So, you believe your diet is really good, and that you meet all your nutritional needs eating the way you do?

Reviewed June 2016
This is an excerpt from "A  Basic Protocol" by John W Jones, MD

WRONG IDEAS
A popular misconception held by both the lay public and the medical profession is that the American diet supplies sufficient levels of all the nutrients needed by the body.   In reality, the western diet is characterized by imbalances and excesses.   In addition, there are unknown consequences from the GMO food supply.   Telling a person “all you need to do is eat right” does not take into consideration the American lifestyle, problems associated with our food supply, or human nature.

Two nationwide food consumption studies conducted by the USDA found that approximately 60% of the individuals surveyed were consuming only 70% of the daily minimum requirements of six essential nutrients.   Those surveyed were people who made an effort to eat (and thought they were eating) a balanced diet.   The nutrients are: vitamin B6, folacin, zinc, copper, calcium and magnesium.   With these facts in mind, it is not likely that anyone is consuming an optimal supply of nutrients ... without supplementation.   

More food for thought.

Are there consequences if you are not eating at least 1100 Calories of Nutrient Dense Food?   What are the MDRs (Minimum Daily Requirements)?   They are also known as the RDA and sometimes called the RDIs.  Do they apply if you are Pregnant or Lactating?  How about if you perform heavy manual labor - and do it under extremes of temperature?   Do pregnant women (and those who think they might become pregnant) really Have To Have at least 400 IU folic acid?   And how about the very young - the very old  - or the very ill?    How does poverty figure into food choices (what do folks really buy with those 'food stamps'?) 

So, what does Dr Jones recommend?  

Ultra Vites, our really good Multi Vitamin/Mineral supplement - plus Ultra Omega-Linic.  He formulated these two nutritional supplements to cover the essential nutritional bases for the majority of people.  They have been combined in this cost-saving package.

What is Ultra Omega-Linic and why do you need it?  This extraordinary fish oil product provides ALL of the necessary PREformed essential fatty acids.  I don't know about you, but I do not eat fish 3 times a day - or not even 3 times a week - maybe not even 3 times a month.   And as the term 'essential fatty acids' implies, we 'gotta have 'em!  

Not only that, but the fish oil in Ultra Omega-Linic comes from the pristine waters of protected Alaskan fisheries.  It is low in radiation and is assayed for contaminants.

Depending on what is going on in your life (health wise and emotionally) there are a number of other Nutritional considerations.   In light of recent studies on problems with Dementia and Alzheimer's, we offer you a new Basic Protocol Package which includes Ultra Monolaurin (great for cold and flu season, too).  Other studies associate a number of problems, such as autoimmune diseases, Diabetes, obesity, Crohn's disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis, with an improper balance (or lack) of  'good bacteria' in the GUT.   So we have a new Basic Package that includes Ultra 4x6 Probiotic.

A special note for Mothers.  During Pregnancy the vitamin, mineral and essential fatty acid needs of the mother increase significantly.  Well, why not?  You are eating for two.   In particular, when the baby's brain and retina are developing the mother needs a high level of Ultra Omega-Linic.  The baby will take these essential fatty acids as needed from Mother, and a high intake will protect her from postpartum depression.

The other area of concern is Healthy Aging.  We need to preserve our Hearts (cardiovascular system), our Brains and our Eyes - keep them at their optimal performance as long as we possibly can. 

In Summary:
We have wandered very far from our hunter-gatherer-farmer ancestors’ eating habits.  This has caused nutritional deficiencies and excesses from our skewed diets.  One of the most problematic excesses is high consumption of high fructose corn syrup.  We rely on fast food places, food processing and harmful cooking preferences which change the nutritive value of the foods we eat.  Many of the fats in our diets are hydrogenated so they are no longer unsaturated - and trans forms are produced that have been shown to be detrimental to your health and well-being.

Isn't it comforting to know that you can take a few basic nutritional supplements and BE SURE your needs are met!

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Salon & Spa Skin Care: tips and tricks from Nature's lab

Skin Care Recommendations: 
You, too, can have beautiful Skin!
Reviewed June 2016

• Don’t wash your face too often.   Each time you cleanse, oil and moisture are also washed away. 
• Using natural cleansers help your skin maintain it’s delicate moisture balance. 
• Avoid extremely hot water which is damaging to delicate tissues.  Comfortably warm water is sufficient to soften your skin for more thorough cleansing. 
• Use caution when showering.  Long hot showers feel wonderful, but keep in mind - your scalp, face, and entire body are being exposed to chlorine and other harsh chemicals.  The hotter the water, the greater potential damage.  And consider using a non-soap, pH balanced Body Wash.
• Toners are an important step for optimal skin care.  Their purifying, anti-bacterial ingredients destroy harmful bacteria and remove residue of chlorine and other harsh, drying chemicals found in tap water.    The phyto-rich nutrients in our toners, nourish and help balance the acid mantle, vital to healthy skin.   Applying toners to the T-Zone with a cotton ball helps to deeply clean and refine pores.
• Skin care products are best absorbed when applied to freshly cleansed, moist skin.  So, apply your skin products immediately after washing while the skin is still damp.  If too wet, just lightly pat a bit dryer with a towel.
• Be gentle to your skin.  Lightly apply skin products without stretching the skin.  Tap on and around delicate eye area

Why Should You Moisturize?

Dry, dehydrated skin is more prone to infections and inflammations, slower to heal, and more susceptible to sun, wind, and environmental toxins - accelerating the aging  process.   Consider the Renewal formulations which includes Renewal Intensive Moisture Serum.

Natural, phyto-active moisturizers are vital to maintain nourishment and protection for the skin.  Be patient while your skin improves.  You will see and feel improvements in your skin after just one or two applications.  Deeper layer changes, due to natural cellular turnover, will take 4 to 6 weeks.
Most skin care professionals agree that 3 months is the average time for more dramatic changes.   You should work to improve your skin’s ability to absorb and utilize valuable nutrients and moisturizing agents.

Prep your Skin

Exfoliation is important for sufficient hydration - essential for healthy skin.  Even though the skin exfoliates naturally, for most of us this process has been impaired or otherwise diminished, robbing you of smooth, relaxed, glowing skin.

 Lacking proper hydration, people of all ages endure a variety of skin imbalances.   To help renew your skin’s natural radiance, exfoliation by regularly polishing or buffing your skin sloughs away the dry, dead cells, helps restore the skin’s ability to absorb and  utilize valuable nutrients and moisturizing agents - encouraging replenished hydration, refined texture, and restored elasticity.

Apply the MASQUES - See the GLOW!

Boost the skin cell’s renewal process by applying our moisture masques.  The truly regenerating effects occur by dissolving dead skin cells and drawing out impurities - refining overall texture; by accelerating cellular turnover - improving hydration and plumping up skin tissue; and by allowing the skin to maximize absorption of active phyto-nutrients from topical skin preparations.

Phyto-Aromatic Concentrates - are truly concentrated formulas

Intended for partial body application, these phyto-active formulas are penetrating emollients, vitamins, and a high percentage of pure essential oils.   Every nutritious Concentrate base includes hazelnut, apricot kernel, and avocado oils, coconut nucifera oil and gardenia tahitensis flowers, panthenol, phospholipids, linden flower extract,  vitamins A, D, and E, and Irish moss.

Phyto-Aromatic Concentrate general application:
Apply to selected body areas, such as back, legs, feet, or hips.   For best results, cover treated area for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight.
Caution: Do not apply Phyto-Aromatic Concentrates on inflamed or sensitive skin.   Avoid contact with eyes and other mucous membranes.

MINERAL BATH CRYSTALS  for focused soaks
Focus the purpose of your soaks with a generous selection of Mineral Bath Crystals.

Choose any blend and receive the benefits of seaweed extracts, sea salts, phospholipids, and pure & genuine essential oils.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Pineapple

I had an eMail that was titled "A Simple Pineapple".  I ask you-  is the pineapple really simple?
reviewed June 2016

The pineapple is a member of the bromeliad family.  It is extremely rare that bromeliads produce edible fruit.  The pineapple is the only available edible bromeliad.

Pineapple is a multiple fruit.  
One pineapple is actually made up of dozens of individual floweret's that grow together to form the entire fruit.  Each scale on a pineapple is evidence of a separate flower.  The more scales on the pineapple, the sweeter and juicier the taste.

Pineapples stop ripening the minute they are picked. No special way of storing them will help ripen them further.  Color is relatively unimportant in determining ripeness.  Choose your pineapple by smell. If it smells fresh, tropical and sweet, it will be a good fruit.  After you cut off the top, you can plant it.  It should grow much like a sweet potato will.


 
Pineapple is a remarkable fruit.
This delicious fruit is not only sweet and tropical; it also offers many benefits to our health.
We find it enjoyable because of its lush, sweet and exotic flavor, but it may also be one of the most healthful foods available today.  If we take a more detailed look at it, we will find that pineapple is valuable for easing indigestion, arthritis or sinusitis.

The juice has an anthelmintic effect; it helps get rid of intestinal worms.

Let's look at how pineapple affects other conditions:
Pineapple is high in manganese, a mineral that is critical to development of strong bones and connective tissue.   A cup of fresh pineapple will give you nearly 75% of the recommended daily amount.

It is particularly helpful to older adults, whose bones tend to become brittle with age.
Bromelain, a proteolytic enzyme, is the key to pineapple's value.  Proteolytic means "breaks down protein", which is why pineapple is known to be a digestive aid.  It helps the body digest proteins more efficiently.

Bromelain is also considered an effective anti-inflammatory.  Regular ingestion of at least one half cup of fresh pineapple daily is purported to relieve painful joints common to osteoarthritis. It also produces mild pain relief.

In Germany, bromelain is approved as a post-injury medication because it is thought to reduce inflammation and swelling.  

Orange juice is a popular liquid for those suffering from a cold because it is high in Vitamin C.  Fresh pineapple is not only high in this vitamin, but because of the Bromelain, it has the ability to reduce mucous in the throat.  If you have a cold with a productive cough, add pineapple to your diet.  It is commonly used in Europe as a post-operative measure to cut mucous after certain sinus and throat operations.

Those individuals who eat fresh pineapple daily report fewer sinus problems related to allergies.  In and of itself, pineapple has a very low risk for allergies.

Pineapple is also known to discourage blood clot development. This makes it a valuable dietary addition for frequent fliers and others who may be at risk for blood clots.

An old folk remedy for morning sickness is fresh pineapple juice. It really works!
Fresh juice and some nuts first thing in the morning often make a difference.
It's also good for a healthier mouth. The fresh juice discourages plaque growth.

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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Consider these two Products:
InflamEase: An Endobiogenic Concept Product
Each capsule contains 406 mg Proprietary blend: 

Vitis vinifera (BioVin® full spectrum grape) extract

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) fruit extract

Burdock (Arctium lappa) root extract

Pineapple Extract
 (Ananassa sativa) 200 mg. 12:1 Concentrate of Fruit

Invest in the Air You Breathe

Windrose Ultra Jet System Diffusors Combine the healthful benefits of super fine essential oil mist, oil efficiency, and easy cleaning features.

In your Office or at Home

• Improve your air quality, 
• Kill airborne microbes, 
• Calm patients or family members 
• Welcome visitors to your Home or Office

Suggestions:
Breathe Easy Essential Oil Blend is a good choice for the cold and flu season
Refresher Essential Oil Blend is pleasant and inexpensive to run.

Those using essential oils are assumed to have full knowledge of their use, properties, safety precautions, dosage or to be under the care of a qualified healthcare professional.

Nutritional Support for Autoimmune Disorders

As posted in the previous blog, a number of recent studies have looked at the relationship between the health of the GI tract and Autoimmune Disorders (AD).  The studies considered various probiotic organisms in the treatment of a variety of ADs.  As you may know, there are a great many of them - and they really interfere with your life.  The studies did have mixed results, but the most successful seemed to incorporate a variety of organisms.  

Our Ultra 4x6 Probiotic contains 4 billion CFU and 6 strains of organisms.  Using this product may protect against the development of, or lessen the effects of your disorder.

Our Nutritional Consultant is John W Jones, MD, MPH.  For many years he has urged his patients to follow his Basic Nutritional recommendations.  He considers his Essential Fatty Acid formulation, Ultra Omega-Linic, to be essential for all inflammatory conditions.  For those with AD, it is also very important for cellular health.  In addition it supports neurological structure and function.  Remember, the body has to have these fatty acids, it cannot make them, and they are lacking in our diets

A really good, well formulated multi vitamin and mineral product, such as Ultra Vites, is necessary to keep your marvelous biochemical factory in good operating condition.  In addition, specific nutrients are necessary fatty acid metabolism. 

If your doctor diagnosed an Autoimmune Disorder and you would like to consider non-medical, non-surgical alternatives, consider our recommendations.

We feature Nutritional Support for Autoimmune Conditions - based on studies 

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Autoimmune Disease and Probiotics

Information from John W Jones, MD, MPH
Reviewed June 2016

What is (AD) Autoimmune Disease?

You have heard of it - you may even live with the diagnosis. The body’s immune system becomes confused and begins to attack itself. This causes a variety of injuries and inflammatory situations affecting perhaps 50 million Americans.

Autoimmune Disease (AD) is implicated in 80 to 100 different conditions, and 40 more are suspected. Those most commonly encountered are Diabetes Mellitus Type I, Psoriasis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Multiple Sclerosis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease, and Ulcerative Colitis.

Read More on Autoimmune Disease.

What can be done to help AD?
For years doctors have been recommending the use of probiotics whenever there is a course of antibiotics given for various infections.  Probiotics help replenish the ‘friendly’ bacteria that live in the GI tract.

Recently we learned that scientists are studying probiotics as they relate to autoimmune disease. There is increasing evidence (published studies) that the use of probiotics may protect against the development of various autoimmune diseases.  Even more exciting, the use of probiotics may delay the onset, slow the development of, or lessen the effects of AD.

With these thoughts in mind, Dr. Jones recommends Ultra 4x6 Probiotics, a Nutrition Pure and Simple product.  He feels it is likely that the normal flora of the intestines has been negatively altered by our modern lifestyle and eating habits.  Whether you are healthy or are suffering from less than successful treatment of your health issues, it is important to ensure the health of the GI tract.

See all Dr Jones' Proticols on his newly mobile website..

On the new Recipes page you will find a recipe for Whipped Cream - from Coconut Milk.  Enjoy!

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Got the Winter Skin blues?

We Feature Cost Saving Packs for

In addition to the NEW cost-saving bundles shown below, check out our other
Cost Saving 'Go-Together Bundles' 

Reviewed June 2016

DermaClear Starter Pack

Clinically proven botanicals that offer help for blemished skin.  It is especially effective for those troubled by Acne.

6 GREAT Products
1. DermaClear Lotion with PROVEN natural ingredients
2. DermaClear Capsules - an Endobiogenic Concept Herbal Formula
3. Seaweed Soap Free Cleanser - a refreshing way to clean your skin.
4. Bamboo Polish - use each morning
5. DermaClear Toner (new product) - Spritz Morning & Evening
6. Argiletz Green Illite Clay - Twice a week mix with floral water for great facial mask

DermaCalm Starter Pack

Care for the WHOLE body.  Soothe and Moisturize Sensitive, Irritated or Inflamed Skin

5 GREAT Products
1. Lavender Plus Cleanser - a soothing, cleansing creme
2. DermaCalm Toner - a soothing, hydrating elixir
3. DermaCalm Shave Gel - for an excellent glide with a soothing finish.  Early reports on this new product say that it works really well on VERY sensitive skin.
4. DermaCalm Lotion - head-to-toe relief for sensitive, irritated or inflamed skin - A VERY popular product.
5. DermaCalm Intensive Night Creme (new) - a soothing, hydrating and wrinkle-reducing complex.

Reversal Starter Pack

Anti-Aging Skin Care with Advanced Skin Resurfacing

5 GREAT Products
1. Elderberry Cleansing Mousse for all skin types, especially dry, flacky, devitalized and imbalanced skin
2. Vanilla-Tea Toner will soothe and soften your skin, promote skin repair and enhance hydration.
3. NightTime Total Complex to naturally restore and replenish your skin while you sleep
4. Reversal Advanced Wrinkle Cream - resurface your skin without cosmetic surgery.
5. Reversal Eye Gel - now here is a real Anti-Aging benefit

Fast Adi Starter Pack

Are you suffering skin after-effects of your winter vacation?  We offer fast help for common skin irritations, sunbury and skin inflammation.

4 GREAT Products
1. DermAid for common skin irritations, burns, scratches or bites
2. After Sun Repair offers serious relief from the heat and pain of sunburn and skin inflammation
3. Everlast - fast, dramatic responder for bumps and bruises
4. Phyto-Flex Treatment - a natural pain-relieving lotion with MSM, Capsicum and Arnica

A Basic Package: Ultra Vites and Ultra Omega-Linic

For Inside-Out Health, and Skin Maintenance.  Young-Looking Skin has cells that are plump and water-filled.  Healthy cell membranes hold water and nutrients IN, while allowing waste products OUT.  Ultra Vites and Ultra Omega-Linic work at the basic cellular level to maintain Optimal Health.

2 GREAT Products
1. Ultra Vites.  An Exceptional Multi
2. Ultra Omega-Linic.  Fish Oil Extraordinaire

 

Skin Soft and Beautiful

Your Skin deserves the BEST care - and People WILL Notice

2 GREAT Products
1. Calm Body Wash - NON-Soap, pH Balanced, Natural Ingredients
2. Hydrating Body Lotion - penetrates the skin for all day hydrating and Skin-Softening

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.