The Plight of a Back Yard Birder

In the world of back yard birding, you have not hit the climax of  birding, until you get the all elusive bluebird to your feeders. In this endeavor to attain the Harps playing moment, you can literately become insane! Trust me I know. I don't believe there is a trick or treat I haven't tried to get these little blue-bird winged wonders of beauties, to my yard.. My daughter and sister-in-law, on the other hand have heard the harps. They call me and post pictures, with me tagged in them, all over facebook every time they show up, which is daily it seems. They have no mercy!!  This year I started with my Christmas tree, thinking it would be a great place to hang home made suet and other treats. Mind you, I have been backyard birding for 18 years.   However one thing I have hated from childhood is cold weather and, even though I have grown up and lived in New England most of my life, I hate, hate, hate the cold. My husband Keith however, wants me to at least LIKE winter,  so in his ever determined effort he bought me a brand new pair of snow shoes for Christmas..   January 2nd came with the temperatures freezing, and me more determined then ever to win the war of obtaining the climax of backyard birders, the blue bird. So having  never in my life worn snowshoes and, since we had about a foot of fresh snow,  I headed out. I was armed with my tree in the gigantic plastic bag that now comes with fresh trees, in one hand, my trusty homemade suet  in the other and my feet adorned and my trusty new snow shoes. There I stood in the mid-minus below zero something degree weather and heavy wind. The cold hit me hard! It was so cold that all the lining in my nose and everything else in there froze instantly. I was sure I was near death from hypothermia, but I'm a Backyard birder!!  So with my head held high and determination in my freezing bones, I took my first step. BAM, down I went! I was face first in the snow! The suet went everywhere,  and landed  like victims in a white winter massacre all over my front yard.   My snow shoes had gotten tangled up and caught in the giant plastic bag that held the now former Christmas tree. The instructions said nothing about this potential hazard. So once I regained my footing, I picked up my spillage and waited for the laughter of  my son, peering out the window from  the warm and toasty house, to stop and off I went. I got the tree to stand unsupported in the snow, and then hung all the very pretty ornaments of blue-bird treats.

There it stood, in all it's glory like a piece of winter art for bluebirds. A Christmas tree and me, waiting to hear the sound of harps as a blue bird came to perch on it's glorious branches.  Two days later not a single blue bird had shown up!  So off me and my winter wonderland man went, to the tractor supply store to get more seed, suet, and anything else we could buy to arm ourselves with, that would attract these blue beauties that we already hadn't bought.  Then one hundred dollars later and every treat a bluebird could want, including nasty meal worms all dehydrated in a clear plastic container, homeward bound we headed.  The next day I was determined to make new treats to hang on my bluebird ornamental beauty Christmas tree.  However when I looked outside, it wasn't there. The blue bird Christmas tree of wonder was gone! The high winds had taken it, with all the pretty ornaments and thrown it 100 feet into the neighbors yard. I watched in horror out my window as their chickens were having a gourmet feast on all my pretty little bluebird treats. Thank the good Lord for Keith, because he headed outside and rescued it and what ornaments he could. He resurrected the tree and tied it to a post, so this catastrophe would not happen again. Imagine those chickens. They had no shame what so ever. I'll think of this the next time I eat their bluebird suet fueled eggs. Little thieves! Anyway, later that day I made more suet treats and hung them   out. That night after reading about some other things that Blue Birds liked, as if we didn't already have everything, I decided that the next morning I would head to our local Ben Franklin/Ace Hardware store where they have a great variety of bird items, and buy the things I needed. While perusing the store of birding items, I  told the sales lady of my blue bird dilemma to see if she had any suggestions. All she offered me was a, "Oh yes I gets blue birds", with no shame or compassion for me and my plight. Two gentlemen walking by heard our conversation, and with their chest  puffed up, blasted out of their ever proud  bluebird glory mouths, that they get blue birds all the time, all year long and have for years!!!!  I even think I saw blue  feathers flying around their heads as they spoke. I purchased  my goods and headed home, wounded in my backyard birding soul. I was more determined then ever to attract even one bluebird to my feeders. It was at least two weeks later and  I still hadn't seen a flash of blue, except from the bluejays that eat me out of bird-feeder and suet. 
 A few days later Keith and I decided to go and try out our snowshoes. He got a pair also. You have to understand the mind of a backyard birder. It thinks in ways that most humans don't, BIRD ATTRACTION. In my ever racing mind of how can I get blue birds, I found out they like sumac, and even though it was freezing out, for me anyway, I was super excited to head outside. I thought, I can take my clippers with us and get some Sumac plumes to bring home and THEN I will finally get bluebirds! So off we went, my brain racing with beautiful bluebird beauties in my mind and my eyes peeled for sumac. We headed east on Route 101.  We passed a huge amount of sumac at exit 8 except that it was on the west bound side.
Once we arrived at our destination, which is a Maritime native  habitat coastal area, as well as a seacoast bird sanctuary, we discovered that there wasn't enough snow left to wear our snows shoes. But we decided, and I was determined, to get some sumac so we stayed and walked in our regular boots. We walked for about 3 hours all around the trails and shore. While Keith snapped pictures, I saw all kinds of berries and sumac plumes. I collected a bunch of red berries and with my handy clippers and handy man, we trimmed some good size branches of sumac. He even thought to bring a strap to tie them up with. Then as we were cutting, he informed me that he, a retired state trooper, was NOT going to jail because we were stealing sumac from a wildlife sanctuary for some stupid bluebirds. Imagine!  But me, I had NO fear. He doesn't understand the mind and determination of a backyard birder. I took my spoils and out we headed to the car. He had me hide a few times when a car passed, just in case. We finally arrived at the car, UN-arrested or even questioned, and headed home. The next day still in my Pj's and never not thinking of how to get Bluebirds, I put on my coat, my hat  and boots and headed outside. I went to the car, retrieved the sumac and berries and poked them in the snow. I set the berries in the feeders..  Then I waited,  I waited all day as  I sat and stood peering out the window and,  NOTHING! No harps, no moments of backyard birding wonder, not a single bluebird! And I sit here tonight and wonder why? I think tomorrow I'll go get a few more bluebird houses!  That ought to do it! And if not, I'm wondering, can you buy bluebirds online? Tomorrow......harps, maybe?

UPDATE!!!!

March 2, 2013

I was laying in bed sick, when the sounds of HARPS were playing in my backyard unbeknown to me.. My husband went out side and was standing in the backyard, when he saw the blue beauties going after suet in a homemade feeder I had made from a clementine box. He ran in the house and came running  upstairs to deliver the wonderful halleluiah news, and even though I felt like I was on my death bed, the news brought instant healing to my virus ridden body.. The harps played!!! I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs and perched my self in front of the window, and with in minutes, wisp of blue caught my eyes.. There they were.. My heart swelled, the harps played and heaven was brought down into my little small corner of NH.. All was right with my world.. Since that glorious March day, they have stayed and have been getting fat on meal-worms. A male and female have been scouting one old blue-bird box, my sister-in-law gave me years ago, that only some chipmunks I believe have used. They are in and out of it all day, but no nest is in it.. 
I think the other birds feel a bit slighted over my favoritism, but as they say, "it is what it is", sorry birdies, I still love them too, but, <sigh> I'm in love.. ♥

 

 

When Eating Right Just Isn’t Enough

Some people, seem to think that eating whole foods and exercising is enough for great health.  It’s definitely a great start! Unfortunately, in today’s world…so much of our environment has caused our foods to be lower in nutrition that we actually NEED to “supplement” to receive our daily nutrition.
In reality, even the healthiest among us rarely have the time or the resources to eat perfectly every day. We can juice, blend, and garden all day long.. but in our day in life, it’s not common to have the time to truly ingest all the nutrients we need. This isn’t even considering the poor quality of our soil and where and when our food has been harvested.
So we turn to a multivitamin. The temptation is to go to the local big box store and buy a box of vitamins we think is both economical and sufficient for us. This is where we make the wrong turn down a road of great danger.  You’re throwing your money away as well as hurting yourself in the long run.
In a recent blog by Dr. Mercola, he makes a few points that I agree with about “fake” supplements and why we need to avoid them at all costs!

 Why You Should Avoid Synthetic Isolates Like the Plague…

In my opinion, if you shop for your supplements at discount stores you may be seriously shortchanging yourself because those products typically use cheap synthetic isolates.
Millions gorge themselves on synthetic vitamins, only to acquire and die from degenerative diseases.
You see, isolated vitamins are partial vitamins, combined with other chemicals. They’re a low-end alternative to whole, real complete food.
When you remove a part from the whole, you get ‘Synthetic,’ ‘Isolated,’ or ‘Fractionated’ pieces of the whole, but it’s simply not the same.

There are four problems with synthetic vitamins…

1. Nature intended for you to consume food in WHOLE form because all the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes are together in one package. They work synergistically to give your body the nutrition it requires for optimal health.
2. Your body only absorbs a small percentage of an isolate form of vitamins and minerals – and it utilizes even less. You get the best bio-availability in whole food form.
3. Synthetic vitamins often give you massive quantities of some nutrients (usually the most inexpensive ones) and insufficient quantities of others, not balance.
4. You can experience side effects of synthetic isolates from the additives and the unnatural state of the synthetic supplement.

Don’t let your multivitamin add to the collateral damage.

So, where do you turn now? Well, you need to look for a multivitamin that you can trust, is safe, is complete, and is pure.  I have found that Shaklee is the one for me and my family.
Shaklee stands behind their products 100%.  Whatever you purchase from them, they offer your money back if you find it’s not right for you. Their promise is to be…
ALWAYS SAFE
• No artificial flavors
• No artificial sweeteners
• No dyes or trans fats
• No hidden fillers
• No animal testing
• No banned substances
• No Chlorine Bleach

ALWAYS WORKS
• Over 80,000 annual quality control tests
• Guaranteed potency—third party verification of botanical ingredients
• Guaranteed purity—350 contaminant tests conducted on EACH new botanical ingredient
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

ALWAYS GREEN
• $250 million invested in testing research and development
• 70 published clinical studies
• 60 Shaklee scientists
• 55 patents and patents pending
In the 50th Anniversary Landmark Study showed that Shaklee long-term supplements users have markedly better health than those who took only a multivitamin or no supplement at all.

If you’re starting out, I suggest you try the Vitalizer Pack. It’s a complete strip of vitamins that will cover your whole body. In this one strip you will receive 80 bio-optimized nutrients specialized for either women or men. Of course, as you have certain needs, you may need to add on to this pack, but for the average person, this is a great start!!

You can now join Shaklee as a member for free (a savings of $19.95) when you purchase the Vitalizer. This gives you 15% off all your future Shaklee purchases for life!! You don’t have anything to lose. Try this out, and if you don’t feel better in 30 days, they’ll refund your money!
Keep on track eating all the great fruits and veggies out there!  Juice, Cook, and Garden!!
Keep working out and strengthening your body! You’re doing great!
But please, do NOT take a fake vitamin!
Here is a video on Why Supplement that may interest you...
Why Supplement?
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Test Your Product Knowledge of Household Cleaning Products and their Toxicity

October 24, 2011

Are you aware of the long term health affects that many household cleaning products and personal care products have on you and your children’s health? Let’s take this simple test and find out!
It’s easy! Kindergarten work you might say!
Simply draw a line from the toxic ingredient on the top to the household cleaning product on the bottom that contains it.

See how many you get right!
The CDC reports, “Every day, 374 children in the United States ages 0 to 19 are treated in an emergency department, and two children die, as a result of being poisoned.”
As you know, household and personal care products are not the only source of chemicals in the home, but they are the most deadly.
Fortunately they are the easiest to replace! Don’t take unnecessary risks!
Become an aware consumer. There are many safe products on the market.
All you have to do is CHANGE brands of products. Buy your products from a reliable wellness company you trust.
Answers:

Hydrochloric acid is in Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner

Registered Pesticide is Formula 409

#1 cause of childhood poisonings is Cascade

Butane Gas and Propane is in Pledge

Fiberglass Particles are in Tide
Get these products out of your home TODAY! Replace these products with safe, non-toxic cleaners.
The Get Clean™ Healthy Home Pack contains all the products you need to start making your home cleaner for your family and the planet. With cleaning choices that are SAFE, POWERFUL, GREEN, and SMART, Get Clean is the safe alternative to traditional household cleaning products.

Order yours today!
Sign up to receive a FREE sample of my favorite non-toxic household cleaner, Shaklee Basic H2. The most concentrated and least expensive green product I know.


Here’s a list of the alternative products I use:
(At first glance, these look more expensive, but in fact, they are super concentrated and cost less than most conventional cleaners to use.)
Click here to see my cost comparison here.


Instead of Cascade, I use Shaklee Dish Wash Automatic Concentrate

Instead of Tide, I use Shaklee Fresh Laundy

Instead of Formula 409, I use Shaklee Basic H2

Instead of Pledge, I use Shaklee Basic H2

Instead of Chlorox Bleach, I use Shaklee Basic G Concentrated Germicide
Sign up for my newsletter, get a free sample, and contact me to save money when you change brands. (I will show you how to save %15-30 off your products and how to get  your 2nd order FREE!))




Shaklee just launched a Referral Program where you could earn a $25 product credit for every new customer you refer who makes a purchase of $25 or more!

This is a great opportunity for you to get more of the products you love for a whole lot less. And you’ll be helping others live healthier, too!

So if you haven’t already done so, I encourage you to start sharing.

Let me know if you have any questions.

How It Works

	First, you have to be a Shaklee member. Then, you send a special invitation message (with a specially coded link) from the MyShaklee.com site via Facebook, Twitter or email to a friend.
	Your friend uses the link to visit a special site where they purchase products, and they automatically get a one-time 15% discount.
	If the order totals $25 Member Price (MP) or more (excluding taxes, shipping and handling), the YOU get a $25 credit you can apply to your next order of Shaklee products.

That’s it! You can do this as many times as you like, up to 100 referrals per day, and Shaklee does all of the tracking so that you get credit for all purchases.
Savings abound with this program, and everybody benefits – you and your friend!

WELCOME TO Gina's Health Tips

My interest in Health started about 23 years ago. I have three children, one girl and two boys, who at the time, were still very young and in elementary school. My youngest son, who was starting kindergarten, was diagnosed with ADHD. I didn't want to start him on the drugs that the doctors wanted to prescribe because of all the horrible side effects, so I started researching nutrition. During this time my cousins became Shaklee Independent Distributors. They, of course, were very excited to share their new found passion with all their friends and family, and when they told me about Shaklee, and how they were the number one natural nutrition company in the country, about the science, and commitment to excellent behind each product, I had to sign up. I started my son right away on an organic diet and Shaklee supplements. Well it worked! Within a few days I started see a difference, and within a few weeks, he was a totally calm and focused child. Fast forward 23 years later, 7 grandchildren, a divorce and needing to supplement my income, I decided to look into work at home companies and after looking at many different types and business plans, I found that Shaklee once again, just couldn't be beat. In my first month, I received a check.

Let's start with the products. They're spectacular! - Pure, potent and proven to work. Our Nutrition, Weight Management, Home Care and Personal Care products carry a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. In an independent groundbreaking study at the University of California Berkeley of long-term dietary supplement users showed that people who took Shaklee supplements had markedly better health than both multivitamin and non-supplement users alike. When a product is this good, you can't help but share it with everyone you know. And that makes Shaklee products the perfect foundation for an amazing income opportunity.

The latest Shaklee innovation is Vivix™ Cellular Anti-Aging Tonic dietary supplement. It's the most exciting example we've seen of a product that can truly help you create a limitless stream of income. And with the Tru-Infinity™ bonus program, the fifth way to earn in Shaklee - our ability to earn just got infinitely more exciting.

Beginning a home-based business in Shaklee is the smartest move I ever made. I now have the ability to control my own destiny, determine my own priorities, set goals and achieve them, advance and increase my own income based on what's important to me. And everything I do to achieve my own goals helps someone else achieve theirs. We do well, by doing well. It's the most satisfying approach to earning an income I've ever known.

But I didn't come to this conclusion and make a decision without a few questions. I expect you probably have some too.

Looking for Health? Freedom? Or Both!

I'd welcome the chance to talk with you about your situation, find out what you're looking for - health, freedom, or both - and see if this is right for you. So "Contact Me" and let me know if I can help!

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Best Athletes Choose Shaklee

Best Athletes Choose Shaklee

Here at Shaklee and NH PureLife, I have come to the conclusion that one company outshines all others for those in the FITNESS world! I wanted to share with you some stories and some highlights of how so many Olympic medalists and award winning athletes have chosen SHAKLEE!

Shaklee Corporation has pioneered the practice of studying the diets of elite athletes and testing products to help make landmark expeditions and record-breaking achievements possible. This research has translated into dietary recommendations and high performance nutritional products for elite athletes and explorers as well as recreational athletes.

 Shaklee powered athletes have taken home 31 Olympic Medals including 17 Gold Medals. In fact, 8 of Time-Life’s “25 Great Adventures of All Time” were powered by Shaklee Products. Notable Achievements by world explorers include:

Mount Everest Expeditions

Shaklee has helped a number of record-breaking Everest expeditions reach the top of the world, including the first American to scale the mountain without supplemental oxygen.

Steger International Polar Expedition & Trans Antarctica Expedition

Shaklee has been a part of Will Steger’s history-making expeditions for over a decade. The company provided nutritional products and expertise to the first team to reach the North Pole without resupply in 1986. Steger and his seven teammates supplemented the high-protein, high-fat rations of traditional Arctic exploration with Shaklee multivitamins and soup. The explorers used Shaklee Energy Bars to keep them going when they could not stop for a midday meal. Shaklee was the “Official Sponsor of High Energy Foods” for the TransAntarctica Expedition, the first unmechanized traverse of Antarctica.

International Arctic Project

In their three month, 1,000-mile traverse of the Canadian Arctic in the spring of 1995, members of the International Arctic Project, supported by Shaklee nutrition, kept detailed logs of their food and fluid intake as well as their activity and mood/energy states for the first official dietary study of Arctic explorers. Children around the world followed the team throughout their trek via daily e-mail updates from Will Steger.

Solo From The Pole

In 1997, Will Steger made a dramatic attempt to be the first individual ever to go solo from the North Pole. The trek was conducted without the benefit of resupply or sled dogs, with Steger hauling a canoe-sled by a specifically designed harness. Shaklee scientists and nutritionists created a diet and exercise program specifically tailored to this arduous excursion.

  

Jacques Cousteau’s Calypso & Alcyon expeditions

During both the Alcyon and Calypso Expeditions, Shaklee served as the nutritional advisor for Jacque Cousteau and all of his divers.

Voyager Non-Stop Around The World Flight

In 1986, Shaklee served as the Official Nutrition Consultant to Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan, pilots who powered the first nonstop airplane flight to circumnavigate the globe without refueling. Shaklee designed easy-open packaging for its energy bars and special lightweight powdered foods to meet the pilots’ needs during the ten-day Voyager flight.

The Daedalus Project

In 1998, Kanellos Kanopoulos had only one fuel for his record-breaking seventy-two mile human-powered flight from Crete to Santorini – the maximum endurance sports drink developed by Shaklee with Ethan Nadel of Yale University. Later marketed as Performance(r), it is now a leading product of Shaklee’s sports nutritional line. The drink’s mix of electrolytes and carbohydrates provided easy-to-absorb muscle fuel and quickly replaced the pilot’s lost fluids.

Winter Games

As the U.S. Speed Skating Team’s official product, Shaklee gives the team members the nutritional edge that helped them capture the gold at the 1992 Winter Games. The U.S. Luge Team was also supported by Shaklee nutrition.

At the 1988 Winter Games, the U.S. Curling Team, Men’s Freestyle skier Mat Chojnacki, and Shelly Looney, Forward on the US Women’s Hockey team, all counted on Shaklee Sports Nutrition to help them reach their peak in Nagano.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team

Shaklee served as the Official Nutrition Consultant to the U.S. Ski Team from 1980 to 1988. Shaklee nutritionists worked with the U.S. Ski Team to devise an optimum diet, with three key recommendations: trim fat from 38% down to 25-30% of the diet; boost carbohydrates from 46% to 55-60%; and replace the “empty calorie” snacks with more nutrient-filled choices such as fresh fruit, bread, vegetables and energy bars. In 1984, the U.S. Ski Team achieved their best results at an Olympic competition, winning five medals in Sarajevo. Bill Johnson was the first American man to win a gold medal in the downhill, and finished by Debbie Armstrong in first place and Cristin Cooper in second in the giant slalom.

In 2005, Shaklee is again the nutrition consultant to the U.S.S.A. for all their athletes.

“Shaklee products assist the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding athletes to train and compete in optimal condition. The products are a significant component of our sports nutrition program. Our United States Ski Association (U.S.S.A.) athletes train full time, compete six months of the year, and travel internationally. Our athletes overcome these challenges with help from Shaklee products: Vita Lea®, Performance®, Physique®, Immune Building Complex®, Gentle Sleep Complex®, Multi-Munch™, Meal Shakes, and Joint Health Complex®“ -Andy Walshe, Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Science U.S.S.A.

Summer Games

"I’ve been using Shaklee products for nearly all my life. My mother has been a Shaklee distributor for years. My favorite product is Shaklee Enfuselle Sunblock. When I train, I’m in the sun every day, so my skin take a beating. It protects me from harmful rays and keeps my skin looking young!”

Carla Overbeck, 2000 Olympic silver medalist & member of the Carolina Courage of the WUSA Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Both Team Shaklee riders and individual athletes from around the world were supported by Shaklee nutrition at the Atlanta Games in 1996. These included Phillippine boxers, Canadian rowers, six Team Shaklee cyclists and swimmers as well as Field Hockey and Badminton players from Malaysia. Individuals powered by Shaklee included Ruthie Bolton of the American Women’s Basketball Team, swimmer David Fox, marathoner Linda Somers and Judo champion Damon Keeve.

Team Shaklee members Jame Carney, Jonas Carney, Tayna Dubnicoff, Jim Fisher, Glen Mitchell and Eric Wohlberg, all competed at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.

Also competing under the Shaklee banner were mountain biker Ann Trombley, Paralympian Chris Wadell, long distance runner Breeda Willis, USA Soccer’s Carla Overbeck and the coach of the US Track & Field team. Plus Gary Hall Jr., Fastest swimmer in the world with 10 Olympic Medals.

“Shaklee is the key to our practice and recovery. Performance® is most helpful on aerobic days when practices can last 3 1/2 hours and without Physique®, I’d have a hard time maintaining the muscle mass I work so hard to build. Our daily routine also includes Vita-Lea, Energizing Soy Protein, CoQHeart®, B-Complex, CorEnergy®, Joint Health Complex®, and Immune Building Complex®“-Gary Hall Jr.

“The off-season is when I train the hardest. I’m confident that Shaklee nutritional products and Enfuselle SPF 30 will help give me the ‘set-up’ I need to be successful next season.”-Elaine Youngs, Bronze Medalist USA Volleyball

“Although I was happy with my performance in the 2004 Games, I will expect even better results for the next time around. And the great nutritional foundation I get from Shaklee products will be there every step of the way.”- Nia Abdallah, Silver Medalist USA Taekwondo

Team Shaklee

Shaklee began sponsoring one of the nation’s top amateur cycling teams in 1988, an affiliation that lasted until the end of 2000. With the help of Shaklee and Shaklee products, Team Shaklee set over ten world records and sent four riders to the 1992 Olympic Games and six to both the 1996 Games in Atlanta and the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. The cyclists have been the subjects of dietary studies, testing Shaklee Performance sports drink in 1988 and aiding in the 1992 development of the Shaklee Carbo Crunch bar, an energy bar that delivers an ideal mix of carbohydrates, fat and protein as well as essential vitamins and minerals.

Shaklee nutritionists regularly consult with the riders, studying the cyclists’ diet records and blood tests to make nutritional recommendations. After detecting an iron deficiency in cyclist J-Me Carney in 1991, they reconstructed his diet and Carney went on to compete as part of the 1992 Olympic team. Kent Bostick, the 47 year-old who earned a berth on the 1996 Olympic Cycling Team, is a fabled proponent of Shaklee nutrition.

LPGA & PGA Golfers

“After 18 holes of fierce competition, a great-tasting Multi-Munch Energy Bar™ gives me the nutrition I need to re-energize for the next round. It’s my hole in one every time.”-Laura Diaz, LPGA Golfer

Top Golfers have been using Shaklee nutrition for quite some time to play their best, train harder, and recover faster. Notable athletes using their products include Annika Sorenstam, Laura Diaz, and several others.

Most golfers supplement regimen consists of Physique for post workout recovery, Performance for hydration, and meal bars bars on course and during play (because they don’t melt), joint health complex to prevent overuse and protect cartilage, and 180 meal replacment for travel.

Natural Body Building

“Clinically tested nutritional products. That’s why I take the products AND do the business.”-Bobby Brandenburg, All Natural Bodybuilder

Bobby Brandenburg has been involved in wellness, strength conditioning and coaching for more than 30 years. As a competitive bodybuilder since 1981, he has learned through personal experience, education and scientific studies how vital a healthy diet, exercise and food supplements are to people from all walks of life.

Bobby chooses to work with the Shaklee Corporation because of clinical research and testing performed on all nutritional products, ensuring their performance and safety.

Through this opportunity Bobby is able to share his nutritional education. He travels extensively throughout the East Coast speaking at seminars on wellness and sports nutrition.

Bobby believes 100% in the philosophy of obtaining optimal health and lives by two golden rules- “teach others” and “live in harmony with nature.”

His list of accomplishments is extensive including:

• 1985 Atlantic Coast Championships, Lightweight Class 1st Place, 1st Place Overall
• 1995 National Championships/N.Y.C., Masters Class 2nd Place
• 1995 Maryland Open Championships, Masters Class 1st Place, Open Short Class 1st Place, and 1st Place Overall
• 1998 South Carolina Natural Open Championships, Master Class 1st Place, Open Short Class 1st Place, 1st Place Overall
• 2000 Delaware Natural Open Championships, Masters Class 1st Place Overall, Best Poser, Open Short Class 2nd Place.
• 2002 National Championships/Pittsburgh PA, Grand Masters Class 2nd Place
• 2002 Delaware Natural Open Championships, Grandmasters 1st Place Overall, Best Poser, Open Short Class 1st Place
• 2004 Elite Muscle Classic N.P.C. Greensboro, NC, 50+ 1st Place Overall

All of these great accomplishments speak volumes about the truly INCREDIBLE quality & efficacy of Shaklee’s Sports Nutrition products!

You can read more testimonies of incredible Athletes here.

They’re all talking about these products:

   

 

As writer of this blog, for myself, “I’ve been using Shaklee products for over 24 years. I have three children, one girl and two boys, who at the time, were still very young and in elementary school. My youngest son, who was starting kindergarten, was diagnosed with ADHD. I did not want to start him on the drugs that the doctors wanted to prescribed, because of all the horrible side effects. So I started researching nutrition. During this time my cousins became Shaklee Independent Distributors. They, of course, were very excited to share their new found passion with all their friends and family, and when they told me about Shaklee, and how they were the number one nutrition company in the country, and about the science, and commitment to excellence behind each product, I had to sign up. Right away I started my son on a healthy and organic diet, and included this with the  Shaklee supplements. Well it worked! Within a few days I started to see a difference, and within a few weeks, he was a totally calm and focused child. His teachers all asked me if I had started him on the drug that the doctor had prescribe, because they saw such a dramatic change in him. I was so very proud to tell them, NO!
I truly and unequivocally believe that If a person is not on a strong Shaklee nutritional program, he/she is not coming close to optimizing his/her health. Consequently, that person is not optimizing his/her athletic performance.

Fast forward 24 years later, 10 grandchildren, a divorce and needing to supplement my income, I decided to look into building my own business, and after looking at the many different types and business plans, I found that Shaklee once again, just couldn't be beat. I was amazed that in my first month, I received a check. Wow!!

 

When it comes down to it, Shaklee really has only two products - health and freedom. It's hard to decide which one I love talking about more!

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