Shaklee News – December 2005 – Creating Healthier Lives

Changing Brands can Change Your Life

Give the Gift of Health this Christmas!

Matt & Kerry McKenzie 678.957.1934

www.shaklee.net/optimalwellness (Our Shaklee online Catalog)

www.projectmahmaonline.com (Moms at home making a Difference & a lot of Money!)

www.cuteweblog.com/Kerry/ (Kerry’s Celiac  blog)

www.mckenzies.createmyfuture.com/ (Shaklee Business Opportunity Presentation)

McKenzies’ Happy Holidays Sale!

Order on Wednesday or Thursday, December 7th or 8^th and receive a 15% rebate check on your entire order up to $50!

Looking for the PERFECT Gift … Look Younger … REDUCE Wrinkles, Sags & Lines …  Just think of what a rubber band looks like when it loses it’s elasticity … it’s no longer firm … rather it is limp and sags.  That is what happens to your skin when you lose the COLLAGEN in your skin … wrinkles/sags/lines. 

• So what is COLLAGEN? … it is the main protein of connective tissues which are responsible for skin elasticity … it gives our face shape and form.  It is about Ľ of all of the protein in your body, which means it is a major structural protein, forming molecular cables that strengthen the tendons, skin, and internal organs. 
• What causes a wrinkle? … A wrinkle results when the collagen is destroyed which creates a void under the skin.  Skin adheres to the collagen as if it were glued on.  Therefore, the skin follows the shape that results from the void, outlining it and making it extremely visible.  Lose your collagen and you create lines/wrinkles.
• What destroys the collagen in our skin?
• Internal Enemies:  Protein / amino acid deficiencies, Vitamin C deficiency (a deficiency of Vitamin C stops the construction of new collagen), + other nutrient deficiencies
• External enemies:  iron in tap water, computer screens, tobacco smoke, fluorescent lights, halogen lights, vehicle exhaust, agricultural pollution, etc. 
• How does Shaklee’s Anti-Aging Skin Care (ENFUSELLE™) work? … it stops & reverses accelerated aging …
• It blocks enzymes that destroy collagen
• It helps stop the destruction of collagen (because it is full of anti-oxidants)
• It increases collagen production by 79% (it is externally applied “nutritional supplements” for the skin)
• It feeds skin cells; thereby causing it to produce collagen (many companies add collagen to cosmetics as a “sales gimmick”.  This does not work … your skin must make it.  Collagen, applied topically, is actually damaging to your skin … it is an insoluble fibrous protein that is too large to penetrate the skin.  This forms a layer of film that may suffocate the skin or reduce its ability to breathe.  The collagen found in most skin care or cosmetic products is derived from animal skins and ground up chicken feet!)  

If you’ve tried all the rest, now try the BEST.  Enfuselle™ Products have 8 patents and unsurpassed clinical test results in the entire skin care industry worldwide.  Clinical Tests on Enfuselle™ Deluxe Skin Care System after ONLY 4 weeks showed:  665% increase in skin firmness / 421% reduction in lines & wrinkles / 268% increase in skin smoothness.

Seizures in Children INCREASED 80% … Since aspartame was introduced to the marketplace seizures in children have increased 80%? (data from “NutraSweet … Friend or Foe”, the author, R.L. Myers, Certified Nutritional Consultant of Health Consultants Ltd.).   This artificial sweetener, also sold as NutraSweet or Equal is very prevalent in diet pops, sugarless gum, toothpaste, low calorie products, weight management meal replacement drinks, etc.  One Mom, in an effort to reduce cavities, offered her child sugarless gum (containing aspartame), thinking this was a good decision.  After a period of time of chewing gum containing aspartame, her daughter began to have seizures.  When the mother learned that seizures could be a side effect of aspartame, she immediately removed everything from her daughter’s diet that contained aspartame.  The seizures ceased.  This is just one more reason to live as close to nature as possible.  Shaklee has never used aspartame in their toothpaste, their meal replacements or their vitamins. 

FOUR Months has CHANGED my 9 year old Nephew!  “I have to share an exciting story with you.  My little nephew has just turned nine years old.  Since he was little he was always sick and on antibiotics every other month.  He was a whiney child, and always seemed very unhappy.  As he started school, the problems became worse … he became very disruptive and started having behavioral problems … he started getting suspended from school, even in kindergarten (I was speechless … I have never heard of a child in kindergarten being suspended).  The school got social services involved and they sent him to a psychologist …which he has continued to see since Grade 1.  They had no idea what was wrong with him.  A Shaklee distributor suggested he start taking Shaklee Soy Protein, Vita-Lea, Cal-Mag Chewable, Omega 3 Complex and Optiflora (since he had been on so many antibiotics).  He has been taking these products for about 4 months now.  The school wants to know what has happened to him because he has completely changed … he is now a happy little boy, gets along with everyone, gets happy faces in his books ‘every day’, and most importantly, the psychologist has discharged him, saying that there is nothing wrong with him!  Shaklee is a fabulous company.  Schools are very anxious to put kids on Ritalin … just drug them up and keep them quiet.  Shaklee products address the problem.  Good health and happiness to everyone!” (shared by Kim Beaulieu)

Don’t Worry … Be Happy!  Reach for B Complex – often nicknamed the “Happy Vitamin”.  The B Vitamins are “fuel” to the Central Nervous System (CNS), and if the CNS is experiencing a deficiency of its fuel, it will affect how you feel.  What constitutes a good B-Complex supplement?  There are some rules.  These rules will indicate whether the product you are evaluating has any value, or if it is actually creating “dis-harmony” in the body. 

• First, look at the composition … there are 8 known B Vitamins, and ALL 8 must be present in a balanced supplement.  B vitamins are competitive in the body and should be balanced “as found in nature”.
• In food, these eight B Vitamins are NEVER found in equal amounts … in other words there is not 50 mg or 100 mg of each.  Therefore, a B-50 or a B-100 supplements is a man-made ratio, and does not work in harmony with the body chemistry … these man-made ratios can actually create an imbalance in the body chemistry. 
• Consider bioavailability … this means … when a supplement is consumed, does it get passed through the system untouched, or does it get into the blood stream in the correct amount?

The following is shared by Rusty & June Ost, Registered Pharmacists & Members of the Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists … “Shaklee scientists spend a lot of time and money making certain that the products we consume, including B-Complex, do exactly what they are supposed to do.  This is what impressed us most as pharmacists when we took a look at Shaklee when we were evaluating the company.  We were so impressed that we decided to not only begin a program of supplementation, but to also share the products with others.  A perfect example of this occurred when Shaklee presented their reformulated B-Complex to the marketplace … they tested comparable products from several other manufacturers, looking for the bioavailability of the folic acid portion.  What they found was that in all other products the folic acid was not available at the labeled amount.  Some had no folic acid at all, even though the label indicated they did.  Folic acid is hard to get into the blood stream, but Shaklee found a way to overcome this obstacle … they put the folic acid in the coating.  Now when you take a Shaklee B-Complex, you are assured of getting what the label says you should get.”

Upcoming Events

Ann K. White, M.D., F.A.CS., F.A.A.P.  seminar on a Natural Approach to Woman’s Health

Thursday, December 15^th at 6:45 pm at Central Park Recreation Center in Cumming

Happy 50^th Shaklee!  Billionaire and Shaklee Owner, Roger Barnett speaks about the Shaklee Business Opportunity on January 7^th    from 9am until noon at Perimeter Center.

Five Reasons to look at this Business

1.      The health and wellness industry is projected to quadruple over the next six years to $1 trillion.

2.       Shaklee is the pioneer of natural nutrition with a 50 year history.

3.       Shaklee Corp. has invested $250 million to have the best natural products in this industry.

4.      That gives Shaklee the inside pole position for growth!

5.      Roger shares that, “Our plan is to take advantage of this on a global basis. We are now a $500 million company in five countries and we intend to go into 50 countries over the next ten years, which should allow us to achieve a $5 billion market."  Shaklee’s current expansion plans include entering into Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, India and the European Union.  Building a Shaklee business today means owning a Global business!

RSVP Kerry or Matt at kerryb_mc@yahoo.com or 678.957.1934                                         Happy Holidays!  To your Health and Happiness!!!  Matt and Kerry McKenzie