Chances are YOU are a statistic....you better read this
Posted Jun 02 2009 12:00am
It's an alarming statistic...
90% of people are still not getting the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables in their diet every day. This is no light hearted recommendation either. This is a recommendation made by 1000's of health care professionals, research scientists, medical professionals and leading authorities on health the world over. Even more alarming is that they have been making this recommendation for a long time. We are either not hearing it, don't understand what it means to our health and well being, or simply too busy to make it a priority. As a consequence, we are all suffering as is the health care budget of most countries as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke and obesity rates soar.
Personally, as hard as I try, and as focused as I am on meeting the minimum requirements I find it very difficult due to a very busy lifestyle. If it is difficult for me being so focused on it, it is easy to see why it is almost impossible for the average person to achieve this simple goal.
With a background in competition, and as a personal trainer it has always been important to me to meet this requirement. Particularly because the requirement for me was even higher than the average person due to the amount of oxidative stress my body was under from training. I used to have TATT syndrome - that is what we athletes know as "Tired All The Time" syndrome. This I have found to be very common, not only amongst athletes, but for anyone living a busy, demanding lifestyle.
And so it came to pass that I was recommended a whole food supplement which is the concentrated juice from 7 fruits, 8 vegetables and 2 grains, reduced to powdered form with the sugar removed, fiber added back in, and then encapsulated in a vegetarian capsule. Fruits and vegetables in a capsule - or as I have now been referring to it comically for 10 years "Space Food".
This was recommended to me 10 years ago by one of Australia's leading triathletes Marc Dragan. Marc Dragan was Australia’s first professional triathlete and in 1985 became the first Australian man to win a full length ironman distance triathlon (3.8km swim 180km bike and 42km run). Marc represented Australia at three world triathlon championships twice finishing in the top 8 and winning a silver medal with the Australian team in 1991. Marc has won over 30 triathlons around the world and placed in the top 3 finishers in over 60 triathlons. In his formative years Marc was an accomplished tennis player reaching the qualifying draws of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Olympic torchbearer for the Sydney 2000 games, Australian selector for the Olympic sport of Triathlon, Television commentator for the Australian Triathlon Series on Channel 10 and qualified Tennis and Triathlon coach Marc Dragan has been involved in the health, fitness and lifestyle industry for over 20 years.
As an athlete and having tried everything legal to help my body recover from training, and to gain an edge on the competition I was of course very sceptical about supplements. I had been approached many times, by many people and nothing worked. Thankfully because of my respect for Marc I tried Juice PLUS+ and I have not looked back since. You see, as an athlete you know your body very well, and you know when something makes a difference. Juice PLUS+ made a difference. It's that simple.
The other thing I liked and understood about this product right away was that it is just fruits and vegetables, concentrated and in an easy to take every day form. I have always been so confused about the myriad of vitamin and mineral supplements that are available, and for me none of them worked. The only thing I ever noticed was that my urine always turned a very bright yellow - I subsequently found out that this was simply the water soluble vitamins being flushed straight back out of my body and into the toilet bowl. Expensive urine.
I liked this product that I became involved with the company so that I could make a real difference to peoples health. Now recommend Juice PLUS+ to everyone I know, and to everyone I come into contact with, and I have done for a very long time.
If you feel as though you would like to try Juice PLUS+ for yourself visit www.teamjp-juiceplus.com where you will find all the information you need, including the medical science and research that has been conducted on this product all over the world to show that it clearly works.
90% of people are still not getting the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables in their diet every day. This is no light hearted recommendation either. This is a recommendation made by 1000's of health care professionals, research scientists, medical professionals and leading authorities on health the world over. Even more alarming is that they have been making this recommendation for a long time. We are either not hearing it, don't understand what it means to our health and well being, or simply too busy to make it a priority. As a consequence, we are all suffering as is the health care budget of most countries as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke and obesity rates soar.
Personally, as hard as I try, and as focused as I am on meeting the minimum requirements I find it very difficult due to a very busy lifestyle. If it is difficult for me being so focused on it, it is easy to see why it is almost impossible for the average person to achieve this simple goal.
With a background in competition, and as a personal trainer it has always been important to me to meet this requirement. Particularly because the requirement for me was even higher than the average person due to the amount of oxidative stress my body was under from training. I used to have TATT syndrome - that is what we athletes know as "Tired All The Time" syndrome. This I have found to be very common, not only amongst athletes, but for anyone living a busy, demanding lifestyle.
And so it came to pass that I was recommended a whole food supplement which is the concentrated juice from 7 fruits, 8 vegetables and 2 grains, reduced to powdered form with the sugar removed, fiber added back in, and then encapsulated in a vegetarian capsule. Fruits and vegetables in a capsule - or as I have now been referring to it comically for 10 years "Space Food".
This was recommended to me 10 years ago by one of Australia's leading triathletes Marc Dragan. Marc Dragan was Australia’s first professional triathlete and in 1985 became the first Australian man to win a full length ironman distance triathlon (3.8km swim 180km bike and 42km run). Marc represented Australia at three world triathlon championships twice finishing in the top 8 and winning a silver medal with the Australian team in 1991. Marc has won over 30 triathlons around the world and placed in the top 3 finishers in over 60 triathlons. In his formative years Marc was an accomplished tennis player reaching the qualifying draws of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Olympic torchbearer for the Sydney 2000 games, Australian selector for the Olympic sport of Triathlon, Television commentator for the Australian Triathlon Series on Channel 10 and qualified Tennis and Triathlon coach Marc Dragan has been involved in the health, fitness and lifestyle industry for over 20 years.
As an athlete and having tried everything legal to help my body recover from training, and to gain an edge on the competition I was of course very sceptical about supplements. I had been approached many times, by many people and nothing worked. Thankfully because of my respect for Marc I tried Juice PLUS+ and I have not looked back since. You see, as an athlete you know your body very well, and you know when something makes a difference. Juice PLUS+ made a difference. It's that simple.
The other thing I liked and understood about this product right away was that it is just fruits and vegetables, concentrated and in an easy to take every day form. I have always been so confused about the myriad of vitamin and mineral supplements that are available, and for me none of them worked. The only thing I ever noticed was that my urine always turned a very bright yellow - I subsequently found out that this was simply the water soluble vitamins being flushed straight back out of my body and into the toilet bowl. Expensive urine.
I liked this product that I became involved with the company so that I could make a real difference to peoples health. Now recommend Juice PLUS+ to everyone I know, and to everyone I come into contact with, and I have done for a very long time.
If you feel as though you would like to try Juice PLUS+ for yourself visit www.teamjp-juiceplus.com where you will find all the information you need, including the medical science and research that has been conducted on this product all over the world to show that it clearly works.
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