I've been overweight since childhood and I thought it wasn't a big deal
until my doctor said "lose it or end up dead." So I cut
back my eating and started exercising, but nothing seemed to take the
pounds off. I've tried all the diet drugs. I even grabbed
some so-called miracle product that was supposed to speed up my metabolism.
The only thing it sped up was my heart rate,
which was pounding so fast I thought I'd have a heart attack. I've
tried everything. I've tried the soup diets, the shakes. I've
spent thousands of dollars, and for what? I've lost a few pounds and
then I gained back ten more. I've bought all the gimmicks,
the powder, pills, the nutrition bars, all the promises, the t.v. commercials
with the lean bodies saying that you'll lose the weight
and feel great. But don't believe it. I've still got the 20 pounds
and stretch marks to prove it. All I want is my old figure back!
Announcer: If you've watched news programs like CNN, ABC World News
and 20/20 or read the local newspapers you've
discovered there are major threats in the diet industry from a variety
of diet products, drugs and weight loss centers. In the next
30 minutes, we will educate you on some facts about the diet industry
and point out the reasons we why so many people don't
get the commercially advertised results they're bombarded with. At
the end of this interview, you'll hear from a well-known
medical doctor who will share with you a simple answer that will shift
the entire paradigm in the diet industry. Because diets just
don't work! These days people are too focused on the symptoms of
weight management and not the actual cause. Most diets just manipulate
your body. Now I want to caution you, the material summarized here is information
that the diet companies don't want you to hear. . The first interview is
with one of North America's top clinical nutritionists who has been in
practice for well over a decade. She'll give you a brief overview of the
current industry, and then we'll go to comments which were prepared by
Dr. Russell Manuel for a small group of his patients. The fact that we
need to learn is that 3 million people die every single year because of
obesity related diseases. That comes down to 8,000 people dying every single
day. So it's important to pay close attention. Now let's begin this journey
to vibrant health and knowledge. First, we would like you to read a private
interview featuring Diane Wendell who is one of the top five clinical nutritionists
in North America.
Interviewer: I'm your typical North American. I've been married for
a couple of years and I had a daughter about a year ago.
And I gained about 25 pounds during the pregnancy and I'm just really
trying to get rid of this weight. Okay now, do all of
those diet products like the shakes, the bars, the diet drugs and those
weightloss centers really work?
Diane: No, they don't. They really don't. They're an excuse for weightloss.
When people come to see me, they're at the end of
their rope. They're dead when they come in. They've tried everything
and they come in and say "fix me, I don't know what to
do." They've had side affects from taking Fen-Phen. They've had side
affects from taking Redux, Ma Huang and various other
programs that they've tried without success. Just in the last 10 years
the average North American has gained an extra eight
pounds. Well, we figure where those pounds are coming from, what it's
creating in the individual and how it's affecting us, not
just physically, but emotionally. Women that have PMS don't realize
that the foods that they're consuming and those extra few
pounds definitely affect them.
Interviewer: So, being about 10 or 20 pounds overweight, would you consider that a health risk on an individual?
Diane: It's the fat percentage. The fat percentage being 20% above the
normal status for that individual. The National Center
for Health stated that 49% of women and 59% of men are considered obese
here in the United States. If you are severely
overweight, you run twice the risk of getting cancer and three times
the risk of getting heart disease and up to 40 times the risk
of developing diabetes and arthritis. This is a serious problem. Even
cholesterol and high blood pressure are connected to
obesity.
Interviewer: So what type of a problem is obesity in the United States?
Diane: Dr. Pesigna stated that last year 3 million people died due to
obesity related diseases, and that's eight thousand people
dying every day. Think about it.
Interviewer: Where are the age risks as far as people getting obese or running the risk of having obesity?
Diane: Well, 5 to 10 years ago, we thought it was only the baby boomers.
That was the age group between 30 and 40 years
old. Now we're finding that those younger teenagers, even young adolescents
are becoming obese and they are at health risk.
I'm finding that I'm seeing children, school age children, that have
kidney stones, that have gall bladder problems. This is
abnormal. This shouldn't be.
Interviewer: Now when you say school age children, what area are you targeting as far as age?
Diane: I'm talking about young children. For instance, I had this young
girl, she was 7 years old, weighing 150 pounds. Think
about it. What are the children doing today? They're sitting in front
of t.v. sets. They're eating fast foods. They're not out playing
on the streets like you used to or exercising. Their focus is not health
any longer and they're pursuing a lifestyle like their baby
boomer parents.
Interviewer: Do you think it's maybe a boredom eating, where as they
sit in front of the t.v. and they're just wanting to eat and
that's causing the obesity problem?
Diane: Oh absolutely, absolutely.
Interviewer: You know, it makes a lot of sense. I have a niece who is
four and she weighs about 75 pounds. She's very heavy
and I know that the only thing she ever wants to do is eat. Any time
of the day.
Diane: Well, think about what type of food she's eating. She's probably
eating foods that are nutrient depleted. She's eating a
lot of processed foods, meaning it's staying in the system a lot longer
than it should be. Its overtaxing her heart and she's setting
herself in line for obesity diet-related diseases. Diabetes, cancer,
heart problems. We don't think about it when they're young
children. But that's the front end. The back end is it's a fact and
this will take place. And the tragedy of it all is that we could do
something about it now.
Interviewer: Are you seeing this kind of a problem in teenagers as well as young children?
Diane: According to Tuft's University, one out of four teens carries
enough excess weight to put them at high risk for suffering
from fatal heart attacks, strokes, colon cancer and even gout, and
I see this almost on a day to day basis and it's a chronic
problem. So what's happening here? These are out kids! We need
to take responsibility for their health as parents, as those that
are responsible. Children depend upon the adults that are taking care
of them. If we don't who will? Commercialized
advertising? McDonalds? Burger King? I don't think so. And here's another
fact. I read an article stating that obese female
teens have a 200% risk of developing arthritis later in life, and I've
seen that in my practice. I see these girls come in with the
aching in the joints and they've tried gold diets and they've tried
many different products to help them alleviate the arthritic
problems once the growing problem of the obesity that's created in
the system.
Interviewer: Okay, so why are there so many new diet products on the
market? I turn on the t.v., I turn on the radio, I
constantly am seeing lose weight here, try this bar, try this shake,
com into our weightloss center. You know these products.
Are they even working or, better yet, does everyone just go through
that yo yo syndrome?
Diane: Well, basically only 5% of the dieters lose a significant amount
of weight. While 95% of the dieters regain some of that
weight originally lost.
Interviewer: Boy, when you look at those figures, your percentage for losing weight is pretty much nothing.
Diane: No, you need to reconsider what you're doing with those kind of percentages.
Interviewer: Why does everyone have to go through this yo yo syndrome?
Diane: Simple. Because they're targeting your pocketbook and not you.
They don't have you, the patient or client in mind.
They have an attitude and an idea of being able to make a profit off
of the victim. Those that are trying to lose the weight, and
we are a victim. We have a need and we see commercial advertising.
Wow, what a great way of coming in and increasing our
profits here. And you just lay in wait and accept everything that comes
down the pike. That doesn't mean because it's in a fancy
label and because it's sensationalized on commercial advertising doesn't
mean it's a good product. You need to be reading your
labels and understanding what you're taking in.
Interviewer: Okay Diane, so then what are the reasons behind all this? How come people can't lose the weight?
Diane: I think the general population has lost their focus. They are
centering and focusing in on the symptoms and not the
cause and because of that they've put themselves in a very vulnerable
position that they're looking for answers and they're not
getting the answers that they should be getting. And it's a shame and
it's even pathetic when people that go into areas looking
for help and what they get is something that's just targeting their
pocketbook and not their health.
Interviewer: So you're saying that a lot of time people are just trying
to use the Band-Aid theory to get rid of the five pounds
and they're not really discovering the real reason to get rid of the
weight?
Diane: Exactly. The Band-Aid theory is fix it, give me something quick
and it better work. Again, that's focusing on the
symptom and not the cause.
Interviewer: Okay, why don't you give me and the listeners a quick educational
overview on some of the drugs. You know I
hear about this Fen-Phen, I hear that that's very dangerous for your
heart. The Redux is also something that I see almost daily in
the news. Are these products safe?
Diane: No, they're not safe. More than that, they're dangerous. Take
for instance, Fen-Phen. It's a mild amphetamine. It
causes drowsiness, depression, loss of sexual appetite, headaches,
diarrhea, and dry mouth. But the more serious problems
with Fen-Phen is that it causes a heart valve disorder where the blood
regurgitates in the valve and it causes destruction with the
valve. My aunt had also went on a weightloss program and she went on
Fen-Phen. Three weeks later, she dies. She just
dropped dead. That's shocking. That shouldn't happen. We should be
educated, we should be aware what's going in our
mouth. You know people are not dropping dead with the Fen-Phen, they're
being affected in the area of their heart valve.
Maybe they don't notice it now, but maybe later on it will show up.
Then take for instance Redux. Also with some of the side
affects is drowsiness, and diarrhea, and dry mouth, but more serious
pulmonary hypertension and it causes brain damage. It's
based upon the effects of serotonin, a neurotransmitter and it causes
the neurotoxicity and what happens is the brain cells swell
and then they shrivel and eventually die. And here are some more side
affects, just let me read these to you. Heart palpitations,
mood disorders, impotency, anxiety, mental disorders, fatigue, diarrhea,
or constipation, nightmares, hallucinations, hair loss,
skin rashes, blurred vision, depression, decreased sexual drive, chest
pains, and memory loss. And listen to this. I heard on the
news the other night where a woman was teaching her daughter the alphabet,
and to realize how serious her memory loss was,
she forgot the alphabet. Can you imagine?
Interviewer: That's incredible! Okay, well what about that ingredient
that I've seen in most weightloss products? I went into a
health food store the other day and I said, "Show me the top three
products for weightloss" and all three of these products had
an ingredient called Ma Huang and it's also commonly known as ephedrine.
Diane: Let me tell you about ephedrine. Ephedrine or Ma Huang is a heating
herb. It's never meant to be a stand alone
product. I had a client of mine who came into the office. He was a
fifty year old man. He had a pot belly and was frankly very
concerned about it. He had tested and tried the Ma Huang and after
taking it a couple of weeks his personality and his mood
began to change. Being a type A personality, he began to become more
aggressive, began to become more angry. His
disposition is changing. They were ready to go through a divorce and
come to find out that this artificially heating herb began to
cause such side affects and mood altering symptoms in the body. I immediately
took him off the Ma Huang.
Interviewer: So what kind of side affects are people experiencing on these products?
Diane: Ma Huang, number one, is an herbal amphetamine or an herbal
speed basically. And some of the side affects that these
so-called fat burning herbal products cause in the body are heart attacks,
strokes, seizures, elevated blood pressure,
headaches, heart palpitation,, skin flushing, irregular heartbeats,
psychosis, impotence, hair loss, severe memory loss, or
confusion, and nervousness, and insomnia, and this is supposed to be
an herb? And they call themselves the fat-burning
thermogenics, but actually here's the facts. In 1996, the FDA had compiled
a list of 800 adverse reactions, including 22 deaths,
and many cardiovascular nervous system defects. Ma Huang or ephedrine
is now classified by the U.S. government as
dangerous. There was a fellow in New York who was a healthy 20 year
old who died suddenly from Ma Huang. This is not a
safe product. People need to read their labels and the need to be aware
and they need to know what these products will do.
It's not a couch potato's dream. It's a nightmare. I caution you, please
read the labels of the supplements you take.
Interviewer: I agree. So what about chromium picolinate? I've
seen that on a lot of the labels of some of these weightloss
products. Can you tell us a little about that?
Diane: Lynn, let me share with you what the Tufts University had stated.
It reads here that the university diet and nutrition
letter, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research
Center decided to test chromium picolinate. Using
sophisticated techniques to measure body composition, a group of young
men took either chromium picolinate, chromium
chloride, or a placebo pill. They started a strict exercise routine
doing weight lifting five days a week. After two months the men
taking the chromium had not lost any more body fat than the group using
the placebo. Nor did they increase their strength or
gain lean muscle mass. In addition, this article found that people
taking chromium supplements had less iron packed into their
protein that carries iron into the bone marrow where it is used to
make new blood cells.
Interviewer: So in other words, these people are becoming iron deficient because of taking these weightloss chemicals?
Diane: Well, then the University of California study stated, the intake
of chromium picolinate can cause damage to
chromosomes. Thus questioning its safety.
Interviewer: The other day I was driving home and there's this strip
mall near my house, and I saw this a-frame sign sitting
outside saying that you could take a teaspoon or tablespoon of this
bovine
collagen and you could lose weight while you sleep. What's with this?
Diane: First of all, Lynn, bovine is not an herb, it's a cow. How can
you lose weight by taking this? Let me read this to you
because it's more serious than that. According to the Annuals of Internal
Medicine, the June 1993 issue, which looks
specifically at cow bovine collagen, they stated that patients injected
with cow bovine collagen are at a higher risk for
developing dermocystitis or a polymyocystitis-like syndrome. These
are diseases which weaken and destroy muscle tissue. The
Columbia University College of physicians and surgeons medical guide
stated in 1995 that these two diseases from bovine
collagen led to serious destruction of muscle tissue and increasing
muscular weakness. The primary areas of the body affected
are the shoulders, arms, pelvis, and thighs.
Interviewer: So, these bovine collagen products are from cows? I heard
about the tons of diseases like mad cow disease. I
hear this on the news all the time. Is this related to that?
Diane: Mad cow disease is very real. We're dealing with mad cow disease
and I would say a great number of the population
have it, but they don't realize they have it. Because mad cow disease
does not show up immediately. The mad cow disease
basically is the destruction of the brain cells. It's a parasite that
eats away at the brain tissue and it's a serious problem. It's going
to make AIDS look like a runny nose.
Interviewer: Oh, that is scary. You know I have some friends who tried
this bovine collagen and they had zero results on the
product.
Diane: My clients come into my office and they tell me it just doesn't
work. And rightfully so. It's costly being on diet programs
that don't work. If anyone convinces you or comes up to you and wants
you to try their bovine collagen, read the book, Deadly
Feast. The author is Richard Rhodes and he reveals how dangerous this
substance is. He stated in his book that mad cow
disease may be undetectable for years in the body. It kills by eating
holes in the people's brains and it is 100% fatal. Make sure
you read the labels of the products that you're using. If you don't,
who else will? You have to know what you're consuming and
what you're taking in, it could be very detrimental if you don't. If
people are trying to convince you about the bovine collagen,
be sure that you read the book, Deadly Feast. It's available in most
book stores.
Interviewer: Okay, now we've been sitting here talking about the symptoms
and the Band-Aid affects of these products that
don't work. And you've been in practice for over a decade and have
worked with thousands of these products and programs
with your patients. What are the real causes of weight gain?
Diane: The real cause of weight gain, when you
get right down to it, are four main target areas. That's the adrenals,
the thyroid,
the kidneys, and the digestive system. All
very, very important and they need to be included when you're dealing with
weightloss. For permanent weightloss and for safe weightloss.
Now I want you to read a transcript of a talk prepared by
Dr. Russell Manuel, a medical doctor who has been in
practice for over 40 years. He is licensed in six countries and has
assisted many governments and medical universities. Dr.
Manuel is going to review many facts that you need to know. He'll also
share with you a simple, effective answer to our social
problem of obesity. So please pay close attention to all the facts.
Dr. Manuel: I'm so angry about what I see going on in the multi-billion
dollar diet industry. So today I'll be educating you on
some important facts that many consumers are not aware of and I will
share with you a healthy solution for all of us. The real
problem these days is that people will do anything to look and feel
better. We're going through frightening lengths to create the
body of our dreams from diets, drugs, starvation and even plastic surgery.
In fact, last year we spent over fifty billion dollars
here in North America on the weightloss related industry. Unfortunately,
the obesity situation is not getting any better. It's
getting worse. So why are we as a nation getting worse? Because too
many clinics, too many doctors and too many companies
are focused on the symptoms and not the actual cause of weight gain.
In fact, recent studies indicate that repeated yo yo diets
can even reduce one's lifespan. Yet millions of people are killed each
year from obesity related disease. Why? Because when
companies focus on the symptoms there is more repeat sales. What about
calcium pyruvate? Pyruvate in its original natural
form is a substance that's found in small quantities in some food.
However, calcium pyruvate goes through two or three
chemical changes thus making it a man-made synthetic substance, which
means it's not natural. The body cells use it only in very
small quantities. Nature has made natural pyruvate available in small
quantities for a reason. For example, iron is found in foods
in small quantities and it's good for you and your body uses it. What
would happen if you increased your iron intake by 50 to
100 times? You can get some very serious diseases such as iron poisoning.
To get results with pyruvate , like those in the studies performed,
you need to use it in high dosages. Let's look at results. In the
June 1997 issue of Let's Live magazine, they reported that pyruvate
failed to prevent weight gain. This means pyruvate did not
stop people from gaining weight. Moreover this study was done on a
group of individuals who were given very high doses of
pyruvate, in addition to a liquid 1,000 calorie diet, the same amount
of calories you would find in three bran muffins. The
patients were given 30 to 50 grams of pyruvate a day. Equivalent to
over 60 pills a day or approximately $900 a month.
According to studies published in the National Academy of Science,
in April of 1996, the neurobiology division stated that too
much pyruvate can damage the thyroid and cause a severe hormone imbalance
in the body and even worse long term effects
from too much pyruvate could lead to Alzheimer's-like symptoms. High
intakes from either form of pyruvate may cause mineral
imbalances over the long term. Some people choose alternatives like
plastic surgery. People spend million of dollars a year on
liposuction, stomach stapling, and other ridiculous approaches to surgically
manipulating their bodies. Stomach stapling costs
between 15 and 25 thousand dollars. The procedure involves doctors
taking your stomach, which is normally the size of a
football, and cutting it down to the size of less than an ounce. Does
this sound natural? The way nature intended you to deal
with the symptoms of weight gain? To me, this is nuts. Tarter synthetics,
surgery and clinics? Did you know that clinics make a
lot of money buying and selling each others customer lists with your
name on it, bouncing you from one clinic to another, selling
you the latest system, machine or expensive meals that guarantee this
or that, only to gain the weight back with additional
pounds quickly. Tired of this? So is the FDC.
In 1993, the Federal Trade Commission charged five of the nations largest
commercial diet programs with deceptive
advertising and false claims. They stated that all commercials must
now state for many dieters that weight loss is temporary.
Isn't there a natural alternative? I mean people have been gaining
weight for years. Doesn't nature have a solution? Hasn't
someone figured it out? I found the solution. But for you to understand
how it works, we need to understand that the problem is
not weight gain, but that weight gain is only
a symptom. Just like the oil light of your dash board is a symptom
telling you of a
deeper problem. Weight gain is a symptom telling you of a deeper problem.
A problem within you that's causing your body to
gain and keep on the weight. That is why when you lose weight through
diets and drugs, it is temporary and your body puts it
back on quickly. Weight gain is your body's way of telling you that
there is a deeper problem. So if we know what the root
cause can be, why isn't everyone focusing on it? Especially the clinics
and supplement companies. It's similar to the light bulb
industry.
Let me explain what I mean. The average light bulb has a life span of
1,000 hours. This means on an average, after a thousand
hours, you have to replace your light bulbs every few months or so.
This keeps the store selling light bulbs and the
manufacturers producing them and everyone is happy. After all, this
is all we know. Did you also know that they've had a light
bulb for decades that can burn for over 100 years. It costs the same
to make and uses similar materials. So what would happen
if someone sold this? What would happen to the light bulb manufacturers
that gain revenue every time we buy their 1,000 hour
light bulbs. This is similar to the weight loss industry. If they could
keep you going from one clinic to another, one fad to another
as long as they treat the symptoms of weight gain and not the cause,
you are continuously buying their 1,000 hour light bulbs.
You see, diet clinics, drugs and other products focus on the symptom,
not the deeper problem. They count on you gaining
weight back. This is the only way they can continue to make their millions
each year, making sure you come back to the latest
and the greatest. So what is the body trying to tell you? What's the
message? Well, are you aware that if your kidneys are not
functioning properly that you could be storing cellulite in your thighs
and hips. Diets do not help with this, but instead they can
actually make it worse. Did you know that your uncontrollable appetite
for foods and sugars can be caused by a malfunctioning
adrenal gland or why when you eat just as much as your skinny cousin
does, she stays skinny and you seem to be getting
heavier and larger? That a slower metabolism can be caused by a malfunctioning
thyroid? A poorly operating digestive system
can also lead to poor elimination of fat and nutrients. It may even
cause fat storage. Yet do any of the diets focus on this? No.
In fact, their drugs and routines damage these vital organs and glands
and cause yo yo syndromes and serious health challenges.
But there is a recipe containing a simple combination of herbs and
seeds that can help.
First, let's look deeper into the cause of weight gain. The
uncontrollable urge to eat or hunger pains tends to come from a toxic
adrenal gland. This sometimes results
from eating junk food, harsh diets, or low calorie starvation diets. When
you put stress on
your adrenal glands, you put them out of balance and your appetite
causes the constant hunger feeling or uncontrolled appetite
throughout the day. Now the answer to this is to balance your adrenal
gland. Sounds simple enough, but how do you do this
the way nature intended? Let me tell you a story. A patient of mine,
named Mary, was someone who had great difficulty with
controlling her appetite, and because of this, had steadily put on
weight over the last 5 years. Unfortunately, her weight
challenge affected her self-confidence as well. For her, willpower
was just not enough. After examining her situation, I found
that she had a common problem. She had adrenal problems. I started
her immediately on a product made from herbs and
spices called Imagine�. Within
her first 30 days, the product balanced her body and restored her natural
normal eating habits
As a result, she has more energy and has lost the extra weight in her
waist and thighs that she collected over the last 5 years. A
simple solution to a battle that most North Americans are losing.
Now the second cause of weight gain is problems with the thyroid. Thyroid
malfunction is more common among females than
males. One of the functions of the thyroid, is
to regulate hormone balance in the body, and it also regulates the metabolism.
Products claiming to speed up your metabolism can cause serious damage
to the thyroid. An imbalanced thyroid can create
mood swings, water retention, swelling of the body, increase menopause
symptoms, and slow the metabolism causing the body
to gain weight. Remember your skinny cousin, she probably had a healthy
thyroid. This is one of the most common causes of
weight gain that I have seen in my practice.
Let me tell you another quick story. There was a patient of mine, named
Dorothy, who was always low in energy and had a
low body temperature. She often commented that she was very sluggish
throughout the day. Because of her low thyroid
problem, she had gained over 45 pounds in the last 9 years. This affected
her outlook on life and even caused a divorce. She
had tried most diet products and centers with no luck. If you don't
focus on the cause, you will always have the symptoms.
Because of the faith I have in the Imagine�
recipe, I started her immediately on the product. In her first 30 days,
she felt more
energy and had better skin. And by the end of her third month, she
had lost a total of 29 inches and 32 pounds. She has more
confidence now. She is almost like a brand new person. She's very exited
about her new life.
Now the third cause of weight gain is problems with your kidneys. Your
kidneys are very important for eliminating toxins from
the body. If you have kidney problems, you usually
end up with toxic fat cells called cellulite. And the cellulite
is stored in the
thighs and hips and in some cases there is also water retention. Sometimes
when the kidneys get too toxic, they swell up inside
which could put pressure on your lower back and cause back pain. I
had one patient with an excess cellulite problem. She was
embarrassed to go to the beach because of her appearance. She tried
creams and several harsh diet products with no
noticeable results. When she started on the Imagine�
product,
the first thing she noticed, next to better facial skin, was that her
chronic back pain decreased dramatically. Because of her past attempts
at dieting, her body took a little longer to balance itself.
It wasn't until she reached her third month that she really started
noticing that over 80% of the cellulite had disappeared. And,
as a side benefit, her blood pressure has normalized.
Who do you know that has been fighting the battle of cellulite or water
retention or who do you know that has blood pressure
problems? Now a fourth primary cause of weight gain is problems with
the digestive system. With all the fast food and heavily
processed high fat foods, your body needs proper
enzymes to digest the food and eliminate fat. Over the past 20 years,
foods
have become more and more processed and the enzyme count is dramatically
dropping, thus more and more people today are
absorbing less of the foods that they eat, which
makes their general health worse. Without proper enzyme action, your body
improperly stores unnecessary fat. This can also
cause problems with your large intestine, which is your bowel leading to
constipation or irregularity, indigestion, gas,
or even heartburn.
I had one gentleman, named Steve, who had a very distended abdomen and
who was considered very obese. He suffered from
numerous digestive disorders. I put him on Imagine�
five months ago and he has lost over 10 inches around his waist and has
lost a total of over 60 pounds. He's extremely grateful for this natural
solution called Imagine�, and today he is more mobile
and has a lot more energy. So you see, weight gain is a symptom, a
signal telling you something is wrong. So what can help?
Not a synthetic, not a diet program or fat program or special drug.
Do you see how these substances are focused in the wrong
direction? If you don't fix the problem, you'll go on a diet or drug,
lose weight and then gain it back. Fix the problem and
symptom of weight gain will disappear. If the oil light goes on in
your car, don't focus on the light, focus on the cause.
Now after years of medical practice, I've learned that there is a natural
combination of seeds, herbs and spices that when used
properly have an amazing result on balancing and nourishing your body
and focusing on the causes we just talked about. I've
also learned that not anyone can put these together. In other words,
the ingredients must be pure and the highest grade
in
quality. Then once this is achieved, they must
be combined properly with wisdom so that they can sustain their powerful
properties. The product I've been using
in my practice is called Imagine�.
This product is only available through a U.S. based
company called Awareness Corporation. Now I want you to know that not
all herb sources are equal. It's important that the
right types of herbs and seeds are used. They must be fresh and considered
life giving not like the ones found in many health
food stores. The most vital factor is the way in which they're combined
with each other. Let me illustrate this combining of herbs
by comparing with a painting. What is a painting? The ingredients are
paint, canvas and brushes. So why does one painting sell
for $100 and another for over a million dollars? They may use the same
paint, tools and canvas. The difference is the way
they're combined which is determined by the master's hand or the artist.
In the same way herbs are combined in a lab, by
self-made herbalists. With an inexperienced herbalist, with text book
knowledge and only several years of limited experience in
applied herbs, then you run the risk of no results and you cannot be
sure you will be getting a Claude Monet painting, rather just
a bad copy not worth the paint on the canvas.
Now let me give you another example like baking a cake. If I asked you
to bake a cake and I asked the chef at one of Paris's
finest restaurants to do the same, how will they compare? Both using
similar ingredients, the recipe from the local book store
and his years of baking. You use a teaspoon and the grocers assurance
that the flour you use is the freshest. While the chef can,
with his touch, tell you of the age of the flour and how it will react
when mixed with the egg. You using textbook knowledge and
he using skill and knowledge that have taken years or generations to
perfect. One is a cake and the other is an exquisite work
of art. Some may even try to copy the chef's creation, imitated by
adding or taking away some ingredients and, by doing so,
destroy the creation. If we take this much care with foods and paintings,
how much more care should we take with the
supplements we and our families use and so heavily depend upon? Should
we not also have a master of the trade? We should
demand it. We deserve it. How many scientists, together with manufacturers,
are concerned with this? Are they concerned with
the freshness of the herbs and the very best way to combine them? Or
is all of it price and profit? Is there anyone who actually
cares about the products they produce?
There is such a person. A person with a long lineage of herbalist ancestry
dating back thousands of years. Before Chinese and
Ayurvedic medicine, before high tech science labs. The wisdom that
is behind this 500 year old recipe called Imagine�
was
recorded then passed down through generations from father to son. Not
from lab technician to the next employee, but wisdom
of actual application. The name of this Master Herbalist is Ahmad Aboukhazaal.
At the age of four, Ahmad was chosen by his
father from out of ten children to carry the wisdom of the creation
of herbs and their relationship to each other to the next
generation. At the tender age of four, he sat with his father in their
small village while he treated various ailments by combining
herbs and seeds and creating priceless art work that changed the lives
of those whom they met. As Ahmad grew in wisdom and
age, he grew in experience. He did not read in text books the worth
of herbs and the best way to combine them. He learned
through generations and generations of family wisdom and by helping
thousands of people for many years. His knowledge of
combining herbs and seeds has helped thousands upon thousands of people.
You see, here in North America we have
knowledge of only 300 herbs. In practice, we only use about 100. Overseas
in the Eastern countries, they have knowledge of
over 10,000 herbs and in practice use over 3,000 herbs. So Ahmad has
a much greater knowledge of herbs. His wisdom and
experience provide simple solutions to complex challenges. I have seen
him pick up herbs, and by touch and smell, determine in
an instant if they are 30 days old, 2 days old, fresh, living or dead.
Shouldn't we be concerned with the freshness and the living
value? The wisdom behind the way the herbs are combined, the amounts,
the care taken. Ahmad personally supervises the
combination of the herbs that create his products. The special process
of the combination of the herbs has been passed down
through his ancestors. I met him personally and, after practicing medicine
for 40 years, I've seen hundreds of different products
that try to deal with weight gain. This is the
first product I've seen that targets the cause of weight gain and not just
the
symptoms. As I said before, Ahmad Aboukhazaal
comes from one of the most highly regarded master herbalist lineages in
the
world. He's also a doctor in his own country.
My mission is to spread the real truth about the weight loss industry
and, at the same time, give you an answer that really
focuses on the cause of weight gain. Do not ignore or cover up the
oil light. Get to the root cause because if we ignore the true
causes of weight gain and get caught up in the quick fix symptoms philosophy,
we will continue to get worse and become
dependent. As the famous Dr. C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. Surgeon
General stated, "Excessive weight fosters everything
from diabetes and heart disease to breast cancer, colorectal cancer
and osteoarthritis, yet Americans keep getting heavier." We
as a nation cannot afford to continue like this. If you want to make
a difference, it starts with taking responsibility to help
ourselves and our families first, then helping the rest of the nation.
It's up to us. You now have the simple answer called
Imagine�. When you focus on proper diet and exercise, using the Imagine�
recipe, people have found a real solution to our
social problem of obesity.
We are blessed to have this wonderful recipe now available in North
America. Please take the next few moments to listen to
the live testimonials of the powerful results people are experiencing.
Testimonials:
1) My appetite is definitely much lower so controlling my food intake
is not a problem anymore. I notice that even if I'm really
hungry I get really full fast. Since I've started taking Imagine�,
I haven't had one single sign of any kind of menopause
symptom at all. So that is really great. I'm really happy about that.
My mood is real happy, my stamina is increased. I've lost 6
pounds so far and 13 inches and it just feels great to be getting back
into my clothes that I haven't worn for a long time. You
know with all the other diets I was on, I always had a cranky feeling.
I always felt like I was having to work at it. There's no
work to this. This is just a natural thing.
2) I'm taking Imagine� and I noticed that when I went for some exercise,
I weighed myself and I had lost 5 pounds and I
didn't even realize it. My energy is the best I've had in my whole
life. I'm 53 years old and I'm like a kid again.
3) I have been very overweight, obese for a number of years. When I
started on Imagine�, it was like I could feel my body
waking up. I went to a whole new level of energy. The feeling of health,
well-being and emotional balance was just phenomenal.
I've lost about 37 pounds and over 70 inches. I'm so excited because
I'm not on a diet. I eat what I feel like eating. I am eating
a healthy balanced diet, but that's what my body is asking for. Even
my children have noticed a difference and I have no stretch
marks at all. Everybody I know said my face looks 10 years younger.
I've never felt better in my life.
4) What has really amazed me about Imagine� is the feeling of balance
that you get with the product. I started working with
Imagine� just to see and I just took measurements and I am down 13
inches and 11 pounds. My skin is a lot better as far as
tightness. My muscle definition is definitely changed dramatically.
I have dropped my body fat 4 percentage points down to 18.
What's so nice about it is I really feel that I have now got control
of myself again.
5) With Imagine� I was beginning to lose weight - actually it was dropping.
I could see it. I've lost 2 dress sizes since I was on
Imagine�. I've lost 15 pounds and 20 inches and my skin's tightened
up. I looked for my stretch marks because I had twins
and I was just out like a balloon and the stretch marks are fading
away. I can eat, but I eat less. I don't seem to want to eat as
much anymore. And my complexion is getting great, just on the Imagine�.
6) The Imagine� has helped my blood sugar drop to normal levels. I've
lost 30 ½ inches and 10 pounds. It is just unbelievable
for me. My mom says she is so glad I found this product. She is just
thrilled.
7) I've always dreamed for what I am experiencing today with this product.
Anytime I ever ate, I bloated. No matter what it
was. Even if I ate salad. My digestion was awful. I have lost 7 solid
pounds and I've lost 23 1/2 inches. The skin on my face is
totally tight. It really is like a dream come true.
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