I began my journey with Nature's Sunshine Products when I discovered that the Primrose Oil my sister with Multiple Sclerosis had been taking was not as potent as it should have been.  At that time I discovered that the FDA did not regulate vitamins, herbal remedies or many weight management products. 

I was, frankly appalled.  After countless hours of research I found Nature's Sunshine Products.

They have rigid standards for every one of their products.  They reject any herb that doesn't meet their standards.  They've been in business successfully for years and are a global company.

My sister noticed a significant difference when she used Nature's Sunshine Primrose Oil in conjunction with her Multiple Sclerosis medications. 

I also love the prices of  Nature's Sunshine Products, the enormous selection of products (over 600)  and the Compensation Plans for the distributors.

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Nature's Sunshine Products-Thyroid

Benefits:

• Supports the glandular system.
• Nourishes the thyroid gland.
• Enhances the actions of the thyroid hormones.
• Buffers the effects of stress and fatigue.
• Supports a healthy metabolism.

How It Works:

Thyroid Support is a blend of nutritional and herbal supplements specially designed to nourish the thyroid gland and to support the actions of the thyroid hormones. The thyroid hormones regulate many body functions, including oxygen use, basal metabolic rate, cellular metabolism, growth and development, and body temperature.

Ingredients:

Vitamin B6, zinc, copper, manganese, l-tyrosine, kelp leaves and stems, thyroid substance, nettle leaves, protease blend, pituitary substance and hypothalamus substance.

Recommended Use:

Take 1 capsule with a meal twice daily.

What is the thyroid?
The thyroid gland is located on the front part of the neck below the thyroid cartilage (Adam's apple). The gland produces thyroid hormones, which regulate metabolic rate (how fast calories are consumed to produce energy). Thyroid hormones are important in regulating body energy, body temperature, the body's use of other hormones and vitamins, and the growth and maturation of body tissues.
Diseases of the thyroid gland can result in either production of too much (overactive thyroid disease or hyperthyroidism), too little (underactive thyroid disease or hypothyroidism) thyroid hormone, thyroid nodules, and/or goiter. Thyroid problems are much more common in women than in men.
Production of thyroid hormones: The process of hormone synthesis begins in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus releases thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). The TRH travels through the venous plexus located in the pituitary stalk to the pituitary gland, also in the brain. In response, the pituitary gland then releases thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH, also called thyrotropin) into the blood. The TSH travels to the thyroid gland and stimulates the thyroid to produce the two thyroid hormones, L-thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). The thyroid gland also needs adequate amounts of dietary iodine to be able to produce T4 and T3, the molecules of which contain four and three atoms of iodine, respectively.

The thyroid gland is a most important part in the regulation of the body's well being.

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Nature's Sunshine Products-Vitamin D3 and Why You need it!

For seniors over the age of 65, taking a daily supplement of vitamin D with calcium—but not vitamin D alone—can offer some protection against the risk of common bone fractures, according to an updated review from The Cochrane Library.
Broken bones of the hip, wrist, or spine due to osteoporosis or low bone mass affect about 52 million Americans, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. About one in two women and one in four men age 50 and older will break a bone due to their declining bone health.
Vitamin D has been proven essential for maintaining strong bone health. As people age, they tend to get less vitamin D from natural sources such as sunlight or foods such as fish and milk. Supplements are often needed to restore the body's optimal levels.
Cochrane reviewers evaluated 53 studies with 91,791 participants to determine whether supplements with vitamin D alone or vitamin D supplements with additional calcium offered the best protection against fractures. Seniors were given either vitamin Dsupplements, including D2 and D3; vitamin D with calcium; or a placebo.
The reviewers, led by Alison Avenell, M.D. at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen UK, concluded that in the doses and formulations that were tested in the included trials, supplements of vitamin D alone are unlikely to lower the risk of hip fractures for older people.
"We did not expect to find an effect from vitamin D alone, as this has been a consistent finding from previous reviews," said Avenell.
Supplements of vitamin D with calcium did, however, reduce the risk of hip fractures in nine of the studies. Among low-risk seniors who live in the community, those who consumed vitamin D with calcium had one less hip fracture per 1,000 older adults per year. For seniors living in high-risk environments of nursing homes and hospitals, there were nine less hip fractures per 1,000 older adults per year.
Avenell said the review supports the recommendation that at risk older women and men take vitamin D supplements with calcium. Noting however, that people, particularly those with kidney stones, kidney disease, high blood calcium levels, gastrointestinal disease or who are at risk for heart disease, should seek medical device before taking supplements.
"I would only suggest calcium and vitamin D for fracture prophylaxis in very high risk populations, such as much older people in institutions such as nursing homes, who get no sunlight exposure at all. Even then, the risk of side effects may outweigh any preventive effect. I would not suggest vitamin D alone."
Robert Heaney, M.D, of the Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center, agreed. "Most individuals in Europe and North America are deficient in both calcium and vitamin D," he said. "Giving one or the other, by itself, will help only those who have the single deficiency, not the double deficiency."
It therefore makes sense that giving both is more likely to produce benefit than giving one or the other or nothing at all, he added.

Source:

Center for Advancing Health
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