Total Wellness, Energy and Healthy Fingernails….WOW

I haven’t posted lately on what glutathione means to our total wellness and recently I discovered something new that has happened to my health because of glutathione. I have had a very weak, splitting fingernail all of my life (my sister, Pattie, also has this same health issue). This specific fingernail has never grown past about a 1/16 of an inch. It always split and had to be cut down, way down…so could never grow fairly long fingernails because of this one fingernail.

No longer is that true. I discovered several weeks ago that my fingernail is strong with no splits evident at all. I can grow it longer now and have much prettier, healthier nails. It did take a while for this particular total wellness benefit to show up but after taking MaxGXL, a glutathione accelerator, for about 8 months, my fingernails are beautiful and strong.

Energy is the greatest total wellness benefit I’ve received from glutathione. I used to take at least 3 naps a day in order to function. I no longer take even one nap because my energy level is sustained throughout the entire day and I feel able to do all that I need to do on any given day. This has never been the case for me before glutathione.

Even if I had never gained all this sustained energy, the total wellness science behind glutathione is worth the optimized health you have from having sustained high levels of glutathione in your body. There is only one science-based product, proven with double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, clinical studies that raises our bodies glutathione levels to where they were when we were just young things in this crazy life of ours. That product is MaxGXL and you can learn more about this product at my website, http://www.connielclark.com and can order from this site, as well. For total wellness, you can do no better than MaxGXL.

In case you’ve forgotten the information about glutathione and total wellness, let me refresh your memory on this amazing master antioxidant in our bodies…

Dr. Robert Keller MD, MS, FACP Creator of MAX GXL™
The Worlds Most Powerful Antioxidant is Not in a Berry, a Fruit or a Drink…It’s in Your Body!
It’s called Glutathione or GSH and every cell in your body requires an adequate supply to function and to stay healthy. It’s your body’s super defender against illness, infection, toxins, and disease. GSH is critical to optimum brain function, and is also your body’s first line of defense against diseases of aging and the harmful affects of stress and overexertion.

Glutathione: The Body’s Master Antioxidant
Glutathione (GSH) is a small protein produced naturally in our cells when certain required elements are present. It functions both as an antioxidant and an antitoxin, and is a major defense system against illness and aging. Our glutathione level actually indicates our state of health and can predict longevity. Although there are more than 60,000 published papers on the beneficial effects of glutathione replacement, it is still largely ignored by mainstream medicine. In the near future the importance of glutathione will be widely recognized because it has the ability to boost the immune system and fight off the damage of free radicals on the cells.

The Power of Glutathione
Glutathione has been shown to slow down the aging process, detoxify and improve liver function, strengthen the immune system and reduce the chances of developing cancer. Glutathione also works to help improve mental functions, increase energy, improve concentration, permit increased exercise, and improve heart and lung function – just to name a few. Total Wellness is really what Glutathione is all about.

Increasing Age and Other Factors Reduce the Body’s Production and Utilization of GSH.
Research has shown that individuals who have low levels of glutathione are susceptible to chronic illness.
Research shows that GSH levels decline by 8% to 12% per decade, beginning at the age of 20. Levels of
glutathione are further reduced by continual stress upon the immune system such as illness, infection, and
environmental toxins. As we now know, a lowered immune system can bring about illness and disease. This is a ferocious cycle. While you need glutathione for a productive immune system, a weakened immune system hampers the production of glutathione.

Supplements Containing Glutathione Alone Will Not Increase the Body’s GSH Levels.
It is pointless to purchase supplements that merely contain glutathione, because the digestive system breaks down ingested glutathione and it will not be absorbed into your system. On the other hand, MaxGXL™ provides the proper nutrients needed to promote the body’s own ability to manufacture and absorb glutathione. MaxGXL™ also aids in liver support by destroying environmental poisons helping the liver to function as the main production site and storehouse for glutathione.

MaxGXL™
MaxGXL’s™ Patented Formula Dramatically Increases Intercellular GSH. MaxGXL™ provides the proper nutrients needed to promote the body’s own ability to manufacture and absorb glutathione. MaxGXL™ also aids in liver support by destroying environmental toxins, thus helping the liver to function as the main production site and storehouse for glutathione.

MaxGXL™ Stimulates the Body’s Production.
The data indicate MaxGXL‘s™ effectiveness not only in populations who are immune-suppressed, but also in those who are stressed, aging, lacking sleep, or with any prolonged illness. In these situations, MaxGXL™ stimulates the body’s production of glutathione to compensate for the body’s accelerated use of it, strengthening your natural defenses, decreasing your risk of illness and guarding against the effects of the body’s aging process.

Total Wellness is what Glutathione is all about! And I am thrilled to share this “total wellness” concept with everyone that I can. Because it takes many years to build up toxins in our bodies and reap the results of these toxins, you need to realize that it will take many months for total wellness to become the norm for our bodies. You need to given glutathione a chance to work in the crevices of our bodies (specifically, the cells of our bodies) in order to reap the total wellness benefits of glutathione.

Remember, I said earlier, that it took about 8 months before I saw my fingernails becoming super healthy for the first time ever. And, it took a few months for me to realize that my energy levels had become sustainably high throughout my day. I will keep on keepin’ on and hope that you will too.

Warmly,
Connie Clark
303-770-3180

Tags: alternative health, anti-aging, antioxidants, chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, detoxify, energy, Glutathione, health solutions, healthy immune system, inflammation, liver support, science-based, total wellness

Candida Albicans and Stabilized Organic Aloe Vera

In this article I want to share some information from G. J. Cody about some of the many questions asked everyday about the effectiveness of Stabilized Organic Aloe Vera with Candida Albicans (yeast).

Thanks so much G. J. Cody for your research and knowledge about one of Healthy Systems “life changing products” known in the industry as Aloe Pure 5000, “The Best Tasting Aloe.” I’m sure you’ve all heard the remarkable stories of this phenomenal product and how it’s helped 1000’s of people with their conditions from A-Z.

Healthy Systems organic Aloe Pure 5000 has, time after time, without a doubt, proven to be the most effective broad spectrum bactericidal product ever tested. But to make it clear, Aloe Pure 5000 is more than that.

Aloe Pure 5000 is anti viral, anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti inflammatory, anti septic and anti puritic. This may not sound like much to the average person on the street; however, to the research scientist, the health professional, the wellness specialist and clinicians this is nothing but remarkable.

To put this in perspective, every year, the pharmaceutical companies bring out new drugs to the market place all of which have to pass and be approved by the FDA. They also have to be prescribed by Medical Doctors and sold by prescription only, because many have harmful side effects. They flood the market every year with these new drugs, however, they target only one problem. They target only one bacterium and are ineffective against other bacteria, virus, fungus, yeast and allergies.

Organic Aloe Pure 5000, on the other hand, destroys a broader range of these pathogens than any other curative known to science and it does this safely without any harmful side effects. Hmmmm?

Remember when I said Organic Aloe Pure 5000 is known to help 1000’s of conditions from A-Z? Well, here’s a few:

Allergies, abscesses, abrasions, asthma, acne, acid indigestion, anemia, arterial insufficiency, arthritis, athlete’s foot, AIDS, acute injuries, acne valgaris, animal toxemia, anasac fistula in canines, bad breath, burns, boils, bursitis, blisters, bruises, bronchitis, bowel regularity, bloody scours in calves, body cleaner, bladder infections, blood pressure, skin cancer, Candida, corneal ulcers, contusions, canker sores, cold sores, cuts, cataracts, chapped/chafed skin and lips, colic, cradle cap, canine carvo, cystitis, dermatitis, dandruff, dry skin, denture gum sores, diaper rash, dishpan hands, dysentery, diabetes, depression, dew claws in animals, deep bruising, decubitous ulcers (bed sores in humans), edema, erysipelas, epidermitis, Epstein Barr virus, exanthema, eczema, enteritis in fowl, eyes, ear acne, favus, fissured nipples, fever blisters, fungus, feline leukemia, feline respiratory syndrome, genital herpes, gingivitis, glaucoma, gangrene, gout, goiter, heat rash/prickly heat, headaches, hemorrhoids, heart burn, herpes zoster(shingles)/simplex, hyperactivity, hot spots, jock itch, jaundice, joints, keratosis follicularis, kidney infections, leprosy, laryngitis, lupus, liver ailments, leukemia, multiple sclerosis, mastitis in dairy cattle, mouth irritations, muscle cramps/strains, moles, mouth ulcers, mites in birds, nausea, oral disorders, pin worm, psoriasis, prostatitis, poison ivy/oak, pancreas, razor burn, radiation burns, radiation dermatitis, rashes, ring worm, stings, styes, sprains, seborrhea, stretch marks, sore throat, shingles, staph infections, sunburn, torn and bruised muscles, turf burns, tape worm in animals, tonsillitis, tendinitis, trachoma, tuberculosis, tumors, urticaria, ulcers(peptic and duodenal) vaginitis, venereal sores, venous stasis, varicose veins, wind burns, wheal, wounds of all kinds, warts, and yeast infections….and the list goes on!

Organic Aloe Pure 5000 has proven over and over, time and time again, to kill each and every one of them in every test.

Now, the one I really want to cover is Candida Albicans because it’s in a class all of it’s own. It’s the one responsible for the more common yeast infection, sore throat, congestion and the common ear infection. It’s also the culprit behind such things as the common cold, bronchitis and the flu; and can be found in such conditions as, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, IBS and prostatitis.

What is Candida Albicans?

Candida is a yeast, a type of fungus and a micro-organism that is found on the surface of every living thing and can be found everywhere. We come in contact with it everyday of our lives. We eat it in our food, we drink it in our water and we breath it in the air that we breath. Candida is everywhere and it’s not good for the body, therefore, it’s known as the unfriendly bacteria.

Candida is found on our skin, all parts of the body and in our intestines. It’s normally not a problem when kept under control. The problem occurs with the overgrowth and then interferes with the ratio, the balance of the friendly bacteria or the so-called good bacteria.

Our natural defense system usually keeps the Candida under control, however, with the typical western diet, poor nutrition, environmental pollutants, stress and a weakened immune system, the body has a hard time fighting off the Candida yeast.

When this happens, the overgrowth of Candida leads to major health concerns because the Candida culprit has the ability to reproduce and multiply itself every 20 minutes. Now that’s a lot of productivity going on and Candida is a real live organism living inside of you. Being a real live organism, it has to eat to stay alive and it has to get rid of it’s waste, inside your body. That waste by-product is highly poisonous and toxic to your system and contributes to an unhealthy, out of balance environment within your body.

The balance of good flora and bad flora in your system should equal out to be somewhere between the 80%-20% ratio. Good bacteria 80% and bad bacteria 20%, however, because of the typical western diet and lifestyle many find themselves in the reverse category of 80% bad bacteria and only 20% good bacteria. Not good!

Because the western diet and lifestyle contributes much to this Candida problem …I’ll list a few of the main foods to shy away from. The number one food product to eliminate from your diet to get this ratio back in balance will be sugar. Next, cut back or eliminate your white flour or anything marked refined on the label. Next, would be dairy and simple carbohydrates and stay away from antacids (tums).

Let’s not forget about stress, pesticides, preservatives, chlorinated water, pollution and those nasty antibiotics that kill all the bacteria, good and bad. The problem here is the bad bacteria have a much faster recovery rate, thus, altering the necessary balance needed to maintain a healthy system.

A short rundown of some of the common conditions caused by the overgrowth of the Candida Albicans in your digestive system…. Brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, thrush, bad breath, gas, bloating, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, leaky gut and vaginal yeast infections.

This article is dedicated not only to the health conscious reader to have a better understanding of Healthy Systems Aloe Pure 5000 and it’s integral role in stopping Candida Albicans dead in it’s tracks, it is also being written with hope that it will reach readers with a whole new awareness and open their eyes to this remarkable plant and it’s therapeutic abilities and solutions.

Make sure you drink plenty of clean, fresh, filtered water with two-four ounces of the “best tasting aloe vera” everyday.

Know your Supplier!
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I highly recommend Healthy Systems as the best supplier of the absolutely “best tasting aloe vera” and therapeutic grade of Aloe Vera available. To your very best health always,

Connie Clark
303-770-3180
Healthy Systems Aloe Vera

Tags: acid reflux, allergies, Aloe Vera, alternative health, auto-immune disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive problems, irritable bowel syndrome, skin conditions, strengthen your immune syst, sunburn, ulcerative colitis, ulcers, wounds, yeast infections

Benefits of Organic Aloe Vera

Healthy Systems (www.healthysystems.com/optforsuccess) is the home of the best tasting Organic Aloe Vera in the industry. It is said that a company is only as a good as it’s product line. At Healthy Systems we believe this. However, we also believe that the people have a lot to say about a company.

What are people saying about Healthy Systems US patented Organic Aloe Vera product line?

A sincere, unsolicited recommendation is the ultimate voice for our product line, our service, our company and about our thousands of dedicated affiliates and customers.

The simple truth is the products, (especially our Organic Aloe Vera line) makes our affiliates and customers very healthy. That makes them happy …and that’s what makes them keep coming back.

And to you …whether you found us by searching for information about arthritis, burns, yeast infections or you were referred to us by one of our many affiliates, we would like to welcome you to our home, www.healthysystems.com/optforsuccess. Look around, take your time and explore our site.

If you have a specific question or concern …just send us an email and we promise to get back to you within 24 hours.

We also promise you the “best tasting Aloe Vera” in the market place.

That said …here is a little basic information about our unique, organic, and US patented Aloe Vera.

Of the 240 species, four are recognized as having nutritional value, with barbadensis miller leading the group. Barbadensis is the type of Aloe Vera used in most commercial products available today.

The gel contains over 75 nutrients and 200 active compounds, including 20 minerals, 18 amino acids and 12 vitamins. A high quality product, which uses only the nutritious inner gel …not the outer rind …the rind of the leaf, is one of the most nutritious drinks and best skincare products, available.

Aloe Vera is proven to increase new cell growth three fold and promotes rapid wound healing after skin resurfacing treatments using chemical and mechanical procedures. Aloe Vera is effective in treating a variety of dermatological conditions and diseases of the skin. Aloe Vera penetrates deeply without the aid of “heat.” Aloe Vera relieves pain, swelling and tightness associated with strains, sprains and burses while reducing inflammation in muscles, tendons (tendonitis) and joints (bursitis). Aloe Vera relieves itching and skin irritations resulting from many causes. It also promotes healing of chemical burns, minor sunburns, razor burns, floor burns and mat burns.

Taken internally, Aloe Vera acts as an aid in digestive, inflammation problems and combats yeast infections.

My very favorite flavor of Aloe Vera is Mango-Papaya…yummy!!!
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And, of course, if you add a glutathione accelerator to your health regimen, you will be optimizing your health even more. Glutathione is widely recognized as the most powerful of all antioxidants, and one scientist has referred to it as “the great multi-tasker” in a 2006 article. MaxGXL® is not a glutathione supplement, but rather provides the body with the precursors it needs to manufacture and absorb glutathione.

Get your health up to the MAX and keep it that way with good, high quality health products:
Glutathione Accelerator: MaxGXL
Whole Live Foods: Nuriche Live
Wellness Company: Toxic-Free Living Products (contact me to learn how to SAVE 30% to 40% on cost)
Miracle Aloe Vera: Aloe Vera 5000

Warmly,
Connie Clark
303-770-3180

Tags: acid reflux, aging, allergies, Aloe Vera, alternative health, alternative health product, anti-aging, antioxidants, arthritis, auto-immune disorder, cancer, chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, detoxify, digestive problems, diverticulitis, diverticulosis, elderly, energy, Glutathione, health solutions, healthy immune system, inflammation, irritable bowel syndrome, liver support, science-based, toxins, ulcerative colitis, ulcers

Artificial Sweeteners

I know that this topic, Artificial Sweeteners, has been presented many times but I still hear people all the time believing that they are safe and good. It is amazing to me that so many still use the pretty little packages of pretend sweeteners. Some of them may be FDA-approved, but according to a long-time medical professional/clinically trained pharmacist, Suzy Cohen, firmly believes that they are dangerous. Some clinical research has associated artificial sweeteners with migraines, seizures, depression, fatigue, hearing loss, tinnitus, and memory loss, not to mention anxiety and panic attacks. Suzy is particularly concerned about children because their developing brains may be affected by chemicals currently deemed “safe” by the FDA.

In 2008, after several major food companies (including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo) performed scientific reviews that deemed stevia extract to be “generally recognized as safe,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its use as a food additive. Prior to the FDA approval, stevia could only be marketed as a dietary supplement and was commonly sold as a liquid extract in natural foods stores. Stevia-extract-sweetened foods and beverages are most likely a healthier option than similar items made with artificial sweeteners such as aspartame. But for optimal health, it’s best to cut back on processed foods and choose naturally sweet alternatives.

Here are some recommendations for naturally produced sweeteners which are more readily recognized by the body and therefore, processed and eliminated properly:

*Natural cane sugar or brown sugar - unbleached and unprocessed.
*Stevia – calorie-free natural dietary supplement. It is heat-stable so you can cook with it and use it with any food or beverages. This sweetener is being recognized more and more as a wonderful natural and safe sugar substitute.

stevia

Stevia is my favorite sweetener and I use it with everything. No calories and available through Whole Foods and many of the big chain grocery stores now. Stevia is grown all over the world and is being used by so many, especially diabetics and people with weight loss problems.

I absolutely love the smart, high integrity health companies who use Stevia in their products instead of sugar, high fructose corn syrup and other types of unhealthy sweeteners. Max International is one of those companies and is another reason why their products are exceptional.

Their vitamin/mineral product, Max-n-Fuze, is exceptional using nano-technology to deliver their nutrients. Max International uses Stevia to sweeten this product and it begins to deliver the nutrients to the body while still in your mouth. Awesome!

Check out Max International’s glutathione accelerator, MaxGXL…amazing product that provides the body with the precursors needed for the body to manufacture its own glutathione. The first and only scientific, health breakthrough for glutathione. Check it out at Max International.

Warmly,
Connie Clark
303-770-3180

Tags: agave nectar, alternative health, alternative health product, alzheimers, artificial sweeteners, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, diabetes, diabetics, fatigue, Glutathione, health solutions, natural sweeteners, stevia

The Importance of Magnesium…things you may not know!

Magnesium deficiency triggers or causes these 22 conditions; the introduction of magnesium either by a high magnesium diet, with green drinks, or magnesium supplements, can help eliminate these conditions. This is according to Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.
1. Anxiety and Panic attacks
2. Asthma
3. Blood Clots
4. Bowel Disease
5. Cystitis
6. Depression
7. Detoxification
8. Diabetes, Syndrome X, and Metabolic Syndrome
9. Fatigue
10. Heart Disease
11. Hypertension
12. Hypoglycemia
13. Insomnia
14. Kidney Disease
15. Liver Disease
16. Migraine
17. Musculoskeletal conditions
18. Nerve problems
19. Obstetrics and Gynecology- Premenstrual Syndrome; dysmenorrhea (cramping pain during menses); infertility; premature contractions, preeclampsia, and eclampsia in pregnancy; lessens the risk of cerebral palsy and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
20. Osteoporosis
21. Raynaud’’s Syndrome
22. Tooth decay

Science finds magnesium too difficult to measure, as it is responsible for the correct metabolic function of over 350 enzymes in the body. The creation of ATP-adenosine triphospate-the energy molecules of the body; the action of the heart muscle; the proper formation of bones and teeth; relaxation of blood vessels; and the promotion of proper bowel function are all in the domain of magnesium. Medicine has turned its back on magnesium because most of the funding for medical research now comes from drug companies. Magnesium is not a patented drug and therefore will not be studied by drug companies, except to try to disprove its action.

While researching her book, “The Miracle of Magnesium”, Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D. found that doctors have been prescribing magnesium for heart disease since the 1930’s. A review of seven major clinical studies showed that IV magnesium reduced the odds of death by more than half in patients suffering acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). One study, LIMIT-2 developed a protocol for giving magnesium as soon as possible after onset of the heart attack and before any other drugs. If those criteria were followed, heart muscle damage was greatly reduced, and neither hypertension nor arrhythmia developed.

Magnesium is able to dilate blood vessels; prevent spasm in the heart muscle and blood vessel walls; counteract the action of calcium, which increases spasm; help dissolve blood clots; dramatically lessen the site of injury and prevent arrhythmia; and act as an antioxidant against the free radicals forming at the site of injury.1-4 One of the main reasons that heart drug, digoxin, becomes toxic is because there is not enough magnesium in the body.5

In spite of the fact that heart drugs, mainly diuretics, have the bad habit of depleting magnesium-along with potassium and even though magnesium is absolutely required for stabilizing heart muscle activity – magnesium is not utilized properly by conventional medicine.

A small group of international magnesium researchers, however, have continued, against all odds, to prove the importance of magnesium – not only as a nutrient for thousands of body processes-but also as a medicine to treat magnesium-depleted health conditions. Drs. Bella and Burton Altura are two hard-working magnesium researcher who have performed laboratory research and clinical research to the tune of about 1,000 studies over the past forty years. The Alturas personally confirmed that the 22 magnesium-related conditions, listed above, have a solid basis in science.

A reason that Dr. Altura felt magnesium was not given its due is because there has been no lab test that will give an accurate reading of the magnesium status in the tissues. Only one percent of magnesium of the body is distributed in the blood, making a simple sample of magnesium in the blood highly inaccurate. That’s why most doctors who rely on blood tests for magnesium and not magnesium deficiency signs and symptoms and realization that up to 80 percent of the population is deficient, will miss an important diagnosis.

The Alturas took it upon themselves to develop and research a method that would test specifically for magnesium ions. It came about in 1987 and is called the Blood Ionized Magnesium Test. Its accuracy has been confirmed countless times with sensitive digital imaging microscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy and the magnesium fluorescent probe. With this test it is now possible to directly measure the levels of magnesium ions in whole blood, plasma and serum using ion-selective electrodes.8 The Alturas have used the ionized magnesium test in hundreds of research trials on dozens of different conditions proving, for example, that the 22 conditions listed above are related to magnesium deficiency.9-15

If there is enough magnesium in the soil where green leafy vegetables, nuts, and seeds are grown, then we have a chance to obtain magnesium from our diet. Organic foods may have more magnesium, but only if farmers replenish their soil with magnesium-rich fertilizers. Growers should be required to use top-quality fertilizers and should test their crops for the long list of nutrients we need to stay healthy.

In general, to get as much magnesium as possible in the diet, eat plenty of organic leafy green vegetables, nuts and seeds every day. Adding green drinks to your menu will help you achieve a higher magnesium status. However, if you are suffering from the following symptoms you may need supplemental magnesium: muscle twitches, tics, or spasms; “Charlie horse” (the muscle spasm that occurs when you stretch your legs); insomnia or restless sleep; stress; back pain; headaches, cluster headaches, migraines; stiff and aching muscles; bones and joints that need continued chiropractic treatment; weakness; hypoglycemia; diabetes; nervousness; hyperactivity; high blood pressure; osteoporosis; PMS; constipation; angina; kidney stones; aging; depression; heart attack; irregular heartbeat; attention deficit disorder; aggressive behavior; chronic fatigue syndrome; stroke; anxiety; confusion, muscle weakness; hiccups; seizures; high-strung; exhaustion from exercise.

Supplementing with magnesium must also take into account the balance between calcium and magnesium. Finland, which, from 1973 to 1999 had the highest recorded incidence of heart attack in middle-aged men in the world, also has a high calcium to magnesium ratio in the diet at 4 parts calcium to 1 part magnesium.16-17 Americans, in general, have a high calcium to magnesium ratio in their diet and consequently in their bodies; the U.S. ratio is 3.5-to-1. Our dietary emphasis on a high calcium intake without sufficient magnesium and because of the excessive emphasis on women taking high doses of calcium for osteoporosis, we are creating more imbalance between the two minerals.

(Excerpts taken from http://www.calmnatural.com/miraclemagnesium)

Dr. Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor and naturopathic doctor. She is a writer, researcher, and health advocate. Her most recent book is Death by Modern Medicine written with Trueman Tucks. She is a health advisor to yeastconnection.com and curesnaturally.com. Her website is carolyndean.com. The Miracle of Magnesium is written for both the lay public and practitioners. It is packed with hundreds of journal references that will convince doctors of the importance of magnesium and its efficacy in dozens of conditions—before reaching for the prescription pad.

Resources

Blood Ionized Magnesium Test
Drs. Bella and Burton Altura. State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York, New York 11203, USA. (718) 270-2194 or (718) 270-2205.
Intracellular Magnesium Test
Dr. Burton Silver at www.exatest.com

References
1. Woods KL, et al, The Second Leicester Intravenous Magnesium Intervention Trial (LIMIT-2) Intravenous magnesium sulfate in suspected acute myocardial infarction: results of the second Leicester Intravenous Magnesium Intervention Trial (LIMIT-2). Lancet, vol 339, pp 1553-1558, 1992.
2. Woods K.L., Fletcher S, “Long-term outcome after intravenous magnesium sulphate in suspected acute myocardial infarction : the second Leicester Intravenous Magnesium Intervention Trial (LIMIT-2),”Lancet, vol 343, pp 816-819, 1994
3. Ravn HB. Pharmacological effects of magnesium on arterial thrombosis–mechanisms of action? Magnes Research, vol 12, no 3, pp 191-9, 1999
4. Young IS, et al, “Magnesium status and digoxin toxicity.” Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol 32, no 6, pp 717-21, 1991
5. Lewis R, et al, “Magnesium deficiency may be an important determinant of ventricular ectopy in digitalised patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.”: Br J Clin Pharmacol, vol 31, no 2, pp 200-3, 1991
8. Altura BM, Altura BT. “Role of magnesium in patho-physiological processes and the clinical utility of magnesium ion selective electrodes.” Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl, vol 224, pp 211-34, 1996
9. Altura BT, Altura BM, “A method for distinguishing ionized, complexed and protein-bound Mg in normal and diseased subjects.” Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl, vol 217, pp 83-7, 1994
10. Altura BT, et al, “Comparative findings on serum IMg2+ of normal and diseased human subjects with the NOVA and KONE ISE’s for Mg2+.” Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl, vol 217, pp 77-81, 1994
11. Altura BT, et al, “Characterization of a new ion selective electrode for ionized magnesium in whole blood, plasma, serum, and aqueous samples.” Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl, vol 217, pp 21-36, 1994
12. Altura BT, et al, “A new method for the rapid determination of ionized Mg2+ in whole blood, serum and plasma.” Exp Clin Pharmacol, vol 4, pp 297-304, 1996
13. Altura BT, Altura BM, “Measurement of ionized magnesium in whole blood, plasma and serum with a new ion-selective electrode in healthy and diseased human subjects.” Magnes Trace Elem, vol 10, no 2-4, pp 90-8, 1991-1992
14. Altura BT, Altura BM, “A method for distinguishing ionized, complexed and protein-bound Mg in normal and diseased subjects.” Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl, vol 217, pp 83-7, 1994
15. Altura BM, Altura BT. “Role of magnesium in patho-physiological processes and the clinical utility of magnesium ion selective electrodes.” Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl, vol Vol 224, pp 211-34, 1996
16. Karppanen, H.; Neuvonen, P.J. Ischaemic heart-disease and soil magnesium in Finland; water hardness and magnesium in heart muscle. The Lancet. Dec 15, 1973
17. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Mahonen M, Tolonen H, Ruokokoski E, Amouyel P. Contribution of trends in survival and coronary-event rates to changes in coronary heart disease mortality: 10-year results from 37 WHO MONICA project populations. Monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease. Lancet. 1999 May 8;353(9164):1547-57
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And, of course, if you add a glutathione accelerator to your health regimen, you will be optimizing your health even more. Glutathione is widely recognized as the most powerful of all antioxidants, and one scientist has referred to it as “the great multi-tasker” in a 2006 article. MaxGXL® is not a glutathione supplement, but rather provides the body with the precursors it needs to manufacture and absorb glutathione.

Get your health up to the MAX and keep it that way with good, high quality health products:
Glutathione Accelerator: MaxGXL
Whole Live Foods: Nuriche Live
Wellness Company: Toxic-Free Living Products (contact me to learn how to SAVE 30% to 40% on cost)
Miracle Aloe Vera: Aloe Vera 5000

Warmly,
Connie
303-770-3180

Tags: aging, allergies, Aloe Vera, alternative health, alzheimers, anti-aging, antioxidants, arthritis, auto-immune disorder, chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, detoxify, elderly, energy, Glutathione, health solutions, inflammation, irritable bowel syndrome, liver support, toxins

Beat the January Blues

Many psychologists worldwide theorize that January is the most depressing month of the year. Some even say it can lead to Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD. So how can you celebrate the Holidays in usual fashion without feeling a little let down when it’s all over?

Hey, December was a blast! Driving life down a happy highway of gift-giving and present-unwrapping, tickling scents and tasty treats, friends and family gathered together for a special time that comes but once a year.

In the heap and hype of the holidays, you ignore your thinning wallet’s starvation and splurge on your loved ones–or yourself–in a manner likely unequalled by any other time of the year, and all during the heat of an economic downturn. Your soul’s warming cheer makes the cold weather seem like perfect holiday weather. And to top off your New Year’s celebrations, amid your Holiday Season high, you set exciting resolutions that’ll improve your life ten-fold once they’re achieved.

Then your holiday season high ends abruptly when you wake up New Year’s Day.

All the traits that created your holiday cheer suddenly turn on you to create a feeling of January dejection.

While it may be too late to prevent over-eating, over-spending, and over-expecting, it’s never too late to repair the damage. Here are a few suggestions to help you dig yourself out of January depression or steer clear of it altogether.

Be Grateful
One of the best ways to cheer up is to count your blessings. Make a written list of the things you have and how much better life is with them. Though deceptively simple, the act of writing out the things you’re grateful for activates a different part of the brain than just thinking about them. Plus, your list may come in handy later down the road on other blue days.

Get Outside
It may be cold, but going for a walk and breathing in fresh air can refresh your mind and body. Besides, indoor air quality is at its worst during the Winter.

Exercise
Depression, especially in seasonal situations, has been linked to chemical imbalances inside the brain. Exercise is scientifically linked to your brain’s neurotransmitters, which help balance the brain’s chemicals. Though exercise has not been proven to completely cure depression, mental health experts agree that going for a daily jog or hitting the weights can help you work out your worries or subside your struggles.2

Talk
It always helps to talk–to a friend, to a family member, to a loved one. Anybody who will listen will help just by listening. And it never hurts to listen to their struggles, too.

Do What Makes You Happy
It’s a pretty simple concept. If you’re not happy, do something that will make you happy. But don’t indulge in destructive activities that may make you feel good now, but may hurt later down the road like overeating, alcoholism, over-spending, or using drugs. Instead, try to engage in activites that’ll make you happy in short-term and long-term respects. Uplifting activities like playing, reading, exercising, chatting, serving, watching movies, and the like might be the right way to go.

Try Our All-Natural Luminex
The Wellness Company offers an all natural, patented supplement that can give you a more positive outlook on life. Luminex® helps regulate the key neurotransmitters in your brain linked to depression. It’s not an antidepressant prescription, but a vitamin supplement that includes St. John’s Wort, Griffonia, and vitamin b12, all proven to aid your brain’s neurotransmitters.

Consider the Circumstances
Depression in January is often a phase. You made it through last January. Rediscover the tools that helped you through last year’s phase and put them to work.

Seek Help
If you can’t seem to climb out of the hole with any of these suggestions, seek help. There are literally thousands of support outlets online. Just search for “depression support” and you’ll find a myriad of help. There’s a lot of help out there because you’re not alone. Depression is a common struggle, especially in January. And if you’re still struggling, visit a doctor or counselor. Medication may be the solution.
(from Melaleuca Article archives)
1: “Jan. 24 Called Worst Day of the Year” – www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6847012/
2: “Exercise Helps Treat Depression, Many Mental Health Experts Agree”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/17/health/main681456.shtml

Contact me at optforsuccess@msn.com if you would like to know how to order from the Wellness Company at a substantial savings.

Warmly,
Connie
303-770-3180
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Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!

Here’s to a very special and enlightening year! I hope that you are looking forward to 2010 as much as I am. Last year was a tough year for me, as were the previous 3 years. I lost my mother-in-law, my mother, my father and my 15 year old dog, Pepper. These last few years were my first time for facing death and trying to make peace with this phenomena of life…not very easy for me.

It has been very hard on my health, taking care of my mother-in-law, mother and father for the past 8 years or so. Stress does that to us many times over our lives. Eventually, we must take a hard look at ourselves and decide to focus again on what will best serve us for a good and healthy life.

That is the point where I am at this time and my optimism has kicked in again. I’m grateful for that and I’m also focusing on my spiritual growth, as well. I’ve decided to work with an energy healer and am looking forward to experiencing this opportunity for growth and better health. I will try to keep you updated on my progress and how this energy healing works.

In the meantime, I want to share again one of the most important “health breakthroughs” I’ve ever seen in my 40 plus years of researching and studying the health industry. If you google “glutathione“, you will find out how intensely important it is to your body and your health.

However, glutathione cannot be introduced to the body just by taking a pill, tablet, liquid or capsule supplement. It is destroyed in the stomach acid almost immediately. Finally, a doctor of renown, Dr. Keller, developed and formulated (with a composition patent, reserved for pharmaceuticals only) a glutathione accelerator, MaxGXL, which introduces the precursors needed by our bodies to manufacture our own glutathione.

Scientists call it the “Master Antioxidant”. Glutathione has never been able to be introduced into the body and recycle itself prior to this product. Doctors, researchers, and scientists have been looking for a way for a very long time to get glutathione levels in the body raised so that the body functions properly. Glutathione has been used intraveneously in ER for a long time for life-threatening health problems. But, of course, it is terribly expensive and you have to have it done over and over again because it doesn’t allow the body to recycle it and manufacture its own glutathione.

Glutathione is natural to the body; we are born with the ability to manufacture our own glutathione. But as we age, have illnesses/disease, take in toxins over the years from chemicals and pollution, our body’s ability to manufacture its own glutathione declines rapidly. This health product, MaxGXL, is the first scientifically-based with placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical and crossover studies to give the body what it needs to produce/manufacture its own glutathione.

I am including some links for you to check out, if interested, to learn more about how this all works. If you would give me your address, I will send you more information. Plus, you can Google glutathione and see more about all the studies that have been done.

Please feel free to call me anytime with questions. I would also be able to connect you with some doctors that you could talk to about this product, as well. There is a very unique and special vitamin/mineral supplement that supports the MaxGXL with additional support for manufacturing glutathione in the body; it is called Max-n-Fuze and has a nanotechnology delivery system.

My sister is taking MaxGXL, as I am and also my husband and youngest son. I have some wonderful friends and business partners who would be willing to share their personal testimony about this product and how it has helped them. I will also try to get a hold of some testimonies pertaining to your health issue and be more pertinent to your needs if you wish to learn more.

To learn about this new discovery that has been awarded a “Composition Patent” which is usually only given to Prescription Drugs, and to learn about this AMAZING product called MAX GXL….

First go to http://www.stevenkscott.com and watch the 5 minute interview with LARRY KING LIVE to know who Mr. Scott is…..

Then go to http://www.connieclark.max4u.com and click on a 14 minute information video with Mr. Scott talking about MaxGXL and World Famous Dr. Robert Keller ( a Triple Board Certified MD in Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology. Then click on Products, then MaxGXL for a wealth of information. Then click on Testimonials.

There is also a 1 hour MaxGXL TV show on DirecTV on Monday nights every week. But here is a link where you can actually watch the TV shows and pick which segments you are most interested in viewing. Go to my team website at http://www.smilin2TheMax.com and click on Max GXL TV link in left column to see the MaxGXL show.

Warmly,
Connie Clark
303-770-3180 hm
303-898-7376 cell

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The Aloe Plant

The Aloe Plant

Do you, your family or friends suffer from
Acid Reflux or Allergies?

Then let me ask you this …do you suffer from such things as auto-immune disorder, blood sugar imbalance, Crohns Disease, digestive problems, chronic fatigue syndrome, diverticulitis, diverticulosis, Epstein Barr, hiatal hernia, irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon, ulcers and ulcerative colitis, just to name a few? It’s time you take responsibility for your own health. You can begin to enhance your immune system with Healthy Systems Aloe Pure 5000 drink.

About the Plant

The Aloe Vera Plant is an herb resembling the cactus in appearance, but it is actually a perennial succulent belonging to the lily family. It’s botanical name is Aloe barbadensis. The word Aloe Vera, Vera is the Latin word which stands for true. It was named in ancient times because this species of Aloe was thought to have the best medicinal properties.

Treatment for Inflammation!

Aloe Gel has been used to treat inflammation for more than 2000 years. The gel is the most ingenious mixture of antibiotic, astringent, coagulating agents, while also being a natural pain and scar inhibitor and a growth stimular, stimulating new cell growth threefold. Used as a drink internally, Aloe Vera will aid digestion and reduce the effects of arthritis, stomach ulcers, diabetes and a variety of other serious conditions.

During the past hundred years, significant scientific understanding of the science of Aloe Vera has evolved. Researchers throughout the world have revealed more and more of the biological mechanisms for the activity of Aloe Vera, and new clinical indications for it’s use in the treatment for human disease and regulating metabolism.

Help Support Your Healthy Immune System!

Aloe Vera for overall health, helps support your own healthy immune system, as well as many other natural body functions with an average daily consumption of two to eight ounces. By all accounts, including several of our own, two to four ounces of 100% stabilized Aloe Vera, taken twice daily, are able to offer a maximum of relief to arthritis suffers. Usually it takes two to three weeks for this to come to fruition, but the positive effects are consistent and apparently wide spread.

Often users report a decrease in stiffness and soreness, especially in early morning, as well as an increase in flexibility and strength in their joints. Interestingly, when one stops drinking the Aloe Vera, it takes about three weeks for the benefits of the Aloe Vera to disappear.

Testing the use of whole leaf Aloe compared to the use of individual molecules from the plant has shown that the whole leaf Aloe Vera is up to six times more effective than the individual Aloe Vera components alone.

Misbranded, Mislabeled, or Misformulated?

This highlights the importance of a couple of things. First, a major problem: There are a good many commercial Aloe Vera Drinks on the market that are either mislabeled, misbranded, or misformulated. Some contain an excessive amount of unregulated laxative contaminants bitter to the taste, and are then diluted with water to make them more palatable. Though the product may be labeled as containing 99% Aloe Vera, analysis often reveals contents of 65% to 85% water. This is not only misleading, but in direct violation of FDA regulation.

So, “caveat emptor” (let the buyer beware), is certainly a criteria which applies here. The important issue is to know your supplier. Find a respectable company with an impeccable reputation and a loyal customer following. Continued usage of a product is a good indication of a satisfied customer.

I personally love the Mango Papaya flavor; it is absolutely delicious!

Warmly,
Connie
303-770-3180 hm ofc
303-898-7376 cell

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