When Shaklee first launched their patented, phosphate-free Basic-D® in 1991, they were way ahead of the trend in making available a high performing phosphate-free automatic dishwash concentrate. It wasn't until 1994 that phosphates in laundry detergents were restricted nationwide, but until recently, automatic dishwasher detergent manufacturers could include phosphates without concern for environmental regulations prohibiting or limiting the use of phosphates. There simply weren't any.
Well, that time appears to be coming to an end. As of this year, 17 states have enacted laws regarding phosphates in automatic dishwasher cleaners, 15 of them in 2010 alone.
Why the concern about phosphates? Phosphates in bodies of fresh water like lakes, streams, rivers, and creeks, act as a nutrient to organisms like algae, encouraging their growth to an extent that they can harm or threaten plant and fish life.
It's important to know that Shaklee Get Clean® products do not contain phosphates, and never will. And for those who are concerned about performance, Shaklee Get Clean Automatic Dish Wash Concentrate is a patented, highly concentrated, phosphate-free automatic dishwash cleanser, backed by the 100% Shaklee Satisfaction Guarantee, and selected as a 2008 recipient of the PTPA (Parent Tested Parent Approved) seal of approval. Its enzyme-activated formula removes tough stains without prerinsing, dissolving quickly and completely, without residue.
Here are the 17 states in which phosphates in dishwash detergents are now regulated. Is your state one of them?
Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Vermont, Virginia
And even if your state isn't among these, shouldn't everyone you know be using a phosphate-free dishwash concentrate?
For more information..or to place an order, click here: http://tinyurl.com/27bj6tk
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Grape seeds and Alzheimers Disease by Steve Chaney
This post has some great information on research preventing Alzheimers Disease.
For this week's topic I am continuing with the theme of
preventing dementia - not that the professor is getting
any more absent minded!
I came across some fascinating research this past week
about the role of polyphenols extracted from grape
seeds in preventing Alzheimers Disease.
But first some background information:
Alzheimers Disease is thought to be caused by the
accumulation of an abnormal protein called amyloid-beta
or Abeta in the brain. This protein forms large
aggregates that result in the formation of what are
called amyloid plaques in the brain, and it is these
amyloid plaques that are thought to be the direct cause
of the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimers.
The best model system currently available for testing
approaches to preventing or treating Alzheimers Disease
is a strain of mice that have been genetically
engineered to produce large amounts of the Abeta protein
- the so-called Alzheimers Disease or AD mouse.
Now to the experiments:
A research team lead by Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti have
asked whether the polyphenols obtained from two
different grape seed extracts reduce amyloid plaque
formation in these genetically engineered AD mice (J.
Wang et al, J. Neurosci., 28: 6388-6392, 2008; L. Ho et
al., J. Alzheimers Disease, 16: 59-72, 2009).
They looked at polyphenol-containing grape seed
extracts from Vitis vinifera (the grapes used to make
red wine) and from Vitis muscadinia (muscadine grapes).
Both decreased the formation of amyloid plaques in AD
mice, but they acted by two different mechanisms.
The grape seed extract from red wine grapes decreased
the formation of Abeta protein, while the grape seed
extract from muscadine grapes prevented the aggregation
of the Abeta protein into amyloid plaques.
Dr. Pasinetti concluded: "Collectively, our
observations suggest that the distinctly different
polyphenolic compounds from red wines may beneficially
modulate Alzheimer Disease phenotypes through multiple
Abeta-related mechanisms. Results from our study
suggest the possibility of developing a 'combination'
of dietary polyphenolic compounds for Alzheimers
Disease prevention and/or therapy by modulating
multiple Abeta-related mechanisms"
It is important to keep in mind that these are animal
studies and need to be replicated by human clinical
trials, but they do suggest that polyphenol extracts
obtained from both red wine grapes and muscadine grapes
may have some unique health benefits.
Stay tuned. I'll keep you informed as this research
story unfolds.
To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney
For more information on this subject, watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16jYdF8YUE
For this week's topic I am continuing with the theme of
preventing dementia - not that the professor is getting
any more absent minded!
I came across some fascinating research this past week
about the role of polyphenols extracted from grape
seeds in preventing Alzheimers Disease.
But first some background information:
Alzheimers Disease is thought to be caused by the
accumulation of an abnormal protein called amyloid-beta
or Abeta in the brain. This protein forms large
aggregates that result in the formation of what are
called amyloid plaques in the brain, and it is these
amyloid plaques that are thought to be the direct cause
of the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimers.
The best model system currently available for testing
approaches to preventing or treating Alzheimers Disease
is a strain of mice that have been genetically
engineered to produce large amounts of the Abeta protein
- the so-called Alzheimers Disease or AD mouse.
Now to the experiments:
A research team lead by Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti have
asked whether the polyphenols obtained from two
different grape seed extracts reduce amyloid plaque
formation in these genetically engineered AD mice (J.
Wang et al, J. Neurosci., 28: 6388-6392, 2008; L. Ho et
al., J. Alzheimers Disease, 16: 59-72, 2009).
They looked at polyphenol-containing grape seed
extracts from Vitis vinifera (the grapes used to make
red wine) and from Vitis muscadinia (muscadine grapes).
Both decreased the formation of amyloid plaques in AD
mice, but they acted by two different mechanisms.
The grape seed extract from red wine grapes decreased
the formation of Abeta protein, while the grape seed
extract from muscadine grapes prevented the aggregation
of the Abeta protein into amyloid plaques.
Dr. Pasinetti concluded: "Collectively, our
observations suggest that the distinctly different
polyphenolic compounds from red wines may beneficially
modulate Alzheimer Disease phenotypes through multiple
Abeta-related mechanisms. Results from our study
suggest the possibility of developing a 'combination'
of dietary polyphenolic compounds for Alzheimers
Disease prevention and/or therapy by modulating
multiple Abeta-related mechanisms"
It is important to keep in mind that these are animal
studies and need to be replicated by human clinical
trials, but they do suggest that polyphenol extracts
obtained from both red wine grapes and muscadine grapes
may have some unique health benefits.
Stay tuned. I'll keep you informed as this research
story unfolds.
To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney
For more information on this subject, watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16jYdF8YUE
Monday, May 10, 2010
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Sorry I have been so lax in posting...have been taking various webinars on Twitter, Facebook, blogging,etc. There is so much to learn about the internet and it all seems to take so much time! But I am determined to hang in there and figure it all out. My thanks to those who have helped...including the Barefoot Executive and Shoestring Marketing. Some days it seems I am on information overload. Anyone else feel like that???
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Congratulations Vancouver athletes!!
Shaklee salutes U.S. athletes for their incredible results in Vancouver! The U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding just finished their most successful Vancouver Games in the history of the team - powered by Shaklee products!
How amazing were their results? If the team were a country, at 21 Medals, 6 of which were Gold, the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding would have earned enough medals to be rated 5th in the world in the entire event! Congratulations to each of our athletes! We are incredibly proud to be associated with this fine group of elite performers.
How amazing were their results? If the team were a country, at 21 Medals, 6 of which were Gold, the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding would have earned enough medals to be rated 5th in the world in the entire event! Congratulations to each of our athletes! We are incredibly proud to be associated with this fine group of elite performers.
Are all Omega3 supplements contaminated?
I can't end the week, without commenting about Omega3 in the news. There was a lawsuit filed against a number of brands (not Shaklee) that raised some concerns, brands that used cod liver oil.
There are NO safety issues Shaklee's OmegaGuard. We use pharmaceutical grade fish oil, we use a molecular distillation process to remove contaminants like dioxins, mercury and PCB's.
Here's the rest of the scoop. Shaklee's fish oil comes from highly purified whole fish --not from the liver of cod or shark (which the brands in the lawsuit used) which tend to accumulate these harmful compounds. Shaklee helped create a monograph to establish the standard for quality and purity, including defining the ...limits for contaminants including dioxin, PCB's, lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium. Yeah !!
Cindy Latham
There are NO safety issues Shaklee's OmegaGuard. We use pharmaceutical grade fish oil, we use a molecular distillation process to remove contaminants like dioxins, mercury and PCB's.
Here's the rest of the scoop. Shaklee's fish oil comes from highly purified whole fish --not from the liver of cod or shark (which the brands in the lawsuit used) which tend to accumulate these harmful compounds. Shaklee helped create a monograph to establish the standard for quality and purity, including defining the ...limits for contaminants including dioxin, PCB's, lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium. Yeah !!
Cindy Latham
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Lose Inches, Maintain Muscle
Many people will make a New Year's resolution to lose weight. There are many benefits to doing this other than looking and feeling better (see following post). To lose weight and inches safely without losing important muscle mass, check out the Cinch Inch Loss Plan, and start being healthier today! http://www.cinchplan.com/wellness-unlimited
The Benefits of Weight Loss by Dr. Steve Chaney
The clock is ticking down to another new year. And with the new year will come a new set of new year's resolutions! And, of course, top on many people's list will be the perennial favorite - weight loss. So I plan to count down to the new year with some of the latest research on the benefits of weight loss and how to achieve it.
With 2/3 of Americans now overweight or obese,weight loss is a new year's resolution that should be on most people's list.But many Americans remain unpersuaded that it is worth the effort. Sure, weight loss will reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes down the road, but many people want to know: "Will it do something for me NOW?"
A recent study published in the American Journal of Physiology (Preordain et al., American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 294:H1174-1182, 2008) shows that the answer is YES! You can improve the way that your heart functions and,therefore, how you feel right now just by losing 12% of your weight. In fact, when you look at the results of the study it is safe to say that you can give yourself a more youthful heart just by losing weight. And it doesn't matter whether you loose the weight by eating less or exercising more - although you will get the best results if you do both.
Now let me describe the study to you. The study participants were healthy, nonsmokers between ages 50 and 60 and ranged from a little overweight to very overweight (BMIs of 23.5 to 30), but did not qualify as obese (BMI of over 30).This is significant because all previous studies had been done with subjects who were morbidly obese. It was important to know if weight loss was also immediately beneficial for people who were just a little overweight. None of the participants had diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertension, cancer or lung disease. Before enrolling in the study, all were relatively sedentary. They exercised less than 20 minutes a day or twice a week - which is typical for most Americans.
The participants also were consuming the standard American diet or SAD (It is no coincidence that SAD rhymes with BAD). Half of the participants were in the calorie restriction group, in which they reduced the amount of calories they ate between 12 percent and 15 percent. Their physical activity did not change. The other half of the participants were in the exercise group and increased their exercise to burn the caloric equivalent of the other group's caloric reduction. The exercise group exercised about six days a week for an hour each session walking, running, cycling or doing elliptical training. Their diet and caloric intake did not change.
Over a period of one year, both groups reduced their weight and their BMI by an average of 12%. The doctors conducting the study determined the participant's heart function before and after the weight loss period by measuring the time for participants' hearts to relax and fill with blood during the heart's filling phase (called diastole).
While this test may seem a bit exotic, it is actually a very good measure of heart function. You see, as we age the arteries and heart muscle stiffen, and the heart doesn't relax as well after contracting. Now most of us think of aging as something that we can't do anything about. But, what this study showed was that for all of the participants who lost weight their hearts responded to this weight loss by gaining the ability to relax more quickly, recovering some of the elasticity characteristic of younger heart tissue. You heard that right. Their hearts actually became younger. And because their hearts were working more efficiently, it is probably safe to say that many of them felt better as well.
So as you contemplate your new year's resolutions you now know that weight loss will give you a younger heart, which will probably mean that you will feel better - have more energy and vitality. And you won't have to wait 20 years for that benefit to be apparent. It will be immediate! To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney
With 2/3 of Americans now overweight or obese,weight loss is a new year's resolution that should be on most people's list.But many Americans remain unpersuaded that it is worth the effort. Sure, weight loss will reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes down the road, but many people want to know: "Will it do something for me NOW?"
A recent study published in the American Journal of Physiology (Preordain et al., American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 294:H1174-1182, 2008) shows that the answer is YES! You can improve the way that your heart functions and,therefore, how you feel right now just by losing 12% of your weight. In fact, when you look at the results of the study it is safe to say that you can give yourself a more youthful heart just by losing weight. And it doesn't matter whether you loose the weight by eating less or exercising more - although you will get the best results if you do both.
Now let me describe the study to you. The study participants were healthy, nonsmokers between ages 50 and 60 and ranged from a little overweight to very overweight (BMIs of 23.5 to 30), but did not qualify as obese (BMI of over 30).This is significant because all previous studies had been done with subjects who were morbidly obese. It was important to know if weight loss was also immediately beneficial for people who were just a little overweight. None of the participants had diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertension, cancer or lung disease. Before enrolling in the study, all were relatively sedentary. They exercised less than 20 minutes a day or twice a week - which is typical for most Americans.
The participants also were consuming the standard American diet or SAD (It is no coincidence that SAD rhymes with BAD). Half of the participants were in the calorie restriction group, in which they reduced the amount of calories they ate between 12 percent and 15 percent. Their physical activity did not change. The other half of the participants were in the exercise group and increased their exercise to burn the caloric equivalent of the other group's caloric reduction. The exercise group exercised about six days a week for an hour each session walking, running, cycling or doing elliptical training. Their diet and caloric intake did not change.
Over a period of one year, both groups reduced their weight and their BMI by an average of 12%. The doctors conducting the study determined the participant's heart function before and after the weight loss period by measuring the time for participants' hearts to relax and fill with blood during the heart's filling phase (called diastole).
While this test may seem a bit exotic, it is actually a very good measure of heart function. You see, as we age the arteries and heart muscle stiffen, and the heart doesn't relax as well after contracting. Now most of us think of aging as something that we can't do anything about. But, what this study showed was that for all of the participants who lost weight their hearts responded to this weight loss by gaining the ability to relax more quickly, recovering some of the elasticity characteristic of younger heart tissue. You heard that right. Their hearts actually became younger. And because their hearts were working more efficiently, it is probably safe to say that many of them felt better as well.
So as you contemplate your new year's resolutions you now know that weight loss will give you a younger heart, which will probably mean that you will feel better - have more energy and vitality. And you won't have to wait 20 years for that benefit to be apparent. It will be immediate! To Your Health!
Dr. Stephen G Chaney
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