Your Bones = Strength= Health

Your Bones, Your Strength, Your Health

You may think bones are hard and lifeless, yet bones are living, growing tissue.You can’t feel your bones becoming weaker — so like early signs of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, symptoms go by ignored.

DID YOU KNOW? Bone itself undergoes continuous remodeling, with constant formation of new bones and re-sorption of old bone.

Peak Bone Mass
In mid-life, bone loss usually speeds up in both men and women. After we reach peak bone mass, the balance between bone formation and bone loss starts to change, we lose at a faster rate than we build. In fact, in the five to seven years after menopause, women can lose up to 20% or more of their bone. YIKES!

Affecting Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis can be mitigated by hormones, micronutrient load and physical activity.  As osteoporosis is more common in women than in men and in whites and Asians vs. African Americans, it is important to consider individual risk factors.

Isotonix Magnesium

Supporting Your Bones
Vitamin C lends to collagen production and flexibility of bone tissue while magnesium is necessary for proper calcium absorption. You can support healthy bone mass by consuming nutrient-rich, dark, leafy vegetables, like spinach, kale, swiss chard. Higher magnesium intake is associated with greater bone mineral density. More than 50% of our magnesium is in our bones.

In fact most of us are low on magnesium and would do well to supplement with a quality magnesium product. Minerals are best absorbed at night. I personally take the Isotonix Magnesium as it is easily absorbed and helps me sleep well at night.

Nutrients That Support Healthy Bones
In addition to bone density, it is critical to focus on bone strength. Studies have shown that combining vitamin K, vitamin D, magnesium, vitamin C and calcium works more effectively to improve bone mineral density, than calcium alone.  Calcium increases bone mineral density while vitamin D facilitates the absorption of calcium, and vitamin K may help focus calcium to the right tissue.

Isotonix Vitamin D3 with K2

Not all Vitamin D and Vitamin K supplements are created equal. The best absorption is found in D3, as it is the metabolically active form of D. Vitamin K is important, but can interfere with blood thinners. Some studies have concluded Vitamin K2  does not interfere with blood thinners. Finding a Vitamin D3 with K2 is tricky.

For more information on the Isotonix Vitamin D3 with K2 Click here.


Your bones are your strength and your health. Take good care of them!

Helping You to Select the Best Health,

Sherry

What month would you rather not have Heart Health?

February is Heart Month. However isn't Heart Health important every month? Is there a month would you rather not have Heart Health?

I know several clients using the Heart Health System. All of whom are "heart patients" and are doing terrific with this system. Taking it, they feel the difference! So much so that when they run out, they NOTICE and don't want to run out!

 Read on to learn more about this powerful system that works through a combination of three incredible products!

The Heart Health System is comprised of Heart Health Essential Omega III Fish Oil with Vitamin E, Heart Health TriActive™, and Heart Health Advanced LipiTrim® Ultra, all designed to promote overall cardiovascular health.

Heart Health Essential Omega III Fish Oil with Vitamin E provides the three grams of EPA† (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA† (docosahexaenoic acid). Studies reveal this is the most effective amount to promote overall cardiovascular health.  Benefits include:

• Helps enhance mood
• Helps maintain normal blood flow
• Helps maintain normal cholesterol levels
• Promotes a healthy complexion
• Promotes healthy blood pressure levels
• Promotes overall cardiovascular health

Heart Health Advanced LipiTrim Ultra is composed of Sytrinol®, a patented proprietary formula derived from natural citrus polymethoxylated flavones (PMFs) and palm tocotrienols, designed to promote overall cardiovascular health. Sytrinol works in the liver without inhibiting the production of CoQ10. Advanced LipiTrim Ultra is also a powerful antioxidant, benefits include:

• Promotes delivery of healthy levels of LDL throughout the body
• Promotes a normal rate of cholesterol production
• Promotes healthy levels of total cholesterol
• Promotes the normal synthesis of triglycerides in the liver

Heart Health TriActive targets three major areas, the arteries, cholesterol and homocysteine levels to promote the healthy performance of the body’s cardiovascular system. This unique formula uses a combination of natural ingredients that have been shown to safely and effectively support optimal arterial function and help maintain normal cholesterol and homocysteine levels.* Benefits include:

• Helps maintain a strong heart muscle
• Helps maintain normal levels of cholesterol
• Promotes a normal rate of cholesterol production
• Promotes absorption of healthy levels of cholesterol and bile acids from the intestines
• Promotes normal fat absorption by various lipases in the intestine

Helping You to Select The Best Health,

Sherry

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. 

This site / blog / products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Save $ & Time! Get Back to the Kitchen!

Get Back to the Kitchen: 

I'm not crazy about cooking. But I do it out of self defense. Everyone needs to get "back to the kitchen" to get away from the expense of premixed, chemical laden foods, dashboard dining & dining out. (not to mention the possible filth of the kitchens we order out from- yikes!)

It's not "rocket science" and it really doesn't take that much time to cook a simple, balanced, nourishing meal, honest! I'm the sort that likes to make 1 or 2 different major dishes each week and transform them each day to something "different" and just "fill in" with salads & veggies around the main course. 

For example: I'll cook a pot of dried beans, like the humble Pinto bean. Beans, (legumes), are a terrific source of fiber and vegetarian protein. They are "time released" carbs, making them low glycemic. These carbs don't impact blood sugar in a negative way. They make you feel full longer & are cheap!

I don't add ham or bacon, just cook a pot of beans well salted with some pink himalayan salt at the end of cooking. I always cook about 3 cups or more of dried beans so I'll have plenty left over for the week. They're not complicated or expensive. If you're not going to be around to watch the pot boil, put them in a crock pot and they'll be ready when you are.

Opening Act- Day 1

You can enjoy a steaming bowl of beans along with some steamed greens like kale or collard greens, or a salad. I love cornbread with beans. No mixes. Not sweet. Just wholesome fresh from the oven organic corn bread. (make cornbread in mini muffin tins & pop some of them in the freezer for the next round) That hits the spot! Yum!

Act 2 - next day
Take some of those beanie babies with some of the liquid they cooked in and throw em in a bowl, mash them up with a fork or potato masher, season them however you want.  Get some organic corn chips out onto a baking sheet, spread the beans over the chips & add fresh chopped onion, tomatoes, jalapeno & a little fresh grated cheese, slip em in a hot oven for 5- 10 minutes and now you have a super nacho supper! Or wrap the beans up in a organic corn or flour tortilla with some cheese, avocado, onions & some salsa. You decide.

Final Act  
Tired of the plain beans after a day or two? It's time to transform them to chili!   Brown 3 or 4 cloves of fresh minced garlic , a whole onion chopped & a pound of grass fed beef or bison, hit it with DIY taco seasoning while browning the meat. (super easy to make, lots of recipes for DIY taco seasoning out there!)  You can add a chopped jalapeno & / or cayenne if you like it spicy. Throw in a can of organic, bpa free, (no white liner in the can), diced tomatoes and all your left over beans, (with the "juice"), heat to a simmer and voila'! You have delicious, easy chili, top it with some sliced avocado & bam! you've just served it gourmet! Perfect for a cold winter day!

Think of the time and money you saved fixing that one pot of beans at the beginning of the week or on the weekend! 

I'm hungry, gotta get back to the kitchen now=) I'm making a low glycemic spaghetti dinner tonight! Guess what I'm doing with the left overs over the next couple days? Got any ideas?


Helping You to Select The Best Health,


Sherry

Fell flat on my face! Secret weapon for bruising!

Have you ever fallen or been in an accident that really "banged you up"? Did the bruises take forever to go away? I have. 

Ever heard the expression "I fell flat on my face"? Don't laugh... I fell on my face! Seriously, on my FACE!!! A few years ago I tripped up on a torn up drive way with an armload of stuff and sailed headfirst into concrete. As I was falling, I said to myself  "this is NOT going to be good"! 

Long and short of it, I didn't break anything, but my face looked like I'd been hit by a bus! My upper lip immediately swelled up to my nose...I looked like I had had a bad lip job, you know, I looked like a "duck". When I would walk in some place people either looked at me, like a circus act had come into the store or they would quickly turn away so as not to see the creature! LOL

Thankfully it was temporary. However, I have a history of bruising like a banana & a "slow" healer. Normally that wouldn't be a problem on a leg, arm, etc..but my FACE! What's a girl to do?? There's only so much makeup for that! So I upped my natural anti-inflammatory herbs, like OPC's and also started to use biorutin which helps stop bleeding.

one of many brands of witch hazel

THE NEXT DAY I had to host a house warming for some dear friends..already invited folks, ordered a cake, the whole "enchilada". When my friends came filing in & would see me, they would either gasp, some would politely act like nothing happened or come right out and ask "what happened to you"? 

One friend, an old timer who had raised 9 children (NINE!), told me about an old remedy she used with all those children, witch hazel. I had always heard it used as an astringent, but never used it for bruising. She assured me it would heal a LOT faster if I used it. I figured it was cheap, and what could it hurt..so I got some and saturated a washcloth with it and used ice for a few minutes and then witch hazel. The swelling went down & the bruising went away within a WEEK!!! Wow! Who knew??

Turns out Native Americans knew alot about witch hazel all along! There are many useful links on the multitude of uses for witch hazel! 

So if you ever fall "flat on your face", get up, dust yourself off and break out the witch hazel!

Helping You to Select the Best Health,

Sherry