What did you have for breakfast Today? Healthy Breakfast – Good nutrition starts every morning!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it gives your body the fuel that gets you going so you can hit the road. Breakfast not only starts your day off right, but also lays the foundation for lifelong health benefits. It gives us the energy to make it through the day and keeps our metabolism high as well.
It’s easy to skip breakfast with everything we have going on in the morning: walk the dog, get the kids ready for school, feed the cat, iron the blouse we’re planning on wearing to the office etc. Fixing a healthy and nutritious breakfast just doesn’t seem to fit in a lot of times. Here are the options that most people think of as breakfast and actually, they are just loading themselves with empty calories with not much nutritional value that would, in most cases, just turn into body fat:
Some people even skip breakfast because they sleep too late or because they think it’s a way to stay thin. But skipping breakfast doesn’t help people maintain a healthy weight. In fact, someone who skips breakfast tends to eat more calories throughout the day as your blood sugar levels drop below normal level and you experience cravings and a drop in energy. Chances are you’ll revert to simple carbs to achieve quick surge of blood sugar to overcome drop in energy and hunger. Simple carbs will cause an immediate surge of blood sugar levels and substantial insulin emmission, which turns the sugar into fat and the cycle repeat itself during the day a few times, as explained above in the too-sugary or carb example of a breakfast
A healthy breakfast should consist of a variety of foods, for example, whole grains, low-fat protein or dairy sources, and fruit. This provides complex carbohydrates, protein and a small amount of fat — a combination that delays hunger symptoms for hours. So, your morning meal doesn’t have to mean loading up on sugar, fat and cholesterol. Making nutritious breakfast choices can set you up for healthier eating all day long.
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To make a healthy breakfast each day, choose one item from at least three of the following four food groups:
People who eat a healthy breakfast are more likely to:
Consume more vitamins and minerals and less fat and cholesterol
Have better concentration and productivity throughout the morning
Control their weight
Have lower cholesterol, which reduces the risk of heart disease
Breakfast is especially important for children and adolescents as children who eat a healthy breakfast are more likely to have better concentration, problem-solving skills and eye-hand coordination. They may also be more alert, creative and less likely to miss days of school.
On a scientific level, our body has over 100 trillion cells which demand 114different nutrients every single day that provide energy and nutrition and nourishment to our body. And, let’s not forget the water. So, based on that, there are four criteria of a good and healthy breakfast:
Provides body with all vital nutrients to rebuild the body;
Provides the body with energy in terms of protein and complex carbs to help body burn the calories and sugar;
Provides the body with water, a couple of glasses before and a couple after breakfast;
Helps to maintain a normal blood sugar levels
Balanced protein breakfast supplies our body with all vital nutrients without increasing blood sugar or insulin levels. It helps to avoid dependence on carbs during the day. In this way, apetite stays under control, cravings for carbs diminish, and the body uses it’s own stored fat to get more energy.
Herbalife’s Formula 1 Nutritional Nutritional Shake fills the above criteria and will, indeed feed your body with ALL the much needed nutrients that would be difficult to achieve with any other regular breakfast, unless you eat 1000 calorie and nutrient packed breakfast of eggs and wholegrains and fruit and veg, etc.
Herbalife’s meal replacement shake is not just a balanced, healthy, low calorie meal, but a quick and easy option too that can be prepared the night before or on the spot – it takes a couple of minutes only…
Just pour some semi-skimmed or soya milk in your blender, add any of six delicious flavours of Formula 1 Nutritional shake mix, and you can even add fresh or frozen fruit, if you like. Blend it well for a lovely, frothy texture and enjoy on it’s own or preferably with Formula 2.
These two will give your body all the nutrients it needs, in a perfect balance, it will fill you up for up to 4 hours, balance your sugar levels, give you plenty of energy, help you sleep better, it will also help manage your weight or even help you lose weight if you fancy one of those instead of lunch or dinner, they would help improve your general well-being, it will positively influence your mood and is great for your digestive system.It truly is an intelligent meal that is one of a kind and that whole family can enjoy. They are just great for kids too; my kids just love them, especially younger one as I was taking them also during pregnancy and started him on it when he was just 6 months old.
As Dr Louis Ignarro, Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine in 1998, has said at one of his trainings: “Change in diet can improve your health, but taking Herbalife products can improve your lifestyle”. This is so true as making positive changes with diet surely does make a huge difference, but, nutrition you get from consuming Herbalife shakes and supplements is optimum nutrition that can take your health on a completely new level.
So, whatever you decide to do for breakfast, just remember the benefits of a healthy breakfast: More mentally alert and ready for the day, Improve mood by keeping your blood sugar levels even, Better cope with stress, Consume less calories throughout the rest of the day. So, set a good example for loved ones and friends – set aside a few minutes in the morning and fix a smoothie before you head out the door!
Fruits and vegetables: Fresh fruits and vegetables, 100 percent juice without added sugar
Grains: Whole-grain rolls, hot or cold whole-grain cereals high in fibre
Dairy: Skim milk, low-fat yogurt cups or low-fat cheeses, such as cottage and natural cheeses
Protein: Hard-boiled eggs, cottage cheese, lean slices of meat and poultry, or fish, such as water-packed tuna or slices of salmon
Too sugary or carb-filled: Pancakes, waffles, toast, donuts, pastries, scones, bagels, pies, sugar cereals, breakfast bars, muffins (which, let’s face it, are usually just cake). I’m not anti-carb, but the problem with many breakfasts is that they are low in fat and protein, and nothing but empty carb calories. Carbs start your day with a high blood-sugar level, which will result in emmission of insulin; the insulin removes sugar from blood, turning it’s excess into fat. The result very shortly is low blood sugar levels, which results in cravings for more carbs. You’ll be on a roller-coaster blood-sugar ride all day as this cycle repeats itself 2-3 times during the day and is a major cause for diabetes, high blood pressure and extra weight.
Another look at ShapeWorks and LA Shape Diet… A Way Of Life!
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.
A Programme for life: Start as you mean to go on!
It takes between three and six weeks to develop a new habit (or break the old one!). When you follow a Herbalife Programme, you will be encouraged to create new, healthy habits to help you succeed with your weight management goals and then maintain an ideal weight for life!
Set Achievable Goals!
What weight/ dress size would you like to be in eight weeks?
What would you like to be in six weeks?
If you achieve your targets, you can easily always set more. So, keep your goals and targets at attainable levels. Don’t forget to write down how you plan to reward your success as it is great to have an extra prize to aim for!
What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve!
You are what you eat, but you are also your thoughts! If you are positive and motivated – you have a greater chance of success. Visualise yourself at your ideal weight when eating. Visualise food being digested and imagine your body burning the food off as energy and not storing it as fat! Stress uses up vital nutrients, so, try to avoid it! Think of your weight control effort as a time to enjoy learning a whole new programme for life!
Make time for rest and relaxation
Establishing a new lifestyle is an important step and, in many cases, a major undertaking! Build in a daily period of relaxation, which allows you to recuperate from the stresses of the day. A regular hour or so “winding down” after an exhausting day, followed by 6-8 hours quality sleep each night is essential for weight control success. It helps promote good health and vitality by allowing the body time to repair and renew body cells while you sleep.
What should you weigh?
Identify your ideal weight:
Measure your Body Mass Index
Measure your Body Fat
Experiment with your shakes
To start your programme, choose from six delicious flavours of our Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix – Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate, Tropical Fruit, Cappuccino and Cookies ‘n Cream. There are also many different shake recipe ideas you can try which will help to add variety to your shake time as variety is a key element for success! It is simple, convenient and as easy as 3-2-1!
Eat a balanced meal of your choice
Healthy eating is just a metter of making sensible choices. As you begin to develop an improved understanding of nutrition and eating habits – you will gradually become more conscious of what to eat. Make sure you change your eating habits gradually to give your body time to adjust.
Choose low fat foods; eat at least 5 servings of fruit and vegetables a day as they help provide vitamins, minerals, trace elements and dietary fibre; control your desire to snack – choose a healthy snack; take responsibility for your daily nutrition and include nutritional supplements to ensure that essential nutrients are plentiful in your diet…
Fluids
Drink at least 2 litres of water a day to help flash out wastes and keep the body properly hydrated. Ideally, drink 2-4 glasses of water when you wake up to help replenish the water lost during the night. Dilute fruit juices by 50%. Drink a large glass of water 1/2 an hour before each meal to help prevent you from overeating. Reduce tea and coffee to two cups a day. Reduce alcohol to minimum!
Exercise regularly
Exercising on a regular basis helps keep your skin and muscles toned and circulation performing at its best. Make time for at least 20 minutes of exercise every other day. Regular exercise is a vital component of your new programme of losing weight and getting healthy!
New habits, new nutrition, new YOU!
It is up to you to enjoy the process of change. You are in charge of your weight management goals and have the right information to help you succeed. Soon you will see the difference and feel the difference!
Herbalife Solutions for Active Mothers
When kids are back to school in September, daily school runs, packed lunches, getting uniforms ready for next day, extra school classes, parental meetings, etc. is all to start again! Being a mother is indeed a full time job! While it is exhausting, it is also very rewarding. Running around after your children can help you stay active, however, while you may be putting your children’s needs first, you may be neglecting your own. We have devised a programme that will help make your life easier to manage and which will supply you with the essential nutrients you may be lacking… :
We recommend the following core nutritional products for Active Mothers
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… It offers balanced nutrition to maximise your nutritional body’s demands
FORMULA 2 MULTIVITAMIN COMPLEX
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.
Here are also products that can help personalise your programme:
Cell Activator – B Complex and Energy Production and Nutrient Absorbtion
FloraFibre – Friendly Bacteria and Extra Fibre – Healthy Digestion
Herbal Complex Vitamin C & Iron – Waste Elimination, Water Balance
Herbalifeline – Omega 3 – Healthy Heart
Tang Kuei Mixture Tablets – Relaxation, restores Body’s natural balance.
Thermo Complete – Appetite Support
Xtra-Cal – Extra Calcium and Vitamin D Tablets – Healthy Aging
ShapeWorks Protein Bars – Healthy Snacking
Thermojetics Instant Herbal Beverage – Healthy Coffee Alternative
NiteWorks – Healthy Heart Programme Key Product
Herbalife "Intelligent Nutrition" concept – Your Guide to Balanced Nutrition
A Balanced Nutrition Plan is essential for providing our bodies with the nutrients required to make them function properly. Unfortunately, today’s busy, modern lifestyles mean we don’t always make healthy food and drink choices – so we often miss out on necessary nutrients. Processed food has often lost essential vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, so, it is very important that we adopt good eating habits and use supplements when necessary.
The Herbalife range of quality products aims to provide the elements every body needs daily to maintain optimum health. Herbalife maximises this “intelligent nutrition” through unique formulations and select, high-quality ingredients.
An intelligent nutrition plan should provide bodies with balanced levels of energy, vitamins, minerals, good carbohydrates, plant-based protein, healthy fats and beneficial fibre, herbs and antioxidants. The intelligent nutrition concept involves eating a variety of foods – but all in moderation: being “intelligent” about what we are eating.
The way we personalised programmes to address individual needs is something Herbalife is extremely proud of. These personalised programmes focus on striving for complete nutrition.
The Intelligent Nutrition Wheel
The “intelligent nutrition wheel” shows you how Herbalife programmes fit perfectly within a healthy, active lifestyle. At the centre of the wheel are Herbalife core products:
Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix, meal replacement for Weight Management and Healthy Nutrition and
Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex.
These core products are at the foundation of each of our programmes to guarantee balanced nutrition: intelligent nutrition.
View Herbalife Weight Management Core Products
View Herbalife Targeted Nutrition Programmes
View Herbalife Cellular Nutrition Concept
ShapeWorks Formula 2 – Multivitamin Complex – ShapeWorks Core Essential
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 Multivitamin Complex 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.
For more information, to arrange a free consultation or to order products, call Sanela on 01225 313 218 or Shop Online.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
What doctors say about Herbalife…
Unfortunately, many people eat a dismally poor diet of “fast foods” or pre-packaged convenience meals that are nutrient-deficient. As a result, their cells do not receive the nutrition they need and a person becomes sluggish. This can have a number of unfortunate consequences…
For example, if your liver cells lack the nutrients they need, you may not process toxins efficiently and you will feel fatigued. If your nerve cells are undernourished, they may fire more slowly and you will not react as fast to stimuli such as a light turning red or a car stopping in front of you. Or, if your muscle cells lack the nutrition they need, you may find your exercise stamina is not up to par. Your cells deserve the very best. Our program provides your body with all the nutrients your cells need to perform their individual and collective functions optimally.
Our Nutritional Advisory Board carefully selects every product’s ingredients and determines the optimal ratios of nutrients, in order to create the best nutritional supplements possible. When you supply the necessary nutrients, such as magnesium, molybdenum, vanadium and amino acids to power the Krebs Cycle, your body’s cells have the building blocks they need to do their job. The result: You feel full of vitality and zest for life. Cravings are diminished and you’re on your way to healthful weight control. If you want to look great, feel great and live life to its fullest, be sure to feed your cells with Cellular Nutrition® every day!
If your health is important to you, however, you find good nutrition difficult to put into your diet on a daily basis and would like help to put a healthy eating plan together, call Sanela on 01225 313 218 for your FREE Wellness Evaluation with no obligation (Evaluation valued at min. £30) or apply for your Sample Pack online.
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