The Need for Nutrition

Nutritional supplements are no longer just a good idea.
They ARE a necessity.

The redder and bigger the strawberry or tomato - the better - right??? Wrong. The plants we are growing may be bigger and better looking today, but they dramatically lack the nutritional value they used to have. Why? Well, it starts with our soils. Tests done by Earth Summit has revealed that the farmlands in North America are depleted by 85% - not able to produce food that will adequately nourish us. In the past 50-70 years as the USDA has tested our food. For years it is shown that the nutritional value in our food has decreased dramatically - in some cases by 40% or more. The value for vitamin A for the day could be met by 2 peaches in the 1950's. Today your necessary amount of vitamin would mean you would have to eat over 50 peaches in one day. Things have changed - haven't they?

Many have said that we are the most over fed - yet under nourished country in the world - this is why:

2/3 of all deaths are caused by poor diet – including heart disease, the No. 1 killer in the U.S.
It is estimated that diabetes will soon over take heart disease as the No. 1 killer in the U.S.
70% of people do not receive the minimum daily requirement of key nutrients.
80% of cancers are diet related.
A child is diagnosed with autism every 20 minutes.
There is a new diagnosis of Alzheimer’s every 72 seconds.
95% of Type 2 diabetes is caused by obesity.
7 out of 10 Americans are overweight or obese.
1 in 3 adult Americans has high blood pressure.
More than 1 in 5 Americans have doctor-diagnosed arthritis.
Americans age 65 and older take an average of
5-6 medications daily.

We hear all the time - there is a health crisis in our country - we need nationalized health care - and we do have a crisis. For a long time we were not looking for ways to stay healthy - but today many are looking for a way to do just that - STAY HEALTHY! Prevention - it is so much easier to stay healthy than to get better - people are realizing that there may be a better way!!!!

We realize that there is an opportunity to help those who are looking for a better way of life and who want to stay healthy well into their later years. We looked at Reliv as a way to make a difference in our world!

We have an opportunity to help people to get healthy and to stay healthy! We have an opportunity to change a lot of people's lives - an opportunity to nourish the world!