What does your liver do?

The liver is found within the lower part of the rib-cage on the right hand side of the body. It has a huge variety of functions in the body and is the only organ that can repair and re-grow itself after damage. The liver is the second largest organ in the body and is often seen as the most important one. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, a healthy liver is seen as the most critical element in the body’s ability to fight disease and function optimally.

For this reason, complimentary and holistic medicine always emphasizes liver health as one of the most vital components in overall systemic health. Amongst other important functions, the liver is responsible for eliminating and detoxifying the poisons that enter our blood stream.

It is very important in the digestion of food and produces bile which is essential in the breakdown of fats, thereby preventing obesity â���� one of the biggest contributors to ill health. It also regulates blood sugar and stores any excess sugar in a useful â��œquick-releaseâ�

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Use ReGrow Plus:

* To promote healthy hair growth
* To protect against age-related hair loss
* To prevent hair loss due to thyroid problems, ill health or medication side effects
* To promote hair growth after chemotherapy

What is ReGrow Plus?

ReGrow Plus is a blend of carefully chosen herbal ingredients known for their beneficial effect on circulation, hormonal and thyroid functioning, thereby promoting hair and nail growth.

Used regularly, it can improve the strength and quantity of hair by stimulating and nourishing the tiny hair follicles to produce stronger, more abundant hair and by slowing down abnormal hair loss.

For best results, use with ReGrow Plus Massage Oil.

What are the ingredients of ReGrow Plus?

ReGrow Plus contains the following ingredients in our unique herbal formula:

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Prenatal vitamins are a special blend of vitamins and minerals developed specifically for women who are pregnant to protect the health of the mother and child. These special formulated vitamins are designed to make up for any nutritional deficiencies in the mother’s diet-and who doesn’t have deficiencies?

The supplements usually contain numerous vitamins and minerals in a proprietary blend by the manufacturer but they always contain folic acid, iron and calcium. Folic acid is especially important to reduce the risk of your child’s developing a serious birth defects of the spinal cord and brain called a neural tube defect. The most common type of neural tube defects is spina bifida, which is when a baby is born in the spine has not fully closed. During the birth process the exposed nerves or damaged in the child is left with some degree of paralysis and sometimes mental retardation.

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More than 5 million Americans suffer from Hypothyroidism and as many as 10% of American women may have some form of thyroid dysfunction! Many people have hypothyroidism without even realizing it!

What is the thyroid gland and what does it do?

The thyroid gland is situated at the base of the throat and is stimulated by the pituitary gland to produce hormones which are important for the functioning and maintenance of all the cells in the body and for metabolism.

If there is an underproduction of thyroid hormones, hypothyroidism will result. Overproduction causes hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid.

There are different types of thyroid disease and dysfunction.

* Hashimoto’s Disease or Thyroiditis (one of the most common forms of hypothyroidism, an auto-immune disease of the thyroid gland)
* Hypothyroidism caused by a sluggish thyroid gland or thyroid gland inflammation
* Hypothyroidism caused by surgery or medication
* Hypothyroidism caused by iodine deficiency
* Hypothyroidism caused by dysfunction of the pituitary gland
* What are the symptoms of Hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis?
* Chronic fatigue and weakness
* Weight Gain or difficulty losing weight
* Hair loss or coarse, dry hair
* Dry and rough skin
* Intolerance to cold
* Abnormal menstrual cycles
* Decreased sex drive
* Memory loss
* Depression and irritability
* Constipation
* Muscle cramps

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Staying well is probably the most important thing that we all have in mind all the time. The sad part is that are so busy with our rushed-up routines that we do nothing about it. Left to ourselves, we prefer to sleep late, get up and rush to work and grab a sandwich on the way to work rather than choosing a relaxed time in the morning along with cereal for breakfast.

Family patterns are changing all over the world, even in societies that once swore by living together. Gone are the days when mothers and grandmothers made sure that their children, youngsters and adults alike, had their meals at home – meals that they prepared with the primary objective of maintaining family health.

A fast life, starting the day with a cup of coffee, over-dependence on junk foods and scant disregard to home cooked food has wrecked havoc and led to a drastic increase in the incidence of disease, especially immune and autoimmune mediated diseases. There is unassailable evidence that food and lifestyle are strongly related to immune system health .

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