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As we speed into the third millennium, inquiries into biology and biochemistry have brought us exciting new insight and understanding, and have made available to us a great deal of valuable, new information on the effects of good nutrition on health. More and more people are finding that disease treatments using drugs and sophisticated technology are failing. In the face of these failures of unnatural medicines, the fact that good nutrition enhances our body's ability to heal itself and to protect us from disease becomes increasingly obvious.
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The biochemistry of health is complex, but the basic nature of health is simple. Most degenerative diseases result from three controllable causes:
 Malnutrition:
eating foods that contain too little of the nutrients required to support our body's thousands of normal functions.
Toxicity:
exposure to external toxins (food molecules altered by harmful processing, synthetic drugs, pesticides, plastics and industrial chemicals, toxic heavy metals, and pollutants in our water, air, and soil) that interfere with our bodies' built-in program for health.
Poor digestion: incomplete breakdown of foods and, therefore, poor absorption of their nutrients, resulting in internally generated malnutrition and toxicity.
Nature's building blocks - foods, water, air and light - not synthetic drugs, constitute primary health care. Our genes know how to make healthy cells if they get the basic building blocks, essential nutrients: substances our body must have to live; cannot synthesize from anything else we eat; and must therefore get from foods. Lack of essential nutrients causes health to degenerate, until worsening symptoms end in premature death.
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Our ancestors obtained the essential food factors they needed from fresh, whole, organic foods. Today, our markets are saturated with nutrient-poor, toxicity-laced foods driven by farmers, manufacturers, and consumers to whom cheap price, long shelf life, and convenience have become more important than health. What was meant to keep us alive is slowly killing us because Nature's purpose for food has been mostly forgotten.
A complete health plan must consider all food-based essential components in optimum quantities: greens, essential fats, proteins, digestive enzymes, fiber, and probiotics, as well as essential amino acids, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and phytonutrients. Each component should be obtained from fresh, whole, organic foods or should be supplemented in capsule or powder form. To perfect your personal health plan, you can use Udo's Choice health plan of natural formulas.
The Man behind the Health Plan
Udo Erasmus received his B.Sc. in Honors Zoology, from the University of British Columbia, followed by graduate studies in Biochemistry and Genetics.
In 1980, life took a significant turn when he was poisoned by pesticides. When conventional medicine was unable to provide help, he turned his attention to nutrition. Several years of research culminated in his Canadian best-selling book, Fats and Oils, which earned him a Ph.D. in Nutrition.
In 1987, he pioneered technology for pressing and packaging edible fresh oils made with the goal of health rather than shelf life in mind.
Fats and Oils was revised, expanded, and updated into the present version, Fats That Heal Fats That Kill, which has sold more than 150,000 copies.
Over the past fifteen years, Udo has done more than 2,000 media interviews and lectures, educating audiences across the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia on the components of good health. Presently Udo continues to expand the Health Plan for the Third Millennium and to work on his third book. Visit Udo at www.udoerasmus.com.
What are essential fats?
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Scientists have given essential fats (a.k.a. essential fatty acids or EFAs) their name because the body must have them to survive, but cannot synthesize them from any other substance we eat, so a direct food source is required. There are many kinds of fats, but only two essential fats: omega 3 (n-3) and omega 6 (n-6). Each EFA is turned into several derivatives by the body, provided enough n-3 and n-6, in the right ratio, and made with health in mind, are supplied.
All other fats, such as n-9 (monounsaturated) and saturated fat, are non-essential because the body can produce them from sugars and starches.
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Sources of essential fats
Sources of n-3s are flaxseeds, green leafy vegetables, and high fat, cold water fish (for n-3 derivatives EPA and DHA). N-6 is found in sesame and sunflower seeds, land animal meats (n-6 derivative AA), and other seeds and nuts.
Why are essential fats good?
Essential fats play many vital roles in the complex workings of the human body. They:
 
Increase energy, performance, and stamina. EFAs help build muscle, prevent muscle break down, and speed recovery from fatigue.
Strengthen the immune system. EFAs make hormone-like eicosanoids that regulate immune and inflammatory responses. N-3s have anti-inflammatory effects, can slow auto-immune damage and inhibit the growth and spread of tumors.
Lower most risk factors for cardiovascular disease. EFAs (especially n-3s) lower abnormally high levels of blood pressure, triglycerides, Lp(a), fibrinogen, tendency to clot formation and inflammation, and regularize heartbeat.
Improve brain function: mood, intelligence, behavior, and vision. Our brain is over 60% fat, and EFAs are important components of the entire nervous system. They are necessary to make the neurotransmitter serotonin. Depression, hyperactivity and other brain problems show decreased levels of n-3.
Regulate organs and glands. Liver and kidneys, adrenal and thyroid glands, and the production of male and female hormones need EFAs.
Speed recovery and healing. EFAs are necessary for cell growth and division. They form all cell membranes and regulate vital cell activity.
Support healthy child development. For nervous system development, a growing fetus needs optimum EFAs from the mother's body. Mothers become depleted of EFAs during pregnancy, and need optimal EFA intake for their health and their children's optimum development.
Improve digestion. Poorly digested foods tie up the immune system and can cause inflammation, leaky gut and allergies. N-3s improve gut integrity, and decrease inflammation and "leaky gut".
Decrease infection. EFAs have anti-fungal, anti-yeast, and anti-microbial properties, helping to protect against infections.
Keep bones strong. EFAs aid in the transport of minerals that keep bones and teeth strong, helping to prevent osteoporosis.
Aid in weight reduction. EFAs help keep mood and energy up, suppress appetite and promote both fat burning and thermogenesis, thereby aiding in weight loss.
Protect genetic material. EFAs regulate gene expression, and n-3s inhibit tumor growth.
Ease PMS. The n-6 derivative (GLA) intake was voted by women as one of the top three most effective PMS treatments. N-3s may be even more effective.
Produce beautiful skin, hair, and nails. Signs of EFA deficiency are dry, flaky skin, dull hair, and brittle nails. N-3s help skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and acne.
By now, it should be clear that everybody needs essential fats.
Damaged and undamaged essential fats
Of all the essential nutrients, essential fats are by far the most abused because they are sensitive, perishable, chemically unstable foods, easily damaged by heat, light, and oxygen. Almost all supermarket oils, including the oils used in processed foods, have been damaged by destructive processing that involves treatment with corrosive acid, bleach and overheating. Hydrogenated oils, margarines and shortenings are more harmful than saturated fats; and frying can contribute to increases in both cancer and heart disease.
Oils, made with health in mind come from organically grown seeds. They are pressed under protection from heat, light, and oxygen; packaged in tightly sealed brown glass bottles and placed in a light-excluding box; then stored in the refrigerator. Oils made with this care - the highest possible quality - are found in health food store. They are also sold by trainers and natural health professionals.
How to use essential fats
Used in the right amounts and ratios, essential fats confer invaluable health benefits. One to five Tbsp. per day of an oil blend called Udo's Choice Oil Blend will make skin soft and velvety. For serious conditions, larger amounts up to 10 Tbsp. / day are sometimes used under the supervision of a nutritionally trained health care practitioner.
This oil blend goes well with all foods and can be used with cold, warm, and hot (once off the heat source) foods but must not be used for frying, baking, or other high temperature cooking. Favorite uses are in salads, protein shakes, yogurt, juices, soups, applesauce, on steamed vegetables, rice, and pastas, and with balsamic vinegar for dipping.
Sealed, Udo's Choice Oil Blend bottles can be kept for up to eight months refrigerated and for over two years in the freezer (oil shrinks when frozen). For freshness, the oil is best used within eight weeks of opening the bottle.
What makes Udo's Choice Oil Blend unique?
Made with exceptional care, Udo's Choice Oil Blend was developed for people who want one product that gives them all the good fats they need, without any of the bad fats they should avoid. The Oil Blend has a 2:1 ratio of n-3:n-6, which has proven to be the most beneficial because we consume too much n-6 and not enough n-3. Using mostly organic materials, Udo's Choice Oil Blend is pressed under the exclusion of heat, light, and oxygen, packaged in environmentally friendly brown glass, and kept in a box.
Udo's Choice Oil Blend won the Gold Alive Award for the best essential fat product each year it was entered (1996, 1998, 1999). Udo's Choice Oil Blend contains:
48% n-3 from flaxseed;
24% n-6 from sunflower and sesame seed;
2% healthful minor ingredients from the above seeds, plus rice germ, oat germ, and organic evening primrose;
beneficial lauric acid containing medium chain triglycerides from coconut;
GMO-free lecithin;
Vitamin E; and
65 milligrams per Tablespoon of phytosterols that lower cholesterol, protect prostrate, and normalize immune function.
Portable, Low Carb Detoxifying Meal-Replacement
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What are greens and where do they come from?
Plants rich with chlorophyll make Earth the green planet. Greens have been an endless food source for living creatures and are the basic foundation of human health and regeneration which, because of the importance of greens to health, could more accurately be called ReGREENeration.
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Why do we need greens?
Greens are our most important foods because they provide us with all of the essential components of health. They are our foods, as well as our medicines. Where green plants cannot grow, we cannot live. Greens:
Have been making the oxygen we need to breathe for about 4.5 billion years;
Provide us with water and hold water in the soil;
Dissolve and then absorb the minerals from rocks and make them useable for us;
Manufacture the vitamins that are essential to our life;
Manufacture amino acids and proteins, as well as essential fatty acids and fats;
Make sugars and starches, which are fuel for our cells;
Provide fiber and, if raw, provide digestive enzymes as well as probiotics;
Are our greatest source of antioxidants;
Provide phytonutrients, nature's medicines;
Alkalinize our body into a healthier state; and
Produce our steaks (a cow is made from grass).
Greens improve health and reverse degenerative diseases. And they do so largely without adverse side effects.
How should we use greens?
Almost every health problem will benefit from the use of green foods. Fresh organic greens are best, because they are rich in essential nutrients and free of toxic pesticides. We can juice or blend greens for easier digestion. We can steam or boil them at home, or we can dry them for long-term storage, which is especially important for busy and/or traveling people.
Dried greens keep well; can be carried in a suitcase, briefcase, or backpack; and, while not quite as good as fresh greens, still contain most of the nutrients we need.
Some of the dry greens used in portable products include: the sprouts of grains, one-celled organisms, and dried vegetable powders. All of these greens have virtues. We work with a product called Udo's Choice Beyond Greens.
What makes Udo's Choice Beyond Greens unique?
Udo's Choice Beyond Greens provides:
50 super foods, food concentrates, and plant extracts;
A rich blend of greens from 9 different sources: organic alfalfa, barley, rye, and oat grass powders; spirulina, chlorella, broccoli, parsley, and kale;
N-3 and N-6 essential fats from organic flax, sunflower, and sesame seeds, as well as pumpkin seed, and rice and oat germ;
Protein from seeds and greens;
Both kinds of fiber; especially rich in detoxifying water-soluble mucilage;
A rich source of lignans.
Phytonutrients and antioxidants from many herbs to support the functions of (inner organs): immune system, cardiovascular system, digestive system, liver, kidneys, and pancreas;
Concentrates of the best vegetables: carrot, tomato, beet, and others;
Low in carbohydrates and therefore good for weight loss and glucose stability;
A completely vegetarian meal;
A food free of dairy, wheat, yeast, and other common allergens;
A taste enhanced with natural flavors;
A meal replacement that is portable and convenient for fast-paced lifestyles;
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Digesting the Facts On Enzymes
Digestive Enzymes (DEs)
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What are digestive enzymes?
Without enzymes, our body's chemical reactions would be too slow for life to exist. The human body makes and uses more than 3,000 kinds of enzymes that speed up (catalyze) chemical reactions and save energy. Only a few of the thousands of known enzymes are digestive enzymes (DEs). These break down the foods we eat into basic building blocks that our body then absorbs and reassembles to build cells, tissues, organs, glands, and body systems.
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Where do DEs come from?
DEs come from two main sources:
1. Internal: The digestive system secretes a few DEs in the mouth and stomach, but most are secreted by the pancreas and small intestine cells, and
2. External: Foods that are raw, sprouted, or soaked (not destroyed by the heat that cooking generates).
During digestion, DEs from raw foods and DEs from the digestive tract work cooperatively. Most of the DE action initiated by our body starts once food enters the small intestine, whereas DEs from raw foods start to self-digest as soon as we start to chew our food, providing a valuable jump-start on the digestive process.
Why do we need DEs?
No matter what we eat, all our foods are made from the same basic building blocks: amino acids (proteins), fatty acids (fats), glucose (carbohydrates), and some others, each of which requires different breakdown enzymes. Protease digests proteins; lipase digest fats; amylase digests starch; etc. DEs have the following benefits:
Allow the breakdown and absorption of nutrients we need to build cells and bodies;
Reduce bloating, gas, heart burn and acid reflux;
Digest proteins (poor digestion creates digestive problems);
Decrease inflammation and "leaky gut";
Cool intestinal fever which helps to keep extremities (hands and feet) warm;
Prevent and reverse allergies caused by poorly digested foods;
Supplement our declining internal production of DEs as we age;
Help to free the immune system from needing to get involved in (poor) digestion;
Optimize the immune system's ability to deal with virus, yeast (candida), fungus, bacteria, and cancer;
Improve circulation, rework scars, and aid healing; and
Are used as part of the natural treatment for heart and artery disease, cancer, irritable bowel, arthritis, migraine, epilepsy, and restless leg syndrome (growing pains).
Optimizing our supply of DEs
In order to fulfill our need for DEs, we should:
Eat plenty of raw vegetables and fruits; soak (for 8 or more hours) seeds, nuts, and grains; and sprout beans and other legumes;
Chew food well (like mama always said);
Eat a diet rich in nutrients that optimize the function of our digestive system; and,
Supplement heated foods, large meals, or allergy-causing foods with enzymes such as Udo's Choice Digestive Enzyme Blend.
How to use DEs
Because enzymes are heat sensitive proteins, temperatures over 120 degrees Fahrenheit (or 50 degrees Celsius) destroy them. Cooked, canned, micro-waved, or pasteurized foods need DE supplementation.
Enzymes have no taste. For best results, open up and mix contents of 1 or more capsules of DEs throughout cold or warm (but not hot) foods, or swallow capsules during the meal. DEs can also be mixed in water and taken between meals. Those with unresponsive digestion problems should consult a health care professional.
What makes Udo's Choice Digestive Enzyme Blend unique?
Udo's Choice Digestive Enzyme Blend:
Contains the full spectrum of different DEs: amylase, cellulase, glucoamylase, invertase, lactase, lipase, malt diastase, pectinase phytase, and at least 15 proteases;
Is super-rich in protein digesting enzymes, because poorly digested protein cause the majority of digestion-related problems;
Is plant-based and in vegi-caps, and therefore suitable for vegetarians as well as meat eaters;
Is packaged in capsules, making it easy to mix into foods and drinks;
Is presented in international activity units, rather than in weight (mg) units (which give no indication of their activity level).
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The Fundamentals of Fiber
Blood Sugar Stabilizing Fiber
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What is fiber?
Fiber is indigestible material that provides health benefits by its effects inside of our digestive tract. Fiber comes in two main forms:
1. Water-insoluble, including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; and
2. Water-soluble, including pectin, oat bran, and the most useful soluble fiber, mucilage.
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Where does fiber come from?
Fiber comes mostly from plants. It makes their cell walls strong, and gives shape to trees, shrubs, grasses, and herbs. Animal products lack the fiber necessary for bowel health.
Fiber is richly supplied by:
Vegetables (but not by one-celled greens;
Whole grains (but not the white rice or flour made from them);
Unprocessed seeds and nuts (but not the oil products made from them);
The bran of rice and other grain;
Seeds like flax, psyllium, chia, and others (special mucilage fiber);
Mucilaginous herbs like slippery elm;
Several kinds of seaweed; and
Supplements of concentrated fiber.
We use a fiber product called Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend to provide the fiber missing from many people's diet.
Why do we need fiber?
Insoluble fiber:
Scrubs our intestinal walls;
Sweeps our digestive tract;
Bulks stools; and
Promotes colon health.
In addition to the benefits provided by insoluble fiber, soluble fiber (especially the mucilage type of soluble fiber):
Escorts cholesterol, toxins, and heavy metals out of the body;
Stabilizes blood glucose by slowing down glucose absorption;
Soothes our scrubbed intestines;
Improves bowel regularity by absorbing water;
Feeds friendly bowel bacteria (probiotics)
Improves bowel health; and
Reduces risk of bowel cancer.
How should we use fiber?
The most important feature is simply that it needs to be present in our food supply. Research suggests that 30 or more grams (slightly more than one ounce) brings optimum bowel health, but most people obtain 10 grams or less.
By incorporating more fiber-rich foods into our diet, or by adding fiber supplements to otherwise fiber-poor foods, we can increase our intake.
The use of mucilage fiber, which absorbs a great deal of water, is particularly to be recommended. If this kind of fiber is added to liquids such as soups or salad dressings, it will thicken them. In your measurement of the liquids you use in foods, take this effect into account.
We use Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend in many ways. We often use it as a food or snack. Or, we add it to:
Vegetable juices;
Oatmeal and porridge;
Yogurt or buttermilk; or
Soups
Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend can be sprinkled on many foods to increase the content of beneficial fiber. Some people even add it to their coffee.
Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend is great for breakfast. Add greens, digestive enzymes, essential fats, protein digestive enzymes, essential fats, protein powder, yogurt or applesauce (or both), lots of water, and then turn it into a blended breakfast shake. It is delicious, nutritious and will keep you satisfied for hours.
When you're hungry, or have low blood sugar (which can cause mood swings, tiredness, double vision, head-aches, shakiness), simply put 2 Tbs. of Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend in a glass, add lots of water, stir, and drink. The low blood sugar blues disappear very quickly.
What makes Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food Fiber Blend unique?
Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food Blend provides more than just fiber. It is a blend of about 50 different ingredients flavored with cinnamon and almond. Its ingredients include:
Over 35% fiber;
20% proteins;
15% essential fats;
Very little carbohydrate;
Small amounts of greens and herbs;
Udo's Choice Wholesome Fast Food (Fibre) Blend is the richest food source of lignans. Lignans are special molecules found in plants. Their virtues include:
Potent anti-oxidant action;
Estrogen-like effects that lower high estrogen before and raise estrogen after a woman's change of life;
Escort cholesterol and bile acids from the body thus lowering cholesterol;
Benefits that lower risks of diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease;
Anti-lupus and anti-inflammatory effects; and
Soothing effects on irritable internal bowel wall.
Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend is the richest food source of lignans, containing many times more lignans than any other source. (Because lignans are water-soluble, seed oils are poor sources of lignans.)
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The Pros of Probiotics
Bowel-friendly Bacteria
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What are probiotics?
The human gastrointestinal tract is home to more than 400 types of probiotics (a.k.a. friendly bowel bacteria, gut microorganisms, or intestinal flora). These microorganisms keep us healthy by protecting the GI tract (from mouth to anus) from infections by bacteria, yeasts, and fungi that cause disease.
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Where do probiotics come from?
During birth, probiotics from the mother's birth canal colonize the infant's gut, and thereafter are provided by mother's milk. After infancy, probiotics are supplied to us and to all other living creatures by raw foods which are coated with these bacteria.
When we cook, the probiotics that encase our foods are destroyed. Subsequently, to protect our gut, we need to take advantage of probiotic supplements to maintain gut health.
Why do we need probiotics?
Unfortunately, the natural world also provides disease-causing microorganisms. These include yeasts (Candida and others), Salmonella, Listeria, Montezuma's Revenge, Amoeba, certain deadly E-coli strains and Botulinum, and in places without sanitation, the deadly Typhus and Cholera which has killed thousands of people.
Probiotics protect us from intestinal diseases caused by "unfriendly" organisms. They:
Inhibit the growth of unfriendly bacteria;
Out-populate these bad bacteria; and
Manufacture chemicals absorbed by the immune system to control the 'bad' organisms.
Probiotics also:
Enhance the immune system's ability to fight infections;
Breakdown cholesterol;
Control bowel toxicity;
Lower the risk of bowel cancer; and,
Inhibit intestinal bloat and gas production.
How do we use probiotics?
About 20 different probiotics, are grown commercially in dairy or non-dairy cultures. A combination of one or more of these probiotics can be added to cold or warm foods (up to 120F) to replace those killed by cooking. Probiotics should be taken after meals, when stomach acid is lowest, to ensure maximum survival in the small intestine and colon, where they do most of their good work. We work with a blend called Udo's Choice Super 5 Acidophilus Plus.
What makes Udo's Choice Super 5 Acidophilus Plus unique?
Udo's Choice Super 5 Acidophilus Plus:
Contain 5 of the best strains of probiotics chosen to implant in the mouth and gums, small intestine, and large intestine.
Contain two transient yogurt-producing probiotics.
Are embedded in a powerful growth medium (peptones, minerals, and dried organic cane juice).
Have a delicious raspberry taste, perfect for dessert.
Are tablets which when dissolved in the mouth over 15 minutes, provide up to 4 times the original number of bacteria. The probiotics for mouth and gums have 15 minutes to implant if the tablet is dissolved rather than chewed. UCS5A+ is very popular with kids, who are more vulnerable than adults to disease-causing microorganisms, and therefore need these friendly bowel bacteria even more than adults require them.
What is contained in Udo's Choice Super 5 Acidolphilus Plus?
The friendly bacteria in Udo's Choice Super 5 Acidolphilus Plus are:
Lactobacillus salivarius for mouth and gums;
Lactobacillus acidophilus for small intestine;
Bifidobacterium bifidus for large intestine (colon);
Streptococcus thermophilus, a transient yogurt-producer; and
Lactobacillus bulgaricus, a traditional yogurt culture.
In addition to these bacteria, (grown on a dairy-free medium) the tablets are also comprised of the growth medium for these friendly bacteria.
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Daily Menu Plan:
We recommend a diet high in fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains, nuts and seeds, purified water, and fresh air. The following additions to the diet provide complete management, anti-aging and other powerful healing benefits. You can take each Udo's Choice product separately or combine them in an Udo's Health Shake.
Udo's Choice Oil Blend
An ideal source of essential fats, which contains in right proportions everything you need from oil and nothing you should avoid. Use 2 or more tablespoons daily, mixed in liquids or foods after they are cooked. Soft velvety skin is your indicator that you are getting optimum amounts.
Udo's Choice Beyond Greens Meal Replacement Blend
A premium green food combination with added protein, fiber, essential fats, herbs, vegetables and enzymes. Use 2 to 3 tablespoons daily, mixed in yogurt, applesauce, or liquids, or add it to other foods.
Udo's Choice Digestive Enzyme Blend
A wide-spectrum, high potency, complete, protease-rich formula to help your digestive system. Take 1 capsule or more during each meal. For heavy meals, take additional capsules.
Wholesome Fast Food (Fiber) Blend
A fast, convenient, user-friendly source of soluble and insoluble fiber packed with other nutrients. Use 1 to 3 tablespoons of this cinnamon-flavored food every day, with lots of liquid, for breakfast, as a snack or added to other foods.
Udo's Choice Super 5 Acidophilus Plus
A special dissolve-tablet containing a blend of 5 of the most beneficial and powerful strains of micro-organisms. Dissolve one or two of the tablets in your mouth after each meal instead of dessert, or take between meals as a probiotic snack.
Udo's Health Shake:
1 T. Wholesome Fast Food Blend
1 T. Beyond Greens
1 T. Oil Blend
2 capsules Enzyme Blend
(break open & discard outer capsule)
1 T. your favorite protein powder
1 banana or 1/2 cup any fruit
1 cup juice or soy milk
Combine in blender, and enjoy!
Benefits of Udo's Choice Health Products:
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Keep Your Best Friend Healthy Too
What About Our Pets?
What has been said about our health also applies to our pets. Unfortunately, commercial foods for them are as nutrient poor as human foods, and sometimes they are worse. If your pets don't get raw fresh foods, they can benefit from Udo's Choice Pet Essentials.
It contains a synergistic blend of all-natural vegetarian source whole food concentrates such as certified organic flax, sunflower and sesame seeds, organic cereal grasses, bee pollen, organic soybean powder, plant enzymes, and a wide variety of herbs and other phytonutrients.
Udo's Choice Pet Essentials consists of organic foods, whole foods, herbs and phytonutrient rich vegetables to give your pet:
Optimum nutrition for increased energy
Enhanced calmness
Improved hair coat
Better regularity
Less shedding
Cellular renewal
Tissue regeneration
Body repair
Improved general well-being
Rejuvenation
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About Udo Erasmus, Ph.D.
Udo Erasmus is an internationally recognized authority on the role of fats, oils, and cholesterol in human health. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Honours Zoology with a major in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, followed by graduate studies in biochemistry and genetics. Several years of research in the field of nutrition led to him write his first book, Fats and Oils, which earned him a Ph.D. in nutrition and was later expanded and republished as Fats That Heal Fats That Kill. |
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