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Nature’s Sunshine Products Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award On Dick & Joy Williams

On April 16th, 2016 Dick and Joy Williams were awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by Nature’s Sunshine Products. The prestigious award was given at the recent national convention which was held at the Gaylord Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

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Dick and Joy’s NSP Story

Dick and Joy have always sought ways to improve their health and longevity. When approached by an NSP manager about joining Nature’s Sunshine, they knew their search had ended. Becoming Managers in their first month was just the beginning. As National Managers and Chairman of the National Managers Group they have watched their business grow by investing their time and commitment into helping others achieve better health and financial freedom. If you want good health and you want financial freedom, just follow the rules!

Cancer and Sugar

Comments from Steven Horne, Relating to Cancer & Sugar

Dick attended the IIPA (International Iridology Practitioners Association) symposium in Las Vegas in February. Steven Horne also attended this symposium, both as a speaker and as a member attendee. The following information penned by Steven relates to Dr. Jimenez talk on cancer and its causative and treatment factors. (It appears in three different posts that Steven made relating to cancer, especially making key points on how refined sugar plays a key point in the cancer equation). This info is too important to not share with all of you.

2/20/2016 Facebook Post

Here’s a cool thing I learned at the IIPA Conference today. Dr. Antonio Jimenez from Hope4Cancer Institute spoke on their Seven Key Principles of Cancer Therapy, presenting some amazing data I’ve never heard about cancer before and some amazing new cancer treatments. One of the things he talked about was sugar. Perhaps you’ve heard the statement that “sugar feeds cancer?” That’s because cancer cells are known to greedily gobble up sugar due to their high metabolism. However, he also indicated that cancer cells can live on protein and fat, too.
The truth of the statement is that cancer cells thrive on refined sugar, not the natural sugars found in food. Here’s why. Perhaps you’ve heard that molecules can have a “spin,” dextrorotation and levorotation as in l-tryptophan or l-glutamine or d-ribose. Well apparently cancer cells gobble up sugar that has a dexorotation (I’ll call it a d-spin), whereas natural sugars have an levorotation (or l-spin for short). I’ve always wondered why when I switched from eating refined sugar to eating honey that my energy improved, my mind became clearer, my immune system was strengthened and overall I felt much better when sugar and honey are very chemically similar.
I’ve always suspected that it had to do with the idea that honey was a “live” natural food and refined sugar was somehow a “dead” lifeless food. But knowing that living tissues use l-spin molecules and that synthetic nutrients often have a d-spin, it would make sense that refined sugar becomes a chemical that has lost its life giving l-spin, whereas honey would still retain this. It was a really interesting idea that I’m going to have to investigate further.

2/21/16 Facebook Post

I want to add a comment about yesterday’s post about sugar. It was not meant to imply that refined sugar causes cancer (in and of itself). Dr Antonio Jimenez explained that cancer has multiple causal factors and requires a multifaceted treatment.

What the post was about was a puzzle I’ve been trying to solve for decades. During the time of my life that I completely stayed away from refined sugar, I want to add a comment about yesterday’s post about sugar. It was not meant to imply that refined sugar causes cancer (in and of itself). Dr. Antonio I felt better than I did at any other time of my life. My mind was clearer, my energy was better and I had a “kick ass” immune system. We were making cookies, cakes and even ice cream with natural honey and whole grains during this time, so I was still enjoying some sweets.
Chemists told me that there was almost no chemical difference between honey and refined sugar. They are 99% identical. I had no explanation for why refined sugar seemed to zap my energy and dull my thought processes when I accidentally ate some. I just knew that it did.
At that time I started believing that refined sugar was really a drug of sorts. Highly addictive and highly harmful to human health. But, I could not explain why natural sugars seemed to satisfy a craving for something sweet, while refined sugar seemed to make you want more and more of it.
I gradually allowed some refined sugar to creep back into my diet, mostly in the form of what I call “health food store junk food.” I think I allowed myself to be deluded into thinking that “organic refined sugar” was somehow less harmful than other refined sugar. Since I allowed this to happen my health, energy and mental clarity have not been as good as it was before.
I was trying to cut back on all sugars, but I was excusing myself in eating some of the health food store treats with refined sugars in them, but this made me realize that I needed to trust my own experience. (We all get so trained into trusting the “experts” while denying our own subjective experience, don’t we?)

So, I realized I need to go back to what I did before. No refined sugar, period. I’m going to go back to making my own treats at home using raw, natural honey, maple syrup and other natural sugars and avoid refined sugar (even the “organic” kind) for what I believe it is, a dead, lifeless, chemical that acts like an addictive drug. I don’t have all the “science” to prove this, but I’m thinking that refined sugar not only contributes to the environment of cancer and diabetes, but that it also causes the wrong kind of gut microflora to grow in your intestines.
One of the things the doctor said was that there is a testing procedure for cancer (and I don’t remember what procedure he said it was) where they give a dexo or d-rotating sugar to people and it causes all the cancer cells to “light up” because they absorb this form of sugar and the normal cells don’t. He said there needs to be more research on this. Something I said in my previous post also.

But, here’s the main point of what I’m writing. I’m going to get completely off of all refined sugars (like I did before) and see what happens. If the same thing happens as happened to me before, my energy, mental clarity and overall health should improve. I also expect that I’m going to go through massive withdrawals (similar to getting off of any drug) for a couple of weeks (as I did before).
As I’ve told people in the past, if you don’t believe sugar is a drug, just try to give it up cold turkey. When I gave up sugar, I developed great compassion for people who are trying to quit smoking or give up drinking or drugs. Breaking an addiction is never easy. But, I think all you have to do to prove whether this is true or not is to try the same experiment I tried over 30 years ago. Stop eating refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup and all foods containing either of them and only use raw, unfiltered, natural honey for 30 days as a sweetener.

Do not use cheap, runny honey as some of this “honey” is actually flavored high fructose corn syrup. Good honey will crystalize to a creamy, white or amber color and will be completely smooth. Also, try to find unfiltered honey so that you get some of the pollen in it. If you want some recipes for making some natural sweets for yourself during this transition period, check out the recipes on the modern herbal medicine website:http://www.modernherbaleducation.com/…/articles/recipes.html

2/21/2016 Facebook Post

Before I head back to my last day at the IIPA Conference, I just wanted to share a couple more interesting things I learned about cancer yesterday.

First, cancer cells “recruit” nearby healthy cells and turn them into cancer cells. In other words, they trigger neighboring cells to make the epigenetic changes that revert them to a primitive metabolism.

Second, cancer cells are highly intelligent and adaptive. They hide themselves from the immune system. They can adapt to many different types of diets and can also adapt to many of the therapies medicine uses to try to kill them.

Third, this clinic uses seven different therapies, which are: 1. nontoxic cytolytic and cytostatic therapies, 2. enhancing immune function, 3. full spectrum nutrition (which includes dietary rotation), 4. detoxification, 5. eliminating microbes and pathogens, 6. oxygen therapy (cancer cells thrive in a low oxygen environment, as do many infections), and 7. spiritual and emotional healing work (which he stressed is a very important part of the therapy).

Fourth, he said that almost all cancer patients have a low body temperature (95-97 degrees), which suggests that overall metabolism and energy production are down in the cancer patient which may be why the cells are mutating to survive.

Fifth, One of the therapies they use is a medically proven therapy from Europe that involves a virus that is non-pathologic to healthy human cells, but infects cancer cells (attaching to the markers they use to hide themselves from the immune system). This virus not only destroys cancer cells, it also makes them visible to the immune system. Makes you wonder why this therapy isn’t available in the United States. It’s called Rigvir virotherapy.

Lastly, they also use a compound called PNC-27, which is discussed in the following Ted Talk: http://pnc27.com/home/home-ted-talk/

Needless to say, I learned a lot yesterday.

April 2016

To Our Managers, Distributors, and Friends in Nature’s Sunshine

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” ~Norman Vincent Peale

NSP Annual Price Increases: If you are reading this before the bewitching hour of midnight, MT on March 31…Remember that product price increases go into effect at the stroke of midnight. Don’t wake up April 1 and be fooled when you place an order and find the prices have changed!

April 2016

On March 16, 2016 the Senate defeated a bill from Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) that can best be described as the Denying Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act. Passing of the bill would have been a NEGATIVE. It would have allowed companies to Voluntarily label GMO products – the key word here is VOLUNTARILY! No company associated with GMO foods or Monsanto would have ever voluntarily labeled anything. It would have kept consumers in the DARK as to whether or not the food they were buying contained GMO’s.The bill would have prevented individual states from requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) foods. It would have ensured that big food processing companies and the biotechnology industry continue to profit by misleading consumers.

March 2016

To Our Managers, Distributors, and Friends in Nature’s Sunshine:

March 13 – Daylight Savings Time Begins! Not a holiday per se, this annual “Spring Forward” is eagerly anticipated by anyone who likes a little more sunshine in their lives… Nature’s Sunshine that is, as well as more daylight from the glowing orb!

March 15, “The Ides of March,” is not only attributed to the day Julius Caesar was assassinated and Shakespeare’s quotes on same, but as New Year’s Day on the oldest Roman calendar. With those thoughts in mind, and in case you missed setting goals for the New Year on January 1, let these thoughts remind you of how you can achieve your goals in a way that will be rewarding to you:

“Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” ~ Edmund Lee

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition, it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly, be that kind of friend for your friends.” ~ Mark Twain

“There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~ Nelson Mandela

Happy Birthday to our business partner, daughter and friend, Manny Williams on March 15!

Wishing everyone a Happy & Blessed Easter, as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ.

March 2016

These state bills need our support:

Oppose: Indiana SB 162 – Hospital Immunization of Employees

The original bill language protecting choice was deleted in Senate Committee! The bill is on its way to the House and now threatens employees and infringes on the right of employees to decline high risk vaccines, and it puts the hospital in charge if determining whether an employee can have an exemption and whether the employee is abiding by religious tenants worthy of a vaccine exemption!

Support: Virginia – HB562 – Licensure of Massage Therapists

We have worked with the patron of the bill, Delegate Robinson and the Massage Therapists officers in Virginia and included exemption language provided by Diane Miller that protects natural health folks from the original language of this bill. The amended bill with our exemption included has passed the House and will crossover to the Senate in a few days. We support this bill as amended and will work to get it through the Senate and signed by the Governor.

Support: Virginia – HB1342 – a bill to eliminate the religious exemption for vaccines in Virginia.This is a particularly dangerous bill. We were able in a short time to rally opposition to this bill and it has been stricken for this year. However, it was agreed to send a request to the Virginia Joint Commission on Healthcare to study ‘vaccines in Virginia’. We have not seen the letter yet so we do not know the actual request or scope the study will include. The study will occur sometime this summer and/or fall with a report going back to the General Assembly in 2017. We need to win this one and have included members of the Home Schoolers Association and the National Vaccine Information Center to support our efforts.

February 2016

To Our Managers, Distributors, and Friends in Nature’s Sunshine:

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American author best known for his inspirational book, Life’s Little Instruction Book

ALERT: NSP’s Compensation Plan Information Has A New Home:
For those of you who are unaware, NSP’s Compensation Plan which includes information and policies on Member & Manager protocols has been moved from NSP’s Policies and Procedures pages to a new location. This new home simplifies finding all the questions on policies that most members and managers have regarding how to sponsor, run their business, and determine the benefits they will receive at each level for both members and all levels of managers. It contains info on QV requirements and payouts, rebates and commissions, charts for both the Classic and Legacy programs, Sunshine Select and Sunshine Rewards programs, Leadership Equivalents, Pends, Manager breakout requirements, and much more. If you haven’t viewed this site, please do so – you will find the answers to your questions much easier in this new location.

To Locate: Log in to your NSP account. Under the heading of “Members,” scroll down to “Resources” (located in the 2nd column), and select “Business. Under the “Business” heading, select “Price List/Handouts.” Scroll down to “Compensation Plan;” then select “Compensation Plan Overview.”

Dick & Joy have requested that NSP send an email blast to all members and managers alerting them to the location change for this information so everyone will be aware.

February 2016

American consumers are concerned about GMOs. A June 2015 poll found that 52 percent of Americans think GMO foods are unsafe, and 13 percent are unsure. But almost all polled, 93 percent, think GMO foods should be labeled. Federal law does not require GMO foods to be labeled. Sixty countries around the world, including Russia and China, require the labeling of GMO foods. – See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/hershey-s-removes-gmo-sugar-beets-from-its-chocolates #sthash.vgZiWqEt.dpuf

Panera Bread’s Soups are Safe to Eat Now, Artificial Ingredients Officially Gone. Panera Bread recently made headlines for its commitment to remove artificial ingredients from a number of its menu items this year, and it’s following through with that pledge, kicking off the year with a big victory. According to the company, its soup menu is now “clean” after removing ingredients it says were on what it calls the “No No List.” Pulling items from that list means Panera’s soups are now free of artificial flavors, preservatives, colors, and flavors.
“For example, Broccoli Cheddar Soup will no longer contain additives like hydrolyzed soy and corn protein and sodium phosphate, ingredients which are approved by the FDA, which you’ll find in many soup recipes from companies like Campbell’s and Progresso,” reports Consumerist. “Other ingredients that have been ditched include maltodextrin and sodium phosphate.”

January 2016

To Our Managers, Distributors, and Friends in Nature’s Sunshine:

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo

As we begin a new year in 2016, we will face many challenges in both our personal growth as well as our professional growth. The important thing is to not cut our achievements short by underestimating what we can accomplish. Whether our challenges are improving our health, losing weight, beginning an exercise program, strengthening family ties, building our business to new heights, or whatever you see as a challenge that you have not met head on… Be like the little train engine climbing towards the top of a mountain who said “I think I can, I think I can.” When he reached the top, he exclaimed, “I knew I could, I knew I could.” Make 2016 your best year ever for reaching out and attaining your goals.

Remember the “pending rules” for November/December and December/January: If a Manager has 2 consecutive pends in November and December or December and January, they will automatically be credited with 1 pend against them for 2016. This is not a pleasant way to begin a new year. So please watch your successline managers QV and alert them if they are in danger of falling into either of these categories.

*** RED FLAG ALERT: This is a critical month regarding pends that will carry over into 2016. If you or a manager in your successline pended in December, it is imperative that they not pend in January 2016. Pending again in January will place them in the category of carrying over 1 pend into 2016. (The same rule applies for any manager who pended consecutively in November & December 2015 —Those managers will carry over 1 pend into 2016).

Listen to the voice within you and make 2016 your best year ever, both personally and professionally.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
~Steve Jobs

January 2016

On November 2, the FDA approved the first genetically modified food animal—an Atlantic salmon that grows twice as fast as natural salmon, thanks to the insertion of genes from Chinook salmon and eelpout (an eel-like fish). Contrary to FDA claims, the AquAdvantage® salmon is not the same as farmed salmon that has not been genetically engineered. “frankenfish” is less nutritious than normal salmon, more likely to trigger an allergy, and could increase cancer risks by raising levels of IGF-1, a hormone linked to prostate, breast and colon cancers in humans. Currently, the only states where GMO salmon will have to be labeled are Alaska and Vermont. But those laws could be wiped out by a last-minute “sneak attack” rider to the appropriations bill preempting states from enacting laws on any foods containing GMOs, including frankenfish. The FDA is talking out of both sides of its mouth with this twisted decision. First, the FDA regulates GMO salmon as a drug, not a food—”because the recombinant DNA (rDNA) construct introduced into the animal meets the definition of a drug.” Then shouldn’t this new “drug” be labeled? But it won’t be, because out of the other side of the FDA’s mouth, it has declared GMO salmon to be nutritionally equivalent to conventional farm-raised Atlantic salmon.

A citizens’ tribunal will investigate Monsanto for “crimes against nature and humanity.” Agrochemical giant Monsanto will be investigated by a tribunal of environmentalists, activists, and scientists next year against charges of “ecocide”. The citizens’ trial was announced at a press conference on December 3 in Paris, to tie in with the UN Conference on Climate Change. The Monsanto Tribunal Trial is scheduled for October 12-16, 2016, in The Hague, Netherlands, with the final day falling on World Food Day. The Tribunal, a crowd-funded group will evaluate allegations made against Monsanto with regards to damage caused to the environment and human health. Regardless of the outcome, they won’t be able to sentence or charge the agriculture giant. Supporters say the trial is more than just a symbolic act, with the larger goal of establishing ‘ecocide’ as a crime for the first time. The assumption is that if the tribunal can raise enough evidence to support allegations against Monsanto, a criminal court may decide to pursue the matter further.