Living at a Higher Level with Adaptogens

“Living at a Higher Level” With Adaptogens…

What is the single most determining factor regarding health and disease?  The answer is stress (chemical, physical, emotional) and your body’s ability to cope and manage it.  To be healthy and age optimally, you must learn how to effectively adapt to stress.  With that said, let’s talk about “Living at a Higher Level”…

Living at a Higher Level is a concept that defines a personal quest of mine that spans the last 12 years of my life.  It refers to the notion that feeling just “ok” is not ok with me.  This concept also embodies the notion that if I don’t want to “need” a doctor to take care of me, then I need to “become the doctor”, and take care of myself.  It also refers to an understanding that the level of sickness and disease I see in the population is not normal, but is inevitable when too many people engage in too many bad habits for too long.  Living at a Higher Level is a conscious decision, a goal, a mindset if you will. 

Living at a Higher Level than you are now is more than possible!  It is the consequence of learning how to better express your innate potential.  How do you do that?  Well, first you have to accept the fact that you can ALWAYS learn more, and do more when it comes to caring for your mind and your body.  This mindset then opens the door to a world of possibilities.  Unfortunately, most people act as if this metaphorical door doesn’t even exist. 

Okay, so back to Stress and how Adaptogens can help you Live at a Higher Level…

Adaptogens are plant based nutrients with amazing characteristics and qualities.  They are quickly becoming a key variable in my personal formula for achieving higher levels of health and function.  Adaptogens have also been referred to as restoratives.  This is a key point to understand here since being healthy and aging optimally is DIRECTLY connected to how well your body can restore itself day after day, and year after year.  In simple terms, adaptogens help the body ADAPT naturally to STRESS, restore BALANCE to bodily systems, and therefore make it easier for a person to Live at a Higher Level.

Since 1947 medical and scientific research has been conducted and published on adaptogens in various parts of the world, and has just recently become available to us in the West.

Interesting research about adaptogens… An increase of over 20% in the capacity to perform work has been reported, as well as an 80% reduction in work errors made - which makes this a great nutrient to take when you need to focus and perform work at optimum levels.  It is further reported that endurance is increased by up to 26% and an increase in strength is improved by nearly 10%.  These are the types of benefits and results I am looking for when I say Living at a Higher Level!

There is so much more you need to know, which is why I have included this “Special 3 Page Report” on adaptogens with this newsletter.  If you have trouble accessing this report, please ask a member of our staff to provide you with one.

FYI, the product I personally use and recommend is the Isagenix Ionix Supreme.  Information is available at the front desk if you would like to know more about “Living at a Higher Level” with adaptogens.

Speak up and educate others,

Dr. Craig Burns