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Supplements?
Following up on Stacey's
story that I shared with you last week....
She often get asked "what
vitamins do you take?". Well, she's considered quite the unique
situation indeed. Because she has malnutrition due to bariatric
(weightloss) surgery, nutrient supplementation needs to be increased
and always, as in forever must be consumed. The scenario goes like
this, no matter how much of a "good" thing she eats or
drinks, it will never all get absorbed because so much of her
intestines has been bypassed. "Normal" folks do much
absorption in the area of the intestines that for her is not being
used.
Here were her problem
areas
IRON
It was not too long ago
that she was considered severely anemic (I mean severe, her average
ferritin level was 2, a hematologist gets concerned when it drops to
12!).
Even weekly iron infusion
(IV drip) did not help.
VITAMINS/MINERALS
She also was dealing with
deficiencies in:
Vitamin D
Vitamin B12
Vitamin K
Calcium
Omega's
Before Shaklee came into
her life, she tried every way to get these things back within normal
range, nothing seemed to help.
B12 shots (her poor hubby
was injecting stabbing her every week)
Her body proved that
consuming synthetic forms of the vitamins she was deficient in did
not help her, in fact it made her feel worse. Her levels were not
budging and she felt crappy (no nice way to put it).
PROTEIN
With any bariatric surgery
folks are taught that ingesting high quality/low calorie protein is a
main staple in their new diet for life. She had tried every thing on
the market, even stuff from other countries. Most of it was
unpalatable, like... down right nasty. The stuff she could tolerate
seemed to either upset her stomach or leave her hungry for more, not
to mention it was expensive. It wasn't until about a year ago that
she learned most soy based protein is genetically modified (GMO).
Then she began consuming
the protein from Shaklee that is when she felt a difference and
full.
It was then she learned
that nothing from Shaklee is GMO, never.
To top the issues she was
dealing with listed above, she was also coming to grips with the fact
that her thyroid glands were being attacked by her own immune system.
She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease. Since our
thyroid/endocrin system controls basically every function within our
body, she was at battle with herself. Before Shaklee her body was
winning (or should I say loosing?). Now that she has armed her self
with what she need to fight off anything that comes her way, she is
in a WAY better place with her health.
All her levels are higher
than ever and her iron for the 1st time in almost 10 years is high
normal! Her thyroid will eventually die off which means she will need
to take thyroid hormone for the rest of my life. Since she am taking
the most natural form of the thyroid hormone, her body seems to be
happy with it, so she is happy.
Here are her daily SHAKLEE
supplements:
take quiz HERE
(great for allergies and
digestion)
(naturally kills
parasites/bugs, aides digestion)
(her newest addition to my
armory, naturally raises serotonin levels, happy pills!!)
YES, to a "normal"
person this may seem excessive, however how many prescription drugs
to you see in her list? There is only one for her thyroid!
Also, if you asked her how
often she is sick, she would tell you it is rare. When she does get a
cold, it only lasts for about 1-3 days. With working with children,
she is very fortunate to not be sick more often.
The next question she gets
asked is "Wow, that must be expensive?"
Not really. Keep in mind
that because she had bariatric surgery, she knew going into it that
she would be required to consume nutritional supplements no matter
what. She listened to her surgeon and doctors and bought the
expensive chewable brands designed specifically for bariatric
patients (of course now she know those same doctors get a percentage
of the sales!).
She was spending on
average $190 per month on just the vitamins not including any protein
she would try to eat as part of her diet.
Now her
vitamins/supplements cost about $140.
So, $190 made her feel
crappy OR $140 and feel better than she did 10 years ago?
It's a NO brainer....GIVE
HER SHAKLEE any day!
Now she feels that she has
HEALTH insurance....because if you really think about it "health"
insurance in our country is really not for healthy people. We should
call it SICK insurance. We go to the doctors when we are sick not
healthy. Stacey cannot even say that she was going to the doctors to
get healthy either. Please do not misunderstand this, doctors serve a
great purpose, but just like people all doctors do not think the
same, nor do they have the same philosophy on nutrition and how it
affects our overall health.
By now people are asking
her "and how do you get them for free?"
After she realized SHE
REQUIRED the SHAKLEE supplements (which did not take very long BTW),
she became a distributor in an effort to help off set the cost of
what she was consuming. That was her 1st and really only goal,
breaking even. It would be many steps forward compared to what she
was doing. She began sharing how this company was helping her.
Actually folks starting approaching her and asking what I was doing,
they could see the difference just like people are doing to me right
now with my weight loss. She was feeling the difference, but was not
paying attention to how she looked. True story: Strangers approach
her and tell her how nice her skin is! She was totally creeped out by
this at first, now she say thank you and had them a business card or
ask if they would like more information.
She never in a ga-zillion
years would ever think she would be distributing anything, EVER! She
is not a salesperson, but she likes to share and apparently she is
getting better at it every day.
Her beliefs in the
products and the company have over powered my pride & ego....WOW!
Do you take Supplements?
What supplements do you take?
Ever wonder what is truly
in those pills, capsules or tablets? If you would like more
information on how to get an answer from your vitamin company,
contact me directly HERE
Have a great week!
Marie-anne
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