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Protect your health from winter illness

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It’s a refrigerator out there! The balmy days of summer are a distant memory
as you step outside your door and face a cold blast of wintry air that chills you to the bone. Before you step out into the cold, there are three other steps you should take to recover from the onslaught of attacks on your immune system. It all begins with the 3 Daily Essentials from AIM.

3 Daily Essentials

Think GEF — Greens, Essential fatty acids, and Fiber — as the three daily essentials that your body requires to stay healthy. AIM provides all three in the economically-priced Daily Essentials packs.

Greens from AIM BarleyLife® or AIM BarleyLife® Xtra provide a wealth of vital nutrients from the juice powder of young barley plants—a whole-food concentrate to supplement a diet that should include lots of vegetables.

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) from the organic seed oils in AIMega® provide a balanced source of omega-3 and -6 that your body must get from a dietary source. Your cells require a daily supply of EFAs to keep them healthy and to ensure that your body is functioning optimally from the inside out.

Fiber from AIM Herbal Fiberblend® or AIM FibreBalance® (CAN) provides an essential component of a healthy diet that reduces your risk of numerous health problems. AIM’s fiber products go beyond supplemental fiber with a carefully selected group of herbs that cleanse, detoxify, and contribute to regularity.

Rest

The rest you get from relaxing and sleeping is essential for staying well. If you are battling a cold or the flu, getting enough rest gives your immune system a helping hand in getting you back on your feet to healthily brave the cold.

Research on sleep, which largely remains a mystery of the human condition, shows that while you are sleeping, your body goes into improvement mode: repairing and regenerating tissue, building muscle and bone, and strengthening your immune system.

Repair

Your body finds the material it requires to repair itself in the nutrients that you supply on a daily basis. This is why it is vital to repair your body with only the finest building materials. AIM products such as The Daily Essentials are just that.

When you supplement your diet with nutrient-rich greens, essential fatty acids, and cleansing fiber, you give your body the material it needs to repair damage from inflammation, oxidative stress, and immune dysfunction, all three of which tend to increase during the winter months.

Restore

Whether you are recovering from an illness or a hard day, your body can restore itself to a healthy state. You can be a positive part of the restoration by taking additional AIM products to rest, repair, and restore.

The herbal formula of AIM Composure® provides a natural answer for relieving stress and putting your mind at ease for a good night’s sleep.

AIM Proancynol® 2000 is the ultimate antioxidant formula for preventing and repairing the damage caused by free radicals. The probiotic formula of AIM FloraFood® restores the balance of healthy bacteria in your intestinal tract—70 percent of your immune system is in the colon.

AIM can help you make it through the winters of life step by step. And remember, you do not have to be sick. Prevention is the key to staying well, so rest, repair, and restore.

If I begin to experience any cold symptoms, I increase my 2 teaspoons of BarleyLife twice a day to 1 tablespoon 4 times a day. Within 24 to 48 hours, I’m feeling tip top again. I have also been taking Herbal Fiberblend for years and feel I could not live without it. After talking to Rose Bird (AIM Canada General Manager) at a local meeting, I increased my dosage of AIMega, which I knew was good in so many ways for you. Now my hair is so soft and shiny that I rarely use any conditioner.

Most important, my husband Kevin was able to reduce his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) number from 7 to 3 after taking the Daily Essentials for one month. His specialist had said that diet would not make a difference and wanted to do a biopsy because a number over 4 might indicate prostate cancer.

AIM works in many ways!

- Karen Semrow, AIM Preferred Member, Port Huron, Michigan

Peach Coffeecake w/AIM Herbal Fiberblend

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  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup Unflavored AIM Herbal Fiberblend®
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 can peaches; liquid reserved
  • 1 egg Streusel Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 Tbsp firm butter

Make streusel and sprinkle in bottom of greased bundt pan. Chop 1/2 of the peaches and place on top of streusel. Sift dry ingredients. Add butter, remaining peaches, liquid, and egg. Beat until blended. Pour into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until done in center.

Back on Track

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 Life can be extremely complicated and stressful, making it difficult for you to relax long enough to gain a healthy perspective on the situation. The stress increases, and soon you are losing sleep, which further compromises your health.

AIM Composure® can make a huge difference in getting you back on track because let’s face it: life requires a great deal of composure. It’s healthier to remain calm when facing hardships, but sometimes you could use a little help. Instead of turning to synthetic pharmaceuticals with possible side effects and addictive substances, reach for Composure—a blend of natural herbs known to help you to relax and sleep soundly.

The herbs selected for the Composure formula were carefully chosen. For example, the choice of passionflower was based on a long history of documented use to relieve muscle tension and calm anxiety, which contributes to getting a good night’s sleep.

Early explorers to the Americas were introduced to the relaxing benefits of this herb by Native Americans. Today, passionflower is considered a sleep aid in monographs published by Canada’s National Heath Products Directorate and the European Medicines Agency. For those nights when you lie in bed worrying, passionflower is just one of the herbs in Composure that helps you to put your mind at ease and drift off to sleep. (Note: US and Canada have different formulations.)

Let Composure get you back on track, and if you haven’t done so already, begin adding a few lifestyle changes, such as a healthier diet, regular exercise, and quality times with friends or family. Such changes are also natural ways to reduce stress and relax.

Testimonials should not be construed as representing results everybody can achieve.

 

For a Healthy Prostate…

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One of the hormonal changes a middle-aged or older man can go through may result in an enlarged prostate—a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Environmental factors, such as diet, may also trigger BPH, but its exact cause is unknown.

An enlarged prostate compresses the urethra and affects the flow of urine from the bladder. Some of the symptoms 1 of BPH include:

• Frequent urination

• Unable to postpone to urinate

• Delay in starting to urinate 

• Weak urinary stream – straining

• Intermittent Stream – stopping and starting

• Incontinence (loss of urinary control)

• Painful urination

• Blood in urine

• Inability to empty bladder (acute urinary retention)

Diseases such as prostatitis, bladder stones, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer can also produce some of these symptoms, so seeing a health care practitioner is necessary for an accurate evaluation. Depending on the severity of BPH symptoms, a variety of treatments may be suggested, including drug therapy, surgical approach, and minimally invasive procedures 1. Taking AIM ReAssure® is a natural way to prevent—for men forty and older—or relieve the symptoms of mild to moderate BPH. Its unique, synergistic combination of natural ingredients can help to keep your prostate healthy.

Each 2-capsule serving of ReAssure SP contains 320 mg of saw palmetto berry oil extract, 240 mg of pumpkin seed oil,15 mg of zinc citrate, and 5 mg of lycopene. Scientific research shows that saw palmetto produces “similar improvement in urinary tract symptoms and urinary flow … with fewer adverse treatment events2” when compared with finasteride-the commonly prescribed drug that has possible side effects (such as impotence, decreased sex drive, and male breast cancer). Instead of the less-effective berry powder, AIM uses only the beneficial berry oil extract from the saw palmetto.

Pumpkin seed oil improves bladder function and urinary flow, while reducing the frequency of night-time urination. Healthy prostate cells accumulate “the highest level of zinc of any soft tissue in the body”3,  so ReAssure SP also provides Z, inc citrate. Rounding out the formula, lycopene is a carotenoid antioxidant that may hinder the growth of prostate cancer cells.

ReAssure SP—a natural way to a healthy prostate. See the datasheet for more details.

 Testimonials should not be construed as representing results everybody can achieve.

 

AIM Cranverry™+

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CranVerry is Back and Better than Ever!

After being gone from the product lineup for two years, AIM CranVerry has returned. And its time away was time well spent.

AIM CranVerry™+, the new cranberry extract product from The AIM Companies™, features the outstanding benefits of all-natural cranberries. that are concentrated through an extraction process that involves all components of the berries, including the seeds, in order to provide ideal urinary tract support and urinary health. Plus, AIM has added Candida inhibitor ingredients that include a standardized extract of resveratrol (a plant nutrient), a 20:1 concentration of mangosteen fruit, and an enzyme called beta-glucanase. These four great ingredients make CranVerry+ like no other urinary health product on the market.

The main ingredient in the CranVerry+ vegetarian capsules is cranberry extract, ahealthful fruit extract that has been used in clinical studies for more than 12 years (AIM uses CranMax® as theource for its cranberry extract). Known for a variety of health benefits, cranberries are of particular importance when it comes to urinary health and preventing urinary tract infections.

(UTI). UTIs are the second most common infection in women and the most common infection in older adults.

These infections are caused by the introduction of bacteria, usually Escherichia coli (E. coli), into the urinary tract. Once inside, the bacteria thrive in the warm, moist environment. Ultimately, they begin to affect urine production and the function of the bladder, resulting in painful or frequent urination, nausea, and fever. Recurrent UTIs may also increase the risk of incontinence in women after menopause. In the elderly, consequences can be much more severe, including mental deterioration and respiratory distress. UTIs are a serious health problem, affecting more than 150 million people each year worldwide.

Cranberries combat urinary tract infections by preventing the bacteria from clinging to the walls of the urinary tract. These pathogens can then be flushed out in urine, resulting in no damaging effects to urinary health. The specific characteristic of cranberries that performs this feature is proanthocyanidin (PAC) compounds, and while other fruits carry these same compounds, only the PACs in cranberries and blueberries have been shown to have the stickfree effect on urinary bacteria. A recent study has shown that the amount of CranMax cranberry extract in one capsule of CranVerry+ has the equivalent anthocyanin content of seven eightounce glasses of cranberry juice.

 CranVerry+’s other calling card is its ability to combat Candida yeast infections. While Candida on its own is usually not harmful to the body, an overabundance can cause a myriad of health concerns, including fatigue, weight gain, and toxification. We are at increased risk for Candida overgrowth due to the prevalence of processed foods in modern diets, the increased use of antibiotics, and the rise in obesity and diabetes.

Along with cranberry extract, the second ingredient in CranVerry+, resveratrol, whichstudies have shown, disrupt Candida’s ability to become pathogenic in the body. Resveratrol is a naturally-occurring phytonutrient that occurs in several plants. Research completed in 2007 noted that the fungicidal effects of resveratrol demonstrated its potential as an antifungal agent.

Derived from Japanese knotweed, the resveratrol extract in CranVerry+ is standardized to 50 percent trans-resveratrol. The trans refers to the orientation and, therefore, the stability of the functional aspects of each resvertrol molecule.

The third ingredient in CranVerry+, mangosteenfruit concentrate is a 20:1 concentration of the superfruit and includes the whole fruit, including the rind, which contains active components that belong to a group of xanthones (plant phenols). Studies have shown that xanthones have a wide scope of antibacterial activity and kill Candida within twenty minutes of exposure.

Assisting mangosteen in the Candida fight is beta-glucanase, the fourth and final active ingredient in CranVerry+’s new formula. To understand this enzyme’s role in the battle with Candida, it is important to understand how biofilms and infections occur in the body. Biofilms are used by microorganisms as a way to remain adhered to surfaces inside the body. Up to 60 percent of human infections are attributed to biofilm, due to its role as a protective shield that enhances the survival and reproduction of microorganisms.

Candida albicans, a pathogenic species associated with candidiasis, secretes beta-glucans within the biofilms, and these beta-glucans are believed to contribute to Candida’s resistance to drug therapy. The enzyme beta-glucanase found in CranVerry+ is a carbohydrate enzyme that breaks the bonds within beta-glucans. This breakdown reduces the viability of the biofilm thus weakening C. albicans’ resistance to drug therapy. This can lessen the symptoms related toa Candida infection.

This unique and powerful combination of phytonutrients and enzymes provides CranVerry+ with the weapons it needs to inhibit urinary tract and Candida Infections. After two years out of the AIM product lineup, CranVerry+ is ready to make a bold return. Welcome it back, and give your urinary health a boost.

 

Carolyn Kling – Aging Outside the Box

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 AIM Chairman’s Club Director Carolyn Kling appeared on “Aging Outside the Box®” Syndicated Radio Showon August 18 to share her testimony of health and wealth. Carolyn and her husband Jim were principal founders of AIM and recently reached the Seven Million Dollar Club inearnings through their AIM business.

During the Aging Oustside the Box Program, Carolynher experiences, starting thirty years ago with the founding of The AIM Companies™ and the first barley leaf juice to presentday with her role as one of the leading business builders in the history of The AIM Companies. Throughout the hour long segment, Carolyn weaved testimonies of better health through AIM nutrition, opportunity, and success.

“Jim saw that this product was outstanding,” said Carolyn, as she recounted the origins of their BarleyLife history, “and he found people that were taking it who were getting well.One lady with extreme arthritis threw her walker away; another lady had cancer and her doctor wrote a note on a prescription pad that said radiation and barley had put her cancer in remission. So we just went from there.”

Carolyn and Jim quit their real estate business in Nampa, Idaho, to pursue the AIM opportunity full time. Their passion for the products was key to building a strong business.

“We wanted to share with everyone we met,” Carolyn said. “We had a three-foot rule where if you got within three feet, and we had an opportunity, we were going to tell you about having better health.

“We got inspired to help people. We saw testimonies of people getting well and getting healthy with our green leaf powder. So we decided that we had a story to tell and we needed to share it with as many people as we could around the world.”

 Aging Outside the Box host Shirley Mitchell describedx Carolyn’s business as a “roaring bonfire.” Carolyn shared tips from her book, Turning Green Into Gold. Written in 2000with help from Carolyn’s daughter, AIM Star Sapphire Director Cathy McCrea, the book covers the Kling’s business experiences and business plans with the hope of inspiring others to reach the same heights.

“I don’t know of anything more important that you can give someone than to give them a better way of life and a better quality of health.”

 

Jim Horton at the top of his game

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AIM Member Jim Horton from Guttenberg, New Jersey, trust the AIM products to keep himat the top of his game. His game just happens to be the National Senior Games where Jim is a multiple gold-medal winner. Here he explains his latest exploits at the Texas Senior Games and Houston’s National Senior Games.

“I just returned home from Texas where I competed in the Texas Senior Games at Bryan/ College Station. I raced in the 1,500-meter and 5-kilometer race-walks and the 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer runs in the 70-to-75 age group. I won them all.

 “I came in first overall among all age groups in three of the four races, and I brought home four gold medals from the Texas meet. I then went to Comstock, Texas—with twenty-five-to thirty mile per hour winds and temperatures over 100 degrees—to train for the National Senior Games which took place the following month in Houston.

 “At the nationals, I won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter race-walk, beating my own best time by over fifty seconds. The following morning, I ran a 5-kilometer race at 7:00 a.m., coming in third. Two hours later, at 9:00 a.m., I walked a 5-kilometer race-walk, winning the gold in my age group and coming in sixth overall out of a group of people from age fifty to 100.

 “It is a great blessing to have won the 2011 National Senior Championship in race-walk and third in the nation in the 5-kilometer run. I worked hard training, prayed Isaiah 40:31 as I trained, and took AIM BarleyLife®and AIM Peak Endurance® to maximize my  recovery.

“And I don’t plan on stopping any time soon. Someone said after the recent races that I could sit back and relax. No, I have many races to compete in and am registering for the New Jersey Senior Games, which come up this fall.

“So, I continue to train.

“When training, I take up to five tablespoons of BarleyLife during the day with Peak Endurance before and after a workout. I also take both products between races when the races are back to back. In addition, I also drink AIM ProPeas® for extra protein, usually in a raw veggie-and-fruit smoothie or blended salad.”

For more information and updates from Jim, visit his MyAIMStore site at myaimstore.com/sherryjoandjimhorton.

Testimonials should not be construed as representing results everybody can achieve.

 

 

 

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AIM GlucoChrom™

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For increasing the effective action of insulin, which regulates blood sugar, add GlucoChrom to your supplemental choices. And if you are trying to shed some pounds, this natural health product also supports weight loss by metabolizing both carbohydrates and fats.

Daily Essentials

The World Health Organization recognizes a healthy diet as a way to prevent diabetes, and a healthy diet requires greens, essential fatty acids (EFAs), and fiber—the Daily Essentials. Our diets and food supply are deficient in nutrients, so supplementing with greens from AIM BarleyLife®. EFAs from AIMega®. and fiber from AIM Herbal Fiberblend® or AIM FibreBalance® can improve overall health.

AIM offers a choice of four Daily Essentials packs—priced to save you money (see the Price List and Order Form for product combinations).

Testimonials should not be construed as representing esults everybody can achieve.

 

High Blood Sugar?

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The following facts are from the World Health Organization (WHO):

• 346 Million People worldwide have diabetes

• 2004, an estimated 3.4 million people died from consequences of high blood sugar

• Deaths from diabetes will double between 2005 and 2030

• Healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintaining a normal body weight, and avoiding tobacco use can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes

The last fact says so much because tests that indicate high blood sugar do not mean that type 2 diabetes will surely follow. Although some risk factors for this disease cannot be changed, such as family history, ethnicity, aging, or a history of pre-diabetes, the above lifestyle changes can reduce your risk. You can also take supplemental steps to reduce high blood sugar (glucose) levels, and AIM has just what you need to do so.

 AIM GlucoChrom™

 At the top of the list is AIM GlucoChrom™—a synergistic combination of two trace minerals chromium and vanadium—and two herbs—Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract and bitter melon fruit. All four ingredients work together to maintain healthy blood sugar levelsby increasing the effective action of insulin. 

Insulin is secreted by the pancreas when the body detects a rise in blood sugar. After insulin attaches to the surface of a cell, blood sugar can be absorbed into the cell and used for, energy. Type 2 diabetes is a disease that occurs,when the body cannot effectively use insulin, so high levels of sugar remain in the blood, causing chronic inflammation.

Insulin simply does not work without the presence of chromium, the trace mineral that gives GlucoChrom its name. The requirement of chromium for insulin was discovered by accident in the 1970s when hospital patients developed high blood sugar from being fed intravenously.

Since chromium was already known to be required for insulin action in animals, it was added to the patients’ feeding solutions, correcting their blood sugar issues.

Believed to activate insulin receptors, vanadium—the second trace mineral in GlucoChrom—improves systemic responsiveness to glucose (insulin sensitivity), so it helps to promote a healthy reduction of blood sugar levels.

Gymnema has been used in India as a natural, Ayurvedic remedy to treat diabetes for nearly 2,000 years. In fact, one of the many names of this woody, climbing plant is gurmar, which translates from Hindi as the destroyer of sugar.Chewing on gymnema leaves can reduce sugar cravings. This herb is noted for lowering blood sugar levels and stimulating insulin secretion, so it is an ideal leaf extract for the GlucoChrom formula.

The second herb in GlucoChrom comes from the fruit of the bitter melon (Momordica Charantia), which has been shown to lower high levels of blood sugar (hypoglycemic properties). “The advantage of bitter melon is that there are no known side effects,” stated Dr. Jiming Ye, a scientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Australia. “Practitioners of Chinesemedicine have used it for hundreds of years to good effect.”