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Let’s Ask the Doctor

Sometimes, people who are considering adding Juice Plus+ (JP+) products to their daily nutritional intake have one (or several!) questions that they want to run past their health care professional before making a decision.

In this video interview [41.36 min] with Gretchen Comstock, Dr. Candace Corson (a Yale-educated Family Practice and Integrative MD) addresses a few of the most commonly asked questions. I’ve included the list of questions they covered (see below), along with a time-stamp marking the beginning of each question.

I already eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, so I don’t feel I need a supplement. [4:34]
The JP+ seems on the expensive side. [6:50]
Can I buy just a one month’s supply instead of the 4? [8:40]
How many servings of fruits and vegetables are actually in JP+? [9:48]
I take so many pills these days, I can’t possible add anymore. [11:35]
I can’t eat Juice Plus+ Complete because it contains soy and as a breast cancer survivor, I have been told to stay clear of soy. [14.31]
I love the taste of the JP+ Complete but it has too much sugar in it and I am working on cutting down my sugar intake. [16.32]
I have an auto immune disease and take medications to help suppress my immune system and I have to be careful not to boost my immune system. [17:32]
I am on a blood thinner called Coumadin and I‘ve been told not to eat leafy green vegetables. [18.40]
I have some serious digestion issues especially when I and fearful that JP+ may make them worse. [20.06]
Will JP+ keep the colds I get often at bay? [25.03]
I have food allergies to some of the JP+ ingredients so I am not sure I can take JP+. [26.40]
I’m pregnant and wonder if I need a prenatal if I am taking JP+. [27.48]
How old should my baby to start introducing JP+ [29.20]
I take a pharmaceutical grade Omega 3 so what differentiates JP+ Omegas from mine? [30.39]
I’m thinking of not continuing with JP+ because I haven’t noticed anything. [32.50]
If Juice Plus+ is so good why don’t more doctors, even the holistic ones, recommend it? [36.12]
I have more energy, better digestion, I sleep more soundly and feel so clear headed since starting JP+. What’s up with this?!! [38.36]

Is there a question that didn’t get covered during the interview? Feel free to ask me (via email) or by leaving a comment below.

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Change Your Attitude About Change

I originally* shared these thoughts from a Rotarian friend on LinkedIn. Thanks, John!

Change Your Attitude About Change

by John Bishop, Executive Director, Accent on Success, Greater St. Louis Area

The world is changing. The changes will be rapid, constant and revolutionary. We can’t stop it.

At best, we can slow it down a little. But, change will be coming from all directions and at speeds we have never seen before. If rapid change is inevitable then how can we prepare for it?

Seven Ways to Look at Change:

1. Today’s change is tomorrow’s norm.

2. Change is as good or as bad as you make it.

3. If you are a change oriented leader expect others to paint a bull’s eye on your back and then shoot arrows at you.

4. Substitute the word “growth” for “change.” It will revolutionize your perspective about new things.

5. “When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” [Tuli Kupferberg]

6. “Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat.” [Prince Phillip of England]

7. If you can’t control the changing event, change how you react to it.

By changing our attitude toward it and insuring that the changes make things better and not just faster.

By changing our attitude toward it we can make the change in our section of the world better – not just faster.

Our personal attitude toward change will ultimately determine our destiny.

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(If you like this life skill idea, please send it to others. Thank you.)

* Originally published Dec. 2, 2008

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A Garden to Groceries Program in Memphis Tennessee

One of the many reasons I have felt so honored to be a part of the Juice Plus+® family for the past 25 years is the company’s ongoing mission of “Inspiring Healthy Living around the World“. One of the ways we live this mission together is through multiple charitable partnerships.

This [4.20 min] video offers an overview of one such exciting collaborative project between the Boys and Girls Club of Memphis, TN and Tower Garden® by Juice Plus+®

Additionally, over the past several years, hundreds of Boys and Girls Clubs throughout North America have been gifted with a Tower Garden® with ongoing support from local Juice Plus+® Virtual Franchise owners in their own communities.

If you’d like more information about joining our mission, you can complete the form below and I’ll get back with you shortly.

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Focusing – For ME

In late spring, 2012, at the conclusion of the International Focusing Conference in Argentina, I was invited to share what Focusing means to me. Here’s the brief [1.46 min] video we recorded (I’ve also included a transcript, below).

Transcript:
“Ok, Focusing – for ME….is a way for me to be with who I am in a fresh way with what’s wanting to come from inside.
That doesn’t have words or notes or music, yet.
I know it in my body. I know something, in my body. But I don’t yet know what I know.
I can’t…I’m not yet able to sing the song that’s waiting to form….for me to sing it.
And, Focusing is a way to let me bring all that forth.
And that’s Focusing – for ME.”

If you have a sense that there’s something inside of you that’s waiting to form and be known, I’d love to help you bring it forth. Sometimes, all that’s needed is a skillful listener.

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Every Long Journey…One Step at a Time

Screenshot - FitBit Badge I don’t know about you, but I don’t seem to have the kind of body that does well with prolonged exercise. At least not during the past 30+ years.

Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the boring details. They’re not the important part of this story.

Rather, I wanted to share how wonderful it felt to unexpectedly receive the “Great Wall badge” from fitbit in my email.

Wow! 5500 miles I’ve walked since I started tracking my steps. I don’t know how long it’s taken me, but that doesn’t matter, somehow. Blue and I don’t always get to the targeted 10,000 steps per day. However, we DO walk every day.

We’re not competing with anyone. I had recently discovered I feel really uncomfortable awakening a dormant competitive spirit inside of me after a friend invited me to join her in a weeklong fitbit “distance” competition. On the other hand, I DID enjoy sharing a designated scenic “hike” with her. Simply enjoying the scenery without any need to come in first.

One step in front of the other. One moment at a time. One day at a time. Sometimes a bit slower than others – there might be vistas to savor or roses to smell.

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