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Our immune systems are constantly being challenged by the lifestyle choices we make. The environmental and physical stresses of modern day living as well as the fast paced and busy lifestyles we lead all add to the load on our systems. This load can eventually lead to serious and life threatening diseases. This exceptional training will give you tools and strategies for minimizing the threats to your system and maximizing your defenses! Applying these invaluable strategies to your life is the best insurance policy you can ever invest in.

USANA Olympic Spotlight: US Speedskating

The sport has a long Olympic history: Men’s speed skating has been part of the Olympics since the first Winter Games were held in Chamonix in 1924. Women’s speed skating became a full medal event in 1960. Short track was added in 1992. And team pursuit was just introduced as an Olympic event at the Torino 2006 Winter Games.

Team US Speedskating has long dominated all distances of the sport. They have won a total of 75 Olympic medals since 1924, and they won the most total medals (10) for the United States in Torino. In fact, speedskating has been the “winningest” sport for the US in Olympic history. This year, the team is poised for a repeat performance. In recent Olympic-qualifying events, many American records have been shattered in both men’s and women’s events at all distances. The competition promises to be fierce in February!

The US Speedskating Olympic team is packed with many superstars of speed skating, including Shani Davis, Katherine Reutter, and Chad Hedrick. The 2010 Olympic hopeful (and 2007 Dancing With The Stars winner) Apolo Anton Ohno is sure to be one to watch. One of the most well-known Olympians today, he has won an Olympic medal at every distance, and one more medal would make him the most decorated male Winter Olympian in American history!

USANA is proud to sponsor US Speedskating by providing them with nutritional supplements they can trust. Speed skating gets underway on February 13 and events are scheduled throughout the duration of the Olympics. Check the official 2010 Winter Olympics Web site for a full schedule.

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USANA Associates across the world started their New Year off right by hitting their RESET™ button last week. And it was a huge success! RESET Week saw Associates supporting each other as everyone pushed to start the year off with the first—and most important—step toward achieving those New Year’s resolutions.

Besides the support of friends and family, RESET Week participants were also able to follow great advice from USANA fan and fitness expert Kathy Kaehler* on the What’s Up USANA? blog. It’s amazing to have someone like Kathy on the USANA team. In case you missed out, here are some of her fitness tips.

• 1. Make it a priority to exercise in the morning.
• 2. 
Make exercise possible by keeping your workout clothes and shoes close by.
• 3. 
Doing short bouts of a variety of activities will always add up at the end of the day. Do not discount the benefits of taking the stairs, carrying grocery bags, walking around the block, doing ten pushups, walking a dog, or completing any other mini workout that you can put into your day.
• 4. Put your exercise in a planner or calendar. Keeping your workouts like an appointment will help you stick to your program.
• 5. Never give up. Every day is a new day.

RESET Week may be over, but that doesn’t mean your journey to find the new you is over. Keep your focus on maintaining that momentum you built up. And if you haven’t hit your personal RESET button, it’s still a great time to get your friends and family together for a RESET party or weight-loss challenge—a little friendly competition can provide some extra incentive.

So stock up on your favorite USANA Foods to stay on track with your new, healthy habits or go get your RESET Kits, find out more about throwing a RESET party, and use Kathy Kaehler’s advice to start making 2010 the year of the new you.

* Kathy Kaehler is a paid endorser and proud consumer of USANA® products.

Groundbreaking new research has traced the source of a wide array of to a single common factor—vitamin D deficiency. Leading rheumatologist and researcher Dr. James Dowd reveals the causes of vitamin D deficiency and offers a simple, easy-to-follow five-step program that can eliminate or alleviate a host of seemingly incurable conditions, such as arthritis, in as little as six weeks. Better yet, by staying on the program, you can enjoy robust health and improved fitness for the rest of your life.

It may sound too good to be true, but it’s actually solid medicine based on real science: groundbreaking new research has traced the source of a wide array of disorders that afflict up to 200 million Americans to a single common factor-—vitamin D deficiency. Increasing the amount of vitamin D in your body can cure or help treat a remarkable number of ailments—from obesity to arthritis, from high blood pressure to back pain, from diabetes to muscle cramps. If you suffer from these or many other chronic health problems, you may wonder whether you are getting enough vitamin D and what to do about it.

In The Vitamin D Cure, leading rheumatologist and researcher Dr. James Dowd reveals the causes of vitamin D deficiency and explains why North Americans are particularly vulnerable to it. He then offers a simple, easy-to-follow five-step program that can eliminate or alleviate a host of seemingly incurable conditions, such as arthritis, in as little as six weeks. Better yet, by staying on the program, you can enjoy robust health and improved fitness for the rest of your life.

Citing numerous scientific studies, a wealth of clinical data, and case stories from his practice, Dr. Dowd shows how lifestyle and diet have combined to reduce the vitamin D intake of most of us who live north of the equator. Eating the wrong foods, not getting enough exercise, and spending too much time indoors have produced a major health crisis.

The good news is that you can greatly improve your health with the five easy steps in this life-changing guide. You’ll learn how to:

• Find out how much vitamin D you need
• Sun and supplement your way to great D levels
• Calculate your acid excess and tweak your diet
• Cover your bases with total supplementation
• Add a little exercise to the mix

More than you ever realized, the future of your health is in your hands. You can harness the power of the “sunshine vitamin” to transform your life, end your pain, and return to active, vigorous well-being now and for decades to come. Read The Vitamin D Cure and start lettingthe sun shine on your health and your life.

They may not be the biggest team going into the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but they’re certainly making a lot of noise. The Great Britain Short Track Speed Skating team has been burning the competition this year, and they are definitely the team to watch.

The 2009–2010 season has been one for the ages for this incredible team. Their most recent success came just weeks ago at the Speed Skating World Cup, where Great Britain Short Track Speed Skating was nothing short of spectacular. In Heerenveen, Netherlands, team veteran Jon Eley became the first British Short Track Speed Skater to win gold at a World Cup event, and three other male skaters claimed top 10 places as well.

The women were just as successful when Sarah Lindsay won a silver medal in the Ladies 500m, making her the first female in Great Britain Short Track history to win a medal at a World Cup event, and solidifying her place among the top female skaters in the world.

The team is setting a furious pace going into the Olympics and is making noise the favored teams just can’t ignore. What will happen in Vancouver? Is this the year the dark horse British team skates to victory? Only time will tell…

USANA is proud to sponsor Great Britain Short Track Speed Skating. Event times are spread throughout the 2010 Winter Olympics, so check your local listings for dates and times of Short Track races. Don’t miss a minute of the action!

You will love this. Will Smith knows the Truth and shares it with everyone. Listen to this man and follow his advise. Duane

Hello Everyone, Please read this post and help the ones who are suffering in Haiti. Duane

We spent Thursday in Los Angeles sharing the USANA message with a host of celebrities, and we’ll share the same information on Friday with a new group of Hollywood stars.

We sent tweets, updated our Facebook status, and wrote blog posts featuring celebrities who learned about USANA and its top-rated nutritional supplements.

That is fine, but we all know what’s being done here in no way compares to what is happening 3,000 miles from Los Angeles right now.

When I returned to my hotel room tonight I flipped on CNN and watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta tend to a 15-day-old baby who had suffered a severe laceration on her head following the massive earthquake in Haiti. The good news, Dr. Gupta said, is that the child, whom he cradled in one arm, doesn’t appear have a skull fracture.

Talk about a reality check.

It’s heartbreaking to see the turmoil and unimaginable suffering the people of Haiti are experiencing following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.

Several of us at USANA received a message from Dave Phillips, president of Children’s Hunger Fund, encouraging us to call upon our immense network of caring and compassionate Associates to help in the relief effort.

I wanted to share part of Dave’s note with you with the hopes you would pass it along to your friends, followers, or other social networking connections.

• Here is a link to a downloadable flyer (PDF) to share on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media sites: http://bit.ly/6QTS2T

I know many of you contribute to CHF through your Autoship each month. For that, USANA and CHF thank you. If you don’t, this would be a great time to start (Item #899).

But for now, please visit CHF to donate or call (800) 708-7589. A simple $24 donation will provide food and other aid to a family in need.

USANA has already helped in supplying aid to the Haitian people as some of the funding for an initial 1,800 Food Paks came from USANA Associates who support CHF monthly through their Autoship contributions, CHF said.

Here is part of a message Dave Phillips sent the day following the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake:

At this hour, the children and families of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are in misery. A massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the city, flattening homes, hospitals, and government buildings. Haiti is the poorest and most underdeveloped nation in the entire Western Hemisphere, so this tragedy is being experienced by the poorest of the poor. You have read the news, so you know the devastation is everywhere.

By God’s grace, we just finished training the pastors and ministry volunteers who will make up our brand new Mercy Network in Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR). These churches are well established in the impacted areas and are ready to mobilize in an effort to respond to the devastation.

The food we sent them last month just arrived on Wednesday. That means that if this earthquake had happened last week, CHF would not have had an opportunity to provide direct help so quickly. Instead of being used in our planned distributions, we have released all of the Food Paks on board (1,800 in all) to be used to make an immediate impact in relieving the current suffering.

Right now we anticipate needs for canned, ready-to-eat food, water, blankets, tarps, hygiene items, first aid, and cooking implements.

As you know, CHF is known as one of the most cost-effective charities in America. With 99% of all revenue going to programs serving children in need, you can be certain that your gift will be used with integrity. You also have the confidence of knowing that we are working with a trustworthy network of pastors and ministry leaders who have been established in Haiti for 18 years. It is because of this trusted network that we are working so feverishly to help. We know their efforts will be widespread and effective.

Thank you for your compassion and help as we serve the needs of the children and families devastated by this disaster in Haiti. Let us glorify God by providing assistance to those who are suffering right now.

Thank you for your continued support. Here is more information about CHF’s earthquake relief effort.

Note: We’ll post Kathy Kaehler’s final RESET Week tip in a bit. Please visit the Facebook Event to watch an exclusive video.

One day to go. Here is Kathy’s RESET Week Tip #4 enjoy. Duane

We’re almost there!!! I am in L.A. today and tomorrow at the Golden Globes event with members of USANA’s PR department. It’s going to be so awesome sharing with celebrities what I now know about USANA and its top-rated nutritional supplements. It should be an exciting two days!

But I know you’re powering through the final days of RESET Week, so here’s another tip to help get you to the finish line.

Put your exercise in a planner or calendar. Keeping your workouts like an appointment will help you stick to your program.

Find a workout partner that can keep the same schedule, and you will find tremendous success and results from this way of living.

By now you are probably eating your RESET meals and snacks like clockwork. If you’re ready for a change or if plain veggies just aren’t your style, try using salt-free seasonings like Mrs. Dash or season your cooked vegetables with lemon and herbs.

Here are all of the RESET Week tips.