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The Summer Olympics are here!

The XXIX Summer Olympics run from August 8-24, 2008. Watch them with your family and friends. Get inspired by the Olympians' health and level of commitment to their sport. Being physically active is a lifestyle for these athletes - and while the average person will never get to that level, being physically active enough to make our bodies healthy has to be a lifestyle for us too.

As you watch, stretch or lift wights in front of the TV. Or start your own routine of a quick family walk, bike or swim before you tune in. For more motivation, set up your own neighborhood Olympics. Make it simple: set up a race, make an obstacle course, or time how fast you can run around the block. You could even pool $1 a piece to get a prize for the winner.

The Summer Olympics are here! These super athletes spend their lives preparing for the change to win a gold medal for their country. Can you imagine the adrenaline rush of that level of competition? We all can feel just as good on a small scale... and help others as we help yourself.

Getting out there's half the battle. Staying out there's the other half. By keeping your fuel (blood glucose) levels up, allows you to complete what you set out to do...The exclusive OptiCarb® formula gives you carbohydrates for endurance and electrolytes for quick rehydration. Clinically proven to maintain essential blood-glucose levels for quick muscle energy and essential fluid for hydration.

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Protein is composed of smaller units called amino acids. Our bodies can’t manufacture the nine essential amino acids, so it’s important to include them in our diets. Protein is an extremely important nutrient whether your goal is to lose fat, gain muscle or just tone yourself up. It is the main structural nutrient in your body, making up the bulk of your muscles and organs. Protein is the main component of our muscles, organs, and the glands of the immune system. Every living cell in our body contains protein; and all body fluids, except urine and bile, contain protein.

Protein – Milk, Animal or Plant

Milk contains protein but it can cause reactions in folks that are intolerant to lactose, this can include vomiting, rhinitis and coughing symptoms, diarrhea, hives, difficulty in breathing, intestinal symptoms and, in the worst case, an anaphylactic shock. Milk comes with enzymes which help the body digest the milk. Pasteurization kills all of these enzymes.

Egg white protein contains all of the essential amino acids in biologically significant amounts and is simply one of the most complete sources of proteins and amino acids in existence. Egg protein is 100 percent lactose free, as is soy protein. There are more expensive varieties of whey that are 100 percent lactose free as well.

Hemp is a mostly forgotten type of protein that was used. Our grand parents and our great grand parents had access to many hemp products including hemp seeds that contain the valuable protein. I did a quick search on Google and found that you can still get this type of protein powder supplement.

Plant proteins that come in our breads and cereals and lack some of the essential amino acids. That is why their protein is often called “incomplete.” It is recommended that at least 50 to 75 percent of your protein needs come from complete protein sources such as nutritional health supplements.

Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins. Antibodies, enzymes and hormones are proteins. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and this means essential amino acids are necessary for the body to function properly and to stay strong and healthy. Essential amino acids are amino acids which are indispensable to the body, but are not manufactured our bodies, therefore it is important that these amino acids be obtained in some way.

Protein powder is designed to be taken everyday as many nutritional health supplements are. Even if you aren't a bodybuilder or everyday athlete, starting your day with a protein powder shake can provide many benefits.

Protein powder is widely regarded as the most important supplement for gaining muscle mass if you are training. Many nutritional experts also believe that the more sources of protein you consume the greater muscle growth. Protein powder is commonly used by both men and women in their quest for a better physique. Protein powder is essential for any strength training and athletic individuals, since it is so hard to get the protein you need from normal food without increasing your calorie or fat intake at the same time, thus making you fat.

Soy protein powder is one protein powder that is excellent for shakes because it is tasteless yet adds a thick, creamy texture. Soy has numerous effective health benefits on the cardiovascular and hormonal systems. Soy has continued to emerge as a nutritional health supplements powerhouse.

When picking out soy based protein powders one of the most important things to look for is Non-Genetically Modified Organism products. Soybean plants are the most genetically modified organism (GMO) in the United States food supply. As of January 2006 the percentage of soybeans that have been genetically modified is estimated to be 75% and spreading fast. Shaklee uses an independent certification process that ensures the soybeans used in their soy protein powder are free from exposure to genetically modified soybeans.

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Natural Vitamins and Supplementations for Today’s Athlete

Published by Tana Hamiter – Goes Green Mentor

I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice; “Above all; I will do no harm.” Oath of Hippocrates

Sports Nutrition for the Professional Athletic wanting peak performance and to the Weekend Warrior who wants to stay in shape as well – Health and Natural Vitamins and Supplementation is a part of the health and wellness program.

As we push our bodies past the norm into peak performance, we start losing important fluids, causing dehydration and it deplete our energy reserves and bringing on pain. A true professional can lose 5 – 8 pounds of fluid during a game or event. It doesn’t matter if you are a Pro or an average person having a strong workout, you need good nutrition, adequate electrolytes and Natural Vitamins and Supplements. That will give you the competitive edge at the big game or the back yard family free for all football game, white watering your favorite rapids, snowboarding after a long day….

As a Shaklee Distributer we know the importance of Sports Nutrition for every phase of your workouts … before, during and after each event.

Sport Health Drink – helps when you have muscles soreness and feel spent from the work out due to exercise.

Endurance Sport Drink – Works by keeping your fuel (blood glucose) levels up, which is essential for optimum blood-glucose levels for that quick needed energy and replacement for hydration. [Read More!]

The Surgeon General recommends that adults over the age of 18 get at least 30 minutes of moderate activity most days of the week. I realize that most people that read this blog don't necessarily exercise on a regular routine if at all.

There really is no replacement for exercise. You can go on all the diets in the world, but without regular exercise your results will always be less than satisfactory. Even if you do lose weight on the diets that you might embark on, the loss of that weight doesn't necessarily make you healthier.

So I guess you really have to think about it this way. Even if you loss weight with a diet, that is not necessarily going to make you look tone and feel proud to be in your own skin. Not to mention all the stress relief benefits that you get from exercise. I bet that most of you reading this didn't know that as a whole, the more that you exercise the more likely you are to be successful in what ever it is that you do.

If you do exercise I want to give you a little tip.

• When you start your exercising for the day, start out with a aerobic work out to get your heart rate up. For example: if you are wanting to tone up your legs, start out riding a bike or running for like 10 to 15 minutes. As soon as you get done either go and run some short sprints until you are exhausted. Or go and lift weights with your legs. The amount of blood that has accumulated in the circulation of the legs will stay there throughout your whole work out, as long as you keep your heart rate up. The ultimate effect will be a increase in your cardiac output. This basically means a better looking healthier you.
• It is also more beneficial while exercising to change up your work-out routine. The body has extreme abilities to adapt. So if you don't change it up you won't see the results that you could possibly see by changing up your routine.

Good nutrition is also a big dog of the healthy body. Vitamins and supplements are a great way to get the nutrition that food from a normal diet doesn't give our bodys.

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As the spring/summer sports season begins, I would encourage EVERYONE to
understand the value of our Sports Product for hydration for themselves and their student
athletes, elderly, travelers, etc.

Dehydration is a serious issue and can lead to life-threating
situations.  Children/teens who are involved in baseball, tennis, track,
or any sport, for that matter, lose a lot of fluid during practices and
competition.  Shakle* Sports Product for hydration is a PROVEN solution to the
dehydration problem.  There are many products out there that are loaded
with sugar and create bouncing blood sugars which affect energy, mood
and overload on the pancreas!
Shakle*, with its clinical studies, is a PROVEN and safe product!

Recent Testimony using our Sports Product for hydration:
My recent trip to Taiwan involved about a 21 hour flight....going I did
not take our hydration sports product (I was trapped in a middle seat and the overhead
was extremely difficult to open!) and when I landed in Taipei, my ankles
and legs were completely swollen and it took two days to remedy that
problem.

Returning to the States, I drank lots of Sports Product for hydration in the
water I was served inflight and during the connecting time...NO PROBLEM
with any swelling (which indicates water retention - your body's defense
system!), my legs and ankles were fine!  I carry Sports Product for hydration in baggies
so it's easy to mix and it does the trick!
And it now comes in Team Packs - more economical than any other product
on the market!  Check it out: http://www.shaklee.net/barefoot/product/Performance

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Exercise and Health after 50

If you are in good shape, stay active but if you have not been so active it is so hard to begin a program of exercise when you get older. YOur joints may ache. Your muscles may be out of shape from having had a desk job that required sitting all day. Or illness may have left you with weakness and difficulty moving. Many studies have shown that to maintain and build your health as you age, you must have a program of activity. Beginning in small increments and working up from where you are now is the best way to get your program started. Below We look at a statement by the National Institute on Aging with suggestions for personalizing your own program to maximize your health after 50.

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Contact:   Matt McAsey 888-272-6701

By, Geri Steiner
Just had a great testimony from my cousin. While visiting her she complained about back pain and she was taking pain pills to sleep and to get through the day. I gave her some Joint and Muscle Pain Cream and she said it really helped through the day.

Well, she called me last night, told me she is taking 2 Vita-Lea and using the Pain Cream (she ordered 2 of them) and she hasn't had to take any pain medication! And, her back doesn't hurt!
DO WE HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION THAT IS TOTALLY WITHOUT SIDE EFFECTS, BUT JUST SIDE BENEFITS???? YES!!
Endorsed by the National Arthritis Foundation!
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