I AM RAW

So it's that time of year for me...to be as close to 100% RaW as possible!! It's not even so much a choice anymore - when the temperature rises, my body only craves freshly squeezed green juices, avocados, zucchini, kale, tomatoes, asparagus and anything plant-based I can get from the local pesticide-free, Monsanto-free (I hate to even give this evil corporate nightmare a capital "M") farmers. Whenever possible, I URGE you to buy your produce from local Farmer's Markets or co-ops. You can also join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and have a box of seasonal veggies delivered to you during the growing season (www.localharvest.org/csa/). Unless you have your own garden of tasties, this is the next best thing!

During the cooler months, I usually maintain an 80% raw lifestyle but I do respect and listen to my body and if it wants some cooked grains, beans and steamed veggies, I oblige. Fall and winter sway me towards a more Raw/Vegan/Macrobiotic path and it works just as well for me.

I have found that since I have eliminated ALL animal products (including dairy), refined sugars and processed foods, my body very LOUDLY tells me what to put in it AND I actually listen because I trust that it loves me and wants what is best for me.

That being said, when I was not so "clean", it INSISTED I eat Twizzlers, Gummy Bears, ProMax Bars and the like...and I paid a price for that. I would have daily sugar comas and never felt good yet I would continue abusing myself because I was responding to an addiction. The additional "bonus" is that I would be on such a sugar high that I could probably run 6 miles fueled only on a "Vitamin" water (sugar content in this drink is astounding) and I'd actually lose weight! BECAUSE I WAS KILLING MYSELF!! When the crash would come, I'd turn to salt in all forms to "balance" me out and bring me down.

What a nightmare. I so desperately wanted to go to rehab for my food addictions but I couldn't fathom going cold turkey! Today I am so GRATEFUL that I am off that roller coaster. I NEVER take for granted that I could easily succumb back to that living hell if I choose to make bad choices. So I choose LIFE. And today, I eat RAW, life-giving, regenerative foods.

I am questioned about the price to be raw...my response is always that it actually costs me LESS money because I do not experience all the cravings associated with unhealthy eating patterns, thus more junk-food purchases. Need we discuss the price of Starbucks and Pinkberry? Enough said.

Yesterday I feasted on an avocado, spiraled zucchini and a farm fresh tomato for about $4.00 (I even have leftovers). I had a 16 oz fresh squeezed "Green Lemonade" from Whole Foods for $4.99 and 2 Vitashakes (Sunrider) with Coconut Juice which cost me about $3.00 each. So for $15.00 I was completely nutrient saturated, my appetite was satisfied and I woke up (or shall I say bounced out of bed) with a very flat tummy as an added bonus. Not only is that not a lot of money for a days worth of great food, it is by far more costly to eat off the highly advertised $1 dollar menus at your local fast food joints followed by a trip to pharmacy for antacids, pain killers, gas relief, etc to MASK the damage you are doing by dousing your body with acid-inducing DEAD food with ZERO nutrient value.

Start your day with a beautiful whole fruit...watermelon, oranges, grapefruits, apples (try to choose one fruit to eat as much as you want all by itself to avoid bad food combining) and feast on beautiful GREEN salads and veggies all day. You'll never have to worry about calories, ounces, fat content and all the things we waste our time on because your body knows exactly what to do with WHOLE living food. That is the simple way to begin a raw journey ...you can also dine out at the numerous raw restaurants opening more and more frequently (check out www.happycow.net for your area) or learn to make decadent raw-licious meals that would seriously shock you into submission.

This is the lifestyle that works for me. So I choose to share it with you in the hopes that it may lead you in a direction of Optimum Health. You know what is best for you and I wish you nothing but what is best for YOU!! Try it out and if you love what it does for your body like I do, you will hopefully stick to it...there's no reason to wait til dis-ease starts knocking at your temple door!!

Love Your Body, Love Your Planet, Love Each Other...

BIKINI BEACH BABY

While I am a huge advocate of making lifestyle changes to fully support both the physical and mental wellness of all earthly beings, sometimes you just want to get ripped into shape, like right NOW....

I will never use nor do I believe in the word diet, which in my opinion does not work for the long haul and quite frankly, I find completely inhumane. Notice the first three letters of said word. Add "crash" before that, and common sense will hopefully get all up in your face!

For me, eating balanced WHOLE foods that nourish and cleanse the body works EVERY time. I eat primarily RAW, VEGAN and Macrobiotic foods along with Sunrider nutrient-dense plant-based shakes and herbal beverages to insure that every part of my body is fully nourished, balanced and cleansed. Foods that REGENERATE the body...

By the way, the word "isolate" is never your friend. Check your labels on your so-called "healthy" shakes and foods.

In light of the fact that SUMMER is upon us, I would like to share with you my formula for getting into BEACH-body shape starting.....NOW.....

Start the day (always if you can) with a pot of warm Calli. One non-bleached teabag makes 8-12 cups in a coffemaker. Remember to NEVER boil the water - a coffeemaker works great. NO COFFEE but if you must, drink it AFTER Calli with Sunnydew and unsweetened, non-dairy Coconut or Soy Creamer (Silk brand uses whole soybeans last time I checked). I understand you may be addicted and don't want to cause unnecessary trauma because for today, WE LOVE OUR BODIES and want to be kind by taking baby steps. Teeccino is also a great ALKALINE coffee alternative if you are ready to kick the habit.

Why Calli? Because all night your body is naturally detoxing and Calli is ALKALINE and assists the body to further cleanse...coffee is ACIDIC and stops the cleansing process immediately and dehydrates you!

If you have leftover Calli, simply chill and drink it all day. Just do not reheat it. Calli pulls metals, toxins, parasites out of your body...gives clarity and makes your skin glow. This is one of the beautiful "side effects." I found that after drinking Calli for about a month, my morning coffee became a thing of the pass and I didn't even notice!! I simply started craving Calli. Woot.

Breakfast...pick ONE fruit and preferably buy it at Farmer's Market so we are somewhat assured it's not sprayed (no bananas, sorry charlie)...best choices:

Apples

Oranges/Grapefruits (you can eat citrus together)

Pears

These fruits aid in cleansing/detoxing...they take about 30 minutes to transit the system so you always want to eat them on an empty stomach (you can have Calli before, but no food or shakes until later). If you eat any other food before fruit, it gets trapped and causes gastric disturbances...acid is created in the body not unlike a volcanic explosion. Ever have heartburn or acid reflux? Need I say more?

You can eat 30 minutes after your fruit so it's really not a big deal. But it makes a BIG difference. Wash your fruits with Veggie Rinse to be rid of any lingering pesticides, waxy coatings, automobile fumes during transport, insects, etc...

You can eat as much fruit as you want....cut it up, sprinkle cinnamon (organic) on it if you like and have a blast. I'm serious, you can eat as much of ONE fruit alone as you want...3 will probably fill you up. Remember to CHEW. ChewChewChew.

Wait 45 minutes and make a Vitashake. Since we are on a mission, I would suggest you use 1/2 cup of chilled Calli or Fortune Delight with 1/2 cup of unsweetened rice milk or Coconut Juice (my favorite, natural weight loss and electrolytes), squirt of Sunnydew, 1 Quinary, 1 packet Vitashake, ice and if you have flax seeds, throw them in. Yummmm!! For an added treat I also use David Wolfe's Sunfood Raw Cacao (raw chocolate, very bitter but yummy with the Sunnydew) for extra chocolaty flavor...there are lots of antioxidants in raw chocolate and that is my fave brand. Let's forego the fruit as you probably understand why from the food combining explanation above.

Mid morning snack: 2 Sunbars but you MUST drink Fortune with them...push the fat out baby. Take 5 Metabooster and if you feel like you have enough food in you, 3 Metashaper...some of us lightweights get a bit zingy from said supplements so you can adjust the amount as needed.

Lunch....salad...greens (no iceburg), sprouts, cucumber, celery (if you like, it's a great natural diuretic), 1/2 avocado...any veggies you love and try to get it all at the Farmer's Market...for a dressing, organic virgin olive oil and lemon or buy a vegan dressing at Whole Foods...Galeo's Miso Dijonnaise is DELISH as is Follow Your Heart's dressings...watch out for sugar content...you can by some raw crackers at Whole Foods or other health food stores if you want a little crunch. They are pricey but in a pre-digested state so that your digestive system can focus on other things since you are being so kind to it as of now. Again, make sure they are the RAW sprouted crackers if you choose to indulge.

3 Metashaper with your lunch.

Wait at least an hour and have your second Vitashake with Quinary...if you are still hungry, add a Sunbar. Still drinking Fortune or chilled Calli or both mixed. You can do Evergreen as you wish too...your body is really happy about now.

Dinner...if you are cool with no animal protein this week, let's have another salad or lots of steamed leafy veggies...if you must have meat, make it fish only (yes, I consider that meat)...the best kind you can find. I have no suggestions in that area as I cannot stomach anything with a face at this point. If you can stick to plant foods, results will occur faster and you will feel better other than some possible detox symptoms which WILL pass.

If you'd like some brown rice, I suggest Lundgren's Organic short grain brown rice that you cook. Soak the rice for several hours before cooking to activate the enzymes. Tastes the same, but assists in the digestion process. Quinoa is also an excellent protein-rich grain, you can soak and rinse it over night and eat it sprouted or cook it like rice. You can use Organic vegetable broth instead of water, it makes it very flavorful. The microwave is not our friend. It chemically alters food and your body has not idea what it is and works hard to get rid of it. I like putting rice or Quinoa in with my salad or you can put your veggies over it. No soy sauce or any sauces that have words we don't understand. Keep it simple...Leaf makes awesome raw dressings you can use on anything if they are still available since the restaurant closed. Regardless of the calories or fat content, it pretty much goes through you so no worries. Raw food is miraculous. 3 Metashaper.

Wait about 2 hours and you can have another shake or 2 Sunbars as an evening snack.

So what you need from SR:

Vitashake (2-3 a day)

Quinary (we are doing 2 or 3 a day for this week and always if you can swing it)

Calli (1 bag a day)

Fortune (I would use 2 in a big bottle of water per day, I do every day...it is the fat flusher)

Sunnydew in everything...feeds the pancreas and gets rid of cravings...use just a little if you don't like the taste

Evergreen

Metabooster

Metashaper

Sunbars

So there you have it....

Oh, and PLEASE exercise...hike, run, yoga, dance, hula hoop, walk...find something you love so you WANT to participate and NEVER stop, have FUN with it and enjoy your life!!

I am not a doctor and I make no medical claims. I do not test on animals, only myself and the people I love who let me. If it works, I am happy to share it with you. I do not believe anything until I see results and profound changes.

Remember, you know your body best and I only urge you to do whatever it takes to heal yourself from the inside out and practice PREVENTION of dis-ease rather than fighting for your life when it's too late. Wave an avocado instead of a pink ribbon!!

Much love to you all and SEE YOU AT THE BEACH...

REPLENISH GEL TO THE RESCUE!!

So my skin here in Nashville has been DRY DRY DRY!

Razor lips and all...it's terrible considering the amount of rain that occurs here (although now it's mostly just "raining" pollen and quite beautiful)...

Anyway, I had a sealed bottle of Oi-Lin Replenish Gel that I must have ordered months and months ago and forgot about. I decided to slather it all over my eyes, face and lips about 3 nights ago and CANNOT believe what it has done for my skin...it feels like a babies behind and my lips have healed after months of trying EVERYTHING :)

This has made me a very happy camper so I thought I'd share...NO TOXINS, NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS OR TESTING, no clogging, blemishes or anything other than clear, moist (a word that freaks me out) skin!! Yipppppeeeeee!!!

Sunrider has an extensive line of skin care and I've tried them all...I have some favorites if you are a Curious George.

Keep in mind, that whatever you put in and ON your body goes into your blood stream within seconds! Sunrider has the only manufacturing plant in the US that manufactures their foods, skincare and cleaning products IN THE SAME PLANT!! Reason being that it is all FOOD GRADE and safe to ingest. Not that I'd eat my face cream, but it's nice to have options if I want a little snack and out of food :)

If you are in the skin industry or know somebody who is, Sunrider's line of skin care is AWESOME....Halle Berry's make-up artist uses it and has been a fan for many, many years. Just saying.

Stay Beautiful inside and out!! xoxo

Description Recommendation Oi-Lin® Replenish Gel Oi-Lin® Replenish Gel is designed to hydrate the delicate eye and mouth areas that are especially prone to wrinkling. It also is ideal for other areas of the face that require gentle yet intense hydration. This anhydrous gel helps moisturize and smooth the skin. The antioxidants in this advanced, rich formulation help combat the effects of free radicals, which cause fine lines and wrinkles in skin. Owner expertise produces an exclusive formula that seals in moisture in wrinkle-prone areas and provides a gentle emollient effect without a greasy feel. Wake up with the softest skin imaginable by applying a thin layer to your face at night as an intensive moisturizing mask.

FINE TUNING...

We are not our bodies.

HOWEVER, if we do not take care of our fabulous "temple" of the soul, our life here on Planet Earth may be less than divine.

I don't know about you, but I am a VERY active 40-something year youngling. I love to HIKE, take YOGA almost daily, POLE DANCE (as in class, not profession), HOOP (as in HULA...just joined) and the list goes on.

I am hard on my body and I love trying new things. For me, the highlight of EVERY day, is getting this girl's body MOVING...nothing like an endorphin high!! That being said, things start to "happen" not only as we age, but if we don't eat nutrient dense "living" foods that nourish, balance and cleanse our bodies. Every day. What do you think happens when you eat "dead" acidic food? Insert shudder.

Those who know me know that I am a fanatic of SUNRIDER plant based products. Nutrient- dense ALKALINE foods that feed the body on a cellular level based on the Philosophy of REGENERATION. Dis-ease does not like an alkaline environment, thus the body gets the rest it needs to restore itself back to health. It's that simple. It also takes time and discipline to undo the damage of decades of abuse and "unconscious" eating so when I say simple, I'm not saying easy. It does however, get VERY easy when you start feeling AWESOME and bouncy and like you can do ANYTHING!! My very first "side effect" was no more brain FOG...yuck, who needs that? CLARITY is a beautiful thing.

Most people see changes immediately and continue to get better while others stop once they feel better (I never understood this - if I feel good, please give me MORE!!) only to start up again when their symptoms start to reappear. It's like exercise my lovelies...you basically have to do it until you die. You don't get to a point where you look and feel your best, stop, and your body remains the same. Unfair I know, but that's LIFE. This is the point where commitment and discipline are your new best friend!

I am living proof that the body has the ability to HEAL itself if given proper nutrition. I had to prove it to myself as I am very skeptical of all things until I have reason not to be. I will not share something I do not believe in yet I do feel responsible for sharing things that have proven to be life-changing or FUN for that matter...

Here's a link to some more Sunrider information that focuses on FINE TUNING your gorgeous body...work it, own it!!

http://www.shelleymerkt.com/files/Fine_Tuning_with_Sunrider.pdf

And ask lots of questions!! If I can't answer, I will find out from my Naturopath who led me on this path of health and freedom...

Love, Sheri xoxo

SPRING CLEANSE with Dandelion Root..

A reminder...it's that TIME of year again…Gall-Bladder/Liver meridian time!! Every Spring, I use Dandelion Root Capsules for a Liver "re-boot" Detox Cleanse and Strengthening.

In the spring, the body must make a change adjusting the blood from winter to spring. Today most people spray the dandelions or declare war on them by digging them up and discarding. If you can find organic dandelion greens at your local Farmer's Market, add them to your salad for an added benefit or steam/cook them like you do other vegetables!!

Dandelion helps the transition from winter to the warmer season, by nourishing and balancing the blood so it will flow better and keep us cooler in the summer season.

Sunrider has Dandelion Root in capsules to keep it simple!

Suggested Spring Cleanse: Open 5 Dandelion capsules and empty them in your cup of Calli every morning and drink before you eat any food (on an empty stomach). Add Sunny Dew to flavor/sweeten and balance the pancreas.

You can do this anytime: A couple weeks in the spring, or periodically throughout the year.

On a regular basis, open two EVERY morning in your Calli.

Dandelion Root is also found in our Immune-Defense Formula ALPHA 20 C. Our Alpha 20 C is also a liver food - it strengthens the immune system, feeds the T-cells so they can fight tumors, degenerative cells, infections, etc...

WHAT does Dandelion Root do for the body??

Dandelion root is an international plant used by people and cultures such as the Chinese and settlers of the American West. It is a valuable whole body tonic.

Consider it a companion support herb to the Basics of Calli, Nuplus, Quinary and Sunny Dew.

Here is what herb texts say:

*Dandelion acts as a tonic to the system.

*It destroys acid in the blood (from processed food and excess meat).

*Recognized as a great blood builder and for the liver.

*It is very high in calcium and other nutrients.

*Aids skin problems as well as detoxify poisons and toxic waste in the body.

*A natural source of protein, vitamins A, B, C and E.

*Rich in potassium, calcium and sodium with some phosphorus and iron.

*Can be used as a tea for babies and children.

*Food nourishment for the liver.

White blood cells are manufactured in the liver to destroy germs and poisons which come from the intestines. The liver is responsible for the substance that causes blood to clot. The liver also detoxifies heavy metals.

It renders harmless the toxic end-products of the digestion process.

When the liver is in trouble, it puts strain and congestion on all the GLANDS, MUSCLES, JOINTS and the BODY STRUCTURE.

Dandelion is one of the main ingredients in our chewable whole food HERB CAL TAB (calcium) because Dandelion has the highest concentration of calcium of any plant.

I have long heard and proved that where there is "stiffness" in the body...(see the reference to joints and structure above) that the liver needs cleansing and strengthening.

Let Dandelion put some spring in your blood and joints!!

Isn't it wonderful that the body can balance itself if we feed it the right foods?!!

I LOVE what it does for my body...

I promise that I will only share with you things I have tried and had success with myself. While I would never make medical claims, I can only share that from my own personal experiences and what I have witnessed in others, the lifestyle I have chosen over the last several years has contributed to PROFOUND changes in my whole being...

Love YOUR body and it will LOVE you back xoxo

WHY THESE FOODS??

Isn’t it time to shift the paradigm? Wouldn’t it be wiser to prevent the disease instead of having to treat it? Health is NOT determined by the doctor’s intellect, training or the size of the hospital. In a large part, it is determined by our knife and fork.

Why Sunrider Foods?

I am often confronted with the question, “WHY SUNRIDER? WHY SHOULD I EAT SUNRIDER FOODS IF I AM ALREADY EATING A BALANCED DIET? Good question! Let’s look at some reasons why.

Dr. Melcher Dikkers, Loyola University states: “There is no doubt that malnutrition is the most important problem confronting mankind at the present time.” Dr. Michael Colgan, author of Your Personal Vitamin Profile states: “Americans are malnourished. Even when we think we are eating a balanced diet, our systems still suffer from the lack of nutrients in foods. For example, raw carrots differ widely in beta-carotene content, often showing variances from 18,000 International Units (IU) to 70 IU per 3 1⁄2-ounce sample. Wheat from the United States has been rejected at China’s ports because the protein content was so low. U.S. Agriculture figures show that today’s wheat often contains only 20% of the protein it used to have.”

The Congress of the United States is also aware of this problem of our depleted soil. The following excerpts on mineral deficient soils, plants and foods, are part of Senate Document #264 as adopted and ordered reprinted by the second session of the 74th Congress of the United States of America in 1936:

• The impoverished soil of America no longer provides plant foods with the mineral elements essential to human nourishment and health.

• Laboratory tests prove that the fruits, vegetables, grains, eggs, and even the milk and meats of today are not what they were a few generations ago.

• No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he requires for perfect health because his stomach is not big enough to hold them.

• Physical, mental and moral fitness depend largely upon an ample supply and a proper proportion of the minerals in our food.

The iron content in tomatoes grown in 1948 was 969 parts per million (ppm) and only 5ppm in 1963. In a span of only 15 years the average drop of iron was more than 90%. It is only reasonable to assume that there is also a drastic decline in other essential vitamins and minerals as well.

Larry Ephron, Ph.D. in The End states: “A recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) study found that the majority of Americans – supposedly the best fed people in the world – are getting less than 70% of the recommended daily allowances of calcium, iron and magnesium. And if a deficiency in any one nutrient is a sign of inadequate nutrition, more than 80% of Americans are suffering from malnutrition.”

Dr William A. Albrecht says: “Depleted soils produce deficient foods and deficient foods bring us ill health. Two food items may look alike, but one may have everything such a food should have because it was grown on healthy soil, while the other is worth no more than a glass of water if grown on sick soil.” In other words, a plant can only contain all the nutritional value it receives from the soil – minerals, vitamins, iron and the like. If it was not there in the first place, it is not in the fruit, vegetables, grains, seeds, or nuts we are consuming. What kind of nutrition do you suppose we find in the produce purchased from our local grocery stores? You need to know that all Sunrider foods are made from food-grade herbs (not medicinal) grown in fertile, healthy soil in China, Taiwan, and other parts of Asia. They contain no preservatives, harmful chemicals, pesticides, wax coatings, irradiation, food coloring, artificial flavoring, artificial sweeteners or genetic modification.

Did you know the more we do to food, the less value it has? For example, foods that are:

Raw

0% enzyme/nutrition loss

Juiced

0% enzyme/nutrition loss

Dried

2-5% enzyme/nutrition loss

Frozen

3-30% enzyme/nutrition loss

Steamed

15-60% enzyme/nutrition loss

Cooked

40-100% enzyme/nutrition loss

Canned

100% enzyme/nutrition loss

Microwaved

100% enzyme/nutrition loss

Pasteurized

100% enzyme/nutrition loss

Processed

100% enzyme/nutrition loss

Irradiated

100% enzyme/nutrition loss

What about enzymes?

If you don’t put enough nutrition into your body, your body has to “borrow” from its lifespan and you will eventually “go into debt” healthwise. Your body is then forced to borrow enzymes from critical functions just to keep it alive until a whole, live food source is provided again. Sunrider foods contain live enzymes in the right amounts for your body including all major organs, so it can balance itself and begin the process of regeneration, producing healthy new cells. At some point in time, we all have to make the decision about whether we want to create health/regeneration or disease/degeneration in our bodies. Why not choose to get on the road to regeneration? Actually being able to reverse the disease processes that have been accumulating in our body for years is a gift that Dr. Chen has given us in Sunrider Foods based on the “Philosophy of Regeneration.” It’s simple and easy – all we have to do is add these superior whole food concentrates to our daily routine.

What About the Acid/Alkaline Balance In Our Body?

The acid/alkaline balance in our body is one of the most significant phenomena of human physiology. Our body always strives to keep our blood balanced at 7.4pH. If our blood drops below 7.4pH we will die from acidosis. The way our body keeps the 7.4pH balance is through the alkaline minerals derived from the whole, raw foods that we eat. When food is overcooked, processed, canned, microwaved, pasteurized, or irradiated, it becomes acidic. All meat, dairy, eggs, and flours are acidic foods. Our diets should consist of 80% alkaline foods such as vegetables, fruits, grains, lentils, pasta, and rice. Sunrider foods are concentrated alkaline plant foods with all of its naturally occurring enzymes and nutrients still intact.

Let’s Get Back To The Question: “Why Sunrider Foods?”

1. It is simply the best way to nourish the body with live, organic whole foods, enzymes, vitamins

and minerals that it needs.

2. They are food grade herbs formulated to nourish, balance, and cleanse the cells of the body.

3. Will provide raw materials to the cells that the body needs to regenerate itself.

4. Contains essential amino acids, fatty acids, glucose, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

5. Balanced and natural source of whole food concentrates that harmonize with the body.

6. Provide the body with vital, life-giving nutrients not available in commercial agriculture.

7. Are low in fat and sodium with NO cholesterol. 8. They are plant foods “as grown” and as close to nature as possible, still in their raw state, but have been cleaned, enhanced, ground up, formulated, extracted, concentrated, juiced and spray dried into liquid and powder form, resulting in vibrant food that will nourish, balance, and cleanse the body.

In short, we eat Sunrider foods to regenerate our bodies by filling in the nutritional “gap” found in our modern diet. They provide us with powerful plant nutrients that we cannot find in grocery stores. Dr. Tei Fu Chen, founder and owner of Sunrider International, has exhaustive knowledge about herbs and food pharmacology that enables him to extract nutrients without disturbing the synergy of the original plants. We have the opportunity to eat these foods and give our body the nourishment it craves and the regeneration it needs.

Health Challenges

If you have health challenges, eat as much Sunrider food as you can, along with whole natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes, lentils, etc. We need to reduce our consumption of meat, dairy, and eggs that are acidic foods, high in fat and cholesterol. In the last 25 years, modern epidemiology (the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health) has taught us that modern killer diseases are largely related to lifestyle and what we do with our knife and fork. We need to take charge of our lifestyle by adding Sunrider foods to our daily diet so we can restore our body to a higher level of health.

Prepared by an Independent Sunrider Distributor as nutritional information only. It is not the author’s intent to diagnose, prescribe or imply treatment. If you have a medical problem, please consult your physician.

SPREADING THE WEALTH...in the form of WHOLE, LIVE, NUTRIENT DENSE FOOD...

Starting on Monday, March 1st, Sunrider's prices are going down dramatically! We will ALL be paying less than the largest discount available until now..

For example, a BRAND NEW person paying RETAIL will be able to buy a box of Vitashakes for $75.00!! With the current largest discount, we were paying $85.00 and now we will get 20% off of retail bringing that same box of 40 Vitashakes to $60.00. Considering the amount of shakes I consume a month, that is a LARGE savings..

I am thrilled and so grateful they are adjusting the pricing to suit the economy...it makes me sad when people put their health and well-being to the side during financial hardships and believe me, I do understand...

The new pricing really makes it possible for everyone to really be able to get the nutrients we so desperately need for minimal costs. My understanding is that a FULL month of Nourish, Balance and Cleanse will be somewhere in the $180 range depending on how much product you use obviously.

You can see the new prices if you go to the Sunrider Business Center and drop down SV Management to "2010 Price List". Or ask me and I'll tell you ;)

In addition, there is a new, simple business plan in place if anyone is interested in becoming an Independent Distributor...it's pretty much a no brainer actually...I am happy to share it with you (and it will be online next week) if you are interested to try it out. The plan outline is now down to 4 pages (it was previously 60 pages!).

It is getting rough out there for many of us and even if this allows you to eat for free or to make a supplemental leading to a primary income, it is SOOO easy if you simply LOVE these products like I do...by sharing what you love, it never feels like work...especially if there is a SIMPLE way to share it.

As always, I am most excited about the quality and regenerative benefits of these incredible products...and now the price is not going to stop people who really need this to create and maintain optimum health!!

If you had a chance to read one of my introductory blogs (or personally know me), then you know that by making a conscious choice to change what I put in my body, I changed my life path and career as a result...I urge you to take a step to honor and embrace your body and watch the MIRACLES occur!!

I hope you are all full of happiness, LOVE and health. I am here if you have any questions or need a Sunrider nutritional plan of action I can help you with.

Group HUG!! xoxo