Posts Tagged ‘health’

National Women’s Health Week

by Melissa Gulbranson on May 10, 2011

It’s National Women’s Health Week, and let me start it off with a little bit of girl power: Women are awesome!

So what’s the only thing that can make women even more awesome? Life Shotz! By focusing on the issues that affect women’s health, you can make a positive difference in the lives of the women you know and love.

Anti-aging

Everybody wants to look young, which is why the global anti-aging industry is expected to hit $250 billion by 2015. That’s a lot of zeroes, but there are millions of baby boomers who want to look as young as they feel.

Life Shotz makes it possible with an elite blend of antioxidants to help the body protect itself and recover from damage caused by free radicals. After all, looking good should mean feeling good, too. Check out all the antioxidant-rich superfruits for yourself!

Bone Health

Women are more at risk for osteoporosis than men, and one of the risk factors is reduced vitamin D. Why? Because vitamin D helps your body absorb and use calcium.

Life Shotz has 500% of your daily vitamin D to help build and maintain strong bones, which means your body is stronger, sturdier, and ready to go wherever life takes you.

Mental Focus

It’s hard work being a mom, a daughter, a colleague, a boss, a worker, a friend, a homeworker, a scientist, a gardener, a teacher, and an athlete—yet women are usually three or four of these things at a time, sometimes even more.

With all the work and adventure that goes into your average day, you can count on Life Shotz to help you stay focused, on cue, and in good spirits.

It starts with Vitamin D3, includes an amazing vitamin B complex, and it all gets deep into your cells with a delivery system that makes the most of natural enzymatic processes—which is geek speak for saying it helps you feel great no matter the challenges you face!

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Share Life Shotz with the women in your life, and help them make the most of their nutrition.

Cheers,
Melissa

Life Shotz Earns Big-Time Certification!

by Tom Lunneborg on April 18, 2011

There’s a giant door that separates products in the supplement industry, and passage through this door is granted only to the elite. Last Friday Life Shotz passed through, and things will never be the same.

Banned Substance Control Group of Los Angeles, California, has certified Life Shotz. This certification means Life Shotz does not contain any banned substances, a.k.a. drugs. It means that the ingredients on the label are actually in the box. That’s it. Nothing else.

Why is this important?

  1. Instant peace of mind for NCAA, pro, and high school athletes. They will know that no banned substances are hidden in the product.
  2. Instant confidence for employees who are subject to drug testing.
  3. Instant credibility for a product that’s going to become a household name.

You will see a lot of great things come from this certification, and it’s a step most supplements do not take because of the cost and hard work involved. But we voluntarily had Life Shotz independently tested. We paid for the testing. We worked hard to ensure the purity of over 30 ingredients.

This effort proves our integrity and shows a company doing the right thing.

Be very proud of this certification and what it means for your business. Visit bscg.org to see just how important this is.

To your health,

Tom Lunneborg

Why Metabolism Matters

by Tom Lunneborg on March 16, 2011

Right now, in every single cell of your body, there are millions of chemical reactions taking place. It’s what scientists call metabolism, and it affects everything from your energy level to your mood to how fast your heart is beating at this very moment.

These chemical reactions allow us to grow and develop. They help us build endurance and strength. They protect us from harsh environments and all the stress we put our bodies through. They even affect our appetite, our weight, and our motivation.

The millions of chemical reactions happen so fast that it’s hard to capture them at work. In fact, there are so many reactions going on that scientists discover new ones all the time.

To get a sense of how interconnected these reactions are, it helps to imagine your body as a clock tower, and every chemical reaction is a cog. There are millions of these cogs, all of them spinning together. Some of them are large, some are small. Some cogs are spinning rapidly, others are super slow, yet all of them mesh together perfectly.

Now imagine if just one thing goes wrong. Imagine if you’re just a little short on vitamin B6 or vitamin D. Maybe your body can adapt for a brief period, but soon some of those chemical reactions stop.

It’s like one or two small cogs losing their teeth. Sure, the clock still works, but it’s not working as well as it can. Maybe the second hand is slowing down a bit, or maybe one of the bells doesn’t ring exactly when it’s supposed to.

But this breakdown is going to have cascading effects. Soon it takes your body even more effort to keep the cogs spinning, and you might start to notice the difference.

You get tired.

You get irritable.

You don’t really feel like going out or doing things.

Maybe you get sick easier, or your skin doesn’t feel as smooth.

By now that one small change is starting to have big-time effects. If you’re one of those people who’s always on the go, or if you’re an athlete, or even if you have a tough job that takes a lot out of you mentally or physically, you can’t afford to have a single busted cog.

That’s why Life Shotz is such a fantastic product. We created Life Shotz so that it would use cellular transporters to drive key metabolic enzymes deep into your cells. It includes the vitamins and minerals that your body most often lacks. Best of all, we don’t use any of the preservatives, sugars, or chemicals that throw off your body’s metabolism.

Use and share Life Shotz to make sure every cog in your system is spinning at its best. It’s your way to feel and look better.

To Your Health,
Tom

Are You One of the Walking Wired?

by Tom Lunneborg on March 9, 2011

The best part of waking up is ….

Did you finish that marketing jingle?

Folgers Coffee first coined that jingle 27 years ago in 1984, but their marketing of coffee started back in 1850—over 160 years ago!

Coffee has been a breakfast staple for centuries. Even as far back as the Stone Age people chewed on seeds, bark, or leaves of certain plants containing caffeine. The almost immediate benefits are remarkable. Caffeine raises alertness, increases focus, and provides faster thought and better coordination after just a small amount. And when it was just one cup, starting the day with a cup of Joe was just fine.

Fast forward to today. Caffeine is abused beyond sane limits. This legal, psychoactive stimulant isn’t just for breakfast. In fact, new markets have been created around it, and overconsumption is normal and completely socially acceptable. It’s even popular with kids.

Our body develops a tolerance for caffeine after continued use. This means that more caffeine is required to create the same reactions. Marketers and manufacturers of caffeinated products know this well. The common cup of coffee in the 1950s was eight ounces … hence the name “cup.” Today a cup of coffee is 16 ounces. Grande has become the new cup. Along with coffee, caffeinated colas’ serving sizes continued to grow over the years. Originally a bottle of Coke was six ounces, and it was considered a treat. Today the standard bottle of Coke is 24 ounces and many people consume at least one at every meal.

Despite huge increases in caffeine consumption, beverage makers and marketers believed that these traditional drinks weren’t enough, so they created a new niche: the energy drink market. Hundreds of new, gotta-have-it “rocket fuels” burst onto the scene, and they were marketed as the energy solution to many of the problems caused by our caffeine overload. Each new drink promised insane, superhero results based on supersized doses of caffeine and other drugs. Soon it was popular to mix alcohol (a depressant) with these heavily caffeinated drinks. It’s a potentially lethal combination.

The next “on fire” market is the two-ounce shot market. Now people simply don’t have time for coffee or a full can of an energy drink. They need a larger jolt of caffeine in a two-ounce shot. These shots are sold in packs of four, and all four are supposed to be taken in one day. It’s as close to concentrated drugs as you can get.

Our systems are overloaded!

Chew on this … if caffeine were discovered today, it would not be permitted in dietary supplements or foods. It would be classified as a drug.

So what should we do? Moderation. Nutrition. Rest.

Those are three words to live by. When moderate intake is combined with great nutrition through diet and supplements and ample rest, caffeine is a wonderful ingredient. Enjoying a great cup of coffee or a cola is a treat and will provide a beneficial jump start. But if it is abused and used as a substitute for nutrition and rest, it will wreak havoc on our health.

Natural energy is not found in caffeine—that’s why it’s classified as a stimulant. Natural energy is found in nutrition. That nutrition is found in Life Shotz. We know because we put it there.

So if you are one of the walking wired, cut back. Don’t stop completely, but cut back and substitute Life Shotz, nutrition, and rest. You will be amazed at how good you feel.

To Your Health,

Tom

I Feel It in My Bones

by Tom Lunneborg on February 10, 2011

We are on the verge of greatness. We are feeling the energy in the field and witnessing the success of Life Shotz every day. Do you read the stories and press releases? Have you checked our testimonial page lately? Things are starting to roll. I feel it in my bones. Can you feel it?

Our skeletal system is the framework for our body. We all know the importance of this system as soon as any one of the 206 bones in this frame is broken. We can’t even perform everyday tasks until the broken bone heals.

The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 55% of people 50 years or older have low bone density and are at risk of osteoporosis. But that doesn’t mean ignore this message if you are under 50! Starting a lifestyle of supplements and exercise in our teenage years will keep our frame strong.

Did you know that your entire skeletal system is replaced about every seven years? Our bones are constantly remodeling. Cells called osteoclasts break down bone tissue during a process called resorption, and cells called osteoblasts build the bones back up. Our bone density reaches its peak around age 25. In our 30s the breakdown portion starts to outpace the reformation. This aging process is natural, but we can do something to maintain our strong frame.

Calcium is probably the first thing that comes to mind. While it’s true that calcium plays a big role in strong bones, it cannot work alone. Vitamin D is required to direct the calcium to our bones. Think of Vitamin D as the traffic cop that directs cars where to go. If you remove the traffic cop, the cars get all tangled up and take longer to reach their destination … if they reach it all.

Magnesium is also required for healthy, strong bones. This mineral works with calcium to improve bone density. It just so happens that the majority of us are deficient in vitamin D and magnesium. Yet, on average, we consume good amounts of calcium.

Weight bearing exercises are very important to building and maintaining strong bones. Our body must adapt to the physical stress we put on it. Bones will be built up stronger when they are regularly stressed. Simply climbing several flights of stairs instead of using the elevator will help keep our leg bones strong. Resistance exercise is excellent for bone strengthening, too. You don’t need to lift heavy weights. A simple elastic resistance band can be used to perform all exercises safely.

Supplementing daily with Life Shotz and calcium will give our body the fuel it needs to maintain strong healthy bones. Partner those supplements with a simple exercise routine and you’ll maintain a powerful frame!

Get moving and supplement with Life Shotz daily, and share this blog! Part of our mission at 21TEN is to bring important health education to everyone. This information will improve the quality of your health and everyone you share it with.

To your Health!

Tom Lunneborg