The Importance of Cleansing and a Healthy Diet

How much is your health?

Healthy Breakfast

Is your breakfast healthy?

A strong connection has recently been discovered between bad breakfast and many health-related problems.

As you might know, our body consists of 100 trillion cells which need 114 various nutrients during the day.

What you ate yesterday consists of two major groups of elements.

The first group supplies energy (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates).

The second group supplies building materials (amino acids, vitamins, minerals, microelements, and others).

You spent energy yesterday when you were awake, and your body used the building materials at night to regenerate itself.

Besides, your body has spent one (1) liter of water during the night through breathing, sweating, and morning visit to the bathroom.

So, your body wakes up empty in the morning and on behalf of 100 trillion cells begs you, "Hey, give me back all the nutrients, energy, and water I spent in the last 24 hours."  You may not feel hungry or thirsty in the morning, but it's just a matter of time.

And now, let's see what you are giving your body in the morning.

Now, what is really a healthy breakfast?

Criteria of a good breakfast:

1. Provides the body with all vital nutrients

2. Provides the body with energy

3. Provides the body with water

4. Helps to maintain a normal blood sugar level

Where can you find it?

You can find it in the Herbalife Nutritional Shake Mix! Get good nutrition first thing in the morning!

Replace nutrients spent at night for body repair at the cellular level. You will get a nutrient-packed breakfast providing your body with

·         Balanced meal ·         Soy-based protein ·         Good carbohydrates ·         Fiber ·         Vitamins and minerals

·         Proper nutrition ·         Water ·         Amino acids ·         Phytonutrients ·         Anti-oxidants

Have more energy during the day.  Feed your cells, not just your stomach. Control your hunger and cravings. Improve your mood because you feel great from inside out!!!  Your blood sugar is controlled because you will not experience the blood sugar swing as discussed above.

Herbalife Shake has fiber and is easily digested so it is great for the colon, too.  It's less 150 calories only yet complete in essential nutrients that our one and only body needs!!! One serving of Herbalife Shake is equivalent to 9 nutritious balanced meals without the extra calories! That's the amount of nutrients you'll be getting from this incredible shake.

It's my healthy breakfast.  What about yours?

The basic idea of the healthy breakfast is to provide the body with good nutrition at the cellular level.  We have trillions of cells to feed.

Step 1:  Clean the digestive system.

Herbal Aloe Concentrate support internal cleansing and healthy elimination with organic nutrients and enzymes from the aloe vera plant.  These support the body's self-cleansing action.  These soothes the stomach and relieves occasional indigestion.  They also boost the immune system.

Herbal Tea Concentrate has antioxidant and thermogenic benefits of green tea and fast-acting botanicals for energy and weight-management support.
The "ABCDE" in TeaA - Anti-cancer (since it is a good source of anti-oxidants)
B - Fat burner
C - Improves blood circulation
D - Detoxifies your cells
E - Increases energy

Healthy Meal
The Healthy Meal is composed of the Nutritional Shake Mix ("shake") and Personalized Protein Powder (PPP).

The healthy Nutritional Shake Mix (or simply, shake) is a key part of Herbalife ShapeWorks inner nutrition product. This is designed by Dr. Sat Paul Dewan, who identified 84 of the nutrition elements in space food for the astronauts in some NASA space projects.  This high quality, low calorie nutritious pure food is specially formulated with an exclusive blend of soy isolate, casein, proteins, 24 essential vitamins & minerals, essential fatty acids, herbs, and essential nutrients.  This provides 19 amino acids including the nine essential amino acids that our body needs but does not produce by itself.  This also provides anti-oxidants that help our body fight disease-causing free radicals.

The Personalized Protein Powder (PPP) is made of soy isolate protein and whey protein.  This is added to the healthy Nutritional Shake Mix to meet your optimum protein requirement. The amount of PPP is personalized based on your current height and weight.  Protein is needed to build and/or maintain muscles.

Ideal Measurement

Body shapeWhich of these pictures resemble your body?  Which one do you like to have?
The less health risk you have if your body looks like the one at the left end.

Assess your weight and body fat.

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a standard weight assessment using this formula.

BMI = kg / m²  =  weight in kilograms / height in meters²

You can refer to the BMI chart  to know your body mass index.
BMI Rating                Weight Assessment
Under 20 (men)        Underweight (slender and lean)
Under 19 (women)   Underweight (slender and lean)
20 - 24.99                 Normal weight (ideal weight range)
25 - 29.99                 Overweight
25 - 27                      Could be a healthy range
                                   if large-boned and heavily muscled
30 - 39.99                 Obese (high health risk)
40 and above           Very serious obesity
                                  (high risk for health complications)

A high BMI can be associated with serious health risks including obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.  Your BMI provides a helpful guideline for achieving the weight range that is healthiest for you.  Using your BMI results, explore your personal path to healthier living with the help of Herbalife.  Herbalife is dedicated to helping people change their lives, both through powerful support and good nutrition made simple!Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) - Total body fat is not the sole indicator of weight-related problems.  Fat distribution is also relevant.  WHR shows the proportion of stored body fat around your hip and waist.  This is calculated by dividing the waist measurement by hip measurement.  (Hip is the widest part of your butt.)  Ideal WHR for men is 0.95 or less.  Ideal WHR for women is 0.8 or less.

WHR = waist / hip (men <=0.95; women <= 0.8)

Waistline - Your waistline can also tell you if you are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. (World Heart Federation)

                                      Increased Risk             High Risk
Men - not Asian                94 - 101 cm                >= 102 cm
Men - Asian                          -                             >= 90 cm
Women - not Asian           80 - 87 cm                   >= 88 cmWomen - Asian                     -                             >= 80 cm

We can help you get rid of excess fat in your body safely and effectively.  Our nutrition-based products and program have been used by over 60 million people in over 70 countries and over 30 years.   Lose weight now!

Global Epidemic

What was your weight 5 years ago? 10 years ago?  What is your weight now? What would your weight be 10 years from now considering the trend? Assess your weight and your health risk using the information below.

What is fat? It is your body`s energy storage. Like any other body tissue, it needs to be supplied with blood.  If you have excess fat in your body, your heart would need to pump harder.  What if you have 10, 20, or even 50 pounds of excess fat?  Your heart would always be working more than it should.  You need to do something about it.  You can!  And we can help you.

Visceral fat, also known as organ or abdominal fat, is located around your internal organs (generally in your abdominal area).  High level of visceral fat means high health risk.  Visceral fat accumulation is associated with increased risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, high LDL ("bad") cholesterol, type-2 diabetes, and stroke.  

What is being fat?  Being fat is a form of malnutrition.  Malnutrition could be under or overnutrition.  Being fat also means that you lack of protein.  Usually, fat people eat too much carbohydrates or food rich in sugar.  It is common for people who want to lose weight to skip a meal or eat much less food (biscuits or a sandwich, for example).  This could only add to their state of malnutrition.

If you do not look fat, it is still possible to actually have excess fats and be overweight or obese.  You may even have a healthy weight and BMI. This means that you do not have a healthy amount muscle mass.  The best way to know about the amount of fat in the body is to undergo a body fat analysis.

Obesity is a serious health problem. Excessive body fats increases your risk to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus type 2, sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis. Excessive body fats also lowers your level of adiponectin, a protein hormone that has anti-inflammatory effects on the cells at the walls of your blood vessels.  This increases your chances of various diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis (which can result to heart attack), and so on.  A recent American Cancer Society study showed that overweight women (BMI > 25) are 1.3 to 2.1 times more likely to die from breast cancer compared to women with normal BMI.

High level of triglycerides and LDL ("bad") cholesterol in the blood stream have been linked to risk in hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and peripheral artery disease resulting from atherosclerosis (or thickening of the walls of the arteries).  Taking your lipid profile regularly can help you monitor and take action to prevent or reverse this condition.

Weight Loss and Blood Pressure Improvement

According to Johns Hopkins, "Research consistently shows that overweight people who drop pounds also drop millimeters of mercury, according to a recent report published in Hypertension.  The researchers found that, on average, for every 2.2 pounds (or 1 kilo) of weight lost, blood pressure dropped by about 1/1 mm Hg. For example, people who lost about 11 pounds, had their blood pressure drop by 4.4/3.6 mm Hg."

Wellness Trends

According to World Health Organization (WHO)
70% of deaths are due to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer.
50% of these deaths are diet-related or due to what we eat (poor nutrition).
70% of visits to the doctors is diet-related or due to what we eat.
Obesity is a global epidemic.
Approximately 85% of people with diabetes are type 2, and of these, 90% are obese or overweight.
Globally, there are over 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them are obese.

Chronic overweight and obesity contribute significantly to osteoarthritis (a major cause of disability in adults), type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, and certain forms of cancer (cancer of the breast, colon, prostate, endometrium, kidney, and gall bladder).
- World Health Organization (WHO)

Two-thirds (66%) of American adults are seriously overweight or obese.
One in six young people are obese, and one in three are overweight.
Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis-related disability, and cancer.

Even people with healthy weights die from heart disease, cancer, and other diseases caused by poor diet and/or physical inactivity.
Only 10% of Americans eat a healthy diet.
Only 2% of children eat a healthy diet.
25% of children ages 5 to 10 years have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or other early warning signs of heart disease.
There is a rising rate of children with diabetes.
Between 50% and 80% of diabetes cases are associated with unhealthy eating patterns and sedentary lifestyle.
- National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity
Diabetes affects 246 million people worldwide.
Each year, a further 7 million people develop diabetes.
Every 10 seconds, a person dies from diabetes-related causes.
Every 10 seconds, two people develop diabetes.- International Diabetes Federation

In the EU 27 (European Union), about 35.9% (>143 million) adults are overweight and about 17.2% (>68.5 million ) are obese.
Over 53% of the EU population are overweight or obese.
- International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)

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