Crohn’s, IBS & Other Digestion Conditions Lose the Wheat, Add Some Vitamins and Let’s Get Healthy Again

1. Crohn’s, IBS & Other Digestion Conditions
Lose the Wheat, Add Some Vitamins and Let’s
Get Healthy Again
With Barbara Lagoni
Joanette Coogan
Hannah Sharapan

2. Digestive Disorders
• Acid Reflux ( GERD )
• Irritable Bowel Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(Crohn’s , Ulcerative Colitis)
• Bloating
• Gas
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Burping, belching barb

3. Upper Digestion – the Stomach
• acid reflux ( GERD)
• affects 25% to 30% of population (100 million)
• costs $10 billion in medications,
doctors and lost work
• ulcer
• affects 5 million
• nausea
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4. Acid in Stomach is Important
• It kills bad bacteria entering the body through the
mouth ( like a sterilization tank )
• Controls proper pH for friendly bacteria to thrive and
bad bacteria to die.
• It begins the process of breaking down our food,
especially protein.
• If food is not properly digested, it
becomes a toxin, irritates the lining
of the digestive tract and causes
inflammation.
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5. What Causes Acid Reflux
• Stress can increase stomach acid production
• But it is just as likely that stress suppresses the digestive
process to divert energy to your muscles and your brain in
order to “ fight or flee”. .. Suppresses digestive enzymes and
stomach acid.
• Diets high in sugar and refined carbohydrates, soda pop, etc
How to Test if the Problem is too Much or Too Little Acid
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a half glass of water
on an empty stomach. If after 15 minutes, you feel no burning
sensation , then the issue may be TOO LITTLE STOMACH
ACID NOT TOO MUCH barb

6. Side Effects of GI Medications
( Nexium , Prilosec, Prevacid )
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Drowsiness
• Dry mouth
• Headache
• Nausea
• Pain
• Swelling
• Redness
• Rash
• Itching
• Difficulty breathing
• Hives
• Severe stomach pain
• Swelling of face, lips, tongue
or throat
• Unusual tiredness
• Bruising or bleeding
• Unusual hoarseness
• Bone pain
• Dark urine
• Fast heart beat
• Tightness in chest barb
Danger – same symptoms when too little acid as with too much acid

7. Lower Digestion – The Intestines
•Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• 20 % of population.. 1 in 5
Americans( 75 % women )
•Inflammatory Bowel
(Crohns, ulcerative colitis, 1.4 million)
•Constipation
•Diarrhea
Note: Omega Guard is a natural
anti-inflammatory barb

8. Crohns Disease
Hannah’s Story
•Sick from 9th
grade
•Senior year missed Prom & much of the school year
•Eventually scopes & tests showed Crohn’s
•Blood levels extremely low ----iron injections
•Withdraw from College— devastated
•Vomited every day for the next 6 years & no investigation drug’s side
effects
•Repeated hospital stays
•Day after our wedding I began to perforate
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9. Hannah’s story cont’d
•Mostly bedridden last year before surgery
•Horrible diet– tea, jelly and soda crackers --- no TPN at that time
•Hair grayed
•Skin lightened
•Teeth yellowed
•69 pounds
•Surgery extremely helpful– removed 3 relatively small sections
Got my life back …adopted Halle & Danielle
Became pregnant with Ashley
Problems during pregnancy (no Shaklee sadly)
Had bowel impactions daily
Cervix visible
Rectal abscess
Rectal dilations daily last 6 weeks of pregnancy
Delivered month early beautiful Ashley
Back to school & finished degree
Had bowel impactions & still weekly dilations for 6 years

10. Hannah’s story takes a great turn
• Enter Shaklee (yea!)
• 1st
month no more dilations
• 1st
month could absorb food & gained weight
• 1st
month no more menstrual cramps/pms
• Gradually allergies under control
• A few months later migraine headaches gone
• Checked 4 years later no scar tissue!
• Led healthy life from then on

11. Update---Hannah’s Story
• No medications for all of these years
• Recently some issues …Still felt good most of the time
• Internal scar tissue
• Surgery to remove very small section where had been joined
• Doctors amazed – no anastomosis lasts 46 years
• Amazed at my fitness
• Amazed at my recovery
• Less than 3 weeks doing everything again
• Feel great and extremely blessed
Thank you Shaklee!

12. 6 Factors That Cause Unhealthy Gut
Brenda Watson --Road to Perfect Health
1. Antibiotics and medications ( found in tap water,
meats & poultry, etc )
2. Lack of probiotics
3. Acid suppressing medications
4. Undigested and partially digested food
( especially protein )
5. Environmental toxins ( water, air )
6. Age – Bifido probiotics decline dramatically after
age 50 Jo

13. Gluten Sensitivity & Celiac
• Found in most grains especially wheat, oats, barley
(not in rice, quinoa, corn, soy, millet )
• People with sensitivity develop antibodies to the digestive
breakdown products of gluten… which create inflammation…
that damage the villi … & allow bacteria and partially digestive
products to get into the blood stream… which causes more
inflammation , …
• Celiac - -1 out of 100 have it;
• 1 out of 4000 are ever diagnosed
• Today’s wheat has 40 times the
gluten level. barb

14. Wheat Belly
William Davis, MD ( cardiologist)
“ Since the introduction of dietary guidelines in
the 1970’s calling for reduced fat intake, a
strange phenomenon has occurred …
Americans have steadily, inexorably become
heavier, less healthy, and more prone to
diabetes than ever before.”
• Today’s wheat – genetically altered to provide
greatest yield at lowest cost. ( 40X the gluten )
• Causes blood sugar to spike more rapidly than
eating pure table sugar and has additive
properties that cause us to ride a roller coaster
of hunger, over-eating, and fatigue. barb
“Wheat builds
up fat in all
the wrong
places.”
Associated
with
Diabetes,
heart disease,
celiac
disease,
rheumatoid
arthritis and
dementia.

15. Grain Brain -- The Surprising Truth About Wheat,
Carbs, and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers
David Perlmutter, MD ( neurologist)
• Modern grains are silently destroying your brain
…contributing to dementia, ADHD, epilepsy,
anxiety, chronic headaches, depression,
decreased libido, insomnia, schizophrenia, etc
• Diabetes and brain disease – are largely
preventable and uniquely tied together…
Having diabetes DOUBLES your risk for
Alzheimers.
• Grains cause INFLAMMATION , especially wheat.
• Average American consumes 133 POUNDS of
wheat/yr.
• Can damage DNA barb

16. Avoid Stuff
that Damages the Digestive System
Junk Food
Medications
jo

17. Eat Healthy Food …
Whole
natural
real food jo

18. 1. Eat Food
2. Not too much
3. Mostly from plants
Michael Pollan -- Food Rules
• Vivix Clinical Study – State University of N.Y. at Buffalo
• High fat “ fast food” is dangerous
• causes inflammation, oxidative stress
•Antioxidants protect cells …
•They aren’t in meat
•They aren’t in dairy
•They aren’t in cookies
•They are primarily in VEGETABLES & FRUITS
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19. Shaklee Products for Healthy Digestion
• Optiflora
• EZ-Gest
• Fiber Advantage Bars/
Fiber Tabs
• Stomach Soothing Complex
• Herb Lax
• Alfalfa
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20. Optiflora Probiotic (Friendly Bacteria)
• We are constantly exposed to bad bacteria &
yeast in the food we eat
• Antibiotics wipe out the good bacteria
• Bad bacteria & yeast ( candida )
– Weaken the immune system
– Cause gas, bloating, diarrhea,
Irritable bowel
– Cause acid reflux
– Allergies hannah
Why Optiflora?

21. Unique, Patented “Triple Encapsulation”
Technology Protects “Live” Microflora
Unique, Patented “Triple Encapsulation”
Technology Protects “Live” Microflora
OPTIFLORA™ completely survives stomachOPTIFLORA™ completely survives stomach
acid. Microflora are then released in theacid. Microflora are then released in the
intestine.intestine. hanhan
““Live” microfloraLive” microflora
Water and oxygen barrierWater and oxygen barrier
Stomach acid protectionStomach acid protection
Only Shaklee hasOnly Shaklee has
it!it!500 million friendly bacteria/capsule
Triple encapsulation process → 90% delivery
Supports healthy immune system
& healthy digestion

22. 4 Key Functions of Probiotics
in the Lower Intestines
• Strengthen the immune system
• Maintain a healthy lining of the gut to prevent
parasites and toxins from entering the blood stream
• Enhances the detoxification of
heavy metals and chemicals
• Produces Vitamin K and Biotin
(that’s why antibiotics can cause vitamin deficiencies )
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23. • Optimum vitamin + mineral amounts
• Now with 1,000-1,200 IU Vitamin D!
• Most powerful antioxidant spectrum*
• Anti-aging nutrients*
• 7 Omega-3 fatty acids ( reduces inflammation )
• Guaranteed super-active probiotics
hannah
*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
That’s Why VITALIZER
Includes
Optiflora Capsules

24. E Z-Gest Digestive Enzyme
• Millions of Americans suffer from gas, bloating and
indigestion
• 50 million Americans have trouble digesting dairy
(lactose intolerance)
• Almost any food can be a
problem for some – beans, fruits,
whole grains, fats, proteins
• Celiac disease (often
misdiagnosed as IBS, can
create enzyme deficiencies.) jo

25. • Comprehensive digestive enzymes
(not just Lactaid or Beano); breaks down protein, fats,
carbohydrates into easily absorbed components)
• Improves digestion of milk sugars in dairy
• Improves absorption of nutrients into blood stream
• All plant-derived ; Vegetarian capsules
• Prevents bloating, gas, belching, burping
• Improves digestion, stomach cramps
• Over-eating jo
E Z-Gest Digestive Enzyme Support

26. Less than 5% of adults consume recommended fruits & veggies
Only 2% of children consume recommended fruits & veggies
<10% of adults consume recommended amount of whole grains
Most Americans consume
much less fiber than we should
National Institutes of Health RECOMMENDS…
25 to 30 gm/day han
• lowers LDL cholesterol naturally
• normalizes blood sugar levels
• promotes regularity, colon health
• eliminates toxins -- ( should leave body 12
to 24 hrs after eating )

27. Fiber Advantage Bars and Fiber
Tabs
• 8 gm fiber – 7 gm soluble, only 120 calories/serving
• Convenient & tasty
• 100% natural – no artificial anything
• Based on 54 years of Shaklee research – 4 published
clinical studies
• No saturated or trans fats
• Low glycemic index
• Gluten free
• Star-K kosher certified
• 4 different kinds of natural fiber from grains, fruits &
vegetables hannah

28. Stomach Soothing Complex
• For occasional indigestion (upset stomach)
• For nausea (queasy stomach) – motion sickness, sea sickness,
morning sickness, chemotherapy, after surgery,
• For gas, bloating, heart burn, stomach ache, GERD
• Provides digestive herbs peppermint, ginger, fennel & anise
that soothe and calm the stomach
• Anti-viral, anti-candida, anti-inflammatory,
antibacterial, inhibits diarrhea,
• Stimulates gall bladder and liver
• Aids irritable bowel symptoms jo

29. Herb Lax – Gentle Herbal Laxative
• Improves regularity
• Reduces body odor
• Improves acne
• Relieves constipation
• Detoxifier
• Helps headaches
• Contains 9 herbs for a mild cleansing action
• Dark circles under eyes jo

30. Alfalfa Complex
• Used since time of Egyptians to aid digestion & sooth queasy
stomachs
• Grown organically in California – no pesticides, herbicides,
artificial flavors, colors, preservatives – all vegetarian
formula
• Reported to help ulcers, stomach ailments, colon problems,
gas, hiatal hernia, water retention, body odor, bad breath,
• Contains fiber, chlorophyll, trace minerals
• Arthritis, allergies & sinus congestion, gout,
jo

31. Start here :
Optiflora Capsules
Alfalfa
Omega Guard to reduce inflammation
EZ Gest
B Complex
Next Add:
Vita E Complex ( if scar tissue)
Chewable Calcium Magnesium
Instant or Energizing Soy Protein
Vita Lea
Fiber Tabs hannah
Hannah’s Starting Program for Crohns

32. Shaklee Products for Healthy Digestion
• Optiflora
• EZ-Gest
• Fiber Advantage Bars
• Stomach Soothing Complex
• Herb Lax
• Alfalfa
• Vitalizer
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