Special Product Feature: Feeling Good About Your Skin?

Feeling good about your skin?

As the body's largest organ, do you really want to put chemicals on your face with names you can't even pronounce? They will, after all, absorb into your skin and your bloodstream. But Shaklee products deliver effective results naturally, and without the use of abrasive chemicals and irritants.

Whether you're concerned with fine lines and wrinkles, finding an all natural skin care product to cleanse and hydrate your skin, sunscreen to protect your skin from the sun's harmful rays, or all of the above, Shaklee's got you covered. Great looking skin means you can feel confident about putting your best face forward, and Shaklee has just the products you need to accomplish that.

Healthy skin is beautiful skin, and Shaklee products can help you feel great about the skin you're in. Shaklee understands that good nutrition isn't just limited to the foods you eat and drink... good nutrition also extends to your skin care regime. Take Nutrition Therapy Skincare, for example. Available in both normal/dry and normal/oily to accommodate all skin types, it's been formulated after 50 years of research to deliver the perfect combination of nutrients to produce clean, radiant skin. After just 28 days of using the skincare system for three minutes, twice a day your skin will be noticeably smoother, firmer, and lines and wrinkles will be less visible as your skin smoothes out. You won't believe how great your skin will look- and feel- in just 28 days with very minimal effort.

Regardless of the Shaklee skin care product or system you choose, you can feel good about nourishing your most visible- and arguably one of the most important- organs in your body with all natural products that beautify, protect, and nourish your skin.

The same nutrients that help keep you healthy on the inside also play a huge role in how you look on the outside. So it only makes sense that your skin and hair care comes not only from a cosmetic company, but from a natural nutrition company.

With Shaklee, you can be sure you’re getting the best products:

• Nutrient based
• 7 patents
• Ph balanced
• Always hypoallergenic
• Never animal tested

Formulated Without:

• Parabens
• SLS/SLES
• Propylene glycol
• Animal products or by-products
• Mineral oils or petrolatum
• FD&C or D&C dyes
• 1,4-dioxane

We believe healthy isn’t just a feeling. It’s something that shows.
Enfuselle® offers all the vitamins your skin craves… With Enfuselle® Skin Care System, be ahead off your time. Look 10 years behind it. Guaranteed. These products work day and night to make skin look younger with a five-in-one anti-aging treatment.

Say goodbye to lines and wrinkles and recapture firmess and luminosity with high levels of antioxidant vitmains.

Understanding Paraben

What's a Paraben? Paraben is one of a group of chemicals used as a preservative in various pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. These synthetically produced chemicals can cause dermatitis, rosacea, and other types of skin irritation in those with paraben allergies. Parabens were also found in human breast tumor tissue in a recent study conducted at the University of Reading, leading some to wonder if parabens applied topically around the arm (deodorant, lotion, etc.) could have migrated to breast tissue. Parabens are sometimes used as a food additive, but is most often found in the following common household products:

• Shampoo
• Toothpaste
• Spray tanning solution
• Personal lubricant
• Lotion and other commercial moisturizer
• Shaving gel

Most people do absorb, metabolize, and excrete paraben quickly out of their systems, but when it comes to your health, can you afford take chances?

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
A person's carbon footprint is the effect their day-to-day activities have upon the environment. The smaller your footprint, the less of a negative impact your lifestyle has upon the environment, and vice-versa. Here are some steps that will have you shrinking your carbon footprint in no time:

Transportation: Drive less, carpool, take public transportation, or- to help yourself and the environment- dust off that bike and start pedaling it around to places you normally would drive.

Waste management: Recycle as many items as you can, and don't use disposable plates, cups, or utensils in your kitchen. When copying and printing, print on both sides of the paper. Avoid printing out emails and other documents unless you absolutely need them. And after you've used both sides of a page, don't forget to put it in the recycle bin!


Energy: Set your thermostat a few degrees higher in the summer and a few degrees lower in the winter... you'll quickly adjust to it. Replace your standard light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, and unplug appliances and other gadgets when you're not using them... even when they're in the "off" position they're still drawing electricity.

Whether you use all of the steps above, just a few of them, or research and act on some of your own ways to reduce your carbon footprint, do something! Every little bit helps...

Calculate your carbon footprint.

Dangerous Ingredients in Diet Products
Quick fixes like diet pills can be tempting, and sometimes even effective, but many products on the market today haven't yet been evaluated by the FDA. Some diet products containing "completely safe" ingredients are on the market for years before the FDA evaluates the products and finds they're harmful. The product ephedra, for example, was banned by the FDA in 2003 after a series of consumer health complaints and even a few deaths. Here is a list of common ingredients in diet pills and other products you should look out for so you can stay away from them:

Country Mallow or Heartleaf contains ephedrine, the same active ingredient in Ephedra. The fact that it's an Ayurvedic herb has lulled some into a false sense of security, but it has the same potentially dangerous side effects as ephedra, including elevated blood pressure, heart rhythm problems, heart attacks, and, in some cases, even death.

Guarana can have much the same effects as consuming too much caffeine. Side effects can include difficulty sleeping, elevated blood pressure, rapid heart rate, and anxiety.

Bitter Orange contains an ingredient called synephrine that is very similar to ephedra. Bitter Orange can cause elevation in blood pressure and heart rhythm abnormalities, which makes it particularly dangerous for people with high blood pressure or heart disease. It can also harmfully interact with some types of antidepressants.

Cinch Success Stoies

“Just being able to keep up, and have the energy to run around with a 1-year-old—having that energy and being in a good state of mind is wonderful. I'm feeling healthier than I've ever been,” Kirsten says.

Kirsten had never struggled with weight before. As a teenager, she recalls, a demanding schedule kept her so busy that she often missed meals. And at just 5 feet 1 inch tall, Kirsten says her weight had not exceeded 115 pounds—until she got pregnant.

Last year, following the birth of her first daughter, Esmé, Kirsten's weight jumped. For five months she struggled with an unconventional diet program—which offered meal choices that she found questionable and often undesirable—before she turned to the Cinch™ Inch Loss Plan.

“When I first started,” Kirsten says, “I was new to the whole company; I had just started using the Get Clean™ products, which I loved. At 159 pounds I had extra weight to lose so I thought, 'Why not try this Cinch thing?'”

After only four months on the Cinch Plan, Kirsten was 49 pounds and 14 inches healthier.

"At first I didn't think it would do much of anything, she says. "But in the first week alone I lost more than I thought I would. That was the difference: I was really slimming with the Cinch™ Inch Loss Plan. None of the other diets that I had tried had made me slim.”

In addition to slimming, Kristen was getting something more from the program: She was learning. "As a younger teen, I would skip meals all the time, I was just too busy. But the Cinch Plan has helped me learn what a portion is, what it feels like to be full but not over-full... and I've learned that nutrition is so important.

To get all your vegetables and your nutrients—these are the things your body needs to work the way it's supposed to.
The best Cinch results take a commitment to physical activity, nutritional balance and healthy lifestyle decisions.

"After exercise in the morning, I look forward to having my shake! she says. And for Kirsten, practicing a healthy and active lifestyle is part of being a responsible parent.

"With the birth of my daughter, losing the weight and continuing to be healthy was important, I had to show her how to eat. You can't just tell her, that doesn't work. You have to be the example.

Esmé, Kirsten's daughter, is now a year old, and has plenty of energy.

“Just being able to keep up, and have the energy to run around with a 1-year-old—having that energy and being in a good state of mind is wonderful. I'm feeling healthier than I've ever been,” she says.

Congratulations, Kirsten, on your outstanding success!

New & Noteworthy: Get Clean Mini Kits

New & Noteworthy: Get Clean Mini Kits

When you use Get Clean™, you're never simply cleaning. While you make your home cleaner, you make your family healthier. You also make the planet healthier for other families as well. And if you think Get Clean works so great you tell others about it, imagine the ripples of change you can generate. If that doesn't give you a whopping feeling of clean, we don't know what will. And you got it by scouring the sink.

Smart for Your Wallet
The Get Clean Starter Kit replaces 830 bottles or boxes of conventional ready-to-use cleaning products you use in your house, kitchen and laundry - over $3400 of equivalent cleaning power.

Smart for You
Includes all the products and cleaning tools you need to start cleaning your way to a healthier home for you and your family.

Smart for the Planet
When you purchase the Get Clean Starter Kit instead of ready-to-use products, you're helping reduce over 100 pounds of packaging waste from landfills and eliminating 248 pounds of greenhouse gases – this is the environmental equivalent of planting 10 trees.

Franfort Upcoming Event

From the Executive Director

Welcome to the September edition of The Gazette Newsletter, in this issue I want to share with you, our dear readers, the newest additions to the Shaklee family: Vita-D3, Cholesterol Reduction, Fiber Advantage and Get Clean Water.  

We’ve devoted practically the entire issue of The Gazette Newsletter to back to school—to guarantee you and your whole gang a healthier lives. 

Back to school is an official season that signifies a fresh start for families—a time to get super-organized, plan healthy meals, shop for clothes and supplies, gear up for sports and other after-school activities, and, well, become crazy-busy again.

We’ll talk about children’s health; the right nutrients for an adequate development, guidelines to keep your children as healthy as possible and Do you know what your children eat? We have studies that will open your eyes about your children’s health.

Healthier you column, will discuss a very important article, for parents specially, about chemicals some parents use around their kids. Parents: get educated and take action!

Green goes with Everything ~ Simple steps to a healthier life and a cleaner planet by Sloan Barnett, Sloan exposes the toxic truth behind the household products we use every day -- from laundry detergent to toothpaste to lipstick. She explains how these and other seemingly benign stuff can harm us and our children.

Also in this edition, we want to share with you our happiness; we’ve opened another branch of Shaklee: Florida. Pass the word around, if you have friends or relatives and you want them to receive this free newsletter or if they need our products.

Feel free to pass on these newsletters to others if you like, but please do not spam them. It is better to have them contact us directly, as others have done, to subscribe if they wish to do so.

Until next month

Children’s Health: Back to school

Did you know that 75% of a person’s brain capacity is developed between birth and age three? By age 5 a person brains is 90% developed. On average, babies grow ten inches in length and triples their weight in their first year of birth.   

It is important that infants and children receive special care for their health and development. A lack of attention to a child’s health can lead to serious problems in adolescence and adulthood. A report from the USDA show that 85% of children eat fewer than recommended servings of fruits and vegetables per day. That means that only 15% of American children are receiving all the vitamins and minerals they need for proper development. Also the CDC supports that 76% of children don’t exercise at all during the day, some studies support that 41% of children are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.  Parents have the responsibility to help their children receive proper health and nutrition so that they can grow and develop correctly. Another study found that 25% of toddlers eat French Fries on any given day, while nearly one-third skip vegetables all together. On top of that, cookies, hotdogs, and sugar-laden fruit juices rank among the Top 10 foods eaten by infants and toddlers in the United States.  Inadequate nutrient intakes can compromise bone growth, immune function, and overall physical and cognitive development. 

• Parents can follow a few simple guidelines to ensure that their infant and children are as healthy as possible.
• Make sure your child has adequate sleep. Children require 10-12 hours of sleep per day.
• Make sure your child is receiving adequate exercise. Childhood obesity is an increasing epidemic in the United States. Regular exercise and proper nutrition are essential to avoid obesity in childhood and adulthood.
• Make sure your child is receiving proper nutrition. A balanced diet full of vitamins and minerals will aid in your child’s proper growth and development. During childhood, vitamin D is essential for development of bones and teeth. Without it, dietary calcium and phosphorous—two key bone-building minerals—can’t be properly assimilated. 
• With vitamin D present, calcium and phosphorous absorption is increased by up to 40% and 80%, respectively.

Kids today are becoming more sedentary and not observing healthy nutrition practices. According to the AAP (American Association of Pediatrics), the average child spends 3 or more hours per day in front of the TV, and an additional 2.5 hours in front of other screens (computer or video games) that’s a total of 5.5 hours in front of screens rather than living active.

• Regular exercise help children:
• Build healthy bones, joints and muscles
• Sleep better
• Decrease the risks of type 2 diabetes
• Have a positive self image
• Feel less stressed

Parents can help their children by setting an example and being active themselves. Families can be active together such as family walks, biking, and outdoor activities.