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| In the past eight years, vitamin supplements have made a
world of difference in my physical well-being. I grew up in a home
where nutrition was important, long before it was popular. I learned to
eat well and take care of my body to the best of my ability. We also
learned about vitamins, but I didn't get into that end of things much
because 1) I couldn't tell what was the difference between one brand
and another at the store, and 2) I have such a small capacity for food
that swallowing a bunch of tablets or capsules took up valuable room
for food. In 1992, about the time I was beginning to develop disturbing
symptoms which later were diagnosed as radiation degeneration, a dear
friend told me about Shaklee* products.
I learned about the company and its philosophy of "products in harmony with nature and good health", the in-house scientific research, and the whole-food sources for their nutritional products. I talked with people who had wonderful health responses on the supplements, heard talks by medical professionals who had come to realize the importance of supplementation and the effectiveness of Shaklee in particular. Convinced that I had found an excellent answer to maintaining my health, I began to add supplements to my diet. I even found that taking them with their sports drink left me with plenty of room for food! I regained strength and health that I had lost through five pregnancies and eleven moves in almost 20 years. And it was just in time to provide an answer to the problems I was developing. I had been having increasing discomfort in my back, and muscle spasms were starting. At times, I was unable to move without stabbing pain in my lower back, and only got up to crawl to the bathroom. I had started doing research into nutritional answers to problems, and was asking Shaklee friends for suggestions. I found out that a lack of calcium and magnesium could lead to muscle spasms. And inflammation was a problem. I began to take Shaklee's Calcium Magnesium and Alfalfa tablets, and the problem faded away! The Alfalfa became a favorite of mine. It's a natural anti-inflammatory, muscle healer, and digestive aid (stress caused me digestive problems, just to name a few of its many attributes. I learned that Beta Carotene is a natural radiation scavenger, so that became a mainstay, too. A favorite by-word in Shaklee is that the supplements have "side benefits", not side effects. The one that amazed me was how the beta carotene changed the itchy, scabby radiation burn on my waist to smooth baby-skin! It's sad that so few medical professionals are taught about nutrition, and are so closed to hearing about the good they can do. I know that it's partly due to the heavy emphasis in medical schools on drugs as the solution to our health problems. And it's also partly due to the mostly trashy synthetic vitamins on the market. Dr. Shaklee, one of the first researchers to isolate and identify nutrients, said that synthetic vitamins are backward in molecular structure to vitamins from food sources, and end up acting like a toxin in your body, doing you no good! I've so enjoyed learning about nutrition and health from Shaklee people, and the overall wonderful and often amazing health stories of many of them are a testimony to the truth of what I've learned. The Shaklee supplements have kept me from being dependent on
drugs for comfort, and have given me health and energy that I'd been
losing for years.
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