Omega-3 and omega-6 are fatty acids that your body cannot produce on its own. This means it is essential that you get them from dietary intake, whether from food or supplementation. Sourcing Your Essentials The most common food associated with omega-3 is fish, especially wild salmon, mackerel and sardines. These high-fat fish swim in coldContinue reading “Balancing the Essentials”
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BarleyLife for Pets
Shared by Mary Brubaker, AIM Preferred Member in Narvon, Pennsylvania. Have you ever considered that BarleyLife might be helpful for your four-legged friends? Neither did I until we had this predicament with our four-month-old golden retriever, Lily. Upon letting her out of the barn one morning, I was surprised to see her face allContinue reading “BarleyLife for Pets”
Your Immune Health
It is one of the most effective armies ever constructed. Fortunately for all of us, it wins more battles than it loses. It has no general and knows no geographic borders. Welcome to your immune system, your body’s natural defense that relentlessly battles infections, bacteria, parasites and any virus identified as a threat to normalContinue reading “Your Immune Health”
To Sneeze or Not to Sneeze
Why is it that some people have allergies while others waltz through life without them? Apparently, life isn’t fair when it comes to allergic reactions either. Ask anyone who suffers from seasonal allergies about the unfairness of making it through a long winter only to sneeze their way through spring and summer and they’ll tellContinue reading “To Sneeze or Not to Sneeze”
Newlyweds’ Enthusiasm for AIM NUTRITION
In March 2019, AIM Member and IRONMAN Triathlete Lew Hollander flew with his fiancée, Karen Jones, to the U.S. Virgin Islands and got married. Karen shares Lew’s enthusiasm for AIM nutrition. As Lew puts it, they take a “whole bunch of stuff” including, BarleyLife, RediBeets, CalciAIM, ProPeas and AIMega. “The AIM products really have improvedContinue reading “Newlyweds’ Enthusiasm for AIM NUTRITION”
Aging Well Tips
Moms deserve a day every May that honors them because they have one of the most demanding, unpaid jobs in the world. As such, motherhood can speed up the aging process. Yet not all women age at the same pace, which is why there are so many questions about this aspect of being alive. WhyContinue reading “Aging Well Tips”
Well-Fed Eyes
If you are what you eat and the eyes are the windows to the soul, nutrition can affect just how clearly you see through your windows. The cornea of the eye can be likened to a window letting in light that is transformed into vision, images produced on the retina. As the inner lining ofContinue reading “Well-Fed Eyes”
AIM for Your Gut
The microbiome remains a mystery even with all the recent buzz about its importance. And it is often linked to another word: microbiota. According to the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah, the microbiota is a “collection or community of microbes” while the microbiome is viewed as “the full collection of genesContinue reading “AIM for Your Gut”
Both Sides of Inflammation
Inflammation? Doesn’t sound good, does it? Turns out it’s both good and bad. On one hand, good (acute) inflammation is an element of the body’s healing response to infection, toxins and tissue damage. Cut a finger, sprain something or contract a respiratory infection, and the immune system reacts defensively. The resulting pain, swelling, redness, heat,Continue reading “Both Sides of Inflammation”
Nola Excels in Pan Pacific Masters
AIM Member Nola Nolte has a healthy life motto: exercise to enjoy a better quality of life and no matter what your health and fitness goals are, proper nutrition is essential. Nola, who lives on the mid-north New South Wales coast, competed in the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast last November andContinue reading “Nola Excels in Pan Pacific Masters”
