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Q: What are nutraceuticals and how do they improve health?
A: To best answer this we look to Hippocrates of Chids (470-410) who has stated:
"Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food"
According to the proposed guidelines of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), a nutraceutical is any non-toxic food component that has scientifically proven health benefits, including disease treatment or prevention.
This functional component of the food must be standardized in the nutraceutical product and manufactured under "Good Manufacturing Practices" (GMP). A product label then may be permitted to describe the "Role of this functional food component intended to affect the structure of functions in humans" and characterize "the documented mechanism by which this component acts to maintain such structure or function."
Thus, a nutraceutical is a food or food extract that has a positive
physiological response within our bodies. A properly formulated nutraceutical provides
us with a natural ingredient or a combination of natural ingredients that we may be
deficient in due to improper diet, excessive exercise, toxins, or various genetic factors.
Over time, this deficiency will manifest itself into any number of illnesses, from the common
cold to cancer.
A nutraceutical can also be used as a sports enhancing tool for elite athletes who
are serious about maximizing endurance, strength, fat loss, and muscle gain.
When used properly, a nutraceutical can both prevent and cure various ailments
by making up for any nutritional deficiency that we may have.
One example of a very popular nutraceutical is acetyl-L-carnitine. It is naturally found in meat.
Many vegetarians lack this essential nutrient and as a result may suffer from fatigue, obesity,
or pre-mature aging. To remedy this, a vegetarian may choose to
use the nutraceutical LifeFX. LifeFX provides our bodies with bioavailable and
absorbable acetyl-L-carnitine as well as the "universal antioxidant" alpha-lipoic acid.
LifeFX has been clinically shown to help prevent conditions including but not limited to
fatigue, obesity and many age associated diseases such as Alzheimer's, depression, and cardiovascular disease.
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Q: Is HealthFX Nutraceuticals an MLM or network marketing company?
A: No. HealthFX Nutraceuticals is a manufacturer and distributor of cutting edge natural medicine. In order to keep our prices
extremely low we work directly with our clients. Additionally, we do not want people blindly referring others to HealthFX due to
profit gain. Instead, we want people to refer others to us because they experienced profound health benefits from our products and education. This serves as an internal checks and balance system to ensure that we only offer high quality products that work.
We take health very seriously and expect our clients to do the same. We believe that health is wealth and you shouldn't have to incur excessive fees or risk to achieve a healthy and successful lifestyle.
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Q: Is there a natural cure for obesity?
A: YES! It is called ThermoFX. Download our PDF catalog to learn more: HFX Brochure.
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Q: Do I need to use nutraceuticals?
A: YES! According to the National Center for Health Statistics, only nine percent of all American adults consume enough healthy foods to reach their minimum recommended daily intake of nutrients to assure proper health.
To substantiate this we look to Johns Hopkins Medical School who published the studies of Ames and Wakimoto. These researches
noted that "suboptimal nutrient intake is a widespread problem." Such nutrients include, but are not limited to, vitamin C (see Whey
Advanced), folic acid (see HeartFX), acetyl-L-carnitine (see LifeFX), bioactive peptides (see Whey Advanced), essential fatty acids
(from eggs, fish and or OmegaPlus by HealthFX), vitamin D (from sunshine) and selenium.
Lack of nutrients is a widespread problem and results in a lack of "metabolic harmony".
Metabolic harmony can be described as the ability of your body to properly maintain DNA function by
minimizing damage to DNA. DNA serves as a genetic map, continually working to guide your body to
proper health. A deficiency in any ONE nutrient can wreak havoc on DNA and result in
loss of function among many systems of the body. For instance, as noted by Ames and Wakimoto, a single deficiency can
lead to cancer (pancreatic, bone, prostate, ect), premature aging (aching joints, low hormone levels, Parkinson's, wrinkled skin, ect) and loss of mental function (Alzhiemers, ect) due to increased damage to DNA.
Despite their importance, you will not see these nutrients advertised on your television...Too many drugs to push. Nor will
your physician be educating you on the importance of supplementing these nutrients, as the use of nutrional substances for
obtaining health was taken out of the medical school curriculum over 75 years ago!
Hundreds of years of scientific study have culminated with the fact that disease is a product of nutritional deficiencies,
which results in a lack of "metabolic harmony". Consequently, nutraceuticals are of dire importance for living
healthy, for both young and old. While we may not live to 150 y.o. we can at minimum
live a more comfortable life into our later years with the use of nutraceuticals.
The underlying message is that pharmaceutical drugs simply impersonate science while nutraceuticals embrace it.
You see, pharmaceutical drugs have ZERO nutritional value outside of an emergency and are obsolete based on current scientific research. This is why the pharmaceutical industry funds their own studies and spends billions of dollars on drug marketing. Those who rely on this medical model for health are going against a scientific reality. This would be akin to asserting that the world is flat to a sailor who had successfully traveled around the globe. False medical models include taking cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent heart disease, dieting to prevent obesity, administering stimulants such as Ritalin or Adderall to treat ADHD and vaccinating to prevent disease...the list goes on.
So yes, you need nutraceuticals. Your life depends on it whether you acknowledge this or not. Nutraceuticals are the
medicine of the future and will no doubt eliminate disease among those who use them properly.
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Q: What is the greatest health challenge facing our society today, and how
can natural foods help us overcome this problem?
A: The greatest health challenge facing our society today is the absorbent
and irresponsible use of FDA approved drugs. It is estimated that the USA
spends approximately 119 billion dollars per year on approved drugs! Despite these
expenditures Americans are getting sicker. The Journal of the American
Medical Association (JAMA) reports that out of 16 "health indicators" the U.S. ranks
on average 12th out of 13 countries in regard to the health of its citizens.
Further, JAMA and USA Today show that Americans have become so intoxicated
with FDA approved drugs that the fourth leading cause of death today is from
reactions to FDA approved drugs that were properly used and prescribed. This
averages out to 300 people dying every day, which equates to one person
dying every five minutes. These deaths are far greater than those caused by
car accidents, AIDS, alcohol, illicit drug abuse, infectious disease,
diabetes, and murder.
America needs to realize that the more they spend on prescription drugs the sicker
they will get!
To overcome this problem, it is imperative that we grasp a solid
understanding in the use of natural products/foods and dietary habit for the
prevention and treatment of disease. History shows that everyone has the potential to
live healthy through the proper use of natural products.
Interestingly, the majority of approved drugs are simply derivatives of safe
and effective natural products. However, these natural products are rarely
marketed to the mainstream due to their inexpensive nature and their
inability to be patented. Additionally, prior to the corporate world we live
in now, humans lived healthy lives for thousands of years with natural products
used as medicine.
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Q: Are nutraceuticals FDA approved?
A: No, the FDA only approves "man-made" synthetic drugs. Nutraceuticals come from nature
and as such are beyond the reach of government control.
This however has not stopped the FDA from making attempts at controlling what natural products Americans can and cannot consume.
They do this by publishing false claims and emotion based opinions throughout the media. Consequently, this
instills fear among the public with respect to natural medicine use. The best examples are the natural plant
Ephedra AKA Ma Huang and vitamin B17, isolated from apricot seeds. Although both can be extremely beneficial
for health, the media has stated that they are unsafe. In many instances, the media and doctors have referred
to vitamin B17 as "quackery" and ephedra as deadly. Of course, these claims are false and not based on science!
Overall, natural medicine poses huge competition for multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies.
This threat has caused many nutraceuticals to be hidden from the general public. In America, many
nutraceuticals that cannot be hidden are simply put on a controlled substance list. Thus making
the natural product illegal to contain! Many examples exist such as marijuana and GHB.
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Q: If people must take medication, what role does diet play in improving
their condition and minimizing side effects?
A: All prescription drugs are considered "xenobiotics". A xenobiotic is a
foreign chemical that is toxic to the body and ultimately compromises our
health. If we must take medication, for emergency reasons, it is imperative
that we have a proper diet to help the body detoxify itself. The benefit of
proper diet is two-fold. First, it will help minimize the side effects
through detoxification. Second, it will boost the immune system, which will
help fight the condition. This will ensure that we do not have to rely on a
prescription drug for too long.
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Q. Is ephedra dangerous?
If you've read the press coverage regarding ephedra AKA ma huang you might be under the impression that this stimulant is good for nothing except killing people. This is absolutely false. When used properly, ephedra is absolutely safe as confirmed by a myriad of clinical trials. Conversely, many commonly used drugs kill hundreds, yet we don't hear the media reports on this! In 1999 alone, the governments Drug Abuse Network reported 641 deaths linked to Benadryl, 477 deaths linked to Elavil, 450 deaths linked to Tylenol, and 305 deaths linked to Prozac.
Most clinical trials have studied the safety of ingesting 90 mg of Ma Huang/Ephedra per day for up to at least 6 months. Surprisingly, they found this to be ABSOLUTELY SAFE, even for adolescents!
Ephedra poses HUGE threats to pharmaceutical profits. As such it is CONSTANTLY lambasted in the media. Follow the money and you will clearly see the origin of this egregious propaganda.
Read related articles:
Ephedra Unplugged
An Open Letter to the FDA
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Q. If natural medicine (nutraceuticals) can enhance a persons health and longevity safely and effectively why don't doctors prescribe them?
Great question. Indeed, nutraceuticals have been used for thousands of years as effective therapeutic agents for many ailments including but not limited to bacterial infections, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Understanding why medical doctors do not use such therapies is a crucial step toward living independently healthy. For this answer we look to Dr. James Carter, M.D who in his book Racketeering in Medicine outlines a very salient answer as to why medical doctors do not prescribe natural medicine:
- The use of natural medicine involves a major change in scientific thought
- The use of natural medicine implies that FDA approved drugs are inadequate
- The use of natural medicine threatens HUGE profits of powerful pharmaceutical companies
It is a well known fact that the discovery of FDA approved drugs is derived from the intensive study of natural products. More specifically, medicinal chemists can spend an entire career studying the active ingredients among plants that have been shown to have medicinal properties. Once a single ingredient has been isolated, characterized, and synthesized by man it is slightly altered as to provide a given pharmaceutical company with a billion dollar patent.
Unfortunately, through "synergy" (many active constituents of a plant working together to achieve an outcome greater than their whole), the plant always provides better safety and effectiveness. Nonetheless, a product of nature can not provide a patent to a business. Therefore, the public is given the less effective and often times dangerous derivative in the form of an FDA approved drug. Currently, these patented, FDA approved drugs, which are "knock-offs" from nature are the number 4 killer in the USA! It is both logical and scientifically sound to utilize natural medicine over approved drugs.
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