Your Children Need Vitamins Too! 

TOOTH-FRIENDLY MULTIVITAMIN AND MULTIMINERAL FOR CHILDREN

Every stage of a child’s development has its own critical nutrition requirements. Did you know?

75% of brain capacity develops between birth and age three. By age five, brain development is 90% complete.

Starting at age two, children should eat moderately low-fat food to avoid health problems later.

Between ages eleven and sixteen, children often experience a major growth spurt.

Recent reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that our children’s diets lack the nutrients they need. By skipping meals and consuming lots of fast food, soft drinks, and sweet snacks, American children have developed diets that fall short in important nutrients. In fact, the USDA reported that only 1% of youths aged 2 to 19 met all of the dietary recommendations outlined in its Food Guide Pyramid.1 Since inadequate nutrition during childhood and adolescence can have immediate and long-term health consequences, supplementation with a complete multivitamin and multimineral formula is essential to ensuring that your children are receiving the vitamins and minerals they need.

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What is in Your Drinking Water? 

Bottled water is the norm today. It is a multi-billion dollar industry. In addition, the plastic bottles, and packaging are adding excessive materials to a already stressed landfills. In addition, how safe is the $1 per bottle of water?

Most drinking water provided to communities comes from surface sources, like lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. These water bodies unfortunately are attacked daily with harmful chemicals from industry, the environment, and the human race. In addition, storm water drains empty into our lakes and rivers further contaminating them with gasoline, oils, and anti-freeze, just to name a few.

There was a day when underground surface water (well water) was suggested to be cleaner than surface water because of its natural filtering system, however, underground water has also been contaminated with chemicals dumped onto the ground (oils, paints, fuel, etc).

Although your community water may pass through a filtration system before it gets to your house, are you really sure your water is free from chemicals and harmful bacteria? Today’s water supplies are certain to contain a certain amount if chemicals just to clear and clean it. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has set standards on the minimum and maximum amount of contaminants allowed in drinking water. That alone is a scary thought.

There are four groups of contaminants in water:

Microbial Pathogens: Pathogens are disease-producing microorganisms, which include bacteria, viruses, and parasites. They get into drinking water when it is contaminated by sewage, animal waste, or well are not improperly sealed and constructed. Health effects of this contaminant can include gastroenteritis, salmonella infection, dysentery, shigellosis, hepatitis, and giardiasis (a gastrointestinal infection causing diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and gas).

Organics: Many people are concerned about potentially toxic chemicals and metals in water. Only a few of the toxic organic chemicals that occur in drinking water are regulated by drinking water standards. This group of contaminants includes:

Trihalomthanes (THMs), which are formed when chlorine in treated drinking water combines with naturally occurring organic matter.

Pesticides, including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides.

Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), which include solvents, degreasers, adhesives, gasoline additives, and fuels additives. Some of the common VOCs are: benzene, trichloroethylene (TCE), styrene, toluene, and vinyl chloride. Possible chronic health effects include cancer, central nervous system disorders, liver and kidney damage, reproductive disorders, and birth defects.

Inorganics: These are toxic metals like arsenic, barium, chromium, lead, mercury, and silver. Inorganic contaminants get into your drinking water from natural sources, industrial processes, and materials used in your plumbing system. Toxic metals are regulated in public water supplies because they can cause acute poisoning, cancer and have other ill health effects.

Nitrate is another inorganic contaminant. The nitrate in mineral deposits, fertilizers, sewage, and animal wastes can contaminate water. Nitrate has been associated with “blue baby syndrome” in infants.

Radioactive Elements. Radon is a radioactive contaminant that results from the decay of uranium in soils and rocks. It is usually more of a health concern when it enters a home as a soil gas than when it occurs in water supplies. Radon in air is associated with lung cancer.

There are many water purifications on the market today. Sorting through the vast amount of information on water purification systems can be intimidating and time consuming. When selecting your water purification system, be sure it is a purification system that can actually remove harmful chemicals and bacteria from your drinking water.

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What is Your Indoor Air Quality? 

Organic pollutants are 2 to 5 times higher inside your home and the air outside. These pollutants are from common household cleaners.

When we think of air pollution, most people think of the air pollutants outdoors such as auto emissions, factory emissions, etc. Everyone will agree that air pollution is hazardous to your health. In major cities across the country, there are even air quality alerts to inform us when air quality can be hazardous to your health. Very few of us think of the air quality in our homes. If the house is a little musty, or smells like your pet or even has leftover cooking odors we get the air sanitizer out to freshen the indoor air and think we have cleared the home of air pollutants because it smells better. Unfortunately, spraying the air with an air sanitizer does not necessarily mean you home is free of air pollution, although it may smell better.

With the rising cost of heating and cooling, we strive for airtight homes. However, in doing so we have closed off ventilation to the outdoor thus allowing pet dander, household cleaner smells, dust and other household allergens to stay within the home. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has consistently ranked indoor air pollution among the top five risks to public health. The EPA states “studies from the United States and Europe show that persons in industrialized nations spend more than 90 percent of their time indoors. For infants, the elderly, persons with chronic disease, and most urban residents of any age, the proportion is probably higher. In addition, the concentrations of many pollutants indoors exceed those outdoors. The locations of highest concern are those involving prolonged, continuing exposure - that is, the home, school, and workplace”.

The minute, invisible particles floating around your home are the primary threat to your health. The invisible particles evade the body’s natural filtering mechanisms and penetrate deep into the lungs tissue. These particles, which carry toxic substances, are absorbed into the body. These small particles include dust mites, pet dander, mold spores, cigarette smoke, and pollen, which cause allergic reactions in many people. Additionally, gases from cleaning supplies, new carpeting, building materials etc. pose a health threat. These gasses are known as volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) and are among the greatest concern to your health. Formaldehyde is the major concern among VOC’s as it is so widely used.

Below are the some of the most common airborne contaminants in your home:

Pesticides: source of extremely toxic chemicals that can be released into indoor air.

Household cleaning products: can contain many harmful volatile chemicals.
Lead: found in older paints and plumbing pipes.

Aerosols in personal care products: a common source of organic gases, some of which are suspected carcinogens

Gas stove: can be a source of combustion by-products.

Draperies: treated fabrics can contain formaldehyde. Curtain folds collect dust.

Carpets: source of formaldehyde. Harbor dust, dust mites, and animal dander.

Tobacco smoke: tobacco smoke contains 43 carcinogens, the danger to nonsmokers from second-hand smoke, especially children, is now becoming recognized.

Pet Dander: animal hair and skin flakes are common sources of allergens.

Radon: radon gas is a natural emission where uranium exists underground.

Radon carries radioactive particles that can be a dangerous cause of lung cancer

Auto exhaust: such fumes can enter the home from the garage or nearby traffic flow. Carbon monoxide is the primary danger, and has a cumulative effect in the human system.

Pressed wood in furniture and flooring: manufactured with formaldehyde, which is released as gas.

Dry cleaning: source of toxic tolulenes and PERC

Dust Mites: the excreta and body parts of these organisms are a common allergen, a particular problem in bedrooms.

Smoke from fireplace or wood stove: open fireplaces can produce ash dust, carcinogenic tars and combustion by-products like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.

Fuels: storage of gasoline, kerosene, and other fuels can release volatile chemicals into household air.

Paints and solvents: these are sources of many volatile chemicals, which are easily vaporized and enter household air.

Carpets: source of formaldehyde. Harbor dust, dust mites, and animal dander.

Asbestos: the particles of this carcinogen can be released into the air if asbestos insulation or pipe cladding is disturbed during house repairs. Asbestos fibers reside in lung tissue and can cause lung cancer or emphysema.

Although the above list is quite intimidating, there are steps to you can take to improve the air quality in your home. For instance, using fewer aerosol products improves air quality in your home. In addition, if you or a family member suffers from allergies or other respiratory problems, an air purifier will improve the overall air quality in your home and remove toxins.

Five Common Skin Problems 

Troubled with wrinkles, age spots, blemishes, etc?

Fine Lines and Wrinkles
The major factors responsible for lines and wrinkles are mostly due to over-exposed skin to the sun. In addition, stress, hormones, heredity, and environmental factors also play a significant part. In order to reduce more fine lines and wrinkles from forming and diminishing the ones you have, exfoliation is recommended as well as a rich moisturizing cream. In addition, to eliminate additional fine lines and wrinkles from forming, you should wear a sun screen of SPF 15 or higher everyday.

Enlarged or Distended Pores
Enlarged or distended pores (blackheads) are due to trapped debris in the pores. The debris is a combination of dead skin cells and sebum (oil). The debris causes the pore to stretch or buildup and produce blackheads. Facial cleansers with an exfoliate are recommended for enlarged or distended pores. The exfoliating ingredient will open the pore and the cleanser will clean out the pore(s).

Brown Spots aka Age Spots
Brown spots are caused from over exposure to the sun. The sun causes the cells that produce melanin to react and protect the inner layers of the skin. Melanin is the product that the body produces to get a tan. Natural ingredients such as lemon or other fruit juices will lighten brown spots and at a fraction of the cost of lasers and over the counter products.

Blemishes
Blemishes are usually due in part to the over production of sebum (oil) which can be attributed to stress and hormonal changes. Mild to moderate breakouts, characterized by less than seven pimples a month, can be treated with over the counter products. There is one specific ingredient that is particularly effective in treating blemishes - salicylic acid. This is actually an efficient exfoliate that dissolves skin oil. In addition to over the counter remedies for blemishes there are a number of natural make at home products that are quite beneficial and not as harsh.

Redness on the Skin
Rosacea is a condition that first appears as a flushing or subtle redness on the nose, cheeks, forehead and chin. It then progresses from intermittent mild redness to persistent ruddiness as well as permanent, dilated blood vessels and acne-like bumps. Rosacea is not curable, but it responds well to treatment. Furthermore, there are over-the-counter treatments available and natural home remedies.

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 Millions spent each year on diets, still no progress

1n 1980, 35% of American were overweight to obese. 45 billon dollars and hundreds of diets later more than 65% of Americans are overweight to obese. Many people have struggled with weight issues one time or another. Every diet fad has been tried and dollars lost. At first, you lose weight, but gain it back and find yourself heavier than you were before. This is the dreaded cycle of yo-yo dieting. True, in the short term, you lose weight but this type of yo-yo dieting is detrimental to your health and overall losing weight. These types of diets convince your body that it is experiencing a type of “famine” and in response, your body goes into survival mode, thus slowing down your metabolism and conserving energy. Your body tries its best to hold onto the fat as long as it can. In short, with many diets, the weight you initially lose is from fat and muscle, and that loss of muscle slows down your metabolism even further because muscle burns calories. The bottom line is that there is a direct correlation between muscle and metabolism.You can do it!! Visit Us at: http://cinchplan.com/earthlygreen Additionally, there are other common challenges - emotional and physical ones that come along with dieting. To many diets are too restrictive or monotonous, or leave you feeling deprived and do not teach you how to permanently change your eating and exercise habits. Most diets leave you hungry, tired, and craving the foods you miss most! Therefore, you return to your old eating habits and gain the weight back again. The unfortunate part is, is that the weight you gain back is fat weight. Most Diets Are:

Nutritionally inadequate - you feel bad, sooner or later
To hard to follow - interferes with life
Results are too slow - frustration
Unsafe ingredients - negative side effects (Ephedra, Ephedra Alternatives, other stimulants)
Slow your metabolism - the yo-yo effect

 The Dreaded Diet Cycle

With most diets you lose fat and muscle
Muscle loss = lower metabolism (fewer calories burned)
After dieting, you cannot burn calories like you did before. So you gain weight back. Start next diet. The yo-yo effect.
negative

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The Real Dirt On Clean 

Cleaning your house does’nt have to hurt your family’s health or the environment we live in!

81,000 CHEMICALS REGISTERED WITH THE EPA IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, and fewer than 20% have been tested for toxicity!

FACT: 90% of all poison exposures occur at home

FACT: 218,316 reported poison exposures in 2005 were from household cleaning products

FACT: Indoor pollutants come from all sorts of chemicals we use to make our lives easier every day-paints, carpets, furniture, household cleaners, personal care, among others

FACT: EPA studies indicate that elevated concentration of household chemicals persist in the air. Long-term exposure to chemicals inside our homes may be harmful to us and our families

FACT: Some 20 million Americans have asthma

FACT: An average of one out of every 13 school-aged children has asthma

FACT: Common household cleaners and appliances give off fumes, which can potentially increase the risk of children developing asthma

“We are conducting a vast toxicologic experiment in our society, in which our children and our children’s children are the experimental subject.” Dr. Herbert Needleman Pediatrician and Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

FACT: The average U.S. household generates more than 20 pounds of hazardous waste each year

FACT: The following household cleaning products are designated as household hazardous waste by the EPA, and “improper disposal of these wastes can pollute the environment and pose a threat to human health”

Oven cleaners
Drain cleaners
Wood and metal cleaners and polishes
Toilet cleaners
Tub, tile, and shower cleaners
Bleach (laundry)

We believe cleaning house shouldn’t involve dirtying the earth. Check out our “Green Starter Kit” as seen on TV at: www.earthlygreen.org

Sustainable ingredients from natural sources
Biodegradable surfactants
Recyclable packaging
Recyclable wipes
Recyclable dryer sheets
No chlorine bleach
No phosphates
No nitrates
No borates
No volatile organic cleaning compounds
Shaklee does not test on animals

Safe: Create a healthy home for your family with non-toxic, natural cleaning choices.

Powerful: Get Green products deliver a powerful clean and outperforms 12 national brands.

Green: When you buy and use the Get Green Kit you:

keep 108 pounds of packaging waste out of landfills

eliminate 248 pounds of greenhouse gas

Smart: You’d have to spend more than $3,400 to get the equivalent cleaning power of the Get Green Kit.

Antibacterial Cleaning Products Harmful To Your Health! 

The effects of antibacterial cleaning products.

Store shelves are lined with cleaners shouting “antibacterial, kills 99% of bacteria”. The public is convinced that they must use cleaning products that contain antibacterial properties to clean their homes and in thier personal hygiene. However, the use of antibacterial products can be detrimental to you, your family’s health and the environment.

A report on the Center for Disease (CDC) website stated “no evidence suggests that there is evidence that the use of antibacterial soap containing 0.2% triclosan (active ingredient in antibacterial cleaning products) provides a benefit over plain soap in reducing bacterial counts and rate of infectious symptoms in generally healthy persons in the household setting.” Plain soap and water, in other words, gets rid of the majority of germs that linger on the hands and body”.

Additionally, another study concluded that there was no difference in infectious disease symptoms over a one year period in 228 inner city households using antibacterial cleaning products and those products that did not contain antibacterial agents. These findings further highlight the need to educate consumers on the limitations of antibacterial cleaning products.

The use of these so called antibacterial cleaning products claims to kill 99% of bacteria. However what becomes of the remaining 1%. This 1% remaining becomes the super germ. The overuse of antibacterial cleaning products breeds stronger and stronger organisms and thus less resistance to cleaning agents.

Furthermore, in order for antibacterial products to really remove 99% of bacteria, the cleaning agent should be left on the area which is being cleaned for at least two minutes for it to be effective. Most people do not have the patience to properly use antibacterial cleaning products.

Our bodies have an immune system to fight off bacteria, germs and virus. When we continually fight germs and bacteria with antibacterial cleaners we are hindering our immune system to naturally fight off these germs and viruses. Thus are immune system is continually weakened.

In Scientific American journal, it states “It appears that after, say, spraying a counter with an antibiotic cleaner, some chemicals linger and continue to kill bacteria but don’t get all of them. The ones that survive develop a tolerance: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” Soon we have populations of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

“What is this stuff doing in households when we have soaps?” asks molecular biologist John Gustafson of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. These substances really belong in hospitals and clinics, not in the homes of healthy people.”

In June of 2000, the World Health Organization warned that antibacterial products directly contribute to the rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The American Medical Association (AMA) says “(bacterial) resistance ascribed to overuse of antibiotics is a growing problem, and there is concern that some types of infections will eventually not be treatable with antibiotics”.

On June 13, 2000, the AMA advised consumers to avoid extensive use of “antibacterial soaps, lotions, and other household products”. The AMA has also urged the Food and Drug Administration to increase regulation of antibacterial products.

So next time you purchase that antibacterial cleaning product keep in mind that they are hindering your natural immune system, and these products are very detrimental to the environment.

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Effect of Household Cleaners and Your Children’s Health 

The Evironmental Protection Agency ruled indoor air quality bad for your health!

Currently there are 80,000 synthetic chemicals registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and les than 20% have been tested for toxicity. Because of the lack of toxicological testing, our children and our children children’s are experimental subjects. Although the EPA has not tested all products for toxicity, many household cleaning products are listed on their website as “hazardous household waste”.

Children are highly vulnerable to chemical toxins. Their ability to metabolize, detoxify and excrete harmful chemicals differs from that of adults. In addition, children have a faster metabolism which speeds up the absorption of contaminants and toxins.

Additionally, children are always placing items in the mouth. Scientists at Rutgers University discovered that pesticides that are sprayed in the home evaporate and re-condense onto the floors, carpets, and toys. Researchers concluded that these contaminated toys and areas are likely to give young children a much higher dose of poison than adults would get in the same environment.

The National Academy of Science has recommended that infants and children be considered more vulnerable to chemicals, such as those found in household products, than adults in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

Common household cleaners and appliances give off fumes which can increase the risk of developing asthma in children. During the last 30 years, asthma has become the most chronic childhood disease today. In a study conducted by THORAX in 2004, it concluded that common household cleaners give of fumes which can increase the risk of developing asthma in children.

A study was also conducted to investigate the association between the use of chemical based products in the prenatal period and patterns of wheeze in early childhood. These findings suggest a direct correlation between the frequent use of chemical based products by pregnant women and the wheezing in young children.

Many household cleaning products and air fresheners produce unhealthy fumes. Again, the frequent use of air fresheners and cleaners produce high levels of volatile organic compounds and harmful ultra fine dust in the air.

Several all-purpose cleansers contain neurotoxins and nasal irritants that can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled. Exposure to these toxic chemicals while pregnant can disrupt the development or even cause death of the fetus. In addition, maternal exposure to these toxins can include birth defects, low birth weight, and/or behavioral deficits that may become apparent as the child ages.

For your health, healths of your family, and the health of our environment, please use caution when using common household cleaners. Additionally, dispose of empty containers as indicated on the label. Better yet, think green and buy non-toxic, and biodegradable when purchasing household cleaners.

Eating With Your Health in Mind

- To eat a daily diet that helps you either lose weight or keep your weight in the range that is considered “healthy” or “ideal” for your height and sex

- To choose a diet that is low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and moderate in total fat intake

- To eat foods high in fiber

- To reduce the number of calories in your diet that comes from processed sugars

- To choose and prepare foods with less salt

- To drink the daily recommended amount of water: 8 to 10 cups (64 to 80 ounces) of water a day

- If you drink alcoholic beverages, drink them in moderation (no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men)

Most people would agree that the key to losing weight is eating a healthy diet and getting enough exercise. If it’s that simple, then why is weight such a problem in the United States? Why don’t we all eat healthy diets and why is it so hard to exercise? Why do some people who try to eat right and exercise still have too much body fat?

First of all, the food that we can buy in the store today is not as healthy for us as it was, say even 20 years ago. If the vitamins and minerals aren’t in our food in the first place, then no matter what we try to do with our diet, it’s going to have very little effect.

The second problem is that we are busy. We are trying to do more now than ever in the history of the world. We work, we take care of kids, we have houses and cars to care for, friends, spouses, hobbies and then some. Most of us don’t have the time to prepare a healthy meal three times per day. Unfortunately the quick alternatives are usually not only low in vitamins, but they are high in fat, cholesterol and carbohydrates.

The third problem is that eating less and exercising more doesn’t work for everyone. When you cut your calories too low, your body will slow your metabolism down. When you exercise, your body needs fuel to build muscle. If you exercise without the proper fuel you aren’t going to build your muscles or lose weight - your body is going to want to hang on to as much fat as it can, because it thinks you are starving.

What is the solution? A low calorie, low glycemic diet that is high in vitamins, minerals and protein, and easy to prepare. And, a plan that will help you to keep your energy and healthy fuel up, but empty calories low, such as our weight loss products and the Inch Loss plan.

The Solution for Weight Loss

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