July is Herbal/Prescription Interaction Awareness Month and Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen is changing the way Americans view their health and bodies. His scientifically based health plan reverses previous medical conditions by highlighting the trigger points which indicate problems in the body and replaces medications with lifestyle food, nutrition and exercise changes. He has already achieved results with over 100,000 people who have reversed their course of health deterioration and are now at healthy weights, eliminated unnecessary medications and have their lowest cholesterol and BMI readings ever. He despises the yo-yo dieting phenomena in America and has replaced it with a health plan which allows you to reach your 'individual' healthy weight - one that fits your body type without excessive restrictions or intense workouts.

In an informative and groundbreaking interview Dr. Andersen will discuss nutrient supplements and the vital role they play including topics such as:

·         The causes of the belly bulge

·         Reducing toxins in your body and home

·         Nutritional pollution: what it is and how it is detrimental to your health

·         Creating a structural tension chart for a healthy immune system

·         The connection between inflammation, heart disease, premature aging and stress

Dr. Wayne Andersen is the tenth board-certified physician in critical care who helped pioneer the emerging sub specialty of intensive care medicine and is one of the nation's foremost physicians in nutritional intervention. He is the co-founder of Take Shape for Life and Executive Director of the Health Institute, a training and certification organization in the emerging field of health coaching. He also serves as Medical Director of Medifast and as a reviewer for Critical Care Medicine Journal in the area of nutrition. He has been a keynote speaker and presenter at medical and nutrition conferences across the United States and has been featured on numerous affiliate-based morning shows across the United States. Link into Dr. Wayne Anderson at  www.drwayneandersen.com/about

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From the moment our team received the products, we new all of our readers will enjoy the scents, the product the packaging. In 1986, Hillhouse Naturals Farm began growing herbs and everlasting flowers on our farm in Kentucky. During the early years they began to make a line of handcrafted gifts such as garlands, wreaths and ornaments inspired by the garden. In recent years they have expanded their collection to produce an ever-growing line of products such as potpourri, candles, sachets, bamboo diffuser reeds, body products and drawer liners. Hillhouse Naturals Farm take pride in the natural quality and individually of their products. The rich fragrances and textures of our potpourris are substantial in a way that makes most other potpourri mixtures seem bland by comparison. The variety of hearty textures is visually appealing as well as aromatic, with an opulent quality that would satisfy the most discriminating customer. Their philosophy has always been a simple one: We sell only quality products made with care. Power-Up with them at www.hillhousestore.com

A.M. & P.M. Stretch for Health

Bonus power stretch workout to increase flexibility and strength; Separate music track with workout; In-depth interview with Madeleine Lewis; Fully chaptered workout.

Yoga for Back Care

Complete three-part yoga practice to help restore and maintain a healthy back; An analysis of yoga's effectiveness on back health with family physician Baxter Bell, M.D.; Bonus sequence of poses to help maintain proper posture while seated.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted

THE KEY TO A BETTER BODY--in shape, energized, and youthful--is a healthy brain. Based on the latest medical research, as well as on Dr. Amen's two decades of clinical practice at the re­nowned Amen Clinics, where Dr. Amen and his as­sociates pioneered the use of the most advanced brain imaging technology, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body shows you how to take the very best care of your brain. With fifteen practical, easy-to-implement solutions involving nutritious foods, natural supplements and vitamins, positive-thinking habits, and, when neces­sary, highly targeted medications, Dr. Amen shows you how to:

# Reach and maintain your ideal weight

# Soothe and smooth your skin at any age

# Reduce the stress that can impair your immune system

# Sharpen your memory

# Increase willpower and eliminate the crav­ings that keep you from achieving your exercise and diet goals

# Enhance sexual desire and...

The Herbal Water story begins in the spring of 2007, in the garden of Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D. A passionate cook, trained pediatrician, talented artist and lifelong vegetarian, Ayala has spent years exploring healthy, tasty ways to feed children and adults.

Seeking an alternative to sugar-laden and artificially flavored beverages, Ayala created her own blends of herb infused waters that magically satisfy thirst and restore the spirit. Among her family and friends, Ayala’s herbal waters became famous for their uniquely refreshing tastes and aromas. Full of flavor yet free of calories, artificial sweeteners and artificial chemicals, these naturally fragrant beverages evoke happy feelings, like a breeze in a sunny garden.

The growing demand for these tasty herbal waters led Ayala and her husband Albert to bring Ayala’s Herbal Water to everyone. Ayala’s Herbal Water is the first nationally available organically certified enhanced flavored water made with all organic ingredients. Each Herbal Water blend is all-natural and sets a new standard for healthy beverages: zero calories, zero artificial sweeteners, flavors and colors, and zero chemical preservatives. Our water comes from an Artesian Well in Virginia.

Available in six refreshingly unique varieties—Lemongrass Mint Vanilla, Lavender Mint, Lemon Verbena Geranium, Cloves Cardamom Cinnamon, Cinnamon Orange Peel, and Ginger Lemon Peel—Herbal Water is clearly differentiated in the water category as the only one of its kind that infuses the highest quality of unique culinary herb combinations selected for their superior taste profile to deliver a refreshing hydration option

Nothing but great taste from pure water, infused with the finest natural herbs from around the world, kept fresh in a beautiful bottle for your enjoyment. Power-Up with them at www.herbalwater.com

At only 28-years-old, Ashley Conrad has become one of the most sought after fitness trainers in Hollywood. A-List celebrities, professional athletes, and runway and fitness models rely on her signature “Clutch” system, designed to elicit serious results in a short period of time. Conrad’s clients have included Bradley Cooper, Kate Hudson, Rashida Jones, Taye Diggs, Goldie Hawn, Oliver Hudson, Mackenzie Phillips, Shannyn Sossamon, and dance expert Mary Murphy, to name a few.

“What I love about training,” explains Conrad, “is changing not only the way people look, but changing the way they feel about themselves.  Clients gain confidence in all areas of their life when they see they are capable of creating immense change in themselves physically.”

In 2006, Conrad launched ClutchBodyshop.com, which offers discerning clientele every service imaginable in their quest to achieve a flawless body. The Clutch system is a combination of diet, exercise, and supplementation designed to garner extreme results in just two to three weeks.  The system relies on Conrad’s fuel nutrition program: foods that boost metabolism, make skin more radiant, and provide an unbelievable amount of energy, and her training program: which blends methods of professional athletes and dancers that shed weight and bring in gorgeous lines of definition.

Most recently, Conrad was an on-camera spokesperson for the “Power Plank” infomercial, and is currently planning the launch of her eponymous product line, “Ashley Conrad Products”, a line of phyto-nutrient nutritional products.

Conrad has been featured in US Weekly, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Shape, Woman's Day and In Touch as well as featured on Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight and Extra.  This past year, Conrad was named one of "America's Top 10 Celebrity Trainers" by Oxygen magazine.

A highly recruited athlete in high school, Conrad’s early love of training began with a four hour a day regimen to achieve her goal of playing basketball at the University of Southern California. There, she trained under some of the finest strength and conditioning coaches in the nation. Outside the gym, she studied biomechanics of the human body, performance nutrition, human anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology. Spending summers on campus allowed Conrad to train with the USC football team, during which time she gained knowledge of training techniques that are known to very few people in the world. For more information, visit www.clutchbodyshop.com

According to the Center for Disease Control, about 90 percent of adults between the ages of 45 and 64 will develop high blood pressure in their lifetime. Ballard F. Smith, M.D. of Bradenton Cardiology Center explains, “High blood pressure is not a stop-and-go, one-time medical issue. It is a chronic health condition with a large genetic predisposition but precipitated primarily with poor nutrition, though there are exceptions.” High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects one out of every three adults over 20, according to the Center for Disease Control. “Hypertension is very easy to develop, but it’s just as easy to fix if you catch it early enough,” Smith adds.

Setting Goals: So what is healthy blood pressure?

“Blood pressure is represented by two numbers,” explains Smith, “Systolic, which is when the heart beats, and diastolic, which is when the heart is resting between beats. A normal level is about 120 over 80. In someone with hypertension, those numbers jump to about 140 over 90 or greater.”

With other medical conditions, disease progression can only be judged subjectively. But high blood pressure is measured in numbers. It is exact; there is no estimation or guessing involved. Smith concludes, “Hypertension is straightforward. It is a very serious health problem with a very simple solution: just be healthy.”

How to Ease the Pressure:

·      Keep up a normal, healthy body weight

·      Fit some form of physical activity into your weekly routine

·      Follow a healthy, low-sodium diet

·      Drink alcohol in moderation

·      See a doctor regularly to have blood pressure and other health concerns checked

·      Heart Attack/failure

·      Stroke

·      Kidney Failure

·      Vision Damage/Failure

“High blood pressure greatly increases your risk for stroke and heart disease, and those fall in the top three causes of death in the United States. Simple lifestyles changes in conjunction with medication can do a lot for someone suffering from hypertension,” says Smith. “Most doctors test it with every visit, which speaks volumes of its indication for overall health.” For more information, visit www.BradentonHeart.com

The average American male can bench press only 135 pounds without risking injury, and women can typically only bench press about 60 pounds, so why does everyone feel like the only way they can work out is with a 500 pound weight machine from a gym?

That’s the question asked by Donnie Gorsuch, a woman who didn’t have the time or money for a gym, but wanted to exercise in the comfort of her own home. Her logic flew in the face of the popular notion that if you don’t belong to a gym, you need to buy gym-style equipment to work out.

“Gyms and the health club industry have created in the popular consciousness a type of ‘gym dependency,’ which has convinced millions of people that the only way to really get a good workout is with gym equipment,” she said. “But I didn’t have the time or money to join a gym, and I didn’t have room in my house for a giant workout machine. That’s when I discovered the practice of bodyweight training, which uses your own weight to provide the resistance for muscles that gym equipment provides.”

Gorsuch is not only a practitioner of bodyweight training, but she also developed with her husband a simple brace for bodyweight trainers called The Power Platform(www.powerplatformfitness.com). The platform folds up and fits just about anywhere, and comes with instructions on how to perform basic and advanced bodyweight exercises.

“Bodyweight exercises don’t require weights, so they are ideal for people who can’t afford or don’t have time for the gym,” Gorsuch added. “In this economy, most people are of one of two extremes. They either have two or more jobs trying to make ends meet, or they are among the millions who are unemployed or underemployed. Bodyweight training is perfect for these people, because it’s neither expensive nor time consuming.”

The practice has been around for decades, and is used by the military, the space program, and even Olympic athletes, according to Gorsuch.

“People have become slaves to their gym, and when they are forced to quit because of time or money, they wind up buying an expensive piece of equipment from a late night infomercial than ends up taking up space, or better, becoming a staging area for folding clothes or a work bench for household fix-it projects,” she added. “Bodyweight training has always been around, but because of the unique challenges facing most people in today’s new economy, it looks like the practice will finally gain the mainstream acceptance it deserves.”