What Makes Medicinal Herbs an Unwise Choice?

When the body has a problem, it usually speaks to us and we have a symptom. Let us take a headache, for example. It is an indication that the body is out of balance. It is my personal experience that most headaches have nothing to do with the head but are caused often by a blood sugar imbalance, a digestive/elimination system that is not working well, or a hormone imbalance. To get rid of your headache, you give your body a medicine (an aspirin) or a medicinal herb (an herb that has a more natural form of salicylic acid than is in aspirin) and the ache or pain (the symptom) disappears. However, what about the cause of that headache? It is still there, and we hope the person would eat foods that allow the body to balance and correct the cause behind the symptom.

"Medicinal herbs and medicines correct symptoms. Food-grade herbs (foods) allow the body to balance and get to the cause behind the symptom."

From "With so many choices, Why choose Sunrider? - Glenda Feilen

How nutritious is our food today?

Growers have personally told Glenda Feilen that they would not think of growing foods for their own families on the same soils with the same chemicals and fertilizers that they grow commercially--because the nutrients simply are not there!
A particular grower in El Central, CA began growing crops fifty years ago on the same soils that he is currently growing on. He said that today it would take 190 carrots to equal the same amount of beta-carotene (the plant form of vitamin A) that would have been in one carrot fifty years ago. The nutrients simply are not in the soil, and therefore they are not in the mass-produced foods.

If a new vitamin or mineral were discovered tomorrow, would Sunrider(R) have it?

If a new vitamin or mineral were discovered tomorrow and you were already eating Sunrider food, you would already be getting it!
Man is constantly making new discoveries about nature's incredible secrets. Men who make these discoveries often forget that what makes these discoveries often forget that what makes these wonderful new discoveries so effective is that they ARE in nature's package; synergistically combined with everything else that nature puts with them. Scientists and chemists find the nutrient, isolate it, advertise it as the latest quick fix, and sell it in large amounts to the public, amounts, which can be dangerous to consume in isolated chemical form.
Do not stress it you are eating food, Nature has got you covered! - If you need information or you have questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for the follow.

Why are Food Supplements Better Than Vitamin & Mineral Supplements?

Vitamins and minerals made by man have imbalanced nutritional combinations. Nature does not grow isolated chemicals because the body needs them to be in certain combinations to fully utilize them. You have never picked in any garden, "a vitamin A." Nor have you picked "a calcium", "an iron", or "a protein". You have picked an orange, some broccoli, some lettuce, or some beans. These foods are combinations of nutrients put together by nature for your body's nourishment. No food contain only one nutrient. Each is a special little health package, which can be made only by nature. Vitamin A capsules, C tablets, iron tablets, or protein powder are not grown! They are manufacturerd in a laboratory and most often are not even remotely similar to nature's nutrients. As your body gets these doses of isolated chemicals or man-made chemical combinations, it tries to create the synergy of nutrients found in food form, and in trying to do that, the body has to pull from its own nutrient resources. Even tough it cannot make the same combinations, in trying to accomplish this, your body becomes even more imbalanceds. Nature's food combinations are put together in just the right amount for the best assimilation possible. Sunrider whole food formulas are made from whole foods with only the non-nutritive fiber and liquid removed for concentration and easy digestion. They are not broken apart, re-arranged, killed with heat, or chemically manufacturer in a laboratory. They are foods. - Extract from With so many choices ........ from Glenda Feilen.

Foods Contain Nutrients Not Found in Most Supplements

Let's look at Vitamin A. Supplements usually contain beta-carotene, the most abundant of the vitamin a family of nutrients, the carotenoids. Beta-carotene is only one of thousands of carotenoids. VitaFuit from Sunrider is made from whole foods which contain all of nature's naturally occurring carotenoids. Foods have nutrients which we have not even identified yet. When we do, we will hear media madness and lots of great research and claims about those nutrients. If you are already letting nature be your chemist and you are already eating nature's Sunrider and relying on nature's wisdom - you are already getting it. Is this not wonderful that NATURE IS OUR CHEMIST!


This article is an extract from the Brochure of Glenda Feilen which is called "With so many choices - WHY CHOOSE SUNRIDER?" - I love Glenda's work. - VitaFruit is atrademark of Sunrider, Int.

Vitamins and Mineral Supplements Can Be Dangerous

There are many examples of this (from vitamin A to calcium to protein) but for this example, let's take iron. Iron is the number one killer of children under six in many poison centers. This iron is usually found in the kitchen cupboard in the form of a kiddie multi-vitamin. Too much iron taken in this form of multi-vitamins can create a poisonous situation that is so dangerous children die before it can be eliminated from their system. Too much iron can also be dangerous for adults. Even when an adult reaches for an over-the-counter iron supplement, it can be a big problem because excess iron releases free radicals into the system, can cause constipation and create toxicity. When you eat food-iron, it is in minute amounts and in proper balance with other nutrients. When you become your own chemist, you can overdose!

This article is an extract from the Brochure of Glenda Feilen which is called "With so many choices - WHY CHOOSE SUNRIDER?" -

Nature has a Secret

Nature has the secret to the right combination of nutrients. Only nature can make food. Really. If all the apples and all the apple seeds on the earth were suddenly gone, would we ever have another apple again? Afraid not!

Only nature can make food, and the secret is the SEED. The little seed has to ability to go into the rock and dirt and change it into an edible form. We are literally made of the dust of the earth. It is the nutrients, the minerals in the rock and dirt, that are in our bodies. It is the same iron, potassium, sodium, zinc, carbon, etc. that are in the dirt, that are in our bodies. If that is so, why then don't we just take a little rock and dirt, put it on our plates, and have a nice little dinner? Because in that form, our bodies would not know what to do with those nutrients.

It is the little seed, that has the ability to go into the rock and dirt, and depending on the kind of seed, pull from that rock and dirt, exactly the right amount of every single vitamin, mineral, and nutrient - and literally change (in a process called osmosis) the rock and dirt into a new form, a whole food. Wow. Now that is a miracle.

Dr. Chen takes the whole foods, without rearranging or breaking apart nature's synergy. In a low-heating process, he removes the non-nutritive fiber and liquid, to concentrate the foods and make them easy to digest.

When Life Lacks Nutrition, Get NuPlus®

I usually do not copy articles from other blog, this article is an exception. The reason is that this product made a difference in my life, the life of my family and the life of special friends. If you are looking for your inner energy, better performance in school at work, at sport check the following article:

Seemingly out of nowhere, your morning just got seriously jam-packed—your pants are taking too long to dry, your four-year old refuses to brush her teeth, your spouse is in bed with the flu, you’re late for a business meeting, and, oh yeah, you’re so hungry you could gnaw your leg off! It’s times like this when NuPlus® really helps.

When you’re busy and on-the-go, it’s easy to let nutrition go by the wayside. NuPlus® is formulated to be a snack between meals, or a replacement meal. It fills in those nutritional gaps naturally created when life gets chaotic (and you said there wasn’t time for breakfast) and your head’s about to explode.

It’s also great for those of you who have your life under control, too.Dr. Chen has put his magical touch on modern nutritional research and thousands of years of Chinese herbal knowledge to bring the masses this essential, nutritional snack. But don’t take my word for it, read below to see what Sunrider employees have to say about NuPlus®.

Employee Testimonials
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Tiffany Newman, International Order Dept., says: “I absolutely love the NuPlus® in all flavors. It’s a great meal replacement to enjoy throughout the day, and it’s also great if you’re managing your weight.”

Mary Rodriguez, Order Dept., says: “I LOVE NuPlus®!! Especially when combined with chilled cranberry juice. It’s satisfying as a snack and refreshing!”

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What is Wellness?

My friend Sharon Farnsworth said the following: "Let us learn about the Chinese for a moment. The American (or Western) way of medicine is very different from the Chinese (or Eastern) way. We are programmed to think in bits and pieces, to think of treating symptoms of disease with isolated drugs. The Chinese do not focus on disease but instead focus on wellness. Their doctors were paid to keep them well. If the patient became sick, the doctor had to pay the patient! If the patient died, a special lantern was hung on the doctor's house and he might find himself short of paying customers. Eastern tradition has long thought of the body and its symptoms as a whole. Chinese doctors were the cooks who prepared food to keep people well. The ancient herbalists taught that the proper foods balanced and nourished the back to health. And of course, that is the message we are sharing today. Is it not this what we all want -- wellness instead of illness? Do we enjoy illness? What does illness cost us in the way we feel and in our ability to do things? How can we serve others if we are ill? Of course, we all want to be well, is not that right? Look at the millions spent each year in search of wellness. Are we as a nation making any headway? I wonder if there is something we can learn from Chinese? If I told you that I know of some Chinese Herbal Foods that might help us attain a higher level of wellness would you be interested to know about them?"

What is the Philosophy of Regeneration?

Historically, the Chinese have been the only people to develop an organized method for recording and documenting the effects of herbs. Although there are many sources cataloging herbs to some degree (usually 100 to 200 varieties), the Chinese - over the last 5000 years - have specialized in understanding thousand of herbs and their effect on the human body. They are specialists in the usage of herbs.

Their health, long live, and medical philosophies reflect this herbal knowledge. The Chinese study of herbs began with one man eating an herb and recording the effects on his body. Through the years this information was categorized and organized until it was an exact Chinese science. Their gathering of information is "observed experience."

Today, scientist "experiment" with animals, which theoretically respond like humans. Then, as the product of this experimentation is used by humans, experience shows whether the scientific conclusions were healthful or harmful. (Please note the difference between experience and experiment.) The Chinese took the first approach. Their knowledge is based on 5,000 years of experience with herbs and is neither theoretical nor experimental. They know what effects herbs have on the human body.

With this experience, the Chinese have classified all herbs into three groups:

• The first is called food herbs. These herbs do not control the body, but as food, we feed the body nutritionally and support proper functioning and self-regulation.
• The second group is called medicinal herbs. These herbs will control body functions similarly to the drugs commonly used in the medical profession today.
• The third group is poisonous herbs. These herbs will cause death or extreme illness.

With this categorical approach to herbs came two health approaches:

• The philosophy of regeneration states that the human body is fully capable of building a strong, healthy, balanced body, when the body obtains proper whole food nutrition. With good nutrition, the body creates the energy necessary to function properly. Add good eating habits, exercise, and positive mental attitudes, and a person can develop excellent physical strength and health.
• An opposing philosophy is substitution, which states that when a body function does not work properly or ceases to work at all, it becomes necessary to institute "crisis management”. The use of controlling substances (herbs or drugs) either stimulates the function so it works or gives it a rest so that it might regain strength to begin functioning on its own. It is called substitution, because a drug, herb, or chemical is used as a substitute for a function the body was designed to perform on its own.

Both principles have their place. Regeneration creates health when the body has proper nutrition, has lost its ability to function properly, thereby creating the need for outside control to help begin solving the problem. Let us consider an example of the body's digestive system. To operate properly the digestion system needs hydrochloric acid. After going to the doctor, it is found the digestive problems stem from lack of hydrochloric acid. A prescription is given for pills with synthetic hydrochloric acid. After taking the pills, the digestion system work! The stomach problems seem to be gone. That is, until the hydrochloric acid in the stomach leaves, then the ache is back and it is necessary to take more pills. The body is a self-regulating mechanism and is designed to create its own hydrochloric acid when given the proper nutrition. The question is, does substitution solve the problem of the body's inability to produce hydrochloric acid? No, it is substituting the acid so the body does not have to create it on its own. Unfortunately, substituting tends to create some negative effects, and the problem is not solved. First, it creates greater weakness of the body function. Like your muscles, if a body function is not used, it weakens until it dies. This is called atrophy. Second, when the function ceases to operate, the body creates a dependency on the substitute. Third, substitution rarely only affects the function it is intended to help. There are almost always side effects, many of which are dangerous to good health. If you take a substitute to help with high blood pressure, it may cause nausea. Then if you take a substitute for nausea, it may cause dizziness. Then you take a substitute for dizziness. It goes on and on.

Now, let us apply this same example of digestion to the principle of regeneration. The Chinese have found from experience that certain food herbs feed specific systems of the body. From this information, they developed food formulas to feed specific systems of the body. Now, suppose you have a stomachache. You decide to see if the digestive function can be regenerated by giving it proper nutrition. You heat the herbs the Chinese have used for years to feed the digestive system. The body then takes the nutrients from those herbs and feeds the digestive system. As the digestive system receives these nutrients, it is now, once again, able to product hydrochloric acid. This is regeneration: The body obtains the proper nutrients through whole foods, and then utilizes the energy and elements necessary for the body to function properly and regenerate itself.

The Philosophy of Regeneration: 1. The body has the ability to create balance and health when given proper nutrition. 2. This proper nutrition must come from whole foods. 3. You must take responsibility for your own health.