The weekend we learned about the necessity of supplementation for our adopted kids I received multiple calls from the babysitter that things were not going well at home. We were at a homeschooling conference and I was volunteering to work at a small booth and was unable to leave.
My brother called me in tears, a grown man panicking because he wasn't sure he could handle another hour with our son. We were stressed out and frustrated upon our arrival home but we came home armed with new information about how the brain can be so starved (even with a healthy diet) of nutrients that it can cause aggression, mood swings, angy outbursts, depression and fatigue.
After that conference however, and after the stark realization that our kids still had a long way to go--even after over a year of intense parenting work--we got back on the supplement band wagon and we have never looked back. Everyone has benefitted but none more than our adopted children, who have thrived and gradually been healing from the damage done to them by the world.
I have no doubt this dramatic improvement would never have been possible without supplementation.
If you are anything like I was for the first 18 months after our kids moved in, you are skeptical and maybe even cynical about what could help your family.
I can't say I blame you. So, since you're here already, I'll give you the low down on why we chose Shaklee and how it compares to other products.
The big reason we give it to our kids is that it works. Without Shaklee, our children would still be having regular tantrums, throwing their schoolwork against the wall, and making little academic progress.
In addition, I know it works for me. I started taking Shaklee a few months ago and have been blown away by the results.
Some of the things I am experiencing--
- Elimination of fatigue
- No more PMS symptoms
- No more endometriosis symptoms
- Clearer mental state
- Better focus
- No more mood swings and exploding at my kids (had become all too common)
So enough with the experiential stuff--why is Shaklee better? What makes their products different from the stuff that costs just as much at GNC?
1. Shaklee does over 80,000 quality control tests per year on their products and they are done at every level of production. Comparable companies might do a few hundred tests per year and if they reach 1,000 they are way ahead of the competition.
Why is this important?
A few years ago, Shaklee tested a fresh batch of saflower that was to be used in a product they were making. The tests on the raw materials came back fine--no contaminates, no pesticides--all clear.
The saflower was sent on to an outside company to be crushed. When the shipment returned, Shaklee performed their routine test on the saflower after being crushed. (An important note here is that most companies do not test materials at this point. Only the raw materials get tested.) What they found was disturbing.
The whole shipment was contaminated with lead! Upon investigation, Shaklee learned the company they had outsourced to was using lead balls in their machinery. The lead was flaking off on the materials they crushed. Needless to say, Shaklee stopped using that company and threw their whole investment of saflower in the trash.
If they hadn't done that extra test, all the products made with that saflower would have been contaminated with lead. Other nutrition companies would not have known of the contamination because they don't do the tests. How do you know the supplements you buy at the health food store don't have a similar story behind them?
Does your child, whose brain may already have been affected by trauma, really need to be consuming products that may have harmful contaminates you don't know are there?
I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to take that risk.
2. Shaklee is backed by solid science and employs 75 full time scientists. Most like companies may have 1-3 scientsts on staff. They also are so confident in their products that they have independent studies done in order to track how Shaklee users are doing and how they can improve products bio-availability.
A great example of this is Shaklee's Vitalizer--which is what I recommend for tired moms who need to be operating at 100% for their adopted kids.
Each supplement is specially designed to be absorbed by your body at the right time and in the right place.
This is important because all nutrients are not absorbed in the same way and they aren't all biologically available in the same place.
Most companies throw everything into the pot and stir it up. Then they sell it without a thought for the fact that some nutrients are oil based, some water based, some disolve in stomach acid, some work best if they are absorbed in the colon (they have to make it there first) and so on.
Vitalizer is unique not because of what is in it--any company can put folic acid or B12 in the pot. It's unique because it has 4 different delivery systems for ensuring each nutrient is delivered at the right time and in the right place.
And this is how all Shaklee products are researched and delivered. Which is why Shaklee should be the only choice for your child.
Below you will see a list of the products we feel are most beneficial for children struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mixed Anxiety Disorder, General Anxiety and symptoms of Bi-Polar. These supplements also help with attention, learning issues, and sensory processing issues in our opinion. We are parents--not doctors--so our recommendations are based soley on our experience. There is also a list for mom!
You be the judge--we challenge you to try the products below on your child with ADHD, PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Autism spectrum or your child who has no known issues but just seems to get sick a lot. We are confident that given consistently these products will make a difference for your family.
Shaklee has a 100% guarantee--send back an empty box after 30 days and you get your money back.
For Kids
Optiflora System (two products)
For Mom