The document discusses stress and its effects on health. Major sources of stress for most people revolve around finances and today's uncertain economy. Studies show that 98% of all degenerative disease is stress-related, and it is the number one killer, linked to numerous health conditions. The stress response in the body increases cardiovascular activity and metabolic activity while decreasing immune function. Long-term stress destroys the digestive and elimination systems as well as the cardiovascular system. Nutrition choices can help define levels of wellness by teaching children healthy habits to manage stress.

1. Getting a Grip on Stress
Supplements offer a key
component in the effort to
gain control for the
growing number of
Americans who say they
are stressed out.
According to the American Psychological Association, World
Health Organization and the American Institute for Stress, the
major sources of stress for most people revolve around finances
– today‟s uncertain economy, personal debt, unemployment etc.
This stress is so prevalent today that between 65 and 90 percent
of North Americans have “enough” stress to result in a stress-
related disease.

2. Studies Show That 98%
of all Degenerative
Disease is Stress
Related –
It is the Number 1 Killer
 Heart Disease  Back/Neck  Migraines
 Cancer Problems  Hardening of
 Stroke  Immune the Arteries
 Diabetes Deficiency  Irritability
 Asthma  Blood  Rheumatism
 Colds and Flu Disorders  Colitis
 Depression  Insomnia  Hypertension
 Mental Illness  Sex Problems – High Blood
 Skin Disorders  Overeating Pressure
 Fatigue  Kidney
 Stomach Disorders
Disorder  Breathing
 Female Issues Problems

3. THE STRESS RESPONSE
• Increased neural excitability
• Increased cardiovascular activity
• Heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac
output, blood pressure
• Increased metabolic activity
Stimulation of
• Gluconeogenesis
Sensory Nerves
STRESSOR • Protein mobilization
• Decreased antibody production
Hypothalam
us Pituitary • Muscle wasting
• Fat mobilization
ACTH
• Increased sodium retention
• Increase in neurological sweating
Adrenal Cortex • Change in salivation
• Change in GI system tonus and
Adrenal Medulla
motility
STRESS HORMONES
Cortisol
Aldosterone
Epinephrine The Stress Response Pathway

4. Stress causes the destruction of
these two body functions
Digestive System & Eliminations System Cardiovascular System

5. The Food Choices of America
Look Familiar?
What Are We
Teaching Our Kids?
Food Choices Are
Defining Our Level of
Wellness

6. AMERICAN
BREAKFAST
Fabricated Food
•The machine used for making shaped
cereals, called an „extruder‟ The mixture is then
heated.
•This extrusion process, besides creating a
sweet, crunchy cereal, destroys much of the
nutrient content of the ingredients.
•Even the chemical vitamins, added before the
extrusion process, are damaged by it. The amino
acid lysine, a crucial nutrient, is especially
ravaged by extrusion.

9. The Discovery That Has Changed the
Face of Nutrition Forever
 Human longevity depends upon the ability of the body to recover and
rebuild
 Shaklee created a protein product that triggers the recovery and rebuilding
process
 It’s not the protein that’s important – it’s the amino acid
content of the protein
 For Thirty years Shaklee worked on extracting these powerful 9 essential
amino acids and delivering them with their unique bioavailable delivery
system
Histidine Threonine
Lysine Valine
Leucine Tryptophan
Methionine
Isoleucine Phenylalanine

10. The Power of the Protein is the
Power of the Amino Acids
$It’s not the protein
that’s important – it’s
the amino acid content of
the protein

11. Why Change
Proteins?
Soy Protein Animal Protein
•Can get all nine of the essential amino acids •Not complete – missing many amino acids
daily to start every body process:
•Contains large amounts of fat
•Live Natural enzymes •Can be contaminated with bacteria & Viruses
•Nutra-ceutical – many unknown compounds •When heated most enzymes are lost
being discovered every day
•No fiber
•Phyto-chemicals produced by the plant, phyto-
•No nutra-ceuticals
hormones, phyto-estrogens
•As we age, Animal Protein is very hard to assimilate
•Natural vegetable fiber and digest as our digestive system changes
•More bio-available protein per gram of protein •Uric Acid
•Saturated fats
•Not contaminated with viruses and bacteria
•Undigested protein in the kidneys
•Key: Contains many unknown factors that
mother nature still holds. Absorption, utilization •Acid formation in the blood – which raises blood PH to
and digestion are greatly increased with acid
vegetable protein. Very important as we age
and very important for our digestive system. •Key to good health – keep blood PH alkaline, which is
important to the immune system

12. Bio-Hormone Release
THE WHOLE STORY
The muscle cell is broken down and is tired. It needs
glucose and amino acids to recover and build.
Insulin is the main muscle building hormone in the body.
It opens the ”cells door” to let in all of the nutrients the cell
needs
Every door needs a door knob (insulin receptor). The knob
is chromium.
There Are Three Phases Once the door is opened, a quality mix of
to Building Muscle glucose, branched chain amino acids, and the rest of the
essential amino acids must be available for maximum
muscle building, bulk, and recovery.
Catabolic: Muscle tissue is broken
down every day
Recovery: Glucose and amino acids The clinical research now proves
pump into the muscle. chromium nicotinate combined
Anabolic: Using glucose and amino
with a long chain branched
acids, the muscle rebuild stronger and
larger delivery system, rebuilds muscle
tissue faster and better and
This product is 45% of the converts body fat back to muscle
3 muscle building power tone.
of WHY LET MUSCLE
Valine – Leucine - ACHES SIDELINE YOU?
Isoleucine

13. Nature does speak, in no uncertain terms to us all. And, as man is a product of
Nature, he may, if he so desires, receive helpful guidance from Nature, for Nature is the
expression of the creator. So when you share Shaklee products, remember, you are
sharing the best.
Forrest C. Shaklee, Sr.

14. Vita Lea® Multi-Vitamin/Multi-Mineral
Vita-Lea is a
creation of nature
and science
combined together
to create this
incredible product
 Comes from 34 Unique Food Sources
 Raw Materials
 Unique Film Coating
 ExoTab technology – breaks down in 9 minutes

15. Shaklee Optiflora®
Herb Lax Prebiotic & Probiotic
 Protects the microbes from
 One of Dr. Shaklee‟s Signature
stomach acids
Products
 Protects the microbes from
 This gentle yet fast-acting oxygen and moisture
natural laxative encourages contamination and allows the
the body's natural cleansing microbes to be delivered live to
processes the intestines
 Herb-Lax includes senna  ½ billion live probiotics per
leaf, which has been used for capsule
thousands of years as a
natural laxative, plus other  Optiflora® probiotics uses a
complementary herbs. patented triple layer
encapsulation technology to keep
 Contains Licorice Root - the acidophilus alive