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Shaklee Distributor in Dallas talks about healthy eating habits.

Shaklee Distributor in Dallas talks about healthy eating habits.

Many of us have developed unhealthy eating habits over the years and we may not even be aware of them.  We may be eating too fast or eating may have become an unconscious thing that we do.  Besides the choices of foods we make, let’s look at some ways to actually eat our food that will help us to get more enjoyment from it, but better still, to have better digestion and absorption of our food.

If you are eating too fast, try these tips:

  • Use a timer to take at least 20 minutes to eat. Chew thoroughly.
  • Put down your fork between each bite. Savor each bite.
  • Take small sips of water between each bite.  After swallowing the food, please.
  • Use chopsticks (especially if you’re not good at it).
  • Create some type of a delay – get up from the table midway through your meal.

Other ways to establish more conscious eating habits are:

  • Only eat sitting down in the kitchen or designated eating area. Relax with your meal.
  • Always leave a small amount of food on your plate.
  • Chew slowly and thoroughly.  Digestion starts with the enzymes in your mouth.
  • Drink water with your meal.  Avoid alcohol which competes for digestion.
  • Use a smaller plate. This makes your portion sizes look bigger than they are.
  • Limit other activities while eating (e.g., watching TV). Again, concentrate on the food.
  • Brush your teeth immediately after to finalize your eating.Plus, it’s just good hygiene.
  • Do not eat within three hours of bedtime. No nightmares, please.
  • Continually ask yourself if you are truly hungry. Listen to your body.
  • Do not skip meals.  Keep your system functioning and avoid the ravaging hunger later.

Put some thought into your eating habits.  Make small changes, one at a time.  The compound effect of one small change over time is great.

If you are concerned about how much food you are eating and want to reduce your weight, check out the Cinch Inch Reduction Plan from Shaklee.

Dallas Health Helpers, Shaklee Distributor in Dallas is about being healthy and at the appropriate weight without drugs or synthetics. Call 214.770.9596 or email us to learn more about vitality and health.

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Shaklee Distributor in Dallas discusses protein and muscle loss.

Shaklee Distributor in Dallas discusses protein and muscle loss.

Protein has power
It’s imperative for the growth, maintenance and repair of all body tissues. It’s also essential for making enzymes – catalysts to all life processes, and hormones -important chemical messengers that circulate through your bloodstream and target specific cells, where they generate a wide range of biological responses. It also helps your body maintain electrolyte balance and fluid levels, provides a source of energy, and helps your body fight off disease. These are the powers of protein!
These powers are made possible by consuming adequate amounts of dietary protein from a variety of lean meats, fish, and poultry, as well as soy and milk, which supply the body with amino acids, the basic building blocks from which the body can make its own body proteins.

Age-Related Muscle Loss: After about age 40, most adults lose anywhere between 0.5% and 1% of their skeletal muscle mass each year. This gradual loss may go unnoticed because it might be masked by an increase in body fat that happens at this time. However, this chronic muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, is estimated to affect about 30% of people over age 60 and may affect more than 50% of those over age 80. Insufficient protein intake can contribute to  muscle loss and research findings suggest that protein intakes modestly above the present recommended dietary allowance of 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight will enhance muscle mass in adults who regularly perform resistance exercise.

Protein intake in older adults also appears to have a more beneficial effect when consumed within an hour or so of resistance exercise. Emerging research also suggests that protein may minimize sarcopenia. Findings in older adults suggest that increasing leucine, an amino acid in protein, intake may help restore the protein synthesis response to
protein-containing meals, which has been shown to diminish with age.

Protein intake is difficult because we are often avoiding proteins because of the high fat content in many protein sources.  One way to get more protein into your diet is to use a high quality protein supplement.  But beware of the market-there are many brands out there and they are not all they are cracked up to be.  One brand that uses only non-genetically modified protein sources.  That brand is Shaklee.  Try their energizing soy protein or their meal replacement protein Cinch.  You won’t be disappointed.

Dallas Health Helpers is a Shaklee Distributor in Dallas.  We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all and we advocate the use of safe alternatives.  One should avoid use of drugs and drastic programs that can cause problems now and in the future.  For more information go to our web site at http://HealthHelpers.MyShaklee.com or call 214 770 9596.  Be well, Stay well.

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Shaklee Distributor in Dallas talks about vitamin D.

Shaklee Distributor in Dallas talks about vitamin D.

Why you’re not getting enough vitamin D

Low vitamin D has been linked to less than optimal heart health, immune function, bone health, and an increased risk for certain cancers. A growing number of experts believe current vitamin D intakes and blood levels are too low to support your best health. It has been estimated that as many as 80% of Americans may not have high enough blood levels of vitamin D.

Causes of vitamin D insufficiency

What causes this high amount of vitamin D insufficiency?  There are several factors that determine the amount of vitamin D in your body each day. Vitamin D is formed in the body when your unprotected skin is exposed to sunlight, or it’s available in vitamin D-rich foods, but we are avoiding sun exposure and we don’t eat an abundance of foods containing  vitamin D today.

The season or calendar month is a risk factor for vitamin D insufficiency because of the reduced sunlight during late autumn, winter, and early spring. Sun exposure is vital to vitamin D health and vitamin D insufficiency rises with the increase in sunscreen use and reduced time spent outdoors.

The geographical latitude of your home location is another determinant of daily sunlight exposure, and skin color is a key factor because those with darker skin do not convert sunlight to vitamin D internally as well as lighter skin does.  Increasing age, being overweight, lack of exercise, and low intake of fish and other vitamin D-rich foods in the diet are some other critical factors that can create a greater need for vitamin D.

You can ‘D-fend’ yourself

Consider getting 10–20 minutes of sun exposure daily without the use of sunscreen. Exercise regularly and achieve a healthy weight. Eat fish and vitamin D-fortified foods more often.   And because we know that obtaining sufficient vitamin D from foods is difficult, find a high-quality dietary supplement of vitamin D3, the most potent form of vitamin D found naturally in the human body.

I find that Vita-D, from the Shaklee corporation to be an excellent source of vitamin D3.  Take the “D-ology” test to see if you need extra vitamin D to help ward off the conditions linked to low levels of this critical nutrient.

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Dallas Health Helpers is a Shaklee Distributor in Dallas.  We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all and we advocate the use of safe alternatives.  One should avoid use of drugs and drastic programs that can cause problems now and in the future.  For more information go to our web site at http://HealthHelpers.MyShaklee.com or call 214.871.9596.  Be well, Stay well.

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Shaklee Distributor in Dallas looks at micronutrients in popular diets.

Shaklee Distributor in Dallas looks at micronutrients in popular diets.

With two thirds of Americans overweight, it is no wonder that there is a proliferation of diet plans to combat the problem.  Some diets have pitfalls built into them, so we should examine them closely before going on a plan.  One such pitfall is the lack of adequate micronutrients-those vitamins and minerals.   Many diets focus on calorie count, fat counts or protein levels.

Results from the Stanford Prevention Research Center and the Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, have shown this inadequate intake in four popular diet plans.

In the study, micronutrient intake was compared between overweight or obese women who were randomly assigned to 4 popular diets that varied primarily in macronutrient distribution-carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

The diets used were Atkins, Zone, LEARN (Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, Nutrition), and Ornish. Nutrient intakes were compared between groups at 8 weeks and within groups for 8-week changes in risk of micronutrient inadequacy.

Results: What was found was that differences were observed between groups for all macronutrients and for many micronutrients. Energy intake decreased from baseline in all 4 groups but was similar between groups. At 8 weeks, a significant proportion of individuals in all groups indicated a risk of inadequacy of micronutrients.

Conclusion: Anyone going on a weight-loss diet plan should pay attention to the overall quality of the diet, including the adequacy of micronutrient intakes.

Take a look at a complete, well balanced weight reduction program that focuses on all areas of health while getting the body composition (fat and muscle content) in the right levels.
The program I recommend is Shaklee’s Inch Loss plan called Cinch.

Dallas Health Helpers is a Shaklee Distributor in Dallas.   We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all and we advocate the use of safe alternatives.  One should avoid use of drugs and drastic programs that can cause problems now and in the future.   For more information go to our web site at http://HealthHelpers.MyShaklee.com or call 214.770.9596.  Be well, Stay well.

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Shaklee distributor in Dallas talks about male obesity at age 20 and early death.

Shaklee distributor in Dallas talks about male obesity at age 20 and early death.

We know that in the United States, two-thirds of adults are overweight, according to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Half of those are obese. Studies show that being overweight precipitates health problems.  A Swedish study reveals that early death is twice as likely for men who are/were obese at the age of twenty.  This research was presented at the International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm, Sweden.

“Entering adult life as obese leads to a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely,” says researcher Esther Zimmermann, PhD, of the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark.. “The best advice is to avoid beginning adult life as obese [because] if you enter adult life as obese, the majority will remain obese as adults.”

The study watched about 5,500 Swedish men from age 20 to age 80 and learned that the 1,930 men who were obese when they were 20 were twice as likely to die at any given age compared to their counterparts who were not obese at age 20. The obese at 20 group of men, starting at age 55, died an average of eight years earlier than their counterparts who were not obese at age 20.

Their chance of dying prematurely increased by 10% for each body mass index (BMI) unit above 25. BMI takes height and weight into account to measure body fat. When one’s BMI is greater than 25, he is considered overweight. If it is over 30, he is considered obese.

There were follow-up surveys at age 35 and 46. More than 70% of men who were obese at age 20 were still so at the follow-up surveys.  Only 4% of the men who were not obese at 20 later became obese.  The numbers were adjusted for other factors known to affect mortality such as smoking status.

“Entering adult life as obese had a life-long effect on mortality,” Zimmermann says. The next step is to study why those individuals who were obese at age 20 died earlier, she says.

Getting control of one’s weight is of utmost importance.  One plan, the Shaklee Cinch Plan, helped a 23 year old man loose 103 pounds, avoid knee surgery and removed him from the pre-diabetic condition.  Click here to learn more about the plan he used.

Dallas Health Helpers, Shaklee Distributor in Dallas is about being healthy without drugs or synthetics. To learn more about your vitality and health and to discuss weight management that works call 214.871.9596 or email us.