Don’t Forget The Pets This Holiday!

Today we’re going to do a brief notice about the amazing benefits your pet’s may experience if they begin to consume the arthrydex and perpetual supplements from For Tails Only.

Perhaps this year the pets could get some extra love during the holidays by feeling great with less stress on their joints.  Older pets especially seem to benefit.

Here are some highlights of reviews we’ve found to highlight the benefits of arthrydex:

“I have a 15 year old dog, who as a “toddler” became paralyzed from jumping down from the couch. After vet chiro treatments, she regained her normal mobility. Now, at age 15, she was having a difficult time getting up from her bed and took a while to even walk to the door to go outside. Going up & down the porch stoop was slow and painful. I nearly cried for her. I got her Arthrydex and by three weeks, she was ‘dancing’ for her food again, walking, running and having no difficulty going up the porch steps. I only gave her 1/2 scoop instead of a full one, twice a day on her food, to save money. It was that or she couldn’t have any. She LOVES the supplement, licks her plate clean & keeps on licking in hopes to get more of the powder, ha! Well, I ran out a few weeks ago and noticed I really needed to order more, quickly. Arthrydex is GREAT!!” – Kiki

“We have used this product for a few years and its always worked for us. We travel and house sit and are with lots of animals, they all love it over their food and we can see a difference in their health after just a few days. No pet has ever turned it down. We use it as an incentive sometimes to get them to eat their food, because sometimes they dont like to eat if the kibble products are low grade an have no real nutrition. I highly recommend it to help get the nutrition that is missing in food, its the best product on the market that we have used for greatly improving animal health, bones, and vitality.”  – Greg Drebert

“My 15 year old cat wasn’t able to jump up on the bed or sofa until I started him on the Arthrydex. It only took a week or two and amazingly he could jump up onto my desk which is taller than the bed or sofa. He sleeps less and has also become very playful and scampers through the house. He’s been on this for about a year now and I just ordered more. Don’t want him to be without it for a day. So easy to use, I just sprinkle the recommended amount on his dry or canned food and he loves it.” – DSimpson

“My 10 year old cat is a different cat who wants to go outside all the time now where as before she’d rather stay in all the time. She has healthier teeth and no bad breath anymore. Buy this now.” –  Todd M

Here’s an amazing read from Liz who used the combo pack to help her aging canine:

“We noticed our 8 year old full blood Australian Shepard was suddenly unable to get up and dragging her right hip, sitting funny, and had lost her desire to get up and move or bark at cars. After a visit to the vet found no trace of arthritis, or other issue, we decided she must have been hit by a car or ATV, or similar (we live on a farm). Rather than just put her on the pain meds that the vet prescribed, we started her on a twice a day regimen of the Youngevity Healthy Pet Combo pack. To get her to eat it we mixed it in oatmeal (the long cooking kind, gluten free, since that is what we use), added a half teaspoon of coconut oil, and also broke up the tab and mixed it in. She would eat it somewhat grudgingly at first; had to be told to eat it until it was gone. Eventually she ate it without too much coaxing, but we still have to watch her or she’ll invite the cats to finish her dish 🙂 Within 2 weeks we were seeing marked improvement. She was getting up and moving more easily, although still not herself. Within 30 days she had started to run/limp across the lawn again. Now almost 60 days later I can tell you she is almost recovered, and attribute her recovery largely to this vitamin. We have forgotten to give this to her a couple of times for a period of two days. By the time the second day is over, she has an increased limp again and is somewhat subdued. Once we restart the vitamins, she begins to improve within 24 hrs.

Lesson: be consistent for good and continued results.

A bonus: since taking the vitamins, she seem more youthful and her coat is beautiful. I was very skeptical about using vitamins to help our dog, but it seems to have helped when the vet could not. The thing that convinced me to try the Youngevity brand for our dog, was the good results we’ve gotten when raising orphan farm kittens and using the Yongevity Ultimate Classic drinkable vitamin.
So here is a second bonus if you’ve read this far 🙂

We’ve successfully raised several batches of orphaned farm kittens by supplementing the homemade formula with Youngevity Ultimate Classic – just a few drops in a batch. I won’t do this without the vitamin. The kittens don’t get sick, stay VERY healthy (no pink eye, diarrhea, etc), have beautiful coats and muscle tone, and act ‘normal’ (if you’ve ever raised an orphan farm kitten, you know what I mean). Youngevity Ultimate Classic is worth the money and keeps for months in the fridge.” – MsLiz

So, think about the furry ones this winter and consider adding quality supplements to their diet.

 

Vitamins Changed Her Life!

Elle

Testimony from Ella Hinkle Jones

The Healthy Start Pak and the healthy lifestyle education I have received from Dr. Wallach and Dr. Glidden have been life altering for me.  Before I learned of Youngevity, I had no major illnesses and was in excellent health except for being overweight and having the “normal” aches and pains of increasing in years.  The improvements for me were none the less life changing.
The major “wow” moment came the first night after drinking only one glass of Beyond Tangy Tangerine.  My usual  routine was flopping onto the couch when getting home from work around 7:30 pm because I had no energy left to do anything. That first night, I excitedly opened my package from Youngevity and mixed a glass of BTT and plodded off to my children’s softball games.  Later that night, I was cleaning in the kitchen and was amazed when I noticed it was 10:30 pm and I had being going non stop and was not the least bit tired.  I actually felt like cleaning more but decided I should go on to bed since it was already past my bedtime.  I could hardly believe the energy I had. . . not an unhealthy buzz, just steady power.  It has been that way every day since.  I used to be a couch potato, but now my couch doesn’t even know who I am!!
The rest of my “wows” are these:
1. no more aches and pains when getting out of bed or getting up from a sitting position and no more walking bent over half way across the room until my back finally decided to straighten out.  I no longer sleep through my alarm and I pop right up out of bed, often before my alarm ever rings.  Sometimes I wake up at 3:00 am rested and ready to go.  I used to lie there trying to go back to sleep because I was afraid if I got up that early I would be crashing by mid afternoon.  I finally learned to quit fighting it and I still last until 10:00 or 11:00 that night.
2.  I can jog up and down the stairs without having to hold the railing.  I used to literally pull myself up, plodding one step at a time.  No more coming down the stairs one step at a time, stepping sideways, stopping on each step, and holding on for dear life.  I’m only 51, but I used to feel a lot older.  I haven’t felt this good in 20 years!
3.  The cracks on my heels are gone and my fingernails grow long and strong for the first time in my life.  That isn’t necessarily a major phenomenon but it shows overall improvement in general health. The only gray hair I had was right at my temples.  I haven’t colored my hair in a couple of months just to see what happened and I’m pretty sure the gray is disappearing.
4.  Getting down on my knees used to cause pain that I could only handle for about 20 seconds.  Now I can get down on my knees, pain free for extended periods of time.
5. My friend I share an office with says I have life in my eyes again and I’m not grumpy anymore!  ha ha  I’m excited to greet each new day! My children are so happy with their new and improved mother. . .the one they hadn’t seen in years.
6. I no longer have food cravings.  I lost 15 pounds in one month on ASAP and that was pretty much eating only halfway healthy (I hadn’t embraced the good food, bad food list yet).  No telling what I would have lost had I followed the eating plan exactly!!  I have lost 5 more pounds simply making wise choices. My clothes keep getting looser!

7.  I had no idea how bad my eating habits made me feel until I stuck to the good food bad food list.  Now that my body is healthier, if I eat something from the bad food list, I feel bad!!!!  I don’t know how I made it through life before Youngevity!!My teenage children reluctantly tried the BTT because I asked them to.  They soon noticed they felt better, and they didn’t even know they felt bad to begin with!  The Healthy Bone and Joint has especially helped my daughter’s injuries from running cross country for several years.  My son says he now craves the drink!   I no longer have to force the thermos into their hands.  Instead, they say, “Where’s my drink?!”.  I love it!!

Ella Hinkle Jones

Dangerous Chemicals in Favored Foods!

Damaging chemicals that were banned from kids’s teething rings and rubber duck toys years earlier might still be present in high concentrations in your child’s preferred meal: macaroni and cheese blends made with powdered cheese.

The chemicals, called phthalates, can interfere with male hormones like testosterone and have actually been connected to genital abnormality in baby young boys and learning problems in older children. The chemicals migrate into food from packaging and equipment used in production and might be a risk to pregnant females and young kids.

The Food and Drug Administration has actually not prohibited their presence in foods, though a 2014 report to the Consumer Item Security Commission prompted federal groups to evaluate risks “with a view to supporting danger management steps.”

The report concluded that food, drugs and beverages, and not toys, were the main source of direct exposure to phthalates.

Now a new research study of 30 cheese products has detected phthalates in all of the types studied.  Among the samples evaluated, with the highest concentrations were found in processed cheese powder in boxed mac and cheese. The report, which was carried out by an independent lab and funded by ecological advocacy groups, has not been published as of yet in a peer-reviewed journal.

” The phthalate concentrations in powder from mac and cheese mixes were more than four times higher than in block cheese and other natural cheeses like shredded cheese, string and cottage cheese,” stated Mike Belliveau, executive director of the Environmental Health Strategy Center, one of 4 advocacy groups that funded the report.

Others were the Ecology Center, Healthy Babies Bright Futures and Safer States.

The groups checked 10 varieties of mac and cheese,  including some that were labeled as natural, and discovered high levels of phthalates in all of them.

The tested products were purchased in the United States and shipped in the initial packaging to VITO, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research in Belgium, where fat drawn out from each item sample was analyzed for 13 phthalates utilizing confirmed techniques, Mr. Belliveau stated.

” Our belief is that it remains in every mac ‘n’ cheese product– you can’t shop your way out of the problem,” said Mr. Belliveau, who is urging consumers to get in touch with manufacturers and press them to investigate how phthalates are getting into their items and take actions to eliminate it.

Nine of the cheese items tested were made by Kraft, who makes the majority of the macaroni and cheese products sold, though the group did not reveal the names of particular products evaluated.

Authorities with Kraft did not respond to requests for discuss the report and its findings.

Devon Hill, a legal representative in Washington who has experience with businesses involved with phthalates, stated many phthalates have actually been phased out of food processing and product packaging, and that those still in usage result in extremely low direct exposures.

Environmental and food safety groups petitioned the F.D.A. last year to get rid of all phthalates from food, food product packaging and food processing and production devices, though the petition has actually been delayed momentarily for technical reasons, said Tom Neltner, chemicals policy director for the Environmental Defense Fund, which is coordinating the petition procedure for 11 advocacy groups, including the Center for Science in the general public Interest, Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Working Group and others.

” A chemical is not allowed food unless there is a sensible certainty it will cause no harm,” Mr. Neltner stated, adding that due to the fact that of all the evidence regarding the prospective harms of phthalates, “We don’t believe the F.D.A. can say there is a sensible certainty of no harm.”

An F.D.A. spokeswoman stated the firm manages all substances in food contact products that can be anticipated to move into food, including phthalates, and said there needs to be “sufficient clinical details to show that making use of a substance in food contact products is safe under the desired conditions of use prior to it’s licensing for those usages.” The spokesperson said: “The F.D.A. continues to keep an eye on literature and research study on these substances as it becomes available.”

Phthalates are not deliberately contributed to food. They are commercial chemicals utilized to soften plastics and are used as solvents, in adhesives and in ink on product packaging.

The chemicals migrate into food from food processing equipment like plastic tubing, conveyor belts and gaskets and other plastic materials used in the production process, and can likewise permeate in from printed labels or plastic materials in the product packaging.

Considering that they bind with fats, they tend to build up in fatty foods, not only cheese but also baked goods, infant formula, meats, oils and fats, and junk food, studies show.

Although the concentration of phthalates in food might be rather low, measured in parts per billion, they are still present at greater levels than the natural hormonal agents in the body, stated Heather B. Patisaul, a teacher of biological sciences at the Center for Person Health and the Environment at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

” If you asked most researchers about the leading 10 or 20 endocrine-disrupting chemicals they worry about, phthalates would be on that list,” Dr. Patisaul said. “We have a massive quantity of information.”

For these reasons, many are limiting their exposure to packaged foods by eating more whole foods and fresh fruits where these chemicals aren’t found.

It’s ‘That’ Time of Year Again – Flu Season

Flu Season

Flu season is an annually recurring time period characterized by the prevalence of outbreaks of influenza (otherwise known as ‘the flu’). The season occurs during the cold half of the year in each hemisphere. Influenza activity can sometimes be predicted and even tracked geographically.

Here are some of the best ways to defend against a weak immune system by using quality supplements.  Moderate exercise and eating well also go a long way to preventing illness in the fall to winter months.

Olive Leaf Extract – Good Herbs Super Olive Health is made with pure, unaltered, chemical-free natural herbs that provide you with pure Olive Leaf Extract. Olive Leaf is known as one of the most useful single herbs in the herbal kingdom due to its many uses. Super Olive Health contains 500 mg of Olive Leaf Extract to support a healthy immune, digestive, circulatory and urinary system.

Seasonal Immunity Support Pack -Provide your immune system with extra support during times when diseases are easily transmittable with the Seasonal Immune Support Pak.  The Seasonal Immune Support Pak™ includes 30 packets, each containing: Zinc Fx™ (1 lozenge), Immu-911™ (1 capsule), Vitamin C (2 tablets), C-Fx™ (1 capsule) and Killer Biotic FX® (1 capsule).

(This Pak™ contains Youngevity’s best-selling immune-supporting products plus, a new, powerful Vitamin C tablet to boost immune health.)

Immune Wellness Tea – Immune Wellness Tea by L’dara is a delicious way to support your body’s defenses. It was formulated with a precise combination of eight renowned immune-enhancing herbs to deliver the perfect blend for when you need it most. Includes 2 types of rooibos, the legendary health-promoting “red bush tea” of South Africa, and features polyphenol-rich honeybush and premium goji berries.

For optimal immune support year-round, drink at least one cup a day as part of a well-balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

Along with using quality products such as these, you may also want to increase your intake of citrus fruits if possible.  The high concentration of Vitamin C they contain is helpful in keeping sickness away.

Here are some other tips we found which may help you during the flu season:

Wash your hands frequently, especially if you shake many hands with others suggested Mark Mengel, MD, chair of community and family medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Running great deals of water over your hands will certainly dilute any kind of bacteria and also send them down the tubes.

Touching your nose as well as your eyes may hurt you, Mengel says. Those are one of the most typical areas for bacteria to get in.

Go to sleep.

As if obtaining adequate rest on a typical basis isn’t hard enough, you will need a lot more rest when you face the difficult seasons of contagious sickness. When youre weary, your body isn’t really battling as hard, so Mengel recommends obtaining 8 to 10 hrs an evening.

Eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables sustains your immune system.

Also, get those sweats on and workout, claims Ann G. Kulze, MD, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Dr. Ann and Just Health. Exercising on a regular basis boosts immune defense.

If you smoke, consider quitting for your health.

Our purses get germs like we do, in accordance with Joseph Brasco, MD, writer of The Great Physicians Rx for Colds as well as Flu, so you might be re-infecting yourself each time you get your purse or handle your wallet or cash. His tip: Do away with your fabric handbag throughout the cold season and bring one made of easier-to-wipe-down vinyl or leather (especially if you have kids and are active).

Biting your nails may be harming you, Dr. Brasco says. Germs get under your nails and nibbling is a quick means to put them into your body.

Do things to stay happy.

A new research study has actually found that happiness might help your immune system. Carl Charnetski, MD, teacher of psychology at Wilkes College, found that sex, hopefulness, playing with an animal, and other pleasurable actions will enhance your immune system.

Drink a good amount of fluids.  Water and juice are the best.  Staying hydrated goes a long way to avoiding typical sickness issues when it is cold outside.

We hope some of these tips are useful and that you have an easy time this year during flu-season, thanks for reading and have an awesome day out there 🙂