To Blog or Not to Blog

In the movie, Contagion, Elliot Gould’s character provides a dismissive view of blogs when he says, “Blogging is not writing. It’s graffiti with punctuation.” Here at the BarleyLife Blog, it is hoped that the words that have appeared here over the years have moved beyond this negative perspective of unasked for spray-painted designs and haveContinue reading “To Blog or Not to Blog”

Certifications Matter

Members (whole-food concentrates and nutritional supplement distributors for The AIM Companies) worldwide recognize that our products are the finest. However, people outside of the AIM family are faced with many choices, so it isn’t easy for them to make the best selections when it comes to natural health products. Independent distributors of AIM’s substantial lineContinue reading “Certifications Matter”

A Product by Any Other Name

Member Income Plan Our Most Overlooked There’s an incredible product that The AIM Companies™ makes available to all Members, but you won’t find it in the product section on the order form. And it’s not something that everyone is going to be interested in, as incredible as it is. At the same time, it isn’tContinue reading “A Product by Any Other Name”

Why AIM Members Are Called Diamonds

In the AIM network marketing world, Members are integral not only to the success of The AIM Companies™, but inseparable from the level of success. The more successful that Members are at building their AIM businesses, the more successful AIM grows. Members are like sales representatives of good health who are out in the worldContinue reading “Why AIM Members Are Called Diamonds”

Under PRESSURE!

CDC statistics reveal that around 75 million adults in America—that’s 1 out of every 3 grown-ups or a whopping 32%—are living with high blood pressure (hypertension) . . . but for how long? Apparently only 54 percent of those with hypertension have it under control. In 2014, there were 1,100 deaths every day that resultedContinue reading “Under PRESSURE!”

Healthy Cells

Since 1983, The AIM Companies™ has promoted a concept that focuses on keeping cells healthy. Appropriately enough, it is called The Healthy Cell Concept™. If you can step back from yourself and consider how your physical being began with the merging of human reproductive cells, which replicated into the cells that created you as aContinue reading “Healthy Cells”

Menopause – A Natural Transition

Life as a woman unfolds through several biological stages. The variations on how these are experienced are as diverse as life itself. Whether considering birth, infancy, childhood, puberty, adolescence, reproductive maturity or menopause, each is a natural part of being alive. At the same time, any woman who is having an incredibly difficult time goingContinue reading “Menopause – A Natural Transition”

A Case for Supplements

First of all, this is not about a container for your supplements. It’s about making a case for supplements. Wait a minute: now it sounds like a blog about making your own supplement case. And that would just be wrong, so let’s try another paragraph of specifics. The use of supplements has been debated overContinue reading “A Case for Supplements”

Reboot Your Gut Health with 3 Billion Live Cells from FloraFood

Thinking back twenty years ago, did you know what a probiotic was? In 1999 AIM introduced FloraFood capsules, each con­taining 1 billion colony-forming units from a combination of Lactobacillus gasseri, Bifidobacterium bifidum and Bifidobacterium longum. The belief in probiotics has changed dramatically over the past five years, and there has been an explosion of newContinue reading “Reboot Your Gut Health with 3 Billion Live Cells from FloraFood”

Festive Season or Stressful Season?

It is hard to believe that 2017 is coming to an end. It’s been an eventful year to say the least. And December is filled with festivities that usually demand a fair bit of attention, so even the final month of the calendar may be jam-packed and challenging. Anyone who has shopped for presents, spentContinue reading “Festive Season or Stressful Season?”