The Truth Behind Transforming Your Body

I’ve used many diets and supplements to find out the “real world” answers to age-old questions for gaining weight and muscle. There is no way around it, as long as the health and fitness industry generates billions of dollars in revenue, your going to have hucksters trying to cash in. Many men and women waste time and money on things like weight gain pills, believing that have the solution to their problems inside. Of course none of them really do. The only solution they offer is to the financial concerns of the manufacturer who knowingly put this bunk out on the market.

The cold hard truth is you will most likely loose some lean body mass (LBM) on a diet unless you are completely new at training, then it is possible to gain a minimal amount of LBM even in a starvation state. Otherwise you will not gain LBM on a diet. The most important thing you can do is to minimize the loss of LBM. If you see the before and after pictures in some magazines they look as if the guy has lost an incredible amount of fat and gained several pounds of LBM in a “12 week period” using some expensive supplement that promises 10lbs a month of LBM and fat loss at the same time.

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Moringa – The Natural Calcium Supplement

Calcium is needed for strong bones. It is also needed for heart, muscles and nerves to function properly and for your blood to clot normally. Each day we lose some calcium in the urine and feces and to a lesser extent through perspiration. These losses must be balanced by consuming adequate amounts of calcium. If the level of calcium in the blood drops below normal, the body takes what it needs from the bone, thereby depleting the calcium reserves. Over 200 diseases have been linked to calcium deficiencies. Calcium is the most important mineral to replenish because the highest chemical composition of the human body next to water and air is calcium.

The body takes calcium out of the bones to perform other functions, making the bones weaker, more fragile and breakable over time. Calcium is essential for many functions in the body, including: Regulating the heartbeat, Conducting nerve impulses, Stimulating hormone secretions, Clotting of blood, Building and maintaining healthy bones.

Moringa as a supplement provide 17 times the calcium in milk, 15 times the potassium in banana, 4 times the Vitamin A in carrot, 25 times the iron in spinach and half time the Vitamin C content in orange. Natural food sources is preferable because the body absorbs calcium from foods more easily than from synthetic supplements, and the effectiveness of the mineral appears to be enhanced by being ingested along with other nutrients in the food, such as vitamin D, potassium, and magnesium. Though many synthetic calcium supplements are available in the market, Moringa leaf powder is different from them in that it provides the natural calcium. Moringa as natural calcium supplement increase the bioavailability of calcium.

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Get Instant Energy — Without Those Energy Drinks!

In today’s world there is no such thing as too much energy. Everyone wants energy, as much as they can pack in. And they want to have the energy instantly. Energy drinks have filled in this modern human need quite effectively. They give you the instant burst of energy that you always wanted. Energy when you need it — like flicking a switch.

Many people go for energy drinks at times of increased physical and mental stress — to improve their alertness, concentration, and performance. Surveys have shown that many of the world’s top athletes and drivers consume energy drinks. Many people with active lifestyles depend on energy drinks to revitalize their body and mind. While the short-term effectiveness of energy drinks cannot be disputed, their long-term effects need to be carefully studied.

Energy drink companies also claim that their products enhance focus and concentration, improve short term memory, and contain much less sugars than normal soft drinks.

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Zija FAQs

Q: What is in Zija?

A: Zija comes from the nutrient-rich Moringa Oleifera plant. It’s packed with over 90 nutrients, vitamins, minerals, amino acids (all of them) and omega oils, a host of phytonutrients, supreme antioxidants and anti-inflammatories found only in the Moringa plant. Included in the product are 30 grams of Moringa, natural flavor, citric acid, agar, acacia and ester gums, and fruit pectin; suspended in purified spring water.

Zija contains leaf powder, leaf puree, seed cake, fruit powder, and fruit juice harvested from organically grown Moringa Oleifera trees.

Zija is made from all natural and all Generally Recognized As Safe ingredients, is hypoallergenic, celiac tolerated, gmo free, gluten free, no preservatives or stabilizers whatsoever, low in naturally occurring sugars, fat free, trans fat free, hydrogenated fat free, no artificial coloring, no animal products, soy free, corn free, and wheat free.

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Plant Miracle Distributor Spot Light

Hephzibah-Ene Anderson, an independent distributor with the Plant Miracle organization, was born in Calabar, Nigeria and then moved to Jamaica where she lived for 11 years and served as a Registered Nurse. In 2000 she moved to the United States and currently resides in Cape Coral, Florida with her six your old daughter, Shammah, and fifteen year old freshman/footballer, Ike.

Her passion for Moringa comes from the fact that she currently is utilizing Moringa as a volunteer and student at ECHO Global Farm. ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) is a non-profit, inter-denominational Christian organization located on a demonstration farm in North Fort Myers, FL. ECHO has been assisting a global network of missionaries and development workers since 1981 and is currently serving agricultural workers in 180 countries. She is doing a project with underutilized food crops with special interest in the Moringa Tree, out of Hendry Creek Farm, in Fort Myers. This project will help raise funds for the Passion Rescue Mission, a non-profit organization to help feed children in orphanages in Haiti. She understands the many nutritional benefits of Moringa and personally uses it to create a nutritional sauce for meals and as a healthy tea to drink. She said that Moringa recently helped alleviate her daughter’s 104 degree fever by giving her a mixture of her Moringa tea with some apple juice. The next day Shammah no longer had a fever and was full of energy and completely recovered.

When she discovered the Zija drink on the plantmiracle.com website she knew that her passion for Moringa and the business opportunity was a perfect fit for her. The Plant Miracle organization will be able to assist her in her Zija business with coaching support, our Zija Messenger email technology, her own personal website and Plant Miracle’s live webinars which are hosted weekly by two of the founders of Plant Miracle, Dr. George Kosmides and Michael Rivera. We congratulate Hephzibah-Ene Anderson for making a difference for other people by sharing Moringa and Zija’s health and financial benefits.

Heighten Your 5 Senses

Use these simple tricks to get the most from your senses:

Taste

Take a good whiff of your food before you eat-90% of taste is smell. Alan Hirsch, M.D., a neurologist in Chicago, says, “The more odor molecules hit receptors in your nose, the more robust your sense of taste.

Hearing

Simply smile. The muscles that turn your frown upside down also tense your middle ear muscles. In turn, this softens low frequency noises-the hum of an air conditioner, the din of traffic, or the office chatter-by as much as 20 decibels.

Touch

Look at the body part that’s doing the touching. A British study has found that looking at the body part increases activity in the area of the brain that controls sensation. The reverse works too, look away when receiving a shot.

Sight

Position your computer monitor so you’re looking slightly looking down at it. Your eyes won’t be open as wide, so they won’t be exposed to as much cornea-drying air. That means less eye strain and blurring..hence a better vision.

Smell

Run the hot water. Before odors reach your smell receptors, they first pass through a membrane. Warm, most air helps odor dissolve into that membrane. But hurry, your heightened senses will last only a few minutes.

Anti Aging Conference – Las Vegas, NV

Plant Miracle with Zija participated in The 25th annual Anti Aging Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 11-14, 2008. We were well received and had a great opportunity to share Zija with hundreds of health care providers from around the world. We were by far one of the most popular booths at the event. Many doctors have heard of Moringa Oleifera but did not know of Zija. We are definitely at the very early stages of its awareness and the extraordinary health benefits it offers.

The physicians of A4M, along with the advocacy of aging intervention and biomedical research, have brought millions of new consumers to the realization that aging is not inevitable. Thanks in large part to these combined efforts, anti-aging products and biomedical technology is a $50+ billion annual industry. Plant Miracle and Zija are well positioned for tremendous growth. We invite you to this tremendous opportunity.

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10 Natural Ways To Gain More Energy

Have you ever come home feeling absolutely drained after working your 9-5 shift? Do you struggle to stay awake during work hours? Do you find yourself reaching for the coffee pot every 2-3 hours?

You may be wondering why you are feeling so tired during and after work hours, even after a full night’s sleep. The good news is there are natural ways to combat fatigue and tiredness and you’ll be surprised how effective they are.

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Natural Medicine vs. Pharmaceutical Corporations

Sometimes, the best things in life are not always the most popular. Think about the artistic work of Van Gogh, the intrigue that lies with his name did not materialize until over a hundred years after his death. The same thing can be said about the many remarkable inventions by the underground inventor Nikola Tesla who created AC circuitry. Furthermore, if you look at the independent music scene, you’ll notice many times that the best musicians are not always the famous ones. These are all examples of a very striking principle at work here.

It’s the fact that visibility is more important than ability.

The same principle applies for modern medical practices. Notice how many pharmaceutical solutions there are in the supermarket, pharmacies, and other established places? Now, notice how many natural solutions are being shelved out there. Probably not a whole lot and even if they were, they are rarely presented in this way to compete. The key to realize here is that big pharmaceutical corporations have the capital to shell out millions for advertising campaigns and broker distribution deals with grocery or department chains. Natural solutions simply do not get this type of media recognition because pharmaceutical corporations would merely muscle them out with sheer economic might.

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Moringa Oleifera

Moringa oleifera is a fast growing, aesthetically pleasing small tree adapted to arid, sandy conditions. The species is characterized by its long, drumstick shaped pods that contain its seeds. Within the first year of growth, moringa has been shown to grow up to 4 meters and can bear fruit within the same first year (Folkard and Sutherland, 1996).

Virtually every part of the tree is beneficial in some way, which is of great importance in areas where people have a direct dependence on trees, crops and animals for their livelihood. The studies that have been performed on moringa have taken place primarily in India and Africa, but it seems that there may be a growing interest in the cultivation possibilities in the more humid tropics, including Central and South America.

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