Third Party reviews of USANA Products
Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements - The USANA ESSENTIALS are rated #1. http://www.comparativeguide.com/guides/default.html
ConsumerLab.com - "USANA products pass ConsumerLab.com screening for substances banned from Olympics." (One of only three companies in the world to do so). http://www.consumerlab.com/news/news_010904.asp
Ray Strand, M.D. - "Usana has developed a unique 5-Day High-fiber Cleanse that I am recommending as a great way to start my Releasing Fat Program. There are several health benefits to anyone who participates in USANA's Cleanse." http://www.bionutrition.org
Laz Bannock, Ph.D. - "I have finally found a product range that I can completely trust and recommend to anyone. I personally use and professionally prescribe USANA Health Sciences products for some very good reasons. Namely they perform incredibly well and they are exceptionally trustworthy products!"
Physician's Desk Reference - Lists USANA Health Science nutritionals in the main edition of the PDR (the one with all the prescription medicines), not just the nutritional supplements edition.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
USANA Cleared of Informal SEC Inquiry
Hello Success Team International,
If anyone you know has concerns about the drama which Barry Minkow stirred up in 2007, then the two releases below will be a good read for them to bring understanding and closure to this. Perhaps, save a copy of this email in your file in case someone has concerns around Minkow antics in the future. Keep in mind that USANA is dedicating considerable attention and resources to prosecute Minkow. If USANA's case goes as planned, he will most likely end up back in prison.
The more successful public companies become (examples: USANA #3 in Hottest Growth of Business Week, top 20 in Forbes for past three years, record sales for five years), the more likely it will be a target. However, rest assured that your Independent Distributor Council and USANA Senior Management are implementing several preventative measures so that we are much less vulnerable in the future to short selling schemes or critics.
Keep spreading the vision and charging to your dreams!
Jeremy StansfieldUSANA 8-Star Diamond Director
News ReleaseSEC Closes Informal Inquiry of USANA
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2008--USANA Health Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:USNA) announced today it has received a letter from the Salt Lake Regional Office of the Securities & Exchange Commission stating it has completed the informal inquiry regarding the company and is not recommending any enforcement action be taken.
USANA voluntarily disclosed the SEC's informal inquiry in March 2007, which the company believes was related to assertions appearing in the mass media. The company cooperated fully with the SEC during its inquiry.
"USANA greatly appreciates the diligence of the SEC in completing its informal inquiry, and we are pleased to put this matter behind us," said David A. Wentz, president of USANA Health Sciences Inc. "We have always been confident about the integrity of our company and take pride in our direct selling business model. All of us at USANA look forward to continuing to provide our tens of thousands of Associates and Preferred Customers worldwide with the finest nutritional products and an excellent home-based business opportunity."
Usana Health Sciences Vindicated against Stalker
Usana Health Sciences Vindicated against Stalker- January 11, 2008
David Patch
Any researcher of the Securities and Exchange Commission website looking for information on a scheme of manipulation called the ‘short and distort’ will find themselves hard pressed to find anything of substance. Unlike the extensive warnings and enforcement hearings issued by the Commission on the ‘pump and dump’ method of stock manipulation there is no such information or enforcement track record on the equally abusive ‘short and distort’.
At the present time, there are near a dozen lawsuits littered across this country where executives of public companies have accused short sellers of using access to financial media to disseminate false and misleading information about their companies. The issuers further allege that these same parties will file false claims to the Commission in order to create a bogus SEC investigation into the issuer to distort market sentiment.
The intent of the distortion of fact is to create fear and panic and drive down the market of the public issuer creating profit to any preexisting short position held prior to the news releases.
Usana Health Sciences (USNA) is one such company under the alleged attack of a ‘short and distort’ campaign.
In March 2007 USNA was trading at a market price above $60.00/share. But that was before felon Barry Minkow came calling through his access to the Wall Street Journal.
Barry Minkow has served prison time in the 1990’s for security fraud and since obtaining his freedom has developed a research company called Fraud Discovery Institute. The primary focus on the operation is to identify and then publicly trash companies Minkow perceives of running a scam.
Like former Crazy Eddie CFO and convicted felon Sam Antar, Minkow goes out and stalks public companies and presents his unsubstantiated allegations through his site distribution. Each disseminates relentless levels of negative information on the targeted companies under the guise of more material makes the story more credible.
In the disclosure statement on Fraud Discovery Institute Minkow admits that he may hold short positions in the issuers they are stalking. The disclosure statement is buried deeply into his Privacy Policy and Disclaimer statement located elsewhere and not on the individual accusatory publications.
Like Antar, Minkow has no actual evidence to support his allegations instead dressing up public information and investigative information in a manner that looks convincing but with a flaw, it is not always accurate.
Minkow and Antar use their history as a criminal in the stock market to ultimately justify the accuracy of their findings. After all we have all heard the “takes one to know one” phrase. These two should seek out patent rights to the phrase as they use it so much in their self-advertisement of who they are and why they now do what they do.
In March 2007 Minkow and the Wall Street Journal discussed his baseless allegations of fraud taking place within Usana. Minkow accused the firm of running a pyramid scheme and the WSJ ran the report in a ‘Heard on the Street’ report. The impact of the article was definitive.
Shortly after the Wall Street Journal article was released the $60.00/share market for Usana began an abrupt shift and by April 30th the market in Usana was trading below $40.00/share. By August 7 the stock had fallen to levels below $30.00/share. The market cap in Usana had dropped nearly $480 Million in a matter of 4 months after the article was relased.
A look into Minkow’s site documents the level of public stalking by Minkow during this period of ‘market adjustment’.
In fact, the attention Minkow was creating brought in the standard package of support networking as the Securities and Exchange Commission initiated an informal investigation into Minkow’s allegations and the associate firm to short sellers, Milberg Weiss, initiated a Class Action lawsuit against the company within days of the report.
Why Milberg Weiss?
Milberg Weiss is presently under indictment for providing kickbacks to planted plaintiffs in class action lawsuits filed. The federal indictment contains language stating that Weiss had advanced knowledge of companies whose market was about to come under pressure and planted lead plaintiffs in the company as long investors just prior to the market collapses.
The US Attorney has not yet detailed exactly how Milberg Weiss had the foreknowledge of the upcoming market adjustment and likewise, the SEC appears disinterested in investigating insider trading and stock manipulation charges on this foreknowledge. I would certainly want to know how this takes place if market regulation was my career responsibility and I certainly would want to understand the frequency and mechanics of how such takes place.
As for the allegations against Usana Health Sciences Minkow, Weiss, and the SEC were all proven to be wrong this week.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded their informal investigation into Usana Health Sciences and issued them a clean bill of health.
The negativity about Usana created by the financial media, Minkow, and Milberg Weiss were all shown to be nothing but distortions of the truth. The distortions initiated by stock fraudster Barry Minkow created nothing short of a venue for market manipulation that benefited all short sellers in the company.
Barry Minkow himself is accused by Usana of holding a short position in the company during this window of extreme financial opportunity. The short position acting as his catalyst to increase the public dissemination of more and more distorted facts.
Under SEC policy, the SEC would not confirm or deny whether an investigation exists into Minkow or his site publications of false material. Minkow has made no public disclosures on his site of a possible SEC investigation but he does not have to either. Only public companies are required to disclose such material events.
How many more stock manipulation opportunities like this exist in the capital marketplace? Opportunities where intended distortions of fact are confused by authorities with free speech rights when it comes to public issuers.
A FOIA Request into the SEC would not shed much light on this question. The SEC responded to my request by declaring that the agency fails to maintain records of how investigations are initiated and what source created such investigations. There is no way to identify patterns of abuse by interested third parties using the complaint process to create bogus investigations and manipulate markets.
That would of course be logical in a non-logic orientated agency.
What we are aware of through public information is that court transcripts of the trail against convicted felon Anthony Elgindy provide significant insight into Mr. Elgindy’s ability to generate SEC Investigations into public companies. Convicted Felon Sam Antar has likewise admitted to gaining access to several bureaus of the SEC to launch his allegations against public issuers, and former SEC Enforcement Attorney Richard Sauer admitted in a NY Times Op-Ed piece that he utilized the short seller frequently when initiating investigations. Sauer used the Op-Ed space provided by the NY Times to canonize the short seller as the unsung hero for maintaining market controls.
At the time of the Op-Ed piece Sauer had left the SEC and was employed by the short interest hedge fund that previously provided Sauer with many of his cases. No conflict of interest there and no full and transparent disclosure in the Op-ed piece published that his employer was one and the same with the investigations he conducted.
With this evidence before us it dos not take a rocket scientist to figure out that a significant flaw in SEC enforcement exists. The financial press has provided stock manipulators with access to the public and instead of investigating the validity of such access, and taking appropriate actions against those distorting the facts the SEC focuses on the issuers and in the process aiding the manipulation process. The problem is exacerbated when felons, convicted of securities fraud, become the point of credibility in this process.
So you ask, what did the SEC’s clean bill of health disclosure have on the market in Usana? The stock gapped open up 25% today providing credence to the negative impact a bogus SEC investigation can have on a public issuer.
Usana has sued Minkow for defamation based on the allegations presented on his website and public statements issued through the financial press.
Such a lawsuit, win or lose, will never provide comfort to all those investors who lost hundreds of millions in losses. With 16 Million shares issued and outstanding the $30.00 drop in market value erased $480 Million in market capitalization. Such a decline also limited the company’s access to capital, a business impact that can never be fully evaluated.
So the next time you peruse the SEC web site take that search on the ‘short and distort’ and compare the results to the ‘pump and dump’. When you see what I have seen, write to your Congressman and ask why the SEC has turned a blind eye to this method of abuse. The evidence proves it exists, why hasn’t the SEC taken the necessary steps to clean it up? Worse, the SEC has become a major player in the fraud itself.
UPDATE: Court Documents in the Usana v. Minkow case has revealed that Sam Antar is a major financier of Minkow in this stalking attack. (See Page 4 of this attachment)
For more on this issue please visit the Host site at www.investigatethesec.com Copyright 2008
KEYWORDS:
AHA Scientific Statements AHA Statements Alice Clegg Alternative Medicine antioxidants body building Business Opportunity Calcium California Cancer cardiovascular diseases cooking diets fitness food health health and freedom Jason Kilgore Kilgore and USANA Kilgore Defense Institute Kilgore MMA Martial Arts mens health Mexico USANA Minerals mydreams.usana.com nutrition nutritional Recipes Safety Sierra Foothills Karate nutrition advice sports Sports Health Sports Nutrition Statements Stress Stress Management USANA Usana and Alice Clegg Usana and Jason Kilgore Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate USANA HEALTH SCIENCES USANA HEALTH SCIENCES DISTRIBUTOR Utah vitamins wellness Wellness Misphitz women fitness womens health
If anyone you know has concerns about the drama which Barry Minkow stirred up in 2007, then the two releases below will be a good read for them to bring understanding and closure to this. Perhaps, save a copy of this email in your file in case someone has concerns around Minkow antics in the future. Keep in mind that USANA is dedicating considerable attention and resources to prosecute Minkow. If USANA's case goes as planned, he will most likely end up back in prison.
The more successful public companies become (examples: USANA #3 in Hottest Growth of Business Week, top 20 in Forbes for past three years, record sales for five years), the more likely it will be a target. However, rest assured that your Independent Distributor Council and USANA Senior Management are implementing several preventative measures so that we are much less vulnerable in the future to short selling schemes or critics.
Keep spreading the vision and charging to your dreams!
Jeremy StansfieldUSANA 8-Star Diamond Director
News ReleaseSEC Closes Informal Inquiry of USANA
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2008--USANA Health Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:USNA) announced today it has received a letter from the Salt Lake Regional Office of the Securities & Exchange Commission stating it has completed the informal inquiry regarding the company and is not recommending any enforcement action be taken.
USANA voluntarily disclosed the SEC's informal inquiry in March 2007, which the company believes was related to assertions appearing in the mass media. The company cooperated fully with the SEC during its inquiry.
"USANA greatly appreciates the diligence of the SEC in completing its informal inquiry, and we are pleased to put this matter behind us," said David A. Wentz, president of USANA Health Sciences Inc. "We have always been confident about the integrity of our company and take pride in our direct selling business model. All of us at USANA look forward to continuing to provide our tens of thousands of Associates and Preferred Customers worldwide with the finest nutritional products and an excellent home-based business opportunity."
Usana Health Sciences Vindicated against Stalker
Usana Health Sciences Vindicated against Stalker- January 11, 2008
David Patch
Any researcher of the Securities and Exchange Commission website looking for information on a scheme of manipulation called the ‘short and distort’ will find themselves hard pressed to find anything of substance. Unlike the extensive warnings and enforcement hearings issued by the Commission on the ‘pump and dump’ method of stock manipulation there is no such information or enforcement track record on the equally abusive ‘short and distort’.
At the present time, there are near a dozen lawsuits littered across this country where executives of public companies have accused short sellers of using access to financial media to disseminate false and misleading information about their companies. The issuers further allege that these same parties will file false claims to the Commission in order to create a bogus SEC investigation into the issuer to distort market sentiment.
The intent of the distortion of fact is to create fear and panic and drive down the market of the public issuer creating profit to any preexisting short position held prior to the news releases.
Usana Health Sciences (USNA) is one such company under the alleged attack of a ‘short and distort’ campaign.
In March 2007 USNA was trading at a market price above $60.00/share. But that was before felon Barry Minkow came calling through his access to the Wall Street Journal.
Barry Minkow has served prison time in the 1990’s for security fraud and since obtaining his freedom has developed a research company called Fraud Discovery Institute. The primary focus on the operation is to identify and then publicly trash companies Minkow perceives of running a scam.
Like former Crazy Eddie CFO and convicted felon Sam Antar, Minkow goes out and stalks public companies and presents his unsubstantiated allegations through his site distribution. Each disseminates relentless levels of negative information on the targeted companies under the guise of more material makes the story more credible.
In the disclosure statement on Fraud Discovery Institute Minkow admits that he may hold short positions in the issuers they are stalking. The disclosure statement is buried deeply into his Privacy Policy and Disclaimer statement located elsewhere and not on the individual accusatory publications.
Like Antar, Minkow has no actual evidence to support his allegations instead dressing up public information and investigative information in a manner that looks convincing but with a flaw, it is not always accurate.
Minkow and Antar use their history as a criminal in the stock market to ultimately justify the accuracy of their findings. After all we have all heard the “takes one to know one” phrase. These two should seek out patent rights to the phrase as they use it so much in their self-advertisement of who they are and why they now do what they do.
In March 2007 Minkow and the Wall Street Journal discussed his baseless allegations of fraud taking place within Usana. Minkow accused the firm of running a pyramid scheme and the WSJ ran the report in a ‘Heard on the Street’ report. The impact of the article was definitive.
Shortly after the Wall Street Journal article was released the $60.00/share market for Usana began an abrupt shift and by April 30th the market in Usana was trading below $40.00/share. By August 7 the stock had fallen to levels below $30.00/share. The market cap in Usana had dropped nearly $480 Million in a matter of 4 months after the article was relased.
A look into Minkow’s site documents the level of public stalking by Minkow during this period of ‘market adjustment’.
In fact, the attention Minkow was creating brought in the standard package of support networking as the Securities and Exchange Commission initiated an informal investigation into Minkow’s allegations and the associate firm to short sellers, Milberg Weiss, initiated a Class Action lawsuit against the company within days of the report.
Why Milberg Weiss?
Milberg Weiss is presently under indictment for providing kickbacks to planted plaintiffs in class action lawsuits filed. The federal indictment contains language stating that Weiss had advanced knowledge of companies whose market was about to come under pressure and planted lead plaintiffs in the company as long investors just prior to the market collapses.
The US Attorney has not yet detailed exactly how Milberg Weiss had the foreknowledge of the upcoming market adjustment and likewise, the SEC appears disinterested in investigating insider trading and stock manipulation charges on this foreknowledge. I would certainly want to know how this takes place if market regulation was my career responsibility and I certainly would want to understand the frequency and mechanics of how such takes place.
As for the allegations against Usana Health Sciences Minkow, Weiss, and the SEC were all proven to be wrong this week.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded their informal investigation into Usana Health Sciences and issued them a clean bill of health.
The negativity about Usana created by the financial media, Minkow, and Milberg Weiss were all shown to be nothing but distortions of the truth. The distortions initiated by stock fraudster Barry Minkow created nothing short of a venue for market manipulation that benefited all short sellers in the company.
Barry Minkow himself is accused by Usana of holding a short position in the company during this window of extreme financial opportunity. The short position acting as his catalyst to increase the public dissemination of more and more distorted facts.
Under SEC policy, the SEC would not confirm or deny whether an investigation exists into Minkow or his site publications of false material. Minkow has made no public disclosures on his site of a possible SEC investigation but he does not have to either. Only public companies are required to disclose such material events.
How many more stock manipulation opportunities like this exist in the capital marketplace? Opportunities where intended distortions of fact are confused by authorities with free speech rights when it comes to public issuers.
A FOIA Request into the SEC would not shed much light on this question. The SEC responded to my request by declaring that the agency fails to maintain records of how investigations are initiated and what source created such investigations. There is no way to identify patterns of abuse by interested third parties using the complaint process to create bogus investigations and manipulate markets.
That would of course be logical in a non-logic orientated agency.
What we are aware of through public information is that court transcripts of the trail against convicted felon Anthony Elgindy provide significant insight into Mr. Elgindy’s ability to generate SEC Investigations into public companies. Convicted Felon Sam Antar has likewise admitted to gaining access to several bureaus of the SEC to launch his allegations against public issuers, and former SEC Enforcement Attorney Richard Sauer admitted in a NY Times Op-Ed piece that he utilized the short seller frequently when initiating investigations. Sauer used the Op-Ed space provided by the NY Times to canonize the short seller as the unsung hero for maintaining market controls.
At the time of the Op-Ed piece Sauer had left the SEC and was employed by the short interest hedge fund that previously provided Sauer with many of his cases. No conflict of interest there and no full and transparent disclosure in the Op-ed piece published that his employer was one and the same with the investigations he conducted.
With this evidence before us it dos not take a rocket scientist to figure out that a significant flaw in SEC enforcement exists. The financial press has provided stock manipulators with access to the public and instead of investigating the validity of such access, and taking appropriate actions against those distorting the facts the SEC focuses on the issuers and in the process aiding the manipulation process. The problem is exacerbated when felons, convicted of securities fraud, become the point of credibility in this process.
So you ask, what did the SEC’s clean bill of health disclosure have on the market in Usana? The stock gapped open up 25% today providing credence to the negative impact a bogus SEC investigation can have on a public issuer.
Usana has sued Minkow for defamation based on the allegations presented on his website and public statements issued through the financial press.
Such a lawsuit, win or lose, will never provide comfort to all those investors who lost hundreds of millions in losses. With 16 Million shares issued and outstanding the $30.00 drop in market value erased $480 Million in market capitalization. Such a decline also limited the company’s access to capital, a business impact that can never be fully evaluated.
So the next time you peruse the SEC web site take that search on the ‘short and distort’ and compare the results to the ‘pump and dump’. When you see what I have seen, write to your Congressman and ask why the SEC has turned a blind eye to this method of abuse. The evidence proves it exists, why hasn’t the SEC taken the necessary steps to clean it up? Worse, the SEC has become a major player in the fraud itself.
UPDATE: Court Documents in the Usana v. Minkow case has revealed that Sam Antar is a major financier of Minkow in this stalking attack. (See Page 4 of this attachment)
For more on this issue please visit the Host site at www.investigatethesec.com Copyright 2008
KEYWORDS:
AHA Scientific Statements AHA Statements Alice Clegg Alternative Medicine antioxidants body building Business Opportunity Calcium California Cancer cardiovascular diseases cooking diets fitness food health health and freedom Jason Kilgore Kilgore and USANA Kilgore Defense Institute Kilgore MMA Martial Arts mens health Mexico USANA Minerals mydreams.usana.com nutrition nutritional Recipes Safety Sierra Foothills Karate nutrition advice sports Sports Health Sports Nutrition Statements Stress Stress Management USANA Usana and Alice Clegg Usana and Jason Kilgore Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate USANA HEALTH SCIENCES USANA HEALTH SCIENCES DISTRIBUTOR Utah vitamins wellness Wellness Misphitz women fitness womens health
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Supplement Safety Myths & Facts
MYTH: If it's natural, it must be good for you.
FACT: While research has shown many natural treatments to be safe and effective, they should be taken with consideration.
While many vitamins, minerals, and herbs are known to safely prevent or treat a variety of diseases, they work by altering your body chemistry—just like a medicine from your pharmacy. So before you take an herb or supplement, find out how it might interact with medications you are already taking. Sometimes an interaction can mean that a medicine is depleting vital nutrients from your body, and that an extra vitamin supplement is best for your health—but it's always a good idea to check. It’s also important to never discontinue or change dosage of a medication in favor of a natural treatment unless supervised by a doctor.
MYTH: Everything I need to know about a supplement I can read on the bottle.
FACT: Government regulations restrict manufacturers from making specific health claims—even those based on results of scientific studies.
To find out about the potential benefits and risks of taking a supplement start by doing a little research. It’s always wise to talk to a knowledgeable healthcare professional before taking any supplement, especially if you are taking medications. Also, special safety considerations apply to pregnant or breast-feeding women and to children.
To learn what scientific research has found about your medication’s interactions with herbs or supplements, look in Healthnotes Rx Answers. For reported side effects of a specific herb or nutritional supplement, look it up in Vitamins & Herbs.
MYTH: The latest scientific research is the last word on a supplement’s safety or effectiveness.
FACT: The quality of the full body of research should be considered—not just the latest.
In scientific process, scientists never consider one single study to be the last word; rather, each new study is added to previous research and becomes part of the medical community’s “discussion.”
Keep in mind that when the news media report on new studies, they tend to look for the sensational. Though thousands of studies are published every year showing the benefits of herbs and supplements for a wide range of diseases, studies that make the news are frequently those that claim a supplement is dangerous or doesn’t work. On the other hand, some research is conducted by groups that stand to profit from positive results, such as a supplement manufacturer “proving” that their supplement works for a particular health condition.
The next time you see a headline splashed across the news—especially about those supplements that continue to be the subject of heated debate, such as St. John’s wort, echinacea, vitamin E, vitamin C, ginkgo, ephedra, and kava—keep some perspective by thinking about the following:
Who is doing the reporting? Is it a health column describing the study itself? A TV reporter relating second- or third-hand news from a press release or conference proceedings?
How strong is the evidence? (Some studies lead to convincing conclusions while others are preliminary.)
Are the results published in a scientific journal?
Did the researchers use a control group to compare treatment results with the experiences of people who didn't use it? (If not, improvement attributed to a treatment may be a placebo affect.)
Was the supplement given in a form and amount, and for a duration, that could be expected to be effective?
Was the study conducted by people who have no vested interest in the outcome?
Is there a body of research that suggests it may help with a particular health condition?
Caution: It is never advisable to discontinue or change dosage of a medication and/or begin a different treatment without a doctor's supervision.
MYTH: Medicines are always more effective than natural treatments.
FACT: Some natural treatments can be at least as effective as medicines; however, it's important to properly evaluate treatment options before deciding which to use.
When you are considering treatment options, discuss the following with your healthcare provider when considering what to try:
What are the risks of delaying known effective treatment in order to try an alternative remedy?
Is the body of research on a supplement’s effectiveness positive or inconclusive, and does it appear to be safe when taken in the proper amounts?
How strong is the evidence for the medical treatment, and what is the expected degree of improvement from taking it?
Are a supplement’s costs equivalent or less than those of the medicines used to treat the same condition?
How do the potential dangers of taking the supplement compare with the relative dangers of taking the over-the-counter or prescription medicine?
Asking such questions will help you interpret the significance of scientific findings. To find answers, talk to a knowledgeable professional, and use a science-based resource, such as Healthnotes, that provides an evaluation of up-to-date research.
Being informed is the best way to make good decisions for your health.
Learn more
Children & Supplement Safety
Why Take Vitamins?
Supplement Safety in Pregnancy
How Do I Pick the Right Vitamins?
Understanding Herbal Terminology
Jenefer Angell, MALS, MA, has edited fiction and nonfiction material for software, books, Web sites, and other publishing formats. As Healthnotes managing editor, she has come to understand the complexities of sorting out scientific evidence.
FACT: While research has shown many natural treatments to be safe and effective, they should be taken with consideration.
While many vitamins, minerals, and herbs are known to safely prevent or treat a variety of diseases, they work by altering your body chemistry—just like a medicine from your pharmacy. So before you take an herb or supplement, find out how it might interact with medications you are already taking. Sometimes an interaction can mean that a medicine is depleting vital nutrients from your body, and that an extra vitamin supplement is best for your health—but it's always a good idea to check. It’s also important to never discontinue or change dosage of a medication in favor of a natural treatment unless supervised by a doctor.
MYTH: Everything I need to know about a supplement I can read on the bottle.
FACT: Government regulations restrict manufacturers from making specific health claims—even those based on results of scientific studies.
To find out about the potential benefits and risks of taking a supplement start by doing a little research. It’s always wise to talk to a knowledgeable healthcare professional before taking any supplement, especially if you are taking medications. Also, special safety considerations apply to pregnant or breast-feeding women and to children.
To learn what scientific research has found about your medication’s interactions with herbs or supplements, look in Healthnotes Rx Answers. For reported side effects of a specific herb or nutritional supplement, look it up in Vitamins & Herbs.
MYTH: The latest scientific research is the last word on a supplement’s safety or effectiveness.
FACT: The quality of the full body of research should be considered—not just the latest.
In scientific process, scientists never consider one single study to be the last word; rather, each new study is added to previous research and becomes part of the medical community’s “discussion.”
Keep in mind that when the news media report on new studies, they tend to look for the sensational. Though thousands of studies are published every year showing the benefits of herbs and supplements for a wide range of diseases, studies that make the news are frequently those that claim a supplement is dangerous or doesn’t work. On the other hand, some research is conducted by groups that stand to profit from positive results, such as a supplement manufacturer “proving” that their supplement works for a particular health condition.
The next time you see a headline splashed across the news—especially about those supplements that continue to be the subject of heated debate, such as St. John’s wort, echinacea, vitamin E, vitamin C, ginkgo, ephedra, and kava—keep some perspective by thinking about the following:
Who is doing the reporting? Is it a health column describing the study itself? A TV reporter relating second- or third-hand news from a press release or conference proceedings?
How strong is the evidence? (Some studies lead to convincing conclusions while others are preliminary.)
Are the results published in a scientific journal?
Did the researchers use a control group to compare treatment results with the experiences of people who didn't use it? (If not, improvement attributed to a treatment may be a placebo affect.)
Was the supplement given in a form and amount, and for a duration, that could be expected to be effective?
Was the study conducted by people who have no vested interest in the outcome?
Is there a body of research that suggests it may help with a particular health condition?
Caution: It is never advisable to discontinue or change dosage of a medication and/or begin a different treatment without a doctor's supervision.
MYTH: Medicines are always more effective than natural treatments.
FACT: Some natural treatments can be at least as effective as medicines; however, it's important to properly evaluate treatment options before deciding which to use.
When you are considering treatment options, discuss the following with your healthcare provider when considering what to try:
What are the risks of delaying known effective treatment in order to try an alternative remedy?
Is the body of research on a supplement’s effectiveness positive or inconclusive, and does it appear to be safe when taken in the proper amounts?
How strong is the evidence for the medical treatment, and what is the expected degree of improvement from taking it?
Are a supplement’s costs equivalent or less than those of the medicines used to treat the same condition?
How do the potential dangers of taking the supplement compare with the relative dangers of taking the over-the-counter or prescription medicine?
Asking such questions will help you interpret the significance of scientific findings. To find answers, talk to a knowledgeable professional, and use a science-based resource, such as Healthnotes, that provides an evaluation of up-to-date research.
Being informed is the best way to make good decisions for your health.
Learn more
Children & Supplement Safety
Why Take Vitamins?
Supplement Safety in Pregnancy
How Do I Pick the Right Vitamins?
Understanding Herbal Terminology
Jenefer Angell, MALS, MA, has edited fiction and nonfiction material for software, books, Web sites, and other publishing formats. As Healthnotes managing editor, she has come to understand the complexities of sorting out scientific evidence.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
RESET Games Kick-off call on Wednesday, January 2
Join us for the RESET Games Kick-off call on Wednesday, January 2 to learn how you and your team can participate in the 2nd Annual RESET Games. Executive Vice President of Customer Relations Mark Wilson will host the call with special guests, Jennifer Azzi and Gina Hampton, RESET Games winners from last year!
Don’t miss it. This is the opportunity to jump start your business in 2008!
January 2
RESET Games: 12-Week Lifestyle Challenge Kick Off
Time: 6:00 p.m. MST (Not in a MST time zone? Click here to convert to your time zone)
Call-in Number: 641-594-7500
PIN: 641342
Live Meeting link:
(East) https://www106.livemeeting.com/cc/usana500/join?id=RESET08E&role=attend
(West) https://www106.livemeeting.com/cc/usana500/join?id=RESET08W&role=attend
For more information on the RESET Games, visit: http://products.usana.com/en/products/us/macros/reset
Don’t miss it. This is the opportunity to jump start your business in 2008!
January 2
RESET Games: 12-Week Lifestyle Challenge Kick Off
Time: 6:00 p.m. MST (Not in a MST time zone? Click here to convert to your time zone)
Call-in Number: 641-594-7500
PIN: 641342
Live Meeting link:
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Beginning of a new year
With the beginning of a new year, many people are interested in improving their fitness and health. However, exercising can be a daunting task if a person has been sedentary. Also, it is often the belief that to get benefit one must employ the slogan, "no pain, no gain." This frequently results in frustration and failure to exercise consistently. Fortunately, though, research has shown that mild to moderate exercise does provide significant health and fitness benefits, especially in those who are overweight and sedentary.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
IT'S INCREDIBLE
AWESOME VIDEO for you to watch & send to prospectsHey Team,Watch this 3 minute video on how USANA has helped this couple who's been in for 12 years. IT'S INCREDIBLE!!!Many of you are just starting your USANA journey (myself included), but just think of what your life can be like by staying CONSISTENT with this over a long period of time... AMAZING..
You will enjoy this video (and also send it to prospects):
http://media.usana.com/videos/aso3.shtml
Happy Holidays,
Jared Crebs
Ruby Director
Growth 25 in Process!!!
You will enjoy this video (and also send it to prospects):
http://media.usana.com/videos/aso3.shtml
Happy Holidays,
Jared Crebs
Ruby Director
Growth 25 in Process!!!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Third video in Associates Speak Out series available to view
Third video in Associates Speak Out series available to view
“We are living a life you cannot get in corporate America. We have made friends all over the world because of USANA and we now have the time freedom to visit them! It has absolutely changed our lives.”
—Linda & Arnie Knight
Emerald Directors, USA
Watch the third video in the USANA Associates Speak Out series as Emerald Directors Linda and Arnie Knight share their emotional and touching USANA story.
Look for more videos in this series in the coming weeks! We encourage you to forward them on and introduce prospects, friends, and customers to the heartfelt story behind USANA’s success. Watch it now
“We are living a life you cannot get in corporate America. We have made friends all over the world because of USANA and we now have the time freedom to visit them! It has absolutely changed our lives.”
—Linda & Arnie Knight
Emerald Directors, USA
Watch the third video in the USANA Associates Speak Out series as Emerald Directors Linda and Arnie Knight share their emotional and touching USANA story.
Look for more videos in this series in the coming weeks! We encourage you to forward them on and introduce prospects, friends, and customers to the heartfelt story behind USANA’s success. Watch it now
Monday, December 17, 2007
Next Thursday, Dec 20th at 9 EST
Next Thursday, Dec 20th at 9 EST
I'll be hosting a specialtraining webcast for Integritas based on what YOU want.Thursday Dec 20th 9EST605-990-0200 635978#
http://www.integritas-group-information.com/
Meeting ID 2054314
Entry Code truth
Keywords:
Alice Clegg, antioxidants, cardiac cells, cytotoxicity, Fitness, Health, Jason Kilgore, Kilgore and USANA, Kilgore Defense Institute, Kilgore MMA, Mens Health, nutrition, Sense' Skin Care Products, Usana and Jason Kilgore, Usana and Alice Clegg, Utah, Womens Health, Vitamins, Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate, USANA Sense' Skin Care Products, USANA Vitamins, USANA, Sports Nutrition, Sports Medicine, Sierra Foothills Karate Advise, simulated ischemia-reperfusion, Sports, Sierra Foothills Karate, Self Defense, nutition, oxidants, Quality Skin Care Products and Alice Clegg, martial arts, Karate Advise, Cooking, Cosmetics, Diet, Healthy Cooking, Body building, 3H-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione
Site:
http://www.safeliving.usana.com/
I'll be hosting a specialtraining webcast for Integritas based on what YOU want.Thursday Dec 20th 9EST605-990-0200 635978#
http://www.integritas-group-information.com/
Meeting ID 2054314
Entry Code truth
Keywords:
Alice Clegg, antioxidants, cardiac cells, cytotoxicity, Fitness, Health, Jason Kilgore, Kilgore and USANA, Kilgore Defense Institute, Kilgore MMA, Mens Health, nutrition, Sense' Skin Care Products, Usana and Jason Kilgore, Usana and Alice Clegg, Utah, Womens Health, Vitamins, Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate, USANA Sense' Skin Care Products, USANA Vitamins, USANA, Sports Nutrition, Sports Medicine, Sierra Foothills Karate Advise, simulated ischemia-reperfusion, Sports, Sierra Foothills Karate, Self Defense, nutition, oxidants, Quality Skin Care Products and Alice Clegg, martial arts, Karate Advise, Cooking, Cosmetics, Diet, Healthy Cooking, Body building, 3H-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione
Site:
http://www.safeliving.usana.com/
Bryan Penrod Monday Night Webcast Presentation
Bryan Penrod Monday Night Webcast Presentation!
Monday night, December 17th, I will be hosting the weekly STI Health & Freedom opportunity presentation webcast for you and all of your prospects. I get more excited about this presentation technology every day, as I've been using it to present, train, and rapidly expand our teams internationally. Success Team International offers a weekly venue of these presenations and trainings at www.successti.com, then click on "STI Webcast Events". The details for Monday evening's webcast event are below:
While you're on the website make sure to add yourself to the STI email distribution list by clicking "Subscribe" at the bottom of the home page to get valuable business building emails and weekly webcast speakers!
See everyone tomorrow night and look forward to presenting to your guests!
Bryan Penrod
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US Monday Night STI Health & Freedom Webcast
5:00 PM Pacific (CA)
6:00 PM Mountain (UT)
7:00 PM Central (TX)
8:00 PM Eastern (FL)
2:00 PM Auckland, NZ (on Tuesday)
(Time Zone Converter)
Click Here to Join a Few Minutes Early - Enter Your First & Last Name
Copy/paste this Meeting URL in your browser if "Click Here" link doesn't work above...
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Meeting ID: STI-HF-MON
Role: Attendee
CONFERENCE CALL NUMBER AS BACK UP FOR AUDIO PORTION
+1 (218) 936-7687 ID: 283951#
Keywords:
Alice Clegg, antioxidants, cardiac cells, cytotoxicity, Fitness, Health, Jason Kilgore, Kilgore and USANA, Kilgore Defense Institute, Kilgore MMA, Mens Health, nutrition, Sense' Skin Care Products, Usana and Jason Kilgore, Usana and Alice Clegg, Utah, Womens Health, Vitamins, Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate, USANA Sense' Skin Care Products, USANA Vitamins, USANA, Sports Nutrition, Sports Medicine, Sierra Foothills Karate Advise, simulated ischemia-reperfusion, Sports, Sierra Foothills Karate, Self Defense, nutition, oxidants, Quality Skin Care Products and Alice Clegg, martial arts, Karate Advise, Cooking, Cosmetics, Diet, Healthy Cooking, Body building, 3H-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione
Site:
http://www.safeliving.usana.com/
Monday night, December 17th, I will be hosting the weekly STI Health & Freedom opportunity presentation webcast for you and all of your prospects. I get more excited about this presentation technology every day, as I've been using it to present, train, and rapidly expand our teams internationally. Success Team International offers a weekly venue of these presenations and trainings at www.successti.com, then click on "STI Webcast Events". The details for Monday evening's webcast event are below:
While you're on the website make sure to add yourself to the STI email distribution list by clicking "Subscribe" at the bottom of the home page to get valuable business building emails and weekly webcast speakers!
See everyone tomorrow night and look forward to presenting to your guests!
Bryan Penrod
********************************
US Monday Night STI Health & Freedom Webcast
5:00 PM Pacific (CA)
6:00 PM Mountain (UT)
7:00 PM Central (TX)
8:00 PM Eastern (FL)
2:00 PM Auckland, NZ (on Tuesday)
(Time Zone Converter)
Click Here to Join a Few Minutes Early - Enter Your First & Last Name
Copy/paste this Meeting URL in your browser if "Click Here" link doesn't work above...
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usana500/join
Meeting ID: STI-HF-MON
Role: Attendee
CONFERENCE CALL NUMBER AS BACK UP FOR AUDIO PORTION
+1 (218) 936-7687 ID: 283951#
Keywords:
Alice Clegg, antioxidants, cardiac cells, cytotoxicity, Fitness, Health, Jason Kilgore, Kilgore and USANA, Kilgore Defense Institute, Kilgore MMA, Mens Health, nutrition, Sense' Skin Care Products, Usana and Jason Kilgore, Usana and Alice Clegg, Utah, Womens Health, Vitamins, Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate, USANA Sense' Skin Care Products, USANA Vitamins, USANA, Sports Nutrition, Sports Medicine, Sierra Foothills Karate Advise, simulated ischemia-reperfusion, Sports, Sierra Foothills Karate, Self Defense, nutition, oxidants, Quality Skin Care Products and Alice Clegg, martial arts, Karate Advise, Cooking, Cosmetics, Diet, Healthy Cooking, Body building, 3H-1, 2-dithiole-3-thione
Site:
http://www.safeliving.usana.com/
Saturday, December 15, 2007
USANA Sense' Skin Care Products
Skin is the body's largest organ and it can absorb healthy and unhealthy substances that are applied to it. Sensé™ products focus primarily on the cellular health of the skin and use the newest technologies available to create products that are both effective and safe. All of Sensé's pharmaceutical-grade complexes are thoroughly tested by dermatologists, allergists, and ophthalmologists to ensure quality and safety. An independent, third-party laboratory then tests them again to demonstrate effectiveness. Along with added trace minerals that encourage healthy cells, Sensé products contain powerful ingredients that are clinically proven to nourish, revive, and refine the skin as they help defend against free radicals and oxidative stress. Experience the dramatic difference of exclusive technologies and superior nutrition in every Sensé product.
U.S. PATENTED, SELF-PRESERVING FORMULASSensé has revolutionized the science of skin care with groundbreaking, self-preserving technology. For years, scientists have worked to find an alternative to parabens, the traditional preservative used in beauty and skin-care products. After nearly ten years of research, USANA found the answer in a unique, U.S. patented blend of botanicals, antioxidants, and active ingredients that keep every Sensé product fresh without the need for parabens. It truly is the next generation of skin and body care.
DERMAL SURFACE RENEWAL (DSR™) TECHNOLOGYUSANA's exclusive anti-aging complex, Dermal Surface Renewal (DSR), is now more powerful than ever because it works in two ways--to help reduce the appearance of existing signs of aging and to help prevent the appearance of new lines and wrinkles in the future. This extraordinary, marine-source formulation is free of alpha-hydroxy acids, yet effectively evens skin tone and retextures, refines, brightens, and firms the skin's surface.
The skin contains natural enzymes that break down the extracellular matrix--proteins that keep skin looking youthful--leading to lines and wrinkles. And, these enzymes, or MMPs, become more active as skin ages. DSR contains MMP inhibitors that reduce the activity of these enzymes to help slow the signs of aging. This scientific breakthrough increases cell turnover rate and maintains a firm and elastic intercellular matrix for visible results you will see right away. DSR is found in PERFECTING ESSENCE, NIGHT RENEWAL, SERUM INTENSIVE, and EYE NOURISHER.
REGENISOMES™New Regenisomes supply enzymes that amplify the body's natural process of rejuvenating the skin after sun exposure. Photosomes, fast acting, light-activated enzymes, are found in DAYTIME PROTECTIVE EMULSION, and ultrasomes, the slower acting enzymes that work without light, are found in NIGHT RENEWAL and EYE NOURISHER, Regenisomes help speed cell renewal in sun-damaged skin to revitalize it from within.
PROFLAVANOL-T®A powerful oxidative-defense complex that is rich with vital nutrients, Proflavanol-T provides optimal nutrition for hair and skin cells. Concentrated whole-grape extract, rice-derived gamma oryzanol, and green tea are powerful antioxidants that keep skin and hair strong, while vitamin E and tocopherols soothe and nourish to maintain the integrity of the skin's lipids. This breakthrough, topical-flavonoid complex is your first line of defense for beautiful, healthy hair and skin.
PROTEO-C™The crucial role that vitamin C plays in cell health and collagen synthesis has been known for decades. Proteo-C is a revolutionary formulation of water-soluble and lipid-soluble forms of vitamin C that counteract the harsh effects of the environment on the hair and skin's appearance and provide essential antioxidants. Proline and glycine, highly effective amino acids that draw in moisture, diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Smoother, brighter hair and skin can be yours with this powerful beauty therapy.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW USANA Sense' Skin Care Products
Keywords
Womens Health, USANA Vitamins, USANA Sense' Skin Care Products, USANA, simulated ischemia-reperfusion, Jason Kilgore, Alice Clegg, antioxidants, cardiac cells, Cosmetics, Quality Skin Care Products and Alice Clegg, Sense' Skin Care Products, 2-dithiole-3-thione, 3H-1, Body building, Cooking, cytotoxicity, Diet, Fitness, Health, Healthy Cooking, Karate Advise, Makup, martial arts, Minerals, nutition, nutrition, oxidants, Self Defense, Sierra Foothills Karate, Sierra Foothills Karate Advise, Sierra Foothills Karate Health Advise, Sports, Sports Nutrition, Utah, Vitamins, Womens Health, Usana and Jason Kilgore, Usana and Alice Clegg, Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate, Kilgore Defense Institute, Kilgore MMA, Kilgore and USANA, Mydreams.usana.com
U.S. PATENTED, SELF-PRESERVING FORMULASSensé has revolutionized the science of skin care with groundbreaking, self-preserving technology. For years, scientists have worked to find an alternative to parabens, the traditional preservative used in beauty and skin-care products. After nearly ten years of research, USANA found the answer in a unique, U.S. patented blend of botanicals, antioxidants, and active ingredients that keep every Sensé product fresh without the need for parabens. It truly is the next generation of skin and body care.
DERMAL SURFACE RENEWAL (DSR™) TECHNOLOGYUSANA's exclusive anti-aging complex, Dermal Surface Renewal (DSR), is now more powerful than ever because it works in two ways--to help reduce the appearance of existing signs of aging and to help prevent the appearance of new lines and wrinkles in the future. This extraordinary, marine-source formulation is free of alpha-hydroxy acids, yet effectively evens skin tone and retextures, refines, brightens, and firms the skin's surface.
The skin contains natural enzymes that break down the extracellular matrix--proteins that keep skin looking youthful--leading to lines and wrinkles. And, these enzymes, or MMPs, become more active as skin ages. DSR contains MMP inhibitors that reduce the activity of these enzymes to help slow the signs of aging. This scientific breakthrough increases cell turnover rate and maintains a firm and elastic intercellular matrix for visible results you will see right away. DSR is found in PERFECTING ESSENCE, NIGHT RENEWAL, SERUM INTENSIVE, and EYE NOURISHER.
REGENISOMES™New Regenisomes supply enzymes that amplify the body's natural process of rejuvenating the skin after sun exposure. Photosomes, fast acting, light-activated enzymes, are found in DAYTIME PROTECTIVE EMULSION, and ultrasomes, the slower acting enzymes that work without light, are found in NIGHT RENEWAL and EYE NOURISHER, Regenisomes help speed cell renewal in sun-damaged skin to revitalize it from within.
PROFLAVANOL-T®A powerful oxidative-defense complex that is rich with vital nutrients, Proflavanol-T provides optimal nutrition for hair and skin cells. Concentrated whole-grape extract, rice-derived gamma oryzanol, and green tea are powerful antioxidants that keep skin and hair strong, while vitamin E and tocopherols soothe and nourish to maintain the integrity of the skin's lipids. This breakthrough, topical-flavonoid complex is your first line of defense for beautiful, healthy hair and skin.
PROTEO-C™The crucial role that vitamin C plays in cell health and collagen synthesis has been known for decades. Proteo-C is a revolutionary formulation of water-soluble and lipid-soluble forms of vitamin C that counteract the harsh effects of the environment on the hair and skin's appearance and provide essential antioxidants. Proline and glycine, highly effective amino acids that draw in moisture, diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Smoother, brighter hair and skin can be yours with this powerful beauty therapy.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW USANA Sense' Skin Care Products
Keywords
Womens Health, USANA Vitamins, USANA Sense' Skin Care Products, USANA, simulated ischemia-reperfusion, Jason Kilgore, Alice Clegg, antioxidants, cardiac cells, Cosmetics, Quality Skin Care Products and Alice Clegg, Sense' Skin Care Products, 2-dithiole-3-thione, 3H-1, Body building, Cooking, cytotoxicity, Diet, Fitness, Health, Healthy Cooking, Karate Advise, Makup, martial arts, Minerals, nutition, nutrition, oxidants, Self Defense, Sierra Foothills Karate, Sierra Foothills Karate Advise, Sierra Foothills Karate Health Advise, Sports, Sports Nutrition, Utah, Vitamins, Womens Health, Usana and Jason Kilgore, Usana and Alice Clegg, Usana and Sierra Foothills Karate, Kilgore Defense Institute, Kilgore MMA, Kilgore and USANA, Mydreams.usana.com
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