Lose Weight The Safe and Healthy Way

Figuring Out the Facts on Fiber

2010-04-12T07:20:00.000-07:00

When your parents told you to eat your vegetables, and when Grandma said “Eat your beans and cornbread,” they knew what they were doing. These foods are excellent sources of fiber. While eating fiber may be great advice…it has the reputation of tasting like cardboard. This could not be further from the truth! Fiber can be a delicious addition to your diet.

Read on to learn all the benefits of developing a fiber fixation, along with easy, tasty ways to add it to your diet.

What is fiber? Fiber is found only in plant foods. It is found in dried beans and peas, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. It is a type of carbohydrate that gives plants their structure. Fiber is not digested or absorbed into the body when eaten. It therefore contains no calories.

There are two types of fiber. Both are beneficial in different ways.

Soluble Fiber (such as pectin) mixes with water to form a gummy substance that coats the insides of the intestinal tract. There, soluble fiber binds to cholesterol and reduces its absorption. This helps to lower blood cholesterol levels. It also delays the absorption of glucose and helps with diabetes control.
Sources: oats, seeds, beans, barley, peas, lentils, apples, citrus fruit, carrots, plums, and squash.

Insoluble Fiber absorbs water, making the stool larger, softer and easier to eliminate from the body. It keeps the digestive system running smoothly, reducing constipation, hemorrhoids, and other digestive problems. Since the stool is in the intestines for a shorter period of time, less cancer-causing agents deposit in the digestive tract, preventing certain types of cancer.
Sources: bran, whole grain products, skins of fruits and vegetables, and leafy greens.

What can fiber do for you? There are many health benefits to bulking up on fiber:

Aids in Weight Loss - Fiber-rich foods may help your body stay trim. They take longer to chew, which may slow down your eating time so you eat less food. Fiber helps you feel full and slows the emptying of your stomach. In other words, fiber helps you to fill up before you reach the point of overeating. Fiber itself cannot be fattening because it isn’t digested and has ZERO calories!

Reduces Risk of Heart Disease - Studies have shown that people who consume a high fiber diet are less likely to develop heart disease. Certain types of fiber may help lower LDL cholesterol (the bad stuff). Fiber also helps bile acids pass through as waste. Therefore the body absorbs less dietary cholesterol.

Lowers High Blood Pressure - Fiber-rich foods are also a good source of potassium and magnesium. These two minerals are needed to help regulate blood pressure.

Manages Diabetes - Water-soluble fiber also helps to regulate blood sugar by delaying the emptying time of the stomach. This slows the sugar absorption after meals and reduces the amount of insulin needed.

Prevents Cancer - Eating a high fiber diet throughout one’s life may help prevent certain cancers, such as colon and rectal cancers. Fiber absorbs excess bile acids that are associated with cancer. It also speeds up the time it takes for waste to pass through the digestive system, which decreases the amount of time that harmful substances remain in contact with the intestinal wall. Fiber also forms a bulkier stool, which helps to dilute the concentration of harmful substances.
Reduces Constipation, Hemorrhoids, and Diverticulosis - Fiber absorbs water, softening and bulking the stool. This helps it pass through the digestive system more quickly and easily. As a result, fiber prevents constipation. There is less straining with bowel movements so hemorrhoids are less likely to form. Fiber is also a standard therapy for the treatment of diverticular disease. This painful disease occurs when the tiny sacs in the intestinal wall become weak and infected. A high fiber diet helps to keep these sacs from becoming inflamed.

Check out these other important nutritional items as well.

Introduction Minerals
Carbohydrates Vitamins
Proteins Fiber
Fats Calorie

How much do I need?
The recommended daily intake for total fiber is:

Adult males, under age 50 38 grams daily
Adult males, over age 50 30 grams daily
Adult females, under age 50 25 grams daily
Adult females, over age 50 21 grams daily
Adult pregnant females 25 35 grams daily

Tasty ways to add fiber to your diet:

Try a high-fiber grain instead of rice. Bulgur, barley, and brown rice are great high-fiber substitutions.
Add beans to your favorite stir-fry, dips, quesadillas, burritos, and tacos.
Eat some type of fresh or dried fruit with every meal.
Start your meal with a large spinach salad, sprinkled with nuts, seeds or dried fruit.
Choose fruit instead of juice.
Make a pot of vegetable soup.
Add extra veggies and/or beans, peas, and lentils to soups, casseroles, and stews.
Try Middle Eastern cuisine, such as tabbouleh or falafel.
Keep nuts, trail mixes, and cereal mixes available for snacks.
Buy whole wheat pasta, breads, crackers, and cereals.
Top casseroles with wheat germ or bran.
Eat the skins of fruits and vegetables when possible.
Start your morning with a whole grain, high fiber cereal.
Ask for lunchtime sandwiches to be prepared with whole grain bread and topped with veggies.

Cautions:
Too much fiber too quickly may cause constipation or stomach discomfort. Increase fiber in your diet slowly, and boost your fluid consumption by drinking 8 glasses of water daily.
Use canned beans or dried beans that are thoroughly cooked; the undercooked starch in beans can cause gas. Discard the cooking water because it contains some indigestible sugars. If bothered by gas, try Beano, an over-the-counter product which contains an enzyme that digests bean sugars.

source: http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/reference_fiber.asp

Heart Health: Vitamin C linked to lower stroke risk: study

2009-11-25T03:08:00.000-08:00

As we know it, around 25 per cent of people in England are classified as obese, so overweight that it threatens their health, compared to 8 per cent figure in 1980. On current trends, half of the population will be clinically obese by 2032, and those with Type II diabetes, which is triggered almost exclusively by being overweight, will rise tenfold to 19 million. Overall, obesity is thought to knock nine years off lifespan. Various cancers, including breast, colon, kidney and stomach cancer, are known to be linked to weight.

The cost to the NHS of treating obesity, already £1billion a year, will also soar. Obesity poses as grave a threat to Britain and the NHS as terrorism, a Government adviser has warned, reports Daily Mail. "The threat to our future health is just as significant as the current security threat."

But, ministers are blamed for failing to take 'bold action' to tackle the growing crisis. Experts have already warned that if trends continue, half the population will be obese within 25 years, causing life expectancy to fall for the first time in two centuries. A spokesman for the Department of Health said: "We are tackling obesity through awareness campaigns and action in schools"... (source: www.dailymail.com)

We all know what happened in Jamie's Kitchen and resistance that positive changes to school dinners received, from parents especially, although I do believe that the it's legacy will continue to live on. Providing free school meals, which has been proposed, could help, but the core of the problem lies with poor eating habits that children get at home. Parents surely need to be re-educated, but that is easier said than done as they, themselves were probably brought up on just as poor diet. Comments made by public that I came across when reading this article clearly show that people are in denial and really not ready to change anything. Good thing that is done at schools is surely being ruined at home.

Balanced nutrition is surely not on everyone's menu as majority lack the knowledge of what it means. It is NOT just about 5-a-day! That is just a bare minimum to make sure our intake of fibre, vitamins and minerals is at least at our bodies minimum requirement, but, balanced nutrition is a whole different ball game and something that one needs to have a knowledge of in order to be able to plan meals on a daily basis. Introduction of labels in stores was brought about to give some nutritional information that could help introduce more nutrient balance into diet, but that is just for packaged food and still, apparently, 67% of adult population do not understand percentages, so, is it really working? I know it helps me, but not sure it does to everyone.

Something is fundamentally wrong indeed and I am not sure that raising awareness and campaigns are working quick enough and that they are the only answer or that the net is spread enough.

I also believe that war on anything will just perpetuate the problem and bring more of the same thing as war on terror brings more terror, war on drugs brings more drugs, etc., so, fighting obesity by putting pressure and blame on the obese and overweight can not be an answer either and it will only worsen the problem, which, in turn, will only continue to serve well pharmaceuticals and other industries that profit from the bad habits of overweight, obese and, overall, unhealthy.

I do not believe in waging war on obese and imposing restrictions and putting pressure, but I do believe in setting positive examples and leading by example, starting by the people of influence and those that claim that they care about current health crisis. For start, our politicians, teachers, etc. should be a picture of health themselves and doctors should be more nutritionally savvy and be able to give more nutritional advice rather than prescribe pills so readily.

Oh, just how many people I talk to who believe their doctors so blindly who actually perpetuate their health problem focusing on the illness and correcting the illness by prescribing all these medications, which does not focus on prevention but just the treatment of the disease. It somehow even takes away the responsibility for people to proactively do something about their health problem.

But, the fact is, doctors really aren’t trained in nutrition as, in medical school, their nutrition related work focuses on biochemistry; i.e., here is how much vitamin A the body needs, but not necessarily where to find that nutrient. Seems wrong and puzzling, but why not then referring patients to a nutritionist/ dietician (cost covered by the NHS) who can offer nutritional advice and counselling to the patients, which they can really take home and apply to their diet? This would surely help people who really need and want help but can not afford themselves to pay for the service that is mainly available privately. To me, this seems as a real oversight, which just makes no sense at all.

I am not saying this is the bottom line and the only solution as there are many and they must come on all fronts, but I will mention one of the smartest quotes I have ever come across: "If our doctors do not become nutritional experts, our nutritional experts will be our future doctors!"

I focus on the doctors as doctors seem to have such a great power that it is scary as it currently only serves pharmaceuticals who continue to benefit from the soaring health crisis and doctor's authority could surely be used in a more positive manner when it comes to obesity and obesity related illnesses! They too must take responsibility in the advice they give astheir current role could be even deemed as unethical.

Increased blood levels of vitamin C may reduce the risk of stroke by 42 per cent, suggests a large European-based study.

Increased levels of the vitamin, associated with increased intake of fruit and vegetables, were found to offer significant cardiovascular benefits among the 20,649 men and women taking part in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer.

The authors, led by Phyo Myint from the University of Cambridge, state that blood levels of the vitamin could be used as a biological marker of lifestyle used to identify people at high risk of stroke.

"An intriguing possibility is that the plasma vitamin C concentration is a good marker of a wider range of health behaviors, such as fruit and vegetable consumption, that may be protective against stroke," wrote Myint in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "It is also plausible that vitamin C may biochemically affect stroke risk."

Strokes occur when blood clots or an artery bursts in the brain and interrupts the blood supply to a part of the brain. It is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in Europe and the US. According to the Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE), about 575,000 deaths are stroke related in Europe every year. In the US, every 45 seconds someone will experience a stroke, according to the American Stroke Association.

Myint and co-workers followed the subjects for 9.5 years and documented 448 strokes during this time. The subjects completed a health and lifestyle questionnaire at the start of the study, and blood samples were taken to measure vitamin C levels.

The highest average blood levels of vitamin C (greater than 66 micromoles per litre) were associated with a 42 per cent lower risk of stroke, compared to the lowest average blood levels (less than 41 micromoles per litre), after adjusting the results for potentially confounding factors such as age, sex, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, BMI, physical activity, and use of supplements. When the Cambridge researchers excluded participants who consumed vitamin C-containing supplements the results were the same, indicating that the benefits could have been from vitamin C-rich foods, such as fruit and vegetables.

"We believe that these findings are of interest for several reasons," stated the authors. "First, the strong inverse association between plasma vitamin C and stroke suggests that plasma vitamin C is likely to be a good biomarker of whatever causal factors affect stroke risk, most plausibly the dietary intake of plant foods.

"Second, irrespective of any causal associations, plasma vitamin C appears to be a good predictive risk indicator of stroke, independent of known risk factors such as age, BP, smoking, lipids, diabetes, and BMI.

"Given that about half of the risk of stroke is unexplained by conventional cardiovascular disease risk factors and that the predictive validity of traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors appears to diminish with age, risk markers that may help to identify those persons at greatest risk of stroke for targeted preventive interventions with established therapies, such as BP reduction, may be of interest."

While further study is necessary, Myint and co-workers aid that it is unlikely that long-term randomised controlled trials using isolated vitamin C supplementation would be conducted using cardiovascular disease as an end-point. "Nevertheless, the magnitude of the association between plasma vitamin C and subsequent stroke is substantial and independent of known major risk factors for stroke," they concluded.

In an accompanying editorial, Sebastian Padayatty and Mark Levine from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) welcomed the study as "refreshing in that its findings are both clear and not overstated".

"We need readily measurable and reliable biomarkers of fruit and vegetable intake," they continued. "Vitamin C is an attractive marker of fruit and vegetable intake because these foods are the primary sources of dietary vitamin C.

"However, use of vitamin C as an intake indicator has limitations. With ingestion of pure vitamin C, there is a steep sigmoidal dose-concentration relation in humans for doses between 30 and 100 mg. At 100 mg, fasting steady state plasma vitamin C concentrations are about 60 micromoles per litre. At 200 mg, corresponding to an intake of about 5 servings of fruit and vegetables, fasting steady state plasma concentrations are about 70 micromol/L and do not increase much with higher doses. It is unknown whether the same dose- concentration relationships hold for vitamin C in foods."

The take-home message from the study, said Padayatty and Levine, was that the public should aim for between five and nine servings of fruit and vegetables per day and to consume a wide variety of such foods.

Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2008, Volume 87, Pages 64-69, "Plasma vitamin C concentrations predict risk of incident stroke over 10 y in 20 649 participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer - Norfolk prospective population study", Authors: P.K. Myint, R.N. Luben, A.A. Welch, S.A. Bingham, N.J. Wareham, and K.-T. Khaw
Editorial: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2008, Volume 87, Pages 5-7, "Fruit and vegetables: think variety, go ahead, eat!", Authors: S.J. Padayatty and M. Levine.

Weight Loss ABCs: Tips To Help You Succeed

2009-11-21T02:51:00.000-08:00

By Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD/LD
WebMD Weight Loss Clinic - Expert Column

A is for attitude. A can-do attitude will help you get over the inevitable hurdles of weight loss. Anticipate slip-ups -- they happen. But instead of letting them derail your weight loss efforts, learn from them and get right back on track. You don't have to be perfect to lose weight and be healthy. Just keep your eye on the target and keep moving forward, one step at a time.

B is for breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. Don't leave home without eating something nutritious to get your metabolism perking and give you energy for the day ahead. It can be a banana, low-fat yogurt, cereal, last night's leftovers, etc. A small meal that contains both fiber and protein can keep you feeling satisfied until lunchtime.

C is for calories. They do count. Get into the habit of reading food labels to help you make healthy choices. And keep in mind that all the information listed there is based on the portion size the label specifies (which may not be the size of the portion you usually eat). Monitoring your portions and learning more about the calories in the foods you enjoy will help you meet your goals.

Diets don't work. There are hundreds of diets that will help you lose weight, but what good is losing weight if you gain it right back? Eating crazy food combinations or eliminating food groups is not the way to keep weight off. Instead, choose a nutritionally balanced plan with enough calories to keep you from feeling famished.

Eating regular meals is essential. Experts agree that you should go no longer than 4 to 5 hours between meals. Otherwise, intense hunger can trigger a binge. Some experts believe dieters have better control if they eat several mini-meals throughout the day. Choose the meal pattern that works best in your lifestyle, but make sure to eat at least three meals per day.

Fiber is nature's weight loss aid. It comes in two forms, soluble (the gummy type found in oatmeal and beans) and insoluble (the type found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains). Both are important to good health. Soluble fiber can help to lower cholesterol; insoluble contains indigestible fibers that add bulk to our diets. Both forms of fiber swell in the stomach and help to create a feeling of fullness. Most high-fiber foods are also high in water and low in calories, making them must-have diet foods.

Gum chewing may be just what the dentist ordered. Chewing on a piece of sugarless gum can help cleanse the mouth of bacteria, satisfy a sweet tooth, and reduce the urge to eat. Keep a pack of sugarless gum handy. The next time you have the urge to reach into the cookie jar, try a piece of gum instead for a zero-calorie treat.

Heart-healthy foods should fill your pantry, refrigerator, and freezer. Choose foods that are low in saturated and trans fats. Enjoy plenty of naturally fat-free, low-sodium fruits and vegetables. Choose healthy fats such as canola, olive, and vegetable oils. Eat foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, like walnuts, flaxseed, and salmon and other fatty fish. Choose low- and non-fat dairy products, as well as the leanest cuts of meat (round and loin) and skinless poultry. Beans, nuts, and whole grains round out the list of heart-healthy foods.

Invest in a pedometer and track your steps each day. The goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps -- the equivalent of 5 miles -- daily to thwart weight gain (and promote weight loss). Challenge yourself to increase your steps each day, even if you can't get up to 10,000. Every step counts; remember that your goal is simply to improve your fitness level.

Just do it! Get into a routine that includes regular physical activity. Not only does exercise energize you, it burns calories, improves balance and coordination, and relieves stress. When you don't have time for a formal workout, try to squeeze in at least three 10-minute chunks of physical activity. (Be sure to check with your doctor before starting any exercise routine.)

Key to an effective exercise plan is variety. Try something new -- maybe Pilates, yoga, or water aerobics. Having fun and trying new things will keep you interested and enhance your commitment to exercise. Another key: starting your day with activity is one of the best ways to make sure it does not get squeezed out of your schedule.

Low blood sugar is often the cause of between-meal cravings, especially for sweets. Eating meals and small snacks that contain lean protein and fiber every few hours helps keep blood sugar levels steady. When sweets cravings strike, try to satisfy them with naturally sweet foods such as fruit (accompany it with a little low-fat yogurt for protein).

Mindful eating means taking time to savor every bite. Turn off the distractions, and concentrate on the aroma, texture, and flavor of food. Becoming more mindful when you eat will give you more pleasure from your meals. The bonus: You'll also be more in tuned with your body's signals of fullness, and you'll be less likely to overeat.

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Nighttime snacking, for most of us, is a habit that can undermine weight loss success. That's because the calories we eat after dinner tend to be empty ones, from chips, cookies, etc. Brushing your teeth after supper will help you make dinner the last meal of the day. If you need a little something at night, try to satisfy the urge with few calories -- have a stick of gum, one piece of hard candy, or a cup of hot tea).

One more scoop, one more cookie, one more glass of wine -- "just one more" can add lots of extra calories. Controlling portions is fundamental to weight loss success. You don't need to give up your favorite foods, but you do need to keep track of your portions. At home, use smaller plates and keep food at the stove instead of on the table at mealtime. When you go out to eat, order a soup and a salad instead of an entree, or take home half your meal in a doggie bag.

Protein is the "secret sauce" to weight control. Include a source of protein -- lean meats, low-fat dairy, beans, or nuts -- in all meals and snacks to help keep you feeling full for hours.

Quit those old habits that caused you to gain weight, and replace them with healthier ones. Simple changes -- like lightening your coffee with low-fat milk instead of cream, switching to light mayonnaise, avoiding fried foods -- can help create healthier eating patterns that foster long-term weight loss.

Rely on friends, family, and/or an online community to help you in your weight loss efforts. Your motivation is at an all-time high when you start a weight loss program, but after a few weeks, it often starts to wane. Let your supporters help you get through the rough times.

Supplement your healthy eating plan with a once-daily multivitamin for nutritional insurance. Despite your best efforts, it can be hard to get all the nutrients you need every day. Taking a multivitamin will help fill in the gaps.

Track your eating patterns and physical activity every day. One of the tips of the "successful losers" tracked in the National Weight Control Registry is the importance of journaling food intake and activity. Entering this information into your online journal or in a notebook is a powerful motivator to help keep you working toward your goals.

Uncle Sam's latest dietary guidelines promise to make us happier, healthier and thinner. Tips from the government's recommendations (the 2005 Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid) include:

Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Eat more whole grains. At least half of your servings of grain foods should come from whole grains.
Enjoy three servings of low-fat dairy each day (yogurt, milk, or cheese).
Limit saturated and trans fats, sugar, and alcohol.
Watch the sodium content of your diet. Eat less processed food to reduce sodium.
Get plenty of exercise -- at least 30 minutes a day.
Volumetrics is the art of eating foods high in volume, or high-water foods. Fruits, vegetables, and soups are all examples of high-volume foods that are super-nutritious, satisfying, and low in calories. Dieters should make sure their plans are full of these healthy foods so they can feel full while still losing weight.

Water is your body's preferred form of fluid. It is thirst-quenching and naturally delicious without one single calorie. You need some 6-8 glasses of water or fluids each day. Recent studies suggest that we should let thirst determine how much we drink each day. Foods that are high in water (soups, Jell-O, produce) also count toward our fluid requirements. Many dieters find drinking water helps keep them from overeating.

EXcuses should be excised. Do you really want to lose weight and improve your health once and for all? Then stop making excuses and just do it! Sure, that's easier said than done. But you need to stop finding reasons why you can't start moving a healthier lifestyle, and start listing all the reasons why you should. Don't put it off until tomorrow. Start today, by doing something positive -- just one small thing -- toward your health and weight loss.

Yogurt used to be thought of as health food. Now it lines the grocery shelves in a variety of forms. It's portable, convenient, full of nutrients like calcium and protein, and it makes an excellent snack or mini-meal. The French swear by it, and so should you. Low-fat yogurt is filling and nutritious, but keep in mind that it can be loaded with sugar. So read labels to make the best choice.

Zip in your step is what you'll get once you start eating more healthfully and getting regular exercise. Losing as little as 5% to 10% of your body weight can help you feel better and improve your health. Just think of the weight you'll lose as bricks in a backpack. Lightening your load a few pounds at a time can be invigorating and energizing.

source: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=53576&page=2

How do I know if I've reached a plateau? What can I do to jump start my weight loss again?

2009-10-09T10:38:00.000-07:00

If you’ve been exercising and cutting calories for several weeks, and you’re no longer seeing the same results that you experienced in the beginning, then you’ve probably hit a plateau. This occurs when your progress comes to a standstill, and can be described as not making any "gains" (such as improving your fitness level or losing weight), but not necessarily moving backwards (losing endurance or gaining weight).

Because every individual is unique, there’s no way to actually predict when a plateau might happen. However, the principles of nutrition, rest, and variation will jumpstart your body, mind, and metabolism.

Plateau Busters- 1 focuses on eating the right nutrients at the right times.

Plateau Busters- 2 focuses on the importance of rest in your exercise program.

Plateau Busters- 3 discusses how to add variety to your workouts.

Written by Nicole Nichols, Certified Fitness Instructor

source: http://www.sparkpeople.com/community/ask_the_experts.asp?q=8

Five Hot Foods To Help You Keep Your Cool

2009-10-06T02:14:00.000-07:00

LOS ANGELES: (BUSINESS WIRE): Jul. 2, 2009: Air conditioning. An ocean breeze. Food? Yes, food can play a role in helping to keep your cool as the temperatures rise. It’s also important to stay hydrated, as heat increases the rate at which we perspire, causing us to lose fluid - along with minerals such as sodium, potassium and magnesium - in the process.

“Drinking the right liquids and eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables can really make a difference in helping you to beat the heat,” says Luigi Gratton, MD, vice president of medical affairs at Herbalife. “Not only do these foods help to replace fluids and minerals that are lost through perspiration,” Gratton notes, “but fruits and veggies also contain antioxidants that can help protect your body against sun damage, too.”

Next time the heat is getting you down, here are some of the best foods to help you keep your cool:

Cantaloupe: Nothing says summer like melons. They’re all great sources of potassium, but cantaloupe has nearly three times the potassium found in watermelon. And, cantaloupe gets its orange hue from a beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant.

Berries: Too much sun? Sweet, delicious berries naturally contain compounds related to aspirin that can reduce inflammation, and may help take the sting out of sunburn. They’re also a great source of antioxidant vitamin C.

Spinach: Leafy spinach has lots of water and is a terrific source of magnesium. Further, spinach gets its green color from lutein – an antioxidant that helps protect the skin and eyes from sun exposure.

Chili peppers: Hot foods during hot weather? You bet. Those vitamin-C laden spicy peppers can stimulate perspiration – which, as it evaporates off the skin, helps to cool you off. If you’re not a chili pepper fan, other pungent foods like garlic and ginger have similar beneficial effects.

Sports drinks: Plain water is a great fluid replacer, but if you are exercising in hot and humid conditions, sports drinks might be a better choice. They help replace valuable minerals and electrolytes and they’re specially designed to help maximize fluid absorption. And, their light, sweet flavor might encourage you to drink a little more.
Source Herbalife Investor Relations: Press Release 02 July 2009

Nutritional Protein Shake

2009-09-24T12:58:00.000-07:00

Nutritional Shake

A healthy meal with up to 19 essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients in three delicious flavors that can help support weight management and boost immune system.

Key Benefits:

* A healthy meal for balanced nutrition (80calories only!)
* Manage weight (lose or gain weight) and improve health
* Get 9g of vegetable based protein that helps maintain muscle strength and prevent skin sagging
* Nourish your body with Cellular Nutrition

Details:

Why do we lose weight with the shake? An average female can burn 2000 calories/male 2500 calories a day. If we eat more than what our body can burn, it becomes stored fats (bilbil). An average meal/snack has 1000calories. If you eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day,that's already 5000 calories! On the other hand,1 serving of our shake (2 tablespoons) has only 80 calories! If you want to lose weight, the calories you eat must be less than what your body burns everyday. By replacing SOME of your meals with the shake, you reduce your calorie intake but still feeds your body with the right nutrients! Thus making you feel full, lessen your cravings, gives you more energy, improve your health, boost your immune system while losing weight. You lose weight the safe, natural and healthy way!

Usage:

Blend or stir 25g (2 heaping tablespoons) of Formula 1 with 8 fl. oz. of any cold beverage. Create recipes by adding fresh fruit and ice.

Varieties:

French Vanilla, Dutch Choco & Wild Strawberry.

Personalized Protein Powder

2009-09-24T12:01:00.000-07:00

A fat-free protein supplement for hunger control and healthy weight management with 5g of soy and whey protein, and all 9 essential amino acids.

Key Benefits

Satisfy and control hunger

Support adequate protein intake with low-fat protein

Build and maintain lean muscle mass

Vitamins and Minerals

2009-09-24T11:49:00.001-07:00

Cellular Nutrition-powered multivitamin with over 20 essential nutrients and antioxidants, including folic acid, calcium and iron. Used as supplement in your daily diet. Great for people with insomnia, nervousness, stress, chronic migraine.

KEY BENEFITS:

* Essential nutrients for overall vitality*
* Support healthy weight management and your immune system*
* Promote healthy bones, skin and hair*
* Anti-stress, anti-aging

Vitamin-Mineral Herbal Complex - Anti Cellulite

2009-09-24T11:36:00.000-07:00

Anti bilbil and anti cellulite
-lessens the appearance of cellulites in thighs, arms, buttocks, hips, waist.
-helps prevent water retention.
-rich in iron, great for shaping up and losing inches like waistline, "bilbil", tummy.
-speeds up "inch" loss

Thermojetics Tea - aerobics in a bottle

2009-09-24T11:26:00.001-07:00

Delicious low-calorie tea with the antioxidant and thermogenic (metabolism-boosting) benefits of green tea and fast-acting botanicals for energy and weight-management support.

KEY BENEFITS:

* Get an energy boost and improve blood circulation *
* Aerobics in a bottle (half teaspoon is equivalent to 20minutes exercise) *
* A potent anti oxidant --main component is Japanese Green Tea *
* Fat burner

Fiber and Herb

2009-09-24T11:22:00.001-07:00

Fiber and herb tablets combine the benefits of oat fiber with an herbal blend that includes apple cider vinegar, papaya, parsley and peppermint, to encourage the feeling of fullness and promote healthy digestion.

Each tablet provides 277 mg of dietary fiber from oat fiber, peppermint, parsley herb, papaya fruit, hibiscus, fennel seed, eucalyptus, and chamomile flower.

This product should be taken two tablets three times a day, accompanied by a large glass of water.

Fiber and herb tablets helps in the cleansing of the villi and regenerating healthier cells for improved absorption of nutrients.

Although all supplements has a no therapeutic claim, there are claims of improvement in their health after taking the product.

Usual comment is that for those who have high sugar level, it helps lower down their sugar and at the same time helps regulate bowel movement.

Some have reported that they got rid of their migraine, backpain and arthritis.

It is best to drink minimum of of 3 liters of water a day, to help cleanse your body system.

KEY BENEFITS:
* Cleanses the body *
* Helps relieve constipation, dysmenorrhea, allergy and arthritis *
* Anti-Colon Cancer *

Fiberbond

2009-09-24T11:19:00.001-07:00

"Sponge Product" - it absorps the EXCESS fat from the food that you eat and cleanse it out NATURALLY (No discharge or LBM)

- Creates a feeling of fullness.

- Helps lower cholesterol

- Ideal for people who's fond of eating greasy or fried or fatty food

-Diet Cheater's Delight!

Cell Complex

2009-09-24T11:11:00.001-07:00

Select botanicals, nutrients and powerful antioxidants help boost the effectiveness of your vitamin and mineral intake.*

Key Benefits

*Enhance absorption of vitamins and minerals
*Promote cellular energy production in support of weight loss
*Provides antioxidant Pycnogenol®†

ShapeWorks®: 10 Success Factors

2009-09-24T09:22:00.000-07:00

ShapeWorks, the basis of Dr David Heber's LA Shape Diet, can help change one's shape for life! Dr. Heber maintains that everyone is born with a particular shape - and this shape makes a huge difference in how you should approach weight loss. He teaches the difference between the shape you can change and helps you find the personal protein prescription to best achieve your goals. You can jump start your plan with the Empowering Shake - the best way to make sure you meet your protein needs and control hunger-and then you'll build your own ideal diet.

TEN REASONS FOR THE BEST DIET RESULTS - GUARANTEED!

Here are the 10 reasons for our success:

The top selling book 'The LA Shape Diet' written by the Director of the UCLA Centre of Human Nutrition, Dr David Heber, explains the science of diet success. The book is based on years of research & diet counselling at the centre. This is his definitive cutting edge diet programme.

For best results your 'DIET MUST BE PERSONALISED' to your individual body shape. Everyone's body shape is different. One size does not fit all. Your body shape is more important than your weight. We help you be the best shape you can be! This is our challenge -if you've been hungry on diets & put the weight back on - this is for you!

'PROTEIN' is the key. Most people don't eat enough protein. This means your blood sugar is low making you feel tired & grumpy. Protein controls hunger. We match the protein in your body with your diet. You don't feel hungry or tired. You feel great! A protein only diet delivers immediate weight loss BUT for long term success AS WELL - you MUST have 'good carbohydrates' to be fit & healthy. We help you get an immediate result AND safe long term weight off too! Measuring fat is not important. It is no help in designing the perfect diet for you. We calculate your 'lean body mass' to tell us how much protein your unique body shape needs. Upper body weight is most dangerous. Lower body weight is often hard to shift because women evolved to keep weight on for child rearing. We can now help you to be the best shape you can be!

'WHY OUR PROGRAMME IS UNIQUELY SUCCESSFUL'. You don't feel hungry on our diet because our unique Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix & Formula 3, Protein Supplement Powder has the best possible blend of soy & whey protein to safely lose weight immediately AND over a prolonged period by controlling your hunger. You don't feel hungry for at least 3 hours after taking the shake.

To lose weight, replace two meals a day with our delicious & versatile shakes. It combines the perfect balance of good carbohydrates, 'heart-healthy' fibre & protein. The third meal can be of your choice - just learn to cut back a little.

Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex has 14 vitamins, minerals and herbs uniquely designed to complement and balance with the shake. 'ALL THE NUTRITION THE BODY NEEDS' - unlike deprivation diets where the body tries to cope without the nutrition you have cut out - so it piles the weight back on when you stop.

Plus we have 'UNIQUE TARGETED PRODUCTS' including delicious protein bars & soya beans for healthy snacking AND Theromojetic Herbal Beverage to hydrate, release energy, give stamina & focus, as a part of our ShapeWorks Wellness Programme.

'THE FACTS'. Our meal replacement diet has been scientifically proven, with many testimonials, to keep weight off. In long term STUDIES in Germany & USA - monitored over five years and more. The USA National Registry of Dieters who have kept weight off long term includes many of our product users.

'ALL HERBALIFE PRODUCTS ARE NATURALLY DERIVED' - we have Olympic athletes and top sportspeople training on our products. Here are some Sports Nutrition Testimonials!

In addition - because we are replacing meals & stopping your body craving unhealthy snacks - you don't feel hungry - so you can 'SAVE MONEY' too!

'NO RISK - WE HAVE A 30 DAY NO-QUIBBLE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE'

EASY - QUICK - CONVENIENT- THE ULTIMATE COMPLETE HEALTHY FAST FOOD!

If you are still not sure about the programme, you can get our NEW Sample Packs that contain 2-3 different products to sample with some literature as well as Personalised Solutions DVD where our Dr Luigi Gratton, MD, MPH, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education for Herbalife and personal nutritional advisor to the LA Galaxy Football Club, explains the science behind the products and why our programme is the only weight management program on the market with a complete focus on balanced and personalised optimum nutrition that looks at your body and health as a whole.

ShapeWorks - Weight Management Core Product Range

2009-09-24T08:44:00.000-07:00

We all want to look our best and good health is the key to achieving this. Whether you want to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, Herbalife Weight-Management Programmes are just what you need!

Manage Your Weight - Be Healthy! Feel Great!

Lose Weight NOW, We'll Show You HOW!
Personalised for your body's needs
Contains soy protein, which can help combat hunger
Scientifically proven products
Provides a range of beneficial nutrients

Intended for use as part of a healthy diet in conjuction with regular physical activity.

It is important to maintain adequate fluid intake.

Achieve and maintain a healthy weight with healthy nutrition

In today's busy lifestyle reaching for convenient food on the go is an easy and attractive option. These foods tend to be high in fat, salt and calories, and often lack essential nutrients denying the body important vitamins and minerals.

Here are Herbalife's Core Product range:

FORMULA 1 NUTRITIONAL SHAKE MIX
Meal replacement formula for weight-management and healthy nutrition. Originally designed by Dr. S. Paul Dewan who identified 84 of the nutritional elements used in space foods for the astronauts in some of NASA's space projects. This high quality, nutritious pure food and is specifically formulated with an exclusive blend of vegetable soy, casin, proteins, vitamins, minerals & herbs.

FORMULA 2 VITAMINS AND MINERALS Nourish your body with over 20 key vitamins and minerals, beneficial herbs and dietary fibre. It contains beneficial antioxidants to help fight free radicals; contains folic acid, which is essential for the growth and repair of cells; provides Calcium for the maintenance of strong bones and healthy teeth; provides iron, which is essential for transporting oxygen around the body.

FORMULA 3 PERSONALIZED PROTEIN POWDER
Consuming the right amount of protein will help you reach your weight-management goals as extra protein will help reshape your body by mainaining or building lean muscle. The personalised protein approach to your programme will help you manage your hunger while feeling energised. Soy protein is a fat-free high quality plant protein. Whether you are looking to lose or gain weight, protein is essential for overall good health. Personalise your own weight management programme with protein to help satisfy hunger and achieve optimum health while providing you with essential amino acids.

Weight Management Enhancers - overcome common challenges associated with dieting!

2009-09-24T02:08:00.000-07:00

Even the most dedicated person following an ideal weight management programme can struggle to get through the day without giving into food cravings and hunger pangs. Keep your energy levels topped up, reap the rewards of beneficial nutrients and botanicals, and manage your hunger with these specially-formulated enhancers, specially formulated to help you overcome the common challenges associated with dieting!

Thermo Complete Herbal Tablets
Cell Activator
Thermojetics Instant Herbal Beverage
Herbal Aloe Concentrate
Herbal Complex Tablets with Vitamin C and Iron
Fibrebond

THERMO COMPLETE HERBAL COMPLEX
Helps soothe digestion, combines a potent blend of carefully selected herbs which work together to help you feel invigorated, contains natural sources of caffeine from green tea. Green tea is rich in polyphenol antioxidants which are reported to combat the negative effects of free radicals on our body's cells...

CELL COMPLEX
Poor diet, poor digestion, and high levels of stress can contribute to fatigue and lowered resistance. Cell Complex contains B1, B2 and B6 essential nutrients, Chlorella powder from green algae that is one of the most nutritious plants, etc., helps your body process nutrients and maintain energy stores so you get the most nutritional benefit out of your food...

THERMOJETICS INSTANT HERBAL BEVERAGE
Contains green tea extract, which is rich in polyphenol antioxidants that contribute to the general feeling of wellbeing, contains Malva Sylvestris and Cardamon extracts to aid the digestive process. Thermojetics beverage is a drink combining ancient herbal wisdom with modern day ingenuity. This low-calorie beverage can be enjoyed hot or cold and is available in four refreshing flavours: lemon, peach, rasberry and original...

HERBAL ALOE CONCENTRATE
Supports digestive health naturally, assists body's self-cleansing action, made from premium quality aloe vera: contains important enzymes, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. It offers you the well-known antioxidant and cleansing benefits of aloe. Choose this over sugary drinks or coffee to let your body enjoy the soothing benefits of aloe vera...

HERBAL COMPLEX TABLETS WITH VITAMIN C & IRON
Contains powdered Buchu, Hydrangeam Juniper Berry and Pottasium - all known to play their part in reduction of water resistance and maintenance of body's normal water balance. Designed to assist with the elimination of wastes and encourage fluid output when taken with adequate water each day.

FIBREBOND
The combination of active fibres and sodium choleate helps assist digestion by improving the elimination of wastes from the body, contains oat fibre and cellulose. Specially formulated to provide a satisfied feeling; can curb your desire to snack...

These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

ShapeWorks Formula 2 - Vitamins and Minerals - ShapeWorks Core Essential

2009-09-24T01:50:00.000-07:00

Poor eating habits, stressful lifestyle and environmental pollutants can rob our bodies of vital nutrints and wrak havoc on our immune system, making it even more difficult to main our ideal weight. Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex is part of a nutritional maintenance system designed to help replenish the body's nutritional resources and create a foundation to support long-term health. It is also an essential part of your ShapeWorks program.

Overview
A Cellular Nutrition-powered multivitamin with over 20 essential nutrients and antioxidants, including folic acid, calcium and iron.

Key Benefits
Essential nutrients for overall vitality
Support healthy weight management and your immune system
Promote healthy bones, skin and hair

The body is stressed chemically, physically and psychologically every day. How often do you feel stressed? Anything from listening to loud noise to losing your car keys can increase blood pressure and send "stress" chemicals racing around the body as we try to adapt. These altered body functions - chain reactions - deplete energy, increase free radical production and may also lead to stress related health problems. Special nutrients can assist in the protection of the body from stress, but these need to be kept in constant and plentiful supply.

Do you eat hight percentage of processed/ fast foods? You can never know how much nutritional value a "ready made" meal has compared to a carefully prepared home-made alternative. Therefore, supplementation can be very important.

Do you feel your work/ home environment may be affected by chemicals/ fumes/ dust? These are all irritants that enter our body by ingestion, inhalation or through the skin. They can build up and cause various reactions , affecting our well being (e.g. dust and hay fever). Additional antioxidant intake may combat these environmntal influences.

Do you catch colds/ flu/ bugs easilly? Your body's fighting force may be malfunctional due to poorly absorbed nutrients. By topping up with immune system support , you may be in a better position to fight infection.

Do you exercise infrequently/not at all? Too little excercise allows the body to become slagish, thereby allowing toxins to become lodged in fatty tissue. Certain herbs and nutrients are especially good at accelerating the body's natural excretion of toxins and wastes.

Do you consume more than the average amount of alcohol daily? Alcohol (fermented sugar) is rapidly absorbed by the body and turned into energy (calories). Alcohol affects many of the body's systems and acohol over-consumption can lead to excess fat storage and also weaken the body's fighting force.

Do you smoke? Smoking robs the body of Vitamin C and certain B vitamins - 25mg of Vitamin C per one cigarette.

Are you striving to reach your ideal weight? The body functions optimally at its correct body weight. Excess body fat creates extra work and need more nutrients for fuel and functioning. If, on top, diet is poor, then the 24-hour repair and cell replacement is impaired. Equaly, being below ideal weight creates a weak system as the body struggles with reduced facilities for fuel and functioning. Formula 2 contains carefully balanced ingredients to help provide nutrient support in either situation.

KEY INGREDIENT PROPERTIES
Essential Vitamins:
Vitamin A - fat soluble, needed for proper vision at night, correct bone development and growth.
Vitamin D - fat soluble, helps body to utilise Calcium and Phosphorous for strong bones and teeth.
Vitamin E - fat soluble; protective antioxidant, important for heart, circulation, nerves, muscles and red blood cells.
Vitamin C - water soluble; antioxidant - helps white blood cells fight infection; needed for healthy skin and enhances absorption of iron from non-meat sources.
Thiamin - water soluble, important for release of energy from carbs, aids in functioning of the nervous system;
Riboflavin - water soluble, beneficial to vision; neded for converting proteins, fats and carbs into energy;
Niacin - water soluble, vital for energy release in tissues and cells; helps maintain healthy nervous and digestive systems;
Vitamin B6 - water soluble, promotes healthy skin and nerves; important for protein metabolism;
Folic Acid - water soluble, important as a supplement for women of childbearing age - 400 micrograms per day prevent neural tube defects and spina bifida; essential for growth and reproduction of cells, particulary blood cells. Helps to maintain normal levels of homocysteine.
Vitamin B12 - water soluble; contains essential mineral elements; needed for red blood cell reproduction.
Biotin - water soluble, essential for the metabolism of proteins and fats
Pantothenic Acid - water soluble, essential for the release of energy from food, needed for healthy growth and the production of antibodies
Para Amino Benzoic Acid - water soluble; helps keep skin smooth and healthy.

Note: water soluble vitamins need to be replenished daily, fat coluble vitamins can be stored in the body

Essential Minerals:
Calcium - Most abundant mineral in the body; maintains strong bones and healthy teeth; needed for functioning of nerves and muscles.
Iron - essential for oxygen transport via red blood cell haemoglobin;
Magnesium - essential for nerve and muscle function and energy release. Needed for healthy reproductive and immune system. Also required for tissue repair and renewal.
Iodine - helps maintain thyroid functine;
Copper - Component (with Zinc and Manganese) of an antioxidant enzyme system. Needed for Melanin formation and iron metabolism;
Manganese - component (with Zinc and Copper) of an antioxidant enzyme system. Needed for healthy bones and nervous system.
Chromium GTF - an essential trace mineral important for the body's natural regulation of blood sugar levels. Chromium functions as the "Glucose Tolerance Factor" in our diet;
Selenium - works with Vit E as an antioxidant neutralising free radicals;
Zinc - needed for healthy reproduction and immune systems; also reuired for tissue repair and renewal;
Potassium - a vital micro-mineral important for nerve function. Helps to maintain the body's natural water balance;
Vanadium - trace mineral which may help to inhibit formation of cholesterol in the blood vessels.

Formula 2 Vitamin and Minerals also provides a naturally derived nutrient mix consisting of Coline Bitratrate, Inositol, Bee Pollen, Broccoli, Carrot, Cauliflower, Garlic, Licorice Root, Limonex, Polyoids, Spinach, Fungal Enzymes, Cabbage and Citrus Bioflavonoids.

Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix: ShapeWorks Core Essential: ANYTIME-ANYWHERE MEAL

2009-09-24T01:32:00.000-07:00

In today's busy lifestyle reaching for convenient food on the go is an easy and attractive option. These foods tend to be high in fat, salt and calories and often lack essential nutrients denying the body important vitamins and minerals. Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix has been used by millions of people around the world for the past 27 years.

It is balanced and delicious, versatile and easy to prepare - the perfect healthy meal in a glass! Whether you take one shake a day as a healthy meal or two shakes as part of your weight management programme, it will deliver perfect healthy solution as it is packed with vitamins, minerals, herbs, healthy soy protein, carbohydrates and healthy dietary fibre, all in 200 calories!

KEY FEATURES:

New, improved protein-rich formula, derived from Soy Protein Isolate

Each serving (made with milk) provides 17 grams of protein helping to keep the body's protein requirements balanced thus minimising muscle wastage during periods of weight-control.

Low in calories, only 217 kcal per serving (including 250ml of semi-skimmed milk.

Low in saturated and unsaturated fat.

Formula 1 has been developed with advanced food technology, providing a scientifically balanced and easily absorbed source of quality nutrition.

Provides a combination of slow-release and quick release carbohydrates to help regulate blood sugar highs and lows while maintaining energy levels.

Provides high quality dietary fibre.

Rich in minerals and vitamins A, C and E, that can help fight "free radical" oxygen molecules and so help protect your body.

Formula 1 uses calcium caseinate, a protein source which may be more suitable for those with lactose intolerance.

Easy to prepare, totally portable, delicious...

Buy Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix today!

FORMULA 1 FOR WEIGHT CONTROL AND SHAPING UP

Do you find calorie counting off-putting and demoralising?
Formula 1 is simple - you do not need to tediously count calories - just have two servings each day and a main meal of your choice. This daily routine provides perfectly balanced calories and nutrients, ensuring your body is well-nourished.

Do you feel constantly hungry and empty, even if you have just eaten?
Formula 1's special combination of ingredients will help to provide enough calories/ energy to get you through the day.

Do you worry that you maybe missing essential nutrients because you are reducing your food intake?
Ordinarily, you may well be! It is essential to the success of any weight control programme to include a reliable source of comprehensive nutrients, such as those contained in Formula 1.

Do you sometimes feel miserable, tired, even irritable whilst trying to control your weight?
Miserable because you feel deprived; tired because your "fuel" intake may be too low and irritable because blood sugar highs and lows can create a yo-yo effect. Formula 1 will help pep-up your vitality levels, and consequently, your outlook should be more cheerful.

Do you find it difficult to maintain variety and interest in your food when trying to control your weight?
With six different and delicious flavours to choose from, and an abundance of shake recipe ideas - the last thing you will suffer is boredom! The recipes are so versatile and diverse and you will also have fun thinking some of your own ideas!

FORMULA 1 FOR MAINTAINING THE PERFECT WEIGHT

Are you worried that you may start putting weight back on?
Replace ONE meal a day with a delicious shake and continue with choosing healthy foods for your two main meals. You need not put any weight back on if you have made careful lifestyle improvements and continue to use ShapeWorks products in the "maintenance fashion".

FORMULA 1 FOR QUALITY NUTRITION AND BALANCED MEALS

How often do you resort to ready-made meals or eat out at "fast food" outlets?
Many fast foods are low in nutritional value, over-processed, full of chemicals, high in fat and sugar, and expensive. If you do need a "fast meal", and want to be kind to your body, opt out for Formula 1's fantastic nutrient rich food value.

To give you an idea of just how nutritious it is, one shake provides the following approximate nutrient levels:

Vitamin A = (equivalent to) 120g cheddar cheese (47% EU RDA)
vitamin C = 100g boiled cabbage (29% EU RDA)
Vitamin D = 50g tinned tuna (50% EU RDA)
Vitamin E = 50g dry roasted cashew nuts (51% EU RDA)
Vitamin B6 = 100g cooked lentils (33% EU RDA)
Vitamin B12 = two raw eggs (154% EU RDA)
Calcium = 80g tofu (52% EU RDA)
Zinc = 85g cooked crab (32% EU RDA)
Magnesium = 248ml carrot juice (18% EU RDA)
Iron = 155g cooked beef steak (38% EU RDA)
Potassium = 100g cooked soya beans (NA)
Copper = one avocado (NA)
Selenium = 90g cooked liver (NA)
Dietary Fibre = four slices wholemeal bread (20% EU RDA)

Imagine the amount of calories you would be consuming daily in order to give your body minimum amount of every single nutrient your body needs every single day to ensure proper metabolism, growth, repair, detoxification and reproduction: it is estimated that you would need to consume food that would range between 4000-6000 calories to get the same amount of nutrition from regular foods.

How much time do you spend each day preparing nutritionally balanced meals?
If your lifestyle prevents you from regularly preparing nutritious meals, don't worry; Formula 1 takes just a few minutes, there is no mess, no fuss, and it tastes great! Just ad milk/ soya milk/ juice or rice milk and shake till smooth and creamy. If you fancy a smoothie, just add fruit. It is quick, Healthy and Easy to prepare!

Do you eat breakfast each day?
Breakfast is recognised by nutritional experts as the most important meal of the day, providing you with much needed energy and nutrients, and is the "break" from your night's "fast". Try not to neglect your fuel requirements - Formula 1 makes a satisfying and easily prepared breakfast, perfect for getting the day off to a good start!

How often do you rush through or miss lunch?
Prepare a Formula 1 shake instead! Just take a small container to work with enough of the powder for one serving and add either milk powder and water, juice or use fresh semi-skimmed or soya milk! Combine in a sealable beaker and give it a good shake - lunch is ready! If you have access to a blander - then add some fruit for variety!

How often do you feel tired and lacking in vitality?
If you find your vitality levels flagging half way through the morning or afternoon, simply top-up your fuel reserves mid morning or mid afternoon with a snack-sized half serving of Formula 1!

Do you lead a stressful lifestyle and worry that it may be affecting you on a physical level?
It is better to be safe than sorry! You need a constant supply of vitamins and minerals to help your body fight off the free radical damage we endure because of stress, pollution, chemicals, etc. Formula 1 provides balanced nutrients, which are readily absorbed by the body to help keep you in a good physical shape. As a simple preventative measure, simply include Formula 1 in your daily regime!

Do you tend to snack on cakes, biscuits, and rely on a constant supply of coffee and tea through the day?
Get into a new and healthier habit - replace one of your daily snack sessions with a nutritious and tasty protein bar or soy nuts.

FORMULA 1 IS VERSATILE

Everyone can enjoy the benefits of Formula 1 as it serves different purposes:

weight control: simply replace two meals a day with two shakes
healthy nutrition: once you've achieved your ideal weight, replace one meal with a shake and incorporate it into your daily regime feeling confident that you are giving your body the best.
sports nutrition: sports men and women all over the world enrich their daily diets by powering their active lives with rich nutrient content in Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix.

FORMULA 1 FITS INTO BUSY LIFESTYLE
A hectic lifestyle of busy mums and dads, hardworking students and high-flying executives, needs a regular supply of good quality "fuel" to keep blood sugars level and provide essential nutrients and energy throughout the day. Irregular meals and poor food choice can result in fatigue and weight gain so regularly-spaced healthy meals are a must. Formula 1 shake is a NOW meal, immediate, satisfying and nutritious.

FORMULA 1 - AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTEIN
Protein provides the "building blocks" of life - amino acids - every cell in the body needs amino acids. Protein is useful to the body for a multitude of tasks, such as maintaining muscle mass, repairing damage to tissues and producing hormones and enzymes.

FORMULA 1 - MORE HEALTH BENEFITS
It can reduce cholesterol levels, helps digestive system work more efficiently by choosing smaller, highly nutritious option, fibre rich, that is easily digested; supplies excellent levels of valuable nutrients.

Finally, at the end of a long list of positive benefits, you can enjoy this marvellous product in five fabulous flavours: Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Tropical Fruit, Cappuccino and Cookies and Cream Flavour. It really is the classic must-have!

Introducing ShapeWorks™ - Herbalife's Weight Management Program

2009-09-24T00:27:00.000-07:00

Herbalife has already been helping millions worldwide for more than 27 years and continues to stand at the forefront of the weight-management industry with products that combine the best of the scientific community with the advances in nutrition. Our experience, combined with the expertise of scientists, doctors, and nutritionists who make up Herbalife’s Nutritional Advisory Board, has led to products that are on the leading edge of health and dietary enhancements

ShapeWorks™ is a healthy, well-balanced programme personalised for your unique body composition and shape. The programme is really quite simple, and can be customised to match your weight-management needs.

Each ShapeWorks™ programme is based on the Herbalife foundation of Cellular Nutrition and includes nutritious shakes. These high-protein, low-fat shakes, when taken twice a day while losing fat and once a day on a maintenance programme, control hunger and keep you feeling your best by curbing your appetite and regulating your body mass by personalising the amount of protein your body needs.

In numerous research studies, these shakes offer a healthy alternative to the poor nutrition of a typical fast-food meal by providing all the vitamins, minerals, fibre and protein you need. Using ShapeWorks™ together with energy drinks made from natural energy boosters such as guarana and green tea, and a fitness programme matched to your needs so that you are physically active for at least 30 minutes a day, can provide you with the energy to lose weight and keep it off.

The ShapeWorks™ Programme allows you to enjoy two shakes and one healthy, well-balanced meal a day that includes plenty of colourful fruits and vegetables. And because the meal is customised to include the correct amount of protein for your body type, you’ll actually feel satisfied, not deprived as you lose weight and gain your desired shape. ShapeWorks is designed to not only help you lose weight, but also maintain weight management once you’ve reached your ideal goal.

ShapeWorks™ offers a viable, scientifically-proven solution to those who want to live a healthier life. Please note: we never make medical claims about our programme, but so often we see the beneficial effects from feeding your body with the best possible nutrition fuel that it can receive.

LOSING WEIGHT IS AS EASY AS 3-2-1

Whether your goal is weight loss or weight maintenance, ShapeWorks™ has a program that’s right for you! Feel satisfied, not deprived, with delicious, filling shakes and flavorful snacks. And optimize energy and health with Herbalife's advanced herbal supplements.

At Herbalife, we understand that people like to have choices when it comes to losing weight. However, these choices must be safe, effective and healthy. Our two simple approaches start with the essential building blocks of our Cellular Nutrition® Program (nourishment at the cellular level) and combine them with the fat-burning abilities of thermogenic herbs available via our Weight Management Enhancers programme. Weight Management Enhancers are designed for optimal weight loss, powered by Cellular Nutrition® that includes heart healthy, low fat soy.

Healthy. Effective. Safe.

Losing weight doesn’t get any easier! Whip up two meal-replacement shakes a day with your favorite Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix flavor. Boost your intake of essential nutrients with Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex and shed unwanted pounds and inches for good.Based on cutting-edge weight-loss science, the ShapeWorks™ Program can help you get the results you want.

3 Times a Day: Take your supplements three times daily to enhance your health and give your body the benefits of Cellular Nutrition.

2 Shakes - Personalized: Enjoy two meal replacement shakes, personalized to the protein needs of your body, plus protein snacks to keep metabolism up and hunger at bay. See some delicious Shake Recipes.

1 Colorful Meal: Eat a healthy meal including plenty of colorful fruits and vegetables!

Herbalife offers ShapeWorks™ products that can help you personalize your protein, control your hunger, and protect your cells with a proper balance of nutrition–all without counting calories!

The Science Behind The Products

2009-09-21T02:59:00.000-07:00

David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., is a world-renowned expert in nutrition, leading the battle against the global obesity epidemic. An accomplished professor, he is also the founding director of the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA. For the past 25 years, he has been one of the country’s leading anti-obesity and nutrition expert. Additionally, he is the Program Director and Principal Investigator, UCLA Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Nutrition and Obesity Training Program, and Center for Dietary Supplements Research in Botanicals, all funded by the National Institutes of Health.

As a speaker, his expertise is much sought-after by audiences around the globe and he has appeared on national television and in newspapers, including CNN, NBC, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.

Dr. Heber holds a B.S. in Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, UCLA, 1969; M.D. Harvard Medical School, 1973; and Ph.D. in Physiology, University of California, 1978. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in Clinical Nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.*

Louis Ignarro, Ph.D
Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards.

Louis Ignarro, Ph.D., is a member of Herbalife's Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards (NAB, SAB). The NAB is made up of leading experts around the world in the fields of nutrition and health who educate and train Herbalife independent distributors on the principles of nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle.The SAB advises the company on advancements in the field of nutrition science.

Ignarro has made exceptional contributions to science. His efforts were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998 for his discovery of nitric oxide and its range of benefits to the human body. His work has since led to additional research by scientists around the globe on nitric oxide. After working with Herbalife to develop NiteworksTM, a dietary supplement designed to boost the body's own production of nitric oxide, Ignarro became a member of the Company's Scientific Advisory Board.

Ignarro is currently a distinguished professor of pharmacology at the UCLA School of Medicine's Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology in Los Angeles, which he joined in 1985. Before relocating to California, he was a professor of pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, for 12 years. Previously, Ignarro was a staff scientist, research department, for the pharmaceutical division of CIBA-GEIGY Corporation in New York.

Ignarro has published numerous articles on his research. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he also received the Basic Research Prize of the American Heart Association in 1998, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science. That same year, he was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and the following year, into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He is the founder of the Nitric Oxide Society, and founder and editor-in-chief of "Nitric Oxide Biology and Chemistry." Ignarro holds a B.S. in pharmacology, Columbia University, 1962, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology, University of Minnesota, 1966. He also received a postdoctoral fellowship in chemical pharmacology from National Institutes of Health in 1968.

Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education

As vice president, medical affairs and education, Luigi Gratton, M.D. coordinates the strategic management and direction of Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board to ensure Distributors have a thorough understanding of products, ingredients and their benefits. In addition, he manages the day-to-day operations of the Medical Affairs and Education Department, assuring all Distributor and medical inquires receive a quick and accurate response.

Gratton, a physician specialist in family medicine and clinical physician at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition in the risk factor obesity program, works closely with

Distributor trainers around the world to ensure the dissemination of accurate product information. He also speaks at major Herbalife events, enhancing Distributors' knowledge about Herbalife products.

He has written numerous articles on nutrition and obesity and has appeared on television speaking on nutrition anti-aging medicine, sports nutrition and other medical topics.

Gratton earned an undergraduate degree in science and a masters in public health from University of California, Los Angeles. He was awarded a medical degree from Mount Sinai Medical School of New York University and fulfilled his residency in family medicine at Los Angeles County Hubert Humphrey Family Medicine Center. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical nutrition at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Gratton has been awarded Diplomate of The American Board of Family Practice and The American Board of Physician Nutrition.

Lose the Excess Weight! Choose the Safe Way To Lose Weight Now!

2009-09-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

Our products, SHAPEWORKS are weight management programs which are high in nutrition but low in calorie.

Hi! I'm Karen. I used to weigh 190 lbs with a 39-inch waist line. I was so constipated, I had low energy and an even lower self esteem. I have tried every known diet, joined almost all the gyms, bought many exercise videos and equipments...with very minimal result. I'd lose 5 lbs only to gain back 10-15lbs more after a few months. I also tried diet pills and slimming teas... but i also failed to keep off the weight...

When I used the Herbalife Shapeworks products consistently and seriously, in just 2 months I lost 5 inches off my waist and 20 amazing pounds! I feel more energetic plus I gained back the confidence I lost. What's even more amazing is that all this happened because of the good nutrition the products gave my body. I didn't starve and i didn't exercise. I was surprised when people started noticing the weight I lost!

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