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 This video is a bit clunk, but worth listening to before deciding to purchase.  [I have since have several client testimonials related to TRIM TEA. I will update soon.]

Wild About WellTrim®: The Science Behind Trim Tea

You might need to supplement if…

– You eat food grown in de-mineralized soil.
– You are sedentary.
– You smoke.
– You drink alcohol in excess [more that 1 – 2 glasses a day]
– You are pregnant or nursing.
– You are over 50
– You have a medical condition
– You are not taking prescriptions medications
– You are not eating a healthy diet.
– You are under-stress
– You are eating processed foods
– You are eating in fast food restaurants

RECOMMENDED READING:  The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating – Eat, Drink and Be Healthy by Dr. Walter Willett MD

Sifting through the forest of supplement options can be confusing. I can help. Suggestion; A Well-being Consultation. This is a personalized well-being consultation to assist you in your quest to support your health goals under the supervision of your health professional.

Not all supplements are alike. Seek supplementation that meets the following criteria.

QUALITY: To make sure what is on the label is in the bottle. Your supplement should be USP and NSF certified. These nonprofit organizations certify that the vitamins are contaminant free and made according to good manufacturing practices.

DISSOLVABILITY AND ABSORBABILITY: The absorption of some vitamins is actually based on and improved by other nutrients. Calcium absorption, for instance, is increased by the presence of vitamin D.  Zinc and vitamin C are known to decrease the absorption and retention of copper in the body. A high intake of calcium may decrease magnesium absorption. Most high quality multivitamin will nutrients that balance each other for proper absorption.

Before nutrients from a supplement can be absorbed, the supplement must be dissolved in the gut.  A way to avoid this issue seek supplements in controlled isotonic form. My prefer supplement line is Isotonix tm.

MY EXPERIENCE:  Isotonix is more like juicing without the mess, time and expense. From my calculations, it would take roughly $18-25 a day to get an unquantified nutrient density that I can get for @$2.50 a day with the Daily Essentials Elixir kit. Add  Heart Health Omega 3 and you covering most, if not all your nutritional gaps.

You are teeming with bugs?  No kidding. You have more bugs in your body, then you have human cells. There are both good bugs [a.k.a. probiotics] and bad bugs [a.k.a. bacteria, fungi and viruses]. It is important to make sure the good outnumber the bad. The challenge is this. There are many enemies to the good bugs: antibiotics, chlorinated water, medications, vaccinations and processed foods. If the bad bugs get a foothold, you can get very sick.

The good news is, your good bugs can be replenished through eating probiotic rich food or taking a high quality supplement.  Probiotic foods include: yogurt, kefir [a yogurt-like drink], cottage cheese, sauerkraut, pickled gherkins and Kim chi [a Korean version of sauerkraut], tempeh, natto and miso [fermented soy]. Here is my favorite probiotic supplement. It is Bio-tract formulated, delivering 17 times the good bacteria of other supplements. 

Some of the  benefits provided by a thriving colony of probiotics include:

STABLE MOODS:

Have you ever experienced a “gut instinct” or “butterflies in your stomach”? There is a reason for that. Your gut contains millions of highly reactive neurons. These neurons sense and communicate with your brain when there is a ‘threat’ to your wellbeing. Probiotics are the ‘phone’ that lets your gut talk to your brain. When you are stressed, probiotics communicate calming signals. If the probiotics are deficient, both your mood and gut suffer [e.g. stress triggers irritable bowel syndrome]. My favorite probiotic supplement provides 2 very important “psycho-biotics”  [lactobacillus helvetic and Bifida longum] These probiotics when combined help support mood stability. 

STRONG IMMUNITY:

Good bugs promote the growth of the mucus membranes that line the intestine. This lining helps to keep pathogens from seeping out of your intestine and into your body [a.k.a. leaky gut syndrome]. Probiotics also resist the proliferation of bacteria like salmonella and E. coli [i.e. urinary tract infection] and candida [i.e. yeast infections].

CHOLESTEROL BALANCE:

Studies indicate that probiotics support that conversion of cholesterol into bile acids.  If the conversion does not take place that cholesterol can land in your arteries.

ENERGY:

Research has shown us that probiotics can be an effective in treating chronic fatigue by supporting the signals that spark energy on a cellular level.

HORMONAL BALANCE:

As much as 60 percent of the estrogen circulating in the blood is picked up by the liver and “deactivated” before being dumped into the gallbladder. Good bugs help reactivate the estrogen, so it can be reabsorbed into the body. When the bacterial flora is out of balance, the estrogen is neither reactivated nor reabsorbed. Instead, it is lost in the stool. Low estrogen levels have been linked to osteoporosis, PMS, water retention, menstrual cramps and migraine headaches.

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT:

Farmers use antibiotics to fatten cattle, pigs, and chickens. With the use of these medications, animals gain weight more quickly, on less food.  Probiotics seem to do the opposite. A Japanese company gave 87 overweight individuals 100 grams of fermented milk twice a day. After 12 weeks, those individuals lost an average of 4.6 percent belly fat. Researchers think that the probiotics somehow decrease the amount of fat absorbed from the intestines.

Yes, a pickle a day or a good probiotic supplement, just might be as beneficial as an apple a day in keeping the doctor away.

Sifting through the forest of supplement options can be confusing. I can help. Suggestion; A Well-being Consultation. This is a personalized well-being consultation to help you put together a sustainable plan to review with your MD  – supplements, menu, grocery list, recipes, a directory of health practitioners in your area and more…

Keep this in mind. Not all supplements are alike. Seek supplementation that meets the following criteria.

• QUALITY: To make sure what is on the label is in the bottle. Your supplement should be USP and NSF certified. These nonprofit organizations certify that the vitamins are contaminant free and made according to good manufacturing practices.
• DISSOLVABILITY AND ABSORBABILITY: The absorption of some vitamins is actually based on and improved by other nutrients. Calcium absorption, for instance, is increased by the presence of vitamin D.  Zinc and vitamin C are known to decrease the absorption and retention of copper in the body. A high intake of calcium may decrease magnesium absorption. Most high quality multivitamin will offer nutrients that balance each other for proper absorption. In addition to the necessary co-factors the supplement needs to be presented in a form that the body can use. The supplement line manufactured using the highest quality standards and offered in the most bioavailable form in the market place to day are ISOTONIX tm.

MY EXPERIENCE:  Isotonix is kind of  like juicing without the mess, time and expense.
I did a shopping trip for my juicing needs. It cost me $18.00 – $25.00 for my day of juicing. [mess and time consuming to.]
I now do daily elixirs, in my opinion better and far less expensive.
Juicing [cold-pressed] – cost $18-25 a day. [messy and time consuming if I do it myself]
Isotonix Daily Essential Elixir – @$2.50 a day [tear open packet, mix in 8 ounces of water]

Add Heart Health Omega 3  to your Daily Essential Elixir and you are covering many, perhaps all nutritional gaps.