Alice Chung Owner of Alive Health Centre + Chains

Anti-Ageing – What does this mean to YOU?

Someone once told me bluntly: “The bad news is, we are all going to die one day, but the good news is we have a choice of how to live the years we spend on this earth.” So the next time someone splashes the words Anti – Ageing in front of you, think about what it means to you? For some it is: to regain well-being and vitality, to optimize the body’s ability to defend against pathogens and to help protect against the ageing process. A common argument is that we are all going to age and that it is inevitable; an attitude conveying “why bother”. It is true, we are all going to get old, BUT it is the quality of life that we are striving for. You can live 90 years, but of those 90 years don’t you want to be functional, walking around, telling stories and laughing? That is why my team at Alive Health Centres + chains and I are whole heartedly committed to changing the world through healthy living. We strive to prevent signs of accelerated ageing such as premature memory loss, pains, frequent infections, persistent fatigue, digestion problems and age related illnesses.  How can this be achieved?  It takes more than just exercise and healthy eating, it takes vitamins and one of my favourite essential supplements is Royal Jelly because it is truly one of the most all encompassing nutrients out there. While it appears costly, the abundance of health benefits makes the Alive Brand Royal Jelly PRICELESS! I often kid that Royal Jelly is part of my health insurance.  In all seriousness, it is working for me every day by protecting my body’s cells from free radicals, allowing the brain to focus, keeping healthy skin, hair and nails, protecting my immune system, providing me with antibacterial properties and countless other functions. Now when you hear the words Anti-Ageing remember it is more than banishing that stubborn wrinkle, but rather preventing more serious health issues that can get in the way of living. Remember, LIFE is the most important thing and together we can make the most of it…

As always, thank you for reading!  We look forward to helping you at a location near you! Also, we are happy to help you with processing a mail order.  Call us toll free at 1 866-499-9546

What is Chlorella?

Sequel Naturals uses a single cell green algae packed with nutrition: complete protein, fibre, anti-oxidants, essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, enzymes and its own unique form of Chlorella growth factor (CGF). The CGF is what makes Chlorella so amazing!   CGF is the most potent natural source of nucleic acids, containing 17 times more DNA and RNA than sardines! Remember that DNA and RNA are absolutely essential for healthy cellular growth and repair.  While we live in a wonderful modern society, it also comes with chemicals among other things that make our bodies break down faster.  Our bodies are made of trillions of cells, therefore if we protect our cells the best we can, it only mkaes sense that we will have a better quality of life.

CGF Benefits:

• Strengthens cells
• Anti-aging (better quality of life)
• Protects the immune system: increases T-Cells and great for people after they have received kemo treatment
• Mild detox, cleansing out heavy metals

Other Chlorella Benefits:

• Taking 4 – 10 grams before consuming alcohol has been helpful in preventing hang overs
• Balances your blood sugar because of the high fibre, thus excellent for diabetics or those who are borderline diabetic/hyperglycemic
• Excellent for maintaining a healthy weight or even promoting weight loss because it supports the healthy function of the thyroid

Interesting Points on Chlorella:

• Chlorella is appropriate for the whole family including children, seniors and pets
• Due to Chlorella’s incredible ability to maintain cellular health, prevent disease and enhance cellular rejuvenation, Chlorella is one of the most researched foods on earth!
• There are no adverse effects when using Chlorella, just make sure you start out slowly meaning 1 to 2 tablets a day and then lowly increase your intake.  The reason is that Chlorella is a mild detox and you don’t want to shock your system by releasing too many toxins from your body all at once.  You want to slowly release them and then the body can excrete them little by little
• Chlorella contains all the essential components in order for us to live and there are studies showing that we could survive on Chlorella alone for an extended period of time!

Dosaging:

Start with 1 to 2 tablets a day and slowly increase to 2 to 4 tablets per day.  Athletes, people with high stress, or those who have very active jobs/lifestyles often work up to 10 or more tablets a day.  Most things are best in moderation, but Chlorella is one of those where more is better when you slowly build up to it.  People who are in dire need of energy and want to get off the roller coaster ride of coffee and sugar highs are absolutely astonished by what Chlorella has done for them.

Sizes ChlorEssence comes in:

ChlorEssence is 100% pure premium Chlorella, containing no fillers or excipients, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, milk, sugar, salt or preservatives.

ChlorEssence is available in the following formats:

• ChlorEssence – 150 Tablets, 500mg each
• ChlorEssence – 300 Tablets, 500mg each
• ChlorEssence – 150g Powder

As always, thank you for reading and we look forward to helping you at an Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun or Supplements Plus location near you!  Also if you have more questions you can always call us and talk to a real person!  It is toll free at 1 866-499-9546, we also do mail order using that number as well!

Naka Brand Silicea gel is amazing for strengthening your nails.  If you always have had ripples in your nails or if they are very thin and break all the time, this is a sure sign of a silicea deficiency.  If your hair just won’t grow and it is falling out or it is thin with no life, definitely include silicea in your vitamin regime every day!  When it comes to hair there are many components.  Protein is very important and if you are vegetarian you may want to consider vegan protein sources such as Pumpkin Seed Protein by Omega Nutrition. Or Sequel Naturals has an excellent Vegan protein meal replacement as well.  Hair is complicated to fix in that there is not always one easy solution.  Often times it is a mineral problem, protein protein, and basically nutrient absorption problem.  That is why it is also important for people to take digestive enzymes when nutrients are not getting absorbed properly.  A great brand for digestive enzymes would be: Renew Life!

Naka has a fantastic news article on their Silicea.  Hope you enjoy the read.  It is very detailed and an interesting read! 

As always thank you for reading and if you have any more questions we look forward to helping you at a location near you!!  We have been carrying the NAKA Silicea Gel for years now and our team has experienced wonderful benefits at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus.  Also, our customers only have wonderful experiences to tell us.  The only thing is people often say it sure has a minerally taste wow! Its not awful, but to be honest it doesn’t taste delicious.  However you can dilute it in water, or mix it with a flavoured drink.  Personally I just take it straight up 1 tablespoon and you are good to go, its not that bad.  So give Naka Silicea gel a try if you are tired of brittle nails, thin hair, weak bones, and

We do mail orders as well, you can call toll free at 1866-499-9546.

First of all, just know that it is always extremely difficult to lose the stubborn last couple of pounds.  The results usually come faster (at least in the beginning) for someone who needs to lose a substaintial amount of weight, such as 50 pounds.  Why?  Any slight healthy lifestyle change can make a huge difference compared to someone trying to lose 5 pounds.  For example, even if they just change one of two things they can lose weight FAST (i.e. cutting out coke, and say chips could make a huge difference).
The key to weight loss for anyone is to remember that every single body is different, and you have to figure out what your weaknesses are, what you can handle, what you can maintain for life and to not beat yourself up.  Determination, positivity and sticking with something are key.

When people come into Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun or Supplements Plus for weight loss, it is never a simple answer.  I always ask people the following things:

1. Write down your typical day(keep a journal).  For example, what you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Write down your current activity level.

2. What are your favourite foods, or type of foods?  What are your weaknesses? Foods that you know are not the best for you but you just can’t help it.  For some people it is sweets ALL the way, others it is carbohydrates (bread lovers).  Usually for North Americans, it is consuming too many empty calories like a can of coke or a 1000 calorie fast food meal too often. 

3. From your journal entries, you can kind of narrow down what supplements would be best for you.  People that crave sweets, or an excess in carbs may need something to balance their blood sugar like cinamin extract, or PGX for example.

Below are my favourite products that greatly help with weight loss and healthy living in general:

1. A cleanse.  Brand: Renew Life First Cleanse 15 days.  If you think your digestion sucks a cleanse may be in order.  Poor digestion includes: gas, bloating, and you need to have at least one good bowel movement every day!  It’s even recommended that you have two a day!  The average person only goes every couple of days in North America, this is crazy!  We have a lot of cranky people in this world because they are not eliminating regularily and their body is becoming more and more toxic.  Your regularity/digestion is related to maintaining a healthy weight and the First Cleanse will get the ball rolling.  In addition to the cleanse Renew Life’s Probiotics and Digestive Enzymes are extremely recommended and beneficial to a healthy gut.  The cleanse is good for your: liver, kidneys, lungs, lypmphatic system, colon, small intestine, large intestine, cardiovascular system and blood.

2. Protein Shakes!!! This is my favourite thing to recommend to you! A good quality protein shake fills you with nutrients, good calories, and it is something easy and tastey!  Make a shake most mornings and if you are hungry in the afternoon, have one at work.  Protein holds you, it protects your lean muscle mass, lean muscle burns existing fat, muscle is your furnace!  Put berries in it; believe it or not they are typically lower in the glycemic index therefore not making your blood sugar spike.  Also they are the richest in Anti-oxidants.  You can experiment and put so many different things in your protein shakes like coconut milk, almond milk, regular milk, walnuts, etc!  There are sooo many recipes you can find.  Also, get a blender!! A good one.  They can be quite pricey but its worth it!  Protein Brands: Renew Life Fit Smart, PVL Iso Gold, Progressive Harmony Protein, one of the most complete and healthy is… Vega Whole Meal Replacement by Sequel Naturals!!!! Amazingly healthy!  SOOO complete.  If you do try it get Vanilla Chai Flavour, mix with Almond milk unsweetened, banana, flax oil, walnuts, some yogurt if you want it thick.  Oh very important, 1 gram of protein, per 1 pound of body weight each day.  When you buy your protein powder you are looking for Whey Isolate (usually for weight loss).  It is the purest form of protein protecting lean muscle mass.  Great for women, losing weight, and for elderly! Whey concentrate is typically more for body builders or people who use up tones of calories and need the energy for sport.  Whey Concentrate is roughly about 1000 calories per serving whereas Whey Isolate is about 100 to 150 calories per serving depending on the brand. 

3. GREEN TEA! You know this one already, but this will stimulate your metabolism safely and it provides you with antioxidants. 

4.  Always remember that while supplements help, its not really supplements that are going to be the make it or break it, it is consistancy in your “diet for life” and your activity level.  Find an activity that you like.  Or if it is variety you like then go for it.  For me I like to use my recumbant bike at home for convenience.  I love prenatal yoga right now, and before I used to love playing badminton, but I can’t run around at the moment due to the pregnancy.  I also love swimming, but everyone is different.  It really doesn’t matter what you do, but you have to have the desire to go do it so that you will go consistantly!  One of my relatives needs to pay for something because they hate wasting money.  Once they pay they are commited.  
5.  Up your intake of fibre!!! FIBRE, FIBRE, FIBRE!!!  35 grams per day! You hear it a lot, but you need to eat lots of veges.  Learn how you like them.  Use coconut oil to cook.  Its opposite of what you may think, but cocanut oil is soooo good for your heart, your skin and your hair.  It is safe to cook with, so high heat is great!! Also, you can steam your veges too!  Brocoli, Chinese veges, watercress, and also make soups for dinner with lots of veges.  Just boil water, put a healthy noodle in there, add an egg till it is a honey consistancy, put a chicken thigh in there for flavour and then you can put your veges in there at the last so they are not over cooked.  Red peppers are delicious in there.  All you need is a little salt and pepper.  Note: stay away from processed packaged foods and sauces. 

6. Eat 4 to 5 times a day of healthy calories, nutritous calories.  Smaller but more frequent meals is key.  If you do these things you will feel fantastic!

7. Health wise, get Greens in your diet, by Genuine Health, and take fish oil every day.  You will look younger for longer.  Its really great for your skin, inflammation, joints, colon health and your hair.  Also, if you can get a multi in you every day that would be fantastic!! Platinum liquid softgels are the BEST! 

WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:

• Genuine Health’s Bone Builder is a great way to get your greens and your CALCIUM!! http://www.genuinehealth.com/by-name/greens-bone-builder.html
• Sequel Natural Vega Meal Replacement Recipes to make it taste good: http://myvega.com/products/whole-food-health-optimizer/recipes and the link for the actual product: http://myvega.com/sites/myvega.com/files/shared/New_Vega_-_Serving__Tear-pad_-_NB.pdf

As always, thank you for reading!  There should be something in there for everyone.  It is up to us to look after ourselves.  Take care and put your health first by maintaining a balance!! And if you have any more questions we would be happy to help you at a location near you: Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus.  The main products to start with are: Cleanse, Protein powder, Multi Vitamin, Fish Oil, Probiotics/Enzymes, green tea. 

Also we do mail orders, if there are some products you are interested and there is not a location near you, call toll free: 1 866 499 9546.

Take care and see you soon!

Progressive Kids Multi-Vitamin

Parents always want the best for their kids especially when it comes to nutrition and therefore we have diligent parents coming in all the time to Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus, requesting a solid Multi-Vitamin for their growing kids.  Obtaining the proper nutrients these days has become extremely difficult with fruits and vegetables not as rich vitamins/minerals as they used to be.  In addition, we are continuously being exposed to new chemicals and toxins which rob us of our nutrients every second of the day. 

What is a reliable, well researched, well rounded Multi-Vitamin for your kids?

The Progressive Brand: Kids Multi-Vitamin, is one of the leaders when it comes to building a complete chewable Multi for kids and the world renowned Naturopathic Doctor Mikael Adams assisted in this fabulous formulation. 

What makes Progressives Multi for Kids different?

Not only does this multi have all the essential vitamins and minerals, it also has: essential fatty acids for example DHA is the essential fatty acid for brain development, cognition, focus, and helps kids with ADD (attention deficit disorder), there are also enzymes which helps to break down food preventing digestive complaints, there are also antioxidants which are often lost in our fruits and vegetables, and one of the most unique aspects of the multi is the greens that have been incorporated into the formula.  Therefore, Progressive Multi for kids is extremely complete.  Lastly, there are no preservatives, artificial flavours or sweeteners.  As you can probably see, this is truly a top notch Multi-Vit, for your top notch kid!

Other BENEFITS for taking Progressive Multi for Kids:

• Increases healthy energy levels
• Great for school and concentration
• Helps regulate blood sugar levels
• Helps protect a healthy immune system
• Promotes healthy teeth and gums
• Tastes great!
• Helps balance PH

Always remember, that no matter how hard you try as a parent, there is no way to be 100% sure that your kids are getting everything they need.  It is very difficult to get everything in our food these days even when buying organic.  It is always important to do the absolute best you can eating wholefoods, greens, and a balanced diet, and then for insurance taking a good quality multivitamin is vital these days.  Even if you give your kids the best, kids are resourceful and they may not always make the best choices for themselves, or if they are at a friends home, they may eat very differently from what you may give them normally. 

For even more information on Progressives Multi-Vitamins there is a pamphlet on the product as well.

Progressive Multi-Vitamin for Kids Pamphlet

As always, thank you for reading and we look forward to helping you and your family enter a healthy and happy 2011!  Come see us at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus!

Alive Royal Jelly

 Each capsule contains: Royal Jelly 1200mg

Available sizes: 30 caps, 60 caps, 150 caps, and 300 caps

Certified pure and organic, clinically tested, micro-organism free royal jelly.

Contains NO:  yeast, wheat, dairy, or sodium

What is Royal jelly? Royal Jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of larvae, as well as adult queens.  It is secreted from the glands in the hypo pharynx of worker bees, and fed to all larvae in the colony.  In essence Royal Jelly is the secret to the queen bee’s good health and longevity.

When worker bees decide to make a new queen, either because the old one is weakening, or was killed, they choose several small larvae and feed them with copious amounts of royal jelly in specially constructed queen cells. This type of feeding triggers the development of the queen bee, including the fully developed ovaries needed to lay eggs.

What is in Royal Jelly? Alive Brand Royal Jelly has many health benefits because of components within it, such as: B-complex vitamins such as Pantothenic acid (vitamin B₅) and Pyridoxine (vitamin B₆).  Royal Jelly also includes protein (including many different amino acids), and a high amount of essential fatty acids. It also contains many trace minerals, some enzymes, antibacterial and antibiotic components, and trace amounts of vitamin C. The fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K, are completely absent from royal jelly.

The Story of the Worker Bee and the Queen Bee. The queen bees and workers relationship have had the health industry excited for years!  What is intriguing is that in spite of their identical DNA they are strongly differentiated across a wide range of characteristics including anatomical and physiological differences, the longevity of the queen and reproductive capacity.   For example, Queens have large active ovaries, whereas workers have only rudimental inactive ovaries.

Why we have taken it for Decades?  It’s all in the nutrient rich Royal Jelly that is given to the Queen Bees.  A female larva destined to become a queen is fed large quantities of royal jelly that triggers a cascade of molecular events resulting in queen development.  This is why Royal jelly has been recommended for decades to people to gain a stronger immune system, to ease stress, to combat against fatigue and help increase stamina.  The queen bee is known to live healthy years, verses the worker bees who only make it a few weeks.  Therefore, one of the most valuable benefits of taking Royal Jelly is because of longevity.  It’s the quality of the years you live, not the quantity.

Summary of Alive Royal Jelly’s Main Benefits:

• Helps build a solid immune system
• Helps lower blood lipids and bad cholesterol (LDL)
• Aids is sleep disorders
• Increases energy and stamina
• Filled with antioxidants
• Great for skin, hair and nails
• Helps fertility

As always thank you very much for reading and we look forward to helping you at either Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun or Supplements Plus!

Renew Life

Now Renew Life has come out with what is being called the Ultimate Fish Oil.  They are of superior quality and have been compared to Nordic Naturals or Eskimo 3 Enzymatics fish oils.  In fact the Norweigian Gold Ultimate Fish Oils exceed world standards for fish oil quality and purity.  Most of us know why we take fish oils, but just to re-cap and re-fresh fish oils nourish the whole body because of their essential fatty acids such as EPA and DHA.  They promote healthy skin, brain, heart, nervous system, joints and they help reduce excess inflammation in the body. 

What are the advantages with Norwegian Gold Fish Oils?

• They are enteric coded to ensure that they are delivered directly to the intestines.  When this happens you get 3x the absorption.
• They included the the fat digesting enzyme called lipase for easy digestion and to eliminate burping up fish oil.
• They have a one a day serving! 
• They really mean quality and purity.  Norwegian Fish Oils are sourced from sustainable wild and unthreatened fish found in cold pristine waters.  These waters are naturally lower in toxins such as: PCB’s, mercury and pesticides.
• Their testing and certification consistantly receives a 5 star raiting by the International Fish Oil Standards (IFOS) program.
• All their fish oils are encapsulated in natural fish-derived gel caps!

How Much Fish Oil Do you Need?

• For someone with no health concerns it is recommended to take a combined dosage of 1000mg of EPA and DHA.  This dosage is to maintain tissue health, skin, brain and joints health etc.
• For someone with heart problems, unhealthy arteries, high cholesterol, joint pain, low mental acuity or other health conditions it is recommended to take a dosage as high as 4000mg of EPA and DHA.

Norwegian Gold Product Line: They have 4 Fish Oils

1. Super Critical Omega (Total Omega 3 – 1025mg)
2. Critical Omega (Total Omega 3 – 840mg)
3. Daily Omega (Total Omega 3 – 400mg)
4. Easy Omega (Total Omega 3 – 380mg)

For more information of the break down of the EPA and DHA for each product, or if you are wanting to know which one you should take based on your current health as always we are glad to help you!  Please come see us about any Renew Life Product; we would love to help.  You can find us at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun or Supplements Plus.

Systemic Enzymes

Most people know that there are digestive enzymes, which are primarily used for breaking down our food.  Wobenzyme uses systemic enzymes.   The purpose of systemic enzymes is they assist the body’s various regulatory and communication systems.   Enzymes are extremely valuable to us because they are involved in balancing our immune systems, as well as many metabolic processes.   Systemic enzymes make it possible for us to: breath, grow, produce energy, conduct nerve impulses, help us recover after exercise, and much more.  In fact scientist believe that our body uses over 15,000 enzymes on a daily basis. 

Wobenzyme is a German product and has recently been bought by a Canadian company called Atrium Innovations.  This is why it is becoming more well known in North America.  In Germany Asprin is the number one OTC with Wobenzyme coming in second!  It is helping people all over Europe with many autoimmune disorders, pain, cancer, heart health, inflammation, skin conditions and more.  It is very exciting to have this product become more well known in North America to enrich the health of Canadians! 

Wobenzyme has a tremendous amount of history in fact it has been around for over 50 years.  It also has an extensive amount of scientific research supporting its effectiveness.  In fact today there are over 800 medical experts at hospitals across the world studying and publishing the positive health effects of Wobenzym.

Inflammation is the root of many diseases and Wobenzyme balances inflammation.  Remember that 90% of the inflammation our body experiences we cannot feel.  We are a super inflammed society and Wobenzyme regulates this problem. 

Alive Health Centre, Supplements Plus and Morning Sun are very proud to be carrying this product.  Come in and see us, we would love to be able to help you. 

For more information you can visit: http://www.wobenzym.ca/