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December 2019
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Welcome to the monthly Freedom From Illness
wholistic newsletter from Russell Louie and Margaret Auld-Louie at Optimum
Choices. To receive this newsletter by e-mail or to unsubscribe, see the footer
at the very bottom.
Contents
NEW WEBSITE coming
December Sale
Pet Food Recalls
Why Organic Is Better
Contact us
New Website-please
read
if you order online
Our NEW redesigned website
will launch soon. More user-friendly, easier navigation menus, holistic
blog, more efficient shopping cart and many more state-of-the-art web
site features:
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When you order for the first time,
you will be asked to [Register/Login] to create an account. Once your
personal information is entered, our shopping cart will remember your data
for future sales and all you have to do is Login.
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If you already know what
product(s) you want, there will be a [Shop-Product] button on the home
page for all our major products.
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The people and pet product
lines will be segregated out for faster product information and easier
buying.
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All our nutritional articles
will be published in our holistic blog section for easy reference
and keyword searches.
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Our home page will have a
powerful [Search for Health Conditions or Products] box for
locating holistic solutions quickly.
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Discount Code= SHARE5 |
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Eid
ul-Fitr or the Winter Solstice, we wish you and your
family (including furry children) special holiday greetings.
Think of what you are grateful for this season and SHARE your abundance, no
matter what the situation. We all can think of something we are grateful for,
including our health. From now until
next month's e-newsletter is published, get a
5%
discount off your entire order. Enter "SHARE5"
(the word "SHARE" and the number "5" with no spaces) in the
Discount Coupon box in our shopping cart.
Press the green [Recalculate]
button in the lower left corner of our shopping cart to
see this discount calculated in your total. This
discount may not be combined with our autoship,
volume, referral bonus, professional or other discounts.
HINT: for maximum savings, order any Starter Pack
(three bottles) of
BioPreparation and/or
BioSuperfood for a 5% discount
AND in addition, get the 5% monthly discount above,
for a
total of 10% off the full retail price of a single
bottle. No other discounts can be applied.
HINT: if you miss our
monthly e-newsletters containing the current month's
discount code, go to our home page and select the green
[Newsletters]
button in the center table. Then click the appropriate
year and subsequent month buttons to view our current
month's e-newsletter and "secret" discount code.
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In July, 2018, the FDA began an investigation
into reports of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in pets eating
certain foods, many "grain-free" labeled, that contained a high proportion
of peas, lentils, other legume seeds (pulses), and/or potatoes in various
forms (whole, flour, protein, etc.) as main ingredients. We have heard that
some large pet food manufacturers and some traditional Western veterinarians
are recommending pet parents avoid "BEG" diets — Boutique companies,
Exotic ingredients or Grain-free diets. Before you panic, read
our truly holistic perspective in previous newsletters:
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FDA Investigates Potential Link between Certain Diets and Canine Dilated
Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
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Grain-Free Foods Linked to Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM): Part 2
The FDA has also investigated
elevated levels of Vitamin D in dry dog foods, which can be toxic and cause
serious health problems. Eight brands and twelve
different diets have been recalled. The FDA found an alarming 70 times
the intended amount of vitamin D. To learn more about this recall, please
read Life's Abundance
blog post. None of our
Life's Abundance pet food is affected by this recall.
The best "wholistic" suggestion to prevent
danger to your pet is - STOP feeding dry kibble food. In our
"wholistic" opinion, dry kibble food is the least nutritious form of
food to feed a carnivore. Furthermore, a majority of all pet food recalls is
with dry food. Canned food, freeze-dried food and raw food have a much lower
percentage of recalls. For the latest recalls, go to:
Dog Food Recalls or
FDA website
To read more on our "wholistic" philosophy on
pet food, go to the following links:
Pet Food Recall
Holistic Pet Food
For
a very revealing report on pet food, click the link:
What Pet Food Companies
Don't Want You to Know
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According to
the Environmental Working Group's
2019
 Shopper's
Guide to Pesticides in Produce:
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Overall, nearly 70 percent of the
conventionally grown produce sold in the U.S. comes with
pesticide residues.
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More than 90 percent of sampled
strawberries, apples, cherries, spinach, nectarines and kale
tested positive for residues of two or more pesticides.
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USDA's tests found a total of
225 different pesticides and pesticide breakdown
products on popular fruits and vegetables Americans eat every
day.
If you thought
washing your conventional fruits and vegetables eliminated pesticide
risks, before the above tests were conducted all produce was
thoroughly washed and peeled just as consumers would prepare food
at home, showing that simple washing does not remove all pesticides.
Did you know that Nature put 90% of a fruits' and vegetables'
antioxidant
 health
benefits in the peel and pulp just below the skin. This is to
protect them from natural pests and oxidation if their outer skin
breaks. So by washing and peeling the skin, one not only could be
ingesting some 225 different pesticides but also eliminating 90% of
the fruits' and vegetables' antioxidant nutritional benefits. Why
are these statistics on organic food important?
A 2018 study
published in JAMA, Association of Frequency of Organic Food
Consumption With Cancer Risk1, found those
that ate the most organic food had a 25% lower risk of cancer. The
study looked at over 68,000 adults. The distribution of cancer among
the participants was as follow:
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 Breast
cancer = 34.3%
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Prostate cancer = 13.4%
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Skin cancer = 10.1%
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Colorectal cancer = 7.4%
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma = 3.5%
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Other lymphomas = 1.1%
1Citation:
Baudry J, Assmann KE, Touvier M, et al. Association of Frequency of
Organic Food Consumption With Cancer Risk: Findings From the
NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort Study. JAMA Intern Med.
2018;178(12):1597–1606. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4357
In addition to
reducing your cancer risk, organic foods are reported to be
higher in nutrients,
contain more
antioxidants,
taste better
and are gentler (greener) on the environment.
All the above
is amplified in our furry children when we consider that
pet food manufacturers purposely use ingredients that are
unfit for human
 consumption.
The non-organic grains in pet food are more likely to contain toxic molds,
pesticides and man-made contaminants (such as melamine) than grains
for human consumption and this is perfectly legal. Is this why pets
have a higher rate of
cancer?
Inflammatory bowel issues, autoimmune conditions (SLO,
AIHA) and
allergies seem to be running
rampant in our holistic practice.
In our
"wholistic" opinion, it is much better and
more
cost-effective to be holistically proactive BEFORE symptoms
show up, rather than medically reactive AFTER symptoms blow up.
Discover how we could have saved $10,000 in vet bills, over the
15-year life of our cat who had advanced intestinal lymphoma (or
severe IBD), in our previous newsletter article,
Save $10,000
in Vet Bills. You
choose the right priorities for you, your family and 4-legged children.
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Telephone:
303-271-1649 office
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