Know your Bio Score

The Bio-Photonic Scanner

As Seen on the Dr. Oz Show

The bio-photonic scanner

What is the Scanner?

It's a revolutionary tool developed by NuSkin/Pharmanex to measure the antioxidant levels in your body and rate your body's ability to defend from disease and resist aging.

What does the Scanner do?
Place the palm of your hand in front of the Scanner's safe, low-energy blue light, and you will obtain an immediate reading of the carotenoid tissue antioxidant levels in your skin - your Skin Carotenoid Score ranges from 0-100,000. The higher your score, the higher your antioxidant levels and the higher your resistance to disease and aging.

Why should I be scanned?
By measuring the stable level of carotenoid antioxidants in your skin and generating your Skin Carotenoid Score, the Scanner provides a more accurate and reliable biomarker of your overall antioxidant health status than other methods of measuring antioxidants. Getting your Skin Carotenoid Score makes you aware of the antioxidant levels in your body-and gives you the push you need to improve your overall antioxidant health.

When and Where can I get scanned?

Contact Sean Donovan @ (804)-909-5550 or sean@seandon.com

Awards:

Nu Skin Enterprises was awarded a 2005 American Business Award at the annual American Business Awards ceremony in New York City on June 6, 2005. Nu Skin Enterprises won the award in the Most Innovative Company category for the Pharmanex® Bio-Photonic Scanner. The award was given in recognition of the Scanner for the Most Innovative Company among contenders with more than 2,500 employees, competing against other finalists like Oracle Corporation and PACCAR Inc. Last year's winner in the same category was United Parcel Service (UPS). Nu Skin Enterprises was recognized among other top companies that included AT&T, Procter & Gamble, Sprint, and Intuit and was the only direct selling company to receive a 2005 American Business Award.

So now you know about the Bio-Photonic Scanner

Press Release - "Health and Happiness: YOUR owner's manual for the mind and body"

Hot off the press – the revised, personalized edition of Sean Donovan’s book “Health and Happiness: YOUR owner’s manual for the mind and body” is now available for your life-enhancing, reading pleasure. This newly revised edition combines Sean’s “words of wisdom” with an exciting new personalized printing technology from Daytona Beach based publisher DME.

Written for people who don’t normally read books, this book uses interesting analogies and common sense (yet often forgotten) advice along with a personalized touch to create maximum health and happiness in your life. The unique printing process uses information given during the ordering process to merge your name throughout the text and produce a book unique only to you. The personalized technology even incorporates your name into the book’s title on the cover! Sean and DME create a unique reader experience that even well-read literary enthusiasts have yet to experience.

Regardless of your age, race, religion, sex, political affiliation or national origin - we should all have one common denominator – our health. We only get one shot at life and when our health is gone, nothing else matters. The human mind and body comprise the most sophisticated 'machine' on earth. Our bodies are far more sensitive and complex than any automobile, DVD player or other man-made item; but unlike those products, we don't come with an instruction manual at birth. This Health and Happiness guide offers great technologies to help the average person make better decisions regarding their mind and body.

Health reform in the USA starts with “US” - and the daily choices we make - choosing to read this book is the first step in the right direction. Visit http://www.grassrootsreform.net/ to get your copy today.

Building Blocks

A Chapter excerpt from "Health and Happiness: an owner's manual for the mind and body" - now available in new, unique, custom personalized print.

I like analogies because they allow us to think things through logically when they are approached from a different view point. That is why I am going to compare eating food to building a house.

Imagine you are a building contractor and I have just hired you to build a house. Better yet, let’s say the house is already built and it just needs maintenance and renovation. There are no complicated plans to read or foundations to dig. The hard part is done… Everything is already built. The house just has some squeaks and creaks and a few leaks. Much like your body could have some strains, sprains, bruises, cancers, arthritis or poor vision. Let’s say you have to repair a leaking roof. What materials would you need? It depends on the type of roof, but overall you may need some flashing, caulk, shingles, tar paper, coatings etc… Now let’s imagine that the only material available to you is concrete. Besides being extremely heavy, concrete is also porous and absorbs water – making it a poor choice for a roofing material. You could keep pouring concrete on the roof until the weight collapses the structure – or find a new material to properly fix the problem.

Your body is much more complex than any building on earth and needs a wide variety of materials to keep it operating properly. The problem is that most of us are not operating properly, but don’t realize it until damage has been done. If your body needs roofing materials (salad) and all you give it to work with is concrete (fast food), then repairs and maintenance cannot be carried out. Your body just stockpiles the concrete (maybe around the waist or hips). Not only does your body not get what it needs, but it gets an excess of what it doesn’t need. When materials are obviously stockpiling in the body and other problems still persist, take it as your body warning you that you need to put something else in it!

My second analogy is a termite infested wall (or cancer ridden cells that must be repaired). The wall is made out of wood and is badly deteriorated. We need new wood and nails to rebuild it. Let’s compare the new wood to fresh, raw fruits and vegetables and the nails to fresh spring water. Then let’s burn the new wood (much like what cooking does to the nutrients in fruits and veggies) and then rust the nails (much like carbonating the water and adding sugar). How strong will our new wall be when made of burnt wood and rusted nails? How many nutrients are we cooking out of our food? How polluted, carbonated, colored and artificially flavored is your water?

Your kidneys and liver are like an air filter in you homes’ heating and A/C system. If you don’t regularly change the filter, it becomes clogged and the system has to work harder to force air through the dirt, thus increasing your electric bill. If the filter becomes too clogged, it may not let any air pass and may burn up the motor and system. You can’t naturally change your body parts, but you can keep them clean and hydrated and assist them in the detoxification process with sweat, activity and stretching. Think about this: your body is your permanent home that you live in every day of your life - 24/7. Keep it clean and well maintained and it will provide you many years of comfortable, trouble free living.

Let’s be clear on something – food doesn’t heal the body or cure disease. The body heals the body and defeats disease. Eating the right foods and eliminating the wrong foods gives the body the necessary ingredients to carry out its inherent functions. Give your body the materials it needs and it can rebuild itself and keep itself well maintained.  Keep it cleansed and detoxified and it will operate more efficiently and stress-free for years to come.

Jamie Oliver talks about his food revolution on The Daily Show

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Ease into Activity

Now that spring is upon us and the weather has turned pleasant and favorable for a more active lifestyle, there are some precautions that you should take heed of in order to protect your health and longevity.

Many of us lead rather dormant lifestyles during the winter months. The cold weather and shorter days naturally tend to lull us into a lazier, less active lifestyle.

Then the first beautiful day of spring or the opening of baseball season motivates us to get off the couch and go out and do some much needed yard work or pitch a little baseball with the kids. The catch is, however, that we are not accustomed to the strenuous activity and many of us spend the next few post-activity days or weeks suffering from aches, pains, strains, sprains, torn muscles, slipped disks – or worse, a heart attack.

To further complicate matters, we often put a lot of pressure on ourselves to get the job done in one afternoon or weekend. Slow down - the life you save may be your own! Pushing your body too much too fast could land you in a funeral home, hospital or on the bed recovering for weeks or months.

Slow and steady may not always win the race, but it may insure that you live longer and perform stronger for many races to come in the future. (Turtles usually live very long lives)!

Here are some tips to insure that you stay healthy and happy:

1.        Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Water is the key to life - and dehydration is a leading cause of high blood pressure, muscle aches, cramps, headaches and a whole host of other ailments. It is estimated that 90% of Americans are dehydrated daily. Coffee, soda, Gatorade, energy drinks, etc… are NOT substitutes for water – in fact, many of these “drinks” further dehydrate us. I recommend pure, alkaline, mineral rich water such as FIJI Water (click to find out why).

2.      Stretch. Our muscles and deep tissue can become oxygen and nutrient deprived due to inactivity. This deprivation combined with the decreased ability to detoxify and remove lactic acid can lead to a lot of aches, pains and more serious problems. Stretching can loosen these atrophied muscles up and get the juices flowing to prepare you for work.

3.      Get a massage: Massages and therapeutic bodywork isn’t just a luxury that rich housewives enjoy after their facials and spa treatments. Bodywork is a MUST in your pursuit for health, happiness and pain-free living. Deep tissue massage can rapidly detoxify the body and get nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood flowing to muscles, organs and tissues that are starved of life and attention. Massage can revitalize your body and make you impervious to injury and disease.

4.      Hot/Cold therapy: Visit a sauna or a hot yoga studio and expose yourself to some heat in a controlled environment. When the heat becomes too great, take a break or a cold shower and then re-visit the heat again. This will build up your tolerance and prepare you for the changing weather outdoors and high levels of internally generated heat from activity. This will also get your juices flowing and help your body detoxify – thus reducing your chances of dropping dead in the yard from heart attack or heat stroke.

5.      Interval training: Start out with some gradual physical training. Do one minute of strenuous activity followed by one minute of rest. Check your resting pulse before the activity, check your active pulse immediately following the activity, check your pulse again after one minute of rest. Your pulse should return to its initial resting rate within one minute of stopping the activity. If your pulse is not returning to its resting rate, it means your heart is “gasping” for breath – which could be a great indication of cardio-pulmonary problems. Try implementing an arginine (amino acid) supplement into your diet to naturally improve cardio health.

6.      Gradually increase activity: If your pulse returns to its resting rate within a minute, then start to gradually increase the activity periods, but still rest for a minute in between activity. Example: Two minutes of strenuous activity, one minute of rest – increasing the activity by one minute or so every day until you are ultimately working for 10 minutes, resting for one.

7.      Get a check-up: See your physician for regular physical check-ups even when you are feeling fine. Find a good physician who will devote the time to listen to you and truly care about your health and lifestyle. Interview doctors until you find the right one (your life may depend on it). Visit the right doctor regularly – not just when you are sick. Keep him up to date about all changes (for the better or worse) in your life and all medications you are taking.

8.      Chiropractic Adjustments: Your body runs on electricity. The brain communicates with the organs and every cell in the body through electrical signals sent through the spinal cord and nervous system. If your spine is out of alignment causing pressure on nerves and disks, then the body cannot function properly – leaving you susceptible to disease and injury. Chiropractic adjustments are easy, painless, affordable and essential in your quest for health and pain-free activity. Finding the right chiropractor will be an integral part of maintaining optimum health and peak performance.  

9.      Smile: The act of smiling greatly reduces stress. Stress is the number one underlying cause of all disease. If you have to do something (like cut the grass) – you might as well make it enjoyable – so smile while you are doing it! If you can’t muster up a smile for such activity, then hire someone else (or a lawn company) to do it for you. If you think the $45 for the lawn service is too much to spend – weigh the lawn maintenance cost in comparison to $45,000.00 heart surgery – followed by weeks of missed work. Maybe you can smile as you enjoy a different activity such as playing with your kids on the professionally cut lawn - knowing that you avoided a health crisis. Care for your body and use your time wisely and you will be living on Easy Street!

10.  For many more healthy tips, join us on Wellness Wednesdays at the DME BeneFitness center as we present our Peak Employee Performance (PEP) program from noon to 1pm. Inquire with the DME HR Department, Stillman Rice at BeneFitness, or Lea D'Loughy

The Grass is Always Greener...

Some say: "the grass is always greener on the other side." I say: "the grass is always greener where you water it." What I mean by this is that if you focus on “watering” your own “grass” – i.e.: taking care of your health, your family, your business, etc… Your own “grass” will flourish from the attention. And since you will be devoting all of your time to your own “grass”, you won’t have time to envy anyone else’s. Plus, you will be so proud of your own efforts and happy with your own results that jealousy and envy will be forgotten emotions. You will soon find yourself with such abundance in your life that you will be able to share your fortunes and the fruits of your labor with others too. Plant seeds of love in your life – and water them often. You will reap what you sow!

Anti-Aging and Skin Health

Skin is the largest organ in the body and grows from the inside out. Your skin is a great indication of your internal health - if it looks toxic or aged, chances are that your other internal organs are in the same condition. Turning back the hands of time requires health on a cellular level. The fountain of youth flows from within and originates with what we put into our bodies. Feed your cells the right nutrition and they will remain ageless and healthy for many years. A great anti-aging supplement is Alpha Lipoic Acid.

Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a naturally-occurring compound that is synthesized in small amounts by plants, animals and humans. Scientists first discovered the importance of ALA in 1953, and it was recognized as an antioxidant in 1988. It has recently been the subject of a tremendous amount of research around the world, including the University of California Berkeley, The Linus Pauling Institute and The Mayo Clinic. ALA is highly recommended in the New York Times’ Bestselling book, The Perricone Prescription by Nicholas V. Perricone, M.D.

The body requires ALA to produce energy and also plays a crucial role in the mitochondria, our cellular energy-producing structures. Foods contain only tiny amounts of it so supplementation may be beneficial. ALA is very unique compared to other forms of antioxidants because of its versatility—it helps deactivate a wide array of cell-damaging free radicals in many bodily systems. But many scientists consider the most important benefit of ALA to be its protection of the body’s mitochondria and DNA. As we age, mitochondrial function is impaired, and this may be an important contributor to some of the adverse effects of aging. ALA also works closely with vitamin C and E and some other antioxidants, "recycling" them to make them much more effective.

Where can you get Alpha Lipoic Acid? Try Chews4Health - it is my favorite delicious and nutritious natural supplement.