Barbara,

It sounds like you are providing your body with some very important vitamins, minerals and compounds with which it can maintain and repair the damaged synovial tissues within your joints. This is good. In fact, using the new Joint Relief Roll-on directly on the swollen aching joints will be a wonderful addition to your program.

The Joint Relief will add inflammation control; it will reduce swelling. This should reduce wear on the joints and increase mobility. What is more, the herbs of Joint Relief will offer pain relief so that you can use your hands, arms and legs comfortably during the long process of healing them. In some cases, the joints are simply too far gone to fully rebuild the protective layers and the pain relief and anti-inflamation is all that can be expected. The Joint Relief will provide this.

Joint Relief also contains herbs that increase the activity of collagen production in the region and so by benefit of the fact that you are getting the nutritional support necessary in order to produce the vital building blocks of synovial tissue, the Joint Relief will enhance the healing process.

So you see, by adding Joint Relief to the joints that are swollen and aching, you are enhancing the healing, reducing the inflammation and increasing your personal comfort. This is indeed a valuable contribution to your program.

Best of Health,
Steve Frank

Did you know that your Liver does far more than just aide in digestion and cleanse the blood? It stores fat, balances cholesterol and produces oodles of enzymes that regulate important processes within your body including some immune functions. It is key in fighting cancer and maintaining healthy connective tissues like tendons and ligaments.

Yet, the poor liver is often neglected. It has the ability to regenerate damaged tissue, which is pretty impressive. The only problem is that the new tissue isn't quite as good as the old tissue. The new tissue is harder and contains more fibrous connective tissue and fewer hepatocytes (the active cleansing liver cells). This is why killing lots of liver cells leads to Cirrhosis of the liver. Cirrhosis is simply a word derived from Greek describes the orangish color of a damaged liver. Of course this can be easily detected by palpation since the cirrhotic liver is harder than a healthy one.

Since the liver can produce new cells, it can maintain a great deal of capability until it gets to the point of failure. This is partly what leads us to ignore it. When we take a liver function test, the results are compared to others of our age and we are considered "normal" when our level of degradation is commensurate with others in our age group. This may be normal, but it's not necessarily healthy.

There are other diseases of the liver that often go un-diagnosed. For instance Hemochromatosis. This is a condition where your body is un-able to process Iron properly and it builds up in various organs of the body. This condition is hereditary and occurs in roughly 2 to 5 per 1000 in the U.S. population. (Annals of Internal Medicine 12/1/98). This condition can be handled simply by limiting the amount of Iron in your food and taking vitamin tablets that do not supplement Iron. But one must know that they are at risk. It is wise for anyone with known Hemochromatosis in their family to get tested. This important organ needs to be protected.

Annually, it is a good policy to take an herbal liver support formula. There are a number of them out there and they work quite well to restore liver function and protect the liver cells. Remember, you won't feel the damage being done to your liver. That's why it's important to be pro-active and take a bottle of supporting herbs once a year. New Years is a good time since all of the holiday libations can really put un-due stress on this very important organ. Look for a formula that contains Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root and others.

Take care of the organs that take care of you and have a healthy happy New Year.

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Studies are done every day, in Universities and Companies all over the world hoping to show one thing or another about herbs, vitamins and drugs. It is not un-common to hear in the news that some trusted herb, supplement or food does not offer the benefits that had previously been attributed to that substance. In fact, it is not uncommon to learn that something we have been eating with the understanding that it's good for us, turns out to be bad for us. At least for this year. Over the decades since this practice of applying what we are told is "the scientific method" to study the interaction of various herbs, vitamins and minerals to the health of human physiology we have seen numerous herbs supported and then abandon, various foods endorsed and then scorned.

We must learn to take this information as "interesting" but not fact. Man simply does not know enough about human physiology to accurately make these assertions. Most of the designs of these experiments are woefully flawed with either too low or too high a doseage or lack of understanding in how to control confounding variable. Sometimes it's a simple as the interpretation of the data being directed to support a hypothesis blinding the statistitions of other direct mitigating correlations. Other times, it is as devious as one industry trying to control a market through deceptive advertising.

So then, what are we to do? Who are we to believe? Well, like I say, treat the information as interesting. If it directly affects something that you are doing, then pay attention to how your body reacts to these things and be the final judge on how it relates to you. We are all different. We have different heritage that have come from different parts of the world, lived in different climates, eaten different things and lived mostly the same way for more than 50,000 years. What your body has learned to tolerate or even use well may be totally different that what your neighbor's body has learned. Use moderation, information and your own sense of what feels right to determine what works in your body.

Of course un-modified foods are better than packaged foods. Tree and vine ripened fruit is best. Water is better than soda... But these things are pretty commonly known. Everything in moderation is a good place to start. Obviously, if you run 10 miles per day every day, you are going to have problems with your ankles, feet, knees and hips after 50 or 60 years. You just wear out the soft tissue. Yes, there are things that you can do to reduce the wear, but do you know them? Do you do them? Just as obviously, sitting on the couch for 50 or 60 years will have some definite deleterious effects in atrophy, poor circulation and even cognition. Everything in moderation.

No one can know how long they will live. Enjoy each day. Although we have reduced the number of people who die young do to some disease and accidents, the useful function length of time that a person can enjoy has changed little in the past few thousand years.

Plan for tomorrow as if you will live forever. But enjoy each day as if it were your last.

Don't be afraid to try herbs. Work to find which foods that make your body function best. Read the scientific studies to get ideas on what to try for different maladies. But most importantly, keep an open mind and be your own judge of what works for you.

The new year is here and in fact, a new decade as well. I can't help but notice how the tide of consumer awareness is changing. I recently saw an ad on TV where the local supermarket chain was teaming up with a yogurt company to emphasize that the "whole foods" people are wanting at farmers markets that are "too expensive" there are on the shelves of the local supermarket. Yes, the chain stores are seeing so much competition from organic food providers that they are dedicating commercial time to tell their customers that they offer these foods too. Of course they don't. But then, what would advertising be without deception.

Yes, the stores do offer a few organic pieces of produce and a few minimally processed choices at a premium, but the mainstay of their business is un-ripe food from under-developed countries at low prices. The interesting point is that 10 years ago, they didn't feel the need to spend their advertising dollars convincing the customers that this wasn't the case. Times change.

More and more consumers are looking for healthy foods and for non-drug means for dealing with illness and maintaining wellness. At Nature's Rite, we hope to be a large part of this shifting demand by expanding our offerings in the wellness arena so that you have more choices of natural treatments to support your health and the health of your loved-ones.

So, from my family to your, Happy New Year and God bless changing times.

If you use a Neti pot than you are going to be glad that you read this. Did you know that bacteria and fungus thrive in saline. The salt solution that you put into your neti pot to flush your sinuses is just what they want to live in. It is ionically balanced to be identical to your body and it doesn't bother them a bit. Sure, it may flush a few loose ones off, but the rest are as happy as clams in the sand.

At the end of this month we're introducing a new product called Super Neti Juice. This is an antimicrobial concentrate that kills fungus and bacteria like nothing you've ever experienced before. It is so lethal to bacteria that it can reduce a population by 1 million to one in 20 minutes. Fungus can be killed in the thousands.

If you are going to flush your sinuses with something to get rid of a sinus infection, why not choose something that will kill both bacteria and fungus in a major way?

Keep your eyes open for the introduction of Super Neti Juice. I guarantee you that your sinuses will never want for simple saline again.

"The First Thing That Has Done Any Good!"