Nutritional supplements are plentiful and range from the very cheap to the exclusive. Do ingredients really matter? Is it necessary to spend alot of money to get good quality from your nutritional supplements?

Over 20 years ago when I started my practice I explored the manufacturing of nutritional supplements and have not stopped. I am always on the lookout for the highest quality, evidence based and best value for that product.

When it comes to supplements ask yourself:

What do you want from your supplements?

Do results matter?

Would you eat inferior ingredients in your food?

Quality is important to any professional grade product. We look for quality in manufacturing, processing as well as the presence of  proven results.

It can be confusing and annoying to have to sort through mystifying claims to catch a glimmer of the truth. Direct, simple and basic. – this is what we look for in a product.

Nutritional supplements can make a difference in your health when you take the right product in the right amount. Ingredients can be critical. Let’s take the example of Fish Oil. Many people experience burping after taking fish oil and have to give up this powerful nutrient. Did you know that many of the less expensive products use parts of the fish that are discarded? It makes sense you would belch this up.

In addition to the parts of the fish, fish oil has to be free of mercury and other heavy metals. We ensure processing does not damage the therapeutic value of the ingredient and the natural integrity is present in the range of supplements we offer.

Ingredients are very important and the raw ingredients matter. If you take a product that does not provide the basic ingredient so your body can restore optimal health – then why take it?

Are you getting what you want from your supplements?  You probably need more and a more efficient combination.

We look forward to helping you on your path of vibrant health. We provide a 25% discount on professional grade products, offer an individualized approach,  professional guidance and back up support and education.

Industrial Pollution

Over 10,000 NEW chemicals introduced in the last 20 years. All you have to do is read the label on your food, personal care products, drive a car, walk outside and you can see the exposure to pollutants and chemicals has reached an all time high.

Our body is actually designed to eliminate toxins.  However there is a point at which when overload occurs AND the body runs out of the necessary nutrients to detox itself. You have to have all the right nutrients in place before your body can do what it does naturally.

Periodically it is helpful to support the body’s natural cleansing functions. It does not have to complicated. You may want to start out with the following:

1. Supplement with All Zymes Enzyme formula,
2. Eat a diet rich in whole foods – vegetables, fruits. Check out the Detox Diet
3. Supplement with Chlorella product.    FAQ’s Chlorella
4. Supplement with a multi vitamin formula (Nutri Vitamin Enzyme Complex) to support healthy digestion and Detox.

This program will restore much needed nutrients and prepare you for further Detoxing.  Schedule a Stress Consult for an individualized approach to your Detox.

Did You Know?

• Columbia University School of Public Health reports that 95% of cancer is caused by diet and environmental toxicity.
• EPA studies of human fat biopsies found styrene residue in 100% of people.
• According to the EPA, our bodies accumulate 210mcg of just plasticizers (phthalates) everyday. (Linked to cancers)
• Studies show that most of us have between 400 and 800 chemical residues stored in the fat cells of our bodies.
• A USA Today article indicates that the average city water contains more than 500 chemicals.

Today more than ever, cleansing and supporting our bodies NATURAL detox is paramount since the overload of toxins is more than likely the source of many diseases and illnesses. Do you know we are No. 1 in the world for Chronic Degenerative Disease?

Fatigue is an epidemic. Everywhere I go I hear people talking about how tired they are! One reason I wanted to set up this speciality program in Detox is because I do believe fatigue is directly related to the food supply and an overload of STRESS.

Stress produces metabolic byproducts in our body that have to be processed
by the liver. Even if you are young, the liver is overloaded from the sugars, refined food, alcohol, drugs, Tylenol and you name it. EVERYTHING, including our emotions are processed through our liver!

This diagram helps to show the oxidative stress from free radicals.  Free radicals are a by product of life and are greatly increased with toxins, nutritional deficiency, fatigue, stress and diet.   Just like rust on a patio set, your body has to manage this oxidative damage. Your body needs nutrients to protect itself.  Does your diet provide adequate nutrition?

One approach to manage free radicals is with antioxidants. We provide an excellent video on Antioxidants on Vibrant Radiant Health along with great ways to increase this natural powerhouse in your diet and lifestyle. Learn more about antioxidants?

Moderate to severe stress is being experienced by over 75% of the population – DAILY – according to the most recent survey by the American Psychological Association.

 Yet, most people do not address the stress. Do you underestimate your ability to manage it?

Are you like many who are trying to speed up to catch up? Tired? Irritable? Struggle with weight gain?  Ignoring problems does not make them go away – eventually – it all comes right back at you.

The damaging impact of stress is your perception of what is happening and your emotional reaction to it. Learning to manage your reactions is critical to live stress free!

If you are ready to take charge of your life – we have effective and lasting solutions. For a comprehensive approach that will give you individualized options, consider a General Consult

Want to learn simple, proven tools you can use throughout your day to reset your nervous system?

 Are you experiencing any of these negative consequences of stress?

• fatigue
• joint aches
• irritability
• sleeplessness
• headaches
• low mood
• anxiety

These are all indications – it is TIME to do something different!  Start this process with a cleanse! For a simple 2 week cleanse – check out the Whole Body Integrative Cleansing system to help you boost your energy, relieve bloating and decrease cravings. This cleanse is simple to take and allows you to continue in your lifestyle without interruption. 

Interested in a ‘Detox Diet’ and a comprehensive program to reboot your whole body? 

Let’s face it, as you run through your day, you grab and go eating processed food usually high in sugar and fat. The rushing around fuels hunger for more sugar, surges your cortisol telling your body to store fat and setting you up for more aches, pain, confusion and even dis-ease. Our 10-20 days programs are designed to break habits, eliminate cravings and get you off to a good start toward vibrant and radiant health!

Unrelenting stress depresses your immune system, setting you up for more colds, flu. Your digestive system is impaired and slows down. During the stress response all the blood is shunted away from your stomach and intestines and goes to your muscles giving you the energy needed to flee. Yet with chronic stress, you don’t actually flee so you end up with muscle aches from the tension, fatigue not to mention a sense of hopelessness from feeling like you are going around in circles.

Reset your stress response

Cortisol Manager

Here is one product that reduces cortisol levels during the day and helps you get a good night’s sleep. Turn the chronic stress around! Many of my clients have started sleeping better the first night feeling more rejuvenated the next day! Use this product as you go through your cleanse.

Transform Your Stress

What to shift out of negative, hopeless thinking?

Boost your Energy

Vitality is NATURALLY embedded in our genetic make up! That is RIGHT!   We are constantly hearing about DISEASE and drugs that will make us better – if you can get through the side effects.

Did you know that your body knows how to be healthy and will restore itself when all the right nutrients are in place?

VITALITY is there to begin with. After all, how else do you think your body manages to keep you going, looking and feeling good after all you do to it? Do you think the human condition has survived this long because of viagra or lipitor?  Do you really think we have a prozac deficiency?

Just watch children – there you see a natural vitality – an exuberance for life. When was the last time you felt exuberant? Do you want to get your vitality back?

Join Vibrant Radiant Health and learn what you can do to bring back your energy and enthusiasm for life!  It is your life – live it well!

Fast food, alcohol, no sleep, negative and limited thoughts, anger… are you ready to live your life WELL!   Check out Transform Your Thoughts Meditation Series

Life is too short to settle. 15 minutes a day. That is all you need! Really – its true…

For a FREE comprehensive booklet on the Spectrum outlining a natural approach click here.

Autism, first identified in the 40′s, was initially seen as a neurological disorder.  Today, there is usually NO underlying pathology noted.  This means that nothing SPECIFIC can be found to CAUSE the symptoms.   The symptoms result from a variety of causes.   Just like with many diseases in adults, symptoms result from an overload of problems and or exposures.  Patricia Lerner talks about the Overload Theory where toxins, poor digestion and nutrient deficiencies overload the body’s natural ability to manage. Because these things are happening so young many of the developmental milestones are delayed and interrupted.

Targeted nutritional therapy along with detox and a focused approach can help your child naturally recover function, personality and potential. Contact me with questions.

Our body KNOWS how to heal itself – when all the right nutrients are available. The problem with toxins like heavy metals, food additives, bacteria, yeast overgrowth, parasites, you name it – they actually interfere with the body’s NATURAL vital functions.  Metals will replace some of the enzymes and messenger molecules the body relies on to know what to do – so instead of burning fat – you start storing fat – to give one example.  So much of disease is due to the overload of the body.  Read more…

Did you know we are No.1 in the world for Chronic Degenerative disease? Could this be WHY our health costs are so high???

Now is the time to learn more about what you can do to transform your health for a VIBRANT radiant future!

We will help you with

• Heavy Metal Detox
• Weight Loss
• Fatigue
• Autism, Spectrum
• General wellbeing… so much more

Your life really is meant to be VIBRANT and RADIANT. We are here to show you how to achieve this NATURALLY!

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Sleep is essential. This is when the body does the work of repair and without a good amount of sleep including the deep REM cycles, your body is short changed and eventually your immune system, metabolism and ability to Detox suffers. You can never catch up on sleep. Want to learn more about good sleep habits?

“No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the mineral salts he requires for perfect health.”

Fast forward to the 21st Century and most industrial farmers have still not learned this lesson, so year after year soil minerals are depleted.

In 1914 an apple contained almost half the minimum daily requirement of iron but today you would have to eat 26 apples to get the same amount.

Iron is not the only nutrient depleted. In 80 years, apples have declined in the following minerals: calcium has dropped 48%, phosphorous 84%, iron 96%, and magnesium, good for your heart has dropped 82%.

Paul Bergner in his book “The Healing power of Minerals, Special Nutrients and Trace Elements”, quotes U.S. Government statistics as he drives home the point that we cannot live healthy solely on the food of today.

We are talking about eating raw food – knowing that cooking and processing further depletes the minerals – you can see how food today is sorely lacking in nutrients.

So we start with depleted nutrients in our food, then process them to remove the enzymes so they stay on the shelf longer. Then we cook or microwave food which further inactivates many of the nutrients and food factors.

One of the things that make food taste good are the minerals in the soil. Today’s plants are not as healthy and don’t have that vibrancy that well mineralized plants do. Eat locally grown and organic to ensure you get more rich nutrients in your food.

One of the tastes many of us are familiar with is the first bite of a vine ripened tomato grown in one’s own garden.

Journal of the American Medical Association, 2002,“most people do not consume an optimal amount of all vitamins or minerals by diet alone. Pending evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements.

Check out these numbers: In the last 80 years, the amount of calcium has declined 81% in cabbage, 92% in lettuce, and 56% in spinach. Magnesium levels have dropped 77% in cabbage, 91% in lettuce, and 35% in spinach. Iron levels dropped in the same vegetables from 60% to 99%. These huge drops in mineral levels are occurring in all our fresh foods. And it’s not just fruits and vegetables, the same types of things are happening with chicken, beef, rice, etc.

Add in the increase in stress and it is easy to understand why people are tired, aging prematurely and children are showing up with adult illnesses.

Stress depletes nutrient levels faster than those who are not under pressure or stress.

Wheat, for example, has 25 nutrients taken out in the refining process turning it to white flour and only 4 put back in! 87% of the nutrient value including chromium, manganese, and zinc are lost. Buyer beware, read labels and eat consciously for your health.

“Most people do not know how good they can feel with adequate nutrition – so the tendency is to discount it.”

Everyone wants to feel healthy, but when the food supply does not supply the basics, and lifestyles seem to fight against slow healthy food, take the time and learn. Take Charge.

From as far back as 1936 there has been a recommendation that supplements are needed to provide the full complement of nutrition. Studies have shown that multivitamin and nutrient supplements will:

• Boost immune system and reduce colds
• Reduce birth defects
• Boost IQ
• Improve childhood development
• Improve PMS
• Improve bone density
• Balance moods
• Increase energy
• Reduce risk of cancer and heart disease
• Promote vibrant radiant health

Eat organic fresh, locally grown food. Make sure at least half the quantity of food you eat is vegetables and fruit. Drink fresh, clean water. Take a good quality, pharmacy grade multi vitamin and mineral supplement. For suggestions, click here

The National Institute of Health in Paris funded the SUVIMAX Study and found a 37% reduction in heart disease and death in men 45-60 and a 33% reduction in cancer from taking a low dose antioxidant with just beta carotene, zinc, selenium, vitamin E, and vitamin C.

Taking a good full spectrum, pharmacy grade supplement provides the foundation for your health. The investment will pay you back handsomely – when you take care of your body – your body takes care of you!

RDA: Recommended Daily Allowance

This label is confusing because this amount is only the amount required to avoid disease. The optimal amount of a nutrient can often be 10 times or more than the RDA! Studies have been done that reflect this. Dr. Cheraskin from the University of Alabama conducted a study spanning 15 years and including 13,500 people living in 6 different regions of the US. Each participant completed questionnaires, had numerous blood test, cardiac function tests, had a physical, dental exam and detailed dietary analysis. The object was to find what nutrient levels were associated with the highest health ratings. Consistently results showed that individuals thought to be the healthiest had fewest clinical signs and were taking supplements while eating a diet high n nutrition.

In another study of 22,000 pregnant women, the group on supplements had 75% fewer birth defects. In another meta analyses of studies looking at the use of Vitamin C, the majority of the studies reflected that 1 gm of Vitamin C had a protective effect on health. This is 10 times the Recommended Daily Allowance of Vit C!

Not all Supplements are Created Equal

Supplements are created, manufactured and synthesized. The raw ingredients used in this process make or break the supplements ability to produce a benefit. When I first started in private practice I would send my patients to the Health Food Store and let them purchase what was recommended. Not only were they at the mercy of the clerk in the store but also at the mercy of the marketing propaganda. Many people thought the more expensive the better which was not true. Just as cheaper products can not hold up to the quality products that cost more. So finding the right balance between quality and cost was my goal. Early on, I began researching and studying quality, pharmacy grade supplements so I could cut down on the confusion and improve the outcomes of my clients. Over the years I have found certain products consistently produce results and the companies use research to back their claims. The products we recommend are proven and tested having demonstrated results in healthcare practices across the country as well as within my own.

Stress relief

More than ever, people need help to support their overworked stress glands. 75% of the population report having moderate to severe stress daily. Children are also experiencing stress daily in site of parents denying this! Almost 38% of children have daily stress.

Over time, stress leads to more serious health challenges like high blood pressure, Metabolic Syndrome contributing to the obesity problem today and Chronic Fatigue.

Schedule a Stress Consult for your individualized program to manage stress

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A giraffe may be able to go weeks without sleep but for optimal performance the next day, you need 8-9 hours of quality sleep.

The body does a lot of hard work when you sleep, muscle repair,  your memory is firming up,  hormones are released especially for appetite and growth and your overall well being is restored.  

Sleep is restorative. Quality sleep supports your immune system as well as balancing your appetite by regulating the hormones, ghrelin and leptin, found to play a role in satiety and fullness. Do you find yourself eating more when you have been low on quality sleep?

 I often would hear people claim that “sleep time” is a waste of time and yet, this time is what makes the rest of your life better! Read on the learn why.

The belief that can make up sleep is actually a myth, simply not true. You actually accrue a “sleep debt” and ultimately you crash or develop health problems.

Let’s take a look at the phases of sleep.

For the majority of the night you are in non REM sleep.  In the first phase of sleep, you are in a light sleep and may even go between awake and falling asleep.  

The “stress” hormone cortisol ideally decreases in the evening and then is at its lowest at night with it rising in the morning in order to wake up and be alert. When stress is chronic, cortisol can actually peak at night. Do you get a “second wind” and have extra energy at night? This happens when you eat late at night also.  Cortisol then drops in the morning in this reversed Cortisol cycle, making it difficult to focus and or concentrate in the morning.

It is important to turn this back around because the lack of quality sleep increases fatigue and sets you up for a more chronic stress pattern and or adrenal exhaustion.

The next phase is the beginning of sleep. You lose your awareness of the surroundings, body temperature drops and breathing and heart rate are regular.

In deep sleep, Stages 3 and 4, you enter the most restorative phase of sleep. Blood pressure drops, your muscles relax, blood supply increases to muscles and repair and tissue growth occur, energy is restored, growth hormone is released as are other hormones.

In Rapid Eye Movement (REM) which accounts for about 25% of the night, your brain is very active, you dream, muscle may become immobile, energy is restored supporting optimal performance the next day.

REM sleep occurs in the first 90 minutes of sleep and then every 90 minutes thereafter with longer cycles as the night goes on.

Ways to improve the quality of sleep:

1. Sleep in a darkened room
2. Go to sleep the same time every night, wake up the same time
3. Do not eat right before bed. Not only does this contribute to weight gain due to  interference with a fat burning hormone, leptin, but it puts added pressure on your heart.
4. Keep your room free from the drama and violence of TV. If you need to have something on, place soft music, preferably classical.
5. Keep water and a notebook by your bed in case you wake up during the night and think of something to do or have an idea. Writing it down will allow your mind to relax again and fall back asleep.
6. Sleep in a cool room.
7. Free your bedroom of clutter.
8. Tell yourself as you lay down, you will have a restful and deep sleep, waking up at the time you desire.

If your sleep cycle is off, I highly recommend Cortisol Manager. This has great reviews by my clients for its rapid results in deepening sleep and helping people stay asleep. Stress, hormonal imbalance, age all interfere with the ability to stay asleep. This product can be used as needed however I recommend you use if every night for 3months and then as needed.

Theanine and GABA are also great products, all natural approaches to relax your mind and body to help you get to sleep.

For more natural remedies for sleep…