Nature’s Most Powerful Superfood & Antioxidant — Spirulina & Astaxanthin

SPIRULINA

A superfood extraordinaire, Spirulina has been scientifically studied for decades. An amazing food, it would benefit your entire family, including your pets. I have been taking Spirulina for over 35 years and know that it’s one of the reasons I am vibrantly healthy and have never taken any prescription medication in my life. As a teenager, I learned about Spirulina from my grandmother and I have taken it ever since.

In the book Spirulina: Nature’s Superfood by Kelly Moorhead, Bob Capelli, and Gerald R. Cysewski, PhD, I was fascinated to learn in more detail how this nutrient-dense naturefood detoxifies and rejuvenates the body from the inside out, head to toe, no matter one's age. Specifically, it helps regulate blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol; alleviates pain from inflammation and delivers antioxidant activity to ward off life threatening diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s heart disease and stroke; protects the liver and kidneys and removes radiation from the body; improves the immune system, alleviates allergies, defends against many different viruses; helps your eyes and brain; eases depression; supports weight loss; increases friendly flora in the intestines and improves digestion; and so much more. It’s an ideal nutritional supplement for all lifestyles with a history of scientific experiments and clinical trials and is easy to take in a tablet or powder form. I bet I have your full attention now.

On my website, it's rare for me to recommend a superfood with such zeal and fervor, or to suggest that everyone in your family take this nutritional supplement. But that’s just what I am doing.

WEIGHT LOSS: It's my favorite whole food supplement to recommend for anyone wanting to lose weight and say good-bye to unhealthy eating habits, too. In my 90-day clinical study with over 100 men and women, we discovered that Hawaiian Spirulina (when taken daily) helps curb the appetite, eliminates carb and junk food cravings, precludes overeating, and supports weight loss to the tune of between 1 - 3 pounds weekly when taking two teaspoons of the powder daily (morning and afternoon) or the equivalency in tablets. Each participant also added in a 30-minute walk daily. Click HERE for product information. 

As you read further, you'll also find out how to get a 25% discount on your order of Spirulina using the special code GREENHEALTH. This discount offer expires May 31st. I encourage you to start with a three-month supply so you don't run out after 30 days. While you’ll notice positive changes in energy, mental clarity, and eating habits in only hours and days of taking Hawaiian Spirulina, the true magic happens in one season (90 days). Across the board in my clinical study, all of the participants marveled at how much better they felt and looked within the season. Everyone commented that people kept asking them what they were doing to look so healthy and radiant. These are the kinds of comments we love to get. Needless to say, they all have continued taking this Spirulina daily.  At the end of my clinical study, we had a Spirulina potluck party and everyone brought dishes made with Hawaiian Spirulina and we all exchanged recipes.

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For those of you who have never heard of this health-enhancing food before, here’s a brief back-story: Made by nature, Spirulina is a concentrated, nutritious, whole food with a rich history. As a blue-green algae, it’s naturally found in a few highly alkaline lakes in Africa and Central America, with my favorite source coming from the Kona Coast of Hawaii at the Nutrex Hawaii facility, which makes Pure Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica®. Visit their website above.

Algae were the first plants to appear on the planet. Billions of years ago, they transformed the carbon-dioxide-based atmosphere into an oxygen-rich atmosphere in which other life forms could evolve. When I talk about algae and Spirulina in my workshops and retreats around the world, I find that most people think of algae as a few green or red sources growing in the ocean or lakes. However, like land plants, there are more than 30,000 species of algae, and it comes in different colors and sizes to provide everything from deadly toxins to potent medicines. The blue-green algae (Spirulina) is the most primitive; it contains no nucleus and their cell walls are soft and easily digested, unlike those of other plants that contain hard cellulose. And of all the algae studies, Spirulina has emerged as the most potent and nutritious food. So even though it’s been around for millions of years, its widespread popularity as a food is very recent.

A Treasure-Trove of Nutrients

At this point, you may be wondering about the nutritional benefits of Spirulina and why I recommend it as the ideal food for you and your entire family. First of all, it’s rich in protein — and a highly digestible protein, to boot. It's 60% protein and contains every essential amino acid. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. It contains more beta-carotene than any other whole food; it’s the best whole food source of gamma linolenic acid (GLA); it is rich in B vitamins, minerals trace elements, chlorophyll, enzymes, and phytochemicals. Phytochemicals are plant substances with high levels of antioxidants such as Zeaxanthin. What’s more, it is abundant in other valuable nutrients about which scientists are learning more each year, such as carotenoids, sulfolipids, glycolipids, phycocyanin, superoxide dismutase, RNA and DNA. And there’s another reason that you and everyone in your family should take Spirulina every day.

Constipation Begone ~ The Squatty Potty Way — Getting Back in the Flow

In Ayurvedic and Chinese medical traditions, one of the first things that practitioners want to know is whether a patient is having regular bowel movements, urination, and sweating. This is important because these processes are the body's ways of eliminating toxins. Once toxins have been released into the blood and neutralized by the liver, they must be eliminated safely from the body, otherwise they may become reabsorbed.

The bowel is the body's main elimination organ, yet amongst many Americans and others worldwide today, this central elimination system is compromised, as evidenced by high rates of constipation. The National Institutes of Health estimates that more than 4 million Americans have constipation, defined as having a bowel movement less than three times per week. Yet, when you consider that some experts believe that it is normal for the body to eliminate after each meal (three times a day), the prevalence of constipation may be much higher.

Before I discuss constipation further, I wanted to tell you about my favorite Squatty Potty Toilet Stool that I wouldn't be without and recommend to everyone. As a teenager, my grandmother taught me how to use the toilet properly. Has anyone ever taught you about the importance of squatting when you have bowel movements? Probably not. The Squatty Potty stool is a simple, 100% natural solution for better elimination. this sturdy, custom-designed stool allows for full squatting and semi-squat positions on our existing toilets. And when it's not in use, it slides conveniently out of the way under the toilet.

What could be simpler or more effective? It's recommended by doctors for bowel problems that plague many of us today, including hemorrhoids, colon disease, constipation, and pelvic floor issues — just to name a few. Even if you have never had any colon issues, the Squatty Potty will prevent future problems. Preventive holistic practices are always better than dealing with issues after they have manifested. I highly recommend this unique toilet stool for everyone in your family, including children, teenagers, adults, and "goldenites" (seniors).

I have seen this simple solution — the Squatty Potty — help friends and clients with hemorrhoids, constipation, Crohn's disease, and other colon problems. These stools have a lifetime guarantee. You will wonder how you ever lived without it once you start using it. I would not be without my Squatty Potty, and I even take it with me when I travel so that I'll always eliminate fully and keep my colon in the right alignment when using the toilet. It also makes a special gift for your family and friends — a gift that keeps on giving year-round.

I encourage you to start early and train your children and grandchildren to use the toilet properly so that the anorectal angle is in the perfect position. You can only get this position using a squat stool that is the right size for your toilet size, as you'll see recommend in the link below. This photo to the side shows you clearly how the Squatty Potty puts you in the correct position for the healthiest elimination.

To learn more about the Squatty Potty, to watch some video demonstrations, or to order immediately, please call: 1-800-670-1130 MT or visit: SquattyPotty.com. It's a family-run business by the Edwards family who are committed to changing our toilet habits — one stool at a time.

If you would like to listen to my radio interview about Colon Health & Detoxification, please click HERE. And if you are currently constipated and would like more ways to remedy this condition, or if you want to prevent any constipation in the future, below are a number of factors which may help you, many of which are related to our modern diet and lifestyle:

Tips to Living with Change, Patience & Peace

Excerpt from Walking on Air: Your 30-Day Inside and Out Rejuvenation Makeover

We live in a changing world. Nature changes constantly. Your body is different from one day to the next. Friends come and friends go. Feelings ebb and flow. The tide comes in and goes out. The only constant in our world is the divine. As I often say in my seminars and workshops worldwide, when the winds of change blow, go deeper — deeper within your heart.

[Bonsai Plants: I am a bonsai enthusiast and enjoy visiting my neighbor who has numerous bonsai plants in his garden that he's grown and raised for years. These hand-crafted plants are true works of art. They reflect artistic skills, patience, change, and horticulture knowledge. When I look at his exquisite panoply of colorful plants, I always feel more peaceful. Consider getting a bonsai plant of your own to care for, cultivate, and love for years to come. It will become a metaphor for all of the special, life-enhancing qualities you'd like to develop in your life. My bonsai plant is gracing my office desk and each time I pass by it or sit down at my desk, I appreciate its beauty and am thankful for this gift of nature that always makes me smile and reminds me that all great things worth having in life require patience. You'll find many more photos of bonsai plants at the end of this excerpt.]

Sometimes changes come to us as gentle breezes and other times they come as tornadoes. When changes occur we can choose how we will respond. We can try to control and manipulate the situation. We can become upset and depressed. We can allow ourselves to be tossed around in the waves of change. Or, we can choose to dive below the surface where our strength and understanding lie.

The way to remain peaceful in a changing world is to align with our inner constancy while adapting to the passing world. Welcome change. It promotes growth and restores equilibrium by moving us in the direction a better life awaiting us — our goals manifested. Know that when you are in harmony with your higher self, and you realize the light within you is not unlike the light in God, then in the face of all change, anything is possible.

The key here is how you respond to change. My mom helped me to look at change in my life with the proper perspective. Whenever I experienced a challenge, she would say to me, “This, too, shall pass.”

Continue reading to learn tips to cultivate patience and embrace change with a more accepting attitude, as well as finding my Action Step and Affirmation to help incorporate these tips into your daily life.

Food Dyes -- Why You Should Avoid Them?

Turn on any nightly news report on television or the radio, or open any newspaper these days to the food section, and you will find lots of mounting and eye-opening information on food dyes, food colorings, and other chemicals and why we should avoid them. Some articles highlight the relationship of food dyes to ADHD, hyperactivity, and behavior problems in kids and adults, as well as the correlation between these artificial chemical dyes and cancer.

The use of artificial dyes in foods is up by half since 1990. Food dyes are in more than just candy. They can also be found in bagels, pickles, macaroni and cheese, beverages, fruit rolls, cheese, soft drinks, chips, crackers, gelatins, frozen desserts, breakfast cereals, and so much more. And here's a shocker! . . . they are even used in pet foods! How bizarre is that since some animals, like dogs, see in limited color, but, for some reason, the pet owners would prefer to have their animals' food in more vibrant colors rather than a dull gray dog chow. "Most food colorings are synthetic and are potentially very toxic . . . They are fake substitutes for the natural, fresh colors of foods," as I write about in detail in my two new holistic lifestyle books The Joy Factor: 10 Sacred Practices for Radiant Health and Walking on Air: Your 30-Day Inside and Out Rejuvenation Makeover. 

Accelerate Fat Loss & Get Fit for Life in 8 Easy Steps

Introduction for the 8-step series Metabolic Weight Loss & Body Tune-UP Tips

While millions of people starve to death in many parts of the world, the United States has the dubious honor of being the fattest country on the globe, with 50% of us being obese. Meanwhile, Americans are preoccupied with their waistlines. We spend more than 40 billion dollars a year on diet foods, diet programs, diet pills, and other ‘guaranteed’ weight-loss regimens and products. Yet, according to the National Center of Health Statistics, we’re getting fatter all the time. (Throughout my 14-title, life-changing collections — Renew Your Life — I communicate in detail on over 100 topics related to being vibrantly healthy in body, mind, and spirit, including everything you need to know to shed extra weight — easily and permanently.)

Experts call obesity an American epidemic—one that brings with it major health problems. Heart disease, endometrial (uterine) cancer and possibly breast cancer, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, immune dysfunction, osteoarthritis, stroke, gout, sleep disorders, gallstones, and diabetes are all associated with obesity. Because I prefer to see the glass as half full, let's put this in a more positive light: Losing even a little weight may significantly improve your health and well-being. 

On the flipside, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are on the rise, and women’s magazines are not helping when they continue to use models who look like waifs. Take Barbie™, a doll that’s part of most little girls’ upbringing. This model of good looks and perfect body is giving the wrong message about what a healthy woman’s body should look like. Were Barbie an actual person, her body fat would be so low that she probably wouldn’t even be able to menstruate. As little girls treasure Barbie, and teens try to emulate her, she has one accessory that is consistently missing—food. Continue on to find out the control mechanism for obesity, and you may be surprised with the answer.

10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss

by Susan Smith Jones, PhD ©

Part 10 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss. CLICK HERE to start with Part 1.

Step 10: Effective Weight-Loss Supplements

There is nothing that replaces a commitment to regular exercise (aerobic and strength training) and a healthy diet, which emphasizes loads of high-fiber, colorful fruits and veggies for effective weight loss. However, there are some very beneficial herbal, food, and probiotic supplements that help burn calories. In my books The Joy Factor, Walking on Air, and Weight Loss, you’ll find some more exciting, cutting-edge information about losing weight and keeping it off, as well as all the details on my best behavioral modification tips and my favorite 10 special herbs and foods that are study-proven to assist your quest for a slimmer you. Here’s a sneak preview:

10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss

by Susan Smith Jones, PhD ©

Part 9 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss. CLICK HERE to start with Part 1.

Step 9: Sleep it Off!

Sleep plays a major role in glucose metabolism and neuroendocrine function. Research shows that getting a good night’s sleep is a critical part of losing weight. In a study involving 70,000 women, researchers found that women who slept 5 hours per night were 32% more likely to experience major weight gain (an increase of 33 pounds or more) and 15% more likely to become obese over the course of the 16-year study, compared to those who slept 7 or more hours a night.

5 Weight Loss Tips Using Natural Remedies & Behavioral Modification to Help You Lose Weight Naturally and Permanently

Surveys reveal that most people pack on between 3-15 extra pounds from mid-November through early April. Here are a few of my favorite tips for saying GOODBYE — once and for all — to extra fat on your body, which includes behavior modification as well as natural herbs and other remedies.

It probably comes as no surprise that Americans are among the fattest people on Earth. Two-thirds of us are overweight and half of us are obese. We try and try to shed those excess pounds, mostly without success. “We spend $40 billion a year on diet programs, diet pills, diet foods and diet regimens,” as I write in my new titles Weight Loss, Living on the Lighter Side, Walking on Air, and The Joy Factor. “Obesity is an epidemic with a vast array of serious health consequences ranging from heart disease to diabetes, immune system dysfunction, osteoarthritis and even certain types of cancer.”

The problem is that keeping weight off entails a major life shift that comes in conflict with the way most people currently live. In the age of drive-thru fast food, supersized restaurant meals, and jugs of sugar-laden soda, we’re expected to be slim and compete with body types achieved by movie stars and supermodels.

Then add into this scenario the previous holidays and current lingering cold weather, which keeps many still homebound and “eating for entertainment.” Most people have the mindset that they can eat whatever they want during this time of year, and more variety of food than usual, because they will start fresh beginning in the new season. Unfortunately, this “fresh start” rarely happens. Furthermore, many people consume as much as 4,000 calories per meal, according to the latest surveys.

Here are the five helpful weight loss tips on eating properly, along with food, herbal, and natural remedy suggestions.

10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss

by Susan Smith Jones, PhD ©

Part 8 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss. CLICK HERE to start with Part 1.

Step 8: Don't Eat Under Stress

Stress eating is a major factor in the obesity epidemic. Who isn’t under stress these days? Not only do we eat in some misguided desire to fill up our emptiness or calm the jitters we mistake for hunger pangs, we also eat in response to natural fluctuations in the stress hormone, cortisol, and in our blood sugar.

How many times have you found you’re craving sugar at 4 pm? Or you want a bedtime snack of ice cream or potato chips? Chronic stress elevates blood levels of cortisol, increasing cravings for fattening sweet and salty foods.

10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss

by Susan Smith Jones, PhD ©

Part 7 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Effective Weight Loss. CLICK HERE to start with Part 1.

Step 7: Stoke Metabolism with Grazing

Choose to eat 5 small, regularly spaced meals daily about 3 hours apart to help balance blood sugar and prevent overeating due to excessive hunger. This is grazing. British researchers at the University of Nottingham found that obese women who ate regular meals at roughly the same time every day consumed fewer total calories, metabolized calories better, lowered blood cholesterol levels, and showed improvement in insulin production compared with when they ate irregular meals.