Healthy by Choice or Chance

Leaving your health to chances like playing Russian Roulette. If you're a man, the chances of developing cancer during your lifetime is now 1 in 2 (Australian Cancer Society).

If you're a woman, your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or stroke is 1 in 2.6 (Australian Heart Association) There is also a 1 in 3 chance that you or someone you know will develop Alzheimer's Disease. And the statistics for diabetes, osteoporosis, obesity and other life destroying conditions are just as discouraging. We are dying too quickly. Yet none of us has to leave our health to chance. By making healthy lifestyle choices, improving our diet and taking nutritional supplements, we can build the foundation for long and healthful lives. We can also enjoy a better quality of life in the process, with greater freedom from pain and sickness.... and more energy to do what we love. And we can be an inspiration to our families and friends, guiding them to improve their health too. The choice is truly ours.

DEADLY DIETARY HABITS

Two major factors increase our likelihood of succumbing to disease. The first is exposure to toxins and the second, is a lack of good nutrition. While we may not have much control over the level of toxins we are exposed to, we can control what we eat. By far, the most important way to reduce toxicity in your body is through wise dietary choices. The standard Australian diet is loaded with pesticides, artificial sweeteners, chemical preservatives and colourings, genetically modified ingredients, trans fats and more, all of which are poisonous to our bodies. Fats, for example, are a dietary red flag. While we need a certain amount of good quality fat in our diet (especially Omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids), eating the wrong type of fat, such as trans fat and saturated fats, can be devastating to health. Trans fat is produced by combining vegetable oils with hydrogen through a process called hydrogenation. The result is a substance that is both foreign and toxic to the body. Trans fats are found in most processed foods...french fries, fried foods, donuts, cookies, pastries. Eating a diet high in trans fats is known to raise LDL, the bad cholesterol, and therefore decrease the HDL or good cholesterol. It also contributes to clog arteries, heart disease and diabetes. The amount of trans fats is now starting to appear on our food labelling practices.... so if a food contains it, leave it off your list.

CHOOSING THE BEST SUPPLEMENT TO TAKE

When choosing a multi-vitamin /mineral supplement, opt for one that includes plenty of antioxidants and phytonutrients. These compounds are our best defence against free radial damage and play a vital role in protecting health at a cellular level. Exposure to toxins from the environment or from our diet generates free radicals. These are unstable molecules and therefore wreak havoc in cells, causing damage and mutation. Replenishing your body with a daily supply of antioxidants, with the help of a high quality nutritional supplement that emphasizes antioxidants, is one of the most valuable health maintenance moves you can make.

Thankfully, there is help available. A team of Canadian bio chemists and scientists that have independently tested and rated more that 100 of the leading multivitamins available here in Australia and New Zealand...evaluating and comparing their formulations by separating and measuring each ingredient... as to the bio availability to the body they were, the amount of each component, the ratio of one component to the each other, the most appropriate form for the body, and the manufacturing practices (food standard or pharmaceutical) and much more.

Channel 7s Today Tonight Program ran a story on a Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements and Vitamins. You can see a story on their report and discover which products were good and which were not. Their story is available under “Today Tonight test of vitamins & nutritional supplements”

EACH SMALL STEP YOU TAKE.... IMPROVES YOUR HEALTH

Not everyone is ready or prepared to make dramatic lifestyle changes overnight. Yet each small step you take to improve your health can have a snowball effect on your overall well being. Introducing nutritional supplements into your diet can give you the energy you need to become more physically active. Working out regularly can inspire you to make changes to your diet- maybe cut back on sweets, alcohol or caffeine.

As you do your health status continues to rise and you discover there really is no limit to how good you can feel. Losing excess weight happens naturally. You find yourself looking forward to enjoying good health for years to come. Now you are no longer gambling with your health.

YOU ARE HEALTHY BY CHOICE.

Heather Humphrey

You can purchase the USANA range of products, which were highly rated by the Today Tonight story, through Heather Humphrey's web site - www.beautybecomesyou.net

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