April 2014 Newsletter

Welcome to our Celebrating Earth Day April 2014 Newsletter!

Shaklee has always celebrated Earth Day everyday and we are always excited to share how much the Environment means to us.

Home should be the safest, healthiest place in the whole world. But, today’s insulated air-tight homes are filled with chemicals that have never been tested for human toxicity - in the air, the walls, carpets, and in the household cleaners, which can carry some pretty scary warning labels.

Below is some information on how cleaning products affect you, your children and your environment. See how these products affect you, what the EPA and what pediatricians have to say.

• 81,000 chemicals have been registered with the EPA in the past 30 years and fewer than 20% have been tested for toxicity.
• 90% of all poison exposures occur in the home.
• 90% of our time is spent indoors. EPA reports that air pollution is up to 5 times higher inside than outside.
• EPA studies have shown that elevated concentration of household chemicals persist in the air. Long term exposure to chemicals inside our homes may be harmful to us and our families.
• One out of every 13 children have asthma.
• Common household cleaners give off fumes that can increase the risk of children developing asthma.
• The average U.S. household generates more than 20 pounds of hazardous waste each year.

What’s in your cleaners?

Sodium Hydroxide – Inhalation is immediately irritating to the respiratory tract. Contact can cause severe damage to the eyes, skin, mouth and throat. Can cause liver and kidney damage.

May be found in:

• Dishwashing liquids
• Laundry products
• Oven cleaners
• Scouring cleansers
• Tub & tile cleaners

Hydrochloric Acid – Can cause severe damage to the skin. Can be harmful to health if inhaled. Can be fatal if swallowed.

May be found in:

• Odor eliminators
• Toilet bowl cleaners

Butyl Cellosolve – Can cause irritation and tissue damage from inhalation. A person who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off shower walls could inhale three times the acute exposure limit.

May be found in:

• All purpose cleaners
• Cleaning wipes
• Degreasers
• Floor polish
• Rug shampoos
• Toilet bowl cleaners
• Tub & tile cleaners
• Window cleaners

“We are conducting a vast toxicologic experiment in our society, in which our children and our children’s children are the experimental subject.”

~Dr. Herbert Needleman

Pediatrician and professor at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center

GetClean® gives you cleaning choices that are nontoxic and natural and do not contain any of these harmful ingredients:

• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• Kerosene
• Phenol
• Cresol
• Lye
• Hydrochloric acid
• Sulfuric acid
• Sulfamic acid
• Petroleum distillates
• Ammonia
• Sodium hydroxide
• Butyl cellosolve
• Phosphoric acid
• Formaldehyde
• Chlorine bleach
• Morpholine

We believe cleaning house shouldn’t involve dirtying the earth.

Earth-Friendly Product Choices

• Sustainable ingredients from natural sources
• Biodegradable surfactants
• Recyclable packaging
• Recyclable wipes
• Recyclable dryer sheets
• No chlorine bleach
• No phosphates
• No nitrates
• No borates
• No volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• Shaklee does not test on animals

For more than 50 years Shaklee has created products that improve the health of people and the planet.

GetClean® products offer solutions that are not only safe, but powerful. We worked with an outside independent testing lab to conduct performance tests with major brands and found that Get Clean performs as well or better than over 20 competing brands.

Watch this short video and see why concentrated Get Clean products are a real value, for your home, your health, the planet, and your wallet.

Cool Video: Healthy Home

 Get Clean Starter Kit saves you money and saves the environment!

You would need to spend over $3,400 to get the same cleaning power from major name brands!*

Get Clean Starter Kit is equal to:

•  60 Bottles of Fantastik^®, 32 oz.
•  32 Bottles of Mop ‘n Glo^®, 32 oz.
•  728 Bottles of Windex^®, 26 oz.
•  1 Bottle of Woolite^®, 50 oz.
•  1 Container of Clorox^® Wipes
•  1 Bottle of Soft Scrub^®
•  2.5 Boxes of Cascade^®, 45 oz.
•  2 Boxes of Tide^®, 50 oz.
•  3 Bottles of Downy^®, 20 oz.
•  1 Box of Bounce^®

And the cost of a Get Clean Starter Kit is a fraction of what these toxic products cost!

Get Clean

Smart for your wallet

Smart for your family

Smart for the planet

****Order a Get Clean Kit by April 30^th, 2014 and you will receive a free product  - my favorite thing to use to clean the oven, the grill and anything else that needs some scouring – our Get Clean Scour Off!****

When it comes to pollution, we are all either part of the problem or part of the solution.

What part do you want to play?

Contact us today for more information or to get your safe products today.

Don’t forget we offer many member rewards, including referral rewards, free shipping and more! Contact us today for your list!

To Your Good Health,

Julie

Always Safe, Always Works, Always Green

See why we work when others don’t

The Shaklee Difference

Find us Online at:

Product Info & Ordering Website: To Be Healthy

Health & Wellness Info Site: Better Health in 31 Days

Our Health & Wellness Blog: YouToBeHealthy.com

Like us on Facebook: To Be Healthy

Twitter: You To Be Healthy

Pinterest: YouToBeHealthy

Google+: Shaklee ToBeHealthy

 *Based on number of uses per label directions

November Health Update

In this issue:

• Eat Healthier & Cheaper
• Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Shake
• Clean Safely
• Profile: A mom who dreamed of staying home with her kids

Eating Healthier & Cheaper

November is here and the holidays will soon be knocking on our door. Cooking, eating and finding ways to pay for all that food are on most of our minds.

The price of food is outrageous! You may be trying to eat healthier, but finding the price of it all a bit too much.

We are the only country in the world whose poor are fat and the rich are thin. The main reason is that the cheapest foods available are the over processed, over re-fined, high fat, high sodium, convenience foods. A healthy diet can cost more and when your cash is limited, you go with what you can afford.

So how do we afford to feed our families and eat right at the same time?

Well, it requires a bit of work. It’s really not that much work. It just takes a bit of planning.

We all tend to fall into the rut of making the same meals over and over again and I bet a lot of those meals include pouring some kind of sauce over some kind of pasta. Am I right?

Then there’s eating out. Wow! That is not cheap! And let’s be honest, if we knew and saw how that food was being prepared, we wouldn’t have the courage to eat it. The safest and healthiest way to eat is to fix it ourselves. Somehow knowing who touched our food and knowing it was prepared safely goes a long way to enjoying our meals.

Taking some time to plan out meals ahead of time, collect coupons, shop and stock up when items go on sale and cooking, yes cooking your own meals at home is how to eat right and save money.

This will take approximately 1-2 hours a week. More if your family keeps interrupting you as you try and plan this all out on Sunday evening. Here’s a tip I use: Warn the next person that interrupts you will cause the family to eat nothing but beans and brussel sprouts and do the dishes the rest of the week! Watch how fast they leave you alone.

Now that the kids have left you alone for awhile, take out a simple cookbook, or go online and look at a few simple recipes. Remember to keep the meals simple. Most should be able to be made in less than 30 minutes. Look at the grocery ad for the upcoming week and plan your meals around what’s on sale. Clip your coupons and make your list.

Remember to cook more than what you need for tonight’s dinner. Cooking for four or eight takes about the same amount of time and doesn’t cost all that much more, so cook more and freeze the leftovers. You’ll save money by re-heating leftovers rather than ordering pizza or picking up takeout on your way home. Plus it’s healthier.

When you buy meat, cook it all up at once, divide it up into separate containers, date and freeze. That way, when you have a recipe that calls for meat, you will have the long part, which is cooking it, already done.

Remember to always add veggies or fruit as a side dish. Make it a habit and instruct the kids before they can have seconds of their favorite food, they must finish what’s on their plate first. They may baulk at first, but over time good habits will eventually be learned.

Want to have a quick, easy and affordable convenience food for those nights where there is absolutely no time to cook? Try Shaklee’s Meal Shakes inchocolate or vanilla or our healthy Shaklee180 Energizing Smoothees. They’re affordable, they’re good for you and best of all they’re fast and delicious! Kids love them and they are also portable. Something pizza and drive thru tacos are not.

Shaklee 180 also has their Snack Bars which are great to tide you over till you get home or Meal in a Bars which are complete meal replacements that taste more like cheating than eating.

Oh, and sometimes when we change our diet to better food, our stomachs and digestive system sometimes go into shock. Your body is so happy to have good stuff that it will excitedly purge the bad stuff causing bloating, gas, etc. This is normal and will ease up over time.

To help your tummy feel better and not drive off your friends, try EZ Gest

So see, there are ways to eat healthier, save money and your sanity all at the same time! Talk about multi tasking!

Spice Up Your Holidays with a Shaklee 180® Pumpkin Spice Shake 

Love pumpkin pie, but still trying to stick to your diet plan over the holidays? Try this Pumpkin Spice shake recipe to add some variety to your shake. It tastes just like pumpkin pie! 

Pumpkin Spice Shake Recipe

2 scoops Shaklee 180 Vanilla Smoothee Mix
8 oz non-fat milk or low fat soy milk
2 tbsp canned pumpkin
½ tsp pumpkin spice
Dash of vanilla extract
Dash of cinnamon
4 – 6 ice cubes
Blend until creamy.

Clean Safely

“The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that 150 common household chemicals have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological abnormalities.”*

That’s a scary statement.

With colder weather we tend to spend more time indoors. Since you are trapped indoors with little to no fresh air, you will want to have cleaners that not only work hard, but are safe to breathe, too.

With closed windows and more time spent indoors, the air in our homes can be more polluted than outside. So make sure you choose cleaners likeShaklee’s Get Clean line that work amazingly hard so you don’t have to.

Plus, they are safe for your family and your pets. They contain no noxious fumes, are biodegradable and safe to use around children, pets and those with allergies. They are also extremely concentrated, so a little goes a long way. This saves you a ton of money and less packaging means less in our landfills.

Why choose a toxic and dangerous chemical to have in your home when you don’t have to! See our Get Clean Line here: Shaklee’sGet Clean

Profile - Tori Minder

Tori Minder dreamed of a different life…a life where she could be present for the important moments in the lives of her children. And she wasn’t sure it was possible, until a friend told her about Shaklee.

I have always dreamed of being able to stay at home and raise my children. But when my husband Nic and I found out I was pregnant with our first child we knew that there was no other option for me but to continue working. I continued to teach after my daughter was born and all through my second pregnancy, but I cried most days. I was so afraid I was going to miss all her firsts—the first time she sat up, the first time she stood alone, the first time she walked.

And by the time I came home from work, meetings, late afternoons of grading/planning, or conferences, I was totally exhausted and had no energy for my daughter or my husband. I felt like I couldn’t be a good mom, wife, or teacher because my heart was at home. After my son was born, we decided I wouldn’t return to teaching. I thought my prayers had finally been answered.

But after a couple of months of worrying about finances and finding that our money was running out, my husband and I knew I had to go back to work. I sent in applications to different schools and daycares but I hadn’t heard anything yet. I would often call my friend Kara Sears (Senior Director, IN)to talk because I knew we had the same passion—to be at home with our children.

While I was in Tennessee on a family trip, Kara called me and told me she knew a way that I could live out my passion. As soon as I returned home, I called Kara and met with her and her mom. It was then she presented the Shaklee Dream Plan to me. I kept thinking, “This sounds way too good to be true. Is it?” I talked to Nic when I got home and we thought maybe this is the answer we’d been praying for. We continued to meet with Kara and her husband, Kyle to learn more and discovered that Shaklee could give us the life that we want for our family.

We started building in August of this year and thanks to Shaklee, we are creating a healthier and wealthier life. And we’re also sharing Shaklee with others to help them achieve their own dreams.

That’s it for this month’s newsletter! To learn more about the products or opportunity mentioned here, you can visit our website atToBeHealthyMyShaklee.com or fill out our Contact Form for a free, no obligation Info Packet.

 I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and go ahead and indulge a little. Just remember, everything in moderation, which is better than having to wear elastic pants the next several months!

Don’t forget to Like us on Facebook!  I’m Not aSupermom

To Your Good Health,

Julie

August Newsletter - Emotional Eating Tips & More!

Hi Everyone!

Happy August and I hope your summer is going well so far. Could it possibly be just a few short weeks till school starts again?! Wow, the time is flying by! We have had some cooler than normal days here, how about you all?

I am a little late in getting this newsletter out this month as we are so super busy.
So here we go.

Are your feelings getting in the way of your weight loss goals? If you are an emotional eater, like I am, where you tend to turn to food for comfort when stressed, then watch this very short video where Dr. Jamie McManus shares a few helpful hints on what that is and how to help yourself -

Shaklee 180: Emotional Eating

I also wrote a funny, whimsical article on what I do when the emotions run high and you feel the cookie jar calling your name. I wrote this so everyone could know that I too have my weaknesses and that you are not alone. You can read it here and let me know if you liked the article (or not):

Fallen Off Your Diet? Yeah, Me Too

Did you know we offer free shipping on orders for those who want to learn more about health and wellness from the comfort of their own home? We have a great health training site and free recorded webinars where you can go to learn more at your convenience and get free shipping as a reward! Check it out here:

Better Health in 31 Days

Did you also know we have a great special going on where we guarantee you'll feel better in 30 days or your money back? Plus we offer a free membership with it, saving you the $19.95 one time fee and it gets you 15-25% off of your favorite products! Check out this offer here:

Take the 30 Day Health Challenge

Have you ever thought about owning your own business? Even just a little, but figured that it was too expensive or you were afraid of falling into a pyramid scheme? Or even worse, they might want you to sell something? Ugh! I did, too, but I ended up doing this, where I don't sell and I didn't invest a large amount of money. I just share and teach. Pretty nice.

We have decided to expand our business and not only provide health and wellness information, but also to teach others how to do what we do. I love helping others and being able to help someone achieve their financial goals is just as rewarding as helping them achieve their health goals. Whether it's a mom looking to be able to stay at home with her kids and just make enough to cover a few bills, or a couple who want to retire, but can't afford to live on social security alone, to a young person who truly wants to work for themselves. We work with them all.

So if there is someone you know looking for a second job to help make ends meet, or a mom looking to work at home, or anyone looking to start their own business, have them contact us and we can set up a time to show them what we do to see if it would be a fit for them. There is no obligation and no pressure.
You can also watch a short video on what is involved and see for yourself:

Your Freedom Project

Don't forget to check us out online! You can find us in many places. Our blog and Facebook seem to get the most updates, so next time you are on there, Like our page or bookmark our blog and stay up to date on the latest and also be the first to hear about special sales and giveaways! See below for links.

Please let us know how we can help you. We are here to answer questions like, "What can I take with my prescrption medicines?" and "Can you help me to have more energy?"
We also can help you find ways to save money and use non-toxic cleaners to keep your home healthy and clean all at the same time.

How can we help you?

Have a Happy August!

Julie

Find us online at:

Product Info & Ordering Website: To Be Healthy

Health & Wellness Info Site: Better Health in 31 Days

Our Health & Wellness Blog: YouToBeHealthy.com

Join Our Freedom Project:tobehealthy.yourfreedomproject.com

Like us on Facebook: To Be Healthy

Twitter: You To Be Healthy

Pinterest: YouToBeHealthy

Google+: Shaklee ToBeHealthy

May Newsletter

I believe that Spring has finally decided to come and stay awhile around here. Some of you may be getting that last blast of winter snow and others a lot of rain. We pray that you all stay safe and that nice weather blesses you all real soon.

May has always been a time of renewal, a time of freshness and a time to celebrate. Of course many of us turn our thoughts to planting and to Mom.

If you are thinking about getting your hands dirty this spring with planting, we can help. We have a wonderful product, Basic-H that is amazing in the garden and on the farms. Yes, I said Basic-H  the same thing we clean our floors and wash our dog in.

Basic-H is truly 1000 products in one. We can show you many ways how we get seeds and young plants off to a great start; how we control weeds without pesticides and control insects without dangerous insecticides – all with Basic-H.

If you want to learn more about using Basic-H in the garden, just contact us and we will be happy to let you know how we use it. Also be on the lookout for upcoming gardening articles on our site, To Be Healthy. We will also be highlighting these articles on Facebook and Twitter. So be sure to follow us if you use them.

Mothers are another highlight of May. We like to celebrate Mom and give her the much deserved recognition for all she does. We can help you in that area, too. With fantastic gifts designed to pamper Mom without breaking the bank, our Natural Skin Care line, Enfuselle can make Mom look and feel like the million dollars we all know she’s worth. So check it out and if you are unsure, contact us and we will be happy to help you make the right choice.

Also be on the lookout for articles to help women, actually everyone, feel better and improve their health. This month we will be highlighting women’s health on our website, To Be Healthy as well on Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to pass the info on to the women in your life. Good health is a gift we can give ourselves and others that never wants to be returned.

We will also be advertising some great specials and giveaways. So be sure to bookmark our page and list us in your contacts so you don’t miss them!

Did you know we offer referral rewards? Don’t keep Shaklee a secret! We reward those who share with others with cash rebates off of orders. Many people take advantage of these rewards to help pay for their products. Don’t miss out! Contact us today to learn how you can earn rewards.

Below is a recap of some of the articles we published this past month. If you would like more information on a particular subject, have questions on a product or just need to discuss ways to help you improve your health, don’t hesitate to contact us. We are here to serve you.

• Confused About Supplements?

• What Your Cleaners Do to Local Water

• Are You Ready for an Emergency?

• FREE Sample of Basic-H2

• Meet Kianne - A Young Girl with a Passion for Animals and the Earth

• Meet Theresia, an environmental educator. See how she is teaching and connecting kids to nature.

• Child Asthma, Leaded Water, Toxic House?

• Do You Thing Green Cleaners Don't Work as Well As Toxic Ones?

• Why Filtered Water?

• 10 Reasons to Fall in Love with Basic-H!

• Video: Shaklee 180™ Power Foods

I hope you all have a very special and wonderful Spring! Let us know how you are doing!

Always Safe, Always Works, Always Green - See why we work when others don’t – The Shaklee Difference

Find us Online at:

Product Info & Ordering Website: To Be Healthy

Our Health & Wellness Blog: youtobehealthy.com

Like us on Facebook: To Be Healthy

Twitter: You To Be Healthy

Pinterest: YouToBeHealthy

Google+: Shaklee ToBeHealthy

Shaklee April Newsletter

Welcome to our Celebrating Earth Day April 2013 Newsletter!

Shaklee has always celebrated Earth Day everyday and we are always excited to share how much the Environment means to us.

Home should be the safest, healthiest place in the whole world. But, today’s insulated air-tight homes are filled with chemicals that have never been tested for human toxicity - in the air, the walls, carpets, and in the household cleaners, which can carry some pretty scary warning labels.

Below is some information on how cleaning products affect you, your children and your environment. See how these products affect you, what the EPA and what pediatricians have to say.

What’s in your cleaners?

Sodium Hydroxide – Inhalation is immediately irritating to the respiratory tract. Contact can cause severe damage to the eyes, skin, mouth and throat. Can cause liver and kidney damage.

May be found in:

• Dishwashing liquids
• Laundry products
• Oven cleaners
• Scouring cleansers
• Tub & tile cleaners

Hydrochloric Acid – Can cause severe damage to the skin. Can be harmful to health if inhaled. Can be fatal if swallowed.

May be found in:

• Odor eliminators
• Toilet bowl cleaners

Butyl Cellosolve – Can cause irritation and tissue damage from inhalation. A person who spends 15 minutes cleaning scale off shower walls could inhale three times the acute exposure limit.

May be found in:

• All purpose cleaners
• Cleaning wipes
•  Degreasers
•  Floor polish
•  Rug shampoos
•  Toilet bowl cleaners
•  Tub & tile cleaners
•  Window cleaners 

“We are conducting a vast toxicologic experiment in our society, in which our children and our children’s children are the experimental subject.”

~Dr. Herbert Needleman - Pediatrician and professor at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center

Get Clean^® gives you cleaning choices that are nontoxic andnatural and do not contain any of these harmful ingredients.

 We believe cleaning house shouldn’t involve dirtying the earth.

Earth-Friendly Product Choices

Sustainable ingredients from natural sources

Biodegradable surfactants

Recyclable packaging

Recyclable wipes

Recyclable dryer sheets

No chlorine bleach

No phosphates

No nitrates

No borates

No volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Shaklee does not test  on animals

For more than 50 years Shaklee has created products that improve the health of people and the planet.

 

Get Clean® products offer solutions that are not only safe, but powerful. We worked with an outside independent testing lab to conduct performance tests with major brands and found that Get Clean performs as well or better than over 20 competing brands.

Watch this short video and see why concentrated Get Cleanproducts are a real value, for your home, your health, the planet, and your wallet.  

Cool Video: Healthy Home

Think Cleaning With Green Products Don’t Work As Well As The Toxic Cleaners? Well,

Get Clean Out Cleans National Brands! And can save you money!

You would need to spend over $3,400 to get the same cleaning power from major name brands!*

Get Clean Starter Kit is equal to:

•  60 Bottles of Fantastik^®, 32 oz.
•  32 Bottles of Mop ‘n Glo^®, 32 oz.
•  728 Bottles of Windex^®, 26 oz.
•  1 Bottle of Woolite^®, 50 oz.
•  1 Container of Clorox^® Wipes
•  1 Bottle of Soft Scrub^®
•  2.5 Boxes of Cascade^®, 45 oz.
•  2 Boxes of Tide^®, 50 oz.
•  3 Bottles of Downy^®, 20 oz.
•  1 Box of Bounce^® 

And the cost of a Get Clean Starter Kit is a fraction of what these toxic products cost!

When it comes to pollution, we are all either part of the problem or part of the solution.

What part do you want to play?

Contact us today for more information or to get your safe products today.

To Your Good Health,

Julie

Find us Online at:

Product Info & Ordering Website: To Be Healthy

Our Health & Wellness Blog: youtobehealthy.com

Like us on Facebook: To Be Healthy

Twitter: You To Be Healthy

Pinterest: YouToBeHealthy

Google+: Shaklee ToBeHealthy

Always Safe, Always Works, Always Green - See why we work when others don’t – The Shaklee Difference

*Based on number of uses per label directions