Your vitamins may be killing you slowly and you don’t even know it. Most vitamins on the market are synthetically made from chemicals. Our body does not recognize these nutrients and therefore needs to detoxify them. What you may not realize is that taking conventional multi-vitamins and minerals from a synthetic source can have a negative effect on your cellular function. This can translate into cancer and other serious chronic diseases. Make sure you take a whole food multivitamin. The label on your vitamin must say 100% whole food vitamin. If it doesn’t, you may be putting your health, and your family’s health at risk.

For more info visit www.vitatree.ca for the truth about vitamin supplementation.

If you have been suffering from heartburn, you may be deficient in good gut bacteria, or probiotics. We have over 400 species of bacteria in our digestive tracts. Some are good, a lot are bad. It is important to supplement with good bacteria daily to increase the army of good guys and crowd out the bad guys. Heartburn symptoms can often be relieved by supplying enough of the probiotics daily.

Beware of which type of good bacteria you choose. It should be a human strain of probiotic. Human probiotics are naturally present in our digestive tracts. Supplementing with human microflora daily improves our digestion, bowel movements and immune system. For more info go to www.vitatree.ca and look at VitaTree Probiotics.

To maintain a healthy prostate gland, men need to ensure their diet and supplements contain a few key ingredients. The first is zinc. Pumpkin seeds are a whole food source of zinc, an important co-factor decreasing the incidence of prostate enlargement. Pumpkin seeds help regulate urination and maintain the fluid balance in men. Studies have shown that pumpkin seeds contain phytosterols which are responsible for the shrinking of the enlarged prostate gland, and also contain chemicals which halt the conversion of hormone testosterone into the bad testosterone, DHT.
Saw Palmetto is an important herb and is used mainly to prevent benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), enlargement of the prostate gland in men. The plant sterols in Saw palmetto especially beta sitosterol acts to inhibit the growth of the prostate gland by interfering with the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which encourages the production of the bad testosterone, DHT, linked to prostate disease and hair loss in men.

VitaMen’s Formula from VitaTree Nutritionals contains both these ingredients, as well as Maca for libido and stamina and Nettle for the prostate. For more info visit www.vitatree.ca.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS is a common and uncomfortable condition for many. The symptoms of IBS include irregular bowel movements, often oscillating between constipation and diarrhea. Stress plays a big role in IBS. Also, a deficiency in good gut bacteria can be a cause for IBS. Be sure to supplement daily with a high quality human microflora for the best defense against IBS. See VitaTree Probiotics for more information at www.vitatree.ca.

With the recent recall on Tylenol and Motrin products for children and infants, it makes you wonder how safe these products really are, whether for children or adults. I have cautioned my patients for years against using these products because they often mask and slow down the body’s natural healing process. For instance a fever is a healthy response to fighting an infection in the body. If the fever is suppressed with a medicine like Tylenol or Motrin, the body takes longer to fight off the offending bacteria or virus. There are also toxicity issues for the liver and kidneys with using these common over the counter pain killers. There are better, safer natural alternative. Use fish oils as a natural anti-inflammatory for pain and inflammation. Probiotics (good bacteria) are the best preventative medicine for infections as they ward off bad bacteria by crowding them out of the system. For more info read my book The Healthy Millionaire and visit VitaTree Nutritionals products for the highest quality, safe, whole food multi-vitamins.

What one food can you eliminate from your diet and see a dramatic reduction in your cholesterol? Sugar is the answer. Whether it is table sugar, glucose, fructose, and/or high fructose corn syrup, it is important to eliminate or drastically reduce this non-food from the diet to improve cholesterol levels. Most of my patients assume that it is the meats, saturated animal fats and cholesterol containing foods like eggs and shrimp that increase cholesterol. I find however that sugar consumption increases total cholesterol levels. Watch out for VitaTree’s Cholesterol Formula, soon to be launched in Canada.

Heartburn and stomach ulcers are often caused from a deficiency of good bacteria, or probiotics in the intestinal tract. Good bacteria have the ability to protect us from bad bacteria such as H.Pylori, E. coli, parasites and fungi. It is important to supplement with human strains of probiotics daily to make sure you have a strong army of the good guys to ward off the bad bacteria when you may ingest them.

For more info visit www.vitatree.ca and read all about human strain probiotics.

Many men have a fear of developing prostate problems, and with good reason. The Canadian Cancer Society states: “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). On average, 490 Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer every week.” These statistics are frightening. Men need to take matters into their own hands in terms of prevention. Thankfully nature provides natural prevention and treatment options for men. Herbs such as Saw Palmetto and Nettle improve the health of the prostate. Probiotics are also essential to treat the dysbiosis or imbalance in the good and bad bacteria in the prostate. VitaTree Nutritionals will soon be launching their VitaMen’s Formula, which not only helps prevent and treat prostate disease, but also increases the libido.

Chronic headaches are a sign of toxicity and perhaps cranial restrictions that impede the proper flow of cerebral spinal fluid in the brain. Toxicity is common due to all the environmental toxins we are exposed to daily. If we do not detoxify our main internal organs regularly, these toxins build up and can cause headaches. Migraines are a more serious form of headaches and usually a sign of more toxicity. The organs that are toxic and related to migraines include the liver, kidneys and digestive tract. By doing a regular detox, at least 4 times per year, at the change of each season, this is one important step towards alleviating migraines and preventing them in the future. Craniosacral therapy and osteopathy are treatments that can help release restrictions in the cranium that can be a cause for migraines. For more information on detoxification of body, mind and spirit read my book The Healthy Millionaire, available online or at Chapters/Indigo.

We have all been told to eat less red meat and more fish because fish is much healthier for us. Unfortunately, fish is quite toxic and is often high in mercury, a heavy metal. Heavy metals such as mercury damage our cells and especially our digestive tract, liver, kidneys and brain. So how do we get the benefits of fish oils, the omega 3 fatty acids, without having to worry about the mercury and other toxins in fish? The answer is by taking a high quality, pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplement that is third party tested to be free from contaminants such as mercury, dioxins and PCB’s. You must also make sure that your fish oil supplement is not diluted with less expensive oils such as soybean oil. This only dilutes the efficacy of the fish oil. Your fish oil must also be higher in DHA as compared to EPA. DHA is the essential nutrient for your brain and nervous system that helps with memory and cognitive function. For more information on Fish oils, see VitaFish Oil, (*the only pharmaceutical grade fish oil without fillers and higher in DHA ) and how to detoxify the body, mind and spirit, read The Healthy Millionaire.