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Seven million dollars with The AIM Companies

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Chairman’s Club Directors Carolyn and Jim Kling have been with The AIM Companies™ since its beginning, starting as co-founders in 1982,
and continuing as top earners through the AIM Compensation Plan. The past thirty years have been a remarkable ride for the Klings with their AIM business, and their success is evident as they are being inducted into the Seven Million Dollar Club, having earned seven million dollars in commissions from AIM.

Throughout their thirty years with AIM, the Klings have witnessed many thousands whose lives have been improved through better health with the AIM products. Their personal health and wealth story would not be complete without the testimonies of those they have reached with AIM’s living well message. Here are two of Carolyn and Jim’s favorite AIM stories excerpted from Carolyn’s book Turning Green into Gold:

Years ago, we had a champion yodeler from Idaho, Buzz Goertson, give a concert at our church. As he was singing, I could see he was struggling with his voice. He had a terrible cold and could not reach the high notes. After the concert, I remember going out in the freezing cold to his vehicle and talking to him about AIM’s barley juice. I gave him a jar and told him it would help him over his cold. Time passed, and I never followed up with him.

Years later, imagine my surprise as Buzz was called up on stage at an AIM convention to be honored for his promotion to Star Sapphire Director.

I had to know the rest of his story, so after the program, I asked him to fill in the details.

After I had given him that first jar, he took the barley juice a few days and then stopped and put it in his cupboard. A short time later, on a trip to Hawaii, someone else had given him another jar of AIM’s barley juice to try. He promptly took that one home and set it in the cupboard beside the first jar. One day while Buzz was out of town, his wife Wilma was really suffering with her health. A friend came over, noticed the barley juice in the cupboard, and convinced Wilma to try it.

Buzz came home from his trip, and right off, he could see that Wilma was different. Not only had her health improved, but she also seemed to have a happier state of mind. However, he was not about to try it himself. Wilma was not daunted, and when they needed more products, she challenged Buzz, “Why don’t we buy six jars? You take three, and I’ll take three. Then, if you don’t notice any difference, I’ll never bring it up again.”

Buzz thought, “Here’s a great way to get rid of this,” and took up the challenge. Within three weeks, Buzz knew this was something he would take for the rest of his life. After noticing benefits with his health, he saw a great opportunity to help others as he traveled. His
sponsor actively worked with him, helping him reach out to the many lives he touched, not only with his beautiful music, but also with health.

Needless to say, I was devastated that I had let Buzz slip through my fingers. Here was a man God had led to me, and I had not been diligent in my follow-up. Now, here he was an AIM Royal Emerald Director and an active business builder, and I had had the first chance with him. Each contact God sends our way is vitally important. Buzz is still an active Royal Emerald Director today.

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We had set up an appointment to meet with Dan and Louise Erceg after church one Saturday night. When we arrived, we found
Dan in his bathrobe. He had been very ill, very depressed, and had not been dressed for days. In fact, he was the most depressed person I had ever seen, hardly looking up during our time together. When we presented AIM’s barley juice to him, he immediately signed up and purchased a whole six pack. As Jim and I were driving off, I turned and said to Jim, “That was the biggest waste of time. That guy is so sick and depressed; he will never do anything with this. He won’t even take it!”

Jim had set a date for a little meeting the following week in Dan’s home. We drove back to his home, wondering why we had agreed to a meeting in the first place. What a waste of our time it was going to be when no one showed up.

However, when we turned down his street, what a shock! There were cars everywhere, down every side street! We couldn’t even find a parking place. Talk about an abrupt attitude change! We shifted into high gear.

When we walked into the house, it was packed full of people. We finished our presentation, and Dan signed up some people who went
immediately to the top of the business. One man, who attended the meeting in a wheelchair, started taking AIM’s barley juice and exercising. Within a very short time, he was up walking. Another lady, a school teacher, sat swinging her legs during the meeting with a kind of disinterested attitude. After the meeting, she signed up and right away was a top producer.

And talk about a top producer! Dan really had a zeal for this product. It turned his own health around, and he was eager to share his discovery with others. He started putting on his own meetings with great success, and he even produced his own videos. Little did we know then that Dan would have one of the largest producing lines in AIM and be inducted into the Million Dollar Club.

Through a business connection, Jim had known Dan for quite some time. After their first meeting, Dan took Jim aside and said, “I’m really upset with you. Why didn’t you share AIM’s barley juice with me when you first knew about this product?” Barley changed Dan’s life for the better.

The Klings remain actively involved in their AIM business and in their community. Carolyn and Jim sing in the Grace Notes choir. Jim is a senior elder of their church and Carolyn is head of the church hospitality committee.

Jim loves entertaining friends and guests with his guitar and mandolin. Their love of music extends to their three children, Cathy McCrea (AIM Star Sapphire), Cheryl Towery (Director), and Jim Kling, III (Director), as well as 8 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.

For many years, the Klings have sponsored sports teams from Northwest Nazarene University.

In 2008, Carolyn purchased a house in the historic district of downtown Nampa, where she and her daughter Cathy continue to serve her customers and Members through her Green Barley Nutrition Center. They regularly hold leadership meetings. They often make presentations at the Nampa Chamber of Commerce, where they have been members for over thirteen years.

In September of 2000, Carolyn was named as one of four “Every Women” entrepreneurs for the state of Idaho, sponsored by the State Treasurer.

Building an AIM business remains a clear focus for Carolyn and Jim. “Our philosophy is to work like the dickens,” Jim said. “We really aren’t just sitting around in our old age,” Carolyn added. “We’re still extremely busy and still making a difference in a lot of people’s lives. We are still attracting new Members who use the AIM products and share them with their friends and family.

“Even in the initial stages of our AIM business,” Carolyn said, “we had a special excitement, and that excitement grew even more when we felt God was witnessing to us. We knew we had a hold of something bigger than us. We felt it and this gave us the passion to jump in with both feet. It was sink or swim, and swim we did. We still have the same passion today, burning within our hearts, as we did all those many years ago.

“With the amazing number of people who have been touched by us through our AIM business, it has been incredible to look back and see what has happened to us. We never in our wildest dreams could have envisioned the success we are having.”

Tips on eating healthy and losing weight

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Being fit and slim not only gives you a healthy outlook, it also plays an important role for a healthier, happier lifestyle. Being overweight or obese can put you at a higher risk of many chronic conditions, including type II diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, and heart disease. For a long-term, weight-loss solution, AIM provides a selection of whole-food concentrates and supplements plus a set of weight loss tools.

Lose weight while “eating”

The rule of thumb for healthy weight loss is to reduce your calorie input by modifying your diet and to increase your calorie output by exercising (see the AIM Weight Loss Guide). Feeling hungry all day long and not getting enough nutrients are common issues with many dieters. The AIM Weight Loss Pack can ease your concerns.

AIM Weight Loss Pack – AIM ProPeas™ (2 bags US/canisters CAN), AIM fit ’n fiber® (US) or AIM FibreBalance® (CAN), AIM GlucoChrom™

AIM ProPeas – a vegetarian protein derived from allergen-free field peas. Compared to conventional protein supplements, such as whey and soy, pea protein takes a longer time to digest, so it leaves you feeling full for hours. As well as being healthier than animal protein, slowly digested pea protein also increases the body’s metabolism by expending more energy for digestion.

AIM fit ’n fiber (USA) or AIM FibreBalance® (CAN) – fiber gives you a feeling of fullness and promotes bowel movements. It helps to curb your appetite and effectively move toxins out of the body.

AIM GlucoChrom – for those who are overweight or obese or have a chronic blood sugar imbalance, weight loss can be very difficult. GlucoChrom’s unique combination of chromium, vanadium, Gymnema sylvestre, and bitter melon can help in regulating insulin action and
maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, both of which enable weight loss.

Lose weight while “working out”

Starting a diet plan and an exercise program is not always as simple as making up your mind and just doing it. The AIM Weight Loss Tools give you ideas and guidelines on how to lose weight in a strategic fashion.

AIM Weight Loss Guide – instructions on setting weight loss goals, meal planning (including choosing the right foods), and exercising.

Get on the Ball AIM Workout DVD – weight loss exercises using the AIM Exercise Ball.

AIM Exercise Ball & Nutrition That Works! Blender Bottle – Handy tools to help you achieve desirable body weight!

Note: The Tools can also be purchased individually (see the price list and order form).

Are all calories created equal? Not necessarily.

Sure, 100 calories is 100 calories, but the make-up of those calories can vary. Fats, carbohydrates, and proteins determine the calorie count of every food. These are known as macronutrients.

In addition to macronutrients, there are also micronutrients like vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and antioxidants. These micronutrients provide improved health but don’t contribute to the calorie count. Many of today’s highly processed foods are not only absent of valuable micronutrients but are also high in empty calories from solid fats and/or added sugars. Let’s first look at a common snack:

Tortilla chips (24 chips) and salsa (4 tablespoons):
315 calories, 15 grams of fat, 40 grams of carbohydrates,
5 grams of protein

The empty calories in this snack are not only lacking micronutrients, but 43 percent of those calories come from fat and only 6 percent come from protein.

Now let’s turn this nutrient loser into a winner:

Sliced Jicama (1 cup) and sals (4 Tbsp.):
64 calories, 0 grams of fat, 15 grams of carbohydrates,
2 grams of protein

This snack has reduced calories and increased micronutrients (like vitamin C, potassium, folate, and fiber). For extra nutrition, add some healthy essential fatty acids from AIMega.

Now we’re left with the choice of eating more jicama or sticking with a comparable serving and losing a few pounds from the calorie reduction. To eliminate fats from our diet would be a mistake, so instead we need to eliminate unhealthy saturated fats from the tortilla chips and replace them with healthy unsaturated fats
like those found in AIMega.

More examples of empty-calorie foods include soft drinks, cake, cookies, sport drinks, ice cream, processed cheese, fries, burgers, and hot dogs.

Coca Cola (12 ounces):
140 calories, 0 grams of fat, 39 grams of carbohydrates,
0 grams of protein

You can create a nutritious dessert with AIM BarleyLife®. Mix 1⁄2 frozen banana, 1 tablespoon of Dutch cocoa, 1 rounded teaspoon of BarleyLife, and 6 ounces of cold water in a blender. Since this recipe only comprises 3 percent of the protein we need, let’s add one tablespoon of AIM ProPeas™. This will crank up the protein by 3.5 grams. You’ve now created a dessert that will satisfy your cravings and load you up on macronutrients and micronutrients.

The importance of essential fatty acids

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Every cell in your body requires omega-3 and -6 essentials fatty acids (EFAs) … every day. Fatty acids are the primary building material of your cell membranes, which need to remain permeable for nutrients to enter and waste to exit.

Since your body cannot produce EFAs, it means your diet must include EFA-rich foods, such as salmon, kale, and flax seeds. AIMega® provides a rich source of organic flax seed oil for a balanced 2:1 ratio of omega-3 and -6—a blend that also includes sesame seed, sunflower seed, and olive oils.

Your body has a trigger mechanism that requires a balance of omega-3 and -6. An imbalance of too much omega-6 can create health problems. Supplementing with AIMega can ensure that you always have the proper amounts and balance of these healthy fats.

An omega-3 EFA-deficiency is associated with a long list of health problems, including conditions such as dry skin; brittle fingernails and toenails; dry eyes; and, even far more of a concern, diseases such as arthritis, cancer, and type 2 diabetes.

Essential fatty acids are vital for a long list of functions that include:

  • Maintaining cellular function … it all begins with healthy cells
  • Growing and repairing your cells
  • Regulating blood pressure
  • Balancing hormones
  • Strengthening bones
  • Supporting a strong immune system

Since your body relies on EFAs for so many vital functions, they are essential for maintaining your health and preventing diseases.

By taking AIMega, your body benefits from the inside out. Just ask Christine Miller, AIM Preferred Member in Chapin, South Carolina.

“I took AIMega because essential fatty acids help protect against high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, promote wound healing, and so much more. I was after internal benefits and got external “beauty” benefits as well. In fact, I heard on a webinar that AIMega was the best internal cosmetic.

“My hair has grown thicker and stopped falling out. I have been told my skin is ‘glowing,’ and I am actually wearing much less makeup. And my fingernails, which were ruined from years of applying artificial nails, are strong and healthy-looking. I never expected such great results with my hair, skin, and nails. I credit my ‘beauty benefits’ especially to AIMega. I am sure detoxifying with AIM Herbal Fiberblend®, AIM BarleyLife®, and the other AIM supplements also helped, but I know the AIMega gave me a boost. By the way, I turn forty-eight in June.”

Million dollar legacy with The AIM Companies

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Many AIM Members plan on leaving their businesses to children and family as legacies that will continue the blessings of health and wealth for years to come. Such is the case for late Chairman’s Club Director Maymie White.

Maymie’s AIM organization is now handled by her daughter, Maria Gilvarry. And this year, the family business has reached AIM’s prestigious Million Dollar Club for achieving one million dollars in commission earnings.

“She’s the one who got it up to 999,000,” Maria said. “I just happened to be there when it went over. Without her, there is no story.”

Maymie passed away in June 2011, and Maria has been managing the AIM business ever since, with the help of her father. Maria, a resident of Las Vegas, New Mexico, has plans to expand the business in her area in addition to supporting the hundreds of downline Members in her inherited network.

“I’m working on a couple of ideas on how to introduce the products in this area,” Maria said. “From a business perspective, I saw huge potential in AIM — not only helping people healthwise but helping financially. I was willing to try and willing to learn and understand as much as I could.”

With a bright AIM future ahead, Maria recognizes the importance of her past and the outstanding work her mother did to build and grow her AIM business.

“The story has always been my mother. She had a passion for helping people any way she could. She was always a giver. She was always, as long as I knew her, involved in nutrition in some way.”

Maymie was introduced to the AIM products in 1987 and began using the
products, sharing them with her family, and seeing immediate results. She was diagnosed with cancer in 1993 and chose AIM’s barley as part of her treatment and recovery regimen. She viewed her AIM business as a ministry and was devoted to helping others live well.

“When AIM was introduced to her and she started helping others, she saw some miracles and major changes in people’s lives, and I was able to watch those stories unfold,” Maria said. “People came to her with health issues of some kind, and their problems went away.”

Her passion for helping others helped Maymie take her business to the cusp of the Million Dollar Club.

“She never did it for the money,” Maria said. “She never did it for anything other than that she saw it working for people and she wanted more people to experience good health.”

Gluten-free pizza recipe with gluten-free pizza crust mix

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A healthy, wholesome pizza? It’s no myth—not when you have AIM’s new gluten-free pizza crust mix.

From garlic chicken pizzas to tomato and basil pizzas and a whole lot
more, the variety of pizzas you can create is only limited by your imagination.

The foundation of any good pizza is the crust. AIM’s gluten-free pizza crust mix leaves out unhealthy additives without sacrificing
taste. The result is a crunchy, flavorful base that goes well with any toppings you choose.

The gluten-free part of the pizza crust is likely its most attractive
feature. Gluten intolerance, also referred to as celiac disease, is a growing health problem. Researchers believe that it is four times
more common today than it was in the 1950s, and certain studies have found that an average of one out of every 133 otherwise healthy people suffers from the disorder.

The disease occurs in people whose bodies cannot digest gluten, a protein that appears in wheat, rye, and other grains. Symptoms include digestive distress as well as non-gastrointestinal conditions like anemia, depression, and fatigue. Removing gluten from the diet helps alleviate symptoms and restore quality of life for those who suffer from gluten intolerance. Even those who don’t suffer from the disease can see an improvement in health and outlook by removing gluten from their diets.

AIM’s gluten-free products provide alternatives to those looking for
healthier options. And having a tasty pizza to choose from makes life a little easier on those who have gone gluten-free. Check out our AIM gluten-free pizza recipe.

Garlic Chicken Pizza
 • AIM gluten-free pizza crust mix
 • 1 cup Alfredo sauce with roasted garlic and parmesan cheese
 • 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic (substitute: powder from
5 AIM Bear Paw
 Garlic® capsules)
 • 10 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
 • 2 grilled, skinless, boneless chicken breast, diced
 • 1/4 red onion, sliced
 • 1 tomato, cut into thin wedges
 • 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
 1. Begin by making AIM’s gluten-free pizza crust mix as
per packaging directions.
 2. Turn up oven temperature to 475°F ( 2 4 5 °C ).
 3. Spread Alfredo sauce with the added garlic onto cooked
gluten-free crust. Cover with cheese. Arrange chicken, green
pepper, onion, and tomato on top.
 4. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until
cheese is bubbly and toppings are lightly browned.

Enhance the benefits of fiber

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When it comes to cleansing and detoxifying the body, fiber is essential. You get it from foods such as grain, fruit, and vegetables, but most people do not get their recommended daily fiber intakes. When you are not getting enough fiber, or drinking enough water, you are actually making it hard for your body to keep your digestive system clean and eliminate toxins and waste. This can result in negative effects on your overall health—for example, constipation.

Supplementing with AIM Herbal Fiberblend®, AIM fit ’n fiber™ (US), or AIM FibreBalance® (CAN) helps to put you on the road to regularity. Keeping your colon clean and functioning optimally means your immune system is kept strong as well.

Sometimes you need an extra herbal boost to relieve constipation or to support other body systems. That’s where AIM Cascara Sagrada™ or AIM Herbal Release® can make a healthy difference.

AIM Herbal Release® contains a unique combination of cleansing herbs, including boldo leaf, buckthorn bark, burdock root, cascara sagrada bark, dandelion root, and echinacea. Herbal Release helps maintain a healthy immune system by supporting the lymphatic system, which plays a central role in immune response. Each herb was carefully selected to help create a positive cell environment through the elimination of waste products from the body. Herbal Release may be taken with Herbal Fiberblend or FibreBalance (CAN) to achieve comprehensive detoxification.

In March and December of 2011, I had swollen lymph nodes. Both times, I treated the condition with Herbal Release. Within two weeks, the lymph nodes noticeably decreased in size; within another week the swelling was completely gone. I continued the Herbal Release another month, just to be safe. And I sometimes use Herbal Fiberblend along with Herbal Release.

- Mary Hughen, AIM Director, Molino, Florida

AIM Cascara Sagrada™ is one of Mother Nature’s finest laxatives. Derived from the bark of the cascara sagrada tree, this effective yet gentle herb has been used for centuries as a natural remedy for constipation. Cascara Sagrada can be taken alone or the contents of one capsule may be added to one serving of one of our fiber products. Please note that there is cascara sagrada in Herbal Release and in the U.S. formula of Herbal Fiberblend. It is wise to not exceed 1,000 mg of cascara sagrada a day, as an excess can cause an electrolyte and fluid imbalance. See product datasheets for more information.

I take Herbal Fiberblend, and in January 2012 I also started using Cascara Sagrada. It made a huge improvement for my digestive system. I had a big problem with constipation, but not anymore. I most definitely recommend that people use this product for the same issue as I had.

- Leo Rybchinski, AIM Preferred Member, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

The story of Herbal Fiberblend founder Teresa Schumacher

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It was World War II. When allied planes began dropping bombs on her hometown of Naples, Italy, fourteen-year-old Teresa grabbed the hand of one of her female colleagues and instinctively headed for the downstairs bathroom in the building where they were both working. The girls huddled together as the explosions continued all around them.

Everyone else in the building died during the raid. Somehow Teresa and the girl survived. For three days they remained buried in rubble; their only nourishment was water from the toilet tank. Eventually, rescuers dug them out from what was left of the bombed-out structure.

Seventy-two years later, Teresa recalled their miraculous survival as though God had a special purpose for her. “I don’t know what made me take the hand of that girl,” she said with a characteristic modesty that is often a trait of those with a powerful desire to help others.

As an AIM Chairman’s Club Director, a nutritional consultant, and, perhaps most notably, as the formulator of AIM Herbal Fiberblend®, Teresa Schumacher has succeeded in carving out a lifelong path that allows her to reach out and help people along the way.

The path took her from Italy to the United States after she married an American soldier. The year was 1945, and in the land of opportunity, Teresa embarked on a number of successful careers that included selling brushes, insurance, ladies’ undergarments, and health products. She and her husband started a family, and over the years they raised five children: Toni, Patricia, Joseph, Eugene, and Michael.

It was after Teresa had her first child that she began to have severe colon problems. “It was the change from a healthy Mediterranean diet to an American diet that caused it,” she explained. Even after a few corrective surgeries, Teresa still had severe constipation as her diet had not changed. Her health continued to get worse. “There was a year when I could not even walk. It was so bad that I reached a point where I didn’t care whether I lived or died.”

Not knowing what else to do, her sister-in-law recommended that she go to see a French couple that provided therapeutic massage. “They were hippies, and we became friends,” said Teresa. “They recommended changing my diet to include fiber from cereal, which I did until I developed Herbal Fiberblend.”

Teresa began studying herbs and proper nutrition. Using fiber and herb combinations, she started helping other people who had digestive problems—some of which were caused by parasites. Word of mouth about her successes traveled around St. George, Utah, which had a population of about 10,000 at the time. She was soon selling thousands of dollars’ worth of her natural remedies every month.

Around the same time, Teresa was introduced to barley grass powder from AIM. She began selling so much of AIM’s flagship product that it came to the attention of the owners of the company, Ron Wright and Dennis Itami. “Ron came to St. George, and we had lunch together,” explained Teresa. “After paying me, he left with six bags of my encapsulated herbs, which were part of my colon-cleanse program. That’s how it all began.”

After Teresa did test trials using AIM-packaged canisters of her formula and tracked successful results for nine months, The AIM Companies™ launched AIM Herbal Fiberblend®, which continues to be a top-selling AIM product.

Seeing as how Teresa found help for her health problem by increasing her fiber intake, it seems fitting that she turned this experience into something that would reach out to a countless number of people all over the world.

“I feel that God has blessed me by letting me live through everything that I have experienced,” said Teresa, “You never really appreciate what other people go through until you have been through difficulties of your own.”

The financial success with AIM has created a legacy for her family. AIM Chairman’s Club Director Toni Lund, her eldest daughter, plays a major role in the family business, including the computer end of things. Teresa’s other children are all AIM Directors who regularly use the AIM products.

Teresa’s strong work ethic, which she got from her own mother, does not allow much time for her hobbies, such as playing the organ, or oil and water painting. On top of being active in the AIM family business, Teresa teaches nutritional courses at Dixie State College.

Even though she has been advised to slow down and not work so hard, Teresa offers her own advice: “Try to stay healthy so you can keep helping people.” And helping people is Teresa Schumacher’s business.

Speedskater Liz Looby boosts her recovery with nutrition

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AIM nutrition powered short track speedskater J.R. Celski to win a pair of bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics and helped him recover ahead of schedule after a potentially life-threatening skating injury. Turns out, J.R. isn’t the only skater who has used AIM to return fast and strong from an injury.

Liz Looby from Rochester, New York, sustained a serious injury during a speedskating competition, leaving both her career and mobility in jeopardy. Fortunately, the Loobys connected with J.R. and his dad, AIM Director Bob Celski. A few days after the skating accident, Bob gave Liz a blueprint for a full recovery using AIM nutritional supplements.

“J.R. Celski came back with AIM nutrition to medal at the Olympics,” Liz’s father Michael said. “Liz is doing her best to set an example of her own.”

Liz’s skating career began following the 2006 Winter Olympics after she saw the U.S. speedskating team compete. Her prior sports history had included track, cross country, and skiing in high school. In Rochester, New York, she found a speed skating team that offered a learn-to-skate program. Immediately, she showed promise and competed in eight competitions in her first full season. Liz trained primarily as a short track speedskater.

After high school, Liz chose to attend the University of Utah so that she could be near the U.S. Speedskating team’s facilities in Salt Lake. Her speedskating career took off from there. By August 2009, she had qualified for the short track Olympic time trials. A month later, Liz competed in Marquette, Michigan at the same trials when J.R. was seriously injured.

During a 1,000-meter race in Milwaukee on October 3, 2010, Liz also hit a career crossroads after sustaining a devastating injury that caused extensive damage to the back of her right knee.

“According to the orthopedic and plastic surgeons in Milwaukee,” Michael Looby said, “her injuries included significant lacerations to her hamstring and several tendons and 95 percent severance of the tibial nerve, which is critical to the functioning of the lower leg and to movement and sensation of the foot.”

Orthopedic surgeons repaired several tendons, while a plastic surgeon using microsurgery repaired the gastrocnemius muscle and attempted to realign and suture the tibial nerve. In Milwaukee, doctors told her that it could take two years to know whether or not nerve regeneration would occur.

Liz responded to the injury much the same way J.R. did: with determination, focus, and hard work, and AIM products. Instead of coming home to New York following her care in Milwaukee, she insisted on returning to Salt Lake City to be around her friends and fellow skaters for emotional support as well as to be near the Utah training facility to begin recovery and training. Her enthusiasm to return to the ice was inspiring.

“Even while still in a full leg brace, Liz was back at the (skating) oval, peddling an exercise bike with her good leg and engaging in what she called ‘agility crutching’—attempting to navigate cones on the running track on crutches! “

Liz kept in good spirits, too. She attended her team’s Halloween party—leg brace and all—and went skydiving on her 21st birthday with friends.

At this point in her recovery, Liz and her father found out about the AIM products after meeting Bob Celski in October 2011 through their connections with the U.S. speedskating team.

Liz’s father believes that the key was getting on the AIM product so quickly after her injury.

“Bob called me with both empathy and terrific information about how J.R. and his family had put together a recovery program which relied in great part upon use of several of the AIM products,” Michael said. “We knew from J.R.’s experience that the therapeutic use of several AIM products in combination, proved extremely effective in the recovery of injured muscles and tendons, and we made full use of those as a central part of Liz’s recovery program.”

Even beyond recovery, the Loobys found that AIM products would prove beneficial for long-term use and the continuing regeneration of nerves, which was a problematic area of Liz’s recovery. The products Liz uses include AIM BarleyLife®, AIMega®, AIM CellSparc 360®, AIM LeafGreens®, AIM Herbal Fiberblend®, CalciAIM™, and AIM Peak Endurance®. The Peak Endurance especially proved valuable for the recovery of damaged muscles and tendons in the months immediately following her injury.

Liz’s recovery reached a milestone in October 2011, just one year after her injury. Liz competed in her first 500-meter time trial in long track speedskating, which has become her new focus on the U.S. team. Liz continues training to get a qualifying time for her return to competition before the end of the season (early March 2012).

“Good nutrition with the AIM products, good therapy and other treatments, and an amazingly positive attitude and determination on Liz’s part brought the muscles and tendons around,” Michael said.

“You will see that she has a determination and character much like J.R. Celski. We are hoping that, like J.R., the best is yet to come.”

Her recovery really has been remarkable! Doctors told her that she would never skate again, and I think that made her mad enough to prove them wrong!

—Jerry Search, US Speedskating photographer, witness to Liz’s injury

Chromium yeast for blood sugar maintenance

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AIM strives to source naturally-occurring and organically-bound
nutrients for our natural health products. We have recently
replaced our chromium source for AIM GlucoChrom™ with an organically-bound chromium yeast—the best natural alternative to our old chromium barley, which can no longer be obtained.

AIM avoided the use of other less appealing alternatives to chromium yeast, including man-made synthetic compounds such as chromium nicotinate or chromium picolinate. Many of our competitors’ supplements contain chromium picolinate. There is research
indicating that this form of chromium may cause genetic mutations.

As for choosing chromium yeast, a vital factor is the bioavailability of the mineral, which ensures that the body can use the chromium
and reap its benefits. Several studies have shown that organically bound yeast minerals are more bioavailable than inorganic sources of minerals.

As a matter of fact, yeast fermentation is one of the safest and most natural ways to produce and concentrate nutrients in foods. For example, the following AIM products contain nutrients produced from yeast:

Peak Endurance = ATP (yeast fermentation)
PrepZymes = digestive enzymes (from yeast)
CranVerry+ = beta glucanase (from yeast)

We chose the yeast, Saccaromyces cerevisiae, as one of today’s most researched organisms and has been instrumental to baking since ancient times. After it has been grown and bound to chromium, it is killed so that it can longer product viable colonies. Based on our research, when it came to replacing our chromium source for GlucoChrom, organically bound yeast was the natural choice.

Along with chromium, GlucoChrom combines vanadium, Gymnema sylvestre leaf, and bitter melon fruit for a synergistic combination that maintains healthy blood sugar levels by increasing the effective
action of insulin.

If insulin is not maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, the result can be chronic inflammation that can lead to disease. And if you are trying to lose weight, unregulated levels of insulin make it difficult to burn off stored fat.

For those concerned about high blood sugar or losing weight, GlucoChrom can make a positive difference.

Nutrition That Works! sign helped Colorado couple turn their health around

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The AIM building in Nampa, Idaho, has long been a symbol for the staying power of nutrition. For AIM Members Ron and Mary Ann Hill, the building may also have served as a lifesaver.

“We were on vacation in the Pacific Northwest,” Ron said, “and we were coming through Idaho when we got into Nampa. Part of our discussion during our vacation trip was that I’ve got to do something different. I’m feeling horrible, my health is going downhill.

“As we were going by the highway there in Nampa, I looked up and saw a building with green stripes that says ‘Nutrition that works!’ I had a feeling that my problem was poor nutrition.”

The Hills turned around at the next freeway exit and made their way back to the green AIM building. They spoke with AIM employees Keith Duff, Linda Charters, and Darla Upton, who explained how AIM nutritional supplements could assist with improving their health.

“I said, ‘I don’t know what’s going on here, but I would like to talk to somebody about nutrition, so tell me what you’ve got and what you think,’” Ron said. “We were just tag teaming with all three of those individuals there, and for the next couple hours, every question I asked they had an answer.

“We had so many different questions, lead-ins and scenarios. It didn’t matter what I came up with, they had somebody who had overcome it.”

When the Hills returned home to Colorado, they began taking the many AIM product samples they had been given, among them AIM ProPeas®, AIM fit ‘n fiber®, AIMega®, AIM RevitaFem™, and AIM Para 90®. The results were incredible.

“Since we started taking AIM products, I’ve lost ten pounds, and Ron’s lost twenty pounds,” Mary Ann said. “It’s just the products and vitamins doing what they’re supposed to.”

The Hills’ excitement about AIM has extended into sharing the products with others. Ron and Mary Ann report that co-workers are always interested in what they are drinking, and the Hills are starting to introduce the products to their five children and eight grandchildren.

“Everything that we’ve tried has been collectively helpful to us,” Ron said. “Now we’re looking at how people are doing this as a business, and we’re wondering if we can do that too.”