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If your body has crashed, and you can’t snap out of it, we have a few easy ways to jump start your body. Now, these suggestions are great to help make you more alert … these ideas will not give you a caffeine-like rush - just wake you up.

1 - Aromatherapy: have a peppermint. Or a cup of mint tea. Or use a little mint lip balm. The smell of mint stimulates your brain. Also, great for stress relief.

2 - If it’s not raining, step outside. 15 minutes of sunshine triggers your brain into action, releasing serotonin, the “feel good” hormone.

3 - Turn off the television. It is a definite energy zapper.

4 - A short walk gets your blood moving faster and wakes up the circulatory system. Another good stress reliever.

Darragh Doiron of the Port Author News wrote about his experience with goodelements.com’s herbal energy supplements in an article entitled, “Where oil and flavor do mix. Beautifully”.

Apparently, Doiron’s co-workers ordered the all natural herbal energy supplements and offered him up to be the guinea pig. He details the situation below:

“Good Elements nutritional supplements have a back story of friends who meet around the globe for New Year’s. Somehow, they formed this line of physician-formulated, all-natural vitamin, mineral and herbal diet supplements. The attractive tins hold blends such as Motion, for joint pain relief, and Boost, which is what interested my coworkers. Instructions are to take “as needed when feeling sluggish.”

We’re all interested in that, but they said they’d check to see how I was doing before they tried it. I think I’m pretty boosted.”

We’re glad to hear that Mr. Doiron has found our all natural herbal energy supplement Boost effective in keeping him going throughout the day. And as he mentioned in the article, goodelements.com has a variety of supplements in addition to Boost that promote overall health and wellness in the body. Our other products are also all-natural, non-addictive, and come in those ‘attractive tins’ Mr. Doiron speaks so highly of.

Lucid, the natural memory supplement formula from GoodElements.com, has been featured by Sugarcane Entertainment in an article entitled, “10-Minute Office Energy Boosters.” While explaining the need to add essential memory supplements to one’s daily energy boosting regime, the article proceeds to describe Workplace Wellness as follows:

“All natural, non-addictive dietary supplements, such as the “Workplace Wellness” system offered by GoodElements.com, will not only support memory, concentration and overall cognitive performance, but will also help the body sustain energy levels and improve stamina without peaks and crashes. This system, for one, also provides stress and anxiety relief for overall emotional well being.”

We’d like to thank Sugarcane Entertainment for speaking so highly of our memory boosting supplements and encourage our readers to try Lucid for the ultimate boost in memory, concentration and cognitive performance.

Dr. Britta Zimmer, Chief Health Officer of goodelements.com, suggests using vitamins to aid in weight loss in a recent article for T&T News. In addition to eating healthy and keeping blood sugar levels stable, Dr. Zimmer explains that supplementing diet and exercise with vitamins to aid in weight loss can “increase your body’s metabolism, while stabilizing blood sugar levels to help you avoid unhealthy snacking.”

The article also highlights Dr. Zimmer’s recommendations for burning fat using natural food sources, such as drinking green tea and eating thermogenic foods with fat burning properties such as mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon, green tea, hot peppers and citrus fruits.

We know that exercise helps the heart, and a lack of it can help promote the factors that lead to heart disease.  But how late in life is too late to begin exercising? Well good news, friends, it seems as if it’s never too late.

Epidemiologist Dietrich Rothenbacher of the University of Heidelberg and his colleagues surveyed 312 patients–mostly men–between the ages of 40 and 68 who suffered from coronary heart disease and 479 volunteers matching the patients in age and sex. The scientists asked them to detail their physical activity from the ages of 20 to 39, 40 to 49 and 50 years and older. More than 10 percent of patients and 6 percent of the controls admitted to lifetimes devoid of physical activity.

Compared to these inactive counterparts, those who were active throughout their lives enjoyed more than a 60 percent less chance of developing heart disease. But even those who became active only after the age of 40 enjoyed a 55 percent less chance of cardiovascular trouble, and those who went from being inactive to very active saw the greatest benefits. Although such a survey technique is open to so-called recall bias–a tendency by test subjects to incorrectly estimate their exercise–the researchers found that individuals’ reports matched well with physical fitness measures and even matched better with their ultimate fate. “Our results suggest that a more active physical activity pattern is clearly associated with a reduced risk of [coronary heart disease],” the researchers write in the paper presenting their findings published online in Heart. “And that changing from a sedentary to a more physically active lifestyle even in later adulthood may strongly decrease [coronary heart disease] risk.”

Source:  Scientific American

At Good Elements.com, we like to say that our superior supplements are the perfect complement to a healthy and active lifestyle. But what is a healthy and active lifestyle exactly? One place to turn to for a definition is the new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans written by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).The advisory committee’s recommendations are reflected in the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans issued in November. The guidelines say:

* Healthy adults, aged 18-64, should do 2 hours and 30 minutes per week of moderate-intensity physical activity like brisk walking and water aerobics or 1 hour and 15 minutes per week of vigorous intensity physical activity such as jogging and swimming laps or a combination of the two. Adults should include muscle strengthening activities in their work-outs 2 days per week. Those workouts leading to sore joints and inflammation? Good Elements’ Motion joint pain relief supplement can help.

* Older adults, aged 65 and older, should follow an activity plan based on their abilities and if they are at risk for falling should include a balance training program.

* Children, aged 6-17, should aim for one hour or more of physical activity per day, incorporating vigorous exercise at least three days per week. The guidelines call for muscle strengthening and bone strengthening exercises at least three days per week. The advisory committee cited “strong evidence” showing physically active children have less body fat and are at lower risk for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Activities for children should be developmentally appropriate.

* Adults and children with disabilities should be as physically active as possible.

* Healthy pregnant and postpartum women should do moderate-intensity physical at least 2 hours and 30 minutes per week. Women who engaged in vigorous-intensity physical activity prior to pregnancy can continue with the permission of their health care providers.

While it may seem obvious that exercise improves health, there is an increasing amount of scientific data supporting the concept. “After reviewing a body of scientific research, we saw evidence that physical activity contributed to overall health and reduced the risk for most chronic conditions including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers,” said Tufts University’s Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, who served as vice-chair of the advisory committee. “In addition, the evidence showed that the health benefits of physical activity are seen at any given body weight. In our final report to HHS, the advisory committee also identified a need for specificity and suggested individualized guidelines for population subgroups including adults, older adults and children.”

Nelson stresses that, while aerobic exercise is the most important part of the equation, “it’s also important for adults and children to supplement their workouts with strength exercises. Activities like push-ups and sit-ups build muscle and bone strength. In older adults, strength training can help improve functionality and reduce the risk of falls,” Nelson said.

It remains unclear whether there is a minimum dose of exercise that will yield health benefits. “There is mounting scientific evidence that one hour per week of moderate intensity physical activity is associated with improved health and reduced risk for heart disease,” Nelson said. “While not ideal, even limited physical activity appears to be better than none at all.

Source: Tufts University, Health Sciences