Beth and Phillip Black visit A Path to Wellness

Beth and Phillip Black, wellness experts and owners of Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. paid a visit to "A Path To Wellness," Dr. Chris Jackson's weekly radio program.  The Blacks and Dr. Jackson talk about the power of Eating well, exercising, and supplementing intelligently with nutraMetrix nutraceuticals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnadil4JB6w&t=138s

It's Wellness Wednesday!

First of all, what is wellness?  Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. The World Health Organization adds, (wellness is) a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

Lose Sickness and Find Wellness' goal is to help and educate people to become aware of many of the issues that people face when working towards creating a healthy lifestyle.  We have a combined 40+ years of health, wellness, and fitness experience behind us.  Although some skeptics disagree, our goal is NOT to sell products but to provide information and education that allows people to make the best decisions for them.  Because we (Beth and Phillip) have been on our own wellness journeys, we share our experiences openly.  When we recommend foods, supplements, exercises, wellness programs, etc. it's because we have personal experiences with them. We know what we're talking about as we are both certified to train medical professionals and their staffs on the benefits of nutraceuticals.  

Over the next few months, we are looking to provide the following:

Youtube videos on the purposes and benefits of specific supplements (Isotonix Vitamin D with K2, etc.)
Youtube videos on healthy cooking
Youtube training videos (ie : Wellness 101, How to Create a Healthy Lifestyle)
Youtube training videos on the benefits of Isotonix Wellness Kits

We will be adding more "super foods" to our roster of available products- We currently have the following for sale on e-bay:
Nutiva 100% organic hemp protein powder available on ebay for only $32.99 including shipping (this is not a money making proposition)
100% organic cocoa powder (full strength) - 20 ounce pkg $19.99 including shipping
100% organic cocoa powder (low fat) - 20 ounce pkg $19.99 including shipping

We look forward to helping you all on YOUR wellness journeys.  We welcome comments and feedback. Please feel free to contact us at pb@orlampa.com with questions, comments, and/or concerns.  Thank you! Happy Wellness Wednesday!!

Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. specializes in helping individuals, groups, & companies lose sickness and find wellness through the implementation of science based wellness programs. Orlampa Enterprises also helps health care professionals implement holistic wellness programs into their existing practices with the goal to educate both the health care providers, their staffs, and the patients. The programs, which provide the health care professional with a substantial additional income stream in this ever changing medical marketplace, allow the patient to achieve true wellness instead of receiving a traditional treatment for symptoms.

Orlampa Enterprises is an internet based product broker specializing in personalized health and wellness related services. Orlampa Enterprises is primed to continue its growth by duplicating its successful business model of educating, training, and developing entrepreneurial leaders as business partners. As an Unfranchise™ business owner, Orlampa Enterprises, proudly utilizes highly researched products including nutraMetrix® nutritional supplements. 

 Orlampa Enterprises' motto is "Eat well, exercise, and supplement intelligently."

Contact Beth at bb@orlampa.com or 727.492.8212 for more information about nutraMetrix® partnership opportunities available.

An amazing testimonial- a true story about the power of Isotonix OPC-3

I want to share a testimonial that I received this morning. Many people think supplements are not necessary. Many feel they are snake oil. Honestly...some are bogus. However, there are many products (produced by many companies) that change lives. Isotonix OPC-3 is one of them. Here is a testimonial I received this morning. I always tell people, when you know something like this works, you have a moral obligation to share...I am fulfilling my obligation. Please read. Contact me if you have questions or want more information about the products or becoming a distributor so YOU can change lives...

"Eat well, exercise, and supplement intelligently"

 

Something too good not to share...
I just got an update on my mom’s status. A year ago she was diagnosed with diverticulitis and she had to go for a colonoscopy. They almost didn’t even do the procedure because her bowels and intestines were so inflamed and they were worried about nicking her bowel. They were able to do it but they had use the smallest scope available. They were even talking about a possible surgery for her to have part of her bowel removed. My grandmother went through that surgery and was left with so much scar tissue that it was unbelievable and caused complications later on in her life. I did not want that for my mom so I told her that she should start taking 4 capfuls of the Isotonix OPC-3 everyday. I am happy to report now that she went for her repeat colonoscopy last week and the dr. told her that whatever she was doing is working and to keep it up! She is 80% better than she was last year!!! Thank god for OPC-3, it is only a matter of time until she will be back to 100% and hopefully free of her diverticulitis all together! Oh how I love MA and the Isotonix products!!!

Isotonix OPC-3

Visual Health Benefits of Pycnogenol

Why Pycnogenol® for your health?

See for yourself...the power of pycnogenol and 

Isotonix® OPC-3® (the ONLY isotonic capable pycnogenol in the world)

~Even though the video is quite old, the science is proven~

What Makes Isotonix OPC-3® Unique?
Isotonix OPC-3® is an isotonic-capable food supplement that is made from a combination of bilberry, grape seed, red wine and pine bark extracts, and citrus extract bioflavonoids, all found to be powerful antioxidants. Oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) are bioflavonoids (complex organic plant compounds) found in fruits, vegetables and certain tree barks that provide exceptional nutritional benefits to the human body. Studies have shown OPCs to be up to 20 times more powerful than vitamin C and 50 times more powerful than vitamin E in neutralizing free radicals. Isotonix OPC-3 contains the only isotonic form of Pycnogenol® in the world. Pycnogenol is a natural plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree and the most clinically researched and potent bioflavonoid.*

Isotonic, which means “same pressure,” bears the same chemical resemblance of the body’s blood, plasma and tears. All fluids in the body have a certain concentration, referred to as osmotic pressure. The body’s common osmotic pressure, which is isotonic, allows a consistent maintenance of body tissues. In order for a substance to be absorbed and used in the body’s metabolism, it must be transported in an isotonic state.
Isotonix® dietary supplements are delivered in an isotonic solution. This means that the body has less work to do to in obtaining maximum absorption. The isotonic state of the suspension allows nutrients to pass directly into the small intestine and be rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. With Isotonix products, little nutritive value is lost, making the absorption of nutrients highly efficient while delivering maximum results.

Primary Benefits of Isotonix OPC-3®*:

• Combats free radicals
• Demonstrates anti-inflammatory activity
• Helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels
• Helps maintain healthy circulation by strengthening capillaries, arteries and veins
• Helps maintain joint flexibility
• Helps promote cardiovascular health
• Helps reduce mild menstrual cramping and abdominal pain
• Helps support visual health/visual acuity
• Potent free radical scavenger
• Promotes healthy blood vessel dilation
• Promotes healthy nitric oxide levels
• Supports a healthy complexion
• Supports healthy blood glucose levels
• Supports healthy platelet activity
• Supports healthy sperm quality
• Promotes sinus comfort
• Supports immune health

• Primary Benefits of Isotonix OPC-3®*:
  

  • Combats free radicals
  • Demonstrates anti-inflammatory activity
  • Helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels
  • Helps maintain healthy circulation by strengthening capillaries, arteries and veins
  • Helps maintain joint flexibility
  • Helps promote cardiovascular health
  • Helps reduce mild menstrual cramping and abdominal pain
  • Helps support visual health/visual acuity
  • Potent free radical scavenger
  • Promotes healthy blood vessel dilation
  • Promotes healthy nitric oxide levels
  • Supports a healthy complexion
  • Supports healthy blood glucose levels
  • Supports healthy platelet activity
  • Supports healthy sperm quality
  • Promotes sinus comfort
  • Supports immune health
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Feds keeping people sick: The Vitamin D story

This may be one of THE most important stories we've ever posted- Lose Sickness and Find Wellness agrees 100% with this doctor. We have said for years that nutraMetrix Vitamin D with K2 may be the most cost effective supplement you can add to your regimen.  Here is a great article explaining why.

Feds keeping people sick: The Vitamin D story

Dr. Lee Hieb explains how medical 'consensus' robs patients of their health

by Lee Hieb, M.D. 

Dr. Lee Hieb is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in spinal surgery. She is past president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a free market medical organization

 

No one said it better than Michael Crichton – who, in addition to being a best selling author, was also a physician.

During a lecture at Cal Tech, he said, “Let’s be clear: The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right. … The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.”

The medical community has always been subject to “group-think,” but in recent decades we have become the leaders. Numerous physician-scientists have been ostracized, defrocked, de-licensed and in some cases driven to self-destruction by a medical community that has embraced consensus in science.

In essence, “We don’t care about your data; we all agree you are wrong.”

I once had a paper rejected from a major spine journal with a one line denouement: “Everyone knows you can’t do that.”

With time, ultimately, truth prevails, and renegade but correct physicians are vindicated – but not in time to save those patients who die from the mistaken consensus. Today, this “group-think” is depriving people from some of the best and cheapest medical treatment available – supplementation with adequate Vitamin D3.

Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with childhood rickets – a bone disorder – for over a hundred years. And it has been known since the 1970s that those living on the equator, regardless of particular locale, have lower rates of multiple sclerosis, colon cancer and depression. But more recently, many astute observers have discovered that low Vitamin D leads to many other disorders, including cardiac arrhythmia, breast cancer, adult fractures, dementia, heart attack risk and even diabetes.

Most recently, studies have demonstrated that higher levels of Vitamin D improve longevity and are beneficial at preventing influenza – even better than vaccination. Studies showing beneficial effects of high vitamin D levels are quite convincing. They not only show a correlation between low Vitamin D blood levels and the problem, but show improvement in the disease or prevention of the condition when levels are raised up through supplementation.

As an example, it has been shown in the laboratory that heart muscle does not contract well unless adequate Vitamin D is present. An Italian population study showed that low Vitamin D was proportional to atherosclerotic plaques (clogging of the arteries). Furthermore, a Japanese study of dialysis patients demonstrated that correcting Vitamin D deficiency significantly lowered death from heart attacks and heart disease in general.

These are only a few of the rapidly expanding body of literature supporting the role of Vitamin D in multiple disease prevention. But to achieve the positive effects seen in many diseases, blood levels need to be in the range of 50 to 100 ng/dl, not the 20 ng/dl that laboratories report as the lowest range of “normal” (how labs determine “normal” is the subject of another column). Specifically in the case of breast cancer, if one achieves blood levels above 55 ng/dl, the risk of breast cancer is diminished 85 percent.

It is the observation of many, many practicing clinicians that 1) most patients test in the low 20s, and 2) 400 iu of Vitamin D a day – the government recommended daily allowance doesn’t raise the levels at all. Studies of equatorial inhabitants demonstrate that some of the longest-lived people on the planet obtain 30,000-40,000 iu of Vitamin D (specifically D3) a day from the sunlight – nature’s source of the vitamin. Given that, it is not suprising that supplementing 10,000 iu a day of Vitamin D3 has been shown to have no adverse effects.

As an Orthopaedic Surgeon, I deal with bone disorders daily, and have long been interested in this topic. I quit testing for Vitamin D levels in untreated people after every one of my patients tested in the low 20s. I only tested my husband because he was convinced that golfing in Arizona 18 holes, six days a week would raise his level. It did not – his level was 22 ng/dl.
As a final fact, D3 supplementation is cheap. For less than $12 a month you can easily take 10,000 iu of Vitamin D3 a day.

Now, given all this, what would you do?

I, for one take 10,000 units of Vitamin D3 a day. I have done so for over 7 years, and my levels of 55 ng/dl are barely in the optimal range of 50-100ng/dl. I recommend the same to all my patients. But I must warn them that the government, via the Institute of Medicine and the FDA, disagree and believe people should take only 600-800 iu a day.
Now it doesn’t take a medical degree to figure out that a cheap treatment that has such potential upside with so little (if any) downside is worth doing as real preventive medicine. But the government consensus – developed by intellectuals who feel they are infinitely smarter than we are, and should be able to make our choices for us – is that there is no evidence for the beneficial claims.

Really? If they emerge from their collective basement, they will find pages and pages of references. Don’t believe it? Do a simple Google search. Or just read the newspaper. Besides frequent articles in medical and general science journals supporting Vitamin D3 supplementation, there are monthly news stories about this rapidly advancing science.
Sadly, the government doesn’t just want to discourage you from taking extra Vitamin D, they want to prohibit it. Senator Dick Durban, D-Ill., in 2011 introduced a bill (innocuously labeled the “Supplement Labeling Act”) which would so over-regulate the supplement industry that they could no longer supply products such as Vitamin D3 at a cost affordable to the average consumer.

And state medical boards, which are now populated by many non-physicians, sanction physicians who step out of this approved “consensus” – what they call “standard of care.” According to them, if you are not doing what 90 percent of your colleagues are doing, you are by definition wrong. And they can punish you, even to the extent of taking away your license. So, regardless of progress in science, if 90 percent of doctors are recommending an inadequate dose of Vitamin D, your doctor must give you this wrong advice.

To be a scientific leader in this new world order is to be wrong. If the phone company had this philosophy, we would still be tied to land line rotary dials.

Science and medicine are not a vote. As Dr. Crichton pointed out, voting is for politicians. Science requires freedom to consider the alternatives, and in medicine, the freedom to make our own choices – not have government bureaucrats or the Institute of Medicine make them for us.

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Learn more about one of the most effective Vitamin D3 supplements on the market:

nutraMetrix Isotonix® Vitamin D with K2

Primary Benefits of nutraMetrix Isotonix® Vitamin D with K2*:

• Promotes normal bone mineral density
• Promotes healthy arteries
• Supports immune health
• Helps maintain bone health
• Helps maintain bone mass by supporting normal osteoclast activity
• Helps maintain cardiovascular health
• Promotes elasticity of blood vessels
• Helps maintain normal blood pressure
• Women with low bone density have been found to be deficient in vitamin K

Key Ingredients Found in nutraMetrix Isotonix® Vitamin D with K2: 

Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) 5000 IU
 
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is found in some foods and endogenously produced when sunlight strikes the skin and activates vitamin D synthesis. Vitamin D promotes the efficient intestinal absorption of calcium, primarily in the duodenum and jejunum by supporting the synthesis of calcium-binding proteins to promote normal calcium absorption and retention. Vitamin D also promotes the normal formation of bone and normal bone growth and bone remodeling by osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Vitamin D deficiency can be caused by factors such as lack of exposure to sunlight, reduced skin synthesis of vitamin D, lower dietary intake, impaired intestinal absorption and reduced metabolism to active forms of vitamin D by the kidneys, all of which increase with aging. Deficiency has been linked to numerous health concerns, and insufficient levels of this vitamin are associated with weak bones and  muscle weakness. In addition to promoting strong bones, vitamin D also has other roles in health, including supporting the body’s normal modulation of neuromuscular function and immune function. Vitamin D has been shown to support immune-modulation, and it is thought that supplementation promotes immune health by promoting the body’s normal regulation of T-cell function. In reference to cellular health, vitamin D supports the modulation of many genes that are responsible for encoding proteins that regulate normal cell cycle activity. Vitamin D levels have been strongly correlated to healthy cells. Lastly, through its interaction with VDR (vitamin D receptor), vitamin D supports the healthy expression of the gene encoding renin, thus helping to maintain healthy blood pressure.
 
Vitamin K2 45 mcg
 
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin found in meat, eggs, dairy and natto. Although a fat-soluble vitamin, the body stores very little K2, and its stores are rapidly depleted without regular dietary intake. Natural vitamin K2, also known as menaquinone-7 (MK-7), is the most bioavailable form of K2 and has the longest half-life in the blood of any form of vitamin K. The Japanese soy food natto is particularly rich in menaquinone-7 (MK-7). Studies of natto consumption in Japan have linked menaquinone-7 to bone and cardiovascular health. The correlation of vitamin K to cardiovascular and bone health directly focuses on supporting proper calcium utilization, whereby adequate metabolism of calcium supports arterial and bone health. This is often referred to as the calcium paradox. The calcium paradox is explained simply as getting calcium in the right place (i.e., into the bone structures instead of the arterial vessel walls.) These events are dependent upon the synthesis of the vitamin K-dependent proteins osteocalcin and matrix Gla protein in a process called carboxylation. The carboxylation of these proteins is a post-translational step; that is, osteocalcin and matrix Gla protein are translated from their respective messenger RNA and then modified by enzymes to the active forms. These carboxylated forms support the healthy binding and releasing of calcium. This reaction is essential for optimal and healthy utilization of calcium. Vitamin K2 promotes the synthesis of proteins involved with calcium utilization, thereby supporting bone retention and arterial health. While Vitamin D supports the healthy regulation and synthesis of osteocalcin, the mineral-binding capacity of this protein requires vitamin K-dependent carboxylation and is thought to be related to bone mineralization. Gas6 is a vitamin K-dependent protein found throughout the nervous system, as well in the heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys and cartilage. Although the exact mechanism of its action has not been determined, Gas6 appears to be a cellular growth regulator involved in cellular activities such as cell adhesion, cell proliferation and protection against apoptosis.

Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. specializes in helping individuals, groups, & companies lose sickness and find wellness through the implementation of science based wellness programs.

Orlampa Enterprises also helps health care professionals implement holistic wellness programs into their existing practices with the goal to educate both the health care providers, their staffs, and the patients. The programs, which provide the health care professional with a substantial additional income stream in this ever changing medical marketplace, allow the patient to achieve true wellness instead of receiving a traditional treatment for symptoms.

Orlampa Enterprises is an internet based product broker specializing in personalized health and wellness related services. Orlampa Enterprises is primed to continue its growth by duplicating its successful business model of educating, training, and developing entrepreneurial leaders as business partners. As an Unfranchise™ business owner, Orlampa Enterprises, proudly utilizes highly researched products including nutraMetrix® nutritional supplements. 

 Orlampa Enterprises' motto is "Eat well, exercise, and supplement intelligently."

Contact Beth at bb@orlampa.com or 727.492.8212 for more information about nutraMetrix® partnership opportunities available.

Evidence Shows Vitamin D Helps Slow Cancer Cells

November 26, 2012

By: Lee Rannals : courtesy of redOrbit.com

McGill University researchers have discovered vitamin D helps to slow the progression of cells of cancer from premalignant to malignant states.

The researchers reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vitamin D helps to inhibit both the production and function of the protein cMYC, which drives cell division and is active at elevated levels in more than half of all cancers.

Vitamin D has been known to have a wide range of physiological effects. Scientists have understood that a correlation exists between insufficient amounts of vitamin D and increased incidence of a number of cancers.
The correlations between the vitamin and cancers are strong for those cancers of the digestive tract, including colon cancer and certain forms of leukemia.

“For years, my lab has been dedicated to studying the molecular mechanisms of vitamin D in human cancer cells, particularly its role in stopping their proliferation,” Professor John White of the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Physiology, said in a statement.

Vitamin D can be obtained from limited dietary sources as well as from direct exposure to the sun during the spring and summer months. Having a lack of exposure to the sun, mixed with a combination of poor dietary intake, has created vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency in large populations around the world. White said the team discovered vitamin D controls both the rate of production and the degradation of cMYC. They also found it strongly stimulates the production of a natural antagonist of cMYC known as MXD1, which shuts down cMYC function.

For the study, the researchers applied vitamin D to the skin of mice and observed a drop in the level of cMYC, discovering evidence of a decrease in its function. They also found strongly elevated levels of cMYC in a number of tissues, including skin and the lining of the colon.

“Taken together, our results show that vitamin D puts the brakes on cMYC function, suggesting that it may slow the progression of cells from premalignant to malignant states and keep their proliferation in check,” White said in the statement.

He said the team hopes the study will encourage people to maintain adequate vitamin D levels. Also, he said they hope the results will stimulate the development of large trials to test the effects of adequate supplementation.

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nutraMetrix Isotonix® Vitamin D with K2

What Makes nutraMetrix Isotonix® Vitamin D with K2 Unique?

nutraMetrix Isotonix Vitamin D with K2 contains vitamin D3, the metabolically active form of vitamin D, along with vitamin K2, a form of vitamin K which supports vascular health and calcium utilization. Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health, heart health and immune support, while working with vitamin K to support normal absorption of calcium and promote healthy arteries. nutraMetrix Isotonix Vitamin D is the first of its kind to deliver both of these powerful vitamins with isotonic delivery.

Vitamin K is included in nutraMetrix Isotonix Vitamin D with K2 because of its unique partnership with vitamin D. Vitamins K and D work together to support calcium absorption and utilization. Vitamin K supports the normal delivery of calcium to the bones and promotes healthy arteries.

At least two naturally-occurring forms of vitamin K have been identified and are known as K1 and K2. While there are many similarities between these two forms of vitamin K, they are distinguished by their important differences. The most significant difference between K1 and K2 is their chemical structure which results in different pharmacokinetic properties. Vitamin K1 is retained primarily in the liver where, at high doses, it may interfere with the action of warfarin and other anticoagulant medications. 

Vitamin K2 has a different mechanism of action. It is transported primarily to bones and blood vessels. Vitamin K2 helps to maintain bone mass, support calcium utilization and promote elasticity of blood vessels.  

Some studies have concluded that vitamin K2 does not interfere with anticoagulant medications.* However, most products containing vitamin K (including K1 and/or K2) warn users taking anticoagulants not to take the product. If you are currently taking warfarin or another anticoagulant medication, you should consult your physician before taking any product containing vitamin K1 or K2.

Isotonix dietary supplements are delivered in an isotonic solution. This means that the body has less work to do to obtain maximum absorption of the nutrients. The isotonic state of the suspension allows nutrients to pass directly into the small intestine and rapidly absorb into the bloodstream. With Isotonix products, little nutritive value is lost, making the absorption of nutrients highly efficient while delivering maximum results.

 

Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. specializes in helping individuals, groups, & companies lose sickness and find wellness through the implementation of science based wellness programs.

Orlampa Enterprises also helps health care professionals implement holistic wellness programs into their existing practices with the goal to educate both the health care providers, their staffs, and the patients. The programs, which provide the health care professional with a substantial additional income stream in this ever changing medical marketplace, allow the patient to achieve true wellness instead of receiving a traditional treatment for symptoms.

Orlampa Enterprises is an internet based product broker specializing in personalized health and wellness related services. Orlampa Enterprises is primed to continue its growth by duplicating its successful business model of educating, training, and developing entrepreneurial leaders as business partners. As an Unfranchise™ business owner, Orlampa Enterprises, proudly utilizes highly researched products including nutraMetrix® nutritional supplements. 

 Orlampa Enterprises' motto is "Eat well, exercise, and supplement intelligently."

Contact Beth at bb@orlampa.com or 727.492.8212 for more information about nutraMetrix® partnership opportunities available.

 

 

A Daily Multivitamin Reduces Cancer Risk in Older Men

By Olivia B. Waxman | @OBWax | October 18, 2012 (Courtesy of Time Magazine)

There hasn’t been strong evidence to support the idea that vitamins can combat cancer—until now.

In the first rigorous, long-term study of multivitamins and their effect on cancer, older men who took daily vitamins lowered their risk of cancer by 8% compared to men who skipped the supplements over an average of 11 years of follow up.

Participants included 14,641 male U.S. male physicians ages 50 and over for 11 years enrolled in the Physicians’ Health Study. The men were randomly assigned to take a multivitamin —Centrum Silver — or a placebo, and neither they nor the scientists were aware of their status. Overall, they were healthy; two-thirds exercised on a regular basis and only 4% were current smokers. The doctors’ mean age was 64. Nine percent (1,312) reported a history of cancer (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer).

“It appears that there may be a modest benefit in preventing cancer in men over the age of 50,” said Dr. J. Michael Gaziano, lead author of the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and chief of the Division of Aging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in a teleconference call. The findings were presented Wednesday at an American Association of Cancer Research conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Previous studies haven’t been so definitive, which is why the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the National Institutes of Health both decided that the evidence wasn’t strong enough to advise healthy people to take vitamins daily. One placebo-controlled study published in JAMA revealed that taking large doses of vitamin D supplements did not prevent colds or reduce symptoms in healthy adults any more than a placebo. Another analysis of clinical trials found that omega-3 supplements do not reduce users’ risks of heart attack, stroke, or death from heart disease. And older women who took daily multivitamins were 6% more likely to die over a 19-year-period compared to those who did not take the pills. Higher odds of death were associated with vitamin B, folic acid, iron, magnesium, zinc, and copper supplements; calcium, however, was associated with a 10% lower risk of death in the women.

But because the participants in Physicians Health Study were randomly assigned to take vitamins or placebo, and because they were followed for a relatively long period of time, the findings may finally provide some clarity on the role that vitamins can play in suppressing cancer.

That doesn’t mean that vitamins are the antidote to cancer, or that they can offset cancer-causing behaviors like smoking or an unhealthy diet. It also doesn’t mean that vitamins are the only way to fight cancer. Skipping the vitamins and getting the same nutrients from a well-balanced diet can also be an effective way to keep tumors at bay.  “A varied diet is associated with reduced risk of cancer, so a multivitamin may mimic the vitamins and minerals we get from that varied diet,” Gaziano said.

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Commentary:

There is good news and GREAT news within this article.  First the good news- the actual story itself: that men taking a daily Centrum Silver multi-vitamin supplement reduced their cancer risk by 8%. Now the great news. Centrum Silver has to be one of the worst supplements available on the market- so if Centrum Silver can produce positive results, imagine what a HIGH quality product could produce! Why do I say that Centrum Silver has to be one of the worst supplements on the market? Check out these ingredients courtesy of the Dietary Supplements Label Database.    

Centrum Silver is a mass produced product that is made to be sold in huge stores. The manufacturer has no idea how long the product will remain on the shelf but it must remain "fresh" for its shelf life.  Therefore, the product contains artificial binders, fillers, and ingredients that have NO relation to improving a person's health. So, if such a product CAN produce such positive results, imagine what would have happened if they would have studied a product that did NOT contain talc, artificial colors, binders, fillers, and BHT.  What is BHT?  BHT, according to thegoodhuman.com, "Butylated Hydroxytoluene, or BHT, is an anti-oxidant which reacts with oxygen free radicals to slow down the autoxidation rate of ingredients in a product that can cause changes in the taste or color. As such, it is primarily used to prevent fats in foods from becoming rancid – but it is also used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, electrical transformer oil, and embalming fluid. Sure sounds like BHT is something that should definitely be in our food, right?" Thegoodhuman.com goes on to state:

"Turns out this additive, used in all the above products, has a scary MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) that says the following:

• Do NOT let this chemical enter the environment.
• Combustible.
• Ingestion causes Abdominal pain. Confusion. Dizziness. Nausea. Vomiting.
• The substance may have effects on the liver.
• The substance is harmful to aquatic organisms"

Doesn't sound like a great ingredient for a health product, does it?  Again, why does a product like Centrum contain binders, fillers, and artificial colors?  The answer is so that the pills remain pills in the package for as long as the package is on the shelf.  People won't buy the product if they pick up the package, shake it, and hear a thud. They want to hear the pills shaking...even if the pills have been in the bottle 2 years.  So, how does this effect the delivery of the nutrients?  If the nutrients are packed in a pill with binders and fillers, can they be released in the body?  The answer is a huge maybe.  Below is a picture of an X-Ray showing a patient who consumed Centrum vitamins three days in a row.  Unfortunately for this patient (and all patients are different due to body make-up, stomach pH, etc) NO nutrition gets delivered to the body. The pills actually go through the body and exit without breaking down.  If the pills contain ingredients to keep them in pill format, there is a good chance the pills will remain in pill format all the way through the process! If you want to check for yourself, "Google" the term  "Centrum Bedpan Bullets."  Centrum pills are nicknamed that because nurses find them (whole) in bedpans. 

So, if a product like Centrum Silver produces positive health results, we should all be giddy a the thought of what could happen if they tested a multi-vitamin with no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no binders, no fillers, no soy, no dairy, no gluten, and what if that product had a superior isotonic delivery system?  

NutraMetrix Isotonix Multivitamin is an isotonic-capable food supplement containing 100 percent or more of the daily value of essential vitamins and minerals. The vitamins and minerals are delivered in an isotonic solution. This means that the body has less work to do in obtaining maximum absorption. The isotonic state of the suspension allows nutrients to pass directly into the small intestine and be rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. With nutraMetrix Isotonix products, little nutritive value is lost, making the absorption of nutrients highly efficient while delivering maximum results.

Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. specializes in helping individuals lose sickness and find wellness.  

Orlampa Enterprises also helps health care professionals implement holistic wellness programs into their existing practice with the goal to educate both the health care provider and the patient. The programs, which provide the health care professional with a substantial additional income stream in this ever changing medical marketplace, allow the patient to achieve true wellness instead of receiving a traditional treatment for symptoms.

Orlampa Enterprises is an internet based product broker specializing in personalized health and wellness related services. Orlampa Enterprises is primed to continue its growth by duplicating its successful business model of educating, training, and developing entrepreneurial leaders as business partners. As an Unfranchise™ business owner, Orlampa Enterprises, proudly utilizes highly researched products including nutraMetrix® nutritional supplements. 

 Orlampa Enterprises' motto is "Eat well, exercise, and supplement intelligently."

Contact Beth at bb@orlampa.com or 727.492.8212 for more information about nutraMetrix® partnership opportunities available.

 These claims by manufacturers have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Companies may not market as dietary supplements any products that are intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

 

Why nutraMetrix nutraceuticals?

Patients today are looking for quality of life and wellness approaches. Fast-paced lifestyles are leading to an array of poor dietary choices and chronically stressful lives. Today's society is filled with people who are overfed and undernourished. They are not only seeking advice, but solutions to their health issues and concerns

Those solutions are best offered by their trusted health professional. And with nutraMetrix and our complete suite of cutting-edge nutraceuticals, customizable nutritional regimens and support for continuing education, the health of patients is in trusted and caring hands.

And the nutraMetrix program is easy to integrate into any health professional's everyday routine. By reviewing specific health regimens and making recommendations during regular visits, nutraMetrix allows patients and doctors to find effective, science-based solutions to health questions and concerns in real time.

Health Professionals and their patients deserve the best products to meet their health needs. Unfortunately, the consumer market is flooded with low-quality and ineffective supplements and weight management diets. That's where nutraMetrix comes in.

The nutraMetrix line of advanced nutraceuticals are formulated using the latest reasearch, cutting-edge ingredients and industry-leading best practices. Many nutraMetrix nutraceuticals are available using the Isotonix delivery system - the scientifically-proven most effective way for nutrients to be absorbed and utilized by the body, providing maximum results.

The science behind nutraMetrix advanced nutraceuticals ensures that Health Professionals and their patients receive the most effective products on the market today.

If you are a healthcare provider who would like to discuss adding nutritionally based wellness programs to your practice, please call Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. at (727) 492-8212.   

Want to learn more? Check out this 30 minute You Tube video!

Director of nutraMetrix Brandi Murphy took the stage to share the benefits of nutraMetrix with the crowd gathered in Greensboro, NC. 

Orlampa Enterprises, Inc. specializes in helping health care professionals implement holistic wellness programs into their existing practice with the goal to educate both the health care provider and the patient. The programs, which provide the health care professional with a substantial additional income stream in this ever changing medical marketplace, allow the patient to achieve true wellness instead of receiving a traditional treatment for symptoms. Orlampa Enterprises' motto is "Eat well, exercise, and supplement intelligently."

                  Contact bb@orlampa.com for more information about nutraMetrix® partnership opportunities available.