

To have a healthier immune system and fewer allergies, make better health choices.

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Additional tips for minimizing allergic reactions
There are certain enzymes that neutralize allergy proteins. The most important of these enzymes is called protease. As an allergic protein enters your body, protease traps and breaks down the protein. Some of these enzymes can be found in pineapple and unripe papaya.
During allergy season, many local news stations will give allergen level reports, like mold, mildew, etc. If the levels are high, try to avoid going outdoors if at all possible. If you do venture out, wear a simple dust mask to help keep the irritants out of your system.

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The Link Between Diet And Your Energy Level
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

How is your energy level?

The World Health Organization, often called WHO, states that Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. It is the ability to lead a socially and economically productive life.

Does that describe you? Or, like many people in North America, are you just too tired to think about being socially and economically productive?

The scope of the problem
If you feel too tired to do much more than read this article, thank you very much. I appreciate your time and I will hopefully give you a few good ideas on how to increase your energy. You do not have to feel alone. Up to 85 percent of the people who visit a doctor for any reason also complain of being chronically tired. It seems that we are in the middle of an energy crisis that has nothing to do with petroleum production!

When we talk about energy we need to distinguish between the ability to survive and the feeling of being energetic. We must admit that even the sickest person is converting nutrients to energy in order to survive. Yet, we want to do more than survive. We want to feel energetic. We want to thrive! We want to have the energy to dream and then have the energy to live those dreams. We want to feel our best every day.

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Food and energy
As I mentioned, energy comes from the way our body burns nutrients. Nutrients such as fats, protein and carbohydrates must be metabolized. The word metabolism is from a Greek word that describes the process of burning wood to create heat. It also describes creating energy from food. So, an energetic life is possible with a healthy diet and healthy metabolism.

This description outlines the two-steps needed to create and sustain an energetic feeling. Improve our burn rate, which is metabolism, and improve our fuel source, or diet.

Polyphenols increase metabolism. Polyphenols are extremely rare nutrients found in certain foods and concentrated in Energy Now!. Energy Now! increases the burn-rate of the food we eat. A balanced diet must include

7 to 9 servings of fruit and vegetables for adults
30 plus grams of high quality protein
20 to 35 grams of fiber daily

However, when it comes to providing energy, fat is the undisputed champion.

Sugar from the foods we eat provides us with ready energy, but it does not last very long. Proteins are converted to energy at a much slower pace and provide us with a more stable supply of energy, which is five times as much energy per gram as sugar. Fats provide us with stamina. Healthy fats burn slowly and steadily up to eight times longer than sugar. So, for stamina that lasts all day and into the evening hours, select foods high in good fats and take an EFA supplement.

Many experts say that we should get as much as 30 percent of our total calories per day from fat. This may mean more than 70 grams of fat for a 2,200 calorie per day diet. That is a lot of fat! But do not reach for the French fries just yet. You see, all foods contain fat. Fat is as important for plants as it is for humans. So, select fats from foods that are known for high energy, such as vegetables, seeds, nuts, legumes and certain types of fish.

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A note on metabolism
Metabolism occurs inside the cell in a tiny energy factory called mitochondria. Other cell functions are dependent on DNA, with half of the DNA coming from your mother and half from your father. Mitochondria have their own DNA, inherited only from your mothers side of the family. Your energy level will likely be similar to your mothers energy level.

The mitochondria DNA is very easily damaged and very slowly repaired. The antioxidant ECGC is shown to repair mitochondria DNA damaged by stress, deficiency or toxins. Energy Now! is a concentrated source of ECGC.

With the proper nutrients, you can help restore both the energy of metabolism and the feeling of being energetic!

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Eat a diet high in good fats
Take Omega EFA supplements every day
Eat high quality proteins daily
Supplement LPA or L-Phenylalanine, and Tyrosine
Eat a diet low in refined sugar
Use GlucoManage to curb carb cravings
Reduce your stress
Take adaptogens to bolster your resistance
Reduce exposure to toxins
Nopalea drains toxins from your body
Load up on antioxidants and polyphenols
Focus on Energy Now!

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Introducing Wellavoh

A daily multi-nutrient complex that provides superior day and night health support

No matter where you live, your core health, or foundational health, can now draw its strongest support from the extreme conditions of the Sonoran Desert. Altogether 17 different tribes thrive in the Southwestern region of North America, and the people who prosper in this environment have lessons for the rest of the world. It was here that we at TriVita found the inspiration for Nopalea, the astonishing wellness drink, and now we draw on the secrets of this region again to bring you Wellavoh.

Wellavoh, pronounced wel-lah voÂ¯h, is derived from the Native American language of the Sonoran Desert. It means Wellness Harvest. These people regard the Sonoran Desert as a wellspring of wellness. Their concept of wellness is a belief that individuals can be healthy only within a healthy community. The skills and wisdom they have developed over many generations have produced a nearly illness-free society. We have included many plants indigenous to the Sonoran Desert in our Sonoran Bloom multi-nutrient complex, Wellavoh. These same plants are used as health-promoting foods by the people of the region.

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Vitamins and minerals are essential for human health
If we have the nutrients we need at the moment we need them, we will thrive! Conversely, if we do not have the proper nutrient base in our system every day, we will suffer loss of energy, poor mental performance and increased risk for disease. All experts agree that the best way to get the nutrients we need is from whole foods. Most experts agree that the best way to ensure that you absorb your vitamin supplements is to take them with food. Wellavoh is designed with whole-food complexes containing virtually every nutrient known to science. This exceptional formula feeds your body the nutrients it desires and lacks, every day, to avoid any potential gaps in nutrition. It provides you with hard-to find healthful nutrients that go far beyond an ordinary multi-vitamin.

Wellavoh is a multi-nutrient complex that offers complete nutrition both day and night.

Different needs for different times
Have you ever looked at a restaurant menu and wondered why certain foods are breakfast foods while others are preferred at supper? Well, restaurant owners followed the requests of their customers. Customers followed the cravings of their body. Our body craves certain nutrients in the morning to support energy throughout the day. The morning serving of Wellavoh concentrates energy-producing nutrients for greater vitality. Now, think of the foods we crave for supper. Typically, heavier, more mineral-rich foods are preferred in the evening. The evening serving of Wellavoh supports what you need most, like rest, repair and rejuvenation. These easy-to-swallow soft-gel capsules provide improved absorption for maximum benefit. Wellavoh vitamins are also individually packaged for easy on the go use.

Targeted nutrition for men and women
The nutrient needs for men and women are different. For example, the mens formula supports optimal prostate, cholesterol and blood sugar health. The Wellavoh womens formula supports optimal bone, skin, hormone and breast health.

What is more, Wellavoh contains four exclusive blends of rare nutrients from herbs, plants, fruits, oils and more, combined to deliver essential health benefits using soft gels. These blends include the Sonoran Blend with healing plants from the Sonoran Desert, Heart Healthy Oil Complex, Digestive Blend and Whole Food Blend.

Wellavoh also includes six essential nutrient classes that make it a complete multi-nutrient complex

Vitamins are for vitality and health.
Macro and trace minerals are to maintain healthy bones, muscles and heart.
Phytonutrients are whole food concentrates for better absorption.
Enzymes are to support metabolism at the cellular level.
Essential Fatty Acids are for heart and brain health.

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The importance of supplements
The word supplement means an addition to something to make up for a deficiency. All supplements are in addition to a healthy diet. They make up for the deficiency we face because of poor nutrient density in our foods.

They also help out when we miss the mark of diet perfection.

Supplements will not make up for bad dietary choices. We created Wellavoh to fill in the gaps of a healthy diet. As you review your diet for the past week, ask yourself, Did I eat the right amount of fruits and vegetables every day? And that is 5 servings for children, 7 servings for women and 9 servings for men. If you can say, yes, congratulations! If you are like most people you did not reach that goal. And, if you are like most of us, you did not eat all of your fruits and vegetables from an organic source, so, the fruits and vegetables may have been of low nutrient value.

Staying on top of our nutrient reserve is important. Our body makes millions of new cells every day, like heart cells, brain cells, bone and blood cells. Every time a cell dies, it should be replaced. If you do not have the right amount of nutrients to construct a new cell you will either make an incomplete cell or none at all. The outcome is bad in either case, so, we really need to keep all nutrients on board at all times. This is why we suggest Sonoran Bloom Wellavoh, because it gives you the nutrients you need at the moment you need them.

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Loneliness and Heart Health
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

Can loneliness kill you? According to medical science, yes it can!
As humans, we need each other. Children die when they are deprived of human contact and even young adults have significantly higher blood pressure if they feel lonely. This high blood pressure can follow them into middle age where they are far more likely to suffer from heart attacks, strokes, obesity, and diabetes.

Adults cope better, especially women, but the diseases of emotional famine disable many people. Conditions that have been linked to loneliness include

Chronic back pain
Ulcers
Migraine headaches

The good news is that many of these problems subside when a person feels connected to a community. Indeed, it is only in community that you can experience life in its robust diversity.

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Loneliness and the heart
Emotional turmoil causes an inflammatory reaction in the circulatory system. The blood vessels stiffen and your heart has difficulty pumping blood. Blood pressure increases and the increase damages delicate organs, such as the lungs, kidneys, eyes, and especially the blood vessels themselves. That is why heart attacks and strokes are so common among lonely people.

Interestingly, the illnesses suffered by lonely, bored, and emotionally starved people are the same as those experienced by people under great emotional stress, such as those engaged in active combat in war. Both extremes, too much stimulation and too little, trigger the, fight or flight, mechanism. This emergency or survival mechanism interferes with the enzymes that block inflammation. Inflammation is like a heavy burden on an over-taxed system, the weakest link is sure to break!

Many people in North America have weakened their hearts with high salt or high fat foods, a sedentary lifestyle, poor sleep, and chronic stress. Loneliness adds a burden that is just too much for the human body to take, the proverbial straw that breaks the camels back, and a heart attack, stroke, or other crisis becomes inevitable. That is the medical description for the impact of loneliness. How can we prevent this chain of events from killing us?

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Women save humanity, once again!
Interestingly, the amount of time spent alone does not determine the degree of loneliness. For instance, undergraduate students rated their loneliness and then reported on their social interactions and other habits throughout the school year. Those most lonely and those least lonely did not spend significantly more or less time in social contacts with others. The lonely students did, however, perceive that their social contact made demands of them that they simply could not meet.

The same report shed light on an interesting phenomenon. Spending time talking with women, and that is for both sexes, provided protection from feelings of loneliness. Many theories have been advanced to explain this but consensus from scientists appears elusive. Communication styles differ between men and women. Men seem to prefer transactional conversations while women typically exemplify negotiation, compromise, empathy, and forgiveness.

When feelings of loneliness are eliminated, high blood pressure is reduced. For instance, normal systolic blood pressure is about 120 mm hg. Chronically lonely people typically experience an increase in blood pressure that may take them above 150 mm hg. The danger zone is any systolic pressure above 140 mm hg. Social integration yields a reduction in blood pressure of 10 to 30 mm hg. As a comparison, achieving a weight loss of 25 pounds or more for the obese can reduce their blood pressure by 5 to 20 mm hg and regular physical exercise reduces blood pressure by 4 to 9 mm hg.

It is even as Robert McAfee Brown noted, How does one keep from growing old inside? Surely only in community.

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Increase Your Social Support. Meet others to help reduce loneliness. Take a class at a community college, volunteer, or join a church, or community group.

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Strength Training for Optimum Wellness
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

Essential number 5 of TriVitas 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness tells us to Enjoy Activity. Many of us enjoy long walks on the beach or through the forest. Others like square dancing or ballroom dancing. Some enjoy swimming, tennis or bowling. I personally like bicycling through the vineyards of Napa Valley.

When it comes to strength training, enjoy is not a word you hear often. How can you find joy in strength training? The answer may not be so much in what you do as why you do it!

Benefits of strength training
The benefits of strength training include increased bone density, improved heart functioning, better blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, and even reduced depression, according to Miriam Nelson, Ph.D., associate chief of the Human Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. The greatest benefit, however, may be strength trainings ability to build muscle.

Starting in our 30s and 40s, people start to lose a quarter-pound of muscle every year, explains Dr. Nelson, author of the best-selling book Strong Women Stay Young. We believe that much of this loss can be stopped or reduced with simple strength training.

Other conditions that might benefit include back pain, recovery from surgery and even mild high blood pressure.

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Methods of strength training
Strength training may or may not include lifting weights. In fact, weight-bearing exercises include stair climbing and calisthenics such as push-ups and chin-ups. And rather than using metal weights, many prefer to use elastic tubing. Still, you should not be intimidated by metal weights, or by muscle-bound weight lifters!

If you have not lifted weights before, make an appointment with a certified athletic trainer to help you develop a safe strength-training program. You can find a trainer at a local gym or through a referral from your doctor or a friend.

Tips for getting started

Begin each exercise with very low weights and minimal repetitions.
Slowly increase weight, never adding more than 10 percent in a given workout.
Do strength-training exercises 2 to 3 times a week. Allow at least one day between each workout for your bones and muscles to rest and restore themselves.
Gradually increase the intensity of your workout. Try to work up to 2 or 3 sets of 8 to 10 repetitions with a rest period of 30 to 60 seconds between sets.

Although stiffness the day after exercise is normal, you will know if you did too much if you are in pain. Decrease the intensity or the duration of your exercise next time.

The joy of strength training
As mentioned earlier, you can enjoy the activity of strength training with a simple survey of your life. For example, would you like to

Prevent bone loss
Improve heart function
Improve blood pressure
Achieve better blood sugar control
Help reduce depression

If so, strength training is for you!

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How long do you plan to live? Pick a number and look at people that age. You will see a broad spectrum of vitality, from those that are home-bound or have confined mobility to those competing in marathons and skydiving! Which group do you want to be in? Strength training can help you maintain vitality and flexibility, it can help you recover from injury and can improve your energy at any stage of life.

Do you have purpose in your life? Meeting those purposes requires health. Strength training helps you achieve and maintain the wellness you need to be effective in your life purposes: to be there for those you love, to accomplish the great works inside you, to enjoy your leisure knowing you are healthy enough to do whatever your heart demands. Strength training helps you have more to give, and giving is the truest source of happiness.

So go ahead, enjoy the activity of strength training!

Note. Consult with your doctor before starting any type of exercise program.

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First, decide why you want to do strength training
Get professional help when needed
Start slowly, progress wisely
Warm up, stretch and breathe deeply
Know good pain from bad pain
Allow 48 hours for recovery
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Boost flexibility with OmegaPrime
Reduce inflammation with Nopalea
Lose unwanted weight with Leanology
Take Bone Growth Factor to re-grow bone

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Dietary Supplements for Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, or OA, is by far the most common form of arthritis. You may already show signs, though you probably do not know it. It is not until later in life that OA becomes one of the leading causes of chronic pain and disability.

Joint Wear and Tear
Degenerative joint disease, another term for OA, is a better description of the process of wear and tear that gradually softens and breaks down the joint cartilage that normally prevents bones from rubbing together. X-rays of osteoarthritic joints often show narrowing of the joint space and destructive changes in the adjacent bone.

Patients with OA generally complain of joint pain and stiffness, particularly after physical activity. The hips, knees, ankles, and spine are most susceptible to OA, since they absorb the brunt of gravitational forces.

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Cartilage Health
Joint cartilage is made up of cells, called chondrocytes, embedded in a substance called the extracellular matrix. One of the primary components of this matrix is a material called proteoglycan. This material helps cartilage absorb the forces of friction.

With normal aging, the proteoglycan content of the matrix decreases. This decrease can be accelerated by injury, excessive mechanical force or joint deformity. This explains why certain occupations, like dockworkers and professional football players, become disabled from OA sooner than the rest of us. It also explains why obesity, which adds considerable stress to joints of the lower extremities, greatly increases the risk of OA, particularly in the knees.

Even after OA begins to set in, there is evidence that regular exercise can delay or prevent the onset of pain and disability. Aerobic activity protects against obesity, while weight training enhances the strength and flexibility of the muscles, tendons and ligaments around the joints, which improves joint stability and resilience. Keep in mind that acute injuries and repetitive strain increase the risk of OA. Therefore, exercise is only beneficial to joint health if it is done gradually, and with proper preparation, like stretching, and equipment, like quality footwear.

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Treating Osteoarthritis
Standard treatments for symptomatic OA include

Physical therapy to increase the strength and flexibility of affected joints
Prescription or nonprescription pain medication, most commonly nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs for short
Injections of more powerful anti-inflammatory steroid medication into the joint
Joint replacement surgery

Although often effective at relieving pain, these interventions do nothing to slow or reverse the deterioration of cartilage. Therefore, researches have turned their attention to two natural constituents of human cartilage thought to preserve, or even enhance, cartilage integrityÂ—glucosamine and chondroitin.

Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Glucosamine and chondroitin are thought to stimulate the production of proteoglycan and stop its breakdown. Glucosamine is derived from the exoskeletons of shrimp, lobster and crabs. Chondroitin is manufactured from natural sources, such as shark and bovine cartilage.

Numerous clinical studies have evaluated the effectiveness of these supplements in treating OA of the knee and hip. Some studies have shown glucosamine and/or chondroitin to be moderately more effective than a placebo, with no significant side effects.

Other Supplements for OA
Many other dietary supplements are purported to benefit OA patients. These supplements include

S-adenosylmethionine or SAMe, which is an analgesic or anti-inflammatory
Vitamins C and E, and beta-caroteneÂ–antioxidants
Vitamin DÂ–essential to normal bone and cartilage metabolism
Avocado or soybean oil extracts may stimulate chondrocyte activity

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RESOURCES

Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org/

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
http://nccam.nih.gov/

REFERENCES

Osteoarthritis. EBSCO Natural and Alternative Treatments website. Available at http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=15topicID=114. Updated February 2010. Accessed June 21, 2010.

This content is reviewed regularly and is updated when new and relevant evidence is made available. This information is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with questions regarding a medical condition.

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The Secret Of Nopalea's Amazing Betalains

These powerful and protective healing nutrients are essential to detoxification

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

Sure, Nopalea tastes great and it offers many astonishing benefits. However, you may not know about one of Nopalea's very special secrets. This breakthrough wellness drink contains a unique class of nutrients called Betalains. Betalains are bioflavonoids in the Quercetin family. A bioflavonoid is a vitamin-like substance that works alongside antioxidants like Vitamin C. They are useful in helping us make collagen so our skin looks young and in strengthening blood vessels so we do not easily bruise. Bioflavonoids help us resist allergies and infections from bacteria and viruses. They are also anti-inflammatory.

How Quercetins help fight deadly toxins
Quercetins are found in foods we eat every day such as apples and onions. They are important in medical science because high intake of Quercetin-containing foods results in low incidence of cancer and heart disease. Betalains are grandchildren of Quercetin. But Betalains are orphans. None of the plant species related in their development exist anymore. They have all gone extinct except beets, rainbow Swiss chard and Nopal fruit, plants that are not even distant cousins in the world of fruits and vegetables.

However, all 24 known Betalains are very important for human health. That is especially true today because they are all anti-toxin and anti-inflammatory. Would you not agree that our world is becoming more and more toxic? Environmental experts report dramatic increases in disease-producing toxins in air, water and soil. Toxins produce inflammation, and most of the diseases we face start with inflammation, like Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, etc.

Betalain content develops in response to the environment in which the plant grows. The more extreme the climate, the more protective Betalains the plant needs to survive, and the more benefits we get when we eat them! So, while we may get a few precious Betalains from beets and rainbow Swiss chard, we get the greatest abundance, all 24, from the specific Nopal fruit found in the Sonoran Desert.

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Beta xanthines key role
One of the most important Betalains for detoxification is beta xanthine. Beta xanthine participates in detoxification in the liver and kidneys. It makes detoxification much easier for our body.

Human bodies burn food to create energy. This is called metabolism, which is the breaking down the food in basic components called catabolism and using those building blocks to build up our health called anabolism. This makes us healthy and energetic. However, we must contend with toxins along the way, toxins from outside our body, like exotoxins from air, water and food, and even toxins created inside our body called endotoxins. One of these endotoxins is called uric acid. High levels of uric acid are poisonous and high levels have been associated with heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, kidney stones and gout.

Uric acid is neutralized in the liver by enzymes. Interestingly, the same liver enzymes that detoxify uric acid may also detoxify many other poisons. So, improving liver detoxification of uric acid with the help of Betalain beta xanthine may improve your ability to detoxify many other poisons. It is like getting a bonus every time you drink Nopalea!

You will not be able to complete this detoxification process entirely if your liver is fatty, sluggish or toxic. Uric acid is excreted by the kidneys. The kidneys are easily damaged by dehydration, too much protein or sugar in your diet, toxic metals like mercury or other toxins like aspirin. In fact, the kidneys are so delicate that they can even be damaged by temperature extremes in our environment, especially heat.

Beta xanthine helps protect the liver and kidneys by neutralizing toxins such as uric acid, by increasing liver detoxification enzymes that clean up both exotoxins and endotoxins and may even reduce the shock our kidneys face from excess heat.

Betalains, including beta xanthine, are anti-inflammatory and anti-toxin, just what we need in a toxic, inflamed world! And just like their grandfather Quercetin, Betalains are beneficial for improving our health and daily performance. Beta xanthine takes its place among all of the health-promoting bioflavonoids as an antioxidant that harmonizes with all of the other beneficial nutrients that are truly gifts to us from the Sonoran Desert.

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Understanding Degenerative Joint Disease

Osteoarthritis is the breakdown of cartilage in the joints. This is followed by chronic inflammation of the joint lining. Healthy cartilage is a cushion between the bones in a joint. Osteoarthritis usually affects the hands, feet, spine, hips, and knees. People with osteoarthritis usually have joint pain and limited movement of the affected joint.

Causes
Osteoarthritis is associated with aging. The exact cause is unclear. As osteoarthritis develops, you experience loss of cartilage, bone spurs around the joint, and muscle weakness of the extremity.

Risk Factors
A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition.
Risk factors include

Obesity
Genetic factors
Injury to the joint surface
Occupations and physical activities that put stress on joints
Neuromuscular disorders like diabetes.

Symptoms
Symptoms include

Mild to severe pain in a joint, especially after overuse or long periods of inactivity, such as sitting for a long time
Creaking or grating sound in the joint
Swelling, stiffness, limited movement of the joint, especially in the morning
Weakness in muscles around the sore joint
Deformity of the joint.

Diagnosis
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, and perform a physical exam.
Tests may include

X-rays of the affected joints
Blood tests
Arthrocentesis

Treatment
There is no treatment that stops cartilage loss or repairs cartilage that is damaged. The goal of treatment is to reduce joint pain and inflammation and to improve joint function.

Treatments may include

Dietary Supplements
There is some evidence that glucosamine and chondroitin may relieve pain and/or decrease osteoarthritis progression. Talk with your doctor before taking any herbs and supplements.

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Alternative Treatments
Some doctors report that acupuncture has been successful in reducing the pain of osteoarthritis, although the evidence is not consistent.

While more studies are needed, balneotherapy or referred to as hot water therapy, relaxation therapy, exercise, yoga, and tai chi may be helpful.

Mechanical Aids
Shoes with shock-absorbing soles can provide some relief while you are doing daily activities or exercising. Splints or braces help to properly align joints and distribute weight. Knee and wrist joints may benefit from elastic supports. A neck brace or corset may relieve back pain, and a firm mattress may help chronic back pain. Canes, crutches, walkers, and orthopedic shoes also can help those with advanced osteoarthritis in the lower body.

Weight Reduction
Losing weight can lessen the stress on joints affected by osteoarthritis. Losing five pounds can eliminate at least 15 pounds of stressful impact for each step taken. The more weight lost, the greater the benefit.

Exercise and Physical Therapy
Strengthening the muscles supporting an arthritic joint, particularly the knee, lower back, and neck, may decrease pain and absorb energy around the joint. Swimming and water aerobics are good because they do not put stress on the joint.

Assist Devices
If you are having difficulty getting around due to arthritis pain, your doctor might recommend that you install handrails and grips throughout your home. These are useful in the bathroom and shower. You may need elevated seats, including toilet seats, if you are having difficulty rising after sitting.

Heat and Ice
Applying heat, with hot water bottles, heating pads, hot paraffin, helps joints and muscles move more easily. It can also lessen pain. Using ice packs after activity can also help.

Steroids
Corticosteroid injections to the inflamed joint may be given if other pain medicines do not work. Because repeated cortisone injections can be harmful to the cartilage, they are reserved for those with severe symptoms.

Surgery
Surgery can

Reposition bones to redistribute stress on the joint
Replace joints
Remove loose pieces of bone or cartilage from joints

Prevention
To reduce your chance of getting osteoarthritis

Maintain a healthy weight.
Do regular, gentle exercise, including walking, stretching, swimming, and yoga.
Avoid repetitive motions and risky activities that may contribute to joint injury, especially after age 40.
With advancing age, certain activities may have to be dropped or modified. But, you should continue to be active.

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Inflammation: Scourge Of Our Time

TriVita Sublingual B-12 and Nopalea pack a powerful anti-inflammatory 1, 2 punch
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita Chief Science Officer

How many of your friends suffer from inflammation? Not just the kind that comes with a sore throat or swollen finger, but the inflammation that is causing an explosion in asthma, allergies, digestive problems, insomnia, autoimmune disorders and other reactions around the world? More important, what are some possible answers to the problem of inflammation?

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Forming histamines
Humans have been exposed to pollen since we first walked the earth. It is the same with foods that trigger allergies in many people. Yet, the sensitivity to pollens and all other proteins is increasing, it seems, almost daily. Since people, pollens and proteins have peacefully coexisted for many generations, the problem must be something new in our environment that is causing us to become more inflamed. Potential causes of the increase in autoimmune disorders could include

The toxins in our environment
The emotional distress we endure daily
Deficiency in vital elements such as nutrients and sleep
The damage of a sedentary life

Each of these sources of stress has been implicated in the release of inflammatory histamines in our body. Histamines form more readily in a B-12 deficient environment because B-12 blocks THF, which is an enzyme that creates histamine. Once histamines are released into your system they are extremely inflammatory. Nopalea quenches inflammation through anti-inflammatory Betalains.

Histamine disorders
We probably only think of hay fever when we think of histamine, like itchy, watery eyes, sneezing, difficulty breathing, etc. These are allergy symptoms connected with histamine release on an H-1 receptor in the upper airways. Yet, histamines are released on 4 different receptors

H-1 in the airways pertains to allergic rhinitis or referred to as hay fever, asthma, watery eyes, scratchy throat, bronchitis.
H-2 in the digestive system pertains to acid indigestion, gastric reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis.
H-3 in the brain pertains to insomnia, anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorder, bipolar disorder, Alzheimers.
H-4 in the immune system pertains to rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia.

Histamines are inflammatory. They start a fire in one or more of these body systems and we produce symptoms. The fires origination may be determined because of heredity, environment and lifestyle. The so-called match ignites the firestorm may be pollens or proteins, toxic poisons or healthy foods or just about anything you can imagine. In the end, the inflammation is always caused by histamines!

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The dynamic duo
As I mentioned, Sublingual B-12 protects against much of the excess histamine formation by blocking the enzyme THF. This is especially true of TriVita Super Sublingual B-12 because it contains three milligrams of both biologically active forms of B-12. Once histamine is released, it creates inflammation that actually feeds on itself in a storm of irritation. Nopalea helps break the cycle of inflammation and anti-inflammatory Betalains help quench the firestorm.

So pollens are not inherently "bad" and proteins in foods are not either, although, I must admit that sometimes they seem that way! In combating inflammation we may benefit from a simple two-step approach. We need to isolate ourselves from the allergen until our immune system can be reprogrammed and insulate ourselves with proper nutrients and nurturing every single day. Insulation begins with B-12 and Nopalea.

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Stress, Inflammation and Aging

Breaking the toxic cycle, regaining wellness balance
By Dr. Linda Wright

If you feel more stressed than you did, say, five years ago, about half the population is with you. Whether the stress is mental, physical, emotional or environmental, it brings with it inflammation that can lead to premature aging. Stress in general contributes to poor relationships, affecting work and damaging health. First, it is important to know the real physical effects that stress can have on our bodies. Over time, stress can lead to

Heart disease
Glucose intolerance
Nervous conditions
Immune system disorders
Acute respiratory disease, such as asthma
Susceptibility to colds and flu
Diabetes
Allergies
Depression
Osteoarthritis
Digestive problems... and several other ailments

Stress in and of itself is not a bad thing. As humans, we are designed to respond to it every day, sometimes with temporary bursts of energy that are natural and normal, like the flight or fight response involved when hormones are released into our bloodstream. However, when chronic stress keeps us in a constant state of readiness, the body can become weakened and susceptible to disease.

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Cells overwhelmed by inflammation
A certain amount of inflammation is actually necessary for healing, whether the damage is from injury, illness, toxins, nutritional deficiencies or stress. Think of what happens when you cut your finger. You may have redness, in which increased nutrients and proteins are carried by an increased blood supply to the injury site, swelling, in which additional plasma and healing proteins are brought to the site, pain, in which is our signal to be careful of that area, and heat, in which white blood cells defend damaged tissue from microbes.

This cut finger example demonstrates homeostasis in action. In this way, the body tries to get all its systems back in balance by remodeling damaged cells. The redness, swelling, pain and heat gradually disappear. Once the healing process is complete, homeostasis returns the body to a natural, healthful state of balance. However, when the body is overloaded with chronic stress and excess inflammation, it can be literally worn down by the constant demands. Cells may become damaged beyond repair, and we can literally become old before our time, falling victim to both mental and physical problems.

Controlling stress and inflammation
Sometimes, we can be overwhelmed by the various types of stress that come with everyday life. These include mental stress, such as over-work, physical stress, such as exercising more than usual, emotional stress, as when we are having relationship problems, and environmental stress from pollutants in our environment and food supply.

Let us look at just one type of stress, emotional, to see how the brain and body respond. Suppose you get a letter from the government tax office saying you owe 40,000 dollars. Even if you have that kind of cash lying around, you are going to feel stressed. Your brain will release chemicals called catecholamines that trigger inflammatory processes. One might be the release of insulin, a pro inflammatory hormone.

Too much stress over an extended time period will cause insulin resistance, which is associated with obesity. That obesity, which itself creates inflammation, triggers the body to produce another pro inflammatory hormone called cortisol, which creates more stress, and so on and so on. Clearly, then, controlling stress will help break this cycle of inflammation, and help the body return to its natural, balanced state.

Keys to stress management
The first step toward managing stress is to identify the things in your life that are causing it, like marital problems, work pressures or illness in the family. Once you identify and understand these stressors, you can begin to find ways to change your environment and manage them. Support groups, exercise and certain nutritional supplements may help modify the levels of stress hormones and help the mind and body to rebalance. Try these techniques to help reduce stress

Practice the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness.
Enjoy physical activity every day.
Eat nutritiously, emphasizing fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean protein.
Seek out friends to talk to, or take steps to build your social support network.
Take time out each day to sit quietly and peacefully.
Try relaxation techniques such as yoga and deep breathing.
Avoid excess alcohol.

If stress continues to be a problem despite your best efforts, do not hesitate to ask your healthcare provider for help. After all, controlling stress, inflammation and the wear and tear they create are key to enjoying health and life for as long as possible.

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Headache Pain? Inflammation and fat could be to blame

What is the connection between migraine headaches, inflammation, and body fat?

By Dr. Joshua A. Tobin

I am a neurologist, which means that I diagnose and treat disorders of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and sometimes muscles. Since the brain is the body part that recognizes pain, much of my practice involves treatment of painful conditions, such as headaches.

Inflammation is the bodys attempt to remove harmful stimuli and initiate healing. Inflammation is an extremely important process because without it, our bodies could not fight infection, and our wounds would not heal. For example, if my immune system could not cause inflammation in my foot, my foot sprain would never heal, and I would be stuck using crutches for the rest of my life!

However, too much inflammation is harmful. Inappropriate inflammation is a major contributing factor to many Western diseases, such as heart attacks, strokes and also to headaches.

Migraines
Migraine is a specific type of headache that afflicts 12 percent of all Americans. Its hallmarks are a moderate to severe throbbing pain on one side of the head that is worse with physical activity, lasts for hours to days, and is associated with nausea, vomiting, or light and noise sensitivity.

Medications often used for migraines include NSAIDS, which stands for non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and corticosteroids.

Estrogen has many effects, one of which is suppression of the immune system. Women are more likely to have migraines around the time of menstruation, when their estrogen levels are low, and are less likely to have migraines when they are pregnant, when their estrogen levels are high.

An important change that takes place during a migraine is called neurogenic inflammation, which is the swelling of the blood vessels of the brain, possibly with leakage of bloodstream proteins into brain tissue. Many successful migraine treatments work by counteracting this blood vessel swelling, including caffeine, a group of medications called the triptans, and another group of medications called ergots.

Cytokines are small proteins that most cells in the body produce to communicate with other nearby cells. One cytokine that triggers blood vessel swelling in neurogenic inflammation is called CGRP, which stands for calcitonin G related peptide. CGRP also stimulates the production and release of more inflammatory cytokines with names such as TNF alpha or tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL 1 beta or interleukin 1 beta, and IL 6 or interleukin 6 from special white blood cells called lymphocytes. While the names of all these cytokines can seem a little technical, just remember that they are all small proteins that allow communication between nearby cells.

Scientists gave TNF alpha to volunteers, who subsequently developed headaches. In another study, an anti-inflammatory cytokine called IL 10 or interleukin 10 decreased pain levels in volunteers. Studies have shown increased levels of the proteins TNF alpha, IL 1 beta, and IL 6 in the blood draining away from the head in the first few hours after a migraine attack.

A potential new class of migraine medications works by preventing CGRP from signaling the blood vessels to dilate. These CGRP receptor antagonists are still in development.

While neurogenic inflammation is a localized process of the brains blood vessels, migraine might also involve systemic inflammation, or inflammation of the rest of the body. Two studies found that migraine sufferers had elevated levels of many inflammatory molecules in their blood both during headaches, TNF alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL 10, and perhaps more importantly, even in between headaches, TNF alpha and IL 1.

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Headaches, inflammation, well being and fat
Simply put, headaches make us feel lousy. Migraine sufferers especially tend to feel tired and achy. Inflammation relates to these feelings. When scientists studied the blood of volunteers who felt tired, irritable, achy, feverish and who could not concentrate, they found that a particular group of white blood cells called mononucleocytes produced more IL 1 and IL 6 in these afflicted volunteers than in other volunteers who felt good.

If you have migraines, your fat may have something to do with your headaches, possibly because your fat cells secrete an anti-inflammatory protein, cytokine, called adiponectin. Interestingly, the less body fat you have, the more adiponectin your fat cells produce. In other words, thin people have high adiponectin levels, and overweight people have low adiponectin levels. Adiponectin protects against diabetes, high cholesterol and atherosclerosis, otherwise know as hardening of the arteries.

Two important types of dietary fat are the omega 3 fatty acids and omega 6 fatty acids. In general, omega 6 fatty acids promote inflammation, and omega 3 fatty acids oppose inflammation. While your body does need some omega 6 fatty acids, the typical Western diet contains up to 30 times too much. Therefore, decreasing dietary fat intake is normally expected to reduce the amount of inflammatory omega 6 fatty acids.

Does this mean that people can cure their headaches by losing body fat? We donÂ’t know for sure, but we do know that obese people with headaches are more likely to find their headaches worsening. If you have headaches, you may want to ask your doctor if decreasing your fat intake or altering the types of fat you consume is worthwhile.

Joshua A. Tobin, M.D., is a board certified neurologist at 21st Century Neurology in Phoenix, AZ. He especially enjoys caring for patients with headaches, fibromyalgia and sleep disorders.

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Enjoying Wellness From The Inside Out

Improve your health by rejuvenating your cells
By Brazos Minshew, Chief Science Officer

There may be trillions of cells in the human body. Each cell is like a tiny factory... and they all have a function and a product to produce. Our DNA orchestrates the production of tiny proteins that are made into enzymes, hormones and other products of the cell.

Under extreme circumstances the cell will alter its production of basic, life sustaining proteins and produce whatever is necessary to meet a crisis. For example, when we are under stress, our adrenal glands produce large amounts of adrenaline.

Under stress, these same cells change function. They stop producing the things that build us up, anabolism, and start producing things that tear us down, catabolism. Your body does this because the message of stress is that it must sacrifice healthy function, which we call healthy aging, for a time to produce energy needed to ensure our safety. This is an acceptable trade if we are using the energy to get out of oncoming traffic! It is a poor way to deal with chronic, daily stress.

The DNA is sensitive to signals of stress because it is designed to help us survive. Adaptogens carry information that helps the health of our DNA, even under extreme stress. TriVita has a product called Adaptogen 10 Plus that provides not only the necessary adaptogens to cope with the stress, but also antioxidants to counter the damage and boost your immune system.

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Building healthy cells
Healthy cells make healthy tissues which in turn are collected together as organs. Organs work within systems, for example, your digestive or immune system. Systems combine to form a healthy, functioning body. Still, the basic unit of life is the cell and the basic conductor of orchestrating the function of the cell is the DNA.

In order for our DNA to accomplish the task of building healthy cells, we must provide the necessary nutrients every day. If we are missing even a single nutrient at the critical moment it is needed, our cells will not be able to carry out their work of creating healthy proteins. Incomplete proteins are produced, cells become toxic and these become the focus for inflammation and disease.

Toxic DNA
It is important to know that your DNA never produces disease. Instead, it produces proteins with the raw materials it has at that moment and in response to information it receives. That information comes in the form of nutrients and toxins from both inside and outside our body. Healthy application of the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness and daily healthy aging nutrients send positive (anabolic) messages to your DNA. Trauma, toxins, deficiencies and stress send negative, catabolic, messages to your DNA.

Trauma, toxins, deficiencies and stress damage your DNA and cause it to produce toxic proteins. These proteins become the source of inflammation and disease. Nopalea helps your body neutralize its inner toxins and reduce its inflammation. A special antioxidant polyphenol called ECGC found in green tea and concentrated in Energy Now takes the lead in antioxidant DNA repair. CoEnzyme Q 10, or CoQ-10, adds fuel to the repair process and works in concert with ECGC.

We can improve our health by building healthy cells at any age. We are literally one choice away from improving healthy cellular function, the choice to live the 10 Essentials.

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Nopalea defends your body against dangerous toxins that ...threaten cellular health
...lead to inflammation
...and trigger a whole host of diseases
Here is how it helps the body thrive.

The power of Betalains
Harnessing the power of Betalains, a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the Nopal cactus, Nopalea delivers scientifically proven health benefits.

Detoxify your body
Every day, we are exposed to toxins in our air, water and food, and even toxins created by our own bodies. Nopalea combines its Betalains with other antitoxic ingredients to combat these poisons where they strike us first, right inside the trillions of cells in our bodies.

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

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

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

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

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

More health benefits
Want even more reasons to drink Nopalea? Scientific research shows that Nopalea also helps the body to

Increase energy
Boost the immune system
Protect against fluid retention
Neutralize free radicals

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How Nopalea aids the body in healing
Its Betalains, come to the rescue
Betalains, pronounced bay ta lins, are a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the Nopal cactus fruit. Nopalea harnesses the power of this desert Superfruit and its Betalains to bring you scientifically proven health benefits.

These Betalains have been scientifically proven, in hundreds of studies, to help the body detoxify itself and reduce inflammation.

More about those amazing Betalains
Betalains are the pigments that give the Nopal cactus fruit its vibrant pink color. But that is just the beginning. They are also natural antioxidants, and they are found only in a few of the worlds plants. And among these plants, the Nopal fruit is the leader, by far, as it contains one of the highest amounts of Betalains in all of nature.

How Betalains help with your wellness
When you drink Nopalea, its Betalains enter your system and begin to restore your bodys vitality at the cellular level. They do this by helping your body reduce the toxins surrounding its cells, which allows more essential nutrients to reach each cell. As a result, your cells are better fed and energized to repair and replace damaged tissues and reduce the reactive inflammation, keeping it from becoming chronic and leading to disease.

Scientific research shows that Betalains help to

Reduce the risk of blood clots. Betalains protect the thin lining of your blood vessels. This helps reduce the inflammation that makes your blood sticky and leads to clots.1
Reduce bad cholesterol. Betalains strongly reduce oxidized LDL cholesterol.2
Protect cells from toxins. Betalains protect many types of cells, especially brain cells, from toxins known to trigger tumors.3
Protect your liver. Betalains provide significant protection from toxins that directly affect your liver.4

But getting those precious Betalains can be difficult.

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The average U.S. or Canadian diet is typically devoid of Betalains. The main reason for this is that Betalains are only available from a few types of plants, like the Nopal cactus, beets, Swiss chard and a few weeds and fungi.

Furthermore, not all Betalain producing plants are equal. Plants produce Betalains to protect themselves from harsh environments, so the harsher the environment, the greater the Betalain production. That is why, among all of the worlds plants, the Nopal cactus has the highest concentrations of Betalains. It lives in the brutally inhospitable conditions of the Sonoran Desert.

So if inflammation is the problem, then Nopalea is a natural solution.

1.Antioxidant Betalains from cactus pear, Opuntia ficus-indica, inhibit endothelial ICAM 1 expression. C Gentile, L Tesoriere, M Allegra, M A Livrea, P DAlessio Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Tossicologico e Biologico, UniversitÃ di Palermo, Italy. 2.Allegra M, Tesoriere L, Livrea MA. Free Radic Res. 2007 Mar 41 3 335 through 341. 3.Lee MH, Kim JY, Yoon JH, Lim HJ, Kim TH, Jin C, Kwak WJ, Han CK, Ryu JH. Phytother Res. 2006 Sep 20 9 742 through 747. 4.Galati EM, Mondello MR, Lauriano ER, Taviano MF, Galluzzo M, Miceli N. Phytother Res. 2005 Sep 19 9 796 through 800.

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Chronic Inflammation

It is long been a secret problem,
now scientist are discovering it is the cause of so many different kinds of pain and serious disease

Chronic inflammation is linked to a wide variety of conditions, including many types of pain, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimers and even gum disease!

For the longest time, chronic inflammation remained hidden and unknown as an extremely serious health problem. It was not until not too long ago that it was discovered to be so dangerous. So much so that TIME Magazine even published a story about it on its cover. Now, scientists are finding more and more links between chronic inflammation and a wide variety of conditions including,

Many types of pain
Heart disease
Diabetes
Cancer
AlzheimerÂ’s disease
Gum disease

Although inflammation has not been pinpointed as the cause of all these conditions, it has been well documented as playing a part in them, often intensifying the symptoms and effects.

So what exactly is inflammation, how can it affect you and how can you help reduce it?

First things first. What is inflammation?
Inflammation is your immune systems response to damage. This damage can arise from trauma, bacterial, viral or parasitic infection, stress, genetic abnormalities, metabolic disorders and a host of other sources. Certain lifestyle conditions can also contribute to inflammation, such as poor diet, stress, being overweight, a sedentary lifestyle and smoking. Inflammation can cause redness, swelling, heat, pain and loss of function.

When you are injured, the inflammatory response immediately moves into action. White blood cells rush to the scene of the damage and begin to destroy the damaged cells, while sending out chemical signals that call for more help. Part of this response process creates free radicals, which attack the damaged area and help correct the problem. Finally, at a certain point, the body overcomes the damage, repairs the tissues, and equilibrium is restored.

However, if the body can not overcome the damage and restore equilibrium, then the inflammation continues unabated. Those free radicals, instead of stopping, continue attacking the bodys tissues, and now start damaging healthy cells. This new damage leads to yet the continuation of inflammation, which mistakenly causes more damage, which results in further inflammation, and so on. This is the cycle of chronic, never ending inflammation. And it is what causes all the serious trouble.

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How chronic inflammation worsens your health over time
Though you may not see or even feel chronic inflammation, it could be silently causing trouble within your body right now. Over time, it can result in two kinds of damage, first, to the immediate area of your body thatÂ’s chronically inflamed, and second to your overall health as well. Common problems can include,

Heart Problems. Chronic inflammation is believed to contribute to the formation of plaque in blood vessels, as well as the formation of blood clots. When these blood clots break free into the blood, they can block blood flow to the brain or heart, resulting in a heart attack or stroke.

Brain Problems. Chronic inflammation plays a role in Alzheimers disease, yet scientists are still uncertain what that role is. However, one theory is that inflammation kicks into gear because of the plaques and tangles in the brains of Alzheimers patients. In trying to solve the problem, inflammation just makes matters worse.

Joint Problems. Chronic inflammation of the joints can result in destroyed ligaments and tendons, damage to joint cartilage and bone and even bone erosion. This leads to pain, deformity and an inability to perform daily tasks, drastically affecting quality of life.

Mouth and Gum Problems. Dental researchers once thought bacterial infections caused gum disease, but now it is thought that some of the more severe symptoms of gum disease are attributable to chronic inflammation. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, report that inflammation can even break down bone and connective tissue that keep the teeth in place.

Emotional Health Problems. Chronic inflammation may even play a role in your emotions. Scientists at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, discovered that an enzyme secreted by the immune system caused inflammation related, depression-like symptoms in mice. Because inflammation is linked with conditions often accompanied by depression Â– such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, researchers expect that this study will provide insight into chronic inflammations role in depression.

Cancer Problems. Although researchers have not discovered the exact mechanism of chronic inflammations role in cancer, they believe it encourages cancer growth. According to the American Cancer Society, inflammation creates just the right conditions for cancer cells to grow and multiply.

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Anti-Inflammation

TIME Magazine called it, The Secret Killer
...and here is how to help protect against it

In 2004, TIME Magazine ran an astonishing story about inflammation and its destructive effect on the bodys health.

In the years following TIMEs story, medical science went on to find even more links between chronic inflammation and highly debilitating conditions, including allergies, chronic aches and pains, IBS and others.

These links were dumbfounding, because so many different conditions can all stem from just one problem Â– chronic inflammation.

And the type of chronic inflammation that is being studied is not just that sore, swollen muscle and joint kind that so many naturally think of. It also includes the deeper, internal types of inflamed tissues affecting vital body systems, such as,

Chronic cardiovascular inflammation in the heart and arteries
Chronic pulmonary inflammation in lungs and airways
Chronic digestive inflammation in the stomach, esophagus and intestines
Chronic inflammation in the other major organs, such as liver, kidneys, etc., and glands
Chronic widespread body cell inflammation existing throughout the body

All of these different types of chronic inflammation can lead to many different kinds of severe health problems, such as,

Ongoing, never ending pain in parts of the body
Allergies and asthmatic reactions
High blood pressure and deteriorating heart and blood vessel health
Ulcers and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Constant, overall tiredness and lethargy

Normal inflammation is good

Whenever your body is subject to threatening elements or events, it may counter these attacks with one of its defense mechanisms such as inflammation. This is normal.

The threats that could trigger the bodys inflammatory response could be little things, such as an injury like a pulled muscle. Or, the threat could be a bacterial intrusion. Stressful feelings and events can also trigger inflammation to flare up in any number of your bodys tissues. And, nutritionally deficient diets can lead to inflammatory flareups.

Finally, one of the biggest causes of inflammation could be todays world, which relentlessly exposes your body to an overwhelming flood of microsized dangers, such as toxins, pollutants, bacteria, viruses and chemicals from ... the air you breathe ... the water you drink ... the foods you eat ... and even the things you touch.

But chronic inflammation is very bad

Due to all of the causes of inflammation, it is highly likely that right now, as you read this, your body has many sites that are inflamed. This is not the problem, though. The problem is all of sites in your body where, for a variety of reasons, your inflammation is not being turned off. Instead, the inflammation just keeps going and going. This is chronic inflammation.

There are several factors that can keep your body from turning off its inflammation response, but three factors are especially prevalent,

Chronic Stress. It keeps your body constantly revved up, wasting nutrient stores and impairing its ability to stop inflammation from becoming chronic.
Chronic Nutritional Deficiencies. Without the right nutrition, on a daily basis, your body may not have the right resources to put a halt to ongoing inflammation.
Chronic Toxin Overload. In todays world, your body is constantly fighting off toxins, pollutants and contaminants from so many sources, that it simply can be too overwhelmed to stop the never ending, triggered inflammation.

You will notice that there is one thing in common with all three of the above factors. Chronic. When these adverse factors are chronic, meaning constant, it greatly increases the chance that your bodys inflammation will be chronic, too. And it is exactly this type of inflammation, the chronic kind, that the TIME Magazine story warned about because it can be so damaging to your health.

Some common examples of how you could be suffering from various kinds of chronic inflammation and their related health problems include,

Muscle, joint and bone inflammation, causing ongoing body pain
Respiratory inflammation, causing allergies and breathing difficulties
Arterial inflammation, causing heart health problems
Digestive tract inflammation, causing ulcers and IBS
Widespread body cell inflammation, causing overall fatigue.

A superior solution to chronic inflammation
If chronic inflammation is the problem, Nopalea is a solution. It is your premier wellness partner in your bodys neverending, daily battle for good health. With its amazing Betalains, Nopalea works in two vital ways: it helps neutralize your bodys inner toxins and it helps reduce its chronic inflammation.

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NopaleaÂ’s amazing Betalains
NopaleaÂ’s phenomenal health benefits

Nopalea helps give your body the great relief it needs today, while helping to protect it against debilitating health conditions from manifesting tomorrow.

Nopalea... it is a powerful health solution for todays unhealthy world

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Market Potential

In the U.S. alone, 1.3 million people suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases (NIAMS).i Overall, the prevalence in North America and the European Union is expected to increase until at least 2010, due to the aging population. With significant unmet clinical need and the progressive introduction of higher value and more effective biopharmaceuticals, the rheumatoid arthritis market is expected to more than double in value to 27 billion dollars by 2015.ii

As of 2007, 23.6 million Americans, 7.8 percent of the population have diabetes, of which an estimated 5.7 million people are undiagnosed. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), which can be fatal if untreated, usually strikes children and young adults, although it can strike at any age. In adults, T1D accounts for 5 to 10 percent, 0.9 million to 1.8 million people, of all diagnosed cases of diabetes in the U.S. alone. Risk factors for T1D may be autoimmune, genetic, or environmental. No known way to prevent type 1 diabetes exists.iii

There are over 1 million ulcerative colitis patients in the world, with seven major markets in the U.S. Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.iv Colitis, a chronic digestive disease characterized by inflammation of the colon, is an Inflammatory and auto-immune condition affecting the tissue lining both the large and small intestines. Colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, as opposed to an irritable bowel syndrome, IBS.

Stage of Development

Phase: I, single ascending dose, SAD, and multiple ascending dose, MAD, studies in healthy volunteers complete. Conducted by SNBL Clinical Pharmacology Center, Inc.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety profile, tolerability and pharmacokinetics in healthy subjects following SAD up to 800 mg and MAD of up to 200 mg twice a day

Study Type: Safety and pharmacokinetics

Study Design: Randomized, double-blind, Subject, Investigator, placebo controlled

Study Start Date, September 2008

Status, Study completed

For more information, www.clinicaltrials.gov Identifier, NCT00760396

Commercialization

Drug, Licensed from Ganial Immunotherapeutics, Inc.

Out-license agreement, TBD.

Technical

Rheumatoid Arthritis, RA

Autoimmune disorder: inflammatory disease leading to irreversible joint damage, deformity and disability

Affects 2.5 million Americans

50,000 people develop RA each year; more common in females

Increased mortality compared to the general population

Cause of RA is unknown

Ref. www.niams.nih.gov

VGX, 1027

Small Molecule drug candidate for the treatment of RA

Orally bioavailable

Novel mechanism of action

Preclinical efficacy against various inflammatory diseases: RA, TID, and colitis

Type 1 Diabetes

Autoimmune disease that results in the permanent destruction of insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas.

TID is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile Diabetes.

TID is treated with insulin replacement therapy, usually by injection or insulin pump, diet modification, exercise, and careful monitoring of blood glucose levels using Glucose meters.

Untreated diabetes can lead to one form of diabetic coma, diabetic ketoacidosis, and death.

There is no cure for Type 1 diabetes and insulin treatment must be continued indefinitely.

5-10 percent of North American diabetics have T1D.

in Mice

Mechanism of action of VGX 1027 against T1D

In T1D, pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as TNF unknown, interleukin 1 help to destroy the unknown cell in pancreas.

unknown cell destruction causes inhibition of generation and secretion of insulin.

This results in T1D.

i What People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Need to Know About Osteoporosis. November 2006. National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases.

ii Rheumatoid Arthritis Market Expected to More than Double in Value to US 27 Billion dollars by 2015. Business Wire. . FindArticles.com. 04 Dec. 2008.

iii National Diabetes Statistics, 2007. The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, NDIC.

iv DATAMONITOR Â– Commercial Insight inflammatory Bowel Disease. 11/2006. Reference Code, DMHC2260. Page 19.

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26. Work At Home

Work at home offers many great opportunities. The first, of course, is making money. For money people, this alone makes people want to try. But we really need to look beyond the money, and look at some other aspects of a home business.

The first that comes to mind is freedom. If you work for a company, you are selling or renting your time to make someone else rich, so they can live their dream. Hopefully, you have your own dreams to live out. But sometimes, people loose their dreams or get stuck in rut, and start thinking that they could never have their own business. If you find yourself thinking this way, you are absolutely right. As the old saying goes, 'if you think you can, and if you think you can't, you are right either way'. The reality is if you are willing to learn and do the work, you can build your work at home business.

If you are teachable and put in the effort, there are people who will help you. There are people who have the marketing system and expertise to help you to profit in your business, but you will have to do your due dilligence in finding the right business for you. I found my work at home business. I can help you with yours, every step of the way.

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Work at Home

Will 2011 be a turning point for the economy?
By Tom Petruno Market Beat

With much of the public expecting so little from the economy, the mood could easily brighten if the job market were to rack up a few months of decent numbers.

The U.S. economy keeps climbing out of the deep hole left by the financial crash and the Great Recession that followed.

But the recoverys benefits have been dispensed unevenly, to say the least, which is why many Americans do not believe things have improved, and lack faith that 2011 will bring better times.

Those doubts, however, could have a silver lining. The bar is low for what might constitute good news that could feed on itself and give the economy significant momentum.

As 2010 ends, though, the sharp disparities of this recovery are what stand out.

Profits boomed at major corporations this year while countless small businesses struggled to stay afloat.

The financial health of most banks continues to improve, but at the expense of diligent savers who are earning virtually nothing on their money as short-term interest rates are held near zero.

Strong sales at luxury retailers like Tiffany and Company and Coach Incorporated have driven their stocks to record highs, even as the number of Americans on food stamps has reached a record 43 million.

Most distressing of all is the employment picture, of course. Despite five straight quarters of economic growth, the U.S. jobless rate, currently 9.8 percent, is down just slightly from its peak of 10.1 percent in October 2009.

The greatest challenge facing the economy in 2011 is clear. The job market must turn up, and meaningfully. If that does not happen, American pessimism could become self fulfilling.

The employment crisis is what drove Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in 2010 to take on a role that would have been alien to his predecessors. In his public comments, the 57 year old Fed chief, a PhD economist who grew up in small-town South Carolina , tried to show that he understood the pain of average families.

While partisanship deepened the divide in Congress for much of the year and the publics faith in President Obamas economic policies dwindled, Bernanke donned the mantle of responsibility for bolstering growth and spurring job creation.

On its current economic trajectory, the U.S. runs the risk of seeing millions of workers unemployed or underemployed for many years, he said in a speech last month. As a society, we should find that outcome unacceptable.

That was his primary defense of the Feds controversial commitment Nov. 3 to purchase an additional 600 billion dollars of U.S. Treasury securities through mid 2011. The Feds goal in buying bonds from banks and private investors is to hold down longer-term interest rates and to funnel cash into the financial system, and from there into the real economy.

The central message of Bernankes policies is that the Fed wants growth, and they want a lot of it, said Joe Carson, an economist at money manager AllianceBernstein in New York.

But critics see the new bond purchase program as potentially ruinous. They deride it as a money printing campaign that risks a severe erosion of foreigners confidence in the dollar and could fuel massive inflation down the road.

Its just going to make a bubble that could burst later on, said Robert Auerbach, an economics professor at the University of Texas. He accuses the Fed of malpractice.

Indeed, Bernanke has become the favorite target of the doomsday crowd, which taunts him relentlessly in Internet forums. That camp sees the combination of a ballooning federal budget deficit and the Feds continued easy-money policies as assuring a new financial system crash and the next Great Depression.

Even some of Bernankes supporters simply doubt that the U.S. economy can make sustained progress, given still-depressed home prices, the reluctance of many banks to lend, and looming state and local government budget cuts.

And with many European countries in austerity mode because of their government debt crises, and China and other Asian nations trying to slow growth to head off rising inflation, the global economy may be a head wind rather than a tail wind for the U.S. in 2011.

At the moment, however, even the Feds detractors have been forced to admit that the recoverys pace has picked up in recent months, sweeping away the double dip recession fears that dominated last summer.

Retail sales this holiday season have substantially exceeded expectations. A monthly measure of manufacturing activity has signaled expansion of the sector for more than a year, and a comparable index for the far-larger services sector last month reached a six month high.

And with Congress extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that were set to expire Dec. 31, the fear that consumer and business spending would hit a wall Jan. 1 has dissipated.

Real gross domestic product, the governments inflation adjusted measure of the economys total output, is expected to hit a new high either this quarter or next, more than recovering the last of what was lost in the recession.

Yet U.S. nonfarm employment remains 7.4 million jobs short of the record high of 137.9 million people on payrolls in December 2007. So far this year, net job creation has totaled just 951,000 positions.

Many economists, though dead wrong about job growth in 2010, believe that 2011 will be the turning point. They are betting that plenty of company owners and managers can justify adding staff with sales reviving and with a key reason for not hiring, uncertainty about the tax cuts, now resolved.

Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York, predicts that once hiring kicks in, it will be pretty much everywhere in the economy because the losses were so broad during the recession.

Wishful thinking? Maybe. But at many companies, the outlook for staffing has definitely brightened.

Among chief executives of major U.S. firms, optimism about the economy is at its highest since 2006, according to the Business Roundtable. The group, which surveys its CEO members quarterly, found in the fourth quarter survey that 45 percent expect their U.S. employment rolls to increase in the next six months, up from just 19 percent a year ago.

Importantly, the mood also has improved among smaller businesses, a crucial engine of job creation.

The National Federation of Independent Business said its optimism index gained 1.5 points to 93.2 in November. Although still depressed by historical standards, the index was up for a fourth straight month to its highest reading since December 2007.

Saunders Manufacturing, a Readfield, Maine, company whose 100 employees produce plastic clipboards, aluminum ring binders and other specialty office products for sale here and abroad, counts itself in the ranks of companies that are on the cusp of hiring, said CEO John Rosmarin.

After the company cut employees average workweek to 32 hours in 2009, many workers this year have been restored to 36 hours and some to a full 40 hour week, he said.

If business picks up from here, we're going to have to add people, Rosmarin said.

What is more, the company has been relocating some of the production work it was doing in China to its U.S. plants because of rising labor costs in the fast-growing Asian economy, he said.

It is still a little more expensive here, but China is going to be getting more expensive as the country's standard of living rises, Rosmarin said.

Yet even as businesses sound more upbeat about the economy, a large swath of Americans are not buying it. A Pew Research Center poll of 1,500 adults this month found that 48 percent believe that a recovery is a long way off.

Asked about the year ahead specifically, 55 percent said they thought it would be better than 2010, but that was down from the 67 percent who said in January that they expected 2010 to be better than 2009.

With much of the public expecting so little from the economy, the mood could easily brighten if the job market were to rack up a few months of decent numbers.

LaVorgna, who thinks the economy will add an average of 200,000 jobs a month next year, said that level of growth could have a cascading effect by encouraging employers on the fence about hiring to push the button.

It is a confidence game, he said. Someone moves, and then someone else moves.

That is what the Fed is hoping for. Bernankes legacy now is tied to pulling unemployment down, although it almost certainly will be a slow process.

As for critics who say the central bank is about to inflate another economic bubble by keeping money too cheap for too long, the Fed clearly has made a choice. It would rather take the chance of facing a future bubble and higher inflation than risk allowing the economy's current momentum to reverse and fuel a new downward spiral.

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28. Work From Home

For Immediate Release

Work from home jobs increasingly popular among the unemployed, and unemployable of the nation.

Work from home is not just A way, but THE way to face the uncertain times found in today's economy. According to sources, unemployment is now reaching 9.8% and growing with each passing month. People are looking, but not finding jobs, and the US economy seems to be slipping under the current Administration.

Big business and multi-national corporations seem to be literally draining the little guy and gal of valuable resources, as well as hope for the future. The only positive move to be made today is the work from home business on the Internet.

With multiple advantages both in tax savings, and income potential, it would seem that people are constantly being drawn to some type of work from home business model.

Though the general consensus of inexperienced Internet users, work from home businesses are not only present, but are growing steadily. This new upsurge is good news for existing work from home experts, and they predict a banner year for 2011.

Most of the problems associated in this industry come from the simple fact that most are unsavvy about the inner workings of promoting effectively on the Internet. It is necessary to have access to those who thrive in this field, and certainly, finding the perfect work from home business model that provides mentoring is an added plus.

29. Work At Home

2 Million People Have Lost Their Unemployment Benefits

Today's news is not all that positive. Over 2 million people have lost their unemployment benefits because the system is simply breaking down. I have a question for my readers. What does this mean? It simply means that finding a good paying job today is getting harder than ever before. Folks, its time to face the music. The ONLY safe haven for people today in finding work is on the Internet. Its the last bastion of safety in a crazy and unsafe world. Today's economic climate does not mean that there are not possibilities. There are indeed, rich possibilities for people who are seeking to find a full time work at home business that will sustain their income for the future of their families. Where else will you look for work?

Is A College Education the Answer?

Obviously, if that were the cure for the ailments of this economy, we would not be in the situation that we are in now. Used to be, the parents told their kids, "go to college, get a good education, get a good job, and all will be well with your life." Now, if you have a college degree, you will be really lucky to find a waiter's job, or even become a greeter at Wal-Mart. Now, there is nothing wrong with those jobs, but honestly, the income will never be substantial.

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