Continued from Part I: Why Your Fatigued Adrenals Need Extra Support

In the emergency medical profession, doctors work according to an order of operations. The first priority is to stabilize the patient’s condition, and only then do they undertake more elaborate measures, operating if necessary. This is because without a stable base, without addressing issues like stopping hemorrhaging or providing oxygen or blood transfusions, the operation is more likely to fail. By creating a solid foundation, doctors increase their chances of success and saving lives.

The same order of operations is in effect with Protein Extreme Energy and Adrenal ReBoot. Protein Extreme Energy works to build a solid energetic foundation, which allows Adrenal ReBoot to build on top of this foundation without having to worry about addressing a systemic lack of energy. This frees Adrenal ReBoot to work deeply in the body, opening and strengthening fatigued adrenals and their surrounding pathways – allowing users to reach the next energetic level.

So, while Protein Extreme Energy is the first and most vital component to building core energy for life, Adrenal ReBoot goes beyond the core to address an identified problem area – the adrenals – and bring them back into a high functioning state. For the most potent results, take Protein Extreme Energy first thing in the morning, and two capsules of Adrenal ReBoot at dinner with food.

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We can’t get rid of stress, but we can fortify ourselves against it. That’s why our adrenals need extra support – they are the first line of defense against stress, but are extremely sensitive and can quickly get overwhelmed and burnt out, leading to a lack of energy in your entire body. While taking a supplement like Protein Extreme Energy ramps up your entire body’s electrical flow, the fatigued adrenals still need additional support because they are on the front lines, working under constant assault.

This is where Adrenal ReBoot comes in – it fortifies and nourishes your adrenals and their surrounding pathways, promoting healthy aging and protecting your body from the ravages of stress. It is NOT a short-term adrenal stimulant like caffeine, which offers temporary energy boosts while setting you up for long-term burnout. Rather, by taking two Adrenal ReBoot at the end of the day with dinner, you ‘re-set’ your adrenals, bringing your cortisol and DHEA levels back into balance and preparing your body for a deep, rejuvenating sleep. Adrenal ReBoot promotes a youthful, anabolic state – the state your body needs to be in to heal and repair. Most people report feeling more relaxed after taking Adrenal ReBoot, as well as sleeping more soundly, feeling more rested and better able to cope with daily stress. Athletes often notice extra power in their legs and midsection, derived from the newly opened pathways surrounding the adrenals. Are you taking Adrenal ReBoot? What have you noticed? Share your story with us!

Continue reading in Part II in How To Build Core Energy For Life that addresses how Adrenal ReBoot works together with Protein Extreme Energy.

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The main argument is that if those diet pills actually worked, then the companies that make them would lose all the customers they need to stay in business. The truth is that people often do lose weight on these products, but then gain it all back, and then some. A recent review of dozens of scientific studies on dieting (American Psychologist – April 2007) concludes that, “there is little support for the notion that diets lead to lasting weight loss or heath benefits.” It goes on to state that as many as 83% of dieters will actually weigh more than their pre-diet weight two years after they started their diet program. But who’s to blame for this massive failure – the customer or the companies?

While we as consumers theoretically have free choice, diet supplement advertisers prey on our ignorance, hopes and insecurities to get us to buy their pills. They often market their products using studies of questionable objectivity, and have resorted to setting up fake blogs devoted to hawking their products. Who hasn’t seen blogs or websites telling us about ‘Jessica’s (or Jane’s or Debbie’s or Jason’s) Real Story – How I lost 500 lbs using this simple weird trick!’ And the weird trick turns out to be some exotic berry growing on the underside of a jungle fungus harvested by pygmies. Yours for only $139.97 each month!

We want to be like Jessica. We identify with the images of her as an overweight person and we want desperately to achieve the same results as she did.  We want a slim healthy fit body.  But is it realistic? When a company promises us unbelievable results we do know better, but we can’t help ourselves because really, just taking a pill would be sooo much easier than actually having to make any lifestyle changes. As consumers, our lack of critical thinking is just as much to blame as the diet industry’s unscrupulous marketing tactics.

But enough blame: How can we make our weight loss plans truly successful, and keep the weight off for good? The fact of the matter is, people fail on diets because they take a pill or make a temporary, unsustainable change to their eating habits, and once they’ve lost a bit of weight, revert back to their old habits. Presto, the pounds fly back on and it’s back to square one. Unless you address the underlying cause(s) of your overeating and make true changes to your lifestyle, you are just setting yourself up for failure.

How do we identify the causes and find solutions? Emotional eating has gotten a lot of media attention as of late, frequently discussed on shows like the Biggest Loser and Joy Behar, but it’s only one factor that affects our overeating.

Here’s a simple exercise you can do to analyze why you eat, along with practical and unusual solutions to modify your eating habits for good.

References:

http://mann.bol.ucla.edu/files/Diets_don’t_work.pdf

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The first step to diet success is to understand why you eat. Let’s face it, hunger is not the only answer to this question, or you wouldn’t be overweight. Boredom, depression, pleasure, stress and tiredness are all potential reasons. People also often associate activities like watching TV or going to the movies with eating. There’s something about those dark theaters and that glowing screen…

Why do you eat? Try this simple exercise (see photo for an example): take a blank sheet of paper and write down the word eating in the middle of the page, then make an individual branch for all the moods and situations that prompt you to eat. (I will make an example chart we can insert as a picture) Then, write down why you eat in those situations. For example, you may eat when you’re depressed because it’s comforting and it fills the emptiness you feel. You may eat when you’re watching television because it gives your hands something to do, or because it’s relaxing.

Okay, once you’ve accomplished that, start branching out onto solutions for each reason. Think of alternate ways to fulfill the role that eating plays in those situations. For example, if eating gives you something to do with your hands while you watch TV, you might consider keeping a pair of free weights under your couch to do bicep curls while you watch, taking up knitting, or keeping a supply of carrot sticks or grapes on hand for guilt-free noshing. If you eat when you’re tired, you may consider going to bed earlier, or exercising or drinking green tea instead for an energy boost.

Set up an alternate plan for when you’re feeling stressed. Instead of taking a trip to the vending machine, sit at your desk and do a few minutes of deep breathing, then drink a glass of water or a cup of tea. If you eat for pleasure, find non-food-related ways to spoil yourself. Get a massage or buy a few tabloids and sit in a bubble bath for an hour (this is my personal favorite). If you eat out of boredom, take some time to decide on a meaningful hobby or activity. Make yourself get outside for a walk around the neighborhood. If you eat junk food because it’s convenient, banish it from your cupboards. Have a husband and kids that like their munchies? Get them on board and make sure you’re well stocked with healthy snacks for them also.

Obviously, not all solutions will work for or appeal to all people. You have to choose or invent the solutions that will work for you. Remember, this is your life, and you’re the only one who can change it, so once you figure out what you want, you have to develop strategies to outsmart your old habits.

Now, take the paper and place it somewhere prominent, where you’ll see it daily. Once you’ve identified the situations in which you eat (other than hunger), it’s easier to prevent yourself from getting in those situations in the first place. Implement your solutions as necessary. You’ll be amazed at how much easier it is to control your weight when you understand your motivations for eating.

Click here for 13 simple rules for weight loss success (tip #3: eat enough fats)

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1. Eat only real food: how much of what you eat comes from a box? If it’s processed, it’s probably no good for you. Real foods are the foods that you find in the fruit and vegetable aisle of your grocery store. Come in a box? Read the ingredients. If there are too many, or the names of the ingredients are unpronounceable, then don’t buy it. In doubt? Leave it. Fruits, vegetables, complex carbohydrates and lean proteins should be your diet. Don’t waste your money on processed foods that will only bog you down.

2. Eat whole grains: Whole grains are complex carbohydrates, which means they give you energy while keeping your blood sugar levels from spiking, so that you don’t crash and burn. They also provide fiber, and fiber fills you up and cleanses your insides out without adding extra calories. Fiber is your best friend if you’re trying to lose weight. But this doesn’t mean go out and buy a fiber supplement powder. Eating the actual food is the best way to go. Brown rice, quinoa, amaranth, teff, and spelt are all great sources of complex carbs and plenty of fiber, along with most fruits and veggies.

3. Make sure you’re eating enough good fats: in order for our bodies and cells to work properly, we need fats. The mistake so many dieters make is to try and cut out fat from their diets, which leads to junk food cravings – your body is trying to tell you something. In order to stop those cravings for unhealthy fats, you need to provide your body with the healthy kind. Without going into a long technical explanation, here’s what you should be incorporating into your diet: avocado, eggs, cold pressed flaxseed oil mixed into cottage cheese (this tastes so good, though you wouldn’t think so), salmon or other fish, pumpkin seeds, coconut milk, and cold-pressed olive oil over salads. The fats that you should avoid are basically anything that is deep-fried or in a processed food.

4. Cut out wheat, corn and soy: these foods are common allergens and can cause bloating, gas and/or indigestion and inflammation – sapping energy from your body, preventing you from absorbing vital nutrients and causing weight gain. Even if you’re not strictly allergic, these foods may still inflame the walls of your intestines, impede digestion and absorption of nutrients, and weaken your immune system. Food is supposed to give you energy and nourish you, not leave you feeling tired.

5. Get rid of all junk food in your house: out of sight, out of mind. This is perhaps the most important tip you will ever get. When you’re hungry, you will reach for the most convenient thing. If there’s no junk in your house, then you’ll be forced to reach for the healthy stuff. Picking up an apple when I’m hungry isn’t my first reaction either. When you’re shopping, have a list and stick to it. Don’t let junk food cross the threshold into your home. Stand firm on this one and weight loss will be thousands of times easier.

6. Eat at home or pack a lunch: After you’ve followed steps 1 through 5, eating at home or packing your own lunch becomes essential for weight loss. If you want to lose weight, the worst thing you can do is go to a restaurant on a regular basis: all those choices, all those desserts, the social eating atmosphere – it’s a dieter’s downfall for sure. If do you have to go on a regular basis, then inform yourself of the choices ahead of time and stick with the healthiest options. But packing a lunch only takes a bit of effort, and if there are no microwaves to heat things up where you work, then consider using a food thermos.

7. Don’t Starve Yourself: don’t stuff yourself till you feel sick, but starving yourself will accomplish nothing either. A healthy diet shouldn’t include going hungry – your body is trying to tell you it needs energy, once you look past its cries for chocolate and candy. Keep healthy snacks and meals on hand to keep you from feeling hungry. Brown rice and beans is a great option for a filling, non-fattening dish. Don’t deny your hunger, just make sure you’re filling up on healthy food. Aim for approximately 70% fullness each time you eat.

8. Get support from family and friends: the last thing you want is your husband digging into a bag of chips while you sit next to him munching on carrot sticks. If your spouse doesn’t want to get on board, then you need to have a serious (friendly) talk. Make sure your spouse knows how much you value his/her support and how important losing weight is to you. He/she needs to keep the junk food somewhere inaccessible to you, and you need to change your habits. Get out for a walk after dinner or read a book instead of watching TV, if that’s where and when the chips come out.

9. Go to sleep earlier: the later you stay up at night, the more potential time there is to snack. Also, for some reason, we have fewer inhibitions and less self-discipline at night, so if we snack, we choose items of less nutritional value. Getting to bed earlier, and keeping busy until bedtime, helps curb snacking. Also, an early bedtime means more sleep (you should be getting at least 8 hours a night in a dark room), which keeps you from feeling tired during your days – which prevents you from reaching for those high-sugar snacks. It also helps you deal with stress during the day because your body has had time to regenerate. And, who knows, if you get up a little earlier, maybe you’ll have time to squeeze in some morning yoga or other exercise before work.

10. Incorporate exercise into your day if possible: can you go for a walk during lunchtime? Can you bicycle to and from work? Even just walking the flight of stairs to the bathroom is a step in the right direction. While cardio exercise doesn’t induce weight loss directly, it does boost your mood, helps protect against many diseases and distracts you from eating.

11. Cleanse and revitalize your cells: cells are the building blocks of your body. Healthy cells functioning at their optimum levels means that your body and metabolism are running smoothly, which means you’ll have more energy to stay on your diet. If your cells aren’t running properly, it’s a lot harder to lose weight. Here’s a good article on cellular health.

12. Build muscle: the more muscle you have, the more fat you will burn – even when you’re not exercising! Numerous studies have been done (like this one http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/82/1/298) that show that increasing muscle mass will increase your average daily metabolic rate, which helps to burn more calories. You don’t have to bulk up like a bodybuilder, but pick up some free weights and get lifting.

13. Tap into the power of visualization: a friend once told me, the universe can’t give you what you want if you aren’t even clear on it. So clarify what it is that you want. Professional athletes use this technique all the time, as a sort of mental rehearsal for success. Close your eyes and visualize yourself as you would like to be. How will it feel to walk, to move at your ideal weight? How will you feel about yourself for having accomplished your goal? Now, visualize yourself working to achieve your goal. See yourself working hard, eating healthy, practicing the alternate solutions you’ve come up with for when you’re tempted to eat but aren’t hungry.

Weight Loss: Why Diet & Exercise Aren’t Enough

Visualize these things often, maybe just before you go to sleep at night.

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Why don’t you have different products for different body types/blood types?

The underlying purpose of all our supplements is to strengthen vital life current, which is a foundational health issue. Increase your core energy and your body is better equipped to deal with peripheral issues and conditions. Our approach to health is cleansing and strengthening from the inside out – from the cellular level to the entire body. Everyone functions better when their cells are healthy, which is where Protein Extreme Energy and GSH-Ignite come in. Maxodin and Adrenal Reboot provide additional support to the adrenals and the nervous system – the two areas most commonly affected and weakened by stress and our modern lifestyle. Life Health Secrets supplements provide a strong base to address virtually universal health issues.

What’s the ideal daily supplement plan?

• Morning: One serving of Protein Extreme Energy first thing on empty stomach, followed by a glass of water.
• Breakfast: 2 Maxodin with food
• Mid-afternoon (this is flexible): A scoop of GSH-Ignite, followed by a glass of water
• Dinnertime: 2 Adrenal Reboot with food

What if I just want to start with one product, which one should it be?

Though it depends on your particular needs, generally it’s a good idea to start with the Protein Extreme Energy (in the morning before breakfast).

When should I take more than one serving per day of Protein Extreme Energy or GSH-Ignite?

When you are physically active or are trying to lose weight.

I’m overweight, is there a special plan I should follow?

Follow the ideal daily supplement plan listed above and add a second scoop of Protein Extreme Energy, followed by a glass of water, a half hour to one hour before dinner.

I’m working out –what should I take before and after workout?

One serving of GSH-Ignite (½ hour ideal timing) before workout, Protein Extreme Energy soon after.  Also, check out our sports blog, www.elitesportsandfitness.com, for helpful ideas on training and their supplement intake.

I’m on medication, is there any product I shouldn’t take?

If you have high blood pressure or are taking an MAO inhibitor (anti-depressants), then don’t take Maxodin, but the others are all compatible with those conditions. However,  should you have any medical condition, consult your doctor and you should check back with your doctor a few weeks after starting the LifeHealthSecrets supplements.

1. Eat Well

This seems like it should go without saying, but many people don’t realize the extent to which every single thing you eat affects your body chemistry. Foods either boost your energy or deplete it, they either donate electrons or rob you of them, they either harm or heal. So, while the supplements you take work to energize your cells and keep them working in optimal condition, if the foods you’re consuming aren’t healthy, then you’re making it harder on yourself. Look out for upcoming posts on how to optimize your nutrition, foods to avoid (some will surprise you!) and recipes.

2. Drink Enough Water

Staying hydrated is key to activating Protein Extreme Energy and helping GSH-Ignite, Maxodin and Adrenal Re-Boot do their work. Water helps to flush out cellular toxins and metabolic waste from the body so that your cells don’t get overloaded and bogged down. Staying hydrated is also essential to keep your internal organs functioning properly. How much water a day should people drink? While there’s no scientific consensus, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommends that men consume about 13 cups, or 3 liters; and women approximately 9 cups, or 2.2 liters, of fluids a day.

3. Get Enough Sleep

Think about it. Kids sleep a lot and heal a lot faster than we do. They don’t need caffeine to get them through the day – when they’re up they’re bouncing off the walls, and when they crash, they sleep so deeply it’s virtually impossible to rouse them. As we get older, we train ourselves to make do with less and less sleep, and often the sleep we do get is restless, unsatisfying. Sleep is fundamental to our well-being: we regenerate and rejuvenate our bodies when we sleep deeply, it helps us deal with stress and improves our mood and cognition. In the next few months we’ll be discussing sleep in more detail: tricks on how to get it and why it’s so vital to your health. For now, just try to get at least 8 hours a night, preferably closer to 9.

4. Make a Supplement Plan & Stick to it

As much as possible, stick with your plan. A missed pill here and there won’t make a difference, but the more you stick with a schedule, the happier your body will be.

For example, here’s my plan:

Morning: A scoop of Protein Extreme Energy first thing on empty stomach, followed by a glass of water.

Breakfast: 2 Maxodin with food

Mid-afternoon Slump: A scoop of GSH-Ignite, followed by a glass of water

(this works for me every time)

Dinnertime: 2 Adrenal Re-Boot with food

If I’m exercising, then I add in an extra serving of Protein Extreme Energy pre-workout and GSH-Restore (this is the vanilla version of GSH-Ignite) post-workout.

5. Breathe

As the adage goes, breath is life. We’ve been doing it since we were born, so we should all be experts now, right? Wrong. Most of us don’t take full breaths, we keep them shallow and this causes a whole slew of health problems for us relating to low levels of blood oxygen (which we will elaborate on in future posts). You don’t need to be a yogi or devote hours to this. If you can get outside and go for a walk every day, great – do it and focus on your breathing. If not, just take a few minutes while you’re at work to concentrate on your breath and practice deep breathing. This is an especially effective thing to do when you’re under stress or feeling tired. It will help get more oxygen to your brain, center and calm you.  Plus, it just feels nice to breathe.

What about you? How do you take your Life Health Secrets supplements? Share your tips for increasing core energy with us!

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