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Improve Your Health
Disease-Proof Yourself
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Benefits of Being Healthy?
Take Control of Your Health.
Exercise & Relaxation
Nutrition & Supplementation
OVERVIEW
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Why does it matter?
Benefits of exercising:› Emotional benefits› Physical benefits
Exercise
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Aerobic: gym, walking, swimming, cycling, aquarobics, dancing
Anaerobic: Sprinting, Squash.
Combination: Tai Chi, Yoga, Team Games.
Stretching: Yoga, Pilates
Relaxation: Meditation, Autogenics,Reiki.
Types of Exercise
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Basics of a Balanced DietFood Groups Function
Carbohydrates
Energy
Proteins Growth, Repair
Fats & Oils Energy, Protection
Vitamins Vital for cell functions
Minerals Major ingredient for cell functions
Fibre Healthy gut
Water Basic Necessity
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Fruit and Vegetables
Wholegrains
Low GI Foods
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Water
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Have 6 small ‘meals’ a dayEat every 3 hours
Drink 2-3 litres of water each day
Eat 6 – 10 portions of fruit and veg
Good fats: olive oil, rapeseed oil, nuts
Protein: fish, chicken, pulses, game
Low GI wholegrain carbohydrates
X NO processed food
X NO white flour, rice
X NO sweetened drinks
Your Healthy Meal Plan
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Vitamins:• Catalyse activities within the body. • Fight against free radical damage to
our cells.Minerals: Vital to overall mental and physical
well-being.
Vitamins & Minerals
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Healthy Cells = Healthy Body
Active Nerve Cell
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Healthy Atoms = Healthy Cells
Cells are made up of atoms
Cells seen under microscope
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Unhealthy Atom = Free Radical
Healthy Atom Damaging Free-Radical
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HOW DO CELLS AGE AND GET SICK?
• Stress• Radiation from the sun• Environmental pollution• Toxic chemicals in the water• Depletion of nutrients in the food supply
• Cigarette smoking
FREE RADICALS COME FROM:
THE CELLS OF OUR
BODIES
FIGHT TO STAY
HEALTHY
AS THEY ARE
ATTACKED
BY FREE
RADICALS.
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RDA vs ODA?
Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) are the MINIMUM amount of Vitamins and Minerals needed to avoid deficiency diseases (such as scurvy and rickets)
Optimum Daily Amount (ODA) are much higher than these values.
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Free-Radicals Damage Cells
Process called Oxidation Oxidised Cholesterol causes Heart Disease Oxidised DNA causes Cancer
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Where do antioxidants come from?
Fruits and vegetables Nuts, seeds and oils High quality vitamin supplements
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Consider what you must eat to rec of
400 IU of To get 400 IU of Vitamin E (v powerful antioxidant) from your food you would need to eat: Spinach 15.0 KgSunflower seeds 0.5 KgWheat germ 2.4 Kg Almonds 1.2 KgSafflower Oil 1.0 L
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How to choose a good supplement
Complete balanced blend (over 40 ingredients necessary for optimal health) based on scientific evidence
Absorbable- must guarantee to dissolve in stomach (not slow release)
Potent- levels much higher than RDA
Pure- Pharmaceutical grade not lower quality food-grade containing toxins and impurities
Safe- optimal levels. No iron or vitamin A
Supplementation
THE USANA DIFFERENCE
• Follows current Good Manufacturing Practices used by pharmaceutical industry
• 100% potency guarantee
• Athlete guarantee
• Superior ingredients
• Balanced, science-based formulas
• Accredited team of scientific experts
• Exceptional in-house manufacturingJo Jaeckel:
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