Healthy Choices E-News
Helping you make healthy choices for life

August 2003

 
Welcome to this month's edition of the Healthy Choices newsletter. 
Each month we feature up-to-date information on health issues that may affect you and your family. We also look at one of our many product ranges; provide details of our latest special offers plus give you a chance to win one of the products from our toxin-free toiletries range. 
 

Contents:

· Nutritional Support for Children

· Sugar and the Attention Deficit Disaster

· Health Bites

· NEWAYS Hair Care Range

· August Special Offers

· Competition – chance to win a 50ml bottle of Ultimate Shampoo

· Useful Websites

· Direct Account

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Nutritional Support for Children

 
Children's diets today are a far cry from the diets that our grandparents ate. The enticement of burger bars and fizzy drinks machines is leading to unhealthy young adults with degenerative diseases already well-established. In a study of 460 girls in the US aged 14 to 15, they found that those who drank fizzy soft drinks were three times more likely to break bones. They suspect that phosphoric acid, found in some brands of fizzy drinks may reduce bone mass. Dr Grace Wyshack of Harvard Medical School in Boston (US) pointed out that there were serious implications for women in later life; and that there were also concerns about carbonated beverages and obesity, tooth decay and Osteoporosis (Daily Telegraph 15/ 06/00)

Osteoporosis causes a lot of suffering and premature death yet sensible eating in the early years can avoid this condition significantly. Eating high quantities of saturated fats and hydrogenated vegetable oils, commonly found in fast food and processed food, over time lead to heart disease and stroke. Children as young as 10 have been found to have the beginnings of atherosclerosis - furring up of the arteries.

Not enough fresh vegetables or fruit are being consumed, yet these are the keys to good health. The government recommends we all eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Does your child? Do you? Realistically, though, we should all be aiming to eat at least eight portions of fruit and vegetables a day.

Even if your child does manage to eat the recommended amounts of fruit and vegetables the quantity of beneficial nutrients they receive is far less than 50 years ago (see Our Food Today on our website). So, what can you do to give your child the best start in life? Encouraging them to eat fruit and vegetables is a start, preferably organic because those grown using pesticides will contain fewer nutrients. But even organic fruits and vegetables do not contain the same complement of nutrients as 50 years ago.

Therefore, the advice given by doctors practicing in Nutritional Medicine to help your child receive sufficient nutrients to grow into a healthy adult is to provide support in the form of supplements.

It is well known that a lack of vitamins and minerals can lead to behaviour problems like ADHD and ADD and by supplementing them in the diets of these children, studies have shown some remarkable improvements. Also, regular colds and ear infections in children can indicate a poor immune system and these elements seem to diminish in children who take a good quality vitamin and mineral supplement.

But how can you be sure of buying a “good quality supplement” when there are so many to choose from?

Many supplements contain inorganic metallic minerals of which only 10 – 12% may be absorbed into the body. This can reduce to only 3 – 5% in people over 40 years of age (Tonita d'Raye, 1998). They can also be toxic, and dangerous levels of these metallic minerals can accumulate in the tissues and create serious health problems.

Chelated minerals are an improvement on metallic minerals, with an estimated 48% absorption but it is organic colloidal minerals, derived from plants, which have been found to give better absorption than chelated minerals.

Even so, colloidal minerals are still too large for easy absorption. It has been found that micro-colloids in solution provide the best bio-availability, which is why Neways has formulated Maximol Solutions. This is a micro-colloidal solution containing minute, ionised minerals. Organic fulvic acid is added which aids in the delivery of the 61 essential and trace minerals, 9 essential vitamins, 17 amino acids and 30 vital enzymes into the body, therefore giving up to 98% absorption. Potentially harmful minerals such as Aluminium, Lead, Mercury, Cadmium etc. have all been removed to ensure the highest quality available.

Maximol is very easy to take for both adults and children. It is available in raspberry flavour or unflavoured which can be mixed with fruit juice. (See Special Offers for a great saving)

Neways also produces a chewable, strawberry flavoured tablet called Orachel for Kids containing a daily dose of essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants specifically designed for a growing child.

If you do not have a product catalogue and would like to receive one, please e-mail: healthychoices@ecoworld.co.uk . Remember to include your name and an address to send the catalogue. You can also order Maximol and Orachel for Kids from our website at: www.healthychoices.org.uk

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Sugar and the Attention Deficit Disaster

A researcher for the ITV This Morning programme wanted to test whether the ever-increasing number of children with so-called attention deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD) weren’t simply suffering from a surfeit of sugar, additives and junk food.

They selected a class of 30 children aged 6 to 7 years in a London primary school and identified 12 children who were most disruptive and had learning difficulties.

 For one week the children, and their parents were asked not to eat or drink foods containing added sugar or additives. The children were also asked to eat more fish and put seeds on their morning cereal. Seeds and fish are good sources of essential fats. In addition, they were given an Optio, a fruit juice drink with added vitamins.

Four out of the 12 children showed a dramatic improvement in behaviour, concentration and literacy skills. One of the children, who had real problems with concentrating, sitting still, reading and writing at the beginning of the week had gone through a Jekyll and Hyde transformation by the end of the week. His mother was amazed at the improvement and said that her son was much calmer and didn’t get as over-excited as he used to. His reading and writing also improved dramatically.

The conventional treatment for these children is to prescribe stimulant drugs that have a frightening list of side effects. These stimulant drugs, which work in the brain similar to slow-acting cocaine, are becoming drugs of abuse in the US, where kids crush them and snort them. Children who respond are usually adrenally exhausted – burnt out on sugar, stress and stimulants such as caffeine, which is added into most children's drinks. If you take them off all sugar and additives, and give them essential fats and vitamins, they feel, learn and behave better. This is more effective than drugs, and much, much safer.

It is time we stopped dosing our kids up on drugs without investigating the causes of their problems.  The sweets available to kids (with hundreds of e-numbers including the orange colouring tartrazine, which was linked to hyperactivity more than two decades ago) are affecting their brains, their learning ability and their socialisation.  It also doesn't help that sugar is added to so many other foods (baked beans, convenience foods, 'kids' meals etc) as well.  You can read more about the detrimental effects of sugar on all aspects of our health on Dr. Mercola’s website at: http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar/dangers_of_sugar.htm There is also a book called 'Sugar Blues' by William Dufty which tells of his experiences growing up and as a young man being a sugar junkie and not even realising it.  His intake of sugar came from many different sources and his health was a complete mess - acne, energy problems, nerve problems etc etc.  When he finally worked out that sugar was the cause of all his misery, he had already spent a lot of time in and out of hospital and been on more drugs than he cares to mention.  When the penny did finally drop and he decided to go 'cold turkey' he likens sugar to heroine: 'After all, heroin is nothing but a chemical.  They take the juice of the poppy and they refine it into opium and then they refine it to morphine and finally to heroine.  Sugar is nothing but a chemical.  They take the juice of the cane or the beet and they refine it to molasses and then they refine it to brown sugar and finally to strange white crystals.'

Scary sugar statistics ...

In 1821 sugar consumption in America was around 10lbs per person per year. 

In 1970, this figure was 120lbs per person per year

In 1994, Americans consumed on average 150lbs of sugar per person

1997 it went up to a staggering 170lbs, and in 2002, this figure rose again to about 190lbs per person per year!!!  To put this in perspective, 140lbs is 10 stone.  190lbs is 13.5 stone - the size of an above average man.  This is how much sugar one person eats in a year.  The statistics are based on Americans but you can bet we are not far behind them.

Consumption of refined sugar causes severe nutritional deficiencies, especially of B-vitamins (involved in nervous health, digestion and many other bodily functions).  It can also severely suppress the immune system.  Eating just 100 grams of carbohydrates in the form of glucose, fructose, sucrose, honey or orange juice can significantly depress white blood cell activity.  White blood cells form a major part of the immune system so, given the huge amount of sugar consumed in the west, we must come to the conclusion that most people in the US and the UK have chronically depressed immune function.  This has huge implications for our day-to-day lives.  If we all stopped eating sugar perhaps many of these modern diseases would decline and cancer rates would drop!!  Who knows, but it is clear that too much sugar is not good for us.  That being said, we should be able to enjoy things in moderation and sugar is no exception.  Many people however, on giving up sugar, don't feel the need to eat it at all.  Once the taste and the cravings are gone, it really is not an issue anymore. 

PS The World Health Organisation recently recommended that we should reduce our sugar consumption to 10% of our diet. This was met with outrage by the Sugar Industry who said that their research had shown that 25% was safe. Guess who funded their research? The sugar manufacturers themselves, of course, so it was bound to be unbiased???

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Health Bites

Importance of Chewing

Studies show we obtain fewer calories and nutrients from soft food than from crunchy food, which we have to chew. Unchewed food is hard or impossible to digest, so its calories and micro-nutrients pass through our systems. The less we chew fruits and vegetables, the less their micro-nutrients are released for absorption.

Child Diabetes on the Rise

Britain is facing an epidemic of diabetes among children and teenagers within a decade because of soaring rates of obesity and lack of exercise. Medical experts warn that poor nutrition in the first few years of life, low levels of physical activity and genetic factors are combining to leave a generation with unprecedented health problems.

Heart Disease and a Mediterranean Diet

A traditional Mediterranean diet that is rich in fruit, vegetables, fish and olive oil can cut premature deaths by up to 25%. The main benefit of the diet, which is rich in complex carbohydrates and so called “healthy fats”, is that it significantly reduces the risk of heart disease and cancer, scientists have said.

Folic Acid in Pregnancy Can Reduce Incidence of Leukaemia
Research suggests that pregnant women can lower the chances of their children developing leukaemia by taking supplements of folic acid. The study, funded by the Leukaemia Research Fund and led by Professor Mel Greaves at the Institute of Cancer Research, looked at 253 British children diagnosed with the disease between 1992 and 1998 and compared them with healthy children. It found that those who had higher levels of folic acid, due to inheriting a gene which stopped their bodies breaking the substance down, had a significantly lower risk of leukaemia.
 

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NEWAYS Hair Care Range

NEWAYS has developed a hair care system based upon new science, art and technology. The products are non-irritating and are designed to cleanse and balance sensitive scalps as well as normal scalps, leaving hair healthy and manageable.

After using the hair care products correctly for a couple of weeks, the most remarkable results will be seen, The hair will continue improving with each application even if permed, tinted or bleached.

None of these Hair Care products contains potentially harmful ingredients. (See Harmful Ingredients at http://www.healthychoices.ukhq.co.uk/New_Website_03/toxins1x.html)

Ultimate Shampoo – is a gentle,deep cleansing shampoo enhanced with natural cleansing agents, herbals and antioxidants, leaving you with healthy, manageable, shiny hair. It is mild and soothing for sensitive scalps and suitable for all hair types. Only use a very small amount (about a 5p to 10p sized blob) as Ultimate is very concentrated.
50ml - £3.29; 250ml - £7.40; 500ml - £10.69

Silken Shampoo – is a wonderful, mild family shampoo containing some of the safest cleansing agents available. It is ideal for normal to dry, coloured or bleached, permed or chemically treated hair. Silken is a highly concentrated formula so only a small amount is required.
50ml - £2.47; 250ml - £7.40; 500ml - £10.69

Exuberance Conditioner – contains a blend of ingredients to condition your hair and leave it with that healthy, just washed, feeling. Neways uses keratin amino acids and panthenol to support and maintain the condition, without leaving it feeling coated, heavy and lifeless, even after months of continual use. Only use a very small amount. Exuberance can be left in hair or rinsed out, depending on the condition of your hair.
50ml - £3.29; 125ml - £4.94; 250ml - £7.40

2ndChance Shampoo – has been carefully formulated and balanced, with a unique combination of ingredients creating a powerful deep-cleansing action to assist with the removal of grease, the sebum plug (which suffocates the hair follicle causing hair loss), excessive oil and dirt from the upper dermis, while cleansing and pre-conditioning the scalp. Regular use with 2nd Chance Shampoo may dramatically improve the appearance of thinning hair. Suitable for men and women, but not recommended for use on permed or coloured hair.
50ml - £4.11; 175ml - £7.40

2nd Chance Scalp Conditioner – continues where the 2nd Chance Shampoo left off. The ingredients continue to assist the sebum plug by softening, emulsifying and finally flushing away, helping to provide an environment that maybe suitable for normal hair growth. Please remember, this is a scalp conditioner, not a hair conditioner. Can also be used with Super Booster (see the Neways product catalogue or the Healthy Choices website for details).
50ml - £9.87; 175ml - £20.56

NEWAYS Hair Care range also includes a variety of styling products. For details, see the NEWAYS catalogue or the Healthy Choices website.

Testimonial from a Hairdresser

“After many years of hairdressing and running my own salon, NEWAYS have, in my opinion, the best hair care products on the market today.”

Orders may be placed by phone, e-mail or via the Healthy Choices website. See bottom of this newsletter for contact details.

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August Special Offers

Maximol Solutions Triple Pack
Normally £26.15 a bottle

Buy 3 bottles for £65 plus £4 p&p and save over £13

Ultimate Hair Care Combo Pack

Ultimate Shampoo 500ml and Exuberance Conditioner 250ml for £15 plus £3 p&p, save over £3

Silken Hair Care Combo Pack

Silken Shampoo 500ml and Exuberance Conditioner 250ml for £15 plus £3 p&p, save over £3

2nd Chance System
2nd Chance Shampoo 175ml and 2nd Chance Conditioner 175ml for £23 plus £3 p&p, save almost £5

Orders may be placed by phone, e-mail or via the Healthy Choices website. See bottom of this newsletter for contact details.

See next month’s issue for more offers.

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* Competition *
 
Answer the following question and you could be the winner of a 50ml bottle of Ultimate Shampoo.  Ultimate is very economical to use and is suitable for all the family. Many people report that their dandruff problem is controlled with Ultimate.
 
Question:  Which of the following forms of minerals have been found to be the most bio-available.
    a) Colloidal Minerals
    b) Chelated Minerals
    c) Micro-colloidal Minerals
 
E-mail your answer to competition@healthychoices.org.uk and put your answer in the Subject line.  Closing date is 5th September.  Should there be more than one correct entry, the winner will be chosen at random.

July’s Competition Winner: Anne from Bromham, Beds.

Congratulations on correctly choosing Sodium Laureth Sulphate as the chemical believed to be the most common potentially harmful ingredient used in shampoo?

You should receive your 50ml bottle of Indulge Bubble Bath, shortly

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Useful Websites

 
At Healthy Choices, we frequently come across websites which provide good quality information about a number of health issues. Here is a list of sites which you may find helpful.

National Pure Water Association

www.npwa.freeserve.co.uk
Contains a lot of information on fluoride – what it really is and what numerous studies have have shown it can do to your body when added to the water supply

What Doctors Don’t Tell You

www.wddty.co.uk
Provides up-to-date information on a large number of health news from around the world. You can also subscribe to a free weekly e-newsletter.

Positive Health Magazine

www.positivehealth.com
This is the website of Positive Health magazine which contains articles and information on a number of health issues.

There will be more sites listed next month. If you have come across any websites which you feel would be of benefit to subscribers of Healthy Choices E-News, please e-mail healthychoices@ecoworld.co.uk with the details and we’ll check it out for future issues.

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Direct Account

Many of our regular customers at Healthy Choices have chosen to open a direct account with Neways International to save up to 30% off the recommended retail prices.

For a one-off fee of £10 to cover administration, as a direct account holder, you are entitled to buy all the products at wholesale + VAT and delivery, a saving of up to 30% depending on the size of your order. You also receive a free, bi-monthly copy of Prime Time magazine which gives product information, testimonials and special offers. The only condition is to place at least one order every six months no matter how small.

For more information e-mail: wholesaleinfopack@healthychoices.org.uk

 

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