L.A. Lifestyle - Nutritional Products

If you are experiencing sudden hair loss or a change in your hair’s texture or appearance, there is a solution. Often the state of someone’s hair can be an indicator of how healthy their body is internally. Some signs of unhealthy hair can be brittleness, splitting, dryness, excessive oiliness, premature graying and dandruff. The causes of these problems can range from lack of proper nutrition to stress or vitamin deficiency. To ensure that the body receives the nutrients it needs to function, taking vitamins and supplements combined with a healthy diet will keep your hair healthy and strong.

What you need for healthier hair:

• Flaxseed oil will improve overall hair texture
• Vitamin B3, B5, B6 and B12 are important for the maintenance and growth of hair. Vitamin B6 helps create melanin, which gives hair its color and Vitamin B3 promotes scalp circulation. Found in whole grain cereals and vegetables.
• Biotin - deficiencies have been linked to skin disorders and hair loss.
• Vitamin C with bioflavonoids improves scalp circulation Found in citrus fruits, strawberries, tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes and dark green vegetables.
• Vitamin E increases oxygen uptake, which improves circulation to the scalp and improves the health and growth of hair. Found in soybeans, raw seeds and nuts, dried beans, and leafy green vegetables.
• Zinc stimulates hair growth by enhancing immune function
• Vitamin A is an antioxidant that helps produce healthy sebum in the scalp. Found in meat, milk, cheese, eggs, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, apricots and peaches.

In our busy day-to-day lives, we rarely have time to eat or prepare meals, let alone eat healthy.
Meal replacement is very popular for on-the-go people who want to lose weight and fit healthy meals into their daily schedule. There are many meal replacement options out there for the busy consumer. It is recommended that people eat three to five small meals a day, and by replacing one or two meals a day with a juice booster, you will receive vital nutrients that your body needs to perform at optimal levels. This will enable you to lose weight and not have to worry about what your next healthy meal will be. Juice boosters are easy to make, portable and filling, giving you all the tools needed to effectively lose weight and create better food choices for yourself. Depending on your intended goals, each juice booster has its own targeted areas of improvement, providing energy boosts, eliminating free radicals or receiving more nutrients for everyday function. Juice boosters do exactly what they say—give you that extra boost of nutrients just by mixing them in with water, milk, juice, yogurt or a smoothie.

Some of our Juice Boosters:

• Wheat Bran Powder
o Wheat bran can promote the movement of food materials through the digestive tract and bind and eliminate toxins and waste materials. The use of wheat bran is highly recommended by the National Cancer Institute.
• Soy Protein Powder
o Soy protein isolate powder is a premium, all-natural, fat free source of vegetable protein that contains vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and valuable health promoting phytonutrients. A diet rich in soy protein has been shown to help reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and help women to overcome the discomfort associated with PMS..
• Bee Pollen Granules
o Bee Pollen granules contain 100% pure bee pollen, which consists of plant pollens and plant nectar that have been collected by worker bees. Used by bees as high potency food, bee pollen contains concentrated micro and macro nutrients and special nutritional factors.

When walking down the aisles at the grocery store or farmer’s market, you will ask yourself, why buy organic? Now more than ever, organic food has become extremely popular, and yet many people do not know the difference between organic food and regular food. The USDA has established regulation for organic food regarding handling, growing and production standards.

Foods that contain organic ingredients are labeled as follows:

•    100% organic - single ingredient such as a fruit, vegetable, meat, milk and cheese
•    Organic - 95 to 100% organic
•    Made with organic ingredients - 70% of the ingredients are organic
•    Contains organic ingredients - less than 70% organic ingredients

Organic foods are grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, or sewage and are processed without food additives. On organic farms, livestock are raised without the use of antibiotics and growth hormones. Regular or processed foods are not held to this type of regulation. Another added benefit - organic farming practices are designed to benefit the environment by reducing pollution and conserving water and soil. Due to more expensive farming practices and government regulations, however, organic food usually costs more than conventional food products. When buying organic foods, look for the USDA Organic label—only foods in the categories ‘100% organic’ and ‘organic’ may display the USDA Organic Seal.  You may see other terms on food labels, such as “all-natural,” “free-range” or “hormone-free.” Only those foods that are grown and processed according to USDA organic standards can be labeled organic. I caution you to read food labels carefully, though. Just because a product says it’s organic or contains organic ingredients doesn’t mean it’s a healthy food. Some organic products may still be high in sugar, salt, fat or calories.