Driven by marketing and motivated by desperation we will try just about anything to lose those pounds, but at what expense?  Obesity has become a major health concern in America and needs to be addressed, ideally with healthy nutritious alternatives, exercise and education. But unfortunately this isn’t always the case. In addition to the “carb blocking,” “metabolism stimulating,” “fat absorbing,” “calorie limiting,” “natura” products offered, people are subjecting their bodies to toxic stimulants, bulking agents, liquid diets and meal replacement powders with minimal nutrition. And obesity continues to rise. So are these things even working? 

A Healthy Meal Replacement Shake

Time for a healthy, sensible, easy solution. Not a quick fix, not a magic bullet, but a tool that can help you address your eating habits without compromising your health. ALL ONE Weight Loss was developed to be a healthy meal replacement powder with enough pure nutrition and valuable weight management ingredients to really be effective.

Used by the ancient Romans for endurance and energy, Activated Barley is the secret ingredient in our ALL ONE Weight Loss Formula. This same fuel available now lets you eat less, without losing energy or feeling hungry. Another key ingredient is Whey Protein, the most optimal protein for weight loss. Whey Protein is also high in leucine which helps preserve lean muscle tissue.

Mixed with your favorite juice, ALL ONE Weight Loss powder is ready to drink as a meal replacement shake or as a healthy snack. It can be used long term with no uncomfortable side effects. Ultimately it is actually good for you, even if you do not want to lose weight you can benefit from the ingredients.

The Problem With Over Eating

Most people identify over eating or binge eating as their biggest obstacle to taking weight off and keeping it off. This is where ALL ONE Weight Loss comes in. When used as a high protein meal replacement, ALL ONE helps you keep daily caloric intake under control without sacrificing important nutrients, which helps keep your energy levels, mental function and moods high.

Feeling better, you are able to control your intake and make better choices.  Use ALL ONE Weight Loss as a snack to deter pre-dinner snacking and over eating during dinner, again supplying quality nutrition for energy to exercise before dinner to boot.

When it comes to healthy, long lasting weight loss nothing will take the place of smart eating, good quality food and exercise. But using ALL ONE in addition to these measures can keep you healthy and help you achieve long lasting weight loss success. You can be confident that ALL ONE is not just another weight loss marketing fad, like the entire line of ALL ONE supplements, it is designed to make a difference from the inside out, delivering long lasting, great feeling results.  Once you try it, we are confident you’ll agree: ALL ONE is the best weight loss diet meal replacement shake for 2012 and beyond.

CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant that protects the body from free radicals and helps preserve vitamin E, the major antioxidant of cell membranes and blood cholesterol.

Virtually every cell of the human body contains CoQ10. It is concentrated in the mitochondria, the area of cells where energy is produced. It plays an integral role in supplying energy to chemical reactions in the body. The heart and liver contain the greatest amount of CoQ10.

CoQ10 is found primarily in fish and meat, but the amounts in food are far less than what can be obtained from antioxidant supplements. There is reliable and relatively consistent scientific data showing substantial health benefits when CoQ10 has been used in connection with angina, heart attack and high blood pressure. CoQ10′s ability as an antioxidant scavenger may account for the cardiovascular benefits. Coenzyme Q10 prevents free radical oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL). It has also been suggested that CoQ10 can offer protection from the side effects associated with taking blood pressure medications.

How much for antioxidant activity: Free radical pathology may occur when the body’s antioxidant mechanisms cannot keep pace with the rate at which free radicals and other oxidants are being formed. To supply the body with enough antioxidant power, R.F. Cathcart, a clinical practitioner who has treated patients with vitamin C, believes each person should take the vitamin up to his or her “bowel tolerance” level. Simply put, this is the level just below the daily dosage that would cause you to have diarrhea. The more severe the toxicity from oxygen radicals, the more vitamin C one can tolerate.

Free radicals are believed to play a role in more than sixty different health conditions, including the aging process, cancer and atherosclerosis. Reducing exposure to free radicals and increasing intake of antioxidant nutrients has the potential to reduce the risk of free radical-related health problems.

Many vitamins and minerals act as antioxidants in their own right, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, zinc, selenium and coenzyme Q10. There are also powerful plant antioxidants including the carotenoids and the bioflavanoids. All which provide powerful antioxidant protection for the body and may be beneficial when taken as a supplement.

The body relies on food to replenish the antioxidant pool of the body. Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, lutein is found in green leafy vegetables and we all know vitamin C is in oranges. Unfortunately, in today’s busy and polluted world staying ahead of the free radicals is more likely to depend on much more then what our diets can supply us. If we are not eating a fresh, whole food, organic diet then it is quite possible that the same food we are supposed to be getting our antioxidants from is causing oxidative stress of its own, it is almost impossible to depend on food alone. The good news is that many of these potent antioxidants are now available as nutritional supplements. The key to supplementing your antioxidants is to make sure they are part of a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement as they have been found to work synergistically.
As a result of current research we are also lucky enough to have access to concentrated amounts of plant antioxidants. ALL ONE’s Fruit Antioxidant Formula offers 2 full grams of fruit antioxidants from the fabulous, yet seasonal blueberries, cranberries and tart cherries, that are proving to be up to 10-times the potency of the traditional antioxidants A, C and E. As well as having the ability to “re-charge” these nutrients once exposed to free radicals. ALL ONE combines these with their high potency multi-vitamin and mineral base for a highly effective free radical fighter. In the ALL ONE formula for Active Seniors Nutritech has also combined the key antioxidants lutein and coenzyme Q10.

As the research continues to roll in it is clear that antioxidants are a natural and effective way to combat degeneration and disease caused by the stresses of today. So, know your antioxidants and be sure they are included as part of your daily multivitamin and mineral supplement.

Why do we need them?
Without minerals we would die, that is how important they are. The fundamental difference between vitamins and minerals is that the body can manufacture vitamins but it cannot make minerals. Minerals for nutritional purposes cannot be synthesized by the body. They must be utilized as natural elements from nature.
Because most of us are unaware what minerals do, we take their function for granted- such as the beating of our hearts (magnesium), building of our bones (boron, calcium, phosphorous) and regulating blood pressure (potassium). Research is showing that imbalances or deficiencies in mineral nutrition can affect the following systems:
?· Immune System – Copper, Zinc, Iron, Selenium
?· Energy Production – Magnesium, Phosphorus, Manganese
?· Hormone System – Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Magnesium, Potassium
?· Vitamin Production – Cobalt
?· Blood Production – Copper, Iron
?· Enzyme Systems – Zinc, Copper, Potassium, Manganese, Iron, Calcium, Molybdenum
?· Skeletal System – Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Manganese, Boron, Phosphorous
?· Reproduction – Phosphorous, Copper, Potassium, Manganese, Zinc, Magnesium

There are around 21 minerals that the body uses. Only 7 are considered essential enough to have an established minimum daily requirement: Calcium, iodine, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, selenium and zinc. Calcium, magnesium and phosphorous are often called macro-minerals as they are needed in relatively large quantities, whereas the rest are considered micro-minerals and are needed in smaller amounts. These would include: boron, chromium, chlorine, cobalt, copper, fluorine, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, potassium, sodium, sulfur and vanadium. The minerals that are to be avoided are known as toxic metals, these include: mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium and aluminum.

Where do we get them then?
Ideally, we should be able to get all the minerals we require from our daily diet, by consuming vegetables, carbohydrates, proteins, fats and water. Unfortunately, getting your daily supply of any mineral via your diet may be a thing of the past. Modern farming practices using pesticides and irresponsible soil depletion, as well as water contamination and food processing has left our food chain depleted of these essential nutrients. Americans take less than even the RDA of two of the three top minerals. According to recent nutritional surveys, 75% or more are deficient in magnesium, and 65% of women take less calcium than they should.

Which minerals?
Both the macro and the micro minerals are essential for health. Without minerals vitamins cannot do their job. Magnesium alone is responsible for over 300 enzyme reactions in a cell. Without these enzymes, body functions work inefficiently or not at all. Minerals and vitamins have an interdependent relationship that is why multi-vitamin complexes always include minerals.

If not in our food, how?
As inorganic substances, minerals are not easy to absorb. For example magnesium oxide is the most common form of magnesium available but unfortunately also the most difficult to absorb, causing stomach irritation and diarrhea.
On the other hand, the body is very efficient at absorbing amino acids. By using a technique called chelation, minerals are bonded to amino acids in a stable form. This creates a natural means for the body to transport minerals across the intestinal wall as part of digestion (increasing absorption).
By using chelation magnesium oxide is bonded with the amino acid, glycinate and the new chelated mineral is much easier to absorb.

A multi vitamin and mineral in powder form your best bet.
To ensure your daily intake of minerals a supplement is always good practice. The key to actually benefiting from your daily supplements is to take them in a combined form. As mentioned previously, vitamins require minerals to do their jobs and minerals require vitamins to do theirs, it is an interdependent relationship. In addition, mineral absorption and effectiveness is largely influenced by the amount of minerals present. The ratio of one mineral to another can affect final utilization. To ensure the best absorption try taking your supplement in a powder form as this will increase bio-availability of the nutrients. So taking a balanced multi vitamin and mineral supplement powder containing chelated minerals is the best way to guarantee you are getting all the essential nutrients you need each day.

The dramatic increase in weight problems and obesity seen around the world over the past 20 years is resulting in a catastrophic rise in diabetes, especially in obese children, cardiovascular disease and many other serious health problems. Science now tells us that most all the health risks associated with increased body fat occur because most overweight people develop insulin resistance, a state in which insulin receptors no longer work efficiently. The body compensates for this by producing higher than normal amounts of insulin. In the early stages this can often cause excess weight gain, usually showing up around the middle of the body.

The weight gain associated with insulin resistance is a key part of the equation. The elevated blood sugar (from mild elevations to serious diabetes), hypoglycemic food cravings and excessive appetite all contribute to the weight gain. The additional weight in turn makes the insulin resistance worse.

Currently, as many as 40% of North American adults and an ever increasing number of children now have some degree of insulin resistance.

Research has shown that losing weight can play an important role in correcting insulin resistance, even in the advanced stages of diabetes. The challenge is however to lose weight without making the condition worse. Extreme caloric restriction with inadequate nutrition can sometimes be the very cause of insulin resistance in the first place. Ideally, the weight loss needs to be addressed in a way that the blood sugar metabolism is supported, keeping blood sugar levels steady. Fad diets, poor eating habits, high glycemic index foods and genetics each contribute to rapid rises and sharp declines in blood glucose levels, which can lead to a repetitive cycle of

* Uncontrollable, frequent hunger

* Excessive cravings, especially for carbohydrates

* Increased conversion of blood glucose into stored fat

* Tiredness, low energy and irritability

There is increasing evidence that including certain key ingredients as part of a weight loss plan may be helpful for maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, especially while following a reduced calorie meal plan. The ALL ONE Weight Loss formula includes these key ingredients in one easy to take, great tasting nutritional powder. No thermogenic or bulking agents just pure nutrition.

On the road with your immune system.

So you are burning the candle at both ends. Not feeling too great. Two red-eyes in the past month and deadlines pending. No time to get sick, no time to even slow down. But what can you do? This is just the way things are, right? Wrong. Now is when your immune system needs support the most. This is when taking a high quality nutritional supplement on a regular basis really pays off.

For everyday use powdered vitamins and minerals are the supplement of choice because they are pure, high potency and assimilated more easily by the body being recognized as food, not just isolated nutrients. Try it. Give it three months. Three months of consistent, everyday, use of a healthy nutritional supplement. Your get up and go will be running on all four cylinders even if you are running it at unreasonable RPM’s.

The long awaited vacation.
How often have you waited all year for that 1 week on the beach just to come down with a cold your first day away? This is often your body’s way of letting you know it is run down. Finally when given a chance to heal, it takes it.

Now this is the very time you need to give your body more support in the way of nutrition. But this is not always the case. Who wants to have veggies and rice with hot herbal tea when the margaritas and local fare looks much more appealing, it is your vacation after all. This is where making nutritional supplements a regular part of your vacation essentials will help you get the most from your holidays. Often regular vitamin takers stop taking their supplements while on holiday because they understand the effects stress has on their immunity. They take supplements while working hard, but on vacation there is no stress, right? Well maybe parts of it can be pleasurable and complete bliss. But what about the late plane, the traffic to the airport, the lost bags and that person who kept coughing two rows ahead of you? Maybe your immune system still needs the support, what do you think?

Barley that has been taken just to the point of pre sprout before it is processed.

Aktivated Barley ??“ Slow burning energy that satisfies hunger and fights fatigue.

Benefits: Low glycemic index- Barley has a very low GI, yielding steady energy for hours following its consumption, with no sugar induced blood sugar rollercoaster effect. This helps control cravings and over eating. Bodybuilders and athletes refer to Aktivated barley as the ???ultimate slow-burning carbohydrate.??? High fiber content- A high fiber food gives a more satisfying full feeling than food without fiber. Barley is a rich source of both soluble and insoluble fibers. Rich in Beta Glucan- Being recognized as the most important of all soluble fibers 70% of the beta-glucan in Aktivated barley turns to gel, in other beta-glucan products, including oats, only about 40% of the carbohydrate turns to gel, the remainder passing ineffectively through your system. Benefits of eating a beta glucan rich diet are that it helps normalize blood sugar levels, reduces blood cholesterol and may enhance the immune system.