Great Earth Vitamins - Spring Savings - Super Saturday 28 April 2007

Super Saturday! - In celebration of Spring (and April 15 {taxes} behind us), we announce our next Super Saturday. Get 25% off all products Saturday 28 April 2007. Please bring in or mention this email. Valid Saturday 28 April 2007 only.

BOGO 50% - Any Day in May, All Great Earth Products - Buy One Get One 50% Off (BOGO 50%) - Lesser item gets discount. Mix or Match. Expires 31 May 2007. Please bring in or mention this email. What a great time to try something new! Expires 31 May 07, Please one May 07 BOGO coupon per family / address.

Cancer - - - What Would I Do If
Small pox, scarlet fever, malaria, whooping cough, bubonic plague, and polio were a few of the diseases that killed our ancestors. Today better nutrition, modern sanitation and medicine have conquered many of humankind’s ailments. For the most part the diseases that remain are: viruses that cause common colds, flu, and AIDS, food-born pathogens, heart disease, autoimmune diseases like arthritis and diabetes, and the many forms of cancer.

At any given time every one of us has some body cells that are mutated (pre-cancer), and ideally our immune system detects and destroys malignant cells. Cancer develops when the mutated cell somehow tricks the body’s immune system and the mutated cells are allowed to flourish. Understanding this breakdown in cellular communication has been a goal of cancer research for decades.

So what can be done to prevent cancer? Hard and fast rules don’t exist, but the link between tobacco and cancer has been well established, therefore it is best to avoid all tobacco. Tobacco isn’t the only known carcinogen, therefore we think it’s best to avoid artificial sweeteners, flavorings, colorings, fragrances, and hydrogenated fats. In our home we’ve made a conscious effort to remove as many chemicals as possible from our kitchen, bathrooms, garage, and garden. We eat very few processed foods, and buy organic when available / affordable. But even with an organic diet, we know today’s food supply is lacking vital nutrients. We’ve all learned about amino acids, the building blocks of protein; and that essential amino acids are ones our bodies can not manufacture and must be supplied by our diet. Vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids are other micronutrients that are vital for our health and well-being, but sadly our modern diets and food supply do not supply proper amounts of most micronutrients for optimal health. When cancer visits my household / family, my first step is to research the latest developments in the war against this cruel disease.

This last decade a new group of essential micronutrients labeled monosaccharides has been identified. These essential compounds, once abundant in our pre-industrialized / pre-factory farm food supply, today are only found in any significant quantity in human breast milk. And even babies don’t get very many monosaccharides in their diet because according to the Centers for Disease Control in 2001, at six months old only 7.9% of babies were exclusively breastfed and only 27.0 % of babies had any breastfeeding. To get proper amounts of these micronutrients, it is essential to take a nutritional supplement containing monosaccharides.

A growing body of scientific research indicates these monosaccharides have a fundamental role in cellular communication, vital in identification of mutated cells, toxins, pathogens and their destruction. I think of our bodies as living miracles, but our bodies have a harder time performing that miracle when they are lacking any essential nutrients. For example most believe that if we are deficient in vitamin C we’ll catch more colds, they’ll last longer or when we get a cut the healing process takes longer. Nutritional sciences / the medical community are just beginning to understand and embrace how vital monosaccharides are for our optimal health.

The keys to good health start with knowledge. Therefore a good part of our community effort is to foster and encourage health and nutrition education. To help disseminate information on this newly forming body of monosaccharide science, Great Earth Vitamins at Meadowmont is hosting ongoing seminars every Thursday at 6:00pm. Call 919-338-8168 to reserve your place at an upcoming workshop. © 2007 Gene Wolf - Published April 2007 Southern Neighbor page 33

Printer Cartridge Recycle – In support of our environment and our community, Great Earth Vitamins at Meadowmont continues to be a drop off point for spent ink and toner printer cartridges. Thank You for keeping this material out of our landfills which leads to a better tomorrow!

Thank You For Being Our Customer! Rose and I think we have one of the best occupations around: we get to deal with some of the finest people in North Carolina. Help us grow. Please forward our Spring Savings Vita-Moment to your family and friends.

Loving Family & Friends. The best way you can continue to love those special people in your life is by taking great care of yourself. Our family’s health foundation is built upon a program of a daily High Quality Multivitamin / Mineral and Omega 3. A great recipe for life: meaningful work, proper nutrition*, exercise, rest, and a bit of laughter to chase away life’s stresses. Our contribution to your Great Health: A Free travel size of Great Earth’s best Vitamin C: Super C-Complex 500 mg 14 Captabs. Just mention this Vita-Moment. Please one free Vitamin C bottle per person. Expires 31 May 07.

Not All Vitamins Deliver - - - Do Yours?

*Today it is impossible to obtain optimal amounts of micronutrients by diet alone. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2002 advised all adults should take a daily multivitamin.

To Your Great Health & Long Life,

(Have you taken your vitamins today?)