Blog Posts - Lasting Lifestyle Change

Lasting Lifestyle Change

Another Benefit of Consuming Chocolate Fix?

1/1/2016

Posted by Ken Marsh on December 26, 2015 at 3:39pm

Chocolate Fix contains an amazing 5000 milligrams of tri-blend cocoa powder with a high percentage of premium quality cocoa flavanols.

In recent years there have been several studies touting the health benefits of cocoa flavanols. And now, a new study out of Gernany is reporting improvements in blood vessel function and pressure..

Yet another reason to consider making Xooma's Chocolate Fix part of your weekly health regimen. Not only does it taste great, it may help you feel even better.

Cocoa flavanols improve blood vessel function in kidney disease patients: Study
By Will Chu, 22-Dec-2015

Drinking a beverage rich in cocoa flavanols improved blood vessel function and reduces diastolic blood pressure in individuals with kidney failure, German research has found.
http://www.nutraingredients.com/Trends/Health-claims/Cocoa-flavanols-improve-blood-vessel-function-in-kidney-disease-patients-Study

Ten Tips for Success for Xooma's 2016 Get Fit Weight Loss Challenge

12/24/2015

These "Ten Tips for Success" are a smart accompaniment to the Xooma's 2016 Get Fit Weight Loss Challenge. Focus on these tips and watch your life - and your body - transform!

Tip One: Stay Hydrated!
Drink more water. How many times have you heard this one? Consuming a sufficient amount of water is one of the most important things you can do for your body. Well, the amazing thing about X2O is that it makes it even easier for you to stay hydrated. So not only drinking 6 to 8 glasses of water a day, but consuming a glass of water approximately 30 minutes before each meal can also make a huge difference.

Tip Two: Organic Foods
More than ever, it has become important to consume organic foods as much of the time as possible. Organic foods are free from unnecessary chemicals, preservatives, contaminants and other harmful substances (i.e. pesticides, herbicides and fungicides). Moreover, organic foods offer much more nutritional value for our bodies. When you can, choose organic. And look for opportunities to support your local organic farmers, and you may also have greater cost savings.

Tip Three: More Protein
Protein plays an important role in our diet, especially in combination with weight management programs where your desire is to increase muscle mass and reduce fat. Protein consumed with every meal - and after workouts - increases your level of alertness and helps to elevate your resting metabolic rate. Protein can also help reduce premature aging in the body - also increasing your metabolic rate. And a higher metabolic rate means you burn more calories not just during the day but around the clock! The MetaboWize Shake is an excellent choice for getting high quality protein into your body.

Tip Four: Stress Reduction
Whether you experience stress from mental and emotional causes or from physical causes, the impact on the body is the same. If you're trying to lose weight and get in shape, stress can actually cause the body to store more fat. So whether stress is actual or perceived, the impact is the same. That means you will aid your progress by engaging in stress reducing activities, including meditation, yoga, or regularly-scheduled relaxation every day. Take time for yourself - and your body and your health will benefit.

Tip Five: Restorative Sleep
Did you know. adequate amounts of sleep actually encourage weight loss. So in effect, regular sleep loss can prevent weight loss. Loss of sleep affects hormone levels, especially two that regulate hunger - increasing the appetite-regulating hormone while reducing the appetite-curbing hormone. So with a slower metabolism, you are actually burning calories at a slower rate. Ultimately it can lead to increased eating, that even includes cravings for sugary and starchy foods. Seems as though that full amount of sleep could actually work for you in your weight loss efforts! The MetaboWize PM Formula is designed to help you get this restorative sleep.

Tip Six: Regular Exercise
Exercise, movement, dance - pick one! Regular exercise, with a targeted approach while you're on the MetaboWize program, will increase your energy, increase your metabolism, and reduce your waistline. It's no surprise that studies show reductions in activity levels are strongly correlated with body fat increases, even when your caloric intake is significantly reduced. So incorporate a regular exercise routine into your life. And refer to the "Complete Fitness Workout" on page 15 of: MetaboWize: Turn Your Body into a 24-hour a day Fat Burning Machine.

Tip Seven: Increasing Fiber Intake
Eat more fiber! There are lots of benefits to increased fiber intake, creating a happy and healthy digestive system - all aiding your efforts in encouraging weight loss and healthier bodies. Dietary fiber contributes to the reduction of excess body fat, high blood sugar, high cholesterol as well as eliminating excess toxins and waste from the body. Based on the FDA, 25 grams per day is a minimum requirement of fiber for adult women and up to 38 grams for adult men. However, most people may not consume even half this amount. So add some good sources of fiber to your diet. The MetaboWize shake is an excellent source of high quality fiber.

Tip Eight: Powerful Benefits of Berries
Berries contain powerful antioxidants that help fight free radicals in our body. What does that mean? Antioxidants have innumerable benefits, including protecting our genetic structures as well as helping to keep our blood vessels flexible, reducing inflammation, helping stop cancer from forming and helping the body burn more fat. Raspberries contain a group of phytonutrients called ketones that can enhance your metabolism. All berries are beneficial: blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. So add some healthy variety to your life by throwing berries into the mix!

Tip Nine: Manage Your Blood Sugar
MetaboWize has another unique benefit in that it plays a significant role in helping to balance blood sugar levels. Excess sugar - known as insulin in the body - can block the body from using fat for energy. Even after removing processed sugars from your diet, there are many other foods that can still greatly affect insulin levels. Grains and sugars, some fruits, fruit juices and even starchy foods like potatoes and pasta can cause wild fluctuations in insulin. Look for recommended food choices in this program, including those found in: MetaboWize: Turn Your Body into a 24-hour a day Fat Burning Machine.

Tip Ten: Believe and Succeed
First and foremost, choose to see this program as creating a healthier and long-term lifestyle, rather than a short-term diet regimen. The key to success on any program is to remember that you can and do have the ability - and the power - to create new, healthier habits. After several weeks, new habits become a way of being. And that new way of being is a healthier, more energized and transformed you! The MetaboWize™ System has worked for thousands of people and it will work for you, too!

Order The MetaboWize System

Mineralization: What once was, is no longer.

11/30/2015

Xooma Worldwide
November 30, 2015 at 8:56pm

Dr. Linus Pauling, the late, two-time Noble Prize winner, said, “You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.” Yet most people think about vitamins, amino acids, and essential fats before even giving a second thought to the essentiality of minerals.

Xtreme X2O contains calcium, magnesium, and over 70 trace minerals. These essential minerals become ionic in water allowing them to be absorbed quickly and easily by your body.

Minerals play almost innumerable roles within your body. Aside from being a part of nearly every enzymatic process in the body, minerals are required for the manufacture of and are part of cellular membranes and connective tissue, including muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bones, and soft tissues such as veins, arteries, and brain tissue.

Some minerals also function as electrolytes (calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, sulfate, and phosphate), acting as buffering agents that protect the body’s tissue from excess acidity, which more often comes from our own poor lifestyle choices.

The problem is that too many of us may actually be deficient in numerous minerals due to the fact that these minerals just aren’t found in high enough quantities in the foods that we consume. Researchers from the University of Texas published a study in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition that showed that the nutrients in fruits and vegetables (including minerals calcium, potassium, and iron) have diminished quite extensively since 1950.

We live in a time were technology has allowed us to tinker with the genetic components of fruits and vegetables and in the process create huge strawberries that deliver very little in taste to broccoli that contains half the calcium and magnesium of its older cousins. The following are just a few examples of how important the minerals found in Xtreme X2O really are.

Calcium: is considered the king of minerals because calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body (teeth and bones contain 99% of the body’s calcium). When one thinks of calcium they think of bone health; however, calcium is also essential to proper muscle contraction-especially where you heart is concerned, cellular communication through nerve transmission, and the release of hormones. Research shows that proper calcium intake (supplementation) can make a modest improvement in lowering your risk of osteoporosis and fractures.

Magnesium: Research published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition shows that more than half (68%) of Americans are deficient in magnesium, because they don’t consume the government’s recommended daily intake of 420 mg. Aside from the fact that magnesium is required for calcium absorption and bone integrity, this mineral also helps maintain proper blood sugar levels and is required in more than 300 biochemical reactions-involved in every step the body uses to produce energy.

Drink Chocolate Fix To Reduce Facial Wrinkles?

11/28/2015

Cocoa flavanols may boost skin from within: 24-week RCT
By Stephen Daniells+, 23-Nov-2015
High-flavanol cocoa supplementation may have positive impacts on facial wrinkles and skin elasticity in photo-aged Korean women, says a new study from scientists from Seoul National University.
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Cocoa-flavanols-may-boost-skin-from-within-24-week-RCT

Chocolate Fix contains an amazing 5000 milligrams of tri-blend cocoa powder with a high percentage of premium quality cocoa flavanols.
In recent years there have been several studies touting the health benefits of cocoa flavanols. And now, a new study out of Korea is reporting improvements in skin elasticity and wrinkles.
Yet another reason to consider making Xooma's Chocolate Fix part of your weekly health regimen. Not only does it taste great, it may help you look great as well.
Chocolate Fix at http://www.ChocolateFix.info

Rhodiola rosea extract may improve anxiety, stress and mood: Human data

11/18/2015

One of the key ingredients in Xooma's exclusive FocusUP formula is called 'Rhodiola Rosea Extract'. And now, a newly released study is showing more evidence of the connection between this botanical extract and the improvement of anxiety, stress and mood.

This new study helps support some of the reasons why FocusUP works so well for so many people.

Rhodiola rosea extract may improve anxiety, stress and mood: Human data
By Stephen DANIELLS, 04-Nov-2015

Daily intake of a Rhodiola rosea L. extract may improve various measures of mood in people with mild anxiety, says a new study from England.
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Rhodiola-rosea-extract-may-improve-anxiety-stress-and-mood-Human-data

More information about FocusUP available at http://www.GetFocusUP.com

Hydration: Water you made of?

11/11/2015

Xooma Worldwide
November 11, 2015 at 12:22pm

Your brain and muscles are three-quarters water. Your blood and lungs are more than 80 percent water. Even your bones are one-quarter water. Anyway you look at it, you are mostly water! Yet most people take water for granted. Many health researchers and medical experts now believe that water-not just fluid-is essential to our health and well-being, and is one of the keys to slowing down the aging process and helping us lose excess body fat. Next to oxygen, water is unquestionably the most important nutrient for sustaining life.

According to Dr. Batmanghelidj, MD-best-selling author of Your Body’s Many cries for Water-the following symptoms are your body’s main indicators of dehydration:

Feeling tired when it is not the result of strenuous work (in its extreme form, chronic fatigue)
Excessive hunger and cravings
Feeling flushed
Feeling irritable and easily angered
Feeling anxious without a justified cause
Feeling depressed

Intensive exercise can cause a person to lose 5 to 8 pounds of fluid through perspiration, evaporation, and exhalation. Studies show that for every pound of fluid lost, there is a significant drop in the efficiency with which the body produces energy. Most energy is produced in tiny little power plants within our cells called mitochondria. Our cells are completely dependent upon mitochondria to sustain life by generating energy. The fact remains that water is imperative in the creation of energy. In fact, ATP has to be broken down by water in order to generate energy. So, as you can see, a low water environment means inadequate energy production.

Water may also be an important way to control hunger pangs. In other words, when you feel hungry, you may actually be thirsty. Thus, by keeping yourself properly hydrated, you can avoid false cravings for food.

The great thing about Xooma's X2O is that it actually makes the water “wetter” by lowering the surface tension of water molecules, which dramatically increases your water’s ability to hydrate your body at a cellular level. When pure minerals are added to purified or distilled water in a sachet (“tea bag”) form like X2O, the minerals can be ionized efficiently and made available to your body. (This means the mineral oxides are released in the water to form hydroxide ions (OH-), which increases the pH of the water.)

The Smoothie You Should Never Drink

9/3/2015

I Support a CSA. My produce comes from a wonderful garden provided by our local Homelessness organization, HomeFull, Inc. It is their first year offering a CSA and the variety of produce is admirable. Each week it is like Christmas Morning finding the surprises in my box. And with variety comes experiments.

This morning I was to meet a friend for breakfast, but to stave off the early morning low blood sugar foggies, I thought I would make a quick smoothie. And it would get my serving of greens in. I knew that in my refrigerator I had something green from my CSA box. Being early and in a hurry I didn’t think about what those greens were. I am rather indiscriminate in adding greens to my morning smoothie; anything will do. Kale, lettuce, collards or chard. If it’s green it goes in the blender.

So into the blender went my protein powder, organic cocoa, cinnamon and ground ginger. And the green stuff. I knew it was mustard greens, but I didn’t think about what that meant. I thought the whole bunch might be a bit much, but I wanted to use it up. Just didn’t think about what that might mean in the final product.

Now if you like the flavor of Wasabi first thing in the morning this would be an ideal recipe. Hot doesn’t even begin to describe the intensity. More like clean out your sinuses all the way to your toes burn the back of your throat and take your breath away hot! Ice cubes couldn’t begin to dampen the fire!

I got my greens. I’m sure the health benefits were significant. I’m thinking I’ll call the recipe DragonFire Smoothie!

MORE REPORTED BENEFITS OF MAGNESIUM SUPPLEMENTATION

8/5/2015

Written by Ken Marsh on August 4, 2015 at 10:42am

Did you know that Magnesium is necessary for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body?

Sadly, most people are not getting nearly enough of this critical mineral in their daily diet. Fortunately, as a Xooma Member, you've got access to several high quality products that contain healthy amounts of magnesium.Those products are...

X2O (Magnesium is the #2 most abundant mineral in each sachet)
X2O PM capsules
KardiaXyme
LifeSource
MetaboWize PM
Joint Health

So, if you're using one or more of the products listed above, you're on the right track to giving your body the levels of magnesium it needs.

Here's a newly released study pointing to more benefits of Magnesium...

Magnesium supplements may help blood sugar management for pre-diabetics: RCT
By Stephen Daniells+, 04-Aug-2015

Image: © iStockPhoto / sasimoto

Magnesium chloride supplements may lower blood sugar levels and counter insulin resistance, says a new study from Mexico.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Magnesium-supplements-may-help-blood-sugar-management-for-pre-diabetics-RCT

ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED DRINKS ARE NOT THE ANSWER

7/22/2015

Written by Ken Marsh on July 22, 2015 at 11:13am

A new research study reveals more evidence as to why avoiding artificially sweetened beverages may be just as important as avoiding sugar sweetened beverages.

Remember...NONE of Xooma's products are artificially or chemically sweetened. In fact, all of our beverage products either contain natural sweeteners and/or very low amounts of natural sugar (low glycemic) making them friendly for people who are battling high blood sugar issues.

Here's more on that study...

Replacing sugary drinks with artificially sweetened ones unlikely to reduce type 2 diabetes risk, study says

By Elizabeth Crawford, 22-Jul-2015

Nearly two million people in the U.S. will develop type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years if the current consumption of sugar sweetened beverages remains constant, predict a team of international researchers.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Markets/Sugary-artificially-sweetened-drinks-associated-with-type-2-diabetes

ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH VITAMIN A?

7/15/2015

Written by Ken Marsh on July 15, 2015 at 1:08pm

A recent study reveals that Vitamin A plays a significant role in immune support for your body. If you're taking one or more of the following Xooma products, you'll be happy to know that you're getting high quality sources of Vitamin A.

LifeSource
Assimilator
Xooma BLAST

Vitamin A helps provide direction to immune cells: Study
A key set of immune cells that protect the body from infection would be lost without directions provided by vitamin A, say researchers.
Click here to learn more