A Hop, Skip And A Jump

My grandmother sat on the couch the last few years of her life. Her hips were so painful that she had to use a walker just to move around. She was an Iowa farm-girl and to see this once vibrant woman immobile was painful just to watch. Grandma has since passed away but the arthritis that put her on her sofa has affected my mother, my sister, and yes, myself.

I am only 53 years old and already a joint in my hand was frozen stiff. My feet, hips, hands and neck were sore and daily activities were more limited than what they used to be. If I wanted to back up my car, I had to turn my whole body around to look because my neck wouldn't rotate. I couldn't quilt any more and to hold my husbands hand was not something I looked forward too. How sad it that? My hips hurt all of the time and I could see where I was going to follow all of the special women in my family....right to the old sofa one day. I didn't want that. Who would? I will not take prescription medication, if at all possible, because with my medical background I know the damage that it does, in the long run, to your liver and kidneys. I was looking for an alternative.

It was my husband who found it for me and the answer was Reliv. Now, my arthritis didn't happen overnight and I was willing to be patient while Reliv's Arthaffect worked within my body. It took almost two months before I started seeing anything happen and it was the hand-holding where I first took notice. It didn't hurt! That joint in my hand that had been frozen for two years now moves and my hips are flexible and I am down on the floor playing with my grandchildren. I can fully turn my head to look from side to side and I am able to quilt again. Now that I am active I am losing weight and I feel better than I have in years.

No, my arthritis isn't cured, but it is not painful any more. I get out of bed in the morning with a hop, skip and jump and a smile on my face....not a grimace! If you would like more information you may email me or give me a call. I enjoy helping others feel as good as I do.

Ouch, It Hurts (No More!)

The painful toll of joint disease affects more than 46 million Americans and is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Worldwide, more than 355 million people suffer with the disease.

By 2030 the number of people with arthritis is expected to rise by 40%. Osteoarthritis affects nearly 27 million Americans and rheumatoid arthritis affects 1.3 million. Obesity is the number one cause of osteoarthritis because the extra weight stresses the joints. Nearly two in three people who are obese will develop knee osteoarthritis over their lifetime, but losing 15 pounds can cut the knee pain in half.

According to the 2008 World Arthritis Day "Think Psitive" survey, 97 percent of people with arthritis indicated the condition affects them or people they care about emotionally and 5 percent of them said it may lead to depression.

Clinical evidence shows arthritis/rheumatism can have a debilitating effect on people's lives by restricting physical, psychological and social function.

In 2003, more than 650,000 total joint replacement procedures were performed by orthopedic surgeions in the U.S. The most frequent reason for these surperies is to relieve pain and disablility caused by servere arthritis.

Reliv has over 10 million dollars in research and development for a product to help control arthritis. It has a US government patent and is available from your authorized Reliv distributor. I can, personally, attest to the benefits of using this product and if you continue reading you may find a bit of you in what I say.....

CardioSentials

A clinical study was done supporting the effectiveness and safety of this product. It showed a significant reduction in cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol and glucose, while raising HDL (good) cholesterol and lowering triglycerides. It significantly decreased the overall risk factors for heart disease.

The American Heart Association recommends 1-2 grams of phytosterols to help block the absorbtion of cholesterol in the digestive tract and our product has that. Policosanol reduces LDL, raises HDL and improves coronary blood flow. Our product has that. OptiBerry (registered trademark) is a patented blend of berry extracts which helps relax the artereial walls and keeps the blood flowing and has great antioxidant capabilities. Our product has that. CoQ10 is an imp0orotant heart-productive antioxidant producted naturally in the body that diminishes with age. It energizes heart function, reduceds LDL cholesterol oxidation and supplements amounts that are diminished by age and the body's reaction to statin drugs. Gugulipid is a powerful herbal antioxidant that helps protect against hardening of the arteries. Our product has all of this.

This information was inspired by a tragic phone call that I got this morning. Please read on .....

Broken Heart Broke My Heart

This morning the phone rang and my husband rolled over in bed to pick it up.....the call was from a friend of a friend of ours in Montana. We have a home there and in Arizona so we have people in both places that mean a lot to us. This time it was not a welcome call. Our neighbor had a massive heart attack and he is in critical condition in the hospital. At this stage of the game, no one can say what his prognosis will be.

When I look at this man I see someone who is not overweight, is physically very active and every time I have eaten around him he made good choices. What happened? Why?

I have to admit, after the shock of hearing this news and calling my neighbor's wife to see how she and he were doing, I felt sick to my stomach. Part of it was coming face to face with my own mortality but part of it was, here I am distributing a product that could have kept this from happening and I had not even mentioned it to them. I feel guilty and ashamed that I judged, by looking at him, that he didn't need what I had to offer.

Have you ever done that? I mean, just look at a person and presume you knew what their health was really like? We are such a superficial society but no one really knows what is going on inside of another person's body. My poor friend was building up plaque that no one even knew about, and even though he was aware of his family's predisposition to heart disease, he took no steps to do anything about helping himself. Now we may lose him and they say that if he lives, he will have brain damage. This is so sad..........he is only in his early 60's. He should be at home. He should be working in his beautiful yard and enjoying all that he prepared his retirement to be........

So many of the prescription drugs for heart disease have side effects that directly affect the kidney and liver. Hey, let's damage one to fix the other, shall we? That makes sense!!! Reliv offers Cardiosentials that does the same thing as statin drugs, in a safe and effective way.

Right now I am a little too emotional. I am sad and I am angry. If I can help just one other person so that this does not happen them I will do it for my friend. If I can help you or your loved one, just let me know. A broken heart does not have to happen.......

Parkinson's Shmarkinson's

My dad was a mid-western farm boy and basketball player. He has spent his whole life being active and living a healthy lifestyle and two years ago, at age 71, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. We had suspected as much a lot sooner but he is not one to go to doctors so it wasn't until he was forced into reality that he had a name to go with his condition.

The progression of the disease has my father where he has a tremor on half his body, he shuffles when he walks, has difficulty with balance and swallowing poses a real problem as he says that his mouth is always dry. The medication he must take causes severe constipation. It gives him hallucinations as well so sleep is difficult and with prostate problems too, he has to get up multiple times during the night. His body never does get complete rest so he is tired all day....tired and weak. He had lost a considerable amount of weight and he no longer went out for morning walks with his buddies. I was watching my once vibrant father wither away and I felt like there was nothing that I could do.

By now you all know that Reliv came into my life. It had done such wonderful thing for my health that I convinced my dad that he should give it a try. After all, what did he have to lose? Along with his Parkinson's he has a pacemaker and arthritis (bone on bone) so he is dealing with multiple issues. With even the slightest bump he bruises terribly too. Those awful black marks that so many elderly people get.

Well, I put him on Reliv's basic nutrition and then added ProVantage (for his weakened muscles), Reversage (it covers SO much) and Arthaffect. That is quite a lot of product to be taking but he wanted to feel better so rather than complain, he mixes it with ice cream and really ENJOYS his two shakes a day!!! The results to date, and it's been four months,are that his energy is way up and his balance is restored. He no longer bruises as he used to, the color is back in his cheeks, he is swallowing better and has gained 4 pounds and he is back walking with his park buddies again. Now Reliv does not claim to cure anything, but my dad has a quality of life that he did not have a few months ago. At this stage of the game, that is everything.

If you give the body the 'food' that it needs, the body works with all of it's power to try to heal itself. Sometimes the body is too far gone to reverse the damage, but in this case, it helped. If you ask my dad, he is happy again. That is huge!!!!

Why do many people wait until their health is so far gone? Why, when we are in our middle years, do we ignore what our bodies are telling us? When there is something that we can do to prepare our bodies for the aging process, why don't we? You tell me. I can help and I get great pleasure from doing it.

Aging Gracefully...Did You Know?

The human body ages for a number of reason:

Hormones decline. Hormones are chemical messengers that tell the cells what proteins to manufacture and the organs what functions to perform. When hormone levels decline, less information is transmitted and the body functions less effectively. One of the most powerful things we can do to slow biological aging and prevent disease is to compensate for these age related changes in hormone production.

Free Radical Damage. As we age our body is less able to defuse and repair the cell damage from free radicals, so cells become more vulnerable to oxidation, DNA mutation and tissue rigidity. To compound the problem, high-fat diets, smoking and sedentary lifestyles speed the decline of hormones and contribute to free radical damage throughout the body.

Inflammation. Inflammation throughout the body is another major contributing factor to disease and aging. Ongoing inflammation throughout the body can kill brain cells, thicken the blood, cause arterial plaque to break off, cause free radical damage, and fuel cancer growth.

Bottom line: The key to healthier aging is to slow the decline of our body's functioning and to restore vigor through good nutrtional support and smarter lifestyle choices.

People over 50 need more of some vitamins and minerals than younger adults do. Specifically, make sure your'e getting enough vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin D and vitamin B6.

Zinc, along with vitamins C and E and the phytchemicals lutein, Zeaxanthin and beta-carotene may help prevent or slow the onset of age-related macular degeneration

Vitamin E may have a potential role in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease

Low levels of vitamin B12 have been associated with memeory loss and linked to age-related hearing loss in older adults.

Building blocks with enough vitamins and minerals, amino acids and essental fatty acids, along with CoQ10, L-carnitine, N-acetylcysteine and glutathione. An ideal formula containing all of these ingredients can be found in Reliv's Reversage. Reversage also contains Symbiotropin, a unique combination of natural substances that stimulate the body's release of human growth hormone, and 7-Keto, a safe prohormone that is more potent than DHEA in fighting the effects of aging by improving weight loss, stamina, concentration and focus.

The list of ingredients that promote healthy aging goes on and on but most all can be found in Reversage. Taken once daily for five days a week my people have noticed results in energy, stamina, less bruising and their skin is more resilient and healthy looking. Imagine what is going on in the inside!!!!

Reliv products encourage healthier aging. For more information you may contact me directly.

No Need For 'Weed'

After watching his wife's health come back to where she was a healthy and happy woman again, JD decided that maybe these little shakes she was taking might not hurt him either. He is a construction worker who had damaged his shoulders in a bad fall a few years ago and maybe this "stuff" could help?

At first it was hard for him to remember to mix his shake before going to work but as he became more diligent, he found that his shoulders were feeling better. He was able to carry heavier loads and handle his tools with less strain. Little did he know that there was more healing going on than he could imagine.

You see, JD had been diagnosed with a chemical imbalance as a young man and 22 years later he was using weed to help himself feel better. He didn't like the way the prescriptions he was given made him feel and it messed with his performance in the bedroom. So, JD smoked cigarettes and drank Red Bull at work and smoked pot in the evening to get through the day. You can only imagine how his head and his body must have been feeling.....

After two weeks on Reliv his shoulders started feeling better and he noticed that his cravings for cigarettes was diminishing. He said that his Red Bull started tasting "funny" to him and he was not using as much pot as he was used to. Now three months later, JD no longer feels the uses energy drinks and he has cut back from two packs of cigarettes a day to a half pack! But the best part, to him, is he no longer has the need for weed!!!!!

When your body is healthy and your chemicals balance themselves out you won't find yourself reaching for the unhealthy things that have made you feel better. Better to fix the problem than just put a 'bandaid' on it, don't you agree?