A distribution center where independent distributors can pick up products will open in the first quarter of 2009 in Quito. Until then, Herbalife independent distributors in the country will be able to place orders via fax, telephone, and e-mail. Online ordering is expected to be available for product orders throughout the country by the end of this year.

Three products from Herbalife’s nutrition line will be available, including the company’s flagship Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix, in three flavors; Performance Protein Powder; and Herbal Tea Concentrate. The company plans to expand its product line in 2009 and will include personal care products in the near future.

About Herbalife Ltd.

Herbalife is a global network marketing company that sells weight-management, nutritional supplements and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 70 countries through a network of more than 1.9 million independent distributors. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to bring good nutrition to children. Please visit Herbalife Investor Relations for additional information.

SOURCE: Herbalife Ltd.

Kei & Me

I’ve been feeling extremely overwhelming of my family results after taking Herbalife nutrition. I want to thank Brother Fei that introduced me Herbalife and thanks for his patience to follow up with me when I was trying the nutrition.

After 2 years, I kept on acting as a messenger who passes the messages to people who I love and telling them this is not only for the body supplements but is a “food” for them. With my patience and persistency, I’ve been encouraging them to take this good nutrition for daily consumption. My whole family is taking the Herbalife Shake as their breakfast and sometimes also as their other meals or snack. Now we have no more tea time, supper & etc. We only drink our Tea Mix which high in antioxidants as a “well-beings maintenance” drinks.

As a results, my family, relatives & some friends of mine started to take the Herbalife Shake as their breakfast or nutrition daily.

I wanted to upload this post because I’ve found some funny stuffs and this is inspiring me to write this post. Let’s take a look!

My sister Fei, Brother Ming Hon, cousin sister Ah Kuan, Aunt Sook Ching & my father have different looks!

David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.N.
Chairman, Nutrition and Scientific Advisory Boards

David Heber, M.D. serves as chairman of Herbalife’s Nutrition Advisory Board made up of leading health and nutrition experts, and the company’s Scientific Advisory Board comprised of world—renowned scientists whose work furthers the field of nutrition science. The boards support the company’s internal product development team by providing expertise on obesity and human nutrition and educating and training Herbalife independent distributors on the principles of nutrition, physical activity and healthy lifestyle.

Heber’s main research interests are obesity treatment and nutrition for cancer prevention and treatment. He is the director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles*. Heber has been on the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine since 1978, and is currently professor of medicine and public health and the founding chief of the division of clinical nutrition in the department of medicine.

He directs the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded clinical research unit and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) nutrition and obesity grants at UCLA. For five years, he also directed the NIH-funded UCLA Center for dietary supplement research in botanicals.

Heber is included in “The Best Doctors in America” and “Who’s Who in America.” In addition to writing over 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles and two professional texts, he has also written four books for the public: “Natural Remedies for a Healthy Heart,” “The Resolution Diet,” “What Color is Your Diet?” and “The L. A. Shape Diet.”

Heber holds a B.S. in chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, UCLA, 1969; M.D. from Harvard Medical School, 1973; and Ph.D. in Physiology, University of California, 1978. He is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology and metabolism by the American Board of Internal Medicine and in clinical nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.

* The University of California as a matter of policy does not endorse specific products or services. Dr. Heber’s credentials as a Professor are for identification purposes only.

Herbalife ShapeWorks™ Program is a reduced hunger, hassle-free, healthy program personalized for your unique shape. A breakthrough in weight loss, ShapeWorks personalizes a diet for your body by providing you with the right balance of hunger-stopping protein and healthy carbohydrates.

Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education

As vice president, medical affairs and education, Luigi Gratton, M.D. coordinates the strategic management and direction of Herbalife’s Nutrition Advisory Board to ensure Distributors have a thorough understanding of products, ingredients and their benefits. In addition, he manages the day-to-day operations of the Medical Affairs and Education Department, assuring all Distributor and medical inquires receive a quick and accurate response.

Gratton, a physician specialist in family medicine and clinical physician at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition in the risk factor obesity program, works closely with Distributor trainers around the world to ensure the dissemination of accurate product information. He also speaks at major Herbalife events, enhancing Distributors’ knowledge about Herbalife products.

He has written numerous articles on nutrition and obesity and has appeared on television speaking on nutrition anti-aging medicine, sports nutrition and other medical topics.

Gratton earned an undergraduate degree in science and a masters in public health from University of California, Los Angeles. He was awarded a medical degree from Mount Sinai Medical School of New York University and fulfilled his residency in family medicine at Los Angeles County Hubert Humphrey Family Medicine Center. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical nutrition at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Gratton has been awarded Diplomate of The American Board of Family Practice and The American Board of Physician Nutrition.

Herbalife ShapeWorks™ Program is a reduced hunger, hassle-free, healthy program personalized for your unique shape. A breakthrough in weight loss, ShapeWorks personalizes a diet for your body by providing you with the right balance of hunger-stopping protein and healthy carbohydrates.

Hair is often the first thing we notice when we meet someone. It is an important expression of who we are. It also serves a valuable biological purpose; keeping your head warm and helping to regulate body temperature. But since environmental factors can effect our hair over time, it is important to learn healthy ways to protect our crowning glory.

Bad Hair Days
Exposure to the elements can wreak havoc on your hair. In the winter, dryness occurs when the protective outer layer, known as the cuticles, lifts and allows valuable moisture within the hair shaft to evaporate. Sun exposure can also be harmful, damaging your hair’s natural protective film, making it appear dry, dull and brittle. The sun’s ultra violet light chemically breaks down and weakens the keratin proteins, which are the building blocks of our hair.

Easy Hair Care
A healthy lifestyle means healthier hair. Drinking enough water and getting frequent scalp massages are just some of the simple ways to keep your hair silky and shiny. But the real secret comes from within, as any nutritional deficiencies can lead to adverse effects on your hair. Diet profoundly effects the health of not only internal systems and organs, but external ones as well.

Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex is a great way to obtain the vitamins and minerals needed for healthy hair. It contains over 20 essential nutrients such as Zinc which builds hair protein and vitamins B and C which support strong, supple strands of hair. It also includes Iron, which prevents hair follicles from being starved of oxygen and Beta-Carotene, an essential nutrient for hair growth. Herbalifeline®, Tri-Shield®, and Core Complex all contain Omega-3 fatty acids necessary for healthier, shinier looking hair. These essential fatty acids help to condition and lubricate the hair.

Lastly, remember to nourish your hair with a healthy shampoo and conditioner. Herbalife’s Herbal Aloe Shampoo can help to rehydrate your hair and Herbal Aloe Conditioner protects your hair and manages shine with the healing benefits of aloe.

By Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Education

Herbalife Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex is a Cellular Nutrition-powered multivitamin with over 20 essential nutrients and antioxidants, including folic acid, calcium and iron. Stress, poor diet and exposure to pollutants can impair your health. This core Cellular Nutrition product is specially formulated to support helpful metabolism, growth, repair and reproduction at the cellular level.

Herbalife Herbalifeline® includes Omega-3 fatty acids for cardiovascular and joint health. Includes EPA and DHA Omega-3 fatty acids and a unique blend of herbs. It boost heart health with Omega-3s and maintain healthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels already within normal range.|

Herbalife Tri-Shield® proprietary formula with 100% pure Neptune Krill Oil, the three heart-healthy compounds in Tri-Shield® help protect your heart.Give your heart enhanced nutrient absorption and a powerhouse of antioxidants, phospholipids and Omega-3 fatty acids. The three heart-healthy compounds in 100% pure Neptune Krill Oil are extracted with a superior cold-vacuum process.

Herbalife Core Complex targets the four key indicators of heart health: cholesterol, triglycerides, homocysteine and oxidant stress. It supports circulation and healthy blood vessels, maintain healthy homocysteine levels already within normal range and antioxidant protection.

Herbalife Herbal Aloe Moisturizing Shampoo gives hair a beautiful, healthy shine with this hydrating shampoo with aloe, avocado, grapeseed, ginger root, jojoba seed, rosemary and sage. Gentle with the benefits of whole-leaf aloe, this moisturizing hair wash provides protection from environmental stressors and cleanses without stripping hair or irritating the scalp.

Herbalife Herbal Aloe Everyday Conditioner manage shine with the healing benefits of aloe. For normal to dry hair. Gentle enough for everyday use.

Good nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. Learn the simple way to deliver the nutrients your body needs at the cellular level.

Each day, your system is challenged by factors that rob you of valuable nutrients, undermining your health, damaging your skin and making weight management a struggle. When your body’s nutritional needs are not met, your health suffers.

A complex problem made simple

It can be a daunting task to ensure you are getting the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for optimal health in the right balance every day. That’s why Herbalife has made nutrition simple with our Cellular Nutrition Program. This advanced Herbalife technology supplies the amino acids, vitamins, minerals and herbal factors your individual cells require to function optimally.

Whether you need to lose weight, gain muscle, want to increase energy, have softer, shinier hair or improve your quality of life, Cellular Nutrition, the foundation of Herbalife’s wellness philosophy, is designed to address these specific concerns.

As easy as one, two, three

Cellular Nutrition consists of a creamy, deliciously filling shake (enjoyed once or twice daily) and two nutritional supplement formulas taken with each meal-it’s that simple!

1. Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix.
2. Formula 2 Multivitamin Complex.
3. Cell Activator®.

Good nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. Experience the “Herbalife difference” today!

Source from: Herbalife

The number of deaths from diabetes will soar by 25 per cent in the next decade thanks to Britain’s escalating weight problem, a World Health Organization report will reveal this week.

The extensive study says that 76 per cent of British men over the age of 30 and 69 per cent of women in the same age group, are overweight. This compares to 65 per cent of men and 55 per cent of women in 1995.

It is predicted that the number of overweight people will increase in the next 10 years, fuelling the rise in diabetes which by 2015 will be killing 8,000 people per year more than it does now. There will also be a surge in other chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

Dr JoAnne Epping-Jordan, of the WHO’s department of chronic diseases and health promotion, said the estimates were ‘conservative’. ‘The rates of overweight people are rising quite quickly. We are measuring the numbers of people overweight because that is a major risk factor for diabetes and other chronic diseases. We want to highlight that one does not have to be obese - the risks start rising at a Body Mass Index (BMI) as low as 21,’ she said.

BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in metres squared. The normal range is 18.5 to 24.9, and you are obese if it is over 30. Epping-Jordan pointed to studies from the US that show a woman who is only just overweight has eight times the risk of developing diabetes of someone at an ideal weight. For men the risk is just over double.

Charities in Britain last night urged the government to take notice. ‘These figures confirm our worst fears,’ said Simon O’Neill, director of care and policy at Diabetes UK. ‘We know that Type 2 diabetes is linked to being overweight, so people must be educated to eat a healthy diet and take up regular physical activity or the numbers will continue to rise at an alarming rate.’

The charities Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation estimate that 33,000 people die each year as a result of diabetes. The disease raises the chance of developing serious health problems, including heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure, circulation problems and nerve, kidney and eye damage. If the WHO’s predictions are realized the number of deaths will rise to more than 41,000 in 2015.

Neville Rigby, director of policy and public affairs at the International Obesity Task Force, said: ‘The biggest proportion of the population affected [by chronic diseases] are in the overweight category. This is the tip of the iceberg.’

He added that BMI is not enough on its own to highlight a risk. A normal BMI but a large waist circumference could be just as dangerous, he said. The ‘apple shape’, he added ‘indicates densely packed visceral fat‘.

Source by: By Anushka Asthana, The Observer, October 2 2005

三聚氰胺，不為人體吸收，容易在腎臟累積，形成化石，量大腎臟將遭破壞，造成腎衰竭，小朋友年紀小，腎功能不好喝牛奶量多，更容易造成傷害。

【記者劉惠敏、張耀懋／整理】

Ｑ：毒奶粉吃下肚一定會出問題嗎？如果吃了毒奶粉該怎麼辦？

Ａ：吃到含三聚氰胺的奶粉或相關製品，不會立即出現結石等嚴重後遺症，健康人腎臟都能自然代謝去除毒物。若真吃到毒奶粉，最好的方法還是多喝水，讓 1 天排尿量達 2000 cc，約 1 天上廁所 7 次，每次排 300 cc，就可避免結石。

體重 60 公斤的人，需天天吃純 7.8 克的三聚氰胺，聚積性的吃上 4 周才可能致結石。若以奶粉 1 % 是三聚氰胺計，每天要食用 780 克的毒奶粉，連續 4 周，才會導致結石。

以此次大陸當局公布檢驗出三鹿奶粉每公斤含 2563 毫克三聚氰胺計，60 公斤體重者需每天食用 3 公斤奶粉，連續 4 周才會致結石。或喝下 200 公斤奶茶，連續 4 周，才會致結石。

大陸嬰孩以奶粉為主食，腎臟發育還不成熟，5 公斤重的嬰孩，每天喝 250 公克，連續喝 6、7 百公克，連續 4 周就致死了。此外，腎臟病患需更注意。反而是孕婦的腎臟功能比一般人還好，代謝功能也更佳。

Ｑ：那些食物含有乳品成份？

Ａ：以乳品為主要原料加工製成的奶製品含奶量最高，包括牛乳、調味乳、冰淇淋、優酪乳。其次以奶製品添加物的食品與飲料，包括糕餅、奶茶等。一般而言，糕餅裡的奶粉添加量最多不超過 3 %，咖啡、奶茶則是 1.5 %。

另外，目前部分農戶為提高農作物及肉品品質，也會在飼料、肥料或澆水中加入奶粉，透過農作物及動物本身吸收、消化後，含量更低。

Ｑ：如何辨別有沒有毒奶粉？

Ａ：購買食品時，應先察看標示，確認食品來源、成分，如果沒有標示或不清，最好先查證或諮詢店家。

（資料來源：衛生署、林口長庚醫師毒物科醫師林杰樑、台北醫學大學副校長謝明哲，記者劉惠敏、張耀懋／整理）【2008-09-18/聯合報】

文章來源 : 腎病變》嬰兒吃毒奶結石 大人會嗎 ?

如果「吃的安全」讓您困擾 , 賀寶芙公司信守承諾 , 堅定為賀寶芙產品及其成分安全性嚴格把關「不含三聚氰胺」 安全無虞 — 優質 ” 低脂、低糖、低鈉、高纖、零膽固醇 ” 的均衡營養和專屬教練 , 是幫助您均衡飲食「便利有效率」的好幫手 , 還可以同時進行體重控制計畫 !
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Q: I’m watching my weight, but I’m so often tempted to snack. What can I do?
A: Snacking in and of itself is not bad. In fact, any good weight-management program will include healthy snacks throughout the day to keep hunger at bay. And that’s where protein comes in. A healthy snack like Herbalife’s new Protein Bar Deluxe is great because it’s packed with protein–which helps you maintain lean muscle and keeps you feeling satisfied longer than you would after eating sugary, less healthy snacks.

Q: These Protein Bar Deluxe taste delicious. Are they really good for me?
A: Yes they are. These bars contain Vitamins E, B6, B12, and other essential vitamins and nutrients–plus 10 grams of healthy protein. And at only 140 calories, these Protein Bar Deluxe are an ideal addition to your weightmanagement regimen, especially if you find yourself craving sweet snacks throughout the day.

Q: Do these bars have other health properties I should know about?
A: Plenty. First, they contain no trans fats–which, as you know, are very unhealthy and are found in many of the processed goodies we typically call “snacks.” Also, these bars contain vitamins like niacin, thiamine and riboflavin–making them a nutritious snack not only for people trying to lose weight but also for active people on the go and anyone who wants to live a healthy lifestyle.

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