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Boost Your Body’s Defense All-Year Round with Immune Support

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

It’s almost New Year and it’s once again time to write your New Year’s resolutions. Can you remember which ones you were able to follow and which ones remained resolutions? In any case, it wouldn’t hurt to include the unfulfilled 2009 resolutions again for 2010, especially those that are related to improving your health.

Unfortunately, it’s so easy to fall off the healthy living wagon. Sugar and processed foods can be so tempting, and a less than optimal diet tastes better. Sleep can be taken for granted. Stressors are lurking in every corner. Opportunities to exercise may be few and far between.

These, among other factors, all play a part in weakening your immune system, your body’s natural defense against disease. So what can you do to boost your immunity?

Eat right, get enough exercise and sleep and stay away from stress – these things are all easier said than done. While there are no shortcuts to good health, it pays to have a “friend” who’s there to support you while you’re slowly working your way to your ultimate goal of healthy living.

Dr. Joseph Mercola introduces this new friend, one of the most important and powerful natural health supplements created in recent times: Immune Support.

Immune Support: 10 Powerful Agents in a Single Supplement

Dr. Mercola’s Immune Support helps boost your immune system by combining the health benefits of 10 natural and organic ingredients in one convenient and power-packed capsule.
         1. Boneset Powder – an herb widely used by Native Americans for its ability
             to help your body sweat, support respiration and form white blood corpuscles
         2. Elder Flower Extract – the Elder plant’s berries and flowers are rich in
             vitamin C and a number of flavonoids like anthocyanins and quercetin
         3. Olive Leaf Extract – helps contain viral infection and stimulate cells to
             ingest harmful microorganisms and foreign matter in the body
         4. Oregano Oil – helps fight skin infections and digestive problems, reduce
             pain and inflammation, enhance joint and muscle mobility, and improve
             respiratory health
         5. Peppermint Powder – helps retard the growth of bacteria and fungi, and
             encourages sweating
         6. Propolis Gum – helps stimulate your immune system to release substances
             that protect against normal cell deterioration
         7. Vitamin B16 or DMG – helps detoxify your body and enhance your
             cardiovascular and muscular systems
         8. Vitamin C from Organic Acerola Extract – the Acerola berry is the richest
             source of natural vitamin C or ascorbic acid in the world
         9. Vitamin D3 – is the most potent type of vitamin D, and is the same vitamin D
             produces when sunlight strikes your exposed skin
         10. Yarrow – an herb which helps encourage perspiration, increase blood
             circulation, and enhances the waste removal process in your body

Taking an Immune Support supplement saves you money and time because you don’t have to go to your local supermarket or a natural health store to find these 10 different preparations. It’s impossible to have a perfect immune system; your body’s defenses will get tested from time to time. It pays to have a backup plan.

How an Organic Turmeric Supplement Can Help Transform Your Health

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Turmeric SpiceTime and time again, natural health experts like Dr. Joseph Mercola have stressed the value of eating whole, unprocessed foods to your health – they are loaded with powerful nutrients that can make your body stronger and protected against disease. In the same way, including organically grown herbs and spices to your diet is just as important as they deliver high levels of vitamins and minerals that can help boost your vitality and wellness.

Turmeric spice is one of the more important organic spices known for its myriad of health benefits. But this spice isn’t a new discovery; history reveals that it has been used way back in the olden times. People in China and India used turmeric spice thousands of years ago while Europeans used it for about 700 years.

Benefits of Turmeric Spice

Still grown in India today, turmeric spice is nourishing for the body because of cucurmin, one of its primary ingredients. Cucurmin acts as a powerful antioxidant that the body relies on to protect itself against free radicals that may damage cells and organs.

Turmeric has also long been regarded as a “skin food” in Indian and other cultures. It helps cleanse and nourish skin and promote the balance of skin flora.

Other essential health benefits* of turmeric spice include:

  • Boosting your immune and digestive systems
  • Supporting a healthy overall skeletal system
  • Keeping your cholesterol levels within the normal range
  • Promoting your heart health
  • Protecting your cells from stress
  • Helping prevent skin aging
  • Sustaining a healthy female reproductive system
  • Maintaining normal blood sugar levels

 
The Best Turmeric Source: 100% Organic Turmeric Supplement

To get these valuable benefits, you need to have a top quality source of turmeric. But Dr. Mercola points out that you shouldn’t simply rely on any stuff you get from the local grocery stores. “Also, the turmeric powder you buy in your store is a spice. It doesn’t necessarily come from high-quality organic herbs — and is not produced using certified organic processes, causing you to risk missing its healthful benefits,” explains the natural health expert.

Dr. Mercola’s recommendation, therefore, is to find a “high quality, 100% organic-based” turmeric supplement. So far, the only product that has earned his recommendation is Organic India’s Turmeric Formula. This natural health supplement not only promotes all the health benefits of turmeric but also comes with these great features:

  • Made of 100% certified organic ingredients
  • Contains no fillers, additives and excipients
  • Comes in a vegetable capsule
  • Produced by a certified organic manufacturer with superior organic and safe production practices

 
In addition, this Organic Turmeric supplement is USDA-Certified and is organically processed to preserve all the healthful benefits of the Indian spice.

If you would like to experience all the benefits that the spice has to offer, it may be a good idea to include Turmeric Formula in your daily diet. Why don’t you consider turmeric supplementation and start seeing a positive difference in your health?

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.