Gentle Reader Are you like me, suffering from chronic pain? Do you wake up every morning and check to see which joints are hurting? A friend of mine describes sitting on the edge of the bed wondering if she can actually stand and walk to the bathroom. I’m better off than that, but the first …
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Energy Tea, Green, Macha, Roibus, White combination
Cinch Energy Tea Mix 12.08.12 Energy Tea. First: We will look at the ingredients of 180 Energy Tea Mix Next: What are the ingredients Followed by: What are the benefits Concluding with: Shaklee difference This morning we are going to get going and stay going all through the day and to keep us going for …
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Energy Pure, Energy Chews
Energy Pure Energy Chews Pure Energy Chews • Shaklee Energy Chews provide a clean burst of healthy energy to help you get that extra edge when you need it most. Each chew contains a scientific blend of caffeine from natural green tea extract, plus L-tyrosine, L-Theanine, B vitamins and Vitamin D3. And there are no artificial flavors, …
Re-hydrating drinks to avoid bonking
Performance® Pure Hydration Drink 6.16.12 First: We will look into a little history and the discovery of Performance Next: Shaklee’s Performance the drink that fueled the impossible Followed by: Endurance Foods Clinical Studies Concluding with: The secret behind Performance It had been done only in legend. Indeed, experts wondered if it could ever be done …
Legs are numb. Now what?
Gentle Reader, The Sunday before leaving for three weeks in France I was standing in the choir and my right leg lost most of its feeling. It tingled down to the foot. I could see I was standing. I could feel my upper body level, but my legs were numb. All I could think of …
Manage Arthritis: Hip labral tear
Gentle Reader, One of the strong older ladies I ski and hike with just wrote that she had a hip replacement. I was stunned to hear the news and asked more about it. She had a sudden tear called a labral tear, something I had never heard of. Intrigued, I thought I’d share what I …
Out of the exercise habit: bad for arthritis pain
Gentle Reader, Funny how you can be diligent with your daily back health exercises and stretches when you are traveling, but get too busy at the desk to do them when you get back home. Then suddenly the pain shows up. I do know what to do: 1. Get to bed earlier so rest can …
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Recent studies about cardiovascular disease, death and Calcium
Dr. Steven Chaney reviews the recent studies behind the sensational news stories about calcium supplementation and death. Should men avoid calcium supplements? Should women avoid calcium supplements? Do calcium supplements increase heart disease risk? If you’ve been listening to some of the recent headlines in magazines, newspapers and health blogs, that’s exactly what you might …
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Can an ADD/ADHD study help us?
Gentle Reader, I just read Dr. Steve Chaney’s most recent post which concerns food sensitivities and ADD/ADHA. The study is carefully done with cross checks for biases and the resultant information is extremely helpful for the parents of children who once might have been identified as “figgitty” and now are sent home for a prescription. …
How can an ADD/ADHA study help us?
When I was a kid we didn’t have all of these fancy words like hyperactivity, ADD and ADHD. If a kid had trouble sitting still and trouble focusing on the task at hand, they were just considered “fidgety”. Now that I’ve dated myself once again, let’s get to the real topic which is: “Can the …