EDITOR’S NOTE: This “A Healthy Time” column by Beth Brown originally appeared in the Nov. 14 print edition of The Light and Champion.

Having the opportunity to attend a Terry Naturally Training in Dallas recently was such a great learning experience. Terry Lemerond, president and founder of Terry Naturally, has been a leader in the natural health industry for 45 years.

His passion and dedication has made his company and products the best in the industry and that is not just my opinion but his products consistently win the top awards in the natural health industry.

I have many customers who will testify to the fact that Terry’s products work, they feel better, have less pain and are amazed at the results. Terry guarantees his products so customers can be confident they are going to get results or their money back.

Terry invited me to sit at his table at dinner and it was an honor. He is a very humble person and not arrogant in any way. I very much enjoyed conversation with him. I first met him seven years ago and have seen him at least once a year for training since then.

He has been a pioneer in this industry. Interestingly, it was Terry Lemerond who brought glucosamine sulfate to market, along with standardized ginkgo, IP-6, saw palmetto, St John’s wort and many other “firsts.”

In addition to educational information presented by Terry himself, we heard from Dr. Ajay Goel, PH.D, who is a well known cancer researcher. He has been at Baylor in Dallas for many years but three months ago left Dallas to go to City of Hope in Pasadena, California.

I have heard him speak and met him on several occasions. Dr. Goel is a warm, genuine person who is doing wonderful work in the field of cancer research. He has developed a blood test that will be able to detect colon cancer very early without a colonoscopy.

I hope he can get it on the market soon. He presented incredible information on curcumin BCM95, Bosweilla, and French grapeseed extract on how well it does in the cancer studies! The results were truly amazing.

It is very exciting to know that customers can take easy steps to try and help prevent themselves and their loved ones from getting cancer and also if they do get it or already have it, these important supplements can give them such better results than with the standard of care alone.

We have these incredible supplements available right here in Center.

Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, was also a speaker at this wonderful event. It was my first time to meet and him.

He also talked a about pain and effective, safe treatments for any type of pain no matter how severe. Through all of my years of training, a lot of this information was not new to me but some of it was and it was certainly a valuable use of my time to hear his experience and opinions on treating patients. I know that we can help our customers even more now.

Hemp and CBD were part of his presentation and there are many benefits to taking hemp oil but people need to be very careful with what they try because it is like the Wild Wild West now and many companies are just trying to make a quick buck and are selling inferior and useless products.

Dr. Jacob has written several books and I can’t wait to read them all! Some of you may want to read them too and you are welcome to come by the store and see them or order your own. The first one I am going to read is “The Complete Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction,” and “Diabetes is Optional.” Check these out for your own benefit as well.

Dr. Teitelbaum made some interesting points that hit home with me. I have had a lot of nasal congestion lately and had finally figured out that it was caused by candida overgrowth and I have been taking supplements and my favorite probiotic and I have gotten it under control. However, many people are suffering from congestion and/or irritable bowel syndrome and it is very likely caused by a candida yeast overgrowth (from eating too much sugar and refined carbs) so for him to spell it out was like a light bulb.

It took me months to figure out and he said it outright. I wish I had heard him before and I think I would have realized that was my issue much more quickly.

Another little tidbit that made sense was how HANGRY people may need adrenal support. If a person gets irritable when hungry, their adrenals may very well be shot. So nourishing the adrenals will help with stress, energy, and an overall feeling of well being.

I know almost everyone is stressed out so this is useful information. I already take an adrenal supplement and I know how much it helps me personally. So he had that and a lot of other great information that we will remember and be able to help our customers better and that is so exciting to me.

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