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When you realise that we eat about 500kg of food every year on average, it is no wonder we sometimes get a bit of indigestion! In fact, thanks to the festive season, many might feel as if they've eaten that much during December alone! If you will be over-indulging or will be starting (or re-starting) weight management programmes in January, it is doubtly important that you make sure, whatever you decide to do, that is also helps you to maintain a healthy-functioning digestive system.

Do you have a dodgy digestion?
Our digestive systems are remarkably resilient, although bad eating and lifestyle habits can stress them out, leading to a number of unpleasant symptoms such as bloating, water retention, constipation, flatulence, cramps and indigestion.

If any of the above sounds familiar, read on for some simple ways to improve your digestive health...

It is not just what you eat, but how you eat it...
For healthy digestion, it is as important to look at how you eat as what you eat.

Chew your food as saliva can only break down food so far - your teeth need to do the rest.

Eat regularly and moderately as if you eat too much and too often, your digestive system will not get a minute's peace and it is important it does!

Eat slowly and calmly: high stress levels are a major cause of both constipation and diarrhoea. If you rush when you eat, you'll increase your chances of bad digestion.

The essential ingredients of good digestion

Wonderful water!
If you aren't drinking your daily eight large glasses of water, then start today! The fluid you drink dissolves minerals, vitamins and nutrients, which are then more easily absorbed by your body. Water also relieves constipation by lubricating and softening food waste.

Friendly Fibre!
The average European only consumes half the daily recommended amount of fibre (25-35g), even though it is crucial for healthy digestion. Essentially, fibre is food your body can't absorb or break down, which passes into the colon and is eliminated as waste.

As well as aiding digestion and relieving constipation, fibre also has other health benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Some tips for including fibre in your diet
Try to eat as wide a variety as possible for the greatest health benefit:

Try wholegrain bread, brown rice and whole-wheat pasta. Refined products like white bread remove the outer coat from the grain, which lowers fibre content.

Eat fruit at every meal - apples, oranges, pears and berries are great sources of fibre. But beware! Removing the skin from fruits and vegetables decreases their fibre content.

If you want to snack, how about some (low-fat) popcorn? Two air-popped cupfuls give you 2.4g fibre.

Herbalife Solutions for Healthy Digestion
If eating too much of all the wrong kinds of foods has really taken its toll, you may benefit from Herbalife's core nutrition product - Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix, which can be used as a healthy breakfast as it contains protein and complex carbs and 4 wholemeal toasts equivalent of fibre.

In addition to Formula 1 shake, the following Herbalife products have been specifically formulated to aid Healthy Digestion:

Cell Activator
Your diet is only as good as what your body can absorb. Cell Activator contains a blend of nutrients, plants, and B-vitamins that support energy production and improves performance by helping essential nutrients reach their destination. More about Cell Activator...

Herbal Aloe Concentrate
Stressed digestive systems can be soothed and cleansed by Herbal Aloe Concentrate's aloe vera and camomile. A couple of glasses a day will also held up your fluid intake, so essential for healthy digestion. More about Herbal Aloe Concentrate...

Also, let's not forget Herbalife's Christmas Survival Kit: Formula 1 and Thermojetics Instant Herbal Beverage. The rule is - 'never to go to the banquet hungry'! As long as you take a Formula 1 shake half an hour to an hour before heading out to the party - it means you won't be famished and eating everything in sight at the buffet table!

Schizandra Plus is an antioxidant formula containing essential nutrients working in synergy. The key ingredient, Schizandra Berry, is a potent, nutrient-rich plant which has been highly revered by Chinese and Asian herbalists for centuries. This product has been developed to provide assistance in neutralising harmful free radicals.



Key Ingredient Properties:
The colourful berries of the Schizandra plant have been regarded by Chinese herbalists for centuries and have more recently been recognised by western civilisation for their positive effects on the body as adaptogen - a substance that can help the body adjust to environmental conditions. The Shizandra plant helps to increase the body's ability to use oxygen.

Vitamin B6 - water soluble vitamin which needs daily replacement as it is not stored in the body; also important for protein metabolism.

Vitamin E and Selenium - an antioxidant twosome which helps to support the immune system and combat free radicals; minimises deterioration of lipids and essential oils. Males appear to have a greater need for Selenium. Almost half of man's supply of selenium is concentrated in the testicles and portion of the seminal adjecent to the prostate gland. Selenium and Vit E work synergistically - the two together are stronger than the sum of the parts.

Vitamin C and Beta Carotene work together as an antioxidant team to combat free radicals and support the immune system.

L-Cysteine - an essential amino acid containing sulphur. Helps the immune system in the natural process of cleansing the body's impurities.

L-Phenylalanine - an essential amino acid. Helps to promote alertness and vitality.

Pantothenic Acid - Member of the B Complex family. Helps in cell building and assists in the maintenance of natural growth and the development of the central nervous system. Assists the body in the natural conversion of fat and sugar to energy.

Kelp is well known to the herbal and nutrition fraternity for its rich content of iodine and other essential minerals. This mineral helps to support the proper functioning of the Thyroid gland.

Ascorbyl Palmitate - an oil soluble form of Vitamin C that exerts the antioxidant activity characteristic of Vitamin C in the fatty tissue of the body and complements the actions of the Vitamin C.

Are you trying to cram too much into each day?
If you find you are too busy even to recuperate and "recharge your b atteries", you run the risk of using up the body's reserves of energy and nutrients, which may leave you more susceptible to attack. Schizandra Plus helps by topping up the special nutrients needed to assist the body's "fighting force".

How many of the following do you feel may be affecting your day to day life?
Pollutants in drinking water; toxic pesticides and fungicides sprayed onto fruit and vegetable crops; harmful particles ejected into the air by industry; vehicle exhaust fumes; office air conditioning systems; electro-magnetic stress; strong sunshine... Each of these factors and more can have a cummulative and harmful effect on general health by generating free radicals production. Achizandra Plus can help by providing antioxidant support.

Why should you take Schizandra Plus?
The carefully balanced ingredients work to help the body build a protective internal defence useful in countering the effects of a busy lifestyle. Taken daily, the beneficial effects of the antioxidants are available to the body, helping to combat the external and internal "enemy".

For more information, to arrange a free consultation or to order products, call Jamie on +65 81020710 or email herbalife.jamiec@gmail.com.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Poor eating habits, stressful lifestyle and environmental pollutants can rob our bodies of vital nutrints and wrak havoc on our immune system, making it even more difficult to main our ideal weight. Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex is part of a nutritional maintenance system designed to help replenish the body's nutritional resources and create a foundation to support long-term health. It is also an essential part of your ShapeWorks program.




Overview
A Cellular Nutrition-powered multivitamin with over 20 essential nutrients and antioxidants, including folic acid, calcium and iron.

Key Benefits
Essential nutrients for overall vitality
Support healthy weight management and your immune system
Promote healthy bones, skin and hair

The body is stressed chemically, physically and psychologically every day. How often do you feel stressed? Anything from listening to loud noise to losing your car keys can increase blood pressure and send "stress" chemicals racing around the body as we try to adapt. These altered body functions - chain reactions - deplete energy, increase free radical production and may also lead to stress related health problems. Special nutrients can assist in the protection of the body from stress, but these need to be kept in constant and plentiful supply.

Do you eat hight percentage of processed/ fast foods? You can never know how much nutritional value a "ready made" meal has compared to a carefully prepared home-made alternative. Therefore, supplementation can be very important.

Do you feel your work/ home environment may be affected by chemicals/ fumes/ dust? These are all irritants that enter our body by ingestion, inhalation or through the skin. They can build up and cause various reactions , affecting our well being (e.g. dust and hay fever). Additional antioxidant intake may combat these environmntal influences.

Do you catch colds/ flu/ bugs easilly? Your body's fighting force may be malfunctional due to poorly absorbed nutrients. By topping up with immune system support , you may be in a better position to fight infection.

Do you exercise infrequently/not at all? Too little excercise allows the body to become slagish, thereby allowing toxins to become lodged in fatty tissue. Certain herbs and nutrients are especially good at accelerating the body's natural excretion of toxins and wastes.

Do you consume more than the average amount of alcohol daily? Alcohol (fermented sugar) is rapidly absorbed by the body and turned into energy (calories). Alcohol affects many of the body's systems and acohol over-consumption can lead to excess fat storage and also weaken the body's fighting force.

Do you smoke? Smoking robs the body of Vitamin C and certain B vitamins - 25mg of Vitamin C per one cigarette.

Are you striving to reach your ideal weight? The body functions optimally at its correct body weight. Excess body fat creates extra work and need more nutrients for fuel and functioning. If, on top, diet is poor, then the 24-hour repair and cell replacement is impaired. Equaly, being below ideal weight creates a weak system as the body struggles with reduced facilities for fuel and functioning. Formula 2 contains carefully balanced ingredients to help provide nutrient support in either situation.

KEY INGREDIENT PROPERTIES
Essential Vitamins:
Vitamin A - fat soluble, needed for proper vision at night, correct bone development and growth.

Vitamin D - fat soluble, helps body to utilise Calcium and Phosphorous for strong bones and teeth.

Vitamin E - fat soluble; protective antioxidant, important for heart, circulation, nerves, muscles and red blood cells.

Vitamin C - water soluble; antioxidant - helps white blood cells fight infection; needed for healthy skin and enhances absorption of iron from non-meat sources.

Thiamin - water soluble, important for release of energy from carbs, aids in functioning of the nervous system;

Riboflavin - water soluble, beneficial to vision; neded for converting proteins, fats and carbs into energy;

Niacin - water soluble, vital for energy release in tissues and cells; helps maintain healthy nervous and digestive systems;

Vitamin B6 - water soluble, promotes healthy skin and nerves; important for protein metabolism;

Folic Acid - water soluble, important as a supplement for women of childbearing age -400 micrograms per day prevent neural tube defects and spina bifida; essential for growth and reproduction of cells, particulary blood cells. Helps to maintain normal levels of homocysteine.

Vitamin B12 - water soluble; contains essential mineral elements; needed for red blood cell reproduction.

Biotin - water soluble, essential for the metabolism of proteins and fats

Pantothenic Acid - water soluble, essential for the release of energy from food, needed for healthy growth and the production of antibodies

Para Amino Benzoic Acid - water soluble; helps keep skin smooth and healthy.

Note: water soluble vitamins need to be replenished daily, fat coluble vitamins can be stored in the body

Essential Minerals:
Calcium - Most abundant mineral in the body; maintains strong bones and healthy teeth; needed for functioning of nerves and muscles.

Iron - essential for oxygen transport via red blood cell haemoglobin;

Magnesium - essential for nerve and muscle function and energy release. Needed for healthy reproductive and immune system. Also required for tissue repair and renewal.

Iodine - helps maintain thyroid functine;

Copper - Component (with Zinc and Manganese) of an antioxidant enzyme system. Needed for Melanin formation and iron metabolism;

Manganese - component (with Zinc and Copper) of an antioxidant enzyme system. Needed for healthy bones and nervous system.

Chromium GTF - an essential trace mineral important for the body's natural regulation of blood sugar levels. Chromium functions as the "Glucose Tolerance Factor" in our diet;

Selenium - works with Vit E as an antioxidant neutralising free radicals;
Zinc - needed for healthy reproduction and immune systems; also reuired for tissue repair and renewal;

Potassium - a vital micro-mineral important for nerve function. Helps to maintain the body's natural water balance;

Vanadium - trace mineral which may help to inhibit formation of cholesterol in the blood vessels.

Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex also provides a naturally derived nutrient mix consisting of Coline Bitratrate, Inositol, Bee Pollen, Broccoli, Carrot, Cauliflower, Garlic, Licorice Root, Limonex, Polyoids, Spinach, Fungal Enzymes, Cabbage and Citrus Bioflavonoids.

For more information, to arrange a free consultation or to order products, call Jamie on +65 81020710 or email herbalife.jamiec@gmail.com.

This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Many people used to take a cod liver oil capsule and felt they had covered one nutritional corner at least! Nowadays, our busy and ofter stressful lifestyles mean this may no longer be sufficient.

Marine food is truly nutritious, a fact we can not deny, but studies show that the European diet often does not take full advantage of this fabulous marine harvest. Herbalifeline® enables you to benefit from the fruits of the sea; formulated to help maintain supple joints and to support the natural function of the heart and circulation.

Key Ingredient Properties: Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids:
- "Essential" because body can not produce Omega 3's and must obtain them from dietary sources.

- Provide a rich source of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) which are converted by the body into prostaglandins. These hormone like substances are considered to be essential for proper brain function affecting vision, co-ordination, mood and learning ability. They also help maintain healthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood, thus helping to control blood pressure, maintain the immune system and help mediate inflammation.

- Low reflux formula helps to minimise fish oil taste during digestion.

- Small, easy-to-swallow, soft-gel capsule.

Did you know....
- A common sign of EFA deficiency is dry skin.
- EFAs are easily destroyed by heating or exposure to oxygen.
- To reduce your exposure to fats that are harmful - avoid fried foods, burnt or brown fat, saturated or hydrogenated fat and add a quality EFA supplement to your daily diet

Frequently Asked Questions
Aren't all fats harmful?
Foods containing polysaturated fats provide us with Omega 3 and Omega 6 essential fatty acids (EFAs) which are good components of fat.

Why is it important to consume a sufficient amount of Omega 3 EFAs?
Omega 3 EFAs are essential because we need them to maintain good health. The body can not produce them independently and must obtain them from dietary sources. Omega 3 EFAs are ofter deficient in the modern diet. Studies show that Eskimos and the Japanese, who for centuries have eaten fatty fish, have a very low rate of heart disease and circulatory disorders due in part to their diet.

Why are Omega 3 EFAs often deficient?
Marine food (including salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines) is the main source of Omega 3 EFAs, but not so much popular or regular culinary choice. This may be due to the high price paid for quality fresh fish. It can be more difficult to cook, or may taste "bland" in comparison with meat and cheese dishes.

Are you getting enough?
At least three portions of marine food weekly is recommended amount indicated by nutritional experts. This quantity provides adequate quantity of Omega 3 EFAs.

What if you do not like fish?
For those who only eat fish once a week or not at all, Herbalifeline's quality Omega 3 ingredients help to top-off the body's needs and fit in with a busy lifestyle.

Omega 3 and Omega 6 EFAs - which is which?
Many of the oils we use are plant based (vegetable or sunflower oil), these provide a good supply of Omega 6 EFAs, but have virtually no Omega 3 EFAs as Omega 3 EFAs are primarily found in marine food.

What are the benefits of taking Herbalifeline® regularly?
This supplement has been formulated to help maintain supple joints and to support the natural function of the heart and circulation. The ingredients can also help us maintain healthier looking skin.
I don't like taking fish capsules because of the aftertaste...
The capsule contains three essential oils: thyme, peppermint and clove, which help keep the fish oil fresh and pure and reduces any aftertaste.

How much do I need?
Your body's needs for EFAs will depend on your weight, diet and lifestyle. If your diet contains a lot of saturated fats (fats that are solid at room temperature), your needs are greater.

How can Herbalifeline help increase Nitric Oxide in the body?
Fish oils can protect your endothelial cells - and their ability to make NO - by interfering with the oxidation process, blocking platelet aggregation that can trigger a heart attack or stroke, and even minimizing the risk of heart arrhythmias. Research has consistently shown that the production of Nitric Oxide increased within minutes after exposure to Omega 3 fatty acids.

For more information, to arrange a free consultation or to order products, call Jamie on +65 81020710 or email herbalife.jamiec@gmail.com.

Let's start with stress!

Our modern lifestyle means that many of us are under constant pressure. Stress releases a flood of chemicals that should only really be triggered in life-threatening situations. These chemicals must be eliminated, which is a process that depletes essential nutrients needed by the body to maintain health.

This is where daily moderate exercise, preferably in the fresh air, becomes essential. It distracts us from our daily troubles, enlivens the body, oxygenates the blood, and like laughter, releases healing endorphins. Exercise also improves the flow of lymph around the body - the lymph system is the body's waste disposal system, essential for toxin elimination.

To minimise stress, you also need to relax and rest properly. At the end of each day, escape for 15-30 minutes, sit quietly, empty your mind and focus on gentle breathing to minimise stress. Just 60 seconds focusing on your breathing can take you from fast, anxious breathing, to calm, controlled breathing, curbing a stress response and saving your body a lot of unnecessary work.

You need 6-8 hours sound sleep every night so that your body can concentrate its efforts on repair and maintenance. Go to bed in good time, avoid loud, upbeat music, intense exercise or heavy meals three hours beforehand - a busy digestive system doesn't contribute to restful sleep.

Finally, the key to a healthy defence system is a rich supply of hard working nutrients - antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, protein, healthy fats and colourful carbohydrates.

GROUND RULES:
Fill your plate with colourful carbohydrates - seasonal fruit and vegetables: include a generous salad every day (raw food provide more nutrients than cooked foods). Choose light steaming or quick frying when cooking, to preserve nutrients.

Go for organic. This reduces your intake of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, growth promoters and other chemical toxins (toxins overload the organs of elimination, wasting precious energy and nutrients).

Eat fruit on an empty stomach, not with other foods, to ensure proper digestion.

Eat when relaxed, chew properly, take your time and enjoy.

Five portions of fruit and vegetables daily is the minimum. Double up for double protection!

FOCUS ON:
Sprouted Seeds
They are living foods bursting with vitality and nutrients - a must for winter health maintenance.

Vitamin C rich foods
Such as citrus fruit, kiwis, blackcurrants, dark green leafy vegetables, strawberries and red peppers. Vitamin C enhances immunity and can shorten the duration of colds.

Winter berries
They also help protect against colds and flu. Try blackberries, blueberries, elderberries, cranberries.

Vitamin A rich foods
Vitamin A helps to fight infections and accelerates healing. Found naturally in oily fish, offal, yellow, orange, red and dark green vegetables, egg yolk, milk and dairy products, yellow and orange fruits.

Zinc rich foods
Zinc helps to fight infections and accelerates healing. Found naturally in lean meat, shellfish, wheat germ, brewer's yeast, wholegrains, eggs, seeds and nuts.

Antioxidant rich foods
These include apples, berries, carrots, citrus fruits, garlic and onions, greens, red grapes, seeds, soy foods, sweet potatoes, green tea, turmeric, walnuts, winter squashes...

Healthy Fats
They protect and insulate the cells. Increase your intake of Omega 3s, found in oily fish. If you do not like fish, take a supplement (such as Herbalifeline).

Hot spicy food
Include a hot curry once a week with garlic, which helps fight infection, ginger which relieves cold and flu symptoms and turmeric for its powerful antioxidant properties.

Water
Drink eight glasses of water daily, vital for the transport of precious nutrients!

Herbalife Solution: Take out extra health insurance with our potent antioxidant supplements:

Schizandra Plus
The colourful berries of the Schizandra plant have been highly regarded by Chinese and Asian herbalists for centuries and more recently, the berries have been recognised by western civilisation for their positive effect on the body as an "adaptogen" - a sophisticated substance that can help the body adjust to environmental conditions. Together with Kelp, Vitamins C, E, B6, B5 and amino acids L-Phenylalanine and L-Cysteine, Schizandra Plus provides a powerhouse of antioxidant nutrients to help fight bugs and viruses, perform 24-7 repair and maintenance and disable free radicals. More about Schizandra Plus.


ShapeWorks Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex
Most health experts recommend taking a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement, with good reason: depleted soils produce harvests with reduced nutrient content, modern fast foods typically have all the goodness "processed out", poor diet, smoking, alcohol, stress, pollution, excess weight, all create a demand for a higher intake of vitamins and minerals. The kindest habit you can adopt for your health is a daily multi-supplement; it's the most authentic all-year-round form of health insurance and Herbalife's Formula 2 is one of the best quality multi-supplement you can find around! More about Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex.

Your body needs adequate protein daily to stay strong and healthy. Personalised Protein Powder is a convenient, fat-free way to supplement your diet with protein, helping you stay lean and fit. ShapeWorks allows you to personalise your protein intake. By consuming the correct amount of protein for your body, you can help maintain lean muscle mass which increases your metabolism and helps you burn more calories. Most importantly, protein can help curb hunger so it is the perfect addition to your Formula 1 shakes.



Fast Facts:
Helps maintain safe and recommended protein intake;
Contains approx. 5 grams of protein per level dessert spoon;
Includes soy protein, desired for its healthy nutrition benefits;
Contains whey protein, rich in cystine and methionine, vital for muscle development;
Has no yeast, sweeteners or artificial colours;
Mixes in any beverage, hot or cold.

Variety of uses:
Personalised Protein Powder is ideal for use in shakes, beverages, soups and pasta souces. It mixes easily in any beverage hot or cold.

Great news for those controlling their weight: adding Formula 3, Personalised Protein Powder to Formula 1, Nutritional Shake Mix, increases your protein intake without adding extra fat or carbohydrate calories.

Get off the weight management plateau: one to three level tablespoons of the powder a day can add up to 15 grams of high-quality lean protein. This increases the feeling of fullness and helps assure adequate protein intake.

Customise your Formula 1 shake: by using personalised protein powder, you can tailor make your Formula 1 shakes to meet your specific protein needs without adding any unnecessary fat or carbohydrate calories.

A bodybuilder's dream: for weightlifters, Personalised Protein Powder is an excellent choice to help increase their protein levels. Weightlifters can use Formula 1, add milk, fruit and two level tablespoons of Personalised Protein Powder and easily reach the 25 grams of protein recommended for a post-workout replacement shake.

Ingredients: Soy protein isolate (75%), whey protein concentrate (24%), vanilla flavour, anticaking agent (silicon dioxide).

For more information, to arrange a free consultation or to order products, call Jamie at +65 81020710.

During crash dieting, the body naturally tries to protect itself from perceived famine by going into starvation crisis mode. In this mode, the body starts clinging to fat deposits because those deposits will provide the most energy in the long run. Meanwhile, the body starts breaking down muscle tissue to use as energy.

To counter this loss of lean muscle mass, protein consumption must be increased. Studies have shown that protein prevents the loss of lean muscle and actually helps rebuild these muscles.

In addition, maintaining the right ratio of proteins and carbohydrates is critical for optimal weight loss. Studies show that increasing the protein to carbohydrate ratio has positive effects on body composition, blood lipids, and satiety during weight loss. Carbohydrates are problematic because the body converts them into sugar via an enzyme called alpha-amylase and, when those sugars aren't used for energy, secretes insulin to convert them into glycogen, which can then be stored in fat cells. One of the best ways to eliminate this fat-storage cycle is to reduce intake of carbohydrates.

Research indicates that eating smaller, more frequent meals may enhance nutrient absorption, promote stable blood-sugar levels, and enhance metabolic rate. Current recommendations suggest that fat should provide no more than 20 to 30 percent of total caloric intake, carbohydrates should contribute approximately 40 to 50 percent of total caloric intake, and protein should make up the rest. In addition to maintaining these overall ratios in the diet, one should also strive to consume the proper types of macronutrients. Fat intake, for example, should be high in unsaturated fat and essential fatty acids. The best food sources for such fats are soybeans and cold-water fish. Complex carbohydrates should be consumed in lieu of highly processed simple sugars. Complex carbohydrates have lower glycemic indices and also provide fiber to the diet. Proteins should supply all essential amino acids without increased consumption of fat.

While it's true that dieters who forsake bread and gorge on bacon tend to drop weight (at least in the short-term), it's never been clear why. Until now, that is: Extra protein, it turns out, sends "stop eating!" messages to the brain.

Robert Atkins, the late originator of the eponymous and best known low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet, believed that cutting carbohydrates stops sugar from getting stored as fat, while increasing protein works the kidneys harder and thus burns more calories. But all that was ever shown scientifically was that protein feeding suppresses the appetites of both animals and humans, said Gilles Mithieux of the University of Lyon in France, one of the authors of the study.

Previous research from the University of Washington, for example showed that simply increasing the amount of protein in your diet helps you lose weight even if you don't shun carbohydrates one bit. Protein makes up 15 percent of most of western dieters daily caloric intake, while fat accounts for 35 percent and carbohydrates for 50 percent. In the study, subjects bumped up their protein intake to 30 percent and reduced their fat intake to 20 percent. Within three months, they were 11 pounds lighter on average, even though half of the calories they ate still came from carbohydrates. The group also reported feeling satisfied with less food. In other words, they lost weight because they consumed fewer calories.

To figure out just how protein achieves this special effect, Mithieux and his colleagues fed rats a protein-enriched diet and measured metabolic changes. They found that the regimen sparked production of glucose in the small intestine, and that this increase, sensed in the liver and relayed to the parts of the brain involved in the control of appetite, caused the rats to eat less. Since the human intestine also synthesizes glucose, glucose metabolism may be a new target in the treatment of food intake disorders, the researchers concluded.

Protein's benefits go way beyond waistline trimming. The brain and its long spidery neurons are essentially made of fat, but they communicate with each other via proteins. The hormones and enzymes that cause chemical changes and control all body processes are also made of proteins. Carbohydrates, while essential as the brain's main source of fuel, can make you feel tired and hungry for an energy boost because they increase the brain's level of the amino acid tryptophan, which in turns spurs production of the calming neurotransmitter serotonin. Protein, on the other hand, prompts the brain to manufacture norepinephrine and dopamine, chemical messengers that promote alertness and activity.

Not all high protein foods are created equally, though nutritionists recommend low-fat dairy products, beans, fish and lean cuts of meat, such as skinless chicken and turkey breasts. Even carb-heavy treats, like muffins and cookies, can be made protein-rich when baked with non-fat powdered milk and egg whites.

Herbalife Weight Management Programmes are high protein programmes that follow GI principles and that offer balanced approach to dieting. Here are some programmes and products from our range:

Introducing ShapeWorks - Herbalife's Weight Management Program
Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix
Personalised Protein Powder
Herbalife Healthy Protein Snacks - protein bars and soya beans

Cellular Nutrition makes use of knowledge gained from the botanical world's 6,000 year history and incorporates health building nutritional herbs with the best modern technology to help our bodies cleanse and detoxify so that the cells - the tiniest living units - can be as fully nourished as possible. This allows the cells to grow, repair and to perform their functions with the best possible efficiency so that we feel and look better and are more able to prevent and fight disease. Once the body begins to clear itself of toxins it can more effeciently absorb nutrition.


One of the main differences between Cellular Nutrition and other nutritional supplements is that supplements are rarely enough! Simply consuming good food and adding nutritional supplements will not make any difference to the way you feel if your body is unable to fully digest and absorb all the nutrition you eat!

DIETING
Dieting generally doesn't work because when you starve the body of essential nutrients your metabolism slows down and you get hungry and grumpy. To lose weight, you need to get the fat out of your food and good nutrition in. Because fat takes up more space than muscle you will find that once you start taking Cellular Nutrition, you lose inches and change body shape dramatically.

Cellular Nutrition is a magical, fast food nutritional supplement that you can't overdose on. It's an all herbal pure food that provides the body with many of the micro-nutrients and botanical factors it needs every day. It helps to control and normalize your appetite, you lose inches and the appearance of cellulite, your energy doubles and even triples, you feel great and you can still eat the foods you love.

Used on a daily basis, it promotes better health by supplying good nutrition to your body at a cellular level which helps to rebuild and regenerate the villi.

So, to feel healthy, you have to be healthy and to be healthy, you need to nourish your cells. We call this Cellular Nutrition, and it’s the scientific foundation of every product Herbalife offers. By supplying your cells with the proper balance of nutrients, your cells become more receptive, allowing them to efficiently absorb and process nutrients. Through Cellular Nutrition, Herbalife has created the best foundation for weight loss and lasting results. Nobel Laurrate, Dr Lui Ignarro, and other nutritional experts that form part of our Medical Advisory Board are committed to making Herbalife's products the best in the world.


UCLA's Cellular and Mollecular Laboratory is where all the research takes place and the lab carries the name of Mark Hughes, the founder of Herbalife, which is the greatest honour to Herbalife, UCLA being one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Nutritional and medical experts from all over the world form part of Herbalife Nutritional and Medical Advisory Boards.

Herbalife Nutrition Advisory Board

Cellular Nutrition is the cornerstone of the ShapeWorks ™ Program. Our Cellular Nutrition products are scientifically balanced to nourish cells for optimal metabolism, growth, repair and reproduction. This helps to ensure that the nutrients your body needs daily are absorbed and delivered throughout your body at the cellular level. As a result, you experience more energy and easier weight loss.

A breakthrough in weight loss, the ShapeWorks ™ Program is based on the clinically tested theories and philosophies of Dr. David Heber, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition and Chairman of Herbalife’s Scientific and Medical Advisory Boards. With 27 years as a leader in the weight-loss industry, we’ve designed ShapeWorks ™ to help you successfully control your hunger–the #1 challenge facing people on a diet. By combining Cellular Nutrition with the ability to personalize your protein, Herbalife has created a winning combination with the ShapeWorks ™ Program.

Combining Herbalife’s exclusive Cellular Nutrition products and the power of protein makes the ShapeWorks ™ Program unique. ShapeWorks ™ is a personalized weight-management program that delivers healthy weight-loss results and helps you manage hunger and feel great as you lose weight, get in shape and stay that way for life!

Vitamins and minerals are natural substances found in living things such as plants and they are vital nutrients for bodily functions and prevention of disease. In a massive study of 26000 people it was concluded that not one person received nutritional requirements set by Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA). This pretty much does it for an archaic argument of "I can get everything I need from food!" Well, no, you can not!

The fact is that every one of us will eventually die, however, how you look and feel for the last 20 to 50 years of your life will depend on your lifestyle and vitamin and mineral intake throughout your life as Vitamins and Minerals influence the following:

Your Immune System: They help build up your immunity as heart disease, cancer and other illnesses and ailments are created due to deficiencies based on what
you eat or don't eat.

Your Energy Levels: Optimum consumption of vitamins and minerals will increase your energy levels and vitamins and minerals are involved in the release of energy from digested foods. Strong and long lasting energy levels are pretty good indicators of a healthy nutrition.

Your Appearance: Vitamins and Minerals influence the appearance of your skin, tone, elasticity, hair strength, thickness and colour, fingernail strength, colour and texture, etc. Ever came across someone who looks 50 at 30 or someone who actually looks 30 at 50?

Your Intelligence: Brain function, ability to concentrate and memory are boosted by proper vitamin and mineral intake.

According to the research in the US alone, 96% of Americans die of disease attributed to NOT getting proper nutrition. This figure will be close to majority of the Western countries. Considering that the UK is The Fat Capital of Europe, straight after the USA in the World, this figure could be closer to the UK than any other country.

"A deficiency of a vitamin or mineral will cause a body part to malfunction and
eventually break down - and, like dominos, other body parts will follow", James
F. Balch, M.D., Prescription for Nutritional Healing

Here are the reasons why there is an increasing evidence that vitamin and mineral supplementation is absolutely necessary:

Crop nutrient losses - decades of agriculture have overworked and depleted soils of minerals.
Poor digestion - eating too much or too quickly and stress can cause indigestion, which, in turn, reduces absorption of vitamins and minerals.

Over-cooking - can easily destroy valuable food nutrients.

Microwave cooking - easily alter the nutritional structure and value of food

Food storage - length of storage and freezing deplete the nutritional value of most foods.

Food selection - eating a too limited range of different food groups will result in nutrient deficiency.

Food omission - allergies to foods, crash dieting and poorly designed vegetarian diets omit significant dietary sources of nutrients.

Environmental factors - herbicides and pesticides are used on crops, leaving them wit low nutritional value.

Antibiotics - interfere with the intake of essential nutrients.

Poor lifestyle habits - smoking, alcohol and caffeine can inhibit the absorption of vitamins and minerals or accelerate the loss of nutrients.

Stress - be it physical or emotional, it can increase body's requirement of vitamins and minerals.

Out of balance - the level of each mineral and vitamin in the body has an effect on others, so, if one is missing or out of balance, all will be effected. All combined enhance the power of the others.

Nutrient variance - there are substantial differences between one fruit or vegetable and another. One tomato can have 10 times more nutritional value than another - which one did you eat?

"Insufficient vitamin intake is apparently a cause of chronic diseases... Most people do not consume an optimal amount of all vitamins by diet alone. Pending strong evidence of effectiveness from randomised trials, it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements",
American Medical Association.

Vitamins and Minerals in your body work in synergy as a network of nutrients working together and if one nutrient is missing, it will throw the entire network of nutrients out of balance. That is why supplements should include many different types of vitamins and minerals, combined in the right proportions.

Please note that not all supplements are beneficial. For a supplement to be beneficial to your body, it must be absorbed by your body. Research has proven that many, especially low cost supplements from high street stores, "name brands", would do you absolutely no good as the x-rays have shown that they simply remain in your colon, completely undissolved!

Herbalife's products are Cellular Nutrition and, as such, guarantee to be of the highest quality and completely absorbed by your body. That is why people say that they feel a difference when taking Herbalife products. Find out more about Herbalife's Cellular Nutrition Technology.

So, considering the above and the fact that your health, intelligence, energy levels and your looks are dependent on you replenishing your vitamins and minerals several times per day, have you decided which life are you designing for yourself?

It has been a while since research has proven that person's waistline is the most important measure of person's health. Bathroom scales no longer give the whole picture of one's health. At the same time, Body Max Index can be quite a meaningless measure and, as tens of thousands of people a year die from obesity related diseases, it seems important to look into the health risk factors...



Doctors have long known that the more weight a person gains, the higher their risk of a heart attack. The first large-scale international study of abdominal obesity has found that a tape measure indeed is a better guide to the risk of heart disease. The risks associated with increasing waists held across all populations, despite the widely varying waist sizes among the 168,000 people who took part. The study was conducted by 6000 family doctors across the globe. Although people in Far Eastern populations have smaller waists on average than those in the West, their risk of heart disease increased at the same rate as they put extra inches.

Body Mass Index, which is a ratio of person's height and weight, does not take into account the wide variations in person's shape. American footballers weighing upwards of 300lbs may cross the boundary for obesity as measured by their BMI, but be healthy because they carry most of their weight as muscle rather than fat.

The type of fat and where it accumulates is more important than the amount. Excess weight around the stomach is more harmful then when deposited in other parts of the body, such as legs and hips. Fat deposits deep inside the abdomen, which is seen in an expanding waist, secrets toxins into the blood stream, raises cholesterol and increases the body's resistance to insulin, essential for controlling blood sugar. A rise in insulin resistance means the pancreas has to produce extra insulin, which can damage other organs, such as the kidneys. Also, fat around waist secretes messenger molecules, compounds and hormones that contribute to heart disease and cancer.




Latest research has found that for every two inches you add to your waistline, you increase your chances of dying early. For every 2 inches (5 centimetres) increase in waist size, the risk of premature death rises by 17% in men and 13% in women, even if you are not classed as overweight.

Two people can both weigh 70 kilos and have the same height, but larger waist circumference in one of them will point to a larger ratio of body fat to body's muscle mass and, therefore, a larger health risk, despite Body Mass Index being the same for both of them and perhaps even showing a normal weight according to BMI scores. Actually, the study of 350,000 people with normal BMIs of 18 to 25 shows waist size is just as important. Also, people who have slim waists in relation to their hips - lived longer.

Men whose bellies measure more than 47.2 inches double their chances of early death compared to those with less than 31.5 inches round the middle.

Women with waist larger than 39.4 inches are the highest risk compared to those of less than 25.6 inches.

To measure your Waist, you need to follow these instructions:

Press your fingers into your torso near the right side of your waist. Push your fingers into your skin to find the bony pelvis. Keep pushing and moving your fingers along the edge of the hip bone until you find the top curve of the bone. The highest point will be located on the side of your torso, just underneath the lower portion of your ribcage. Generally, this spot will be at around the same level as your bellybutton, and near, or at, the narrowest part of your torso. Position the tape measure horizontally at this spot at the top of your hip bone. Then circle it around your abdomen and entire torso. Make sure that the tape lies horizontal on all sides of your torso. Breathe out when you take measurement, i.e., do not tuck in your tummy...

Now that you have measured it, here is where you can use this measurement to get your Free Instant Body Fat Analysis and see how you can lose those inches.