USANA Health Sciences Info and Recommendations

If you were like me, when I first realized a quality supplement could help me stay healthy, I had a lot of questions. This web page is here to assist you with that quest. We have been involved with this area of health for many years. Seeking a path of knowledge. I cannot easily give you the information we have collected but I can give you a starting point. And since you are not the first one to be seeking this information or the last, this web page is a beginning.

Prevention is the way to fight disease not treatment

A key point to start with is for whatever reason, we have been kept from the knowledge that supplements can have a huge positive impact on our health. We took the leap of faith some years ago knowing in our hearts that was truth but not understanding there is a huge difference in products. A couple of key points:

1. Even the FDA finally admits that all of us should be supplementing out food diets. Read about that here.
2. The RDA (recommended minimum daily requirement) is exactly that, the minimum. This keeps you from getting scurvy and rickets. This will not help you avoid cancer or heart disease. Optimum amounts are necessary. USANA's products are based on optimums. USANA has its own team of scientists who determine the appropriate levels of each vitamin and mineral. USANA also works closely with and contributes to the Linus Pauling Institute now at Oregon State University. That is why the USANA products are so effective. Almost all other's are based on RDA minimums. By the way the RDA was never meant to be a standard, only a floor.
3. You cannot get the optimum levels from eating food. And this even assumes the factory fruits and veggies you can get at the grocery store contain what they should and that is in question. You would have to eat 33 lbs of spinach a day to get the optimum levels of Vit E your body needs.
4. Always use a pharmaceutical grade supplement. Quality and quantity control is so important. What good is it to take a vitamin for years then find out it really didn't contain what the label says it does? That is the case today. The FDA does not control what label says only that the product must have a label. The requirement is what they call Food Grade. Studies have shown that almost all food grade supplements not only do not contain what their labels show, many have contaminants as well. USANA voluntarily adheres to the same requirements that drug companies must operate under. What the label says is contained in the product.
5. Dr. Ray Strand, Dr. Amod Tootla, Dr. Ladd McNamara and many others in the medical profession say that ALL degenerative diseases are a result of poor nutrition, free radicals and inflammation. A quality supplement can go a long way to helping you fight degenerative diseases.
6. The medical industry has no vested interest in preventing disease. Rather it has a financial incentive to treat symptoms and perpetuate disease. There are more people making a living off treating cancer, for which there is no cure, than there are people with cancer. Diabetes is an epidemic, so is obesity. We spend billions on our medical care, yet the US is 26th in life expectancy. What if you paid your doctor when you were healthy and didn't pay him when you were sick? If you don't believe that is the situation read the Seattle Times article called "Suddenly Sick", link here. Then read how this whole drug situation works and got started, link here.

USANA Recommendations

This fine company has a selection of products. What they offer is science based. But where do you start and why have all those other products?

1. The base product everyone should be using are the Essentials, a daily multi-vitamin/supplement.
2. Want a broader product, step up to the Health Pak which includes the above Essentials plus additional anti-oxidants and calcium. Both of these multi-supplements are found in the Essentials Category.
   1. Link to the USANA store is here
3. Ready for the next step? Omega 3 (Pharmaceutical grade Fish Oil) or Flax seed oil. Read more about the value of Omega 3 at EONS.com forum Health & Wellness. (Dennis moderates this and posts health information.) Read fish oil VS Flax seed. Your cells need Omega 3. It is also will keep you skin younger. Helps the memory. Here is another link that has more broad information about the power of Omega 3 to your health. USANA product is called  BiOmega™ and is in the Optimizer Category.
4. CoQ 10 is the next step. Your cells need CoQ 10 to burn sugar effectively. CoQ 10 can increase your energy. Read about the value of CoQ 10 here. USANA product is called CoQuinone 30 and is in the Optimizer Category.
5. Worried about your joints working properly or even arthritis setting in, Glucosamine is a winner. I take it daily and will attest to how it has helped me. USANA product is Procosa II and is in the Optimizer Category.
6. Note on USANA products purchase. There are four ways to purchase their products.
   1. Retail which is the price you will see on the store pages linked above
   2. Preferred Customer (PC) - you pay the same price that any associate pays. This is a free registration which you will have to do when you check out.
   3. Preferred Customer (PC) on Autoship gets an additional 10% discount. Product is shipped to you every 28 days. You can change or cancel that at any time.
   4. Associate - pays the same price as a PC (with autoship as an additional discount). The primary difference is if you are the kind of person that sees a good movie or eats at a good restaurant and won't keep it to yourself, you should be an Associate of USANA. Where the restaurant or movie won't pay you a referral fee, USANA does. We earn our USANA products for free because we share the story with people like you. The cost is $20 extra a year to be an Associate.
   5. You can "sign up" on line for any of the above choices
7. USANA offers a variety of other products like Vitamin C (Poly C) , Vitamin E (E-Prime) and Grape seed anti-oxidants (Profavanol and Proflavanol 90), Eye care (Visionex), Children's vitamins (Usanimals), and for teenagers (Body Rox)
8. Your skin is your largest organ. USANA offers a non-toxic line of skin care "supplements" worth taking a look at. The Sensé product line are outstanding. What you put on your skin is absorbed into your body. Almost ALL other skin care and cosmetics contain extreme toxins. Read more about this huge issue here. And we wonder why cancer is such a problem.

Want to read about why taking supplements can help save your life? Remember, most of us live too short and die too long. We go through life wondering what degenerative disease we will win in the lottery of life. It doesn't have to be that way.

1. The Mysterious Killer - Homocysteine - Most people with a high homocysteine level don't get enough folate (also called folic acid), vitamin B6 or vitamin B12 in their diet.
2. The Cholesterol Conspiracy - high levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol is not an issue. Most people that die from heart disease have normal cholesterol.
3. It’s Never Too Late to Start Exercising -
4. Vitamin D Can Prevent Cancer - increased levels of Vit D3 could prevent 600,00 cases of breast and colorectal cancers each year.
5. Dietary carbs linked to vision loss - The wrong kind of carbohydrates, which pollute our American diet, can cause obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance and can rob you of your eyesight. Read about the glycemic index of carbs.
6. Weight Management, Obesity and Losing Weight - high glycemic carbs are a main issue. They are also a primary cause of diabetes and insulin resistance.
7. The Food Pyramid - the healthy one not the one pushed by the Government and paid for by big money concerns
8. Foods that Fight - You are what you eat. Not everyone can eat everything, even if they should. A lot of people have a problem with eating different kinds of food at the same meal. There is a theory of diet that says certain types of foods should not be eaten together.  Dennis has been on this diet for 20 years. It works. (He also does not eat red meat.)
9. Celiac Sprue is the most widespread digestive disorder. It can be life threatening. Here is information at EONS.com. (There is a group at EONS.com on this topic only.) Dennis and Donna both have this issue. It is inherited. The only solution is to stop consuming gluten. Millions of people in the US have this food issue and don't know it. The results can be poor health and disease.
10. Let's not forget Genetically Modified Food. This stuff is bad news and much of what you get at the store contains GMO products. You have to learn about GMO for your own health and that of your loved ones. This GMO path is an unscientific experiment on the health of our species that could threaten our very existence. Here is a link to Dr. Mercola's article against GMO foods with an excellent video, link here. BUY ORGANIC FOOD ONLY! Support your local farmers.

And if you want more information, check out the pages around this one at www.donabee.com/health. Beware much of what you believe, have been told and are being told about being and staying healthy is based on misinformation from people with a vested dollar interest in things staying the way there are. Dr. Amod Tootla says those of us in the forefront of taking care of our health through diet, supplementation, and lifestyle choices are ten years ahead of the medical business.