We are very good at making sure every year our cars are put through an MOT, and a service to make sure that the oil in our car keeps the engine working, water in the pipes so the car does not overheat, etc....If there is a problem then we will spend money on making sure it is safe to drive as our lives are very precious.
So why do we not look after our bodies like we do our cars??
Our kitchen has been hijacked by the food industry. How many times per week do you eat out?
How many times a week do you get a ready meal or a take away and not cooking from scratch?
Our tongue can be fooled, and your brain can become addicted to a combination of fat, salt, sugar which are pumped into our foods. Unfortunately our biochemistry can not handle these foods, this is why so many people are overweight or obese.
Due to this problem people are now becoming more exposed to pre-diabetes or diabetes, in the next decade the amount of teenagers at risk of the condition will increase. We are all at risk of cardiovascular factors - high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar. When compared to our ancestors our diets and lifestyle have changed considerably and these changes have had a negative effect on the quality of our health. The food industry is making our future generation sick.
Supplements are also a good way of getting the nutrients that you need, just to keep our energy levels up so that the quick sugar fix doesn't hit us over and over again.
In 1992 The Earth Summit Report revealed a potential loss of 72% of the mineral content in the soils of Europe in the last 100 years due to modern day intensive farming practices. Consequently these depleted soils can produce crops that are tasteless and have a poor nutritional content. Farming changed during World War 2 as we needed farming practices to produce crops so that people wouldn't starve. Therefore they started to use pesticides so that they could start growing more vegetables for consumption.
Pesticides have been linked to a wide range of human health hazards, ranging from short term impacts such as headaches and nausea to chronic impacts like cancer, reproductive harm, and endocrine disruption.
Acute dangers - such as nerve, skin, and eye irritation and damage, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, and systemic poisoning - can sometimes be dramatic, and even occasionally fatal. Pesticides can cause many types of cancer in humans. Some of the prevalent forms include leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, brain, bone, breast, ovarian, prostate, testicular and liver cancers.
In February 2009, the agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry published a study that found that children who live in homes where their parents use pesticides are twice as likely to develop brain cancer versus those that live in residences in which no pesticides are used.
In recent years
Nature Sunshine have seen increased availability of organic produce. Organic farmers allow their land to rest between crops to rebuild the nutritional content in the soil naturally. In addition, organic foods are not sprayed with toxic chemical pesticides. As well as reducing the toxic burden on the body and our environment, organically produced food is usually more nourishing.
The nutritional value and purity of supplements are equally important and for this reason
Nature Sunshine use the finest organic ingredients which are free from pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
Other supplementation can have in supplements NOT
Nature Sunshine supplements you will find: Dirt, wood chips, insects, cement, pesticides, aluminium, lead, arsenic, batteries, mercury, corn syrup, talk.
Food is harvested to early, How many of you would buy a black banana? Or an apple with a bruise?
Due to the banana being harvested early it is green so therefore has very little nutritional value if any.
When the food has been harvested it is put into cold storage to stop the crop from aging, so that when you buy it in the supermarket it is appealing.
A well balanced diet - Very few people can claim to eat a well balanced diet, even those who do will assume that their food is nutritionally rich and may not take into consideration the lack of nutrients resulting from intensive farming practices, manufacturing methods and storage processes. Our modern lifestyle can also be demanding and many people choose to supplement their diet with additional vitamins, minerals and plant extracts in order to stay healthy.
With regards to processed foods eating wholemeal or brown rice, brown pasta is better for you as this is how it should be....White bread, flour etc has been bleached to make it more appealing.
Years ago our ancestors would wake up to a full breakfast of bacon and eggs, which is high in protein, a great way to start the day. Proteins are an important part of your bones, muscles and skin. Proteins are in every living cell in our bodies.
Food is often over cooked, I have been brought up eating soft vegetables when they should be slightly crunchy, this destroys many of the enzymes in the food.
Indigestion is a very common problem, it is estimated that over 40% of the population have experienced indigestion at some point in their lives. The stomach produces acid to help the digestion of foods, the stomach is very sensitive to the acid so has a protective lining. On occasions the protective lining isn't adequate so the acid comes into contact with the cells lining the stomach leading to inflammation and irritation.
In most cases of indigestion it is caused by eating, but other causes can be due to medication that we take or an infection.
When we become ill we go to the Doctors, or go to the chemist for anything that can help us to feel so much better, but the side effects are huge. I have been looking into lots of alternative forms of holistic medication, supplements and the best form that I have found is what I am offering you.
A polluted world - we are all exposed to a cocktail of toxins on a daily basis from our food, water and the air we breathe. Increased levels of toxins can cause toxicity and excess free radical damage.
