Barbara Lagoni

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Barbara Lagoni

• Keeping Our Families Healthy All Winter Long

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Incidence of Colds/Respiratory INfections

• Average U.S. adult has 2 to 4 colds/year
• Average U.S. child has 6 to 10/year
• Up to 12/year for school age kids
• Average duration is 1 week (up to 3 weeks)
• Caused by 200 different viruses

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The Natural Approach

• Learn how to keep our
• immune systems
• healthy naturally

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Only one diseasemalfunctioning cells

• Two Causes of Cells to Malfunction
• Exposure to toxins
• Lack of nutrients
• Together,
• they weaken the immune system.
• Never Be Sick Again Raymond Francis

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What Weakens the Immune System

• Stress
• Emotional
• Physical (including extreme exercise)
• Exposure to toxins
• Poor diet
• Lack of rest
• Aging
• Sugar/Alcohol

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Sugar Consumption

• 1900 10 pounds (per capita/year)
• 1985 124 pounds/year
• 2000 160 pounds/year

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Dangers of Sugar

• Immune Dysfunction
• The anti-nutrient depletes vitamins and
  minerals
• essential for the immune system
• B vitamins, antioxidants, iron, and zinc
• Displaces natural nutritious foods
• such as fruits and vegetables
• such as water or milk (with soft drinks - high
  fructose corn syrup)
• Slows white blood cells
• Feeds Candida yeast (80 of immune system in
  gut)

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More Dangers of Sugar

• Damaging Affects on the Brain
• Creates blood sugar swings
• (resulting in fatigue, poor focus, poor
  attention span, irritability, and mood swings)
• Depletes essential nutrients for the brain
• (B vitamins, zinc)

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More Dangers of Sugar

• Sugar Feeds Candida Yeast
• Candida produces toxins
• Symptoms of Candida
• Brain anxiety, depression, headache,
  irritability, mood swings, poor memory, poor
  mental focus, dizziness
• Digestive diarrhea, bloating, gas, irritable
  bowel, bad breath, heartburn, food allergies,
  constipation, belching, abdominal pain, mucous in
  stools, and cravings for sweets, bread and alcohol

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More Candida Symptoms

• Weakened Immune System frequent infections
  (especially ears, tonsils), sinus congestion,
  chronic cough, pain or tightness in chest,
  environmental sensitivities (mold), asthma-like
  symptoms
• Reproductive endometriosis, uterine fibroids,
  cervical dysplasia, PMS premenstrual syndrome,
  infertility, loss of libido, prostatitis,
  impotence, pelvic pain, vaginal discharge and
  itching
• Other acne, skin disorders, white coated
  tongue, athletes foot, canker sores, nail
  fungus, burning tongue, spots in front of eyes,
  rash or blisters in mouth, fatigue, joint pain,
  muscle weakness, blurred vision

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More Dangers of Sugar

• Aggravates Inflammation
• Sugar causes the body to be more acidic (along
  with meat and dairy)
• Vegetables cause the body to be alkaline
• Inflammatory conditions include heart disease,
  arthritis, all itises, cancer, eczema, asthma,
  etc
• The more insulin produced ...
  The more inflammation

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More Dangers of Sugar

• High insulin levels cause cancer cells to grow.
  At least 4 or 5 types of cancer have been linked
  to high insulin levels (Steve
  Chaney PhD and cancer researcher)
• Dental decay
• Diabetes
• Excessive weight gain
• Osteoporosis (body pulls calcium from bones to
  make blood more alkaline)

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More Dangers of Sugar

• Free Radical Damage
• Increased from high insulin
• Damage to Digestive Tract
• Reduces production of digestive enzymes
• Leads to allergies and immune issues

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White Flour ... Sugars Cousin

• Refined carbohydrates including breads and baked
  goods, chips, crackers, and snacks all cause
  high insulin levels and blood sugar surges.

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How to Stop the Cravings

• Obesity not a will power issue.
• Cravings are a metabolic imbalance that causes
  blood sugar to plummet
• Cinch Plan or Energizing Soy Protein
• B Complex
• Glucose Regulation Complex
• Vita Lea

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What Strengthens the Immune System?

• Avoiding sugar and baked goods
• Diet rich in vegetables, fruits, legumes,
• whole grains, low fat protein
• Water/Hydration
• Exercise regularly
• Reduce toxic exposure
• Adequate rest 8 hrs/day (10 hrs/day kids)
• Nutritional supplements essential for the immune
  system

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Vitalizer
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Optiflora Probiotic System

• Restores beneficial micro-organisms to
  lower intestines
• lost from antibiotics, diarrhea, chemotherapy,
  steroids, and other medications
• Keeps undesirable bacteria and yeasts in check
• Strengthens the immune system
• Triple encapsulation
• protects acidophilus, bifidus, and other
  probiotics from stomach acids

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Unique, Patented Triple Encapsulation
Technology Protects Live Microflora
Live microflora
Water and oxygen barrier
Stomach acid protection
Only Shaklee has it!
OPTIFLORA completely survives stomach acid.
Microflora are then released in the intestine.
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Who Benefits from Optiflora

• flatulence abdominal cramps
• bloating diarrhea
• constipation digestive disorders
• candida yeast issues colitis
• allergies/sinus acid reflux
• antibiotics steroid medications
• bottle-fed babies low fiber/poor diets
• irritable bowel syndrome ear infections
• Nutrition and You Vita Books

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Sustained Release Vita C 500

• First sustained-release vitamin C to use all
  natural plant gums and waxes slowly releasing
  the whole vitamin C complex over 5 hours.
• The role of Vitamin C
• Antioxidant
• Natural antihistamine
• Builds connective tissue (tendons, ligaments,
  skin)
• Reduces risk of cataracts
• Helps reduce allergy symptoms
• Helps reduce risk of cancer
• Used in prevention and treatment of colds

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Who Benefits from Vitamin C

• stress bruise easily
• bleeding gums nose bleeds
• varicose veins spider veins
• chronic infection allergies
• asthma frequent colds/flu
• prickly heat swollen glands
• anemia colon polyps
• weakened immune system slow healing wounds
• Source Nutrition and You , Vita Books_at_wi.rr.com

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Shaklee Vitamin D Study Journal of Lipidology,
most prominent scientific journal in that field

• To determine dosage of Vitamin D supplement for
  optimal blood level (50 dl)
• 1000 to 2000 iu recommended
• As a result, Vitamin D was raised in all Vita Lea
  products at no additional charge.
• Infant Vita Lea 400 iu Vita Lea w/ and w/o
  iron 800 iu
• Incredivites 600 iu Vita Lea Gold 1000
  iu
• Vitalizer 1000-1200 iu

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Benefits of Vitamin D

• Essential for strong bones (with calcium and
  minerals)
• Essential for strong immune system
• Helps regulate cell growth and differentiation
• May reduce risk of cancer studies show
• breast 50
• colorectal cancer 55
• prostate cancer 55

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More Vitamin D Benefits

• May reduce cardiovascular risks
• hypertension, obesity, and diabetes
• Helps blood vessels relax improves blood flow
• Lower risks for stroke congestive heart failure
• Improved cognitive function
• Vitamin D receptors in the brain
• Improves health of myelin sheath and nerves
• Helps maintain health of ovaries, uterus, lungs,
  esophagus, stomach, bladder, kidney, pancreas

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CarotoMax

• Six extremely potent fat-soluble carotenoids
• lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, alpha beta
  carotene, astaxanthin
• Support health of eyes, prostate, immune system,
  heart, lungs, and cervix (higher fat contents)
• For people who dont eat 5 to 9 servings of
  fruits and vegetables a day
• Benefits
• macular degeneration cervical dysplasia
• family history of cancer detoxifies liver

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NUTRIFERON

• Powerful breakthrough in immune system science
• Naturally boosts interferon production
• Created by the discoverer of interferon

This statement has not been evaluated by the
Food and Drug Administration. This product are
not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent
any disease.
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Nutriferon

• 4 plant extracts
• (pumpkin seeds, plantago seeds, safflower seeds,
  and
• Japanese honeysuckle) thus completely safe and
  natural
• Developed by the immunologist who helped discover
  interferon (key component of immune response)
• Increases interferon production
• 4 human clinical trials ( Hepatitis C )
• Increases effectiveness of macrophages
• (white blood cells that act like pac men
  gobbling up viruses, bacteria, cancer cells, and
  other invaders)

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CORNELL NUTRIFERON STUDY

• NUTRIFERON Activates genes causing
• Natural Killer Cell
• Activation
• Proliferation
• Signaling

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Nutriferon Study Cornell Weill Medical School

• Phase 1 Dr Ann Moscona, top virologist in U.S.,
  developed an entire new technique
• Human Airway Epithelial Model to study viruses
  without having to test on animals.
• Phase 2 Using that model, the study showed
  NutriFeron increased Natural Killer Cells which
  target viruses and tumor cells.

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Who Would Benefit From Nutriferon

• Compromised immunity
• Colds and flu
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Hepatitis C
• Surgery
• Cancer
• Chemotherapy

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Shaklee Defend Resist

• Echinacea, larch tree, elderberry extracts
• Take at the onset of infection for 7 days
• Boosts production/activity of white blood cells
• Standardized extracts to ensure potency and
  effectiveness
• Can be chewed, swallowed, made into tea

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Premium Garlic Complex

• Potency of fresh raw garlic without the odor
• Patented ShakleeGuard ensures
  quality and freshness
• Odor-controlled from
• Gentle low temperature drying process
• Spearmint and rosemary extract
• Formulated to release allicin (active ingredient)
  lower in intestinal tract

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Benefits of Garlic

• Immune Benefits
• Anti-inflammatory
• Anti-viral
• Anti-bacterial
• Anti-fungal
• Kills intestinal parasites
• Protects from radiation
• Increase white blood cells

• Cardio Benefits
• Lower cholesterol
• Raises HDL (good cholesterol)
• Helps lower triglycerides
• Increases fluidity of blood
• Neutralizes free radicals
• Helps lower blood pressure
• Blood cleanser traps metals

• Other lowers blood glucose in diabetics

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FlavoMax

• Contains all 6 classes of the highly potent
  water-soluble flavonoid antioxidants (from seeds,
  peels, flowers, and bark)
• Protects areas where blood is concentrated
• (liver, heart and cardiovascular, intestines,
  immune system, lungs)
• Benefits
• anti-inflammatory anti-cancer
• inhibits tumor formation anti-viral
• natural antibiotic keeps blood vessels
  elastic
• inhibits plaque formation allergies, asthma,
  sinusitis
• eczema, psoriasis gout
• herpes sore throat, colds, flu
• prostatitis cataracts
• protects against oxidation of LDL cholesterol
• Source Nutrition and You , VitaBooks_at_wi.rr.com
  

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Zinc

• wound healing protects eyes
• prostate health anorexia
• detoxify liver from alcohol pregnancy and
  lactation
• lowers premature delivery risk colds and flu
• lost in perspiration white spots on fingernails
• loss of taste, smell, appetite delayed sexual
  maturity
• acne fertility problems
• nerve damage cataracts

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Childrens Supplements

• Incredivites
• Chewable C
• Optiflora
• Alfalfa
• NutriFeron
• Defend and Resist Echinacea

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Family Winter Wellness Program

• For the Kids
• Incredivites/Infant Vita Lea
• Chewable C
• Protein shake
• (Energizing Soy Smoothie, Mealshakes, or Cinch)
• Optiflora

• For the Adults
• Vitalizer
• NutriFeron
• Breakfast Cinch Shake

Keep handy when needed Defend and Resist
(Echinacea plus) Shaklee Premium Garlic
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Medical Experts say
In the coming decades, the most important
determinants of health and longevity will be
the personal choices made by each
individual. The Journal of the American Medical
Association