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Mission: Celebrate the Holidays Responsibly

November 16th, 2009

HOW “THE HOLIDAYS” CAN KNOCK 25 YEARS OFF YOUR LIFE

Even though Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years make up a total of 3 days, most people just call November, December, and the first part of January “The Holidays.”

Since it is “The Holidays,” you can be irresponsible and careless. You eat can mass quantities, put all sorts of horrible “Holiday” items in your body, stop exercising, miss adjustments, spend too much, and put important things off because, after all, it is “The Holidays.” In total, you end up with a 6-10 week reign of terror on your life and body.

If you add to these two months to all of the other times you tend to abuse or ignore your health, such as parties, anniversaries, other “holidays,” birthdays, weddings, weekends, secretaries day, etc, you are basically being irresponsible for your health (and many other areas of your life) conservatively three months out of every year. (25% of every year)

By the time you are 40 years old, you will have spent 10 years doing serious, possibly irreparable damage to your body, your finances, and possibly your whole life. This is another reason why people are supposed to live to 100, but only make 75. (25% off)

“The Holidays,” are a time designated to celebrate and appreciate God’s blessings. However, they have become a time dedicated to shortening life and falling short of your God-given potential. Clearly, it is time to look at “The Holidays” from a new perspective.

Of the tens of thousands of sick and suffering people I have met, examined, and consulted, not once have I heard one of them say, “I wish I had done less for my health all of these years.”

What they do say, in every case, is “I wish I had met you _______ years ago.”

WELL, you have met me, please take advantage of it.

Enjoy the Holidays (6-10 days). Yet, keep you and your family alive in the process.
Written by Dr. Ben Lerner or Maximized Living
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5 Simple Ways Mission: Clean Kids Suggests Healthy Holidays

1. Keep supplementing: Don’t miss a day of your vital nutrition.  It will keep your immune system strong with all the added “junk” of the holidays.  Our recommended line of nutrition for the entire family: HERE

2. Eat sensibly whenver you can.  Our trick at home is to keep Cinch Shakes and Bars available at all times to drink on the go!

3. Stay Hydrated! Sometimes thirst disguises itself as hunger.  Shaklee has a great tasting hydrating drink call Performance.

4.  Time Manage.  Most of the time we fall off the healthy path during the holidays is because we are running around with extra “to-do’s”.  Taking care of ourselves just doesn’t seem to be top priority.  Think about all the healthy things you can do for yourself in a minute or less…like using toxin free products during your morning routine.

5. Remember your long term goals.  Yes, I will struggle with this one in the moment too.  However, I often just remind myself how many things I do for my family, especially my children.  Eating healthy and making good choices in the home is not only something I do for them, but also for me.  Its a win-win situation to help us enjoy each other for a ver long time together.