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1. Alzheimer's - It's Preventable
2. How Do Drugs Create Side Effects
3. Real Health Products & WSN Products - now a Shopping Cart
4. Muscle Cramps Spasms and Charley Horses

Alzheimer's - It's Preventable

An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and an estimated 600,000 more may suffer from an often misdiagnosed subtype called "hippocampal sparing" Alzheimer’s

Since there’s no conventional cure, the issue of prevention is absolutely critical if you want to avoid becoming an Alzheimer’s statistic. Evidence points to lifestyle factors, primarily diet, as the driving forces of dementia

Fat avoidance and carbohydrate over consumption are at the heart of the Alzheimer’s epidemic

Risk of Alzheimer’s is doubled in type 2 diabetics. Alzheimer’s has even been dubbed “type 3 diabetes,” as the disease involves a lack of brain-produced insulin

Heart disease also increases your risk of dementia, as arterial stiffness is associated with the buildup of beta-amyloid plaque in your brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease

For the complete Article - Alzheimer's Prevention

How do Drugs Create Side Effects?

There is so much to be said about each drug and its side effects. Anyone who has watched a drug commercial on TV has heard the long list of possible side effects that goes along with taking the drug.

I’m actually surprised that anyone would want to take these medications when they hear about the side effects. Is it really just the idea that it “won’t happen to me” or some blind faith that if their doctor prescribed it for them, the doctor will know whether it is safe for them to take.

What is the real cause of all this? Yes, it is a drug and drugs are toxic and always will be, in fact, quite often the whole idea is that the body will work to metabolize these toxins the effect of which will be the attainment of the desired result.

For instance, maybe in order to metabolize the chemical drug, the body has to lower its blood pressure. Well, if you were trying to lower the blood pressure, you got the desired result. This would be a sort of side effect of taking the drug. But what about the other side effects. That sometimes leads to taking two or three drugs to counter-balance the bad effects of the drug.

One of the big problems with these drugs is the deficiencies created of vital nutrients. If the body needs a large supply of a nutrient to metabolize the drug, you get a deficiency.

There are two books, one written by a pharmacist and one by a medical doctor that goes over the various deficiencies that the drugs create and tells you what you need to supplement if you take the medication.

If at all possible, we suggest you don’t take drugs, but if you must, at least supplement so that you will not deplete your body of needed nutrients.

The books Drug Muggers : How To Keep Your Medicine From Stealing the Life Out of You by Suzy Cohen, RPh (Registered Pharmacist)

And : A Practical Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion by Hyla Cass, M.D.

Real Health Products & WSN Products - now a Shopping Cart

Customers customers have often told us that they wanted a way to purchase multiple products online. We are pleased to announce that we now have a new link where you can purchase all of the products you need from one convenient location online.

Here is the secure link: Shopping Cart

Additionally, as of Wednesday, May 14th, we implemented a new and more advanced payment system. This system has now been fully implemented and is in use for all orders placed via phone, AutoShip and our websites.

Your card information is now entered into the secure payment system using a program fully authorized and trusted by Visa. The provider of this secure payment system is Authorize.net; a company owned by Visa. Major banking institutions in the U.S. like Wells Fargo and Chase use this company's trusted and secured services.

The new system also processes payments immediately instead of waiting until the next business day.

If you have any questions or need any help with anything, please email or call  at (888) 758-5590

Muscle Cramps Spasms and Charley Horses

This video is on the anatomy of cramps.
There are 4 main causes - check it out!

Cramps

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Cholesterol - New Way to Lower It

Clinical studies indicate that plant sterols can help reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine by as much as 50 percent. This can lower cholesterol levels when consumed as part of a healthy diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

What are Plant Sterols?

Plant sterols, also known as phytosterols, are plant-based compounds that occur naturally in fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole-grain products and most vegetable oils, but usually at levels too low to affect LDL cholesterol or total cholesterol.

These naturally-occurring substances are the plant's cholesterol. Just as humans have cholesterol, so do plants. If you were to look at plant sterols under a microscope, they look very similar to human cholesterol.

Thanks to this nearly identical structure, plant sterols compete with cholesterol for access to receptors in the small intestines known as micelles.

Micelles help transport cholesterol through the intestine into your blood stream. Over 140 clinical studies have shown that plant sterols can help reduce LDL cholesterol levels.

The FDA recommends that to get the cholesterol-lowering benefits from plant sterols, you should consume at least 1.3 grams of plant sterols a day.

Most Americans get only a small amount of plant sterols from the foods they eat each day. While it may be difficult to get more phytosterols naturally from heart healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables, it is very achievable if you incorporate the RHP Cholesterol Support Formula.

What is Policosanol?

Policosanol is a mixture of related compounds derived from the waxy portion of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L.).

Policosanol has been shown to be effective in individuals who have and want to maintain normal cholesterol levels, including those with non-insulin-dependent age-related diabetes, as it does not raise blood sugar levels.

Furthermore, new research demonstrates that policosanol is particularly beneficial for postmenopausal women who have normal cholesterol levels and want to maintain them.

We are pleased to be able to provide you with a nutritional supplement called the RHP Cholesterol Support Formula in order to help you lower your cholesterol levels.

To learn more and order the RHP Cholesterol Support Formula you can use this secure link:

RHP Cholesterol Support Formula

If you have any questions please email or call us at (888) 758-5590