Living Well – March 2023

In This Issue . . .

It’s time to March forward into spring with this month’s issue of Living Well magazine. And it just so happens that “It’s Always Spring at AIM” as alluded to in an article that examines new beginnings for improved health.

National Nutrition Month takes place in March, a time of awareness covered from an ingredient perspective in “Nutrition That Works!” Providing supplemental food that takes dietary intake to a whole new level to improve people’s health is our nutritional AIM.

Taking AIM nutrition from an early age instills a habit that can last a healthy lifetime. “Our Barley Baby” tells a charming testimonial submitted by Charmine and Daniel Thompson, AIM Customers in Prince George, British Columbia about their son, Christopher, who enjoys green milk in the morning. “The Green Scoop!” on page 7 features Facebook posts from those whose lives have been changed for the better by taking BarleyLife.

One area of the body that gets special attention this month is the digestion system, focusing on the microbes involved in “Gut Life.” (Spoiler Alert: You can expect to see more articles about the microbiome in upcoming magazines given the integral part that this inner ecosystem plays in human health.) “The Value of Lymphatic Cleansing with Herbal Release” on page 8 details detoxifying benefits for another vital body system.

March Living Well also features a fresh focus on Composure on page 11, a blend of herbs that contribute to stress relief through their botanically relaxing effects on the body. Composure is something needed in all of our lives. More information about this herbal gem can be viewed in the video series detailed in “InfoClips From AIM.” on page 10.

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Rounding things off is the product feature, “Spring Into Summer with BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple” for a tropical twist of taste. And the March crossword puzzle offers another word challenge, culled from the pages of this month’s Living Well magazine. Read away!

Nutrition That Works!

March is National Nutrition Month, focusing awareness of the many health benefits afforded by wholesome food. Every month since April 1982, The AIM Companies™ has provided a key to unlocking the power of supplemental food: nutrition that works.

Keeping it simple but phenomenally nutritious, AIM carries a variety of whole-food powders using all-natural, plant-sourced ingredients that create BarleyLife, BarleyLife Xtra, CoCoa LeafGreens, Just Carrots and RediBeets.

Barley leaves, arugula, cocoa beans, beets, broccoli sprouts, carrots, kale, spinach and Swiss chard all work to keep you on the good side of health. Supplementing your food intake with the powders of these ultranutritious ingredients significantly increases your intake of nutrients and phytonutrients.

Digging In

Beginning at the beginning with BarleyLife, over four decades ago barley grass was determined to be one of the most nutritious plants on the planet. But humankind is not physically able to graze on grass and assimilate its abundant nutrients and phytonutrients, so AIM unlocked its nutritional density in an easily digested juice powder.

BarleyLife’s ingredient combination of the juice powder of young barley plants, brown rice oligodextrin and kelp delivers the essence of nutrition that works. Its green nourishment provides nutrients such as carbohydrates, minerals, protein

and vitamins along with a rich source of chlorophyll, enzymes, antioxidants and other beneficial phytonutrients, including lutonarin, saponarin and superoxide dismutase.

Even though phytonutrients are plant compounds that are incredibly good at protecting you and keeping your body healthy, they are not considered essential, life-giving nutrients that have daily recommended intakes. Getting phytonutrients is generally relegated to a daily intake of around 4½ cups of colorful fruits and vegetables.

AIM’s whole-food powders made from colorful fruits and vegetables can amplify your nutrient and phytonutrient levels. Digging in to their plantsourced ingredients is a daily opportunity to dig in to nutrition that works.

Gut Life

The exploration of the Earth over land, under sea and beyond into outer space has revealed so much about our planet and the universe. At the same time, there remains even more that is in the realm of the unknown and not fully understood.

Looking inward, the same can be said when examining our physical beings through the history of experience and the sciences. One of the many fascinating aspects of what remains unknown involves the phenomenal microcosm of microbes on and within us.

Microbes in the Human Body

Archaea

Examples include:

Methanobrevibacter

smithii, Methanos

phaera stadtmanae

single-cell organisms

cell walls made of sugars

no nucleus

asexual reproduction

Bacteria

Examples include:

Lactobacillus gasseri

Bifidobacterium

longum

single-cell organisms

cell walls made of proteins and sugars

no nucleus

asexual reproduction

It took about four centuries following the discovery of microscopic creepy-crawlies in and on the human body to realize that not all of these microorganisms were pathogens, but, in fact, something akin to another organ that plays a pivotal role in keeping the body healthy. Some call this ecosystem the microbiome while others say microbiota, which

Eukarya

Examples include:

fungi

yeasts

single-cell organisms

cell walls vary

nucleus

asexual and sexual reproduction

Viruses

Examples include:

adenoviruses

herpesviruses

genetic material

protein shell

no nucleus

host cell reproduction

is simply a reflection of the newness of the positive health perspective on body microbes.1

The majority of microbiome research focuses on bacteria, which have been identified as dominant among the estimated one trillion microbes in the human body. A substantial population and diversity of bacteria maintain optimal health of the gut, providing intestinal homeostasis.2

The microbiome has a major effect on overall health as a result of the activity generated by good bacteria.3 Although there is much more to be discovered about these beneficial microbes, what is known is that good bacteria:

• advance human development

• protect organs of the body

• promote food digestion

• produce essential nutrients such as B vitamins and vitamin K

• prevent potential disruption by harmful bacteria

• signal specific immune cells to produce antiviral proteins

• generate postbiotics such as butyrate: inflammation-reducing, short-chain fatty acid

• help maintain the central nervous system

• produce neurotransmitters, enabling communication between the gut and the brain

As for that gut-brain connection, some of the most recent research hones in on how microbiome imbalance (dysbiosis) can negatively affect a person’s mental state of health.4 Furthermore, gut dysbiosis has also been associated with a number of immune-mediated, metabolic and neurodegenerative health conditions, calling attention to the importance of maintaining gut homeostasis.5

AIM Probiotics and Prebiotics

The Role of Nutrition

It’s no surprise that when it comes to the gut, nutrition plays an integral role in supporting a healthy microbiome.6 Evidence points to choosing a wholesome, mostly plant-based diet that includes probiotics (good bacteria) and prebiotics (food for good bacteria). Fermented foods that are probiotic include kimchi, miso, sauerkraut, sourdough bread and yogurt.

Fiber-rich foods that provide prebiotics include asparagus, spring onion, beetroot, chickpeas, lentils, watermelon, grapefruit, nectarines, oats, rye bread, cashews and pistachio nuts.

AIM nutrition that works can help to increase the population and diversity of good bacteria along with the food that nurtures their growth and beneficial activity.

Daily use of supplemental probiotics and prebiotics from AIM is a convenient way to support your microbiome, contributing good bacteria from FloraFood and the food they eat from Fit ’n Fiber

Each capsule of FloraFood contains 3 billion live cells from 3 strains of good bacteria, another great reason for making this dietary supplement your probiotic choice.

Each serving of Fit ’n Fiber gives you 8 grams of prebiotic fiber from acacia, konjac and guar gum for a selection of food that good bacteria thrive on, fueling their growth and the beneficial activity they provide.

Taken together, the combination of FloraFood and Fit ’n Fiber delivers a synbiotic duo to help maintain the ecosystem of microbes that work to support your overall health.

Our Barley Baby

For as far back as I can remember in my childhood, my mom, Joyce Royal (now Gold) was involved with The AIM Companies, and she became an AIM Director. We always had the Garden Trio in our home.

My mother was introduced to AIM by Chairman’s Club Directors George and Muriel McPherson. George and Muriel are really members of our family and the “great grandparents” of our son, Christopher, who was born on July 18, 2022.

Even after a few months of my mom suggesting BarleyLife for Christopher, I sat on the idea and pondered it. Muriel had always encouraged us to drink our BarleyLife for all of its benefits. A chat with her assured me that it would be okay to give him a little bit to start with. My husband also supported this. Muriel has always steered us in the right direction, so we never doubt her recommendations.

After some trial and error, we worked out just the right amount and began giving Christopher some BarleyLife in his morning bottle of milk. This has become a daily routine. He just loves it, drinking the whole bottle without complaint. Christopher is alert, happy and sleeping well.

My husband and I have comfort knowing he is getting so many nutrients at such a young age. We are firm believers of good, wholesome nutrition. BarleyLife is such a great product, so now we are all taking it again.

Many thanks to Muriel, my mom and her husband, Dan, for encouraging us in raising our wee “Barley Baby.” I am so grateful I took a chance and will never look back. We have a happy, healthy little man. And thank you, AIM!

Testimonials should not be construed as representing results that everyone can achieve. Contributors who submit a published testimonial in Living Well magazine receive a nutritional gift valued at $9.25 US.

Shared by Charmine and Daniel Thompson AIM Customers, Prince George, British Columbia

The Green Scoop!

A New Year post on AIM’s Facebook page featured the caption, “One scoop of our BarleyLife Juice Powder amounts to 6.24 cups of barley leaves, delivering powerful antioxidants that increase overall energy and alkalize the body” along with an illustrative photo worth a thousand words. Here are just some of the words that were shared by people who commented on the picture of barley leaf juice powder

“The best there is!”. Pat Johnson Waite

“I have been taking these products for about 40 years. I’m 83 right now and in very good health.”

…Betty Brush

“Amazing product. The best. I take it every morning as the Garden Trio: BarleyLife, Just Carrots and RediBeets. I shake them all up in a shaker cup and voilà! A salad in a glass.”

…June Poswiata

“It works great”

…Dale Cortez

“Can’t go without my BarleyLife Juice Powder. Really feel the difference if I haven’t taken it for a day. Very blessed.”

…Marzanne Ohlhoff

‘The most amazing powder. Have been taking it for 25 years or more and won’t go a day without it. All AIM products are amazing.”

…Marie Miller

“Love BarleyLife…been taking it every morning for 27 years along with Just Carrots and RediBeets too.

AIM has many other awesome products also. So grateful a friend shared it with me all those years ago.”

…Barbara Snodgrass

“Wow! That’s a lot of greens in one scoop! Love my AIM!”

Michelle Pauly Long

The Best! Katja Eberle

“Changed my life. Esme Pretorius

Daily routine!” Denise G. Roop

“Liquid Sunshine”

Judy Rowe

“Sooo green!”

Mimzo Siwela

“Nothing better!”

John Shewfelt

“Love my AIM.”

Isabel Marais

Testimonials should not be construed as representing results that everyone can achieve. Contributors who submit a published testimonial in Living Well magazine receive a nutritional gift valued at $9.25 US.

The Value of Lymphatic Cleansing with Herbal Release

The name of this dietary supplement says a lot about what happens when you take the product: Herbal Release. A total of nine herbs and two herbal extracts released into your body delivers a bounty of botanicals that cleanses and detoxifies your lymphatic system.

Maximizing the benefits of this stand-alone natural health product, each hardshell capsule disintegrates thirty minutes after consuming. Delaying the herbal release allows the eleven botanicals to further penetrate your digestive system and promote a lymphatic cleanse.

Your lymphatic system acts like a drainage structure that maintains

your body’s liquid balance through a network of organs, tissues, vessels and nodes. By regulating the flow of fluid known as lymph, which leaks from blood vessels, your lymphatic system recirculates any nutrients back into your bloodstream while filtering toxins for removal, which helps your immune system. Herbal Release’s cleansing and detoxifying action from 11 botanicals works to support your lymphatic and immune systems.

Scheduling Herbal Release

Herbal Release usage is different from other AIM products. Take it for 7 days, then take a 7-day break. Use your calendar to highlight alternate weeks for using Herbal Release for a schedule of one week on, one week off.

A 2-capsule daily serving for seven days every other week would make the 60 capsules in one bottle of Herbal Release last for eight weeks for a monthly cost of $11.00 at the Member price of $22.00 and $11.75 at the Customer price of $23.50. And at the end of 8 weeks, you will have done 4 separate weeks of lymphatic cleanses and still have 4 capsules left. It all adds up to good value for cleansing your lymphatic system naturally with Herbal Release.

Note: The U.S. formulation of Herbal Release is different from the Canadian formula product. Canada’s Herbal Release (NPN 80031729) promotes bowel movements, helps to cleanse the intestinal tract and supports the immune system.

Herbal Release 5969E, $22.00 M, $23.50 C (CAN 2658E, $28.25 M, $30.50 C)

It’s Always Spring at AIM

The spring season begins the cycle of new growth in Northern regions, where the growing season is limited to a fraction of the year. When the days begin to get a little warmer with increasingly longer hours of sunlight, it’s a signal to the life waiting within cold soil that may still be covered in a blanket of snow.

If you have already made AIM a longterm lifestyle choice, given that spring is a season of new beginnings, it can be a time for changing things up a bit by adding AIM whole-food powders or dietary supplements that you may have never tried before.

If BarleyLife is your go-to product, why not make BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple a mid-week treat?

BarleyLife

5809E, $51.00 M, $54.50 C (CAN 5815E, $52.75 M, $55.50 C)

Spring is a time for planting fields of barley, the young leaves of which hold the life that creates the distinct nutrition channeled into BarleyLife. The outcome is a nutrientdense, whole-food powder that can be enjoyed season after season throughout the year. The same time frame can be used for the entire harvest that makes up the AIM lineup of nutrition that works.

If you are new to AIM, then you are entering a season of improved health that can be maintained by taking supplemental food such as BarleyLife on a regular basis. For many, the day they embrace AIM nutrition as a lifestyle choice becomes a milestone, marking a time of favorable transformation in their lives. And it all begins simply by taking an initial step that springs you in the direction of well-being.

BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple

6700E, $44.00 M, $47.00 C (CAN 6704E, $45.75 M, $49.00 C)

Or try a dietary supplement that you may have overlooked. Suppose you have never taken CranVerry+ before. The benefits of cranberry extract for men and women extend well beyond urinary health. Recent research reveals its positive impact on gut microbiota,1 the good bacteria that work to keep you

CranVerry+

6650E, $25.00 M, $26.50 C (CAN 6655E, $27.75 M, $29.50 C)

1 bit.ly/CranberryMicrobiota

With AIM, there’s always an endless spring of opportunity to improve your health and share this opportunity with other people.

InfoClips

AIM has produced a wide variety of printed and digital product information, including datasheets, podcasts and videos. Some are lengthy reads or listens while others are short and sweet in a video format. A whole lot of useful information can be featured in a video clip. That’s the entire point of the current InfoClip series of product videos viewable on AIM’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/aimusers.

Since the August 2022 launch of InfoClips that began with BarleyLife and BioVivify, additional videos have been created through the teamwork of Quality Assurance personnel and the video department at AIM headquarters, nearly completing the entire lineup of individual products that are the foundation of nutrition that works.

Multipurpose InfoClips

Whether you are a Customer who takes some of the AIM products or a Member who also has a business for sharing their benefits, InfoClips provide clear, concise product information that uses only a snippet of your valuable time.

From AIM

As a Customer, you might be looking to add something new to the products you are already taking. By going to AIM’s YouTube channel on your phone, tablet or computer, you can easily access the InfoClip series to find out how you can benefit from taking products such as CranVerry+ or Proancynol 2000 along with the uniqueness of each dietary supplement. InfoClips give you speedy support for making product choices.

As a Member, InfoClips can be featured in any presentations you make and their links can be copied and pasted to communicate product information on social media platforms and in emails and text messages. InfoClips can also be added to your MyAIMStore or other website to expand your video selections. Consider creating a product of the month page that features an InfoClip. Link the page to your accounts (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and use the link in emails and text messages as well. In other words, InfoClips are your tools, and we encourage you to share them!

Composure is a dietary supplement that helps you stay on the relaxed side of life during times of stress.

In Possession of Composure

When you feel calm and in control of your emotions, you possess composure. Life’s stressors can take away those peaceful feelings, making you ill at ease, worried and sleep deprived. Keep a bottle of AIM Composure on hand to recover and repossess your composure.

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Composure formulations in the USA and Canada are different although each contains passionflower, an herbal ingredient known for its calming, relaxing effects.

American Composure combines the extracts of alfalfa leaf, marshmallow root, oatstraw and passionflower and whole herbs of Irish moss, shavegrass leaves, slippery elm bark and yucca root, delivering a selection of soothing ingredients that help to promote relaxation.

800 mg of herbal ingredients per 2-capsule serving

Canadian Composure combines passionflower, valerian root and hops flower in a formulation that relaxes and calms nerves, reduces restlessness and promotes restful sleep. In an article published in Psychology Today, Dr. Leslie Korn refers to this trio of herbs as the three sisters of sleep.

bit.ly/3SistersofSleep

1,725 mg of herbal ingredients per 3-capsule serving

Both the U.S. and Canadian formulations are gluten-free, non-GMO and vegan.

Deadlines, family or friend crises, financial struggles, tax time, etc. contribute to mental and physical tension, often creating the domino effect of interrupted sleep that leads to increased stress levels. Composure can help you relax to get back on track and move at ease through stressful times.

Composure 2021E, $20.50 M, $21.50 C (CAN 4377E, $25.75 M, $27.50 C)

Spring Into Summer with BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple

The warmth of spring gives you just a hint of a taste of summer. Why not add to that anticipation of summertime with pineappleinfused beverages made with the limited edition of BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple.

Shaking things up a bit from your regular routine is always a good idea. The concept behind introducing a new flavor of BarleyLife Xtra was to offer Members and Customers a way to shake things up with a whole-food powder that has been in AIM’s product lineup since 2005.

This limited edition of BarleyLife Xtra still delivers 18 fruit and vegetable powders, over 22 mg of chlorophyll per serving and a profusion of nutrients and phytonutrients that are beneficial for your body. Tropically tasty nutrition that works!

only 1 gram natural sugar per serving

At the heart of these ultra-nutritious greens is BarleyLife, made from the juice powder of young barley leaves. Every time you enjoy a serving of BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple, you get the same amount of nutrient-dense greens as in a 4-gram teaspoon of BarleyLife. And even though it tastes sweeter than just the barley leaf juice powder, BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple contains the same small amount of natural sugar: only 1 gram.

18 nutritious fruit and vegetable powders per serving

Sweeten things up as you spring into summer with BarleyLife Xtra Pineapple.

Order this delicious, special edition of BarleyLife Xtra today!

Members only: now available on AMR orders.

MARCH CROSSWORD

A fun puzzle for you to complete using the articles in this month's Living Well Magazine.

Across

2. InfoClips are your tools, and we encourage you to ______them!

5. Judy Rowe says BarleyLife is like “ Liquid ______.”

7 Composure formulations in the USA and Canada are different although each contains ______, an herbal ingredient known for its calming, relaxing effects.

8. The______ has a major effect on overall health as a result of the activity generated by good bacteria.

9. Taken together, the combination of FloraFood and Fit ’n Fiber delivers a ______duo to help maintain the ecosystem of microbes that work to support your overall health.

Down

1. Christopher loves his______.

3. Herbal Release usage is different from other AIM products. Take it for 7 days, then take a 7-day ______.

Down (continued)

4. With AIM, there’s always an endless spring of opportunity to improve your health and share this ______ with other people.

6. March is National______Month.

20th Annual Ohio AIM Member Conference

FREE No Charge to Attend Donations Accepted

Join your fellow AIM Members at the 20th Ohio AIM Member Conference!

When: Thursday, May 4, 2023 (6:15 – 9:00 p.m.)

Friday, May 5, 2023 (8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.)

Where: The Inn at Amish Door, Milana Ball Room

1210 Winesburg Street, Wilmot, Ohio 44689

General Meeting Session

Thursday, May 4, 2023 – 6:15 - 9:00 p.m.

Registration 5:00 p.m.

General Meeting Session

Friday, May 5, 2023 – 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Registration 8:00 a.m.

Lunch: Amish Door Restaurant

Lodging: The Inn at Amish Door (Rooms limited)

(Ask for AIM Group rate discount)

Continental Breakfast included

(Reserve by April 14, 2023)

Phone: 330-359-7996

For more information:

Keith & Charlotte Thompson: 330-852-2967

Nathan & Joy Thompson: 614-209-6324

Women’s Health Meeting

When: Friday, March 17, 2023

Where: 7270 W. 400 S. Topeka, Indiana 46571

Registration at 7:30 a.m.

Meeting from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Hosted by Ezra and Elsie Hochstetler

For more information, contact: Jacob Schwartz at 260-499-4980

Sam and Ida Miller at 574-825-4165

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For March, the cutoff date for placing month-end commission qualifying orders received via phone, fax or mail is 4:00 p.m. MT (Mountain Time) on Friday, March 31.

Online orders count until 11:59 p.m. MT on Friday, March 31.

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