Turn Back Time

Turning back time may not be impossible after all! A groundbreaking study, conducted at Tufts University, is the first to demonstrate that Antioxidants not only retard the aging process, but may, in fact, reverse it. This extraordinary study also revealed the most powerful Antioxidant – blueberries.  Just a 1/2 cup of blueberries each day can improve balance, coordination and short-term memory, while fighting diseases like Alzheimer’s, heart disease and cancer. Blueberries outperformed other well-known Antioxidants including strawberries, spinach, kale and broccoli – they outperformed over 40 other fresh fruits and vegetables – a fact that researchers cannot yet explain.
		Include fresh blueberries in your menu planning for great tasting, antioxidant-rich meals.
		What to look for: Fresh blueberries should be firm, dry and plump. Blueberries should be deep-purple, blue to blue-black. But be careful. If berry containers have juice stains, it is a sign that the berries may have been crushed and could be moldy. Avoid soft, watery berries that are overripe; or dehydrated, wrinkled fruit that has been stored too long. Fresh blueberries should be stored covered in the refrigerator and washed just before using.
	Can’t find fresh blueberries?  TriVita Super Antioxidant Complex™ is chock full of pure blueberries and eight other powerful antioxidants. To learn more, click here.
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Take the Nopalea Loading Phase

TriVita’s Weekly Wellness Report

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita’s Chief Science Officer

You can’t put out a forest fire with a single pail of water. Likewise, you can’t break the cycle of inflammation with a single serving of Nopalea™.

We need to meet the level of inflammation in our body with an equivalent force of anti-inflammatory Betalains from Nopalea. We must quench inflammation with a Nopalea Loading Phase (NLP).

The cycle of inflammation

Inflammation in your body is like a campfire: when properly contained it is useful for warming your body and cooking your food. However, when even a single ember escapes the hearth and remains unquenched, it can smolder and spread until it burns down an entire forest!

The cycle of inflammation begins with injury or trauma, toxins or poisons, deficiency or stress. When inflammation is controlled and balanced, it facilitates:

• Repair of the injury.
• Elimination of the toxins and poisons.
• Relief for many forms of deficiency and stress. For example, controlled and balanced inflammation relieves blood and oxygen deficiency in areas of poor circulation.

Runaway inflammation persists long after the cause has been removed. It continues to smolder and spread until something breaks the cycle. With fire, usually a little water will quench an ember before it causes a forest fire. With runaway inflammation in our body, we need anti-inflammatory nutrients that will remove the cause as well as the effect of inflammation.

However, the same amount of water that quenches a single ember will not douse the flames of a forest fire. The same level of anti-inflammatory nutrients that will balance daily trauma, toxins, deficiency and stress will not “put out the fire” of runaway inflammation.

The Nopalea Loading Phase

We are a people on fire: we typically have runaway inflammation raging in one or more places of our bodies. We suffer from this because so many of our health problems stem from this very condition. And if our inflamed condition is greater in size and intensity, the greater our response will have to be in order to put out the fire.

That makes sense, doesn’t it? I mean, if you have a forest fire of inflammation you can’t put it out with a single pail of water. The same is true with our health: If we have been suffering from major inflammation over a long period of time, we need a REALLY SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE to put out the fire.

We need a Nopalea Loading Phase.

The Betalains in Nopalea are anti-inflammatory – as such, they put out the fire of inflammation. But how much Nopalea do you need? That depends: How big is the fire you are trying to put out?

For maintenance, the label suggests drinking 1 to 3 ounces a day; this amount is needed every day just to fight the inflammatory effects of our diet, air and water pollution, and even everyday stress. But you need to take more in the beginning to break the cycle of inflammation. Here is how the Nopalea Loading Phase works:

1. Pre-Evaluation: Before taking Nopalea for the first time, record your level of pain and rate the discomfort you feel. Also, look at things you may not readily associate with inflammation. For example, how well are you sleeping? Write it all down.
2. Complete the Loading Phase: Drink 3 to 6 ounces of chilled Nopalea every day for 30 days.
3. Post-Evaluation: After 30 days, assess how you feel in comparison to before you started the Loading Phase. Most people find a significant difference and I’m sure you will too.

Keep following the Loading Phase directions until the cycle of inflammation is extinguished in your body. Remember, only YOU know how much Nopalea you will need or how LONG you will need to continue the Loading Phase. Trust your intuition.

• If you think you need more – take more.
• If you think you need to continue the Loading Phase beyond 30 days – then keep doing it.

Trust your instinct because only you can tell when the cycle of inflammation in your body is broken.

Restoring balance

Nutrient deficiencies create inflammation. That’s why it makes enormous sense to take a full serving of Healthy Aging nutrients to support our bodies’ firefighting efforts. Furthermore, each of the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness is also anti-inflammatory in nature. So if we fail to abide by these timeless, natural laws, we could very well be fanning the fires of the inflammatory problems we’re ultimately trying to overcome. It’s important to remember that once you have subdued the flames of runaway inflammation, you need to follow Nopalea’s maintenance regimen to help prevent any smoldering inflammatory embers from re-igniting again.

Take Control of Your Health

• Follow the Nopalea Loading Phase: Drink 3 to 6 ounces of chilled Nopalea daily for 30 days. But also consider:
• Drinking a greater amount each day if you feel that your body needs it
• Extending the Loading Phase beyond 30 days if you feel it will help
• Take your Healthy Aging nutrients every day
• Practice the 10 Essentials for greater wellness

Please note that Weekly Wellness Report topics will be chosen at the discretion of Brazos Minshew and based on general relevance.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

“Love Notes”

TriVita’s Weekly Wellness Report

By Brazos Minshew, TriVita’s Chief Science Officer

One of the questions I receive most often is about a very delicate subject: the libido, or sexual drive. The human libido, however, is not only about sex – it’s also a very important marker for both physical and emotional health. Disturbance in sexual drive is connected with almost all serious disorders, such as heart disease and even Alzheimer’s. We need to learn what a disturbance in sexual function may mean – at any age.

Hormones: special messengers

You may recall from previous reports that hormones are messengers. They convey instructions that demand a specific response. When that demand is met, your body will often send another hormone out to say, “Mission accomplished”.

There are thousands of different hormones. We know the names of some of the more familiar ones: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, etc. These are special hormones for reproduction, but they also serve many other functions not even remotely associated with reproduction – this is a very important point!

Consider the hormone progesterone. Progesterone is produced in men, women and children. Progesterone has such a vital effect upon the brain that it is given after brain injury to promote healing. Progesterone also improves the beauty of the skin, lowers blood pressure, reduces muscle spasms, increases energy and opens the airways. Higher levels of progesterone are associated with stress resistance and improved libido. Progesterone is the messenger conveying “love notes” to your mind and body.

Stress: anti-progesterone, anti-libido

With higher levels of progesterone come higher levels of testosterone and DHEA, the “anti-stress” hormone. But when stress increases, the libido goes down because the levels of progesterone, testosterone and DHEA all decrease. This happens because the nutrients that normally help fuel the production of these three hormones are instead redirected through the body’s homeostasis process to help fuel its “fight or flight” functions, which are activated by stress.

Furthermore, progesterone is made from cholesterol. So when intermittent or chronic stress causes progesterone production to go down, the cholesterol that is normally used to produce it is freed from that function and ends up being released into the bloodstream. As a result, the body’s overall cholesterol level rises. And when “bad” cholesterol levels rise, so does the risk for heart attack and Alzheimer’s disease.

What to do

Hormones have a life cycle of three stages: we make them, we use them and we eliminate them. For the first stage of “making good hormones”, we need to remember that good hormones are made from good cholesterol, which in turn is made from good fats. OmegaPrime® contains a balanced blend of Omega fats to help your body make good hormones. Try two or more per meal for several months to help rebalance your hormones, improve the sexual function and reclaim the sexual drive. This recommendation is valid for both women and men.

To further help with the hormone life cycle, Balanced Woman® capsules contain botanicals such as damiana that instruct your body to make hormones from these fats and use them appropriately. For men, Prostate Health Formula™ contains the botanical remedy pygeum which works in a similar way. Doubling the label recommendations for both of these powerful nutrient combinations can help deliver restorative levels of these important ingredients.

Finally, remember that stress is like a poison for healthy sexual drive and sexual activity. Taking the anti-stress adaptogen rhodiola (found in Adaptogen 10 Plus®) can help – it acts as a bulwark against the damaging effects of stress. Also, the antioxidants in Adaptogen 10 Plus work to improve the nitric oxide cycle in your bloodstream in a similar way as medications do for sexual dysfunction. If you want to help reduce your stress daily, take Adaptogen 10 Plus. And take more when you want to send your body more “love notes”.

Remember, no matter what your age, a healthy libido is a sign of a healthy body and mind. If you are suffering from sexual dysfunction you should see a doctor soon, as this can be a sign of a serious illness. To help support healthy sexual function, remember OmegaPrime®, Balanced Woman® or Prostate Health Formula™ and Adaptogen 10 Plus®.

Take Control of Your Health

• Reduce stress – it poisons sexual performance
• Get your rest – hormones are produced in your sleep
• Increase “good” dietary fats; reduce “bad” fats
• Avoid alcohol
• Stop smoking
• Have a medical check-up
• Check all medications for sexual side effects

Please note that Weekly Wellness Report topics will be chosen at the discretion of Brazos Minshew and based on general relevance.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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