What Triggers Inflammation?

Well, let’s first start with a question, what is inflammation?, “Inflammation is a process by which the body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses.” But what triggers inflammation? Causes of inflammation, that my friend can be best described this way. There are four basic triggers, one is trauma, another deficiency and stress, and don’t forget good old toxins. So let’s break these down in order to better understand.

When you mention the word “trauma”,accidents come to mind, associated with pain and suffering as a direct result of injury. Inflammation is a natural part of the healing process. But did you know that if we don’t move our bodies, such as exercising, we eventually become less able to move? Muscles and other tissues weakened, thus any movement can cause injury. It is important to keep your body moving everyday to strengthen and develop muscles and tissues in order to prevent injury.

Our cells are life, they are directly affected by everything we do right down to the foods we eat. Thus deficiencies can and do happen weakening the cells causing a chain reaction within our body, ultimately pulling the trigger of inflammation. Emotional stress can also cause inflammation. In stressful situations our brain releases chemicals that trigger the release of many inflammatory processes, and too much stress over a long period of time will cause major problems. Stress is a huge cause of inflammation.

Our bodies are swimming in toxins. Let’s face it we live in a toxic world, it’s every where you turn, and in every breath we take. Toxins created inside our bodies and outside, there is seemingly no escape from inflammation producing poison.

Our bodies are truly amazing as it can respond to trauma, deficiency, stress and toxins with inflammation. As mentioned inflammation is the bodies natural healing process, but where it all goes wrong is with runaway inflammation wherein the body can’t shut it down causing auto immune diseases and so much more.

So how can you keep inflammation in check? Learn to become a partner with your body, watch the signs that trigger inflammation. Reduce basic nutrient deficiencies by eating healthy foods and taking quality supplements, one positive fighter of inflammation is found in the nutrient called Betalains. Walk, run, stretch, just move that bod of yours, exercise in any form keeps your mind alert and muscles moving. Ease your emotional stress, relax, and rejuvenate.

Helping YOU Reach Optimal Health & Wealth,

Kim Buchanan

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Independent TriVita Business Owner
Kim Buchanan ID#11225081 USA

Our bodies are truly amazing to say the least! One aspect of many, is the inner workings that goes on behind the scenes from the first bite of food, right through the entire digestive process, ultimately allowing each and every one of us life on a daily basis rival even the most intelligent minds.

The key player, our cells are comprised from the food that we eat, as such a good or a bad diet dictates whether or not we have balanced or unbalanced cells. In fact, foods that are absorbed during digestion and carried into the bloodstream are called bioavailable foods. If they are good for us they are called bioactive foods. If they neither improve our health nor detract from it they are called bio-neutral foods and if the foods we eat are toxic for us they are called biocidic foods. This according to a recent article written by Brazo Minshew Chief Science Officer for TriVita.

So you ask, “what are Betalains anyway?” Betalains are bioflavonoids, a plant compound known for their antioxidant activity. Betalains are void in fruits and vegetables, but all 24 known Betalains are found in rich abundance in the Nopal Cactus Fruit better known as the “Prickly Pear Cactus”.

So how does the Betalain family fit into this whole body thing? Further information from this same articles goes on to say, research showed that anti-inflammatory Betalains protected fats from being oxidized and turned into “bad” fats. Methyl linoleate (ML) is a common fat used in manufacturing detergent and other products. It can become carcinogenic (cancer-causing) if it oxidizes. Betalains protected ML from oxidizing. This antioxidant activity hindered the formation of inflammatory chemicals. Betalains slowed down the domino effect of toxic, rancid fats from becoming carcinogenic before they ever started!

All of this of course begs the question, can our body take in the goodness and reap the benefits of these wonderful potent anti-inflammatory, anti-toxin action of the Betalain family? According to Professors at the University of Palermo, Italy. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology involved in the study of Betalains, and their activity stated that Betalains are both bioavailable and bioactive!

We can improve the health of our cells, along with helping our bodies reduce inflammation, oxidation and the impact of toxins by taking in the Betalain family!

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnosis, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Resource; VitaJournal Article

Inflammation can be your very best friend in an emergency, it’s your bodies defense against all enemies who’s intent it is to harm. This super hero for all the good that it can do in helping the body to heal, also can harbor a dark side in some cases. Inflammation that causes asthma, allergies, digestive problems, insomnia, autoimmune disorders, just to name a few.

Mankind has been exposed to pollen since day one, but over time increased toxins, emotional distress on a daily basis, nutrient and sleep deficiencies have changed the way our bodies react to pollen, and food allergies. These sources of stress have been shown to release inflammatory histamines in our bodies, and once histamines are released into our system they are extremely inflammatory.

Histamines are released on four different receptors:

The first receptor, better known as H-1 is released in the airways causing allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, itchy watery eyes, scratchy throat, bronchitis. The second H-2 in the digestive system producing symptoms such as acid indigestion, gastric reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis. The third H-3 in the brain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorder, bipolar disorder, and Alzheimer. The last receptor H-4 in the immune system, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibermyalgia.

Histamines are as stated earlier inflammatory, starting a fire in one or more of these body systems, as a result creating symptoms. The arsonist who started the fire on one or more receptors may be determined by heredity, environment, and/or lifestyle. The weapon of choice used, the match, may be pollen or proteins, toxic poisons, and the list goes on and on. Any one or more could be the ignition ultimately creating the firestorm. The arsonist always has the same method of execution, inflammation is always caused by histamines.

So how can you help put out the fire and protect yourself against histamine formation? It’s time to bring in a powerful team that together help fight the formation of excessive histamines and reduce inflammation. First Vitamin B-12 can block the enzyme THF which is responsible for excess histamine formation. Since histamines create inflammation that feeds on itself in a firestorm of irritation, the nutrient betalain, and the riches source found in the Nopal cactus fruit breaks the cycle of inflammation putting out the firestorm.

Try to stay away from allergens, while your immune system renews itself, and take in this effective team daily!

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnosis, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Independent TriVita Business Owner
Kim Buchanan ID#11225081 USA

Pollution, as we know is all around us from the air we breathe, to the food we eat. There is no escape from toxins as they invade our bodies in a variety of different ways. Since we can’t completely stop toxins from their destructive path, we can fight back!

Countless native Americans know the land holds many natural healing secrets, and one such secret is found in the desert, the Sonoran desert to be precise. It’s the Nopal Cactus, featuring it’s most amazing fruit. The robust pinkish color of the fruit gives way to it’s secret, the amazing Betalains. There are 24 known Betalains all of which are essential for human health. Betalains are anti-toxin and anti-inflammatory, we all could use some of that!

There is a leader amongst the Betalains that helps detoxify and it’s called beta xanthine. Beta xanthine is an important friend when it comes to detoxifying your liver and kidneys. Our bodies burn food in order to create energy and build health. As previously mentioned, toxins are on a never ending quest from both the outside elements and inside elements, which in turn hampers the body from doing it’s job effectively.

A key player in creating toxins from within our body is uric acid. Uric acid is excreted by the kidneys, and too much build up of uric acid is poisonous and has been associated with heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, kidney stones and gout. Our kidneys are delicate and easily damaged by dehydration with too much protein, sugar, toxic metals like mercury and toxins like aspirin. Even temperature extremes like heat can affect them.

Our liver neutralizes uric acid with enzymes, and those same enzymes also detoxify many other poisons. Thus improving liver detoxification of uric acid helps in detoxifying other poisons which is a very good thing indeed! If your liver is fatty, sluggish or toxic, chances are you will be unable to complete the detoxification process…Guess what, with the help of our new found friend from the Sonoran Desert, Betalain beta xanthine can help improve your chances of detoxification as it aids by neutralizing toxins such as uric acid, thus increasing liver detoxification enzymes that clean up both outside and inside toxins, and as an added bonus, it may even reduce the shock our kidneys face from excessive heat! Now that’s a win…win!

So drink in the wellness of the Betalain beta xanthine to help protect your precious assets, the liver and kidneys. Helping to detoxify your body, ultimately gaining better overall health!

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnosis, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Independent TriVita Affiliate Member
Kim Buchanan ID#11225081 USA

Got B’s what are you talking about? Well, I am referring to a prestigious group of hard working nutrients that are essential to your bod, the “B” vitamin family and their star B-12. Which by the way is responsible for increased, sustainable energy, a fantastic disease fighter and so much more, all by itself!

B vitamins as I mentioned above are a powerful alliance when enough of these little guys are absorbed into our body. Unfortunately, we don’t always get the recommended amounts according to the Food and Drug Administration in our daily diet. There are many factors that contribute to a lack of these key nutrients. It isn’t always due to a bad diet, even if we do eat right, such things as toxins in our soil, toxins in our air, are solid road blocks in delivering just what we need.

So who are these B’s anyway?

* Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

* Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

* Vitamin B3 (niacin or niacinamide)

* Vitamin B4 (adenine)

* Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)

* Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, or pyridoxamine, or pyridoxine hydrochloride)

* Vitamin B7 (biotin)

* Vitamin B9 (folic acid)

* Vitamin B12 (various cobalamins; commonly cyanocobalamin in vitamin supplements)

These water soluble vitamins are essential to cell metabolism. When you get the whole gang together you have a B Complex ready to rival the likes of irregular heartbeat, heart failure, memory loss and other cognitive deficits to name a few.

So, just how can you be sure you are getting the recommended dosage in order to keep the B’s buzzing for optimal health? Since we already know that many of the healthy foods we eat, some containing a rich source of a specific B vitamin doesn’t always deliver, taking supplements can help assure you are doing all you can. However, there is one particular vitamin I mentioned earlier, the star of show, remember, B-12? Well B-12 even if conditions are right and you received a proper dose of it either through foods or supplements, doesn’t always get absorbed. You see the older we get, the less B-12 is absorbed into our bodies. This star B-12 for maximum delivery, maximum results, must be taken sublingually or better known as under the tongue. Taking it like many other supplements by swallowing B-12 isn’t the way this super “B” works!

Since Mother Nature can’t always provide us with the most nutritious foods these days, sometimes we need a extra helping hand to reach our goals of optimal health. So remember to get your daily “B’s” and don’t forget good old B-12 taken sublingually! Your body will thank you!

Independent TriVita Affiliate Member
Kim Buchanan ID#11225081 USA

It is hard these days to stay positive given the current economic conditions in the world today. Yet, it is imperative that you do. Why? Simple, if you give up on you, you have lost the battle.

You have heard the old adage “The Mind is the Battlefield” it is true! Everything is won and lost in one quick decision you make. If you allow fear, doubt and unbelief to enter your mind set you have opened the door to an eventual downturn. Never fear, we are only human, thus we allow these thoughts to enter our thought processes momentarily. Just as quickly as the thought arises, stop and rethink the situation! Make the right move and be positive no matter what.

No one needs to be negative, it takes just as much energy to be positive as it does to be negative. So do your mind, body and soul a favor, believe you are victorious, that things will turn around soon. You know it will, eventually, so why carry the stress, upset and alike.

Obviously, these same aspects apply to business as well, in the sense, you need to remain positive in mind set no matter what. The truth is many businesses are financially effected these days, so why harbor the battle that you are a loser, right along with your particular business. I know it is easier said than done, but, think about it. A positive mind set echoes throughout your body, setting the stage for your demeanor. It is surprising how many people think they can hide their feelings behind a smile. An attitude that nothing is wrong, my business is thriving, no worries, can be as transparent as rain on the windshield. People are smart for the most part, they sense your body language that is directly affected by your mind.

You my friend are no different than anyone else; what sets you apart from others is how you think. How you handle situations, your basic attitude about life in general. The character traits of our uniqueness! So learn to embrace the power of YOU! Seek deep within your being and know that no matter what wrong turn delegated in your life, things will find a way of working themselves out for the better. No one placed a curse on you, no one gave you an extra dose of bad karma. Look around, the world is filled with unhappy, unfulfilled individuals. Yet, that same world has just as many happy, fulfilled, positive people.

Choose wisely grasshopper, set your mind for the battle of the positive YOU! Life is a battle daily, so arm yourself with the armor of righteousness in knowing you are o.k. Smile with a new meaning that comes from deep within. One that truly shows the world the awesome power of you…Heck, by applying these strategies, you just might make that big sale! Not to mention, you will definitely improve your day…and someone else…a total win win!

Step forth in a new attitude! The positive power of YOU!