We are constantly warned by commercials that our homes are full
of dangerous germs and they must be killed, resulting in the
addition of antiseptics in cleaning products.
But they can be more harmful than most of the germs they kill.

Cleaning products with the most fumes are generally the most
harmful, such as multi-purpose cleaners, disinfectants and
oven cleaners.

Use the proven safer cleaners, like pure soap or soap flakes
for washing dishes and clothes, or use environmentally-friendly
cleansers like Planet Ark, Nutrimetics, GNLD, Herbon or Tri Nature.

For cleaning windows, tubs and tiles, try vinegar and water.
For refrigerators, freezers, stainless steel, enamel, chrome and
laminex, use bicarb soda.

Solvents
These chemical products are used to dissolve other substances.
Many solvents can cause health problems, like brain damage,
birth defects, miscarriage, asthma and cancer.
Long term exposure can cause progressive loss of memory and
affect learning ability and decision making.
Some people with multiple chemical sensitivity and/or chronic
fatigue syndrome are affected badly by solvents.

A study at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide found a connection
between solvents and miscarriage. In fact the study found that
miscarriage is four times more likely  if the woman has been
involved in home renovation or has visited factories with high
chemical pollution and 2 to 3 times more likely if the male partner
has been exposed to strong glues, oven cleaners or oil-based paints.

Solvents are present in many household products, including
cleaning products,pesticides, liquid paper, marker pens,glues and paints.

Out gassing of volatile organic compounds.
Paints,plastics and particle boards in our homes can give off traces
of toxic gasses for months and even years.
This out gassing is worse in winter when heating is on and windows
are shut.

VOC’s out gas from large surface areas, painted walls, ceilings
and stained floors. Also from glued carpets, vinyls, shelves, furniture,
particle boards and plastics.

Make sure that the house is always well ventilated and use paints and
varnishes that don’t out gas.
For floors use timber, tile and linoleum that out gas very little.
Buy solid timber furniture.

Avoid sources of formaldehyde gas, a potent irritant that affects
the respiratory system and can cause asthma.
It evaporates from the glue in particle board, plywood, synthetic
carpets, upholstery and sometimes wallpaper and some paints.

Non fluid combustion heating.
When a gas, kerosene or wood heater doesn’t have a chimney,
it’s called non fluid. It results in pollution that is often far worse than
outdoors pollution.
The toxic fumes from these heaters can cause symptoms similar
to  throat infections and worsen sinus problems and asthma.

Reduce heating needs by dressing warmly and sleep with warm
bedding ( electric blanket) .
Use electrical or fluid combustion heating and leave off when
not required. Even better, design your house for solar heating.
Insulate the home with wool, cellulose or polyester.
If non fluid combustion heaters must be used, make sure of
adequate ventilation.

Dry-cleaning clothing.
Dry-cleaning uses powerful solvents, like perchlorethylene, an
organochlorine, which in extreme cases can damage the liver,
kidneys and central nervous system.

After bringing home clothes from the dry cleaner, leave them outside,
preferable in the sun for at least 24 hours.
Avoid synthetic clothing and wear natural fibers like wool, cotton,
linen, silk and mohair.

Fiberglass insulation.
Fiberglass can cause lung cancer in humans. Fibers with diameters
of less than 3 microns can reach the tiny air sacs in the lungs and
remain there indefinitely, with the risk of a form of cancer similar to
that caused by asbestos.

Every few years check the condition of the fiberglass.
Seek professional advice if the fiberglass crumbles to ‘powder’.

Lead exposure.
Lead is a heavy metal that can cause brain damage,specially in
children and during pregnancy.
The more common low-level poisoning can cause learning
difficulties, hyperactivity and less immunity to infections.

To avoid lead exposure, live well away from motor vehicle pollution,
if possible.Take off shoes if there is flaking old paint to avoid bringing
lead dust into the house. A hard floor is better than carpet.

Use a safe chemical stripper that emits less toxic fumes.
Have blood tests, especially for children, if you live near main roads
and if your home has flaking old paint.

Industrial chemicals.
Factories that manufacture or use toxic chemicals have the greatest
risk of exposure. What is known about the toxic effect has been
discovered by studying their effects on workers in such factories.
Avoid working in any industry that uses toxic chemicals.

Ensure adequate ventilation when toxic chemicals are present –
even for photocopiers and laser printers in offices.

We can make a difference by our everyday lifestyle choices,
because what we buy invents the future.
If we care about our personal health and the kind of planet we are
handing over to our children and grandchildren, it is worth to
contemplate about the things we purchase to create the type of world
we like to live in.
For example, if more people bought organic grown food,it would
become cheaper and the need for pesticides could be reduced.

It would be good to join a group of people, for example a multi level
marketing company or a lobby group which has the vision for
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There is nothing more beneficial than a good nights sleep and there is a great physiological need for it if the individual likes to feel refreshed and
alert during the following day.
Sleep is also important for your memory and learning capacity and possibly for maintaining a good immune system. But there are still many unanswered questions regarding the function of sleep.

This is possibly best explained with the fact that people suffering from insomnia also suffer from reduced concentration, reduced menory and decreased ability to accomplish daily tasks.
They are also at greater risk for work related accidents and road accidents, many sick days, increased use of healthcare services and a lower perceived quality of life.

Insomnia is usually perceived as related to not getting enough sleep,which means that the person either has trouble falling or staying asleep.However, poor quality of sleep, whereby the sufferer wakes up feeling unrefreshed, even after sufficient hours spent sleeping, is a common complaint, especially
by  elderly people.

Melatonin is a naturally occuring hormone in the brain, manufactured by the pineal gland and secreted at night. It is quickly degraded, but by being continuously secreted all through the night, it acts like a sleep regulator and ‘signal of darkness’ in humans. However the natural production  of melatonin tends to decrease with age. specially in elderly suffering from insomnia, the production of melatonin is decreased compared to elderly with no sleep problems.

Research has proven that melatonin, when taken in small doses of 0.1 milligram, can decrease the effects of jetlag, like sleeping difficulties and tiredness. The pil has to be taken just before bed time on the place of destination and after arrival a few days, again just before going to bed.

Because melatonin is a natural product, it can be sold at the chemist in small concentrations of 0.1 milligram, which has hardly any affect. You can’t get adicted to melatonin and most people feel better during daytime.

Circadin, a sustained-release melatonin, is a new treatment paradigm in the management of primary insomnia in patients aged 55 years or over. A novel sleep drug, the first in a new class, Circadin provides natural sleep for patients with insomnia, offering an effective and save treatment for their
sleep difficulties because it improves sleep quality, with a far superior safety and tolerability profile.

However, according to the authorities, circadin doesn’t work  equally effective for everybody.
Circadin contains 2 milligram of melatonin. Sleep occurs quicker with improved quality of life and better fuctionality during daytime.

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In the 20th century, uninformed medical bureaucrats, who controlled health care,
ignored Nature. They considered our dependence on the natural world as out-dated and
human science as all powerful.The result is strikingly before our eyes.
Man-made chemicals and technology have transformed our bodies and our environment into pools of decay.

Fortunately, most of these men are now prematurely old.T hey are dying off and being
replaced by better educated and therefore humbler scientists who realize that human
beings and their health are inextricably linked to the health of their environment
and the nutrients it provides.We are entering the most enlightend era in human history.
Medical science is finally accepting that Nature made all the locks and hold all the keys.

Miraculous Order
When we want to take advantage of this new science,we should first understand how tightly our body is locked into Nature. At the beginning, on the second day of creation,
in the Archean era 400 million years ego, a miraculous combination of gases produced
a few simple bacteria. According to the late physicist Dick Feynman,it could not have been a random event.

The best way to describe this phenomenon as a scientist is this: a hand of intelligence,
you can call it the hand of God,reached into the chaos and the precise order of life was born.

At that time the atmosphere of the earth was 98% carbon dioxide, plus a little methane and nitrogen. There was almost no oxygen. The Archean bacteria began to “breathe” the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen as a waste product, as plants still do today. They multiplied across the face of the earth. Over countless millennia, the carbon dioxide dwindled to its present fraction of 1% and the atmosphere grew oxygen rich to its
present 21%.

Human life became possible because of this abundance of oxygen, but as a consequence, it poisoned the atmosphere for the bacteria that made it.
They had to move to environments that are oxygen free. Today their progeny lie on in the oxygen free slime of river mud and in the darkest recesses of the human gut.

These bacteria, that eons ago laid the groundwork for the creation of man, continue to
support our life by their biological role in our intestines, together with about 40 other
species of bacteria, with a total weight of approximately equal of that of our brain.
Without them, we would degenerate and die. This prime example of our dependence on ancient creatures emphasize the precision of the design that binds together all life on Earth.

Natural Locks
We are locked into nature by a lot more than the oxygen ancient creatures created and their function in our gut.The shells of the bodies of ancient marine life grew the calcium
of our bones and then became the soils from which the plants and animals we use as food
now obtain their calcium. All the elements of our flesh have been precisely shaped and
refined in this way in the bodies of thousands of creatures before us.

The sulfur in the proteins that comprise half the dry weight of our body, is taken from
the soil by plants and washed into rivers by runoff.But why is it never depleted?
Because of a minute phytoplankton that blooms in uncountable profusion over thousands of square miles of oceans. Every day, Emiliana huxleyii produces millions
of tons of dimethyl sulfide, which rises in evaporation of the surface water of the seas and seeds the clouds with sulfer, which then precipitates on the land in rain.
Without this Emilana, most of mankind would sicken and die.

We can track the course of nutrients through the ocean, the air, the soil, the plants and
through our body and back into the ocean again. To the extent that this journey is
unpolluted by toxic compounds, and undisturbed by food processing, the nutrients themselves and the bodies that grow from them, remain healthy.
To the extent that we deplete the nutrients, foul the air, pollute the water, degrate the
soils and contaminate the oceans, then our bodies are depleted and contaminated also and pays the price in inevitable degeneration and disease.

So why do we even need Nutritional Supplements?
You’ve probably heard this all before, but did you know that most people don’t eat
the recommended daily amount of fruit and vegetables on a regular basis?

This means that most of us aren’t getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals
from our diet alone. The truth is, our busy lifestyles encourage us to choose meals
that are ‘quick and easy’ over those that are high in nutritional value.

Also, what most people don’t know is that our body is constant bombarded by
“free radicals”, from stress, pollution etc., causing oxidation in our body.
Like an apple turns brown from oxidation, so also our body, damaging our body cells.
This results in degenerative diseases.

To counteract this effect, we need lots of antioxidants, which we find mainly in our
fruit and vegetables. Unfortunately, because of modern farming techniques, and
soil depletion, this is not enough.

So we have to supplement our diet with high quality nutritional supplements,
which we can get from USANA Health Sciences.
They are bio-available. That means: our body cells absorb the nutrients for 100%.
They are potency guarantied and manufactured according to pharmaceutical standards.

To order USANA products, visit www.nutrobalance.usana.com

   17th Edition

Mind and Body Balance
Yoga use stretching postures, breathing and
meditation techniques to calm the emotional state
and tone the body.
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The Natural Dangers of Free Radicals
Free radicals occur naturally. The body produces them when it generate energy.
From the transformation of oxygen you breathe, into water, 1% turns into free radicals.
White blood cells also generate free radicals purposely, in order to heal invading bacteria & micro-organisms. Unfortunately, these free radicals also damage healthy tissue.
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What is Yoga?
Yoga is thought to date back to at least 3000BC originating from India.
To the untrained eye, Yoga seems to comprise a series of strange
Physical postures which people hold for what at times seems an eternity.
However, Yoga is said to be much more than that.

It is one of the oldest systems of personal development in the world,
encompassing body, mind and spirit. The word Yoga comes from the Sankrit
word meaning ‘union’, and it symbolises the harmonisation of body with
the mind. It is often referred to as a therapy that incorporates
therapeutic breathing, physical movements, massage, meditation and
relaxation.

Mel Genovese from the Energy Therapy Center says that “Yoga utilises
stretching postures, breathing and meditation techniques to calm
the emotional state and tone the body.’

During a Yoga class, postures (or asanas) are held and performed slowly
and meditatively. This is combined with deep abdominal breathing
(or pranayama) to further promote relaxation and healing.

Proper breathing in Yoga is considered essential as it brings more
oxygen to the blood and brain and also facilitates vital energy,
leading to greater control of the mind.

Physically, the asanas, which work systematically on all parts of the
body, stretch and tone the muscles and ligaments, keeping the spine
and joints flexible and improving circulation.
This helps to balance your mind and body.

We know that when iron gets wet, it undergoes a chemical process called oxidation
and we see a reddish coating, what we call rust.
Oxidation means that something has reacted with oxygen.
To be more specific, it means that oxygen molecules have lost an electron during
their interactions with other molecules.

These renegades become, what scientists call, free radicals, wounded, unstable
oxygen molecules that are just as dangerous as their name sounds.
In their quest to “heal” themselves, free radicals steal electrons from any healthy
molecule they can grab, creating more free radicals in the process.

Whenever oxygen mixes with other molecules, free radicals form as a byproduct.
Cut an apple, and the oxygen-exposed fruit becomes brown from free-radical damage.
Inhale, and you also have been exposed to free radicals.
In fact, every breath we take generates free radicals, which, as they seek to stabilze
themselves, damage our healthy cells.

And the damage that free radicals do is significant. More and more research is showing
that free-radical damage contributes to many major illnesses, including hardening of
the arteries, degenerative eye diseases, such as macular degeneration, certain cancers,
and even the aging process itself.

Free radicals occur naturally. The body produces them when it generate energy.
From the transformation of oxygen you breathe, into water, 1% turns into free radicals.
White blood cells also generate free radicals purposely, in order to heal invading bacteria & micro-organisms. Unfortunately, these free radicals also damage healthy tissue.

Staying in Balance
In keeping with the law of nature, for every force, there is a counter force.
The counter force of free radicals are antioxidants, which we find in vitamin C & E
and betacarotene.  They act as a buffer between free radicals and your body’s healthy
molecules.

In addition to free radicals generated in our body, there are also huge numbers in our
environment. Chemicals from various sources in our homes, cigaret smoke, car exhaust etc.
It all add up to a huge amount of free radicals and antioxidants in your body have a
hard time to keep up.
It takes one-third of the Daily  Value of vitamin C – 2o milligram – to neutrolize
the effect of just one cigaret.

The Damage they do
Once free radicals are running rampant, they can launch attacks and cause damage
almost anywhere in the body. “The best example of the damage free radicals can cause
is artheroclerosis, or hardening of the arteries,” says Dr. Frei.
“It’s well-documented that free radicals contribute to this disease.”

Scientists have found that free radical damage is the reason that LDL cholesterol
begins to stick to artery walls in the first place.
Free radicals can also attack your DNA. The damage may cause changes in the DNA
that cause them to replicate uncontrollable. In other words, they become cancerous,
says Dr. Frei.

Free radicals can also cause damage to your eyes. Researchers from Harvard Medical School found a strong link between macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in people over 50, and free radical damage.

Sunshine contains a tremendous amount of dangerous ultraviolet light, one of the leading producers of free radicals.
Your skin also suffer under the sun’s UV light and cause wrinkles, skin thickening and other symptoms of premature skin aging.

It appears that free radicals may also be one of the keys to unlock the mysterious neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
Some scientists believe that free radicals may actually poke holes in the barrier
that usually shields the brain from outside invaders, like viruses and bacteria.
In response to the injury, researchers believe  that the immune system produces
even more free radicals, which may cause damage, leading to neurological disease.

“Very often, free radicals aren’t involved in initiating  the disease,.”Dr. Jenkens
adds, “but the free radicals that result from the disease  keep the damage going.”
Such is the case with rheumatoid arthritis. The inflammation within effected joints
creates free radicals, which seems to do more damage than the actual disease itself.

The same can be said from many digestive diseases. Free radicals may not be the
cause of Crohn’s disease, for instance, but they definitely contribute to the damage.

Fighting Free Radicals
For optimum antioxidant protection against free radicals, Dr. Jenkens suggests
that people increase their intake  of vitamin C to between 200 and 400 mg and
that of vitamin E  to between 200 and 400 IU.

The Mega Antioxidants in the USANA Essentials contain 325 mg vitamin C and
vitamin E  100 IU per tablet. It is recommended to take 4 tablets per day.
Some research has also shown that people with the highest intake of carotenoids
– plant compounds that are powerful antioxidants – have lower rates of macular
degeneration.

And a Dutch Study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
looked at the relationship between dietary intake of vitamin E and C, zinc and
beta-carotene and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in more than 4000
older adults at risk for the condition.  A high intake of all four nutrients was
associated with a 35% decrease in AMD risk , indicating that all four antioxidants
are protective.

Some of the best food sources of antioxidants compounds include vitamin C-
packed citrus fruits, red and green bell peppers, and dark green leafy vegetables,
beta-carotene-rich carrots, sweet potatoes,  spinach, wheat germ and vegetable
oils, which are loaded with vitamin E

You can find the USANA Essentials by visiting: www.nutrobalance.usana.com

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in our industrialized society.
Approximately 16 million Americans are the victim of this disease and
about half of them don’t even know that they are diabetic..

Apart from the disease itself, the side effects are also threatening.
One-third of all new cases of kidney disease are caused by diabetes.
As much as 80% of diabetics will die from cardiovascular disease and
diabetes is the leading cause of amputations and blindness in the elderly.

Two Types of Diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes usually effects children and is caused by an attack
of the immune system, which makes them insulin poor.

Type 2 diabetes is responsible for 90% of the cases.
This type of diabetes is caused by insulin resistance.

Insulin Resistance.
Insulin resistance or Syndrome X is caused by our modern life style.
Our diet has taken it’s toll. Far to many people eat a high-carbohydrate
and high-fat diet and as a result, many have become less sensitive
to their own insulin.

Insulin is a storage hormone that drives sugar into the cells to be
utilized or stored as fat. Our body wants to control our blood sugar,
but when our body becomes less sensitive to its own insulin, it
compensates by making more insulin.

If our blood sugar rises, the pancreas are forced to produce more
insulin in order to control our blood sugars.
However, increase in insulin levels can cause some serious
problems, called Syndrome X, like:
– inflammation of the arteries, which can cause heart
attack and stroke
– high blood pressure (hypertension)
– high level of triglycerides ( the other fat in the blood
beside cholesterol)
– low level of HDL (good cholesterol)
– high level of LDL (bad cholesterol)
– increased risk of blood clots formation
– a significant development of “uncontrolled” weight
gain, usually around the waist

A combination of these factors makes the risk of developing heart
disease 20 times higher. We can’t ignore the growing risk of
developing heart disease as the NUMBER ONE KILLER in our
industrialized world!

Cause of Diabetes.
As we have seen, in order for our body to control our blood sugar
levels, the pancreas have to produce more insulin.
This elevated level of insulin is the cause of the destructive
metabolic changes linked with Insulin Resistance or Syndrome X.

If we want to keep our blood sugar level low and constant, we need
to consume carbohydrates which are slowly turned into simple
sugar by our body.

Many people consume food products that cause their blood sugar
level to rise rapidly, like white bread, white flour, white rice, pasta
and potatoes. These foods contain the wrong type of carbohydrates,
which spike blood sugars. They have a high Glycemic Index.
You can read more about the Glycemic Index  in my special article.

Diabetes Test.
In order to test the development of Syndrome X, you can divide
your triglyceride level by your HDL level.
If the ratio is greater than 2, early signs of Syndrome X are present.

Cure for Syndrome X and Type 2 Diabetes.
Syndrome X or insulin resistance is totally reversible by life style
changes, that means consuming a low GI diet, combined with a
moderate exercise program and some basic nutritional supplements,
in order to improve insulin sensitivity.

Diagnosis of Diabetes
In a review article for the Mayo Clinic, Dr. James O’Keefe stated:
“Therapeutic efforts in patients with diabetes have focused
predominantly on normalizing increased  blood sugar levels,
while often ignoring many of these other modifiable risks, which
are caused by underlying insulin resistance.”

Doctors are mostly concerned about the fat content in people’s
diet, instead of treating insulin resistance, which is a much better
way to confront and control diabetes.

People with diabetes are deficient in the following micronutrients:
– Chromium: this is essential in the metabolism of glucose
and the action of insulin. It improves insulin sensitivity.
Diabetics need 300 mcg of chromium daily.
 – Vitamin E: apart from antioxidant defence, it also helps
to solve the problem of insulin resistance.
People  with a low level of vitamin E have a five times
higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
 – Magnesium: deficiency can exist in both type 1 and
type 2 diabetes. It also increases the risk of retinopathy
in diabetic patients. When this deficiency in older people
is corrected, insulin function improves drastic.
However, it is very difficult to diagnose magnesium
deficiency. Cellular levels can only be tested in reseach
labs, that’s why magnesium deficiency is under diagnosed.
We all need at least 400 – 500 mg of magnesium in
supplements every day.
   – Vanadium: This mineral is less known but can significantly
increase insulin sensitivity when taken in supplements.
Diabetics need 50 – 100 mcg in supplements daily.

The final question remains:If you struggle with diabetes, are you
willing to make life style changes to make yourself independent
of medication and live a healthier life?

To control your diabetes, you need a hemoglobin  A1C of less than 6.5.
This is hard to do with medication only. Watch your blood sugars
closely. If it drops to much, your doctor has to adjust your medication.

Applying these principles will significantly improve your diabetic control.

The first step to keep free from colds is to cut down severely on fast working carbohydrates, such as packeted cereals, white bread, white flour products, pies, cakes and confectionary, also sweets, soft drinks and similar denatured and clogging foods
and drinks.

The second step is to strengthen and make healthy the mucous membrane, of which the inner surfaces of the mouth, nose, sinuses, bronchia, lungs, etc., are lined.When these membranes lack vitamin A, they fail to function efficiently and are subject to infection.
Vitamin A rejuvenates and replenishes cells of the mucous membrane which have been destroyed or injured by virus or bacterial activity. These mucous membranes when in health, secrete a substance called lysozyme, which is a powerful defence against infectious organisms, due to its antiseptic action.

The third step is to saturate the tissues with vitamin C at the very first indication of
a cold and to keep them saturated until the cold is defeated. Vitamin C helps to build strong phagocytes and strengthens the conneective tissues.If you suffer from hay fever (usually the result of an allergy due to some foreign protein, or dust, pollen, dandruff, etc.), use the same vitamin therapy as for a cold, as the allergens mentioned are surrounded and disposed of in a simular manner to viruses and bacteria.

Vitamin C must be used in massive doses for colds, etc., as the body’s requirements and
losses of this vitamin during a cold are heavy.

The fourth step is to build up the nervous system with vitamin B complex, which also have
a most beneficial effect upon the skin, eyes and hair.Vitamin B complex remedy constipation, flatulence, pour appetite and digestive troubles.

The fifth step is to ensure that your diet includes adequate protein foods and plenty of
salad vegetables and fresh fruits,as these foods are vitalizing and nourishing.

When a cold feels imminent, don’t delay. Take six vvitamin C tablets at once and every two
hours thereafter take two or three of these tablets, until all traces of the cold are gone.

The best protection against further attacks by colds is to take multi-mineral and antioxidant tablets from USANA Health Sciences.
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