“Hey-did you know there may be a relationship between wellness and absorption?? Meaning your _________ may be a result of a dysfunctional intestinal area???”

1. Have you wondered what is the missing link between Health and Disease? Do you agree we are seeing a rise in Auto-immune rates, Cancer, ADD, Depression, etc or is it all Genetic? What if I told you that whether you have something as minor as Allergies to, as Severe as Cancer, many of you have one thing in common, an inability to optimally digest, absorb and assimilate your nutrition.

2. It is not so much, “We are what we eat.” but, “We are what we absorb.” Research shows there is a PROFOUND relationship between wellness and absorption. I am saying, if you are not experiencing optimal health, ie allergies, migraines, fatigue, ADD, arthritis, etc, you can guess that you have an imbalance in the health of the intestinal area. (1-5)

3. Within the digestive tract there is an ecosystem of microbes, actually 3 pounds worth! These microbes have many functions from helping us assimilate our nutrition, to producing vitamins and protecting us from toxins from entering our blood stream. When there is an imbalance in this microbe population, toxins and incompletely digested proteins can enter our bloodstream and contribute to disease. (6,7,8)

4. Why aren’t all the doctors talking about this? They know that medically, if they temporarily create a disruption in the flora from antibiotics or other medication, the body will restore itself. If we cut our finger, will it not heal, naturally? However, the Million Dollar Question is: Can our body restore the balance if it is not in balance in the first place?

5. Are we in balance in the first place? Where do we get this bacteria from? Actually, we get it one of a few ways. First, is from being born through a healthy birth canal (9-12). Second, is Breastfeeding from a mom with a healthy balance herself (13). Last, is a continual inoculation of bacteria from our environment and our foods (14). Unfortunately, much of our fruits and vegetables, which should have these living microbes, have been irradiated. Worst is, we lose this good bacteria many ways, antibiotics, stress, high sugar diet, birth control, steroids, chlorine, and more! Each generation is inoculating the next with LESS AND LESS beneficial bacteria!

6. Evidence of this imbalance is seen all around us: ulcers, ADD, IBS, Migraine, arthritis, allergies, eczema, food intolerance, fibromyalgia, rheumatism, psoriasis, colon and breast cancer, URI, Acne, PMS. (15-20).

7. IF there is a PROFOUND relationship between our Wellness and our Ability to Absorb optimally, THEN doesn’t it make sense to address the health of the intestinal area? AND if we are going to supplement, do so with Nutrition that is-in essence- already digested? Well, that describes ISOTONIC NUTRITION. Do you want to get started on the road to better health? Then we must CLEANSE, THEN CUSTOMIZE OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM AND THIS WILL LEAD TO BEAUTY – FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

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CLOSING DIALOGUE:

“We will start by conducting an online health survey, it is called a Nutriphysical. This test will make recommendations of products. These recommendations do not take into account the idea of cleansing. They only customize based on your current situation. Therefore, we will first cleanse, then customize on your way to beautification! We are going to cleanse first. After the first month, we will retake the nutriphysical and you will see a reduction in the recommended products because you have addressed many of the root cause issues in the process of cleansing.

You are going to start with aloe. Aloe has properties that will begin to heal the lining of the digestive tract. Aloe is anti-fungal by its very nature. The aloe will prep you by beginning to cleanse your intestinal area and gently remove toxins. Remember, the FDA does not cover all nutritional products; therefore we consumers have to do our homework. For example, an aloe product at the store can have 1 Tablespoon of aloe and the rest water and can be called 100% aloe. This is why I want you to get your first bottle of aloe from me. I know how concentrated it is. If after that, you want to get aloe elsewhere, you can at least use mine as a comparison. You will consume the aloe morning and night, slowly increasing the amount until you are finished with the first 32-ounce bottle. Don’t worry about writing this down, I will give you instructions.

The second week, you will start the isotonic OPC-3. You understand that isotonic, is in essence, already digested. The OPC is a powerful antioxidant that is also able to begin to remove the toxins from the blood as well as many other benefits.

The third week is when you will start the enzyme formula. We will make it easy for you by just putting it in your bottle of water. You do carry a bottle of water with you throughout the day? Research shows, that when there is an imbalance in the intestinal area, there is a corresponding deficiency in B-12.

Therefore, we start you with a B-12 formula at the beginning of the month.

These 4 products cost $139.80, so how would you like to begin, would you like all four now or take the aloe and OPC now and add the Enzymes and B-12 in two weeks? If after 30 days, you do not notice a significant difference, I will refund your money. However, I must ask this. I’d like your permission to follow up with you the day after you start, the 3^rd day and then again on day 7. I will then call you once a week thereafter until you are done with the regimen. We will retake the nutriphysical at that time and move into a more customized nutritional program.

INSTRUCTIONS:

MONTH 1: PROTOCOL #1-BEGINNING PROTOCOL

Aloe $24.95

OPC-3 $64.95

Enz. Formula $29.95

B-12 $19.95

Sub-Total $139.80

After one month, add the colon cleanse $39.95

Protocol 1: Beginning Protocol

Week 1-Aloe and B-12:

Start one ounce in the morning, one ounce in the evening.

Based on how well tolerated:

Double to two ounces of aloe in the morning and two ounces of aloe in the evening

Continue increasing as tolerated until finished. If symptoms of detoxing are in any way uncomfortable, stay at the current dosage until relief is experienced then increase the dose. Interesting, but it seems, when you can take 3 ounces in the am and 3 in the pm, you can move on to just about anything without experiencing side effects.

Take one cap of B-12.

Week 2 OPC and B-12 only:

Begin OPC when Aloe is completed:

2 caps of OPC first thing in the morning on an empty stomach

2 caps of OPC in the evening, as empty as possible

Continue 1 cap of B-12

Week 3 OPC, B-12 and the DIGESTIVE ENYZYME DRINK:

(The reason I dilute it at first is that often people with immune challenges have toxic digestive tracts, so it helps to dilute it at first, the reason I add the B-12, is that research shows when people have an intestinal imbalance they are deficient in B-12, plus it makes it taste better!)

Digestive Enzyme Drink-Enzyme Formula and B-12:

(continue with 2 caps of OPC in the am)

Day 1: 1 cap of enzymes in 24 ounces of bottled water-1 cap of B-12

Day 2-4: 2 caps of enzymes in 24 ounces of bottled water-1 cap of B-12

Day 5-6: 3 caps of enzymes in 33 ounces of water-1 cap of B-12

Day 7-14: 5 caps of enzymes in 48 ounces of water-1 cap of B-12

If 48 oz. is too much water, don’t go to the larger amounts of water on day 5, see if increasing the concentration of enzyme/B-12 is well tolerated in the 24 oz.

Debi Waldeck