Your Healthy Life - April 2005

April's Cancer Control Month health observance provides a great opportunity to think about your lifestyle, and how you can live in a way that minimizes your risk of developing cancer. We must bear in mind that this disease doesn't occur overnight, but rather is often decades in the making. What you do this very day factors into your health ten years from now. No matter what your age, you would be well advised to embrace wellness to the degree that you can now, to avoid having to pay the price later.

So, what do you need to know? First off, are you aware how much your daily diet and lifestyle choices affect your risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among other ills?

It certainly bears repeating that one of the most powerful cancer-protective moves you can make right now is to ensure you are consuming enough antioxidants through food and supplements to protect you from the daily free radical assaults we all experience.

As you may know, we are under constant attack from free radicals, generated by stress, smoking, sunlight, pesticides, pollution, airline travel, medications, foods, x-rays, exercise, chlorine treated water, and more, even your own body processes, up to a billion hits daily (dramatically more for smokers!) How can you defend yourself?

This is where antioxidants come to the rescue. Antioxidants—nutrients found primarily in fruits and vegetables, as well as high-quality, well-absorbed vitamin/mineral supplements—have the ability to neutralize free radicals. Antioxidants are your body's front line defense against destructive free radicals, therefore minimizing your risk of premature aging, illness and degenerative disease.

How do antioxidants protect you from the development of cancer specifically? There are many forms of cancer, but basically all involve the abnormal growth of cells. Each cell contains DNA that controls cell growth, development and replication. When free radicals damage the DNA, it can begin the process of replicating damaged cells, which can become cancerous.

One of the critical roles antioxidants play in the body is to protect DNA from this free radical damage. Certain antioxidants can even repair damaged DNA before it replicates. Clearly, the importance of maintaining proper antioxidant levels cannot be overstated.

Since most Americans are not getting the 5-9 fruit and vegetables servings recommended by the American Cancer Society, nutritional supplementation is important. In the June 19, 2002 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health stated in a landmark review that all adults should take a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement daily.

By no means must you remain in the dark any longer where the quality and efficacy of your nutritional supplements are concerned. Put your diet and vitamin products to the test easily, quickly and non-invasively. Commit to getting your antioxidant level assessed with the Pharmanex BioPhotonic Scanner. This accurate, non-invasive measurement of your personal antioxidant level will dramatically raise your consciousness about your current state of wellness and is an important first step in your journey towards a healthier lifestyle.

Remember, the amount of antioxidants you have in your body is directly proportional to how long you will live, according to Dr. Richard Cutler at the National Institutes of Health. We might add not only how long, but also how well you will live. Spend your retirement in the pursuit of your dreams, not the hospital!

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Introducing G3

After three years of intensive research, Pharmanex announces one of the most exciting products to ever hit the natural health industry: G3. This super nutrient-dense, high-end fruit juice fusion combines four amazing fruits, each with outstanding nutritional properties. These include:

Gâc, called the "fruit from heaven" by the indigenous people of southern Asia. This super fruit—long revered for its ability to promote longevity and vitality—naturally provides 76 times more lycopene than tomatoes and 10 times more beta-carotene than carrots. Moreover, the carotenoid antioxidants contained in G3 have been scientifically shown to be better absorbed by the body than carotenoids from most other food or supplement sources because Gâc's inherent fatty acids ensure maximum absorption of the rich array of antioxidants the fruit offers.