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Lessman's March schedule is up

CWS22 — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:01:34 GMT

Saturday, March 4
11:00 PM – Midnight

Sunday, March 5 – Today’s Special

Essential-1 with D3 2000

Midnight – 2:00 AM
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Noon – 2:00 PM
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

Shaunac — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:02:19 GMT

Thanks for the information. I know there are a few of us here who have been waiting for the multivitamin as a TS.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

VaBelle35 — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 00:47:07 GMT

Thanks! I am out of D3. I just ordered a 30 day supply with the 20% coupon to get me to April.

This is even better!

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

sassenach1 — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 14:48:51 GMT

Thank you for the info. Glad Essentials TS is coming. It will be time for me to replace.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 17:45:42 GMT

Anyone know when he stops shipping Choco Nuvo?

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

CLEM — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:10:18 GMT

Thanks for posting this. I want to order the Essentials-1. Don't need the D3 because mine is quite high, but perhaps he is giving a choice with D3 or without.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

FLGators — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:31:00 GMT

How much is too much Vitamin D3? I have his Vitamin D3-2500; I have COQ10 w/2000 D3. this Essential has 2000 D3. My levels are fine at the moment & I have been taking 4500-5000iu. Wondering if an additional 2000 be too much? Essential 1 is my must have, may have to alternate on vitamin d3 in take if it's too much. Hope he has the larger size bottles, DH & I share.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

VaBelle35 — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:12:10 GMT

You should be able to buy the TS without the D3. The only time you can't buy the bundle is when he bundles something with B12 Complex. Everything else you can buy the TS without the bundle.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

VaBelle35 — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:07:34 GMT

THE WORLD’S FINEST MULTIVITAMIN:
ESSENTIAL 1 TODAY’S SPECIAL.
PLUS, THE INDISPUTABLE POWER OF DIET:
MY RECENT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

MARCH 1, 2017

With all the influences around us, it is very easy to forget, or to simply overlook, the unrivaled power that diet possesses to either enhance or harm our health. Nothing comes close. Other than our genes, which we are born with and cannot change, how we eat is our most powerful weapon against disease and the ravages of aging. I recently had a firsthand reminder of this power and it has changed my diet forever. I will discuss in greater detail below, but it is undisputed that the foundation of our best health is eating well. Our health (good or bad) is directly connected to what we put in our bodies. We can always blame our parents and our ancestors for our genes, but regardless, we possess great power through our diet. The right path is not confusing, since we only need to look toward the Mediterranean or Asian Diets for some basic foundational principles of healthy eating. Speaking about a nutritional foundation, it is appropriate that this month’s Today’s Special be a special version of our Essential 1 multivitamin, since just as diet is the foundation of good health, Essential 1 is the perfect foundation of those nutrients lacking from even the healthiest of diets. I will also introduce our March Monthly Specials: CholestaCare, Ultimate Oatmeal and Ultimate Oat Bran. These three products are particularly relevant, since they relate to my discussion below of my most recent blood tests and the dietary changes they inspired. Ultimately, we are all getting older and the youthful “immunities” we may have once possessed are sooner or later relinquished with age. In my case, my lifetime of security that came from “perfect” numbers was suddenly gone and I was shocked to find myself in a high risk category. That was humbling and alarming, but also inspiring, since none of us are doomed to be the helpless victims of aging. This seemingly bad news inspired change and with it an opportunity to remind myself of the supreme power of diet to influence our health and to thereby reduce our lifetime risk of virtually every health condition and disease. I will explain in further detail below, but first our upcoming Essential 1 Today’s Special…

Nothing speaks more clearly about Essential 1 than the experiences of those who use it. Currently there are over 2,900 reviews and almost 2,600 of those reviews are perfect 5-Star Reviews. That is an astonishing 4.7 Star average, with almost 97% positive reviews! It is even more impressive if one considers that multivitamins are typically among the most negatively reviewed supplements. It is easy for me to prove why no multivitamin possesses the unique ingredients, purity and effectiveness of Essential 1, but even more important is Essential 1’s unsurpassed gentleness. Unlike most vitamins that come as large, difficult to swallow and digest, artificially-colored tablets, Essential 1 comes in a small, soft, easy-to-swallow capsule that is guaranteed gentle even to the most sensitive stomachs. Essential 1 is mild despite offering potencies that far exceed any of the world’s leading multivitamins. It also does so without any added ingredients – NO colors, binders, fillers, lubricants or other chemical additives. This weekend’s Today’s Special is a unique new formula delivering 2,000 IU of our special Vitamin D3 daily. I have always considered 1,000 IU the minimum daily level of Vitamin D3 to be consumed, but 2,000 IU is the level at which Vitamin D3’s greatest benefits commence. That is the same level of Vitamin D3 found in separate high potency supplements and it now comes with your daily Essential 1. That amount of Vitamin D3 alone would cost almost as much as Essential 1. Essential 1 also contains ultra-high levels of our unique Coenzyme Methyl B12 (250 micrograms). It is uniquely absorption-protected and therefore guaranteed to deliver its vital benefits.

It is unlike any other Vitamin B12 found in any other multivitamin. Like Vitamin D3, the value of the Vitamin B12 alone in Essential 1 would justify its purchase. In other words, if you consider only a few of the two dozen key ingredients in Essential 1, you are saving multiples of what you are spending. For just pennies per day you get our best formula at our best pricing ever, providing high potencies of Vitamin C, D3, E and all the B-vitamins, including B12 and high levels of Biotin (the costly beauty vitamin), along with all key minerals, as well as costly Lutein, Lycopene and Zeaxanthin (glaringly absent from most leading multivitamins).

Multivitamins are the one area of supplementation where the medical community is in agreement about their necessity. And, if one does their homework, it is easy to conclude that Essential 1 is the finest multivitamin investment one can make. I would agree that today’s Essential 1 is the most important product we create and the single most important capsule that anyone could contemplate taking on a daily basis. I look forward to discussing the science and why over the course of this weekend.

I have mentioned recently on-air that there were some unpleasant changes in my recent blood test numbers. February was my birthday month, so I suppose that is a good time to discuss the passage of time…otherwise known as aging. The scientific and medical communities seem to accept the inevitable deterioration in our health numbers as a result of aging. Until recently, I had no such personal experience, so I remained grateful to my parents for my seeming “immunity.” Throughout my life, no matter what I ate, my numbers remained perfect. My blood pressure has always been on the low side (110/50) and my fasting blood sugar (80s) and my A1C (5.2) are great. All that remains unchanged; however, recently, my previously perfect lipid numbers had suddenly taken on a life of their own. When I was a vegan in my 20s, my total cholesterol was under 120 and my LDL and HDL were both in the 50s, with triglycerides in 30s. Even when I was no longer a vegan and freely consumed animal products, including butter, eggs, cheese, cream, red meat, chicken, etc., my total cholesterol remained under 150 with an HDL in the 60s, an LDL in the 70s and triglycerides in the 40s. My lipid numbers had always been great despite a diet rich in cholesterol and saturated fat. It was only in the last 5+ years that my lipid numbers started their unfortunate climb. About 5 years ago, my cholesterol went into the 160s, then the 170s, then the 180s and suddenly, just a couple of years ago, it was over 200! Because of my exercise, my HDL (good cholesterol) remained quite high, so my numbers were still technically good, but they were no longer perfect. I was disappointed, but not alarmed. Then, suddenly, just 3 months ago, my total cholesterol tested at 235. I did not believe it, so I retested it and it came back at 239!! I was at a loss to explain this! Where were my perfect numbers?! In less than 10 years my total and LDL cholesterol had gone up more than 50%! That is a huge increase in cardiovascular risk. My perfect numbers were now far from perfect! How could this have happened so suddenly?! Either way, I was not going to throw in the towel or give up. I was not going to be the victim of aging without a “healthy” fight.

The competitive part of my personality kicked in and it was now, “Me Versus My Cholesterol.” I have always said that diet is the most powerful tool for our good health, so it was time for me to get serious about diet. Medications were a last resort, so I was willing to make whatever dietary changes were required. I immediately eliminated all egg yolks, and eggs have always been one of my favorite meals or snacks throughout the day. Eggs are also the principal source of cholesterol in many diets. In the past, it would not have been unusual for me to eat more than a dozen eggs in any given week. I eliminated heavy cream, which Muriel would add when making her yummy scrambled eggs, and I also eliminated cheese, butter, milk, red meat, etc. My primary sources of fat became extra virgin olive oil and avocados, nuts and seeds. My sole sources of animal protein became fish, chicken, turkey and egg whites. I started each day with a bowl of Ultimate Oat Bran or Oatmeal with 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed, 2 capsules of cinnamon extract and some sliced almonds or pecans. Throughout the day, I ate healthy vegetables, legumes and soups, as well as sautéed edamame and/or dark green salads (with fish, chicken, turkey or egg white added). For dinners, I had fish or chicken with vegetables. Even if I had a fruit smoothie, I would sprinkle oat bran and flaxseed into it, along with my protein powder. I also took Fibermucil and CholestaCare capsules with every meal. A few weeks later, I called my doctor, who has been a friend for the past 30+ years, and told him I wanted to come back to get re-tested to see what my dietary changes had done for my numbers. He said, “Give it a chance. It has not been long enough.”

I was still so curious that I went to a local lab for a quick test and lo and behold, less than 30 days later, my total cholesterol was now 159 (an 80-point drop!) and my LDL was now back under 100. My doctor could not believe my results and actually asked if I was taking some cholesterol lowering medications. Now that was funny! I said, “No,” so he encouraged me to stop by and get retested just to confirm my new results. I did so and by that time my total cholesterol was down to 151 (an 88 point drop!). Seeing those rapid results truly inspired me and now I am even more diligent with at least 2 days per week being vegan days. As a result, my lipid numbers have only gotten better and they are back to those “perfect youthful” numbers from my 30s.

Although we cannot stop aging, we retain the power to determine how we age. We are not victims. We can determine so much of our future by being intelligent about our diet. Aging increases our risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke, and even conservative physicians attribute more than 50% of that risk to our diet and lifestyle. I attribute closer to 80% of those disease risks to our diet and lifestyle. This should be inspiring and not depressing. Aging is not a curse, but an opportunity. Even the greatest of genetic gifts will not last forever. How we exercise our free will when it comes to diet goes a long way to determining how long we will enjoy this precious gift of life. Just 90 days ago, I would not have believed it possible, but today, my cholesterol numbers are now as good as they have been in decades. We are all aging, but we need not be the victims of that process. Our dietary choices exert the greatest influence (good or bad) on our future health and aging. All this talk about how to eat might sound funny coming from a “vitamin guy,” but both ethically and technically speaking, even the best vitamins cannot compare to the supreme power of a healthy diet. My hope is that my recent experience might serve to inspire others to consider that every time we eat something, we take our health, and with it our destiny, into our own hands.

If we were choosing for our children or someone we love, we would encourage them to make the very best choices. Of course, they would hope that we would choose the same for ourselves.

See you on Saturday evening and throughout the day on Sunday.

Best of health.

Andrew

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

bebe777 — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:32:25 GMT

@FLGators wrote:
How much is too much Vitamin D3? I have his Vitamin D3-2500; I have COQ10 w/2000 D3. this Essential has 2000 D3. My levels are fine at the moment & I have been taking 4500-5000iu. Wondering if an additional 2000 be too much? Essential 1 is my must have, may have to alternate on vitamin d3 in take if it's too much. Hope he has the larger size bottles, DH & I share.

Hi @FLGators, for a number of years Andrew has regularly mentioned that, in the summer (when you don't wear sunscreen), your body absorbs about 10,000 UI of vitamin D3 (from sunlight) in about 10-15 minutes. -- Based on that, Andrew feels that taking up to that amount of Vitamin D3 on a daily basis should be fine.

Also, sometimes when folks are Vitamin D defficient, their doctors will put them on short run regemins of 10,000 IUs of vitamin D daily just to bring their numbers back into normal range.

My disclaimer (and suggestion) -- every body is different, so if you do decide to head towards that 10,000 IU daily then its probably not a bad idea to run it by your physician first.

For myself, I take more vitamin D3 than the average person because I'm overweight and the body sequesters Vitamin D in fat. So I have to take more vitamin D3 to make sure enough of it winds up in the prefrontal cortex of my brain, in my fast twitch muscles (which help prevent falls) and in that big old muscle (my heart).

For the past 4-5 winters, I've been taking around 9,000 IU of Andrew's D3 daily. I get some of the D3 from his other supplements (e.g. COQ10 TSV and his Elite multi-vitamins), then supplement the rest with his Vitamin D3 specific supplements. -- In the spring and fall I take 5,000-6,000 IU daily. -- I don't generally wear sunscreen in the summer because I have medium skin color and don't burn. If I know that I'll be outside during a summer day, then I'll probably just go with whatever Vitamin D I'm getting in Andrew's various other supplements I'm taking (and not take any specific Vitamin D3 supplements).

If I wasn't overweight, I'd probably be taking 4,000-6,000 IU daily in the cold winters (where the sun is less intense and provides less of an opportunity for the body to make vitamin D). -- In the spring and fall, I'd take 4,000 IU daily. And in the summer, I'd take it on a day by day basis.

I haven't had any problems that I have noticed. I didn't run this by my doctor who is doesn't think much of supplements, but then I'm not on any Rx meds, am in great health, and don't have any health risks. -- Of course, that's just my personal perspective.

On a more general note, his Essential-1 is a crazy good multi-vitamin that I personally think that everyone should consider purchasing. -- His ingredients are top quality and with all the great ingredients Andrew puts in it, I don't see how he can make any money on it. Honestly, I think he just sells it at around cost to people because it's such a foundational product. lol, no one will get me to think otherwise. -- As the Wen hair care folks in the Wellness forum know, Chaz doesn't make any money on his part of his Wen TSVs at QVC: it's Chaz's gift to his customers. -- I think the Essential-1 pricing is Andrew's gift to his customers.

I put my late 80s parents on the slightly more pricy Essential-1 with 3,000 IU Vitamin D3 (versus the regular Essential-1 w/ 1,500 IU Vitamin D3) and it brought their Vitamin D3 levels up to 30 in three weeks. -- The normal B12 range is 500-1,000 and my mom's B12 came back at 982 after using it for three weeks. -- I mention this because, as people get older, it's even more difficult for them to absorb supplements... and B12 is notoriously difficult to absorb.

They've done very well with Andrew's supplements and that makes me very happy.

-- bebe

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

FLGators — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:35:25 GMT

thanks @bebe777 for an insightful post. I do take around 4500IU & have been able to maintain my Vitamin d levels. Essential 1 is my must have. Love all the supplements I take from AL, try to limit to TSV's to limit the expense but there are more TSV's now

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:56:14 GMT

I have a question to anyone who cares to answer...Recently a customer of my small business talked to be about youngevity products (dead doctor's don't lie) doctor. He has a radio show and a web site to sell his products.

The customer knows I have osteopenia and have had my gall bladdder removed and suggested I take several of the longevity products....but that gets expensive, since my health care costs have risen so much my disposable income has taken a big hit.

I guess the question is how do you know which product to take...medicall claims cannot be made when taking the product...is it a simple google search? How do you learn what you need to aid your body in staying health and strong as we age...there is so much information on the web it gets overwelming.

Thanks for any info you caret to share.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

SilleeMee — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:47:20 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
I have a question to anyone who cares to answer...Recently a customer of my small business talked to be about youngevity products (dead doctor's don't lie) doctor. He has a radio show and a web site to sell his products.

The customer knows I have osteopenia and have had my gall bladdder removed and suggested I take several of the longevity products....but that gets expensive, since my health care costs have risen so much my disposable income has taken a big hit.

I guess the question is how do you know which product to take...medicall claims cannot be made when taking the product...is it a simple google search? How do you learn what you need to aid your body in staying health and strong as we age...there is so much information on the web it gets overwelming.

Thanks for any info you caret to share.

@Mom2Dogs,

I had my doctor check my vitamin levels in my blood. This is how I found out that I was critically low on vitamin D and also vitamin B12. I suggest you speak with your doctor about it.

Every few years I will have my doc recheck my levels to make sure I'm staying on the right track.

I'm a retired pathology lab tech. I used to do the blood testing on patients. I noticed that many of the doctors would order vitamins D and B12 levels frequently. This indicated to me that those two vitamin levels are good indicators of general health. If either of those are low, then this could help, not soley, diagnose the underlying problem. It also told me that these two vitamins are key indicators that may help establish the current condition or stage of a health problem.

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Mom2Dogs — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:35:31 GMT

@SilleeMee thank you! These day getting to see a doctor is difficult...my doctor retired...and the waiting list was a year to get into another one!! I made an appt with a NP in the same facility so I will talk with her.

I do have osteopenia and need to have a bone scan this year to see what my progress has been.

I have listened to Dr. Wallach on the radio (dead doctor's don't lie) and he has a lot of products on his web site (Youngetivy- similar to Andrew Lessman) but I have a little trouble wading thru all the information.

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Kindaglitzy — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 22:31:06 GMT

After reading the information on the content of the TS, thinking of converting to the TS and possibly eliminating some of his standalone supplements I have been taking for a long time. Although I feel I get tremendous benefits from his supplements I am interested in trying to save some money too.

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VaBelle35 — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 00:41:44 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

For me, it's always been diet first. At first it was dieting for weight loss/maintenance but now it is about quality of food and weight maintenance.

I then look at my current health (like blood pressure)/blood work and supplement whatever is needed based on that.

Finally I look at my family history. Cardiovascular Disease and Arthritis are the big ones in my family, so I supplement for those issues.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

Mom2Dogs — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:15:22 GMT

@VaBelle35...do you mind telling me what you take for the arthritis?

I eat a lot of green leafy veggies, we don't eat deli meat but do eat dairy....I do eat meat but not a lot...I usually just opt for a salad...it also helps keep my weight in check. I don't have any digestive issues, just arthritis!

The woman that introduced me to the Longevity product line is very informative, she soaked up the information like a sponge, it takes me a bit longer to get things thru my thick skull.

I can pull up Dr. Wallach's utube video's but he talks so fast I have trouble understanding him! Ben Fuchs is also very informative...his videos are also on U-Tube. I find it very intersting but get lost in all the information.

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VaBelle35 — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:23:59 GMT

For my joints, I take:

Maximum Joint Effort (which is Glucosamine Chondroitin and MSM)

Marine Collagen

Turmeric & Ginger

Calcium/Magnesium

Vitamin K

Fish Oil is for both cardio vascular health and can have benefits for joint health as well

I think that's it.

Re: Lessman's March schedule is up

Mom2Dogs — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:30:57 GMT

@VaBelle35...thanks. I will take a look at those products. I am really bad at taking pills on a regular basis. I would probably just start with the Maximum Joint Effort...

My husband has a-fib...I might see if he woud take the fish oil. I would love to get him off the blood thinners but his heart rate still flutters so it would be dangerous to not take the meds.

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Tinkrbl44 — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:36:32 GMT

I just checked the HSN site and Choco Nuvo is pretty much sold out! bummer.