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Dr. Dubois - THURSDAY - Nov. 18 GAINESVILLE, GA

2010-11-17T08:44:00.001-05:00

Hello, GEORGIA DISTRIBUTORS!!

We are expecting a large crowd to hear Dr. DuBois on Thursday!

IF you will be paying your $10 Distributor Event Fee by check, it will speed up the check in process if you will make out your check in advance.

Make your check payable to Amy Goetz. The amount is $10 per distributor. Just to confirm, there is no fee for your GUESTS.

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Bear Grylls Bridges the Gap

2010-11-10T05:16:00.001-05:00

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Doing More Does Not Always Get You More Results

2010-11-07T06:49:00.001-05:00

I do a lot of coaching calls every day with leaders around the globe. The number one quest they are after is to reach new levels of productivity, profit, time management... basically they want a level of results they are not currently achieving. In one of the blogs I follow online... Seth's blog, he recently stated the following:

Do more vs. do better
The easiest form of management is to encourage or demand that people do more. The other translation of this phrase is to go faster.
The most important and difficult form of management (verging on leadership) is to encourage people to do better.

Better is trickier than more because people have trouble visualizing themselves doing better. It requires education and coaching and patience to create a team of people who are better.

True it is more difficult to focus on "better", but it is almost always the cure. Our society is "mega" guilty of busyness over productivity. Most people believe what they are doing is not working based on how busy they are... in essence if they are busy and not getting results then they need to head in a new direction. They feel defeated in their current endeavor and want to change to remove that depressing feeling of failure.

Not always, but in most cases, the answer is refining what they are doing. Stephen Covey would say that they need to "do RIGHT things, not just MORE things right". If you are in that place of feeling tired of all the activity and see no results... you need to do a coaching call/conference with a leader who embraces finding out what the RIGHT things are for your particular profession/job and hold you accountable to those activities at a level of excellence instead of just adding more activity to your plate.

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"Are Natural Cures Bad For Your Health?" Juice Plus Recommended

2010-10-31T14:57:00.001-04:00

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Do Your Duty on Tuesday!

2010-10-31T09:28:00.001-04:00

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BIG Government gets the Money Not the People

2010-10-31T09:27:00.001-04:00

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Should You Kick the Multivitamin Habit?

2010-10-31T06:11:00.001-04:00

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Should You Kick the Multivitamin Habit?

If you're like many Prevention readers, multivitamins have been a key part of your daily routine since... well, forever. As recently as 2002, no less an authority than the Journal of the American Medical Association recommended that "all adults take one multivitamin daily." We at Prevention have suggested them to you dozens of times over the years as well. And many doctors and nutritionists still urge a multivitamin to any "less-than-perfect eater" to compensate for dietary shortfalls.

The best vitamins for women.

But today, a tsunami of scientific data has resulted in a reversal in thinking among many experts in the health and nutrition community, including Miriam Nelson, PhD, director of the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity at Tufts University. "The multivitamin as insurance policy is an old wives' tale, and we need to debunk it," she says.

The sea change is supported by two massive studies. The first, a review of 63 randomized, controlled trials (the gold standard research method) on multivitamins, published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, found that multis did nothing to prevent cancer or heart disease in most populations (the exception being developing countries where nutritional deficiencies are widespread). In the second paper, published last year, scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center followed 160,000 postmenopausal women for about 10 years. The researchers' conclusion: "Multivitamins failed to prevent cancer, heart disease, and all causes of death for all women. Whether the women were healthy eaters or ate very few fruits and vegetables, the results were the same," says the lead author, Marian Neuhouser, PhD.

Maybe you never expected your multi to prevent breast cancer or head off a heart attack. Maybe you just felt that taking one would make you healthier by boosting your immunity or energy level. But research on those benefits is equally discouraging, especially in specialized groups on which you'd expect them to have an impact. For instance, a British review of eight studies found no evidence that multis reduced infections in older adults. Another study found that the vitamins didn't improve fatigue among breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. And inner-city schoolchildren who took a multi did not perform any better on tests or have fewer sick days than students who didn't take one.

Try the anti-cancer diet.

"There is even a small body of evidence that may suggest harm from a multi," says David Katz, MD, MPH, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine. A 2010 study of Swedish women found that those who took multivitamins were 19% more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer over a 10-year period than those who didn't. A 2007 paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that men who took multivitamins along with other supplements were at increased risk of prostate cancer. And other research has linked excessive folic acid intake to higher colon cancer risk in people who are predisposed. "In terms of a risk-benefit ratio," says Dr. Katz, "why would you accept even a tiny risk if you're not getting any benefit?"

So why were earlier researchers so wrong? One reason is that they were studying the wrong people. It's now well known that people who take vitamins tend to be some of the planet's healthiest to begin with. Researchers have shown that vitamin takers tend to be leaner, more affluent, and more educated. They drink and smoke less; they exercise and go to the doctor more. In other words, they're healthy despite their use of multis.

12 Myths about breast cancer you should ignore.

In addition, the very concept of a multivitamin as nutrient delivery system is limited. We now have a much better understanding of how well whole foods deliver their nutritional benefits. A typical multi contains 10 to 25 isolated nutrients, but fruits and vegetables have hundreds of active compounds with a long list of health properties. "The vitamin C in a multivitamin is likely just not as effective as the vitamin C in a citrus fruit, where it's also surrounded by fiber and flavonoids and carotenoids. All these nutrients working together is what really keeps you healthy," explains Dr. Neuhouser.

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Heart healthy alternatives to Halloween candy | Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

2010-10-29T05:13:00.001-04:00

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Heart healthy alternatives to Halloween candy

SACRAMENTO – Halloween to most children means candy, a lot of candy. With childhood obesity on the rise in the United States, what can families do to stay healthy amongst the candy corn, chocolate nougat bars and gummy bears? Healthy and Halloween aren’t usually two words that are normally seen together, but there are good and easy alternatives that will make Halloween not so scary for your family’s health.

Give out healthy alternatives to candy to the ghouls and goblins that visit your doorstep:

Halloween-themed pencils, note pads, bubbles, noisemakers, vampire teeth, temporary tattoos, (refrain from distributing choking hazards such as coins, rings to young children)
Granola bars, pretzels, cheese and cracker packs, sugar-free gum, and hot chocolate packets

“It’s also a good idea to eat a nutritious and wholesome meal before your family heads out for trick-or-treating. They will less likely fill up on empty calorie foods and binge on their candy loot”, said G. Prakasam, MD, medical director, Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. Keep in mind, total restriction of candy isn’t healthy either. Allow your child to have some of their Halloween treats in moderation then ration out the remaining candy over a few weeks for dessert after a healthy meal.

Obesity can be prevented and it doesn’t take high-tech treatments or cutting-edge medications. The solution begins and ends with daily decisions we make, like limiting candy consumption. “Among children today, obesity is causing a broad range of health problems that previously weren’t seen until adulthood. These include high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and elevated blood cholesterol levels. There are also psychological effects. Obese children are more prone to low self-esteem, negative body image and depression,” Prakasam said. The American Heart Association is working to help kids and families live heart-healthy lives.

For more information about how you and your family can learn to eat better and get more active, visit heart.org/healthierkids.

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Fruit and vegetable concentrate may reduce cold symptoms

2010-10-28T14:29:00.001-04:00

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Fruit and vegetable concentrate may reduce cold symptoms

Breaking News on Supplements & Nutrition - North America

By Stephen Daniells, 13-Sep-2010

Related topics: Antioxidants, carotenoids, Phytochemicals, plant extracts, Vitamins & premixes, Immune system, Respiratory health

Concentrates of fruit and vegetables taken as capsules may reduce the symptoms of common cold by 20 per cent, suggests a new study from Germany.

A micronutrient-dense concentrate of a range of fruit and vegetables including cherry, apple, broccoli, cranberry, orange, pineapple, spinach, and tomato was found to reduce the symptoms for moderate and severe common cold, according to findings published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

“Given the widespread utilisation of concentrated dietary products, the present study has potentially important public health relevance,” state researchers from Berlin’s Charité University Medical Centre.

“To our knowledge, it is the first randomised investigation focusing on the benefits of juice powder concentrate in subjects particularly exposed to patient contact,” they added.

Very common cold

The common cold is a viral infection primarily caused by rhinoviruses. It is the most common infectious disease in humans, and responsible for about 500 million illnesses in the US every year. According to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the common cold and related diseases costs the US about $40 billion every year (2003, Vol. 163, pp. 487-494.).

While various studies have looked at the potential of dietary supplements to reduce the incidence or severity of the common cold, but such research has yielded “inconsistent” results, claim the Berlin-based scientists.

Study details

The new study used the commercial products Juice Plus+ by Tennessee-based NSA LLC, and the company also funded the study. The fruit and vegetable juice powder concentrate contained acerola cherry, apple, beet, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cranberry, kale, orange, peach, papaya, parsley, pineapple, spinach, and tomato, while the added berry powder included bilberry, blackberry, black currant, blueberry, cranberry, Concord grape, elderberry, raspberry and red currant.

Two-hundred and sixty three people were assigned to receive daily supplements of the fruit and vegetable concentrate, while 266 people received a placebo for eight months. Participants of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial had an average age of 39.9 and 80 per cent were women.

Results showed no significant differences between the groups regarding the total number of days with any common cold symptoms. However, people receiving the fruit and vegetable concentrate had an average of 7.6 days with moderate or severe common cold symptoms, compared with 9.5 days in the placebo group.

“Intake of Juice Plus+ was associated with a fewer number of days with at least moderate common cold symptoms,” wrote the researchers.

Commenting on the potential mechanism, the Berlin-based scientists point to the high antioxidant content of the supplement, including vitamins C and E, as well as nutrients such as beta-carotene and folate that have been linked to improved immune function via increased numbers of T cells (white blood cells with a key role in immune health).

“Whether long-term intake of Juice Plus+ could further reduce severity or even the frequency of common cold symptoms and the possible underlying mechanisms should be assessed in future studies,” they concluded.

Source: British Journal of Nutrition
Published online ahead of print, First View Articles, doi:10.1017/S000711451000317X
“Reduction of common cold symptoms by encapsulated juice powder concentrate of fruits and vegetables: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial”
Authors: S. Roll, M. Nocon, S.N. Willich

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Supplements better than nothing - 05/18/2010 | MiamiHerald.com

2010-10-28T14:28:00.001-04:00

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/18/v-print/1634231/supplements-better-than-nothing.html

Supplements better than nothing

It would be a healthier world if everyone enjoyed fruits and vegetables, but unfortunately, that is not the case. Most Americans are not eating the recommended minimum of five servings a day, and for kids the most commonly consumed ``vegetable'' continues to be potatoes -- as in French fried.

At least once a month someone sits down with me and starts our counseling conversation with, ``I don't like vegetables and I don't want to be told to eat them.'' It is challenging. Research demonstrates a reduced risk of chronic disease with a plentiful intake of produce, so sometimes an alternative is required for the vegetable-resistant.

One option is a powdered fruit and vegetable supplement. These supplements are made by juicing and then drying fruits and veggies at low temperatures, removing water, sugar and fiber.

The companies that produce the supplements fund academic research that is published in peer-reviewed journals. The most recent was in the April 2010 online edition of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. This double-blind study of 117 healthy men and women measured changes in inflammatory blood markers after subjects consumed either placebo or two different powdered fruit and vegetable supplements. The goal is to have low levels of inflammatory markers, since inflammation increases risk for heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

After 60 days, the subjects receiving the fruit and vegetable supplements had lower levels of inflammatory markers, as well as higher blood levels of antioxidant vitamins, when compared to the group receiving placebo.

These findings are consistent with most previous research. Similar findings have been reported for people eating fruit and vegetables or enjoying a Mediterranean vegetable soup. These results show changes in blood levels -- though not less disease -- in people taking supplements. Long-term studies are needed to demonstrate disease changes.

For optimal nutrition, food is always the first choice.

Any whole food pill or powdered drink is meant to be a supplement to a varied food intake. But it's good to know there are tested alternatives available if you are not getting your five servings a day.

Sheah Rarback is a registered dietitian and on the faculty of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Her column runs every other week.

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Juice concentrates show anti-inflammatory potential

2010-10-28T14:18:00.001-04:00

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Juice concentrates show anti-inflammatory potential

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By Stephen Daniells, 29-Apr-2010

Related topics: Antioxidants, carotenoids, Fibers and carbohydrates, Minerals, Phytochemicals, plant extracts, Vitamins & premixes, Cardiovascular health, Cognitive and mental function, Diabetes

Concentrates of fruit and vegetables taken as capsules may reduce levels of markers of inflammation, and potentially reduce the risk of chronic disease, suggests a new study.

A micronutrient-dense concentrate of a range of fruit and vegetables including cherry, apple, broccoli, cranberry, orange, pineapple, spinach, and tomato was found to reduce levels of various inflammatory biomarkers by between 16 and 35 per cent, according to findings published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research.

Chronic inflammation, brought about by an over-expression or lack of control of the normal protective mechanism, has been linked to range of conditions linked to heart disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's, type-2 diabetes, and arthritis.

“In this study, using a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled design, of 117 healthy individuals, we showed that a fruit and vegetable concentrate resulted in an elevation in micronutrients (as measured by beta-carotene, vitamin C, and alpha-tocopherol) and reduced systemic inflammatory load,” wrote the researchers.

“Although the long-term implications of these findings are currently unknown, the close relationship between chronic inflammation and poor human health, suggests such a juice concentrate is a beneficial addition to the habitual diet in support of human health,” they added.

Study details

Researchers from the University of South Carolina recruited 117 people with an average age of 35 were randomly assigned to receive capsules containing placebo, or fruit and vegetable juice powder concentrate with or without additional berry powders.

The researchers used the commercial products Juice Plus+ by NSA LLC, and the company also funded the study. The fruit and vegetable juice powder concentrate contained acerola cherry, apple, beet, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cranberry, kale, orange, peach, papaya, parsley, pineapple, spinach, and tomato, while the added berry powder included bilberry, blackberry, black currant, blueberry, cranberry, Concord grape, elderberry, raspberry and red currant.

After 60 days of consuming the fruit and vegetable capsules, the researchers report a reduction in levels of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 (MCP-1) of about 35 per cent, Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1-beta (MIP-1b) of about 16 per cent, and Regulated upon Activation, Normal T cell Expressed and Secreted (RANTES) levels of about 21 per cent, compared with placebo.

“These results are consistent with the hypothesis that these concentrates reduce inflammatory load in healthy people,” stated the researchers.

Source: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200900579
“Systemic inflammatory load in humans is suppressed by consumption of two formulations of dried, encapsulated juice concentrate”
Authors: Y. Jin, X. Cui, U.P. Singh, A.A. Chumanevich, B. Harmon, P. Cavicchia, A.B. Hofseth, V. Kotakadi, B. Stroud, S.R. Volate, T.G. Hurley, J.R. Hebert, L.J. Hofseth

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Missourians pushing elderberry as superfruit (pdf attached)

2010-10-25T11:05:00.001-04:00

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Hartsburg, MO. • First it was the ruby red, Middle Eastern pomegranate. Then came Brazilian açaí, followed by the Himalayan goji berry.

In the past few years, a procession of "it" fruits has marched into American groceries, each bursting with antioxidants and vitamins, their respective industries say, and each as exotic and tempting to health-conscious consumers as the last.

Now, some Missouri farmers hope, the next member in this healthy fruit parade will be a deep purple, BB-sized orb that hails from more familiar terrain.

"We want to turn the elderberry into Missouri's superfruit," said Terry Durham, standing near some elderberry bushes last week. "We can create an industry right here."

An indigenous fruit that grows wild throughout much of North America, parts of Europe and North Africa, the elderberry has been deployed in folk remedies for centuries. But it was just in the past couple of years that Durham and his fellow elderberry fans saw its commercial prospects brighten.

"We didn't realize the health benefits until now," Durham said.

Four years ago, Durham planted a few acres on land he leased from friend-turned-business-partner Roger Lenhardt. Today he grows elderberries on 22 acres, making his farm the largest in the country. Within two years, Durham hopes production will more than double to 50 acres.

"There'll be fruit as far as the eye can see," he said. "This is just the beginning."

Homegrown effort

Most of the elderberries consumed in the U.S. are imported from Europe, Durham said, and are usually turned into wine or juice. There are small commercial growers in the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest and Canada, but most growers and researchers say they believe Missouri is well ahead of them, both in knowledge and volume.

"The University of Missouri has been doing research for about 12 or 13 years, and that's really put us in the forefront," said Joe Wilson, who started growing elderberries on his farm in Nevada, Mo., two years ago. "We're leading in production, too, but it's so small right now. It's like saying I have three pennies and you have two."

Durham, the driving force in Missouri's fledgling elderberry industry, is determined that will change.

He recently launched a cooperative, called River Hills Elderberry Producers, which is collecting wild and cultivated berries from growers around the state, processing them into juices and jam, and selling the products under the River Hills Harvest label. The group built a purple-roofed barn that will house a processing facility, which will be the first elderberry-dedicated facility in the country, Durham believes.

"We knew that the value in the juice was the way to go," Durham said, "and we wanted to own our own processing."

Durham and his colleagues also have started to preach the elderberry gospel.

This summer, he and university researchers conducted their fifth elderberry workshop to teach people how to grow and commercialize elderberries. The conference drew growers from 13 states and Canada.

"The first year we had eight people, then we had 32, then we had 64," Durham said. "This year we had 100."

After the conference, Durham and friends hosted the first Elderberry Festival on the farm. They built a stage under an old sycamore tree, a dance floor in the grass, and invited conference attendees and friends to camp to listen to bluegrass and celebrate the festival's namesake fruit.

"The flowers were blooming and the lightning bugs were out, all over the field," Lenhardt said. "It looked like a Hollywood marquee."

Testing for benefits

Researchers at the University of Missouri and Missouri State University began studying elderberry production in 1997, launching the Elderberry Improvement Project with a government grant. They took more than 60 exemplary elderberry bushes from around the country and tested them for yield and health, then narrowed the field down to two promising varieties.

"We tested them for many years, and the testing is pretty involved," said Patrick Byers, a regional horticultural specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, and a lead elderberry researcher. "Two looked very good, and we're in the process of making those available in the Midwest."

The next step, Byers said, is to expand on research that demonstrates the berries' health benefits. So far, research has shown that the fruit has high levels of antioxidants, can boost immunity, can lower cholesterol and has some anti-viral properties. (The leaves and stems of the shrub are toxic; only the berries are edible, researchers say.)

But before producers tout the elderberry's "nutraceutical" promise, researchers want to know more.

"For centuries we've known elderberries possess healthy qualities. The question is: What exactly is going on?" Byers said. "...What is it about elderberries that is healthy?"

The makers of the popular pomegranate juice, POM Wonderful, were recently charged by the Federal Trade Commission with making health claims that the government said the company's research didn't adequately support. So, growers and producers of elderberries say they want to be especially cautious.

The more immediate challenge is taming a wild fruit — finding systems that will make the plants more consistent and reliable. Research and experience has given growers some management techniques, but difficulties remain with even ripening and pests.

"It's still a puzzle to get a good crop year after year," said Denis Charlebois, a researcher with the North American Elderberry Alliance. "People manage to do a good product, but growing it consistently is difficult."

Growers have the ability to mechanically plant 1,000 plants an hour. But there is no way to mechanically harvest the berries, so everything has to be picked by hand. (It takes 2,000 berries to make a pound, and 20 pounds to make a gallon of juice. River Harvest's juice retails for $12 per 11-ounce bottle.)

But a mechanical harvester is under development, and the berries yield quite a bit of juice. "It's a small berry but they can be quite productive," Byers said. "Some have yielded 8,000 pounds per acre."

For the state's estimated 25 elderberry farmers, however, the appeal of growing the fruit goes beyond yield.

Durham and Wilson interplant other native species in their elderberry fields in an effort to create a native permaculture — a sustainable, diverse agriculture of native plants.

"It's a unique opportunity in agriculture because we rarely grow native fruit," Durham says. "It's meant to grow in this environment."

He and Lenhardt walk along a row of bushes, each wearing Elderberry Festival T-shirts. They say the elderberry's time has come. "We can sell a lot of this stuff," Lenhardt says. Durham then adds: "We just need more people to grow it."

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Cool Picture in the Sky during our Conference in Orlando

2010-10-25T10:51:00.001-04:00

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Notes from Orlando Break Out Trainings!

2010-10-23T20:17:00.001-04:00

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Thank you again to new 10-1-10 VF, Dezra Anderson, a mom of teens and full
time business professional, for sending us these wonderful outlines of the
Orlando Conference Break Out Trainings on:
Wellness Presentations
Web Walks
Sharing Juice Plus Online
Learn, apply ideas, share and save for future use!
Thank you so much Dezra,
Kristen Schultz
National Marketing Director, NSA Juice Plus+

Here are my first set of notes from the 2 breakout training sessions I
attended.
Please share if you want.
Dezra

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Orlando Conference Highlights from Mick and Jenny Daly, NMDs

2010-10-22T15:06:00.001-04:00

From the Orlando Fall 2010 Leadership Conference...

Highlights

1. New Marketing Materials (click for a complete list).

These include a super new DVD "Bridging the Gap". You can see a short version at your juiceplus.com website and at www.teamjp.net, and order the DVD from www.nsapromoplus.com - for only $2 each! This will be our #1 choice for Wellness Presentations. Here's the inside of the DVD cover:

2. Gordon Hester's PowerPoint Presentations ... these are amazing:

Team Building Orlando 2010

Opportunity Orlando 2010

Mastering the Concept of Discipline Orlando 2010

3. Website Improvements - as well as the all new www.childrenshealthstudy.com website (coming in a couple of weeks), our www.juiceplus.com website has had an important facelift.

First, in "Resources" you see a 'teaser' for the awesome new "Bridging the Gap" DVD.

Secondly, you can see below that the "Store" link (at the right hand end of the menu bar) is now highlighted on every page. Also, the main page of the Store itself now has several important new features:

i. The other Juice Plus+ products are now shown (lower right) - this is great.

ii. "100% Satisfaction Guarantee" stamp (bottom left); click on it and you see:

"Refund Policy. We offer an unconditional 90-day, 100% money-back guarantee. If you're not completely satisfied with your Juice Plus+ order, call the number below anytime Monday-Friday between 8:00am-5:00pm Central and our Customer Care department will take care of you.

Cancellation Policy. You may cancel your Juice Plus+ shipments at anytime. Just call 1-800-347-6350 or email at customercare@juiceplus.com."

iii. "C.O.M.O.D.O Authentication" (bottom right); click on this and see the extra assurance

that our customers' order information is absolutely safe.

These improvements are just another example that our company refuses to stand still, instead making great tools even greater!

4. Children's Health Study - this highlight features a big number: $200 million.

That's how much NSA has invested in our children's health through the Juice Plus+ Children's Health Study over the past 10 years.

In that time 530,000 children (together with their partnering adults) have been enrolled in the study, in 14 countries around the world.

Those children and adults have experienced significant improvements in many ways.

We have a beautiful new brochure (right) and in a couple of weeks we'll have a totally redesigned website with updated results, videos and other cool features, including a link back to your personal juiceplus.com website, if they have already visited that site. This means when they request more information you will get their email rather than corporate.

Three new doctors have been added to the CHS Advisory Board: Dr. Mitra Ray, Dr. Valerie Miles and Dr. David Katz (of Nutrition Detectives fame).

We've blown past a half million children getting free Juice Plus+ through the study; now we're head on to a million. We're making a difference now, let's double that difference!

5. Live Life to the Plus+! This was the 'tag-line' for the Bear Grylls presentation at Conference (watch here).

Live Life to the Plus+ is also the title of a campaign that will feature inspiring stories of people living life to the plus+ in many different ways. Footage of Bear and of our Team Juice Plus+ Four Deserts Runners (watch the video there which includes Dave O'Brien!) will soon feature on a new website www.LiveLifetothePlus.com. They will also star at our Long Beach Conference next March. We'll hear much more about this in the near future.

Live Life to the Plus+ is an exciting new facet to the precious gem that is the Juice Plus+ Experience. It will inspire in terms of health, wealth and life. How are you Living Life to the Plus+? Your story might qualify to be included!

From the Venice European Conference comes a superb new European website, Juice Plus+ Sports: www.juiceplussports.eu. Amongst the many others, read Dave O'Brien's profile and his comments about Juice Plus+; share them with everyone who is serious about their fitness.

We'll be back with more highlights tomorrow...http://www.teamjp.net/orlando

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Michelle Slape - Gen Y Juice Plus Gal...took it all in at the Orlando Juice Plus Conference

2010-10-22T12:20:00.001-04:00

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article: obesity care may cost TWICE previous estimates

2010-10-21T13:32:00.001-04:00

Obesity care may cost twice previous estimates
17 percent of U.S. medical costs is due to obesity, new study says

By MIKE STOBBE

updated 10/15/2010 6:48:37 PM ET

ATLANTA— Nearly 17 percent of U.S. medical costs can be blamed on obesity, according to new research that suggests the nation's weight problem may be having close to twice the impact on medical spending as previously estimated.

One expert acknowledged that past estimates likely low-balled the costs and said the new study — which places obesity-related medical costs at around $168 billion — probably is closer to the truth.

"I think these are the most recent and perhaps statistically sound estimates that have come out to date," said Kenneth Thorpe, a health policy researcher at Emory University who has focused on the cost of health care.

The new research was done by John Cawley of Cornell University and Chad Meyerhoefer of Lehigh University. It was released this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization

An influential recent study released last year — which has been cited by federal health
officials — estimated that obesity-related medical costs have reached $147 billion, or about 9 percent of total medical costs.

The earlier study also estimated that obesity adds about $1,400 to a person's annual medical bills. The new study suggests the added cost is double that, exceeding $2,800.

Cawley and Meyerhoefer used a data base that other obesity researchers have used — a federal survey of U.S. citizens and their doctors and other medical providers, which is considered the most complete information on the cost and use of health care in the
country.

The new study looked at the data base's information on nearly 24,000 non-elderly adult patients from the years 2000 through 2005. Results were reported in 2005 dollars.

Why did Cawley and Meyerhoefer come up with larger estimates?

Past studies have relied just on self-reported weight, and many people understate their actual weight. The new research made statistical adjustments to come up with
what are believed to be truer figures.

The authors tried to better establish that excess weight was a cause for the medical
costs. Previous studies stopped short of saying obesity caused the costs because there was too great a chance other factors could be responsible. Cawley and Meyerhoefer tried to overcome that problem by also looking at the weight of study subjects' relatives to determine if obesity ran in the family. If so, they labeled the medical costs of a fat person in that family to be caused by obesity. The two researchers at first were a bit surprised by how large their estimates were, but obesity is clearly a major burden on society, said Cawley, an associate professor of policy analysis and management."

It's hard to find conditions that aren't worsened or made more expensive by obesity," he said.

Thorpe said the new estimates highlight a need to invest more in obesity-fighting programs.

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The World Trades the Majority of Its Hours for Dollars and is Never Satisfied

2010-10-19T08:17:00.003-04:00

Have you ever thought about your job in terms of it being a piece to the big picture as to your purpose? The only really "happy" people that are know are the ones who have discovered their giftedness, identity, and purpose. Money can buy things to make the moment happy, but those whose jobs become the platform that allows them to pursue their purpose instead of things are by far the happiest. Think for a minute… am I on the road that is leading to the place where I can stand on a platform to pursue what will make me the happiest??? Read a small blog entry by Seth Godin below to see his perspective on different optional roads you might be on. A few more things:

if the whole purpose thing is way beyond you… send an email to juiceplus@thebeavers.net (put "PURPOSE" in the subject and make sure you include your address) and we'll be happy to send you a booklet from Rick Warren on "The Purpose Driven Life"
try and create a business/job that doesn't require you to trade hours for dollars… that will give you the freedom to spend your time to pursue your God given purpose (it probably won't be an overnight change, but the effort will be worth it)
thinking that the pursuit of being "happy" is selfish… read this

Four roads

1 - You might be stuck because you pick the wrong fork on a looping road. You keep getting better at the route you cover, but it doesn't go anywhere, you just keep doing it over and over. Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.

2 - You might be impatient or unable to stick to your decision to take this particular road, and thus you're always starting on a new road. Since the new road is always strange to you, you rarely get any better at getting where you're going.

3 - You might be on the wrong road. Sure, you get better at navigating your way, you can walk faster, you feel more comfortable--but this road is never going to lead much of anywhere.

4 - And, if you're lucky, you might be on the right road, and getting better as you go.

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The World Trades the Majority of Its Hours for Dollars and is Never Satisfied

2010-10-19T08:17:00.001-04:00

Have you ever thought about your job in terms of it being a piece to the big picture as to your purpose? The only really "happy" people that are know are the ones who have discovered their giftedness, identity, and purpose. Money can buy things to make the moment happy, but those whose jobs become the platform that allows them to pursue their purpose instead of things are by far the happiest. Think for a minute… am I on the road that is leading to the place where I can stand on a platform to pursue what will make me the happiest??? Read a small blog entry by Seth Godin below to see his perspective on different optional roads you might be on. A few more things:

if the whole purpose thing is way beyond you… send an email to juiceplus@thebeavers.net (put "PURPOSE" in the subject and make sure you include your address) and we'll be happy to send you a booklet from Rick Warren on "The Purpose Driven Life"
try and create a business/job that doesn't require you to trade hours for dollars… that will give you the freedom to spend your time to pursue your God given purpose (it probably won't be an overnight change, but the effort will be worth it)
thinking that the pursuit of being "happy" is selfish… read this

Four roads

3 - You might be on the wrong road. Sure, you get better at navigating your way, you can walk faster, you feel more comfortable--but this road is never going to lead much of anywhere.

4 - And, if you're lucky, you might be on the right road, and getting better as you go.

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You're Famous- Great Customer Care Ideas (from Seth Godin)

2010-10-18T14:42:00.001-04:00

What makes a celebrity special? She was just an ordinary person a month or a year ago, but now, suddenly, your heart goes flitter-flutter when you meet her, or you want an autograph.

One way to consider fame is that it increases the options for the person at the same time the number of demands go up. In other words, celebrity makes the celebrity's attention more valuable.

It's exciting to shake hands or get an autograph from a famous person, then, because the celebrity has something others want, you're getting a slice of attention from someone who has other options. But she didn't exercise those options--she chose you.

By this definition, you're famous. Compared to just a few years ago, more people know you, you have more options and your attention is far more precious than it ever was.

Not just you, of course. Your customers too. They're famous now.

Time to start treating them that way.

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Bear Grylls

2010-10-14T15:58:00.001-04:00

www.LiveLifetothePlus.com coming soon.

Bear explains why the juice plus nutrition regimen compels people to do things above and beyond the ordinary life.

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@BearGrylls & Juice Plus

2010-10-14T15:49:00.001-04:00

Bear Grylls (@BearGrylls)
10/13/10 3:55 AM
am back in USA today for 'juice plus'. fun team and great product that I have used since I was 18! http://ping.fm/c2ATn

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Ask God To Help You Get Where You Want to Be

2010-10-13T11:11:00.001-04:00

http://profile.purposedriven.com/dailyhope/post.html?contentid=5144

Daily Hope

"O Lord, God of my master, Abraham," he prayed. "Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham." Genesis 24:12 (NLT)

"Your prayers reveal how serious you are about your goals. If you don't pray about them, you really don't care about them that much."

The fourth step to getting where you want to be in life is simple: ask God to help you.

Step #1 - Determine your present position
Step #2 - Be specific about what you want
Step #3 - Look for God's promise
Step #4 -- Ask God to help you

Once you have found your promise in God's Word, pray and ask God for success, just as Eliezer did in today's verse.

Is it really okay to pray for success? Yes! If you aren't praying for success, what's the alternative? Are you going to pray for God to make you a failure? Eliezer clearly shows us that it is okay to ask God for success in accomplishing a goal as long as the motive is right.

When your success helps people and honors God, praying for success does not become a selfish act. It is the means to good testimony. In fact, here is what the Bible says, "So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God and there we will receive mercy and we will find grace to help us when we need it" (Hebrews 4:16 NLT).

If you study Genesis 24 further, you'll find that Eliezer prayed during his entire mission. In verse 12 he prays before he starts. In verse 15 he prays after he arrives in Nahor. And in verse 52 he prays in front of Rebekah's family.

So my question to you today is this: Are you praying about your goals? Are you praying about your future? Are you praying about your dreams or are you just kind of keeping them to yourself?

Your prayers reveal a couple of things. First, they reveal how serious you are about your goals. If you don't pray about them, you really don't care about them that much. If you only pray about them once, they are not a desire, they are just a whim.

The other thing your prayers reveal is how much you are depending on God to reach your goals. If you never pray about your goals, never pray about your job, never pray about your finances, you are not depending on God in any of those areas. The more you depend on God, the more you'll pray.

So determine your present position, decide what you want, find a promise from God to hold onto, claim it, and then ask God for help.

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Seth's Blog: Getting smart about the hierarchy of smart

2010-10-13T06:53:00.001-04:00

Getting smart about the hierarchy of smart

Don't talk to all your employees, all your users or all your prospects the same way, because they're not the same.

The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition posits that there are five stages people go through:

1. Novice
--wants to be given a manual, told what to do, with no decisions possible

2. Advanced beginner
--needs a bit of freedom, but is unable to quickly describe a hierarchy of which parts are more important than others

3. Competent
--wants the ability to make plans, create routines and choose among activities

4. Proficient
--the more freedom you offer, the more you expect, the more you'll get

5. Expert
--writes the manual, doesn't follow it.

If you treat an expert like a novice, you'll fail.

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new Price sheet Visual By Nancy Kroupa

2010-10-09T20:00:00.001-04:00

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Bible Study Humor

2010-10-08T09:26:00.001-04:00

Bible Study Humor


LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot 's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt , when little Jason interrupted , 'My Mommy looked back once while she was driving , ' he announced triumphantly , 'and she turned into a telephone pole!'
GOOD SAMARITAN
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan. She asked the class , 'If you saw a person lying on the roadside , all wounded and bleeding , what would you do?' A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence , 'I think I'd throw up.'
DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked , 'Johnny , do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark ? ''No , ' replied Johnny. 'How could he , with just two worms.'
HIGHER POWER
A Sunday school teacher said to her children , 'We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But , there is a Higher Power. Can anybody tell me what it is? One child blurted out , ' Aces!'
MOSES AND THE RED SEA
Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School. 'Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.'
'Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?' his Mother asked.
'Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!'
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible - Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter. Little Rick was excited about the task - but he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.
On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation , Ricky was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, 'The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know.'
UNANSWERED PRAYER
The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her father always paused and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon. One day , she asked him why.
'Well , Honey , ' he began , proud that his daughter was so observant of his messages. 'I'm asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.'
'How come He doesn't answer it?' she asked.
UNTIMELY ANSWERED PRAYER
During the minister's prayer one Sunday , there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Tommy's mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence and , after church , asked , 'Tommy , whatever made you do such a thing?'
Tommy answered soberly , 'I asked God to teach me to whistle , and He did!'
ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS
When my daughter , Kelli , said her bedtime prayers , she would bless every family member , every friend , and every animal (current and past). For several weeks , after we had finished the nightly prayer , Kelli would say , 'And all girls.' This soon became part of her nightly routine , to include this closing. My curiosity got the best of me and I asked her , 'Kelli , why do you always add the part about all girls?'
Her response , 'Because everybody always finish their prayers by saying 'All Men'!'
SAY A PRAYER
  Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When Little Johnny received his plate , he started eating right away.
'Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer.' said his mother.
'I don't need to , ' the boy replied.
'Of course , you do.' his mother insisted. 'We always say a prayer before eating at our house.'
'That's at our house.' Johnny explained. 'But this is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook!'

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Wellness Presentation Invitation SAMPLES

2010-10-05T05:10:00.001-04:00

Attached are wonderful invitations that Dr. Richard DuBois & his wife Jan
use for their Wellness Presentations. They showed these at the K.C.
Regional and are sharing with us!
Jan encouraged us to use "invitations" rather than "flyers".

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AneveningofHealthandWellness.doc (396 KB)

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DinnerandaMovie.doc (88 KB)

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GardenParty310_06.doc (100 KB)

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Juice Plus and Skin Health - VEGGIES vs. ACNE article from Dole

2010-10-04T15:45:00.001-04:00

Nutrition News Desk

VEGGIES vs. ACNE

30% Fewer Pimples with 5+ Servings

Striving for an unblemished complexion? Bypass the skin care aisle and head to the produce section! Eating more raw veggies might reduce breakouts by as much as 30%, according to new research.

A recent study from the University of Oslo compared dietary habits with incidence and severity of acne among 3,775 college students. Researchers found that women who ate more than five servings of raw vegetables daily enjoyed significantly fewer skin eruptions. "This has never been shown before," announced study authors. Less statistically significant, though interesting: both males and females who often ate potato chips suffered 5% more breakouts, while a frequent sweet tooth translated into 4% more "bad skin days."

Why might this be? Previous research suggests that many of the antioxidants in fruit and vegetables help reduce inflammation associated with skin problems. Fending off wrinkles rather than pimples? Produce bolsters skin health on this front too: British researchers found fewer signs of skin aging among women with the highest vitamin C intake. By contrast, sweets and meats contribute to toxins that undermine skin elasticity. More evidence that true beauty comes from within -- at least within your diet!

Bonus: Exercise for a glowing complexion. Contrary to myth, workouts do not contribute to breakouts -- and physical activity may even help reduce the risk of skin cancer.

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Monday Motivator

2010-10-04T15:21:00.001-04:00

In our economy today, many are no longer content leaving their family's future in the hands of big government or corporate America!

Let others lead small lives, but not you.

Let others argue over small things, but not you.

Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Jim Rohn

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Color Wheel of Fruits and Vegetables

2010-09-30T21:48:00.001-04:00

http://www.disabled-world.com/

Color Wheel of Fruits and Vegetables

By Darrell Miller - 2008-01-12

The majority of people know that eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day is very important.

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But by eating fruits and vegetables of a variety of different colors, one can get the best all-around health benefits. Each different color fruit and vegetables contains unique health components that are essential to our health.

Fruits and vegetables are very important to our health because they are whole foods, created by nature, that are rich in a large amount of nutrients. The processed foods that we so commonly eat, can never compare to the health benefits provided by strawberries or broccoli, which have fiber, vitamins, and enzymes built right in.

Eating plenty of healthy vegetables and fruits helps prevent heart disease and strokes, diverticulitis, control your blood pressure, prevent some types of cancers, and guards against cataract and macular degeneration or vision loss.

The phrase "eating a rainbow" of fruits and vegetables is a simple way of remembering to get as much color variety in your diet as possible, so that you can maximize your intake of a broad range of nutrients. The colors of fruits and vegetables are a small clue as to what vitamins and nutrients are included. By getting a variety of different colored fruits and vegetables, you are guaranteed a diverse amount of essential vitamins and minerals.

According to the food pyramid potatoes are not counted as a vegetable, as they are consist mostly of starch and should be consumed sparingly.

Red Fruits and Vegetables

Contain nutrients such as lycopene, ellagic acid, Quercetin, and Hesperidin, to name a few. These nutrients reduce the risk of prostate cancer, lower blood pressure, reduce tumor growth and LDL cholesterol levels, scavenge harmful free-radicals, and support join tissue in arthritis cases.

Orange and Yellow fruits and vegetables

Contain beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, flavonoids, lycopene, potassium, and vitamin C. These nutrients reduce age-related macula degeneration and the risk of prostate cancer, lower LDL cholesterol and blood pressure, promote collagen formation and healthy joints, fight harmful free radicals, encourage alkaline balance, and work with magnesium and calcium to build healthy bones.

Green vegetables and Fruit

Green vegetables contain chlorophyll, fiber, lutein, zeaxanthin, calcium, folate, vitamin C, calcium, and Beta-carotene. The nutrients found in these vegetables reduce cancer risks, lower blood pressure and LDL cholesterol levels, normalize digestion time, support retinal health and vision, fight harmful free-radicals, and boost immune system activity.

Blue and purple fruits and vegetables

Contain nutrients which include lutein, zeaxanthin, resveratrol, vitamin C, fiber, flavonoids, ellagic acid, and quercetin. Similar to the previous nutrients, these nutrients support retinal health, lower LDL cholesterol, boost immune system activity, support healthy digestion, improve calcium and other mineral absorption, fight inflammation, reduce tumor growth, act as an anticarcinogens in the digestive tract, and limit the activity of cancer cells.

White fruits and vegetables

Contain nutrients such as beta-glucans, EGCG, SDG, and lignans that provide powerful immune boosting activity. These nutrients also activate natural killer B and T cells, reduce the risk of colon, breast, and prostate cancers, and balance hormone levels, reducing the risk of hormone-related cancers.

Chart of Colored Vegetables and Fruit
(See bottom of page for printable chart)

Green

Artichokes
Arugula
Asparagus
Avocados
Broccoflower
Broccoli
Broccoli rabe
Brussel sprouts
Celery
Chayote squash
Chinese cabbage
Cucumbers
Endive
Green apples
Green beans
Green cabbage
Green grapes
Green onion
Green pears
Green peppers
Honeydew
Kiwifruit
Leafy greens
Leeks
Lettuce
Limes
Okra
Peas
Sno Peas
Spinach
Sugar snap peas
Watercress
Zucchini

White

Bananas
Brown pears
Cauliflower
Dates
Garlic
Ginger
Jerusalem artickoke
Jicama
Kohlrabi
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Potatoes
Shallots
Turnips
White Corn
White nectarines
White peaches

Red

Beets
Blood oranges
Cherries
Cranberries
Guava
Papaya
Pink grapefruit
Pink/Red grapefruit
Pomegranates
Radicchio
Radishes
Raspberries
Red apples
Red bell peppers
Red chili peppers
Red grapes
Red onions
Red pears
Red peppers
Red potatoes
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Watermelon

Yellow/Orange

Apricots
Butternut squash
Cantaloupe
Cape Gooseberries
Carrots
Golden kiwifruit
Grapefruit
Lemon
Mangoes
Nectarines
Oranges
Papayas
Peaches
Persimmons
Pineapples
Pumpkin
Rutabagas
Sweet corn
Sweet potatoes
Tangerines
Yellow apples
Yellow beets
Yellow figs
Yellow pears
Yellow peppers
Yellow potatoes
Yellow summer squash
Yellow tomatoes
Yellow watermelon
Yellow winter squash

Blue/Purple

Black currants
Black salsify
Blackberries
Blueberries
Dried plums
Eggplant
Elderberries
Grapes
Plums
Pomegranates
Prunes
Purple Belgian endive
Purple Potatoes
Purple asparagus
Purple cabbage
Purple carrots
Purple figs
Purple grapes
Purple peppers
Raisins

Freezing Fruits and Vegetables:

To preserve for consumption during the winter or off season see which fruits and vegetables you can freeze.

The nutrients found in the above fruits and vegetables have a significant impact on our health.

Quercetin, which is found in apples, onions and other citrus fruits, not only prevents LDL cholesterol oxidation, but also helps the body cope with allergens and other lung and breathing problems.

Ellagic acid, which is mainly found in raspberries, strawberries, pomegranates, and walnuts, has been proven in many clinical studies to act as an antioxidant and anticarcinogens in the gastrointestinal tract. This nutrient also has been proven to have an anti-proliferative effect on cancer cells, because it decreases their ATP production.

The best-known of the carotenoids, beta-carotene, is converted into vitamin A upon entering the liver. Although being known for its positive effects on eyesight, it has also been proven to decrease cholesterol levels in the liver.

Clinical studies have proven that lycopene, mainly found in tomatoes, may decrease the risk of prostate cancer, as well as protect against heart disease. Lutein, which is found in blueberries and members of the squash family, is important for healthy eyes. However, it does support your heart too, helping to prevent against coronary artery disease.

Along with the above stated nutrients, there are even more nutrients found in fruits and vegetables that provide a great deal of support to our body. Almost everyone has heard of vitamin C, which keeps our immune system strong; speeds wound healing, and promote strong muscles and joints. This nutrient is scattered throughout the spectrum of fruits, but commonly associated with oranges and other citrus fruits. Potassium, which is the nutrient most Americans are deficient in, does great things for our hearts, and lowers blood pressure.

Another good food component many people don't get enough of if fiber, found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

Flavonoids, which include anthocyanins, flavones, isoflavones, proantocyanidins, quercetin and more, are found almost everywhere. They are responsible for the colors in the skins of fruits and vegetables and help to stop the growth of tumor cells and potent antioxidants. They also can reduce inflammation.

Beta-glucan, found in mushrooms, stabilizes and balances the body's immune system by supporting white blood cells. EGCG is found in tea and has been shown to reduce the risk of colon and breast cancer. It boosts the immune system and encourages T-cell formation, which defends our body against sickness and disease.

Bioflavonoids, which are found in citrus fruits, are considered a companion to vitamin C because they extend the value of it in the body. These nutrients have the capabilities to lower cholesterol levels and support joint collagen in arthritis cases.

The number one excuse for not eating the required five servings of fruits and vegetables each day is they are too expensive. However, as compared to the amount of money spent on prepackaged, processed, and fast foods, most fruits and vegetables (with the exception of those that are not in season) are not all that expensive.

Because frozen fruits and vegetables retain the majority of their nutritional value, they can be an excellent alternative when certain foods are out of season.

Someone who is not able to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each day can also drink fruit and vegetable drinks in their place. Although this shouldn't become a habit, fruit and vegetable drink mixes can be an excellent substitute when you're rushed or traveling.

The need for fruits and vegetables in our diet is growing rapidly with the type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high cholesterol, hypertension that result from the "Typical American Diet" of fatty meats, processed sugars, and refined grains.

Great fruit drink Mixes and vegetable mixes can be found at your local health food store or internet health food store.

Fruit and Vegetable Color Chart you can Print out.

Right click the chart below and select print.

Link To" Color Wheel of Fruits and Vegetables"

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Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries - NYTimes.com

2010-09-29T14:58:00.001-04:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/health/policy/25vegetables.html?_r=1

Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries

It’s been a busy week for vegetables.

The baby-carrot industry tried to reposition its product as junk food, starting a $25 million advertising campaign whose defining characteristics include heavy metal music, a phone app and a young man in a grocery cart dodging baby-carrot bullets fired by a woman in tight jeans.

On the East Side of Manhattan, crates of heirloom vegetables with names like Lady Godiva squash were auctioned for $1,000 each at Sotheby’s, where the wealthy are more accustomed to bidding on Warhols and Picassos than turnips and tomatoes.

Both efforts, high and low, are aimed at the same thing: getting America to eat its vegetables.

Good luck. Despite two decades of public health initiatives, stricter government dietary guidelines, record growth of farmers’ markets and the ease of products like salad in a bag, Americans still aren’t eating enough vegetables.

This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a comprehensive nationwide behavioral study of fruit and vegetable consumption. Only 26 percent of the nation’s adults eat vegetables three or more times a day, it concluded. (And no, that does not include French fries.)

These results fell far short of health objectives set by the federal government a decade ago. The amount of vegetables Americans eat is less than half of what public health officials had hoped. Worse, it has barely budged since 2000.

“It is disappointing,” said Dr. Jennifer Foltz, a pediatrician who helped compile the report. She, like other public health officials dedicated to improving the American diet, concedes that perhaps simply telling people to eat more vegetables isn’t working.

“There is nothing you can say that will get people to eat more veggies,” said Harry Balzer, the chief industry analyst for the NPD Group, a market research company.

This week, the company released the 25th edition of its annual report, “Eating Patterns in America.” The news there wasn’t good, either. For example, only 23 percent of meals include a vegetable, Mr. Balzer said. (Again, fries don’t count, but lettuce on a hamburger does.) The number of dinners prepared at home that included a salad was 17 percent; in 1994, it was 22 percent.

At restaurants, salads ordered as a main course at either lunch or dinner dropped by half since 1989, to a mere 5 percent, he said.

The nation has long had a complicated relationship with vegetables. People know that vegetables can improve health. But they’re a lot of work. In refrigerators all over the country, produce often dies a slow, limp death because life becomes too busy.

“The moment you have something fresh you have to schedule your life around using it,” Mr. Balzer said.

In the wrong hands, vegetables can taste terrible. And compared with a lot of food at the supermarket, they’re a relatively expensive way to fill a belly.

“Before we want health, we want taste, we want convenience and we want low cost,” Mr. Balzer said.

Melissa MacBride, a busy Manhattan resident who works for a pharmaceuticals company, would eat more vegetables if they weren’t, in her words, “a pain.”

“An apple you can just grab,” she said. “But what am I going to do, put a piece of kale in my purse?”

No one really wants to admit that they don’t eat vegetables. A nurse who works at the Hospital for Special Surgery on the Upper East Side openly acknowledges that vegetables make her gag. Still, she begged to not be publicly identified because she is in the health care field and knows that she should set a better example.

David Bernstein, who lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is sheepish about the lack of vegetables in his diet. He waits tables at the hip M. Wells restaurant in Long Island City, Queens, and knows his way around the Union Square Greenmarket. But his diet consists largely of bacon, yogurt and frozen stuffed chicken breasts.

“It’s just like any other bad habit,” he said. “Part of it is just that vegetables are a little intimidating. I’m not afraid of zucchinis, but I just don’t know how to cook them.”

The food industry has tried to make eating vegetables easier. Sales of convenience vegetables, like packages of cut broccoli designed to go right into the microwave, are growing. Washed, ready-to-eat bagged salads are a $3-billion-a-year business.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean people are eating more vegetables. It just means they are shifting their vegetable budget from one place to another, Mr. Balzer said. An organic cucumber might replace a conventionally grown one. A bag of lettuce replaces a head.

To be sure, vegetables are making strides in certain circles. Women, as well as people who are older and more educated and have higher incomes, tend to eat more vegetables, said Dr. Foltz, the pediatrician who worked on the C.D.C. report.

The vegetable, especially when grown from heirloom seeds on small farms, is held in such high esteem that knowing the farmer who grows the food is a form of valuable social currency. Vegetables are becoming high art. At Sotheby’s on Thursday night, the vegetable auction was part of a daylong event called “The Art of Farming,” raising nearly $250,000 to help hunger organizations, immigrant farmers and children without access to vegetables.

But vegetables are also becoming important on the other end of the economic equation. An increasing number of the nation’s 6,000 farmers’ markets allow shoppers to buy produce with food stamps. Urban gardens are springing up in vacant lots and on rooftops. Nearly every state now has programs that send fresh vegetables into poorer neighborhoods and school cafeterias.

The vegetable even has the first lady, Michelle Obama, on its side. She planted an organic garden on the White House lawn and talks up vegetables as part of her “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity.

The government keeps trying, too, to get its message across. It now recommends four and a half cups of fruits and vegetables (that’s nine servings) for people who eat 2,000 calories a day. Some public health advocates have argued that when the guidelines are updated later this year, they should be made even clearer. One proposal is to make Americans think about it visually, filling half the plate or bowl with vegetables.

But clear guidance probably isn’t enough. Health officials now concede that convincing a nation that shuns vegetables means making vegetables more affordable and more available.

“We have to make the healthy choice the easy choice,” Dr. Foltz said. And the choices need to become ingrained.

For another study whose results were announced this week, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, spent three years examining the difference between children who participated in the Berkeley Unified School District’s “edible schoolyard” program, in which gardening and cooking are woven into the school day, and children who didn’t.

The students who gardened ate one and half servings more of fruits and vegetables a day than those who weren’t in the program.

For students who don’t have access to a school garden, perhaps the full-court press by the baby-carrot producers will have some effect. The iPhone application, for example, is a video game called Xtreme Xrunch Kart that starts when a player crunches a carrot (or makes a crunchlike sound) into the phone’s microphone.

But as in past attempts to revive the vegetable, none of this will necessarily be enough to change a clear aversion to eating vegetables.

“Eating vegetables is a lot less fun than eating flavor-blasted Doritos,” said Marcia Mogelonsly, a senior analyst for Mintel, a global marketing firm. “You will always have to fight that.”

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State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults --- United States, 2000--2009

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State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults --- United States, 2000--2009

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September 10, 2010 / 59(35);1125-1130

A diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk for many leading causes of death (1--3) and can play an important role in weight management (4). Healthy People 2010 objectives for fruits and vegetables include targets of increasing to 75% the proportion of persons aged ≥2 years who consume two or more servings of fruit daily and to 50% those who consume three or more servings of vegetables daily.* To assess states' progress over the past decade in meeting these targets among adults and to provide an update of the 2005 subgroup estimates (5), CDC analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that, in 2009, an estimated 32.5% of adults consumed fruit two or more times per day and 26.3% consumed vegetables three or more times per day, far short of the national targets. Overall, the proportion of adults who met the fruit target declined slightly, but significantly, from 34.4% in 2000 to 32.5% in 2009; no significant change was observed in meeting the vegetable target. No state met either target, and substantial variability occurred among states. Only one state had statistically significant increases in the percentages of adults meeting each target. These findings underscore the need for interventions at national, state, and community levels, across multiple settings (e.g., worksites, community venues, and restaurants) to improve fruit and vegetable access, availability, and affordability, as a means of increasing individual consumption.

BRFSS is an ongoing, state-based, telephone survey of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population aged ≥18 years. Data are used to monitor the prevalence of health behaviors and progress toward national and state-specific health objectives. BRFSS uses a multistage design based on random-digit dialing methods to gather a representative sample from each state. Data were included from all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) for years in which the fruit and vegetable module was included in the core survey: 2000 (N = 179,139), 2002 (N = 238,852), 2003 (N = 255,657), 2005 (N = 347,278), 2007 (N = 420,217), and 2009 (N = 420,968). Median survey response rates by state, calculated using Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) guidelines,† were 48.9% (range: 28.8%--71.8%) for 2000 and 52.5% (range: 37.9--66.9%) for 2009. Median cooperation rates were 53.2% (range: 35.5%--77.7%) for 2000 and 75.0% (range: 55.5%-- 88.0%) for 2009.

For each survey year, prevalence estimates were weighted to the respondent's probability of being selected for the age-, race-, and sex-specific distributions for the state based on U.S. Census data. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess temporal changes in consumption during 2000--2009, including year as a continuous variable and controlling for changes in state distributions of age through standardization to the 2000 U.S. standard population; a p-value of <0.05 was used to assess statistical significance.

Six BRFSS questions assess fruit and vegetable intake and are the only diet intake questions on the core survey: "These next questions are about the foods you usually eat or drink. Please tell me how often you eat or drink each one, for example, twice a week, three times a month, and so forth. How often do you..." 1) "...drink fruit juices such as orange, grapefruit, or tomato?" 2) "Not counting juice, how often do you eat fruit?" 3) "...eat green salad?" 4) "...eat potatoes, not including French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips?" 5) "...eat carrots?" 6) "Not counting carrots, potatoes, or salad, how many servings of vegetables do you usually eat?" Consumption was divided by 7 for weekly frequencies, 30 for monthly frequencies, and 365 for yearly frequencies to calculate daily consumption. Total daily consumption of fruit was the sum of responses to questions 1--2 and vegetables the sum of responses to questions 3--6. Participants were not given a definition of serving size. To be consistent with previous reports, respondents who did not answer all six questions and those who reported consuming fruits and vegetables 25 or more times per day were excluded (n = 24,652 for 2009) from the final sample.

In 2009, an estimated 32.5% of U.S. adults consumed fruit two or more times per day (Table 1), with the highest percentage in DC (40.2%) and the lowest in Oklahoma (18.1%). The percentage of adults who consumed vegetables three or more times per day was 26.3%, with the highest percentage in Tennessee (33.0%) and the lowest in South Dakota (19.6%). Thus, no state met either of the Healthy People 2010 targets related to fruit and vegetable consumption among adults. Twelve states and DC had 35%--45% of adults who consumed fruit two or more times per day, compared with no states that had 35%--45% of adults who consumed vegetables three or more times per day (Figure).

From 2000 to 2009, the overall prevalence of consuming fruit two or more times per day decreased slightly, but significantly, from 34.4% to 32.5% (Table 1). Slight but significant increasing linear trends for fruit consumption were observed in four states, decreasing trends in 22 states and DC, and no significant change in 24 states. The prevalence of consuming vegetables three or more times per day did not change significantly during this period (26.7% in 2000 and 26.3% in 2009). Slight but significant increasing trends were observed in 11 states and DC, decreasing trends in 14 states, and no significant change in 25 states. Idaho was the only state that had significant, although slight, increases in both fruit and vegetable consumption, whereas 10 states had slight but significant decreases in both proportions.

Overall in 2009, the prevalence of consuming fruit two or more times per day or vegetables three or more times per day varied substantially by selected characteristics (Table 2), with the greatest prevalences observed among women (36.1% for fruit two or more times per day and 30.9% for vegetables three or more times per day), persons aged ≥65 years (41.3% and 29.0%), college graduates (36.9% and 32.2%), persons with annual household income ≥$50,000 (32.9% and 29.4%), and persons with a body mass index (weight [kg] / height [m2]) <25.0 (36.6% and 28.3%). Consumption by race/ethnicity varied by the type of produce; for example, Hispanics had the highest prevalence of fruit consumption (37.2%) but the lowest prevalence of vegetable consumption (19.7%).

Reported by

KA Grimm, MPH, HM Blanck, PhD, KS Scanlon, PhD, LV Moore, PhD, LM Grummer-Strawn, PhD, Div of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; JL Foltz, MD, EIS Officer, CDC.

Editorial Note

The findings in this report indicate that 2009 overall and state-specific estimates of the proportions of U.S. adults consuming fruit two or more times per day or vegetables three or more times per day were far short of the targets set by Healthy People 2010; furthermore, trends in fruit and vegetable consumption during the past decade were relatively flat. The prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption varied by demographic characteristics and body mass index; nonetheless, neither the fruit nor vegetable consumption target was met by any of the subgroups analyzed.

In 2009, no state met the Healthy People 2010 targets for fruit or vegetable consumption, and substantial variability occurred among states. These variations might be attributed to a number of factors, including differences in population demographics and access, availability, and affordability of produce. In addition to monitoring progress toward Healthy People 2010 behavioral targets, CDC monitors policy and environmental measures. In 2009, the first state-specific data were released on policy and environmental supports that increase fruit and vegetable consumption. The findings in this report indicate that 20 states had a state-level food policy advisory council, but only eight had enacted healthy food retail policies (e.g., tax incentives, low-interest business loans, and zoning for stores, markets, and stands) (6), and states having farmers markets that accept electronic benefit transfers (the system delivering benefits in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) ranged from zero to 50%.§

To improve access, availability, and affordability of fruits and vegetables through retail stores, farmers markets, farm-to-institution, worksite food standards, and other policy and environmental interventions, CDC provides guidance and funding to 25 states.¶ To assist these efforts, CDC recently released a guidance document on policy and environmental strategies to improve fruit and vegetable consumption.** Other new federal efforts include the First Lady's Let's Move! Campaign,†† the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food program§§ and CDC's Communities Putting Prevention to Work¶¶ program, which help support private and public partners, connect consumers to growers, and prioritize interventions at the state and community levels.

Data from the BRFSS dietary screener are used to monitor state progress among adults because other national surveys do not provide state-specific estimates. Estimates of fruit and vegetable consumption obtained from a short food frequency module, such as the six-item BRFSS dietary screener described in this report, generally are lower than estimates from more detailed methods of dietary assessment that record all foods (e.g., mixed dishes, soups, and sauces) consumed in a 24-hour period or from longer food frequency questionnaires (e.g., those with 60--120 items) (7,8). However, fruit and vegetable intake estimates derived with more detailed dietary instruments, such as the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, also reveal flat trends and consumption below national targets.***

The findings in this report are subject to at least four limitations. First, these results might not be generalizable. BRFSS excludes certain populations, including persons residing in institutions and without landline telephones. Certain subpopulations are more likely to be represented in wireless-only households (e.g., younger, Hispanic, and lower-income adults) (9). Second, dietary history was self-reported and subject to social-desirability response bias and recall bias. This might have led to overestimates or underestimates of prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption. Third, BRFSS has a low median response rate; however, BRFSS weighting procedure partially corrects for nonresponse. Finally, only trends in overall consumption were examined; trends might vary by subpopulation within a state

A number of previous initiatives to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United States have included individual approaches, such as the Fruits and Veggies -- More Matters campaign††† and single-setting interventions, such as community gardens or farmers market voucher programs. Despite these initiatives, fruit and vegetable consumption is lower than recommended. Thus, intensified, multisector (e.g., agriculture, business, food industry, and health care) and multisetting (e.g., worksite, school, child care, and community) approaches are necessary to facilitate healthier choices among all persons in the United States.

References

US Department of Health and Human Services, US Department of Agriculture. Dietary guidelines for Americans 2005. 6th ed. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office; 2005.

He FJ, Nowson CA, Lucas M, MacGregor GA. Increased consumption of fruit and vegetables is related to a reduced risk of coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of cohort studies. J Hum Hypertens 2007;21:717--28.

CDC. Deaths: preliminary data for 2004. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2006;54(19).

Rolls BJ, Ello-Martin JA, Tohill BC. What can intervention studies tell us about the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and weight management? Nutr Rev 2004;62:1--17.

CDC. Fruit and vegetable consumption among adults---United States, 2005. MMWR 2007;56:213--7.

CDC. State indicator report on fruits and vegetables, 2009. US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2009. Available at http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/indicatorreport. Accessed August 31, 2010.

Thompson FE, Kipnis V, Subar AF, et al. Evaluation of 2 brief instruments and a food-frequency questionnaire to estimate daily number of servings of fruit and vegetables. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;71:1503--10.

Thompson FE, Subar AF. Dietary assessment methodology. In: Coulston AM, Rock CL, Monsen ER, eds. Nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease. San Diego, CA: Academic Press; 2001:3--30.

CDC. Wireless substitution: early release of estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January--June 2009. US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics; 2009. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless201005.pdf . Accessed August 31, 2010.

What is already known on this topic?

Fruit and vegetable consumption, although beneficial to health, has historically been lower than national recommendations.

What is added by this report?

Estimates of fruit and vegetable consumption among U.S. adults were far short of Healthy People 2010 targets, and trends in fruit and vegetable consumption over the past decade were relatively flat; no state has met the Healthy People 2010 targets.

What are the implications for public health practice?

To meet national targets for fruit and vegetable consumption, intensified, multisector (e.g., agriculture, business, food industry, and health care) and multisetting (e.g., worksite, school, child care, and community) approaches are necessary to improve access, availability, and affordability of fruits and vegetables.

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TABLE 1. Percentage of U.S. adults aged ≥18 years who consumed fruit two or more times per day and vegetables three or more times per day, by state --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000--2009*

Fruit two or more times per day

Vegetables three or more times per day

State

2000

2002

2003

2005

2007

2009

2000

2002

2003

2005

2007

2009

Overall

34.4

33.5

32.2

32.8

32.9

32.5†

26.7

26.3

26.2

27.1

27.4

26.3

Alabama

25.6

24.0

25.7

23.5

23.9

24.6

30.1

27.8

28.5

27.9

28.5

26.9†

Alaska

31.0

30.6

31.4

33.5

29.9

30.8

25.4

23.8

26.3

24.6

27.7

27.5

Arizona

43.2

31.0

30.8

33.3

33.5

33.7†

38.4

27.1

25.1

26.9

29.9

24.4†

Arkansas

23.5

23.1

22.4

23.3

24.3

24.5

29.4

29.4

28.7

29.1

29.2

26.9

California

40.7

40.4

39.3

40.1

40.6

40.1

23.3

23.5

24.6

26.5

25.6

26.8§

Colorado

33.3

34.6

34.1

33.7

35.4

35.5

25.6

23.6

25.7

25.3

26.5

25.3

Connecticut

43.5

42.2

41.8

37.6

38.6

37.6†

29.2

31.0

30.1

29.9

29.3

28.5

Delaware

34.2

31.9

31.1

28.8

28.9

32.5†

29.8

25.5

26.9

26.5

26.1

27.7

District of Columbia

45.7

43.7

38.3

38.8

41.2

40.2†

26.1

32.5

29.2

31.3

32.8

32.3§

Florida

36.1

36.7

34.5

35.4

36.1

33.3

24.4

27.9

27.4

28.2

29.2

28.3§

Georgia

28.2

27.5

26.2

28.0

27.6

29.9

29.2

29.5

29.8

30.9

30.4

29.5

Hawaii

32.6

29.4

33.1

32.6

39.0

32.9§

27.0

25.7

36.1

29.5

29.6

26.8

Idaho

27.9

28.4

27.9

30.1

29.3

32.9§

24.7

25.1

22.8

27.4

25.2

27.8§

Illinois

33.3

33.0

34.7

34.8

36.9

32.4

25.8

22.6

25.4

24.0

23.3

23.3

Indiana

27.7

28.4

29.0

29.2

30.4

28.1

25.5

24.2

25.0

25.2

26.5

23.7

Iowa

28.4

28.5

27.5

28.9

29.9

27.5

21.4

22.6

21.3

23.4

22.4

21.9

Kansas

30.4

24.1

24.9

25.3

23.9

23.8†

29.8

25.9

26.8

26.5

27.2

26.0†

Kentucky

25.0

23.7

22.5

20.5

24.4

24.4

35.5

32.4

31.4

30.2

28.8

29.4†

Louisiana

24.2

23.5

21.5

28.7

28.5

24.6§

22.8

25.4

25.3

25.9

26.1

21.3

Maine

37.3

37.5

35.9

35.1

36.6

36.0

29.6

30.7

27.9

32.5

31.6

30.6

Maryland

39.0

39.3

37.8

37.6

35.8

36.9†

29.6

31.5

31.4

30.6

28.9

28.7†

Massachusetts

42.7

41.8

39.9

38.9

39.0

36.8†

29.4

29.1

28.2

29.8

28.9

28.1

Michigan

37.3

33.0

29.5

32.2

31.7

32.1†

21.3

21.3

20.5

24.3

23.2

23.9§

Minnesota

37.2

35.2

35.1

36.1

27.2

31.2†

23.3

21.9

23.9

23.1

25.9

26.4§

Mississippi

24.1

22.6

22.1

22.1

24.1

22.9

25.1

25.7

24.0

22.6

22.2

21.6†

Missouri

28.4

23.5

25.2

28.8

25.1

27.3

26.1

26.7

25.7

25.7

26.2

23.0†

Montana

35.4

32.2

29.6

30.6

29.7

33.5†

27.4

26.4

24.1

28.6

28.6

28.0

Nebraska

33.1

31.2

28.5

29.1

33.8

30.2

24.0

22.5

23.0

24.6

26.3

24.3§

Nevada

27.8

33.2

31.0

31.4

30.4

30.3

24.7

21.2

20.8

23.5

24.3

25.5

New Hampshire

39.1

37.7

37.6

37.7

36.3

36.2†

28.5

29.0

28.5

32.3

30.5

30.4

New Jersey

40.3

37.7

37.1

37.4

36.7

36.6†

28.0

27.5

26.3

27.4

29.5

26.2

New Mexico

30.4

30.3

30.1

29.4

27.4

29.8†

23.5

24.8

25.1

26.8

26.3

27.3§

New York

40.7

41.0

37.4

37.6

39.1

38.9†

27.7

24.5

24.2

25.3

27.2

24.7

North Carolina

27.7

28.2

26.9

26.5

25.4

25.0†

32.1

31.2

32.6

32.0

29.7

27.5†

North Dakota

32.2

30.1

30.6

30.4

29.3

31.1

23.8

22.6

TABLE 1. Percentage of U.S. adults aged ≥18 years who consumed fruit two or more times per day and vegetables three or more times per day, by state --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000--2009*
	Fruit two or more times per day	Vegetables three or more times per day
State	2000	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009	2000	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009
Overall	34.4	33.5	32.2	32.8	32.9	32.5†		26.7	26.3	26.2	27.1	27.4	26.3
Alabama	25.6	24.0	25.7	23.5	23.9	24.6		30.1	27.8	28.5	27.9	28.5	26.9†
Alaska	31.0	30.6	31.4	33.5	29.9	30.8		25.4	23.8	26.3	24.6	27.7	27.5
Arizona	43.2	31.0	30.8	33.3	33.5	33.7†		38.4	27.1	25.1	26.9	29.9	24.4†
Arkansas	23.5	23.1	22.4	23.3	24.3	24.5		29.4	29.4	28.7	29.1	29.2	26.9
California	40.7	40.4	39.3	40.1	40.6	40.1		23.3	23.5	24.6	26.5	25.6	26.8§
Colorado	33.3	34.6	34.1	33.7	35.4	35.5		25.6	23.6	25.7	25.3	26.5	25.3
Connecticut	43.5	42.2	41.8	37.6	38.6	37.6†		29.2	31.0	30.1	29.9	29.3	28.5
Delaware	34.2	31.9	31.1	28.8	28.9	32.5†		29.8	25.5	26.9	26.5	26.1	27.7
District of Columbia	45.7	43.7	38.3	38.8	41.2	40.2†		26.1	32.5	29.2	31.3	32.8	32.3§
Florida	36.1	36.7	34.5	35.4	36.1	33.3		24.4	27.9	27.4	28.2	29.2	28.3§
Georgia	28.2	27.5	26.2	28.0	27.6	29.9		29.2	29.5	29.8	30.9	30.4	29.5
Hawaii	32.6	29.4	33.1	32.6	39.0	32.9§		27.0	25.7	36.1	29.5	29.6	26.8
Idaho	27.9	28.4	27.9	30.1	29.3	32.9§		24.7	25.1	22.8	27.4	25.2	27.8§
Illinois	33.3	33.0	34.7	34.8	36.9	32.4		25.8	22.6	25.4	24.0	23.3	23.3
Indiana	27.7	28.4	29.0	29.2	30.4	28.1		25.5	24.2	25.0	25.2	26.5	23.7
Iowa	28.4	28.5	27.5	28.9	29.9	27.5		21.4	22.6	21.3	23.4	22.4	21.9
Kansas	30.4	24.1	24.9	25.3	23.9	23.8†		29.8	25.9	26.8	26.5	27.2	26.0†
Kentucky	25.0	23.7	22.5	20.5	24.4	24.4		35.5	32.4	31.4	30.2	28.8	29.4†
Louisiana	24.2	23.5	21.5	28.7	28.5	24.6§		22.8	25.4	25.3	25.9	26.1	21.3
Maine	37.3	37.5	35.9	35.1	36.6	36.0		29.6	30.7	27.9	32.5	31.6	30.6
Maryland	39.0	39.3	37.8	37.6	35.8	36.9†		29.6	31.5	31.4	30.6	28.9	28.7†
Massachusetts	42.7	41.8	39.9	38.9	39.0	36.8†		29.4	29.1	28.2	29.8	28.9	28.1
Michigan	37.3	33.0	29.5	32.2	31.7	32.1†		21.3	21.3	20.5	24.3	23.2	23.9§
Minnesota	37.2	35.2	35.1	36.1	27.2	31.2†		23.3	21.9	23.9	23.1	25.9	26.4§
Mississippi	24.1	22.6	22.1	22.1	24.1	22.9		25.1	25.7	24.0	22.6	22.2	21.6†
Missouri	28.4	23.5	25.2	28.8	25.1	27.3		26.1	26.7	25.7	25.7	26.2	23.0†
Montana	35.4	32.2	29.6	30.6	29.7	33.5†		27.4	26.4	24.1	28.6	28.6	28.0
Nebraska	33.1	31.2	28.5	29.1	33.8	30.2		24.0	22.5	23.0	24.6	26.3	24.3§
Nevada	27.8	33.2	31.0	31.4	30.4	30.3		24.7	21.2	20.8	23.5	24.3	25.5
New Hampshire	39.1	37.7	37.6	37.7	36.3	36.2†		28.5	29.0	28.5	32.3	30.5	30.4
New Jersey	40.3	37.7	37.1	37.4	36.7	36.6†		28.0	27.5	26.3	27.4	29.5	26.2
New Mexico	30.4	30.3	30.1	29.4	27.4	29.8†		23.5	24.8	25.1	26.8	26.3	27.3§
New York	40.7	41.0	37.4	37.6	39.1	38.9†		27.7	24.5	24.2	25.3	27.2	24.7
North Carolina	27.7	28.2	26.9	26.5	25.4	25.0†		32.1	31.2	32.6	32.0	29.7	27.5†
North Dakota	32.2	30.1	30.6	30.4	29.3	31.1		23.8	22.6

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Leadership Quotes

2010-09-07T05:01:00.001-04:00

"'Good' is the enemy of 'Great.'" - Jim Collins"

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new study showing the importance of the vareity of fruits & veggies

2010-09-03T05:47:00.001-04:00

Variety in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and the Risk of Lung Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Background:
We investigated whether a varied consumption of vegetables and fruits is associated with lower lung cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study.
Methods:
After a mean follow-up of 8.7 years, 1,613 of 452,187 participants with complete information were diagnosed with lung cancer. Diet diversity scores (DDS) were used to quantify the variety in fruit and vegetable consumption. Multivariable proportional hazards models were used to assess the associations between DDS and lung cancer risk. All models were adjusted for smoking behavior and the total consumption of fruit and vegetables.
Results:
With increasing variety in vegetable subgroups, risk of lung cancer decreases [hazard ratios (HR), 0.77; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.64-0.94 highest versus lowest quartile; P trend = 0.02]. This inverse association is restricted to current smokers (HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.57-0.93 highest versus lowest quartile; P trend = 0.03). In continuous analyses, in current smokers, lower risks were observed for squamous cell carcinomas with more variety in fruit and vegetable products combined (HR/two products, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.82-0.95), vegetable subgroups (HR/subgroup, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.79-0.97), vegetable products (HR/two products, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.79-0.96), and fruit products (HR/two products, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.72-0.97).
Conclusion: Variety in vegetable consumption was inversely associated with lung cancer risk among current smokers. Risk of squamous cell carcinomas was reduced with increasing variety in fruit and/or vegetable consumption, which was mainly driven by the effect in current smokers.
Impact: Independent from quantity of consumption, variety in fruit and vegetable consumption may decrease lung cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 19(9); 2278–86. ©2010 AACR.
Received May 10, 2010.
Revision received July 7, 2010.
Accepted July 7, 2010.
Copyright © 2010 American Association for Cancer Research
Online ISSN: 1538-7755
Print ISSN: 1055-9965

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How Dinosaurs Became Extinct

2010-09-02T20:35:00.001-04:00

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2010-08-31T04:51:00.001-04:00

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Monday Motivator

2010-08-30T12:55:00.001-04:00

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Norman Vincent Peale

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Eating Berries May Help Aging Brain Stay Healthy - AOL Health

2010-08-26T05:30:00.001-04:00

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Eating Berries May Help Aging Brain Stay Healthy
Blueberries and strawberries may serve as a detox elixir for the brain and can help your aging mind stay sharp, new research shows.
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture say they've discovered the first solid evidence that the popular fruits, along with acai berries and walnuts, essentially cleanse the brain, activating what's known as its "housekeeper" function and ridding it of toxic proteins.
Those proteins are the culprits to blame for age-related memory loss and other mental deterioration.
Study author Shibu Poulouse, who works for the USDA's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston, said the body's ability to ward off inflammation and oxidative damage declines with age, which can lead to brain disorders, heart disease and cancer, among other degenerative conditions.
"The good news is that natural compounds called polyphenolics found in fruits, vegetables and nuts have an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect that may protect against age-associated decline," Poulouse told a conference of the American Chemical Society.
Poulouse and study co-author James Joseph, who died in June, looked at certain cells in the brain known as microglia -- which eliminate and recycle toxins that can cause the mind to malfunction. That detoxification is called autophagy.
As people age, the cleaning cells stop working properly and the biochemical debris accumulates, according to Poulouse. The microglia can also become hyperactive and harm healthy brain cells.
"Our research suggests that the polyphenolics in berries have a rescuing effect," said Poulouse, in a statement from the American Chemical Society. "They seem to restore the normal housekeeping function."
The scientists used cultures of the brain cells of mice and saw that berry extracts blocked certain proteins from shutting down the autophagy process.
But Dr. Douglas Husbands, a nutritionist with a practice in northern California, warned against giving the findings too much weight.
"You can't make a generalization from that study," Husbands told AOL Health. "Where were the berries from? Were they organic, or did they contain pesticides? The devil is in the details."
And experiments using extracts and animals, rather than actual fruits and humans, don't tell the whole story, he said.
"You cannot extrapolate that the extracts are doing the same thing as all the molecules in the food would do," Husbands said. "You have to look at all the ingredients."
The authors' prior research has shown antioxidants in fruits and nuts may prevent the decline in cognitive abilities that accompanies aging.
In one study, old rats were fed antioxidant-rich strawberry, blackberry and blueberry extract for two months. The diet
reversed the age-related degeneration of the rodents' nerve function and memory skills.
More on Memory:
Eating a Handful of Pecans Daily May Protect Body, Brain
With Age Comes Wisdom: Midlife Brains Sharper Than Younger Minds

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British Medical Journal: Green Leafy Vegetables Associated with a Lower Diabetes Risk

2010-08-24T12:26:00.001-04:00

Green Leafy Vegetables associated with a Lower Diabetes Risk

Increased consumption of leafy green vegetables is associated with lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a BMJ meta-analysis finds.

Researchers examined data from six prospective cohort studies that measured individual consumption of fruits and vegetables. The studies also assessed the development of diabetes over a median of 13 years. Intake of fruit or vegetables, either alone or combined, was not associated with lower risk. In the four studies that specifically measured the intake of leafy green vegetables, a 14% reduction in diabetes risk was apparent between the highest and lowest levels of consumption.

The authors cite the antioxidant effects of beta-carotene, polyphenols, and vitamin C as possible mechanisms for this effect. Editorialists comment that dietary advice "may be just as beneficial, if not more so, than prescribing drugs" to patients at risk.

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2010-08-22T10:43:00.001-04:00

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2010-08-21T17:52:00.001-04:00

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2010-08-20T19:03:00.001-04:00

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An Investment vs. an Expense « The Gordon Hester Blog

2010-08-19T13:51:00.001-04:00

An Investment vs. an Expense
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I am often approached with the business situation where the person cannot make some type of commitment to their business because they feel they cannot afford it. Often times I find that it is more an issue of the person failing to recognize the difference between an investment vs. an expense. Since this is a common problem, I thought I would take a few minutes to help distinguish between the two. First, let me say that proper expense management is a key to both business and financial success. As we all know, one of the key principles with money is that you have to live below your means. That applies to individuals, businesses and governments (although I am not sure if governments really follow this principle these days).
There is one distinguishing difference between an expense and an investment. That difference is a “positive income result”. In other words, if by spending money, you can generate more income or growth than the expense, then in essence your spending is not a waste of money but instead a means to increase revenues. As I have noted in prior blogs, there are four very important areas of investment that must be a focus for any successful business:
1. Proven People
2. Proven systems, processes, products, etc.
3. Innovation
4. Personal Development
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That being said, I wanted to add another important element to the investment vs. expense question. That element has to do with “Perception of Value”.   If you have received a “positive income result” from spending, then you understand value because you have experienced it. What do you do when you have a proven investment? Feed it. One of the key momentum principles is to feed what works and fix what is broken. However, as for many investments, a “leap of faith” is often required when you do not have the experience of getting a result. It is these times when you have to be able to trust that a spending decision will create a positive income result. Often a great strategy is to examine others who have experienced results and learn from their decisions. Experience is always the best teacher. However, that doesn’t mean that it has to be
your experience.
Price objections are generally value objections. In order to change the thinking about the cost or expense, you have to be able to connect to the value. This means getting clear about (1) the probability of a result, and (2) the benefits of investing back into your business when that type of spending often feeds income, business and personal growth. Rest assured that if anyone is questioning the price of a product, service or other investment, what they are really questioning is the value of spending the money. Simply put, they are not convinced that the results are worth the spending. When this is the case, it is critical to be able to shift thinking and increase the “value proposition” of a spending decision.
In the end, one of the key factors in a successful business is the constant investment back into the business. Too often small business owners fail to understand the value of re-investment back into their business. Instead of re-investing capital and profits, they use them to elevate lifestyle. Clearly people use business as a vehicle to enhance lifestyle, however, when lifestyle drains a business, the business will ultimately suffer. Remember, there is a simple formula for investment:

Note that the formula points out some key lessons. First, you have to track spending. You will not know whether spending is an investment if you don’t track the results produced from the spending. As the old adage goes, you have to inspect what you expect. Second, the “result” is defined as consistently producing more income than the expense. This turns an investment into a system. Finally, if you have a system that works, then you feed it with more money, more time, and more resources. That is how you make a business grow from investing (or re-investing) back into it.

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2010-08-19T05:44:00.001-04:00

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Do You Think We Have Confused Consumers-Dueling Billboards

2010-08-18T05:46:00.003-04:00

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2010-08-18T05:46:00.001-04:00

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The Breast Cancer Diet

2010-08-17T22:18:00.001-04:00

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The Breast Cancer Diet

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Despite what many food and supplement manufacturers want you to believe, no one food or ingredient can protect you from breast cancer. But thanks to ongoing research, we have a good sense of what to eat — and avoid — to cut cancer risk.
A Plate of Prevention
First, the big picture: Choose foods and drinks that will help you reach a healthy weight and stay there. Being significantly overweight raises your risk of developing breast cancer and negatively impacts how well you’ll recover from it. Eating healthfully not only helps you reach and maintain a proper weight but fills you with vital, disease-fighting nutrientmaks — many of which are just being discovered. What should you put on your plate? Experts recommend the following:

Eat five or more servings of a variety of colorful vegetables and fruits every day. Don’t be shy with produce: Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute recommend up to 13 servings, or 6½ cups, of fruits and vegetables a day to keep us slim and to fight a range of diseases.

Choose whole grains over processed (refined) grains for extra fiber to spur weight loss; these will help steady your blood sugar levels as well, and avoid insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes.

Follow a low-fat diet. Studies link a high-fat diet to more aggressive forms of breast cancer. A low-fat diet — one where 30 percent or less of your calories come from fat — also helps prevent recurrence. Choose foods with healthy fats for an extra brain- and heart-health boost: Opt for fish and nuts, for instance, over fried foods and those high in saturated fat.

Get antioxidants from fruits and vegetables, not supplements. Antioxidants are nutrients — namely vitamins C and E, carotenoids and other plant compounds (phytochemicals) — that protect against cell damage that may lead to cancer. Research has shown that people who eat lots of produce, a naturally rich source of antioxidants, have a lower risk for certain cancers but that antioxidant supplements (which contain high concentrations of specific nutrients) do not reduce risk.

What to avoid?

Drink no more than one alcoholic beverage per day. Some studies indicate that less — or none at all — is best for breast cancer protection. Women with estrogen-receptive breast cancer should avoid alcohol altogether due to its potential effect on estrogen. If you do drink, make sure you get adequate folic acid, or folate. Too little of this B vitamin may increase the risk of breast cancer, especially in women who drink alcohol. Leafy greens, beans, whole grains and fortified cereals are all good sources.

Limit intake of meats that have been fried, barbecued, cooked well-done, preserved (by smoking or salting) or processed (like deli meats that contain nitrates). These cooking methods are linked to heightened breast cancer risk.

The jury is still out on:

Tea: Some studies show that people who drink green tea, and to a lesser extent black tea, which is high in a type of antioxidant called polyphenols, have lower cancer risk. But researchers don’t know if the cancer protection comes from drinking tea itself or if tea drinkers have other healthy habits that reduce their risk. (Caffeine may worsen symptoms of fibrocystic breast lumps in some women, but there is no evidence that it increases the risk of breast cancer.)

Organic food: Though it is an area of debate and strong personal views, there is no conclusive evidence that eating organic reduces cancer risk. However, there may be other reasons you want to eat organic food, and it certainly won’t increase your risk.

Vitamin D and calcium: High levels of vitamin D and calcium may offer some protection against the most aggressive kinds of breast cancer but only in premenopausal women, emerging research shows.

Try This! Wipe out extra calories and up your antioxidant intake in one fell swoop: Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, one quarter with a protein-rich food (chicken, beans, fish, low-fat or nonfat dairy) and the remaining quarter with starchy vegetables (sweet potatoes, corn) or whole grains (brown rice, whole-wheat bread, quinoa). Follow this 50–25–25 rule at every meal to keep your weight down and ensure you get the right balance of nutrients without counting calories or tracking servings. —Katherine Solem

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Monday Motivator

2010-08-16T10:52:00.001-04:00

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Bertie Charles Forbes

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Charlotte, NC Prevention Plus with Reagan Dean

2010-08-13T06:19:00.003-04:00

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2010 09 11 Platinum Regional

2010-08-13T06:19:00.001-04:00

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REBROADCAST: Saturday Morning LIVE with Dr. Joseph Cannizzaro

2010-08-02T20:05:00.001-04:00

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Eating Fruits and Vegetables to Stay Healthy | Diet Discovery

2010-07-29T13:25:00.001-04:00

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Eating Fruits and Vegetables to Stay Healthy

Dietary experts recommend that every person should eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. The importance of fruits and vegetables to a healthy diet has been known for quite some time, but studies have shown that very few people eat the amount of fruits and vegetables recommended for a healthy diet.

That’s a shame, since eating a sufficient number of fruits and vegetables just may be the single most effective thing you can do to improve your overall health. The five a day approach to healthy eating may be the single most important strategy you can adopt for a healthier lifestyle.

The many health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables have been established for quite some time now. Study after study has shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables lowers the risk of certain cancers, heart disease and other chronic diseases and conditions. Some studies have suggested that as many as 35% of cancer deaths can be attributed to diet, and that diets high in fats and low in fruits and vegetables contributes to unnecessary cancer deaths.

Fruits and vegetables have a lot of advantages besides just their nutritional importance. For one thing, they taste great and add a great deal of variety to everyday meals. Fruits and vegetables come in such a wide variety of colors, textures and flavors that they can be used in virtually every meal. Those seeking to maximize their consumption of fruits and vegetables should get into the habit of using fruits in salads, as toppings and as garnishes.

In addition to their great taste, fruits and vegetables are packed full of many essential vitamins and minerals, including many micronutrients that are not included in packaged vitamin supplements. For instance, foods like butternut squash, pumpkins, carrots, mangoes, peaches, pawpaws and green leafy vegetables are rich in beta carotene. Beta carotene is vital for healthy skin and eyes.

In addition, most varieties of fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C, another important vitamin and a strong antioxidant. Good sources of vitamin C include Brussels sprouts, citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, nectarines and kiwi fruit. Many fruits and vegetables, including spinach, broccoli and avocadoes, are also good sources of vitamin E, another excellent antioxidant.

Men and women alike should always strive to eat a healthy diet, but women have an extra incentive to get all the nutrition they need. Proper nutrition is essential to a healthy pregnancy, and some of the baby’s biggest nutritional needs happen before the pregnancy is discovered. Folic acid is perhaps the best known essential nutrient for pregnant women. Folic acid has been proven effective at preventing a variety of birth defects, including Spina Bifida. Good dietary sources of folic acid include Brussels sprouts, broccoli, spinach and oranges. In addition, due to its importance to women of child bearing years, many common foods such as cereals and breads, are supplemented with folic acid.

In addition to their importance as source of vitamins and minerals, fruits and vegetables also provide essential dietary fiber. Adequate fiber in the diet is important in preventing heart disease and some kinds of cancer.

Another great feature of fruits and vegetables, especially to those watching their weight, is the high nutrition, low fat, low calorie nature of these foods. Fruits and vegetables contain very low levels of fats, and a diet low in fat can be quite effective for long term weight loss. In addition, fruits and vegetables contain no cholesterol, and they are lower in calories than many other types of foods.

With all these things going for them, it is no wonder so many dietary experts recommend eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Not only are fruits and vegetables delicious and nutritious, but they can be quite inexpensive as well. Buying fruits and vegetables that are locally grown, and that are in season, is usually the most cost effective way to get the freshest fruits and veggies at the lowest possible cost.

This buying strategy also helps to ensure a steady stream of new fruits and vegetables every month, as some go out of season while others are just coming in. Trying a variety of different fruits and vegetables, including some you may not be familiar with, is also a great way to create exciting new dishes and prevent yourself from becoming bored with the same old diet. Whether your goal is to lose weight or just increase your level of fitness, it is hard to go wrong with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.

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Health Benefits of Eating Berries

2010-07-29T07:25:00.001-04:00

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Health Benefits of Eating Berries
If you have ever had the pleasure of picking berries right from a garden or gathering wild berries in the woods, you already know how wonderful fresh berries are.
Most berries are naturally sweet and require little effort to prepare. Just rinse them under water and serve for a nutritious snack or dessert.
One cup of strawberries contains over 100 mg of vitamin C, almost as much as a cup of orange juice. We need vitamin C for immune system function and for strong connective tissue. Strawberries also add a bit of calcium, magnesium, folate and potassium and only 53 calories.
One cup of blueberries offers a smaller amount of vitamin C, minerals and phytochemicals for only 83 calories. The same amount of cranberries is similar, but with only 44 calories, 1 cup of raspberries offers vitamin C and potassium for 64 calories.
You can choose other berries with similar nutrition, such as loganberries, currants, gooseberries, lingonberries and bilberries.
More Than Pretty Colors
The pigments that give berries their beautiful blue and red hues are also good for your health. Berries contain phytochemicals and flavonoids that may help to prevent some forms of cancer. Cranberries and blueberries contain a substance that may prevent bladder infections. Eating a diet rich in blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, cranberries and strawberries may help to reduce your risk of several types of cancers. Blueberries and raspberries also contain lutein, which is important for healthy vision.
Choosing Berries
Every grocery store carries a wide variety of fresh, canned and frozen berries. Look for ripe, colorful and firm berries with no sign of mold or mushy spots. Berries can also be found in the frozen section of the grocery store. Once they thaw, they will not be as firm as freshly picked berries, but they are still delicious and good for you.
For the freshest berries, try farmers' markets that offer berries harvested that same day. Some berry farms allow you to pick your own berries.
Ideas for Serving Berries
Most berries like strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are sweet enough to be served just as they are; however, here are some more ideas:
Top a bowl of berries with a dollop of light-whipped topping and a sprinkling of chopped pecans or walnuts
Add strawberry slices to a bowl of whole grain cereal
Sprinkle blueberries on a salad
Stir fresh raspberries into vanilla yogurt
Combine frozen berries with bananas and low-fat milk to make a smoothie
Most berries are naturally sweet, but some are too tart for most people to enjoy. Dried cranberries sold as snacks have some sugar added. Cranberry juice can also be combined with apple or grape juice to add sweetness.
Healthful Berry Recipes:
Strawberry Spinach Salad
Cranberry Herb Sauce
Blueberry Chutney
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Seeram NP. "Berry fruits for cancer prevention: current status and future prospects." J Agric Food Chem. 2008 Feb 13;56(3):630-5.

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Blueberries and Kale to Fight Aging « Tasty. Easy. Healthy.

2010-07-26T16:01:00.001-04:00

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Blueberries and Kale to Fight Aging

Blueberries and dark leafy greens… I think that I will be gorging on them for the next day (or decade). It’s not because they are a delicious combination. In fact, I’m not recommending them in the same dish.

However, they are considered to be two of the top foods to include in your diet if you want to embrace anti-aging. I haven’t considered the aging process too much. I do my best to eat a healthy diet and exercise. I know what I do now will directly correlate into my quality of life over the next 20 years. When I look at family and friends in their 60s and 70s, the ones that had an active life and took care of themselves 20 years earlier are the same ones that are enjoying an active life today. This doesn’t mean I’m embracing a life that is void of flavor, fun and enjoyment. Quite the contrary.

It’s exciting that some of the foods most recommended for good health are so delicious. The blueberry goes way beyond the smoothie. It’s fantastic in a spinach salad with a bit of fresh basil. In the heat of summer, keep organic frozen berries on hand for a quick snack or as an addition to low-fat yogurt for an antioxidant boost and nutritious treat. For dessert, how about a rosemary and honey shortcake with blackberries and blueberries? (You can stop by my restaurant Catelli’s and try this if you don’t want to make at home.)

I know that kale, chard and the dark leafy greens can be a bit intimidating. Once you start having them as part of your regular diet, I think that a love affair can be born. I take a bunch of kale, give it a rinse then stack it up and cut through it into one-inch slices. I throw it on a sheet pan, drizzle it with extra virgin olive oil and some salt, and roast in a 450 degrees oven for 3-5 minutes. You can give it a squeeze of lemon when it comes out for some extra flavor or a sprinkle of Parmesan. Another great way to enjoy kale or chard is by coating it with a generous amount of fresh lemon juice and olive oil over night. This softens and “cooks” the greens. If you keep the leaves whole, they become soft enough that you can use them as a wrap for other veggies or tuna.

And just to let you in on a little secret… it’s not random that I’m on a antioxidant mission today. I’m on a less-than-24-hour countdown to my 40th birthday and it looks like it’s going to be a blueberry smoothie and roasted kale salad kind of day.

Until next time, stay fresh and delicious!

~ Chef Domenica

What are your tricks for adding blueberries and other anti-aging foods to your diet? Share your summer recipes with the Food and Cooking Community.

Juice Plus Vineyard Blend contains blueberries. Juice Plus Orchard Blend contains kale

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Veggies, fruits, fish and supplements will help keep your vision sharp as you age

2010-07-25T07:28:00.001-04:00

Veggies, fruits, fish and supplements will help keep your vision sharp as you age

By Evelyn Theiss, The Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/04/veggies_fruits_fish_and_supple.html

April 12, 2010, 9:00PM
Foods like collard greens, walnuts and some cheeses all have nutrients in them that are beneficial to eyesight.
Staci Andrews, The Plain Dealer
Nutrients for your eyes
Lutein

• How much/where found: 10 mg a day, found in a half cup of spinach (cooking it gives you more lutein than eating it raw) or 3/4 cup of collard greens, kale or turnip greens.

• What it does: Helps filter blue and ultraviolet light; referred to as nature's sunglasses. May help prevent cataracts.

Zeaxanthin

• How much/where found: 6 to 10 mg a day, found in yellow or orange vegetables, such as orange peppers and sweet corn, and in spinach and greens. Tangerines and mandarin oranges will add to your daily total.

• What it does: Protects from ultraviolet and free-radical damage.

Essential fatty acids
(omega-3)

• How much/where found: Cold-water fish, like salmon (or herring, mackerel and sardines), are best source; 4 to 6 ounces of these three or four times a week is a good amount. In supplement form, start with 500 mg and go up to 1,000 mg, twice a day.

• What it does: Prevents buildup of plaque, reduces inflammation and also reduces oxidative cell damage to the retina.

Vitamin A

• How much/where found: Cheese, eggs and liver, broccoli leaves (florets don't have as much) and carrots, 2,310 IU a day for women and 3,200 IU for men. The upper limit, which you don't want to be near, is 10,000 for both men and women.

• What it does: Helps formation of rhodopsin, which assists in night vision.

Vitamins B-6 and B-12

• How much/where found: Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, fish and eggs. B-6 (50 mg) and B-12 vitamins (1 mg), plus folate (2,500 micrograms, or mcg).

• What it does: May reduce risk of macular degeneration.

Vitamin C

• How much/where found: Fresh fruits, especially citrus fruit and juice; 500 mg a day. Upper limit for men and women is 2,000 mg.

• What it does: May reduce risk of macular degeneration.

Vitamin E

• How much/ where found: Raw nuts, especially walnuts -- six halves a day (unsalted). 400 IU a day.

• What it does: May reduce risk of macular degeneration.

Zinc

• How much/where found: Fish, meat (lean is better) and dairy products (low-fat is better). 40 mg a day is upper limit.

• What it does: Helpful for night vision, protection from macular degeneration.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Maybe a trim waistline isn't enough motivation for you to eat more leafy greens and fish.
What about the idea of keeping your eyesight well into old age?

Good nutrition for eye health goes beyond carrots and their beta carotene, doctors now say, and the addition of some key nutrients can help avoid two leading causes of vision loss and blindness -- age-related macular degeneration and cataracts -- and aid conditions such as dry eyes.

Researchers who study the connection between diet and eye health say certain supplements might be helpful even for those who do eat their vegetables, especially once you hit your 40s. That's when many age-related eye problems begin to crop up.

Rocky River optometrist Mark Davis spends his spare time studying the impact of nutrition on vision and eye health, as an active member of the Ocular Nutrition Society, an international society devoted to eye health.

"I am so tickled that more and more professionals are embracing the aspect of good nutrition for eye health," says Davis, who co-owns Europtical in Rocky River with his wife, Simona. "The field is recognizing that people want to know about this -- they're interested in supplements, too -- and now we're doing more research to find what is beneficial and what isn't."

The nutrients that Davis currently encourages his patients to take include lutein (it helps with night vision), zeaxanthin (it protects the eyes from ultraviolet damage and prevents free-radical damage to the retina and lens), omega-3 oils (the DHA in them prevents retinal damage), zinc (good for preventing macular degeneration) and vitamin A (helps our night vision, but excessive doses can be toxic.)

Lutein, especially, is crucial when it comes to eye health as we age -- it is present in the macula of the retina and helps us discern fine details. We are born with a certain amount, but since the body doesn't produce it, the amount of lutein in your eyes depletes with age -- so the only way to get it is by ingesting it.

Some foods -- the same ones that are bad for the rest of your body -- are bad for you eyes as well. Hydrogenated oils, for example, are linked with arterial plaque, inflammation, diabetes and other chronic illnesses. Too much saturated fat -- say, more than one main-dish-sized serving a week of beef, pork or lamb -- has been shown to increase the risk of macular degeneration. There also seems to be a link between being overweight and eye disease (independent of the eye damage, retinopathy, related to diabetes) including an increased risk for cataracts and glaucoma.

Study showed effectsof zinc, antioxidants
Davis' interest in the connection between nutrition and the eyes was forged when he was doing his residency at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Cleveland in 1992. That hospital was one of the research-gathering sites for what would become the National Institutes of Health's study on age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.

It's referred to by doctors as AREDS, an acronym for Age-Related Eye Disease Study. Results showed that high levels of antioxidants and zinc significantly reduced the risk of advanced AMD and its associated vision loss. (A second AREDS is under way.)

"That truly spearheaded my, and a lot of other people's, interest in the connection between vitamins and minerals and vision," says Davis.

The optometrist recently returned from a professional meeting of the Ocular Nutrition Society in Atlanta in late February, where much of the focus in the lectures was on how antioxidants found in fruits, vegetables and supplements aid eye health, as do omega-3 oils.

"This wasn't the Reader's Digest version we heard," says Davis. "Everything was all about the clinical studies, what they're showing, what they're looking at next."

Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people older than 50 -- and AREDS revealed that people with macular degeneration were able to achieve a 25 percent reduction in its progression when they upped their intake of key antioxidants combined with a zinc supplement (tinyurl.com/aredstudy shows more details).

Hundreds more studies have been done since then on eye health and nutrition, and much more research will take place in the next five years, says Davis, especially into lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3s. "We have enough research to show these are beneficial, but we need more clinical data to back that up."

Most people don't eat enough fruits, veggies
Steven Meadows, an eye surgeon with offices in Fairview Park and Lakewood, also is intrigued by the effects of a healthy diet.
"I tell patients that if you eat at least three servings each of fruits and vegetables a day, you'll probably get everything you need," he says. "But today, most people don't do that, so it's worth taking vitamins and supplements."

Meadows says that he is at increased risk of macular degeneration because he is farsighted, has blue eyes and a family history of the disease. The main risk factor, though, is age. So he has become meticulous about eating more fruits and vegetables.

"I've seen the research that says people who eat spinach two times a week develop macular degeneration at a lower rate," he says. And after researchers determined that, they isolated lutein in spinach as making that contribution.

Soon after, lutein became an ingredient incorporated into supplements aimed at healthy vision.

Meadows says one of the most common problems many of his patients have -- and a condition more common with age -- is dry eyes. It's especially a problem for women who are postmenopausal, and for those who wear contact lenses. Working in front of a computer all day can aggravate it, too.

For people with dry eyes, he recommends omega-3 fatty acids, either taken in the form of eating fatty fish like salmon three or four times a week, or adding ground flaxseed to foods, or taking fish-oil or flaxseed-oil supplements.

"Your body can't manufacture the omega-3, so you have to take it in," he explains. He said he's seen a dramatic difference in tear quality with people who get a good dose of the oil, and those healthy tears often help people achieve less-blurry vision.

"I don't eat enough fish, so I take it myself," Meadows says.

Eye doctors say the demand for their services is expected to dramatically increase over the next few years, due to a major portion of the population aging into eye problems and to the diabetes epidemic.

The Ocular Nutrition Society predicts, "Disease prevention, including lifestyle modification, attention to dietary intake and micronutrient supplementation must become more of a focus of primary vision care."

What can you do? Eat more veggies, more often. Then add fruit.

How much should you take?

You've heard it before: Ideally, you need at least nine servings total of fruits and vegetables a day for your eyes and your general health.

Yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said less than 15 percent of the population consumes even five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

People who eat fish more than four times a week have a lower risk of macular degeneration than those who consume it less than three times a month. Omega-3 fatty acids are known to improve blood circulation to the eye.

So try to improve your nutrition -- taking baby steps if you need to -- and consider taking supplements. We've added the amounts (in milligrams and international units) of most of the nutrients that research has shown to be helpful for your eyes, in case you decide to boost your totals using supplements.

The main nutrients shown to help you keep your eyes healthy as you age are those with the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin; essential fatty acids (omega-3s in particular); vitamins A, B, C and E; and zinc.

In the Age-Related Eye Disease Study, the National Eye Institute (of the National Institutes of Health) found that the combination of daily supplements to bring down the risk or progression of age-related macular degeneration is: 500 mg of vitamin C, 400 IU of vitamin E, 15 mg of beta carotene, 80 mg of zinc oxide and 2 mg of copper, also known as cupric acid. For the second ARED study now under way, the level of zinc has been cut back to 25 mg.

As always, it's best to talk to your doctor for advice before starting a new regimen.
Juice Plus contains 17 different fruits, vegetables and grains to help bridge the gap between what you eat and what you should eat.

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40 Best Super Foods

2010-07-23T10:23:00.001-04:00

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Benefits of Eating Fruits and Vegetables

2010-07-23T07:29:00.001-04:00

Benefits of Eating Fruits and Vegetables
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Recent changes in food guidelines have meant an increase in the recommended daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. That is because eating nutrient rich, low calorie, low fat foods such as fruits and vegetables, has been shown to have a strong impact on overall health.

In addition, high levels of fruits and vegetables in the diet has even been shown to help provide protection from a number of diseases and chronic conditions. There are ongoing studies on the relationship between a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and prevention of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other conditions. While there may not yet be conclusive proof of a link between fruits and vegetables and lower risk of disease, there is ample anecdotal evidence to suggest that a healthy diet leads to a healthy body.

One reason for the strong health benefits of fruits and vegetables is their strong antioxidant qualities. Many fruits and vegetables are high in important antioxidant vitamins like vitamin C, vitamin E and vitamin A. In addition, fruits and vegetables contain lots of other nutrients and trace elements that are important to the proper function of the body.

Choosing the best fruits and vegetables is important, both to your health and the health of your food budget. We all have limited food budgets, and getting the best in terms of both taste and nutrition, is very important.

One way to get maximum value and maximum nutrition is to choose fresh, in season fruits and vegetables. That is because fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables tend to be less expensive than their shipped counterparts.

If you have a farmers market or produce stand nearby, it can be an excellent source of the highest quality, lowest cost fruits and vegetables. Summer produce stands are excellent sources of delicious and nutritious fruits and vegetables.

In addition, buying fruits and vegetables as they come into season will instantly provide you with variety. There are literally hundreds of different varieties of fruits and vegetables at the average grocery store, and they all have different growing season. Buying the fresh in season fruits and vegetables is a great way to introduce yourself to some varieties you may never have tried before.

Of course there will be times when your favorite fruits and vegetables are not available locally. In those cases, frozen and canned varieties can do just fine. Just about every popular fruit and vegetable is available canned or frozen, and these can make wonderful, fast fruit salads or quick snacks.

It is important to choose fruits and vegetables in a variety of colors, and not only for ascetic reasons. Different colored fruits and vegetables contain different types of nutrients, and different levels of nutrients, so eating a good variety of green, gold, orange and purple is the best way to ensure adequate levels of nutrition.

How you cook the vegetables you buy is important as well. Over cooking can destroy many of the nutrients that make vegetables so healthy. Fortunately, most vegetables can be cooked by quickly steaming them in the microwave or on the stovetop.

How those cooked vegetables are served can also have a significant impact on their healthiness. Adding butter, margarine, oils or other fats to vegetables can quickly negate their health benefits. Better choices for seasoning cooked vegetables include fruit juices and low fat yogurt.

Most nutrition experts recommend that everyone eat from 5 to 9 servings of fruits or vegetables every day. While that may seem like an impossible goal, it is easier when you understand just what a serving consists of. One serving of a fruit or vegetable can be one medium sized piece of fruit, one slice of melon, two small pieces of fruit, one cup of strawberries, one cup of grapes, one half cup of canned fruit, one half cup of fruit salad, one side salad or one half cup of fresh fruit juice.

With all these choices to choose from, it is easy to see why fruits and vegetables are such a popular part of a healthy diet. No matter what your reason for pursuing healthy eating, fruits and vegetables are a healthy addition to any diet.
Eating fruits and vegetables should be your number one goal, but there is usually a gap between what we eat and what we should eat. Finding a WHOLE FOOD supplement with research to fill that gap can be a major part of your goal to get the fruits and vegetables your body needs.

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Juice Plus News: University of South Carolina Study published

2010-07-21T07:24:00.001-04:00

Juice Plus+ News: University of South Carolina Study published
The body of clinical research on Juice Plus+ continues to grow.
A clinical investigation of the impact of Juice Plus+ on systemic inflammation by researchers at the University of South Carolina was recently published online (ahead of print) in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research.
Acute inflammation – the red skin around a cut, for example – is a normal protective response by tissues throughout the body to injury or destruction. However, chronic systemic inflammation is invisible, and can contribute to an increased risk for developing chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. The South Carolina researchers hypothesized that added nutrition from fruits and vegetables – delivered in the form of Juice Plus+ – might positively impact biomarkers of inflammation in the blood.
The researchers studied the impact of Juice Plus+ Orchard and Garden Blend, taken alone and in conjunction with Juice Plus+Vineyard Blend: a) on levels of several important free radical-fighting antioxidants in the blood (as an indication of bioavailability); b) on levels of superoxide dismutase, an antioxidant enzyme that helps rid the body of free radicals; and c) on levels of several key biomarkers of systemic inflammation.
In their recently published paper, the USC researchers reported: a) significantly increased levels of all three antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta-carotene) in both groups of test subjects; b) significantly increased levels of superoxide dismutase in both groups; and c) significantly decreased levels of three key biomarkers of inflammation in both groups.
They concluded: “Data suggest a potential health benefit by consuming either formulation of the encapsulated juice concentrates through their anti-inflammatory properties.”
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research is a primary research journal devoted to all aspects of molecular nutrition – particularly the correlation between nutrition and health. You can find the online version of the Juice Plus+ study at PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425759).
The study was also featured in the Miami Herald. Check it out here.http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/18/1634231/supplements-better-than-nothing.html

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Orlando Prayer Breakfast

2010-07-20T07:20:00.001-04:00

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Orlando Prayer Breakfast-Oct. 15, 2010

2010-07-20T07:15:00.001-04:00

Orlando Prayer Breakfast
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 7 AM

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Orlando Prayer Breakfast Friday, October 15, 2010 - 7 AM

2010-07-20T07:11:00.001-04:00

Orlando Prayer Breakfast

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 7 AM

Aaron Keyes

Come join the Juice Plus family as we start the Orlando Conference by gathering to fellowship, worship, and hear what God is doing in our midst today. Scott and Aaron will lead us as we share a fabulous venue in the beautiful Gaylord Palms Hotel. This is a smaller venue due to the change in hotels... so please fill out the reservation form below quickly if you want a table together with your team.

Kick off the conference with worship and words of wisdom

Scott Goetz

“When Bad Things Happen to Good People”

Scott Goetz is an encourager. His greatest joys in life have always centered on bringing out the best in others.

After having been an All-American athlete in football and track at Liberty University, he devoted his professional career as a coach by instilling a winning attitude into his athletes and turned loosing teams into winning programs.

He has also served as a youth pastor, singles pastor, and adult education pastor at various churches in South Florida. Currently Scott enjoys serving other pastors as a Certified Life Coach. For several years, he and his wife, Amy, ran a successful retail candle business with up to 5 different locations.

He has been married to Amy for 31 years, and together, they have built an NMD-100 club. They have 3 grown children, Joy, Charity and Luke.

Along the way, sometimes the unexpected happens. His life has been marked by challenges that have tested his will to survive.

Aaron is the worship pastor at Grace Fellowship Church, in Snellville, GA; his heart is to restore the Word of God to the foundation of corporate worship, and to see a shift in the next generation of worship leaders to becoming more biblically empowered worship pastors. Six months out of the year, Aaron has younger worship pastors living in his home as part of an intensive worship discipleship course, involving daily teaching, mentoring, coaching, and community. Aaron's band travels internationally, leading worship and coaching worship leaders as the Lord gives opportunity, and Aaron works with Kingsway Music, from the United Kingdom.

Aaron and his wife of almost 10 years, Megan, have four sons - Cooper, Judah, Nyle, and Linen. Linen is only 5 months old, so he's not pictured above. Between church life, traveling, song-writing, and parenting, Aaron and Megan are loving their lives and excited about their next season of life, love, and music.

* If anyone is financially unable to attend please contact the Beavers office for assistance

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Austin, TX-Building a Virtual Franchise-Curt Beavers-Aug 10, 2010

2010-07-19T13:58:00.001-04:00

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Austin Texas-Building a Virtual Franchise-Curt Beavers-Aug., 10, 2010

2010-07-19T13:56:00.001-04:00

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Dr. Jan Roberto to Speak in Traverse City, Michigan, Friday, July 23

2010-07-19T11:44:00.001-04:00

A Prescription for a
Healthier Life

Date: July 23, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Twin Lakes Park (Camp & Conference Center), Gilbert Lodge, at 6800 N. Long Lake Road (4½ miles west of Traverse City, Michigan)

Contact: Nancy Kroupa (231) 946-7877
E-mail: nkroupa@aol.com
A Prescription for a
Healthier Life

Nancy Kroupa

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Phone: (231) 946-7877
Cell: (231) 944-4082

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Protect Your Vision with These Nutrients

2010-07-17T05:31:00.001-04:00

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Sports nutrition is an exciting field of study fueled by how nutrition can help an athlete perform better and improve overall health. Therefore, when I analyze an athlete’s diet, I’m looking for more than just how much protein, carbohydrate and calories they are eating. I am also comparing their diet to their training program and health. And the more they can tell me, the more I can help.

While many athletes focus on what is seemingly obvious (weight, muscle strength, speed, recovery), they often forget a part of their body that is so incredibly crucial to success – their eyesight. Yet, as I listened to Diane Alexander, PhD speak at the ISSN’s annual meeting last month, it became even more clear to me just how important specific nutrients are for eye health.

Dr. Alexander’s presentation Increased Lutein and Zeaxanthin Intake Correlates with Improved Visual Performance, was jam-packed with information about keeping your eyes health and ready to perform. Here are some of the summary points:

The recommended nutrients for eye health are: zinc, copper, DHA or EPA, and the antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E, lutein and zeaxanthin (both are carotenoids).

Lutein and zeaxanthin are the 2 main antioxidants found in the macula of your eye. The macula absorbs/filters blue light (hazardous rays).

Lutein acts like an “internal pair of sunglasses” neutralizing free radicals and reducing exposure to damaging blue light. It seems to reduce one’s risk of age-related macular degeneration and cataracts (it seems like everyone I know over age 60 has had cataract surgery).

Lutein and zeaxanthin may improve outdoor vision by absorbing blue light allowing a person to better distinguish between distant targets while decreasing blur (golfers, are you paying attention here?)

Lutein and zeaxanthin may also improve photosensitivity (the need to squint when you walk from inside to outside on a bright sunny day). Two studies conducted in healthy people found that 10 mg/day of FloraGlo® brand lutein + 2 mg/day of OPTISHARP® zeaxanthin reduced glare and improved tolerance to light.

How can you find lutein and zeaxanthin in food? First, start by eating the recommended 9-13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day (equivalent to roughly 4-8 mg of lutein/day). And, include leafy green vegetables, corn, eggs (its in the yolk) – the best sources of lutein.

As an athlete you must keep your entire body healthy. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables (and eggs) can help your eyes. If you get enough lutein and zeaxanthin, you should notice less glare, sharper vision and better distinction between objects in dim light. Though these “internal sunglasses” can help, don’t forget external ones.

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Prevention Plus in Cleveland GA, July 29 - AMY GOETZ

2010-07-15T05:52:00.001-04:00

“IF You Don’t Take Care of your Body…Where else are you going to Live??”
Learn how the nutrition in fruits and vegetables can help you live longer, look better, have more energy, and reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes and more.
Amy Goetz is a home economist, teacher, and nutrition educator.
She conducts workshops for families, churches, schools and organizations on how to take control of your health and make healthier food choices for yourself and your family. Amy shares practical ways to implement better food choices, so people can eat healthy and feel great.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church
25 Church Street
Cleveland, GA 20528

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Stress Survival Tactics | Darren Hardy, Publisher of SUCCESS Magazine

2010-07-07T06:30:00.001-04:00

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Stress Survival Tactics

Stress has become a problem of pandemic proportions. I keep hearing people tell me how “stressed out” they are. It’s time to eradicate this disease of the mind.

I came across a transcript by a journalist who interviewed me for a national newspaper a while back. I thought you might benefit from some of these ideas and tips as well.

Tips on Avoiding and Preventing Stress
1. In your opinion, is stress an unavoidable consequence of life?

DARREN HARDY: Stress is a part of life. Life requires stress. As a muscle needs resistance to grow stronger, so do we. Many times, stress awakens our greater potential and makes us rise to the performance we were capable of all along, but we needed the challenge.

2. Why do some people seem to stress out more than others? Do some people just naturally tolerate stressors more easily than others?

DH: Ultimately, stress is a mental illusion, an interpretation and a perception. What is stressful to one person is blissful to another. Heights might be stressful for one person, while free-falling out of an airplane is sheer bliss for another. Public speaking might completely debilitate one person but be the most empowering activity for another. Losing $100,000 in the stock market might be less stressful for one person than having a bad hair day is for another. Stress is a mental perception, chosen by the perceiver.

3. Please give some of your favorite tips for managing existing stress (assuming the stressors can’t be prevented).

•     DH: Don’t major in minors. Ask yourself, In 20 years, will this matter? Will I even remember this? If not, it is minor and you shouldn’t fret. Do you remember what you were stressed out about on Oct. 21, 1988? My point exactly.

•   This too shall pass. There are ebbs and flows to life; some call them seasons. Spring follows winter. How regularly? Every time. Keep your mind on the spring that is coming as you move through the winter.

•   What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. This is the way of growth. The great trials of our lives awaken the greater potential inside of us. Welcome stress and difficulty, as they may be the alarm clock that awakens the greatness that lies sleeping inside.

•    “At least I don’t live in Bosnia.” I remember feeling stressed and sorry for myself one time in the past. I turned on the TV and saw images of the way people lived and suffered in Bosnia. I felt pretty guilty about my pitiful “stresses.” Now every time I think I have it bad or am feeling stressed I say, “Well, at least I don’t live in Bosnia—so, this isn’t so bad after all.”

If that doesn’t do it, read Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. He depicts the level of stress the human condition can handle; yours is probably minor in comparison. Now I say, “Thank God I am not Gary Boyd.” Click here to read why.

•   Get over yourself! You are not the only one to experience stress, difficulty, frustration and pain. What happens to you happens to all of us. There is no conspiracy against you. We all experience hurt, disappointment, heartache, loss, failure, sadness, misfortune, setback, defeat, distress, despondency, despair… or whatever else is causing you stress.

Something I learned from Jim Rohn goes like this: It is not what happens to you that makes the difference in how your life works out. What happens to you happens to all of us. It’s how you respond to what happens to you that determines the major outcome of your life.

4. What are your ideas for building resilience against stress or preventing it?
5 Tips to Radically Reduce Stress
1. Compartmentalize. The problem for most people is they are worried about everything all at once, all the time. I break what I’m concerned about into time chunks. If I have an important presentation on Tuesday, I schedule time to begin thinking about it on Monday at noon. This way I don’t “stress” about it all weekend long.
2. Say no. Nancy (Reagan, that is) was right: Just say, “NO!” Today we have more time-saving technologies to make our lives more convenient, yet we are the busiest (and most stressed-out) society in history! Studies show that life for families a hundred years ago was a lot less stressful, when we didn’t have 90 percent of the so-called conveniences we have today. Yes, today we get more stuff done and we collect more things in our garages, closets and attics, but we are not any happier. We are over-obligated and over-scheduled. Take back control of your life by learning to say “NO!”… or at least, “No thank you.”
3. Feel it… really feel it. Most everyone spends the majority of their time trying to avoid painful emotions. Here is the irony of that: What you try to avoid expands in its power. Or put another way, what you resist, persists. “Whatever you avoid will come back. The more you avoid, the stronger it will return.” –Deepak Chopra
4. End the love affair. You love the pain of your emotions. How do we know? You keep creating them. You are a creative being. There is nothing in your life you have not created. You are the cause of every effect you are experiencing right now. Frightening, but true. You have either attracted the circumstances that have caused you pain or you have just decided to CALL them painful. Nothing is painful in and of itself. Pain is a result of your thoughts about it. What one calls painful another calls enjoyable. Pain results from a judgment you have made about something. Remove the judgment and the pain disappears. You could decide to have what you call painful to be joyful if you wanted, simply by deciding it to be. You could also stop attracting circumstances in your life that cause you pain, but you don’t. Why? Because you love the feeling!
5. MOVE! Perform an exercism. That’s right. Exercise the stress out of you. You know the mind-body connection to your health! Just as a cut on your finger will aggravate your mental concentration, so will collecting mental battle wounds and pressures all day drag your body down. You store your mental stress in your body. The only way to get the stress out of your mind is to get it out of your body. Not only does exercise keep you looking good in that skimpy swimsuit – and from dropping dead of coronary artery disease – but it also is the key to maintaining your energy, and to staying in psychological and mental balance.

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Empowerment Call Monday, July 5 Rebroadcast Doug Barlow NMD

2010-07-07T05:54:00.001-04:00

Empowerment Call Rebroadcast for Monday July 5, 2010

Featuring Doug Barlow NMD 100 Club
Seattle, Washington
"The Power of Making Connections with 3 Way Conference Calls"
Hosted by Sharron Rankin and Pamela Sue
"Working with your team and your leaders to effectively invite, welcome, and support your prospective and new customers and team members"

Doug has been making a difference in people’s lives through whole food nutrition and personal relationship coaching since the fall of 1994.  He and his partner, Dr. Mitra Ray, have built a large multinational distribution network through educational programs focused on the benefits of a plant based diet.
An avid outdoor adventurer with a pension for gravity and wind powered sport, Doug loves to share plan B with anyone interested in escaping the “Rat Race” known as our modern society.
With beliefs such as “the simplest solution is usually the best” and “if you are not living on the edge, chances are you are taking up too much space” you will thoroughly enjoy this fun and fully expressed message that Doug has to share.  He is the father of three lovely daughters and maintains a home with his partner Mitra along the shores of the Salish Sea on the West Coast.

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Eating healthy – it’s possible whether you grow your own vegetables, buy them in a store, or eat out

2010-07-06T09:33:00.001-04:00

by Science and Health News Staff
I’ve talked a lot about gardening lately, especially since April was National Gardening Month, and I found one more article that I though the gardeners out there would appreciate. The Santa Barbara Independent tells you how to grow a thriving garden by using crop rotation. This technique seems fairly time consuming, detailed, and scientifically based. All things that would normally scare me away. But if you’re a vegetable gardener, it’s also definitely worth your time and brain power.
For those of you who aren’t the gardening type, but still want your family to eat right at home, it all starts with the choices you make at the grocery store. The Mercury Life gives you great tips on how to shop healthy at the grocery store. Of course, there are the tips you hear all the time, like buy fresh food instead of over processed food in boxes. But they also have a few new tips. Check out the article for all the tips. And before you get to the store, check out this article from Today’s Diet on foods that help you mend. You may want to add a few items to your list once you find out what foods can be your ally when battling stress, fighting fatigue or illness, or trying to heal from wounds or injuries.
Of course as busy as we are nowadays, all this talk about eating healthy normally gets put aside when you’re too tired to cook. We’ve all had those days when just deciding what to cook for dinner seems like a terrible chore by itself. So we opt for take out instead. But eating out doesn’t always have to mean unhealthy. Fitness at Home shares their guide to eating out right. Many restaurants are starting to realize the need for healthier menu choices and this article helps you pick them out.
And as I’m sure you know, a healthy lifestyle doesn’t just mean eating right, it means being active. If you’re one of those people who gets burned out from doing the same exercise routine day after day take a look at this article from Today’s Diet. They show you how to add new flavors to your fitness routine. Most of these tips are simple modifications to your exercise routine to make it a little less mundane. Exercise should be fun, not something you dread doing. So spice it up a little! Share some of your own ideas for adding flavor to your fitness routine in the comments section.

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[:juiceplus:]Doctor dispenses nutritional advice

2010-06-24T13:16:00.001-04:00

Doctor dispenses nutritional advice
June 24, 2010
By KATIE DREWS Contributor
When author Luke Curtis' father was first hospitalized a few years ago and feeding through tubes, many people thought he would not survive.
But Curtis, a medical doctor, writer and expert on nutrition, believed his dad could get better with the right nutrients, and soon enough, his 88-year-old father was out mowing the grass again.
Curtis, 51, is now the author of a book that addresses the severe problem of malnutrition among older adults and offers them a guide on healthy living.
Curtis, who lived in and out of Wilma for the past 40 years and is now a resident of Chicago's Edge neighborhood, sat down with the Wilma Life to talk about his book and the importance of maintaining healthy eating habits throughout the senior years.
Tell us a little bit about your new book: I am concerned because the majority of elderly people, particularly over 65 or 70, are malnourished and lacking many important nutrients.
To say a majority of them is not an exaggeration. For example, in the people over 70, over 80 percent of them are deficient in vitamin D. I think around 80 percent of them are deficient in calcium and about three quarters of them don't get the recommended size servings of fruits and vegetables daily.
A lot of the health problems in older people are due not so much to aging but to the malnutrition that often occurs at that age group. And unfortunately, the medical profession, for the most part, is not trained to recognize problems of malnutrition.
In medical school, I was discouraged to see a lot of patients in extremely malnourished conditions. They come in for something minor and then they get very malnourished and oftentimes they die because they get a series of infections or something like heart failure or respiratory failure.
It is a shame because many of these patients would have completely recovered and had a very active life otherwise.
What surprised you the most during the research and writing of the book? You hear lots and lots of talk of overweight. But the level of overweight goes down tremendously after about age 70 and really underweight is a problem. Their problem is often not getting enough to eat.
What is it you enjoy about working with older adults in particular? It's very rewarding seeing them get better. In (my dads) first hospitalization, he had minor surgery in Evanston, and they kept saying he was going to die.
He was on dialysis, a ventilator and tube feeding. People said, 'Oh, if you are in your 80s and in this condition, you should just give up and pull the plug.' And I said, 'No, we can get him better.' So I worked on his nutrition and we got him some physical therapy and lots of positive attitude, and he got better. But unfortunately for only a year.
I got him walking a mile that year, though. He also used the lawn mower, but I got him to stop that.
What are some tips for people who want to improve their nutrition? Be sure to get enough liquids in the day, whether its water, juice, coffee or tea.
Point two: Be sure to get enough protein. While most young people tend to get a lot of protein, protein consumption goes down as you get older.
The third most likely thing to keep in mind is to be careful to get enough fruits and vegetables. Only about one elder in four gets the recommended amount.
The fourth thing is Omega 3 fatty acids. The cheapest source is if you buy some fish or cod liver oil. Omega 3s are good for your mood, good for bone growth, good for eye health, good for your joints, good for many things.
The fifth thing I would look into would be getting some supplements, depending partly on your needs and health programs.

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The Essence of Leadership

2010-06-23T04:46:00.001-04:00

What’s the secret to obtaining things we need and want the most?
The answer is a paradox.
Our greatest needs are met by building into other people’s lives.

This apparent contradiction is the essence of leadership. And that’s our topic here.
What is leadership?
It is a passionate and deliberate pursuit of people that we love, motivating them to make positive changes in their lives.
Leadership is an act of faith: it is the choice to put other people first, regarding their needs as more important than our own.
And then finding, by surprise, that our most important wants and needs are wonderfully fulfilled.
Yes, leadership’s a mystery. I don’t know why it works, only that it does. By focusing on others I connect with my life’s purpose. It will do the same for you. This will get us out of bed in the morning!
When we practice it, leadership becomes a passion. Sometimes that passion burns bright and strong, but other times it is a fragile flame.
My objective here is for us to mutually ignite, re-ignite, and feed this flame. The fire of leadership must be fed and fanned by each other. We lead others best by putting others first; and the only way to survive and thrive as leaders is when others do the same for us.
Leadership will sometimes feel lonely, but it can never be achieved alone.

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Juice Plus FACTS!

2010-06-16T09:05:00.001-04:00

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Juice Plus Inflammatory Study abstract

2010-06-15T07:05:00.001-04:00

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Jun 15th Question and Answer Time--Montgomery, AL--Lunch Event

2010-06-09T07:21:00.001-04:00

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Article: Peaches, plums induce death of breast cancer cells,even aggressive type

2010-06-08T12:15:00.001-04:00

Peaches, plums induce deliciously promising death of breast cancer cells

COLLEGE STATION -- Breast cancer cells - even the most aggressive type - died after treatments with peach and plum extracts in lab tests at Texas AgriLife Research recently, and scientists say the results are deliciously promising. Not only did the cancerous cells keel over, but the normal cells were not harmed in the process.
AgriLife Research scientists say two phenolic compounds are responsible for the cancer cell deaths in the study, which was published in the
Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. The phenols are organic compounds that occur in fruits. They are slightly acidic and may be associated with traits such as aroma, taste or color.
"It was a differential effect which is what you're looking for because in current cancer treatment with chemotherapy, the substance kills all cells, so it is really tough on the body," said Dr. David Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder who studies stone fruit. "Here, there is a five-fold difference in the toxic intensity. You can put it at a level where it will kill the cancer cells - the very aggressive ones - and not the normal ones."
Byrne and Dr. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos originally studied the antioxidants and phytonutrients in plums and found them to match or exceed the blueberry which had been considered superior to other fruits in those categories.
"The following step was to choose some of these high antioxidant commercial varieties and study their anticancer properties," Cisneros-Zevallos said. "And we chose breast cancer as the target because it's one of the cancers with highest incidence among women. So it is of big concern."
According to the National Cancer Institute, there were 192,370 new cases of breast cancer in females and 1,910 cases in males in 2009. That year, 40,170 women and 440 men died from breast cancer. The World Health Organization reports that breast cancer accounts for 16 percent of the cancer deaths of women globally.

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Breast cancer cells -- even the most aggressive type -- died after treatments with peach and plum extracts in lab tests at Texas AgriLife Research.
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Cisneros-Zevallos, an AgriLife Research food scientist, said the team compared normal cells to two types of breast cancer, including the most aggressive type. The cells were treated with an extract from two commercial varieties, the "Rich Lady" peach and the "Black Splendor" plum.
"These extracts killed the cancer cells but not the normal cells," Cisneros-Zevallos said.
A closer look at the extracts determined that two specific phenolic acid components - chlorogenic and neochlorogenic - were responsible for killing the cancer cells while not affecting the normal cells, Cisneros-Zevallos said.
The two compounds are very common in fruits, the researchers said, but the stone fruits such as plums and peaches have especially high levels.
"So this is very, very attractive from the point of view of being an alternative to typical chemotherapy which kills normal cells along with cancerous ones," Byrne added.
The team said laboratory tests also confirmed that the compounds prevented cancer from growing in animals given the compounds.
Byrne plans to examine more fully the lines of the varieties that were tested to see how these compounds might be incorporated into his research of breeding plums and peaches. Cisneros-Zevallos will continue testing these extracts and compounds in different types of cancer and conduct further studies of the molecular mechanisms involved.      ###
The work documenting the health benefits of stone fruit has been supported by the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center at Texas A&M University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Tree Fruit Agreement.

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Caption: Breast cancer cells -- even the most aggressive type -- died after treatments with peach and plum extracts in lab tests at Texas AgriLife Research.
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Prevention Plus+ Birmingham, AL - Samford University - June 10

2010-06-06T16:56:00.001-04:00

Put this on your calendar and Invite guests to be with you.
Stacy was here in February and she was so good, that everyone wanted her back as soon as possible.
Bring your spouse and the children and ask your guests to bring their children too.
This will be an outstanding presentation
Judy Kirkland
205-368-3391

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Understanding the Juice Plus Virtual Franchise

2010-06-06T15:51:00.001-04:00

Monday Marketing Plan Calls

call 646-519-5860   pin # 7770 & goto www.JPVFmarketingplan.com

Join us on Mondays at 12 NOON and 8:30 pm eastern to explain the dynamics of the Juice Plus Virtual Franchise. Don't start a home based business....own a Virtual Franchise!
Goto www.JPVFmarketingplan.com (username=virtual & password=franchise), then join us on the phone for the audio at 646-519-5860   pin # 7770

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Greenville, SC June 16th with Dr Paul Williams & August 13th with Dr David Phillips

2010-06-04T05:36:00.001-04:00

Who do you know in Greenville, SC & surrounding area?
Make sure you get all your prospects, customers and distributors to these exciting PP+ events.
See attached flyers for all the details!
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