What would happen if everyone in the world gave themselves the benefit of six weeks of concentrated health and vitality? I ask myself this question every day, as people come in and out of my office faced with health concerns and questions that have at their root a lack of vital nutrition, inadequate food sources, and a general lack of guidance and support to achieve their health goals.
Maintaining great health takes so little effort when it is compared to the effort involved in undergoing cancer treatment, or going through bariatric surgery, or having open heart surgery. Think about it, all disease is nutritional in origin. Blood levels of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants are what determine how we experience long term health. As we live, experiencing exposure to chemicals, food additives, poor nutrition and stress, our bodies actually change biochemically. As these changes happen our cells become inflamed, that inflammation causes altered cellular transport of nutrients and then causes disease and illness.
What if you could start by adding two supplements to your routine? What if these supplements would make a long term difference in your health even if you were a smoker, even if you were still eating junk food? even if you were still consuming too much sugar? Two simple supplements Max GXL and Max N Fuze alter the body chemistry so significantly that their addition to any health regimen makes a dramatic difference. If you do not have enough Glutathione, your body will age at a rapid pace, if you are nutrient deficient your endocrine system will not be able to keep up with demand and will start to falter creating such symptoms as fatigue, depression, sleep issues, weight gain, diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.
The fact is, Naturopathic medicine has been focused on eliminating the causes of disease since its inception. Max International products are a natural a simple extension of the basic principles of Naturopathic medicine. By nourishing the body and removing the obstacles to cure, disease is eliminated and health emerges.
It seems silly that we have to have summits about health care costs and become scared and frightened by the prospect of skyrocketing costs associated with it when the majority of the spending is applied on diseases that are preventable, treatable and curable with simple straightforward solutions.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Why I Use Max Products
Many people think that experts in medicine and health never experience health problems themselves. I have even had a potential patient say to me once “of course you don’t ever eat sugar right?” This was a wake up call for me because I understood that there was a portion of the population that believes that the person who is capable of giving advice should be perfect and never have a flaw in their own health. My personal experience has been quite the opposite.
In my own life, health has not always been perfect in spite of my best efforts. As a Naturopathic Doctor, I always follow a few general rules such as no corn syrup, no fast food, no processed foods, no MSG, no nitrites or nitrates and no non organic dairy products. However, after my third child, I found that my body had a very hard time recovering my normal energy. I was tired early in the evening, falling asleep by 8PM and not wanting to get up even 10 hours later. I did endocrine balancing, treated my thyroid problems and adjusted my supplements to compensate for the perceived increased need. When I discovered Max International’s products (Feelgreatnaked.mymaxsystem.com) I felt like I was making real headway!
Once starting Max GXL and Max N-Fuze together, I felt a renewed sense of hope that I could recover and do the work I wanted to do. This may sound strange and rather hokey to some people. Believing that two products can make such a significant difference in how someone feels physically and mentally can be hard to take. But, in my case, this is exactly how it has happened. On my first day of taking the N-Fuze I stopped feeling like I was lazy, I wanted to go home after working my practice and play with my three kids, and make dinner and stay up to be with my husband after the day was finished!
The big tragedy that I find so many people dealing with fatigue that never remits despite various treatment options. Many people do not have my access to good nutrition, or good supplementation, or endocrine testing. Many people do not know that organic foods are the best and that eating processed conventionally grown foods contributes to inflammation and disease generation. It can seem almost impossible for some people to follow a strict health routine often because they do not have the energy to implement new changes.
By adding Max GXL and Max N-Fuze to any health routine, the energy will be there, the other changes will follow and it will be possible to feel good again. Instead of believing the flawed message that we must become fatigued and sore and overweight and have poor sleep as we age or as we raise small children, start believing that you can feel great at any age, at any time and under any circumstance when your body has the right tools.
In my own life, health has not always been perfect in spite of my best efforts. As a Naturopathic Doctor, I always follow a few general rules such as no corn syrup, no fast food, no processed foods, no MSG, no nitrites or nitrates and no non organic dairy products. However, after my third child, I found that my body had a very hard time recovering my normal energy. I was tired early in the evening, falling asleep by 8PM and not wanting to get up even 10 hours later. I did endocrine balancing, treated my thyroid problems and adjusted my supplements to compensate for the perceived increased need. When I discovered Max International’s products (Feelgreatnaked.mymaxsystem.com) I felt like I was making real headway!
Once starting Max GXL and Max N-Fuze together, I felt a renewed sense of hope that I could recover and do the work I wanted to do. This may sound strange and rather hokey to some people. Believing that two products can make such a significant difference in how someone feels physically and mentally can be hard to take. But, in my case, this is exactly how it has happened. On my first day of taking the N-Fuze I stopped feeling like I was lazy, I wanted to go home after working my practice and play with my three kids, and make dinner and stay up to be with my husband after the day was finished!
The big tragedy that I find so many people dealing with fatigue that never remits despite various treatment options. Many people do not have my access to good nutrition, or good supplementation, or endocrine testing. Many people do not know that organic foods are the best and that eating processed conventionally grown foods contributes to inflammation and disease generation. It can seem almost impossible for some people to follow a strict health routine often because they do not have the energy to implement new changes.
By adding Max GXL and Max N-Fuze to any health routine, the energy will be there, the other changes will follow and it will be possible to feel good again. Instead of believing the flawed message that we must become fatigued and sore and overweight and have poor sleep as we age or as we raise small children, start believing that you can feel great at any age, at any time and under any circumstance when your body has the right tools.
Stop Letting Them Fool You
I wonder how many people realize that they are being duped every single day? With health and wellness becoming a bigger business every single day, obviously there are tons of people lining up to take a piece of the pie. The thing is that few products on the market are worth the effort. I am often approached by someone wanting to have me buy the latest health elixir. These vary from herbal blends, to antioxidant juices, to super supplements. The things that I look for are very specific in order to determine if what I am looking at is a worthy investment or not.
First, the product must have some kind of scientific proof behind its use. By this I mean that it must be tested to be useful instead of just relying on testimonial evidence that it works. When tested, it has to be done in a scientifically verifiable way. Many companies say that their product lowers cholesterol or lowers risk of heart disease but the "science" is based off of group sampling instead of double blind con troll studies. The problem with this is that there is no control for other factors in the person's profile, the ability for power of suggestion to affect outcomes and that many times the participants were already be livers.
Second, the product has to have come before the company. When a company starts with the intention of making money and then develop es a product later, it tells me that the product is least important than the money. Instead, if there is a well document phenomenon involving a supplement that is then identified as a need to have product picked up by a company in order to increase distribution then you can be sure that the product will outlast the hype.
As a doctor, I can't afford to back every new hyped product on the market. I need things that work, are safe and can be duplicated. Everyone should use discretion when evaluating an opportunity or product for its standards not the glossy publicity it receives.
First, the product must have some kind of scientific proof behind its use. By this I mean that it must be tested to be useful instead of just relying on testimonial evidence that it works. When tested, it has to be done in a scientifically verifiable way. Many companies say that their product lowers cholesterol or lowers risk of heart disease but the "science" is based off of group sampling instead of double blind con troll studies. The problem with this is that there is no control for other factors in the person's profile, the ability for power of suggestion to affect outcomes and that many times the participants were already be livers.
Second, the product has to have come before the company. When a company starts with the intention of making money and then develop es a product later, it tells me that the product is least important than the money. Instead, if there is a well document phenomenon involving a supplement that is then identified as a need to have product picked up by a company in order to increase distribution then you can be sure that the product will outlast the hype.
As a doctor, I can't afford to back every new hyped product on the market. I need things that work, are safe and can be duplicated. Everyone should use discretion when evaluating an opportunity or product for its standards not the glossy publicity it receives.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Leptin Control
The need to loose a few extra pounds continues to be a major reason why people spend money. However, finding things to add into your lifestyle that improve weight loss while not diminishing your health can be difficult. Many people find it difficult to stick to a routine because of busy lives, mental control or lack of adequate understanding of what will work. The one factor common to every person that has a few extra pounds to loose is that their leptin levels are too high.
Weight gain is a science, it requires that your body has more calories than the metabolic rate can sustain. Our brain controls the signals that allow our body to release fat and allow it to be burned and our endocrine system controls the metabolic rate. Unless both of these are working well, we will be unable to loose the kind of weight that we desire. Food restriction will lower leptin levels, however, it can also lower thyroid function which increases the burden on the metabolic rate. Therefore, food restriction is often not enough.
Controlling leptin levels by using products that assist the body is a great way to begin the process of lowering high leptin levels. One product is Max WLX, which has the benefit of verifiable studies to demonstrate its ability to control leptin levels and increase fat loss. Enhancing this mechanism along with appropriate endocrine work increasing a fatigued thyroid and addressing adrenal health will alter the way in which the body burns and looses weight.
By increasing metabolic rate while decreasing leptin levels, metabolic energy also increases, which means that the body will have the ability to sustain exercise patterns, feel good after working out and hold onto new thought patters as they pertain to food and food cravings. However, the reasons why people fail are quite simple and they all relate to metabolism, endocrine regulation and brain chemistry. Once these avenues have been addressed, it becomes easier to manage goals and achieve them.
Weight gain is a science, it requires that your body has more calories than the metabolic rate can sustain. Our brain controls the signals that allow our body to release fat and allow it to be burned and our endocrine system controls the metabolic rate. Unless both of these are working well, we will be unable to loose the kind of weight that we desire. Food restriction will lower leptin levels, however, it can also lower thyroid function which increases the burden on the metabolic rate. Therefore, food restriction is often not enough.
Controlling leptin levels by using products that assist the body is a great way to begin the process of lowering high leptin levels. One product is Max WLX, which has the benefit of verifiable studies to demonstrate its ability to control leptin levels and increase fat loss. Enhancing this mechanism along with appropriate endocrine work increasing a fatigued thyroid and addressing adrenal health will alter the way in which the body burns and looses weight.
By increasing metabolic rate while decreasing leptin levels, metabolic energy also increases, which means that the body will have the ability to sustain exercise patterns, feel good after working out and hold onto new thought patters as they pertain to food and food cravings. However, the reasons why people fail are quite simple and they all relate to metabolism, endocrine regulation and brain chemistry. Once these avenues have been addressed, it becomes easier to manage goals and achieve them.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Stop the Madness
It becomes more apparent every day that people are being systematically poisoned by food and drug companies. I start to feel disheartened that so many people are trying so hard to maintain and achieve health but are being unknowingly made more and more toxic by the ingredients in what we eat. I wonder what would happen if all foods containing corn syrup, MSG, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, hormones, pesticides, and chemicals were deleted from the store shelves. In fact, it would be an amzing television special to remove all of the "unedible" foods from the shelves and show before and after images as a very visual way to demonstrate just how little real food exists in a traditional supermarket.
Parents have it extremely difficult if they strive at all to protect their children from the above mentioned ingredients. My children never get foods with artificial ingredients, or corn syrup, but that has meant that they don't eat at friends houses, they can't go to chuckey cheese, or out for ice cream. It is a fine line where I sometimes end up the bad guy. One neighbor gave my son pepsi once and when I found out I was upset, she responded with "you have to let them be kids." However, I wonder when did being a kid mean that you eat poison and consume chemicals?
Real policy change is needed to eliminate the harm being done by big businesses that have only one goal, making money. Large food companies are as bad as the tobacco industry, and their products are the cause of diabetes, cancer, heart disesase, ADD, ADHD, and deperssion in a vast majority of cases. Every person needs to understand that food is the best, most potent medicine in existance, it provides the basic building blocks necessary for long term health and prevents chronic disease.
Parents have it extremely difficult if they strive at all to protect their children from the above mentioned ingredients. My children never get foods with artificial ingredients, or corn syrup, but that has meant that they don't eat at friends houses, they can't go to chuckey cheese, or out for ice cream. It is a fine line where I sometimes end up the bad guy. One neighbor gave my son pepsi once and when I found out I was upset, she responded with "you have to let them be kids." However, I wonder when did being a kid mean that you eat poison and consume chemicals?
Real policy change is needed to eliminate the harm being done by big businesses that have only one goal, making money. Large food companies are as bad as the tobacco industry, and their products are the cause of diabetes, cancer, heart disesase, ADD, ADHD, and deperssion in a vast majority of cases. Every person needs to understand that food is the best, most potent medicine in existance, it provides the basic building blocks necessary for long term health and prevents chronic disease.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Antioxidant bests
I spend hours every day working with people on the basic elements of their health and health goals. I find that too many people are comming in with fatigue and depression and low energy with lack of sleep. When I look at the nuiences of what these people eat and do daily I see a common pattern emerging. We do not get enough nourishment. This is happening on a large scale both nutritionally and emotionally. Then a cycle begins where we become so depleted that we get very tired and then we get more tired and we can't do the right health promoting things and then we get more tired. I have been in this cycle myself a time or two, with three children and a busy Naturopathic Medical Practice to work I don't always find the right balance. So the one thing I continuously do is implement the right nutrition, so if everything else is haywire I can support my body.
One of the most basic nutrient needs is a good antioxidant. Since oxidative damage leading to chronic inflammation is the most common cause of all disease, to prevent this is essential. Using a product like MaxGXL allows the body to have the building blocks of glutathione production and be able to increase production on its own. Many people are very excited about various antioxidant promoters like acai berry or gogi berry. These are amazing food sources of anitoxidants and use of these will enhance your health. However, they do not work as effectively at reducing inflamation or bolstering cellular antioxidant levels as something that increases glutathione.
There is no perfect solution to preventing disease or maintaining long term health. The honest truth is that you must be supporting health on more than one front to overcome the odds per say, but if you put in place basic, sound, solid nutrition and support, you will get a head start. I only recommend products that are usable, produce results and have worked for me. In order to push past the onslaught of poor nutrition, chronic pollution and toxin exposure that we all have been exposed to, we need to stick to the basics, and allow our cells to get naked and express their true, perfect nature.
One of the most basic nutrient needs is a good antioxidant. Since oxidative damage leading to chronic inflammation is the most common cause of all disease, to prevent this is essential. Using a product like MaxGXL allows the body to have the building blocks of glutathione production and be able to increase production on its own. Many people are very excited about various antioxidant promoters like acai berry or gogi berry. These are amazing food sources of anitoxidants and use of these will enhance your health. However, they do not work as effectively at reducing inflamation or bolstering cellular antioxidant levels as something that increases glutathione.
There is no perfect solution to preventing disease or maintaining long term health. The honest truth is that you must be supporting health on more than one front to overcome the odds per say, but if you put in place basic, sound, solid nutrition and support, you will get a head start. I only recommend products that are usable, produce results and have worked for me. In order to push past the onslaught of poor nutrition, chronic pollution and toxin exposure that we all have been exposed to, we need to stick to the basics, and allow our cells to get naked and express their true, perfect nature.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Beginning
I have spent six years practicing Naturopathic Medicine and Acupuncture. In that time, I have seen so many unfortunate examples of how society and medicine do not understand the basic ways that we get sick and get healthy. I believe that we must strip away the useless and toxic parts of what we eat, do and say and return to a basic level of nourishment for all aspects of ourselves. Feel Great Naked is my idea of letting go and putting in place practices that truly allow us to be happy with our basic essence. I want to see people eating naked food, which is food that has not been covered in chemicals or filled with artificial ingredients. I want to see people taking part in naked medicine or medicine which does not pollute the body and which seeks to find a cure rather than just manage symptoms. I want to see people using naked supplements that are easy to absorb, made without toxic ingredients and which truely nourish the body. It is time to get rid of all the waste and pollution we live with on a daily basis, grow food, move our bodies outside, play with our children, and organize our lives around truly living rather than living a life oriented around work.
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