Hi everyone,
I would like to share my health journey so that it may help you as well.
I was first introduced to Shaklee products years ago through a magazine ad for all natural cleaning products. I was just learning about the impact of chemicals in our environment and my daughter was young and I became a Shaklee distributor, changed brands and threw out all of my conventional cleaning products in favor of Shaklee's Get Clean Products and I've never looked back.
Shortly after this time my daughter's allergies began increasing and my amazing Shaklee mentor and friend, Beth Duris, suggested starting my daughter on Shaklee's supplements for children. It was amazing to see my daughter's allergies subside and be able to take her off of her allergy medications that the doctor had started her on. One of these medications gave her a serious side effect. My daughter is now 15 and while she doesn't always remember to take her vitamins daily, at the first sign of a cold coming on she is the first to up her intake of healthy foods and vitamins as she can recognize that they make a huge difference.
I started taking Shaklee supplements as well after seeing my daughter's improvements. However, I had a harder time sticking to it as well because I was generally healthy, or so I thought. This past year, however, I began experiencing a lot of pain when under stress and was diagnosed with costochondritis, a painful disorder that affects the cartilage that are connected to the ribs. For anyone that has ever had this illness, or knows anyone else who suffers from it, it is quite debilitating at times and can affect every part of a person's daily life.
In addition to having costochondritis I began to have other unrelated symptoms such as: pain and swelling in the knees, shoulders, neck, hips, hands and legs; brain fog; headaches; exhaustion; insomnia; emotional sensitivity; and more. I met with my doctor more than once, wound up in the ER to check for blood clots, and then finally met with a rheumatologist to check for underlying issues such as lyme disease or auto-immune disorders. I had extensive blood work done which ruled out most health issues but was essentially inconclusive with regards to auto immune disorders. Luckily, the rheumatologist is open to holistic health care and suggested I start taking therapeutic doses of essential vitamins and nutrients to see if I find any improvement. I was low on vitamins D, B, and iron so she suggested those as well as fish oil and glucosamine. I was glad she did not jump to medication as a first resort.
Without question I started on Shaklee vitamins, with the exception of two products. The fish oil and the vitamin B I had to order from other companies, not because of anything on Shaklee's end but because I cannot swallow pills (yes I'm 33 and cannot swallow pills, it's very frustrating for me because boy have I tried). Most of Shaklee's supplements I just crush with a pill crusher from my local pharmacy, but the fish oil is a soft liquid gel not meant for crushing and the B vitamins are patented with protective coating to ensure proper absorption of the B vitamins and crushing the pill will destroy the coating.
It's been a month since I started on this regimen of vitamins and while I've still had two spans of 4-5 bad days, I am improving and seeing more good days than bad. I'm hoping I am on my way to healing for good and I now know how important these supplements are to my health and will continue to take them forever.
What worked for me may not work for everyone as our bodies are all different and we need different things. If you are suffering from health issues, chronic pain, or just every day recurring headaches, sinus infections, lethargy, etc, I recommend you talk to your doctor about supplements and do some of your own research as well. I'd be happy to help you come up with questions for your doctor or suggestions from my personal experience. If you decide to try Shaklee products, please know that they come with a 100% money-back guarantee, no questions asked. So if they don't work for you or you are dissatisfied for any reason you will get your full refund back.
Below is a video of my story and me showing you the supplements I take. It's a little over 15 minutes but please watch when you have time. The links to the supplements I take are listed below the video.
Vita-Lea: multivitamin and multimineral
Vitamin D3
Iron plus C complex
Advanced Joint complex
Energizing shake with pre and probiotics
Omega Guard fish oil
Vitamin B Complex
