TriVita is Embracing Wellness

Each month a Member, Business Affiliate and TriVita employee share their insights on health, wellness and more

This new monthly feature creates an open forum for Members, Business Affiliates and TriVita staff to respond to a variety of provocative questions about a wide range of subjects. Join the discussion! Your response could earn you a $25 gift card; see details at the end of this article.

We’re bombarded with negative news. Whether you turn on the television, radio or log onto the Internet – there it is… bad news on the stock market, housing market, job market and even grocery prices at the market. The result is a chain reaction of negativity that spreads doom and gloom to others and may even damage our own ability to function in a healthy manner.

This month’s question:
How do you stay positive in tough times?

 

Cheryl Cole, Member
“I first turn to my spirituality which is a mainstay in my life and which has taken me through every tough time I have endured. But the flesh is sometimes weak so as I am feeding my spirit through prayer, I increase my exercise from three times a week to most days of the week. This always improves my outlook on any situation. I also make sure that I eat six small nutritiously balanced meals a day to boost my post-menopausal metabolism, and take my vitamin supplements religiously.

I’m glad that I added Super Sublingual B-12 to my supplements. It makes me more mentally focused, energized and better able to deal with the stress of planning a wedding, a job change and preparing to move to another state, all while still working full-time as a nurse practitioner.”

 

Terry Johnston, Business Affiliate
“First, I count my blessings and stay focused on all the things I am grateful for; my wife, our family, our friends and our good mental and physical health.

Second, I work on keeping my brain and body tuned up with proper nutrition and exercise. TriVita’s 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness play an enormous part in this effort. I concentrate on what I can control, how I look after myself, how I treat others, how I spend money and how I can enjoy simple pleasures from everyday living. During tough economic times with so many people affected, it is so important to stay healthy in body and mind. If I can look after myself and somehow inspire someone else each day, that’s a great day.

People are looking for ways to reduce their costs, reduce their weight, reduce their stress, reduce illnesses and get back to a simpler, more wholesome way of life. Through TriVita, we can show them the way.”

 

Pam Knox, Staff Member, Managing editor
“For me, staying positive means staying in a constant state of gratitude. I also surround myself with fun, happy people. I have a very close group of girlfriends who meet on a regular basis. We actually have an agenda at our meetings, but nothing too serious in nature. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my life as I have with these grown women!

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hide my head in the sand; I am aware of what is going on in the world, but I choose to not focus on those things. I am making financial adjustments in my life, just as everyone is, but I concentrate on the wonderful blessings I have – my beautiful family (and very soon, a grandchild), my friends, my career and the knowledge that God is in control.

Yes, the current times are hard and yes, they may get harder. Still, laughter and having a heart of gratitude not only keeps me from feeling fretful, but also gives me hope for the future.”

We invite you to answer our upcoming question: “What’s your favorite memory of summer as a child?” Your response could earn you a $25 TriVita gift card! Just email your response to vitajournal@trivita.com, or write to: VitaJournal, 16100 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Ste. 950, Scottsdale, AZ 85260. Please include your Member ID, your address and daytime phone number (along with email address, if you have one). Note: When you submit a letter or email, you are also giving TriVita full rights to it, including the right to publish it in future publications and to edit it as needed.

Source: TriVita VitaJournal March 2009 pg 22.

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TriVita Asks What’s The Connection Between Mental, Dental Health & Your Heart

by Brazos Minshew, TriVita’s Chief Science Officer

Previously, we discussed the effect of loneliness on heart health. Powerful chemicals from the brain alter the way the heart functions. The heart and blood vessels respond with inflammation. Arteries harden, the efficiency of the heart muscle is reduced as the heart enlarges, and heart failure results.Heart health, dental health
Coronary artery disease (CAD) usually progresses slowly over many years. The first sign of CAD is often a fatal heart attack. Because CAD is silent, it becomes imperative to practice preventive medicine such as testing for C-reactive protein (CRP), as well as blood pressure and cholesterol. However, another form of heart disease progresses quite rapidly. It is called “single-artery disease.”

Other triggers of heart disease are related to dental health. Curiously, dental health and mental health are also strongly related. How does this happen? Which comes first in this triad of triggers for heart disease?

 

Single artery disease clogs a single artery while all or most other blood vessels remain clean. It can happen when injury or infection creates inflammation in the absence of disease:

• Dental infection: One of the most common bacteria comes from a dental infection. Bacteria from inflamed gums can escape into the bloodstream and attack a single blood vessel in or near the heart.
• Inflammation: Inflammation in the gums attracts white blood cells by means of protein messengers called cytokines. Some of these messengers leak into the bloodstream and attract white blood cells. White blood cells infiltrate the infected area because of the messenger cytokines. Cytokines that leak into the bloodstream and enter the heart may send the wrong message. It may also result in white blood cells attacking an artery in the heart. This is the beginning of single artery disease: white blood cells attracted by cytokines penetrate a single artery in the heart and cause blockage.

Smoking increases the number of bacteria in the mouth and causes LDL cholesterol to become stickier. This bad habit also increases inflammation in the entire body. Bacteria, LDL and inflammation make for a lethal combination for CAD and single artery disease.

Dental health, mental health
Mental illness comes in a variety of different forms: from anxiety and bipolar disorder to depression, schizophrenia and beyond. Among the common manifestations of these disorders is lack of attention to dental care. Irregular brushing and flossing will lead to a buildup of potentially lethal bacteria. As a result, cardiovascular disease is a common companion of mental illness.

Other aspects of personal care suffer from this same inattentiveness, including diet, exercise and rest. As you know, these habits are foundations for physical and mental health. Without these essentials in place, the health spirals downward and heart failure is one of many possibilities.

Conclusion
It seems that illnesses such as CAD and heart failure are much more complex than we ever imagined. Emotional distress, dental neglect, smoking and inflammation may all combine to create vascular disease. Constant attention to the 10 Essentials of Health and Wellness and normal biological needs like dental care can help us avoid many triggers for CAD and heart failure.

Essential #4 concerns nutrients that every body needs. Essential fatty acids like those found in TriVita’s OmegaPrime can help protect against inflammation. Vitamin C can also help reduce inflammation by cooling oxidative stress and TriVita Sublingual B-12, TriVita HCY Guard helps reduce inflammatory homocysteine. I especially like TriVita Adaptogen 10 Plus because it helps reduce the impact of stress while providing antioxidant protection. Nutrients and nurturing – including proper dental care – give us the best foundation for a life of meaning and purpose.

Take Control of Your Health

• Practice good dental hygiene
  • Brush at least twice daily for two minutes
  • Floss after meals
  • Get dental cleanings and checkups twice a year
• Take Healthy Aging nutrients
  • A multiple vitamin/mineral supplement
  • TriVita Omega-3 supplement
  • A Sublingual Vitamin B-12
  • A Vitamin C supplement
• Reduce stress and use adaptogens when needed
• Learn and live TriVita’s 10 Essentials!

Source: TriVita Weekly Wellness Report February 28, 2009

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How Vitamin B-12 Became a Mainstay of Wellness

Dr. Libby brought his depth of knowledge to TriVita’s early TV programming.

Dr. Libby’s legacy of pioneering continues by Dr. Scott Conard

“To ‘B’ or not to ‘B’” – that was the title of an address I gave at a wellness conference in Scottsdale, Arizona recently. I was speaking, of course, about Vitamin B-12, and the event gave me the chance to review its growth from an undervalued vitamin to a recognized powerhouse in health. It also gave me the chance to recall my early involvement with TriVita® and respect for the work of Alfred Libby, M.D., the inventor of TriVita Sublingual B-12, B-6 and Folic Acid.

As you may know, Dr. Libby was a pioneer in nutrients and health, and an associate of Linus Pauling, Ph.D., the two-time Nobel Laureate and “Father of Vitamin C.” Early in his career, Dr. Libby discovered the dramatic health changes that B-12 could make, and worked for decades to raise awareness.

“We’ve given people back their lives”

Along with B-12, Dr. Libby was the “star” of the original TriVita TV infomercials beginning in 2000. It is still his original, patented formula (contained in over 11 million boxes of Sublingual B-12 sold) that has helped so many. Here, I’ve selected some of his memorable thoughts:

“We’ve given people back their lives,” Dr. Libby said. At the time, painful and expensive injections were the only way to supplement effectively with B-12. And, undiagnosed B-12 deficiency caused untold damage.

“B-12 deficiency, undiagnosed and untreated, wreaks havoc,” he declared. This “havoc” took many forms: • Moodiness • Low energy • A heart-damaging buildup of homocysteine • High cholesterol

He would talk about patients who, with Sublingual B-12, went from moodiness and lethargy to enthusiasm and energy… older people, sent to nursing homes because they were disruptive and difficult, becoming “functional human beings again”… heart patients having their blood pressure and cholesterol levels stabilized.

A key element in Dr. Libby’s Sublingual B-12 is its unique delivery system: “sublingual” means under the tongue, where the tablets dissolve and get quickly into the bloodstream. This is crucial to maximum absorption and maximum benefit.

Dramatic effects, and a change of career

In my own medical practice, I found the same kinds of patient results that Dr. Libby witnessed years before. In fact, that’s how I came to be associated with TriVita and Sublingual B-12. For years, my medical practice specialized in treating the elderly. Patients would come into my office complaining that they had no energy, felt “low” and depressed and they would beg for B-12 “shots.” After their shots they became so much more alive, so much more well, that I changed course in my career.

I founded TienaHealth to focus on preventive medicine, convinced that the way to make a difference in people’s lives was to help them get the vitamins and nutrients they need before health issues arise. After the world lost Dr. Libby in 2002, I began speaking up about Sublingual B-12 for TriVita, and am proud to continue today.

My own experience has shown me the truth of Dr. Libby’s statement: “It’s so fulfilling, so gratifying to be involved with this (Sublingual B-12)… and with the right company, TriVita.”

On his original infomercial, Dr. Libby would gesture toward the phone banks and say, “When I see the phones light up it reminds me of the song, ‘You Light Up My Life.’ That’s how I feel when I see those lights; people’s lives are lighting up.”

Having seen so many lives “light up” with Sublingual B-12, I can only say I wholeheartedly agree.

Source: TriVita VitaJournal February 2009 pg 6.

TriVita’s Two-Step Energy System

TriVita’s unique two-step combination of premier energy products brings you a natural vitality that you can really feel. In Step One: Sublingual B-12 nourishes your brain and nervous system to help produce long-lasting mental energy. In Step Two: Energy Now!® Delivers green tea concentrates and amino acids so you’ll experience a lift of physical energy that feels just right.

Step 1: Sublingual B-12 for enhanced mental energy

Experience more focus, clarity and mental stamina

The vital nutrients in Sublingual B-12 help boost your mental energy in key area, including improved focus, clarity, mood and memory. All you need to do is place a tablet under your tongue and B vitamins will speed directly to your bloodstream.

 

TriVita’s Original Sublingual B-12 is one of our superior products:

• It’s a unique, physician-approved blend containing the optimal balance of B vitamins
• Provides maximum absorption, using Dr. Alfred Libby’s original, patented sublingual delivery system
• It’s nutrient-based, with NO stimulants.

Sublingual B-12 is the everyday, natural way to live with sustained mental energy.

Step 2: Energy Now! for a boost of physical energy

 

Experience more energy quickly

Energy Now! will help you enjoy all the things you love to do. Its unique blend of nutrients includes:

• CoQ-1O and Vitamins B-l, B-2 and B-3, which help improve your body’s ability to produce more energy
• Natural antioxidant polyphenols, green tea and cocoa, which help increase oxygen delivery and help maximize energy production
• Thiamine, which makes ATP, your body’s main energy-carrying molecule.

These nutrients will give you a physical burst of natural energy within minutes, with no jittery side effects.

Bring vitality and vigor back into your life!

SUCCESS STORIES

“I feel a major increase in my energy and concentration…”

“I have been using TriVita’s Sublingual B-12 and Energy Now! for about five months now and I can’t live without it! I work full time and have a 10-month-old daughter and these products make all the difference. I feel a major increase in my energy and concentration since starting to take these products. Thank you, TriVita.” – JUSTIN A. BUCKLEY, MI  

Source: TriVita Magazine February 2009 pg 19.

B-12 Deficiency – Its Undesirable Results and Risk Factors

by Scott Conard, MD

You don’t want to be deficient in B-12 for a number of reasons. First of all, if you are over 30, a B-12 deficiency can cause actual brain erosion. Furthermore, a severe B-12 deficiency depletes your energy stores. Finally, it can lead to these undesirable conditions:

• Irritability, personality change
• Brain fog
• Brain erosion
• Depression
• Psychosis
• Heart disease
• Dementia

So how do B-12 deficiencies come about? In life, there are quite a few risk factors that can contribute to it. Things such as:

• Stress
• Less ability to absorb B-12 after age 40
• Certain prescription drugs
• Extreme fatigue or anemia
• Elevated homocysteine levels
• Vegetarian lifestyle
• Gastric surgery or disease
• Digestive or intestinal problems.

To help overcome these risk factors, I strongly suggest supplementing your diet with TriVita’s Super Sublingual B-12 each and every day.That way, you’ll be helping to protect yourself from a B-12 deficiency and its very real dangers.

SUCCESS STORIES“… my thinking was clearer and my energy level had increased tremendously.”

“I had an opportunity to attend the Galaxy of Stars this year. My team leader noticed my face was tense when I got there, so he gave me TriVita’s Super Sublingual B-12 to try. I took a tablet and I immediately began to feel a slight change in my mood. When I came back for the Galaxy of Stars the following day, my friend marveled at how relaxed my facial expression was. Throughout the day, she would tell me how much more relaxed I looked. She also noticed that my mood had changed, my thinking was clearer and my energy level had increased tremendously. When my team leader saw me again, he noticed the difference, too. Thank you. TriVita!
— MARJORIE H. Phoenix, AZ

Source: TriVita Magazine February 2009 pg 5.

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The Science Behind TriVita’s Sublingual B-12

A growing body of research shows Vitamin B-12’s value in overall health
by Dr. Scott Conard

Does your resolution for wellness in 2009 include supplementing your healthy lifestyle with Vitamin B-12? If it doesn’t, you should be aware of mounting clinical evidence showing the connection between good health and this powerhouse vitamin. If you already supplement with B-12, this research gives you more reason to stay on track with your health habits.

Here’s a review of some of the B-12 studies that have recently made headlines. I think you’ll agree that it’s an impressive body of research.

Vitamin B-12 eases symptoms of congestive heart failure
While doctors prescribe various medications for congestive heart failure (CHF), Vitamin B-12 has been shown to be another effective way to lessen symptoms.

Vitamin B-12 helps create taurine, an amino acid which studies suggest may be useful in treating CHF symptoms. Participants in a study showed significant improvement in their ability to breathe, with a reduction in heart palpitations and fluid buildup.

Impressive relief for seasonal allergies
Several studies have suggested that Vitamin B-12 could help reduce seasonal allergies. In one clinical study, a group of seasonal allergy sufferers spent up to six weeks taking massive amounts of B-12 through sublingual delivery, just like TriVita’s Sublingual B-12, B-6 & Folic Acid. Many of the worst symptoms – sneezing, congestion and itchy, runny nose – were half as severe in the B-12 group as in the placebo group.

Mental function, vitamins and ADHD
Strong clinical evidence supports the link between essential nutrients and vitamins – particularly Vitamin B-12 – and mental function, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Studies have shown that a B-12 deficiency may decrease levels of substances needed to transmit nerve signals. This reduced ability to transmit nerve signals has shown up in brain tests conducted on children with ADHD.

In people of any age, this problem with nerve signals can lessen or damage mental functioning.

Reverse memory loss with B-12?
One of the premier medical authorities in the field, Harvard Medical School, endorses the use of B-12 to treat memory loss caused by a deficiency of this invaluable vitamin. The prestigious school supports findings that B-12 deficiency is among the reversible causes of memory loss, and that correcting this deficiency early on may help restore lost memory.

Younger people at risk for B-12 deficiency
There is clinical evidence that B-12 deficiency affects a much broader age range than many have thought. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition looked at B-12 blood levels among participants in three age groups: 65 and over, 50-64 and 26-49. They all had approximately the same levels of B-12 deficiency. That’s right: People as young as 26 turned out to be as B-12 deficient as some people over 65.

Brain erosion linked to low Vitamin B-12 levels
People with lower levels of Vitamin B-12 were six times more likely to have brain volume loss (also called brain erosion) than those with higher B-12 levels, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.

Researchers studied 107 adults ages 61 to 87 for five years. All the participants had B-12 levels within the normal range; however, the differences in brain volume were significant between those in the normal-low range and those in the normal-high range.

Quality matters: choose TriVita Remember:
not just any B-12 tablet can give you optimum health results. TriVita’s original, patented Sublingual B-12, B-6 & Folic Acid melts under your tongue, allowing B vitamins to be absorbed quickly and directly into your bloodstream. What’s more, the nutrients in TriVita Sublingual B-12 are perfectly balanced, so they help each other create more energy.

As an early advocate of the value of B-12, I’m pleased to see my research colleagues pursuing this important area. I hope these findings give you new reason to start – or stay with – TriVita’s quality B-12 supplements.

Source: TriVita VitaJournal January 2009 pg 6.

TriVita Article: It’s Resolution Season Again… what are yours?

Are they the same as last year . . . and the year before that, and so on? What happens to many people this time of year is simple: They begin with the best, most sincere intentions to take charge of their lifestyle, but make too many unrealistic demands on themselves. Within a week or a month at most, all those promises to lose weight, sleep better, go jogging and so on have fallen by the wayside.

This year, whether you’ve made any resolutions or not, try something a little different. [TriVita's] VitaJournal has collected a number of great suggestions for you to try, suggestions that if you put them into practice, will help you improve your Physical, Emotional and Spiritual health almost instantly.

You can try every suggestion, or just take a couple from each page. What matters is that you try. Read through each suggestion and note which ones appeal to you, then get up and give them a shot. If one doesn’t work, try another. The bottom line is that making healthy changes to your lifestyle depends entirely upon you and the choices you make. Realize, too, that each of these aspects of health and well-being affects the other two. Improve your spiritual health, and your emotional and physical health will improve as well! This is a new year – how about a new you to enjoy it?

Here are a few resolution ideas for you:

1. Go to bed 10 minutes earlier every night; then increase this amount by 10 minutes every week until you are getting to sleep an hour earlier.
2. Keep eight 8-ounce bottles of water chilled in your refrigerator, and drink all eight over the course of a day. Try this for one month and see how you feel.
3. Go for a ten-minute walk every day. Then add 10 minutes every week until you are walking an hour each day.
4. Take one [of TriVita's] Sublingual B-12, B-6 & Folic Acid or [TriVita] Vital4 each day after breakfast.
5. Lower your blood pressure by taking several slow, deep breaths several times a day.
6. Commit to not taking in any caffeine for two hours before bed; then push that goal back 30 minutes per week until you are free from the addiction to caffeine. (Don’t think you’re addicted? Stop all caffeine intake cold-turkey and see how your body responds.)
7. Clear your bedroom of all distractions to allow yourself an easier time getting to sleep. This includes moving the TV to another room (or getting rid of it entirely).
8. Antioxidants deactivate the free radicals that literally cause you to age. Slow the aging process by including Vitamin C, E, and other antioxidants in both your diet and supplements.
9. A serving of fruits or vegetables is only about half a cup; so adding two servings of fruits or vegetables each day isn’t hard. Build up to no less than seven servings every day.
10. What are your favorite fruits? Go shopping for them once a week for eight weeks, and be sure you eat them all.
11. Wash your hands. This is one of the best methods of preventing colds and flu.
12. Have a complete physical. Meet with your doctor and discuss the results, and what sorts of changes you can make to improve your health.
13. No matter what exercise you prefer, begin with 10 minutes of stretching. Stretch every day.
14. Clean your house. Not only will you get a cardiovascular workout, but you’ll be removing dangerous allergens and pollutants that can harm your health.

See tomorrows TriVita article on resolutions ideas for your emotional health.

Source: TriVita VitaJournal January 2006 page 4-5.

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