Easily Increase Your Chances of Successful Weight Loss

If you're like most people, losing weight is probably one of your goals for 2009. Whether you want to lose a few pounds to stop your jeans being tight, or have been told to lose several stones for your health, you're far from alone in deciding that the New Year is the perfect time to change your diet and increase your exercise.

The problem is, there's every chance that losing weight was also one of your goals for 2008, and other years before then.

If so, here are some easy ways you can increase your chances of achieving your weight loss goals:

1. Start now - just by changing your diet a little before Christmas, as opposed to waiting until afterwards, you dramatically increase your chances of successfully reaching your target weight. How is this possible? It has a lot to do with mindset. Let's be honest here, virtually the whole country will begin a diet on January 1, 2009. And most of them know deep down that they will not lose the weight they want to. You don't have to be part of that group. Stand out by beginning your weight loss programme right now. Sure, you'll need to refuse the second and third helpings of pudding on Christmas Day, but imagine the satisfaction you will feel when you step on the scales before New Year's Day and see that you are already losing weight!
2. Get help - I offer a completely free service where I help keep you on track to achieve your weight loss. You simply email me your weight and/or measurements (if you want to fit into a pair of jeans again, you don't really want to lose weight, you want to lose inches) each week and I respond and offer advice and encouragement. Just this simple process will really increase the chances that you will achieve your goal weight, because you are being accountable to someone and receiving encouragement.
3. Take advantage of supplements - to help you see results quickly, a natural weight loss supplement is a great aid to get you started, and keep you on track. I recommend OsoLean, a fat loss product that is helping people lose an inch of fat each week.

If you'd like to take advantage of my free weight loss support service, simply email me at katiektk@hotmail.co.uk with "Weight Loss" as the subject line.

Calcium and Obesity

Quite apart from its key role of supporting skeletal health, dietary calcium is also know to play an important role in regulating chronic disease risk. Research shows that a diet combining dairy and fruit and vegetables as opposed to vegetables alone has a profound effect on reducing blood pressure. Evidence also suggests that a calcium rich diet not only reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease but also plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of obesity.

A study in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health trialled 199 men and women in Calcium (yes, real place name!), New York. The programme provided one-to-one nutrition counselling urging the participants to choose low-fat dairy products and walk at least 10,000 steps a day. At the end of the 16 week programme, participants lost an average of 13.2 pounds.

The potential of calcium to act as an emulsifier and wash fat from the body has now been recognised and used in OsoLean, a revolutionary weight loss product that targets fat loss specifically.

With 85% of the US population predicted to be overweight or obese by 2030, ensuring you are in the healthy weight minority has never been more important. Contact me to get started.

Why Ambrotose? The Benefits of Glyconutrients

Here are some of the reasons why glyconutrients are a vital supplement for everyone who cares about their wellbeing.

1.The Royal Society of Medicine, London, England presented glyconutrient technology to their top scientists.

After the presentation, John Axford, BSC, MD, FRCP, President of the Section of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the Royal Society of Medicine, and a Fulbright Scholar, was so impressed with the information that he researched glyconutrients and decided to join the board of Mannatech - the company who hold the patent for glyconutrient supplements. Nobody from the Royal Society of Medicine has ever done this with a nutritional company before. John Axford has written two best-selling medical textbooks, written over fifty reviewed papers and over one hundred published medical abstracts. He also sits on the board of three prestigious medical journals.

This man would not risk his reputation by joining a nutritional supplement company unless he was entirely convinced that glyconutrients were an important discovery.

2. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - annual review magazine called, "Technology Review"

The front cover of the Feb. 2003 issue stated: "10 Emerging Technologies that WILL change the world!"

Glycomics (the study of glyconutrients) was listed among the 10. It went on to say, "The reason for the excitement around glycomics is that sugars have a vital, albeit often overlooked, function in the body. The medical potential is absolutely enormous."

No other nutritional supplement in the world has ever been listed as having a technology that WILL change the world by MIT.

3. Glyconutrient science presented at the 8th Annual World Congress on Medicine Dec. 2003, held in Geneva, Switzerland and sponsored by the United Nations.

Glyconutrients are the only nutritional supplement in the world that has been presented at the World Congress.

4. An interview with Dr. Ben Carson, the world famous director of pediatric neuro-surgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, by Dallas Weekly Magazine, Feb 2004 issue.

Dr. Carson has been named by both CNN and Time Magazine as one of the top 20 doctors in America. Dr. Carson has experienced an amazing change in his quality of life by using glyconutrients.

Dr. Carson made this statement: "The science made sense to me. God gave us in plants what we need to remain healthy. In today's world our food chain is depleted of nutrients and our environment has helped destroy what God gave us. I do not see glyconutrients as unnatural. I see them as complementary to traditional medicine. Dietary supplements should become an integral part of health care in this country."

No other nutritional supplement has been heralded by a doctor of such standing.

5. An article by Dr. John Rollins, a former high-ranking, award-winning United States Patent and Trademark official, was published in the Aug. 2004 issue of the Atlanta Voice Newspaper titled, "Disruptive Technology Brings Hope to Healthcare".

The Atlantic Voice asked him, "During your 20-year career in the US Patent Office, did you examine any single discovery in bio-affecting compositions that stood out above the rest in its potential to impact the future of health?"

Dr. Rollins answered, "Yes! There have been many significant discoveries, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest; the discovery of a new category of vital nutrients called glyconutrients. This discovery might provide the single biggest opportunity to impact health from both ends of the spectrum. First, glyconutrients are essential for normal defense functions, making them one of the best strategies for reducing the risk of disease. Second, they are also necessary to support the normal functions of repair, making them one of the most critical strategies for supporting the body's normal healing functions. This is one of the most important discoveries of the 21st Century.”

No other nutritional supplement in the world has ever been talked about by anyone from the US Patent Office as one of the most important discoveries of the 21st Century.

6. MIT's Annual Emerging Technologies Conference (Sept. 2004).

Glyconutrient science was presented here by Mannatech - the company who hold the patent for this technology; the first time a nutritional supplement company has been asked to speak among the top innovators at this historic conference.

No other nutritional supplement developers in the world has been asked to speak at an MIT Annual Emerging Technology Conference.

7. Congressional Hearing: November 14, 2001 on Comprehensive Medical Care for Bioterrorism Exposure.

Dr. Reginald McDaniel, who is co-author on the patent for glyconutrients, was the only person from a nutrition company asked by Congress to speak.

At the Congressional meeting on Bioterrorism, Dr. McDaniel explained that the front line defense against bio-terrorism is a strong immune system and that only glyconutrients can provide that kind of protection.

Since speaking, glyconutrients are sweeping the capitol and many Senators and Congressmen are now taking glyconutrients. No other nutritional company in the world has ever been asked to speak before Congress on Bioterrorism.

8. Dr Bill McAnalley, who is also co-author on the patent for glyconutrients, was invited to speak at the United States Patent Office, because of the unique filing on patented nutrients.

No other nutrition company in the world has ever been asked to present to the US Patent Office.

9. Proevity Continuing Education Group gives CME’s to doctors on the science of glycomics.

Doctoral candidates are doing their research at the labs where the glyconutrient complex was developed. No other company in the world is awarding Continuing Education Credits for a technology they discovered and patented.

10. Roller-compaction technology protects the integrity of the ingredients, making it more efficacious and bio-available.

Oxidation is a problem in other nutritional supplements and roller-compaction, in essence, encapsulates the active ingredients to help prevent oxidation. Oxidation is what causes a product to spoil and lose its potency. Other companies use products that have fillers that are used to facilitate the production process. However, by "roller-compacting" the ingredients, what is created is a product that flows through the production process.

Fillers also pose another problem. Some people are allergic to certain fillers. Every time companies add a filler to a nutritional supplement they increase the number of people who may have an allergy to the product. By eliminating the fillers, it eliminates potential allergens.

Additionally, roller- compacting will reduce the size of the capsule, caplet or pill which makes it easier to swallow -- a challenge especially for women who have smaller throats. No other company in the world has their entire product line using this technology at this time. Patented glyconutrient supplements are benefited by this technology.



As the above facts illustrate, glyconutrients are an exciting development that are changing lives across the world.

To learn more contact me at katiektk@hotmail.co.uk or visit http://www.tinyurl.com/Ambrotose

Why Mannatech's PhytoMatrix Is The Most Superior Multivitamin Available

This article is compiled following a lecture by Dr Rob Sinnott, Mannatech's Chief Science Officer, on 15 April 2008.

Dr Sinnott explained that when considering a multivitamin product, it is the interaction between vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that is important.

Dr Sinnott mentioned, as an aside, that just that day (15 April) there had been a headline in ‘The Independent’ reporting that Sanatogen, the UK’s bestselling multivitamin brand, used harmful additives in their products. The article is online here: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/bestselling-sanatogen-vitamin-pills-are-dyed-with-harmful-additives-808970.html

Dr Sinnott explained that it was this below-par level of alternative multivitamins that made Mannatech begin developing PhytoMatrix several years ago. (Naturally, developing a product and getting it to market is a lengthy process!)

Dr Sinnott explained how the all-natural vitamins contained within PhytoMatrix have long been the Holy Grail of the nutrition industry. Not a single other multivitamin product contains all natural vitamins. Some may have one or two vitamins from natural sources, but not the complete range. PhytoMatrix only uses natural vitamins.

This in itself would make the product superior to rival brands, as the peer journal Medical Hypothesis (2000) reported that natural vitamins are absorbed up to 390% better than synthetic vitamins, and are retained in the body up to 170% better.

However, PhytoMatrix also uses a plant derived mineral technology. Mannatech were in fact developing this technology for years, but another company patented the technology before Mannatech. Always happy to learn from other companies, the very day after that patent was filed, Dr Sinnott was on a plane flying to this company’s headquarters to meet with them. The result? Mannatech now have the exclusive rights to use this patented technology – so if you ever hear another company claiming to use plant derived mineral technology in their multivitamins, you can know immediately they are being less than honest.

This mineral technology is important because – basically – people cannot eat rocks! Even though many multivitamins will state on their labels that they contain high mineral levels (and, those labels are probably accurate), the minerals are not in a form that the body can absorb. This is a well-known issue, as reported in the peer journal Food Technology 71 (2000).

PhytoMatrix’s minerals are predigested by a plant, Hydroponic Brassica, which has been shown through testing at the Chernobyl site to have an enormous capacity to uptake minerals from the soil. For example, a mouthful serving of broccoli, a very nutritious vegetable, provides you with >0.1% of your daily requirement for selenium, while the same serving of Hydroponic Brassica will provide you with 900% of your daily requirement for selenium.

Naturally, 900% is not always an advantage over 100%, so the mineral levels in PhytoMatrix may appear lower than in rival multivitamin products. This is because the plant predigestion increases the mineral solubility.

As well as the natural vitamins and plant derived minerals, PhytoMatrix includes five specific phytochemicals. While phytochemicals are not vitamins per se, they are the nutrients that allow the body to utilise vitamins and minerals. It is the ‘symphony’ combination of these three elements that makes PhytoMatrix such a superior product.

The phytochemicals that Dr Sinnott selected to be used in PhytoMatrix are those shown to be most important in relation to vitamin and mineral absorption. They are:

1. Suforaphanes and glucosinclates – shown to be very important for liver health
2. Rutin - a bioflavonoid, which are very powerful antioxidants
3. Carotenoids
4. Phenolic compounds – these are the things that make people say red wine is good for you!
5. Tocopherols – a precursor for Vitamin E, and a powerful antioxidant

Dr Sinnott is working at creating a children’s version of PhytoMatrix and expects this to be available in around a year’s time. He explained that the actual formula will remain the same, but they have to make it taste nice without using artificial colourants or sweeteners. He knows that if they do not achieve this, children will not use the product.

PhytoMatrix is recommended for anyone aged 12 and above. However, this is only used as a guideline because in terms of supplements adulthood begins at 12. There is nothing toxic or harmful in this product, and the children’s version will not contain different ingredients, so he advised that if your under-12 will take the tablets, there is no reason they shouldn’t.

PhytoMatrix is available to buy now - please contact me at katiektk@hotmail.co.uk or on 01623 451174 (+44 1623 451174 if you're outside the UK) for more information or to place an order.

Vitamin D and Type 1 Diabetes

A Finnish study has linked Vitamin D to reducing the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes in children. The study, which monitored over 12,000 babies born in 1966, showed that those who supplemented the correct amount of Vitamin D had an 80% decreased risk of developing diabetes. It was also found that children with rickets - a problem linked to Vitamin D deficiency - stood a three times higher risk of developing Type 1 diabetes.

In a recently published paper, William B Grant PhD presented a highly plausible theory to explain why Vitamin D might help prevent Type 1 diabetes. He found that several autoimmune diseases, of which Type 1 diabetes is one, are connected to viral infections. These escalate in the winter months when there is less exposure to sunlight. Vitamin D is made in response to UVB sun rays and so deficiency is more common in the winter months. Vitamin D promotes the production of bodily compounds that fight viral infection and so lessen the chances of risk of autoimmune diseases.

While further research is required in this area, these reports highlight the importance of supplementing our diets with a correctly balanced multivitamin. To review your current multivitamin with me, just contact me on katiektk@hotmail.co.uk

How Safe Is Aspirin?

Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid) is a drug commonly recommended for daily use. But how safe is it really?

Aspirin's pain relief properties were first recognised in the pharmaceutical boom of 1900 when the first aspirin tablet was manufactured by the Frederick Bayer Corporation of Germany. Some ninety years later, research from Harvard Medical School noted that taking aspirin on a regular basis could reduce the risk of heart attack. Since then, aspirin has become the most often used drug for cardiocascular health, as well as being prescribed in the treatment of inflammation, pain and fever.

The commonly known fact that aspirin can cause internal bleeding has long been overlooked as being of small rick when compared to the protection that aspirin is believed to offer against heart attack and stroke. However, this is no small fact, and The Stroke Association is demanding that aspirin come with a health warning making people aware of its blood thinning qualities.

In fact, an Australian study reported in the British Medical Journal in 2007 found that elder patients using aspirin had a considerable increase of bleeding in the brain and gastro-intestinal tract. Furthermore, a French study from 2003 suggests that angina and heart attacks may be triggered by the sudden cessation of daily aspirin use.

In a significant number of cases, aspirin should be avoided completely. These cases include people on blood thinning medication (i.e. Warfarin, Heparin), people with poor kidney function and peptic ulcers, asthmatic patients, people with hyperuricemia and gout, pregnant women and nursing mothers, and children.

Even people who may use aspirin should be aware of possible side effects, which range from ringing in the ears, ulcerations, liver toxicity, nausea kidney impairment, rashes and vertigo.

The best advice for now is to avoid aspirin completely if you are in the above groups and, if you are not, to only use the drug responsibly.

Why Eating Broccoli Is Vital For Diabetics

A study conducted at the University of Warwick has found that eating broccoli regularly can reverse the damage done to blood vessels in diabetics due to a high sugar level (hyperglycemia).

Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics are five times more likely to develop cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes than normal, as both are linked to damaged blood vessels.

A compound called sulforaphane found in brassica vegetables, including broccoli, encourages the production of enzymes which protect the blood vessels.

Professor Paul Thornally and his team found that sulforophane triggered production of a protein called nrf2 which guards cells and tissue from damage by stimulating protective antioxidants and detoxifying enzymes. When absorbed into cells, nrf2 activates the defence systems concurrently; the cells' natural antioxidant levels increase and also the enzymes that eradicate toxins from the cells.

The team concluded that activation of nrf2 may prevent the biochemical dysfunction of cells that line the inside of the blood vessels caused by high levels of blood sugar, and Professor Thornally advises that sulforaphane from vegetables including broccoli may help counter processes linked to the development of vascular disease in diabetics.

I recommend that all diabetic clients supplement a compound of 12 dehydrated fruits and vegetables, including broccoli, to ensure they are consuming and absorbing the highest quantity of nutrients possible. For more information about this product, contact me at katiektk@hotmail.co.uk