7 Secrets of Happy People

Ever notice that happy people also tend to be healthy people? Think about people you know who always seem cheerful and fun to be around ...people that make you smile.

Have you ever wondered: what’s the secret? 

Science shows that happy people are healthier too.  So how do they do it?

Here are 7 rules from Health2Go that help make people happy:

#1 Say “yes” to social ties and doing things with others. Celebrate even small occasions with family and friends because relationships between us fulfill and enrich life. Make it a goal to connect with at least one friend or even someone new every day, and talk about good stuff, not bad.

#2 Give Thanks!  Be grateful for joys big or small. 

#3 Look at the bright side. Find the silver lining even when things don’t go the way you hoped they would. Focus on the things that go right because they are what make life fun.  Be happy. Ignore the things that go wrong. Yes, $h%t happens. There is no time for angry thoughts when things don’t work. Move on.

#4 Lend a hand.  Help someone else with something.  People who help others tend to feel happier.  Always be on the lookout for ways to help others.

#5  Find joy in movement. Exercise gets the senses moving, gets blood flow going, and floods the body with endorphins, the feel good hormones. It also clears the brain, and releases stress and anxiety. So get moving some way every day. Use it or lose it.

#6 Talk nice to yourself.  Are you beating yourself up because you expect too much? Research shows that positive thinking changes brain function. Remember nobody is perfect; mistakes do sometimes happen. It’s not a perfect world…and, that’s O.K.

#7 Create something or play. Play a board game. Play guitar; Play ball with your dog. Doodle or draw something. Do something fun or silly at least once every day. Play time is good for you!

Just some fun tips to keep you happier and healthier; which BTW Twist 25 DHEA cream helps too!

A bientot,

Hugh

When You Feel Great, You Look Great!

It’s all the little things we do each day like exercise, eating a healthy diet, adequate hydration and sleep and sunshine that keep us healthy. When you take care of yourself, it shows.

So no wonder, after a few months, people start asking Twist25 cream users “What have you been doing? You look so good.”

It’s because DHEA is a crucial prohormone or base from which the body produces hormones. It’s the most abundant hormone precursor. DHEA also helps connective tissue and bone formation; and DHEA supports neuronal cells and bone cells to form.  DHEA also counterbalances the negative inflammatory effects of cortisol, the stress hormone. DHEA supports the immune system by increasing the number of and activity of natural killer cells.

Humans are at their best in their reproductive prime between the ages of 18 to 25 years, while they are naturally producing the most DHEA. But from age 25, males and females start making 2% less DHEA each year. So by age 35 we are all producing 20% less DHEA than when we were “in our prime” or “at our best”, and by age 50 we are only producing half as much. This gradual decline continues, as do levels of 50 downstream hormones that all use DHEA as a base or precursor.

It makes sense to maintain good health from age 35 and up with Twist 25 DHEA cream. Medical research findings reveal why it’s best to use DHEA as a cream instead of a pill. The effectiveness speaks for itself. Feel the difference.

Twist 25 DHEA cream is applied each day as a specially made bioidentical skin cream with a coconut oil base, Vitamin E and Coenzyme Q-10. It’s one of the best things you can do to maintain your health, mood, quality of sleep, energy, muscle tone, cardiovascular health, skin, and immune system. DHEA is the most abundant prohormone in the human body. Make your own hormones.

Maintaining good health is a much better strategy than letting things gradually deteriorate. It is much harder to regain health and hormonal balance once lost. Dr. John Woodward, M.D., a bioidentical hormone replacement specialist at Medical City Dallas, TX advises that staving off hormonal declines is much better and more effective than trying to replace hormones and good health once lost.

As hormones decline signs of menopause or andropause begin to show up as hot flashes, bad mood, poor quality sleep, low energy, weight gain, and lack of mental sharpness or focus.

Meanwhile, cardiovascular health, risks of cancer, metabolic syndrome and depression increase as hormone levels decrease. Many people deceive themselves and deny that anything is happening because the decline is very slow and gradual. There is no dramatic incident that forces us to do something additional with no real obvious need to.

Little by little good health is lost. Usually, we attribute this very inconspicuous, easily ignored and gradual process of decline to “aging”.

Do something to slow the decline.

Use Twist 25 DHEA cream daily to stave off the decline. From age 35 on up we should aim to maintain DHEA and hormone levels for optimal health. After age 35, use Twist 25 cream. Make your own hormones. Feel your best and look your best with Twist 25 DHEA cream. 

June is Men’s Health Month

 

Men - fathers, sons, grandfathers, husbands - We celebrate Father’s Day on June 19th this year; but also, the entire month of June has been designated as “Men’s Health Month”. The purpose of Men’s Health Month is to increase awareness of common preventable health problems, help men avoid them by encouraging early detection testing, and learn how to maintain good health by doing things that contribute to good health. …good healthy lifestyle choices. Because, as we’ve all heard “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. And, as we often say at Health2Go: It is all the little things we do each day that make a big difference in time.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has determined that Heart Disease is the #1 cause of death for men (and women) in not only the U.S.A. but the world. That alone is a striking fact, but men are almost twice as likely to die from heart disease as women. So Men, let’s take on the biggest health problems first – heart disease, cancer and stroke.

The top risk factors for heart disease are gender and age, which we cannot do anything to control; but we can dramatically reduce the risk of heart disease by eating a healthy diet and exercising and maintaining DHEA level.

 Interesting new research about heart disease has shown that contrary to conventional belief: cholesterol level is not as problematic as poor diet, lack of regular exercise and chronic inflammation. 

In this exceptionally interesting article, the new view is “Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessels and cause heart disease and strokes. Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended. It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.”

DHEA is the only thing in the human body that counterbalances the harmful inflammatory effects of high cortisol levels.  Dr. John Woodward, MD says “For optimal health, the DHEA to cortisol ratio should be 10 to 1.

So to reduce the risk of heart disease, eat a diet high in fresh green and colorful vegetables, exercise every day, and apply Twist 25 DHEA cream daily to reduce inflammation and support cardiovascular health.

The #2 killer for men is cancer. A healthy diet and exercise and maintaining good DHEA levels has been shown to significantly reduce the risks of cancer.

The #3 cause of death for men is stroke. A very important risk factor for stroke is hypertension (high blood pressure). So it makes sense that controlling high blood pressure is crucial to reduce the risk of stroke.  Conveniently, it turns out that the behaviors we have just described above that reduce the risks of heart disease and cancer also reduce the risks of stroke.

So let's all celebrate Men’s Health Month, by helping men stay healthy, active and alive by encouraging eating a healthy diet high in a wide variety of green leafy colorful vegetables, getting some exercise for 30 minutes to 1 hour every day, and applying Twist 25 DHEA cream daily.

Happy Father’s Day and have a great Men’s Health Month!

Is Your Workout Enough? — Add DHEA to Your Fitness Routine

Regular exercise and staying active has repeatedly been proven to be the most important way to stay healthy. Yes, it is also important to eat a variety of fresh vegetables and avoid proteins high in saturated fats, drink plenty of water, and get 8 hours of sleep every night. But regular exercise at least 5 times per week is key. An advantage called Twist 25 DHEA cream can make exercise easier to do and recover from, and more beneficial for lean shapely muscle tone.

Some folks go for a jog, some prefer a brisk walk or trail hike; many people do yoga or cross-fit training, or go for a bike ride every day. Any such activities that keep our heart rate up over 120 beats per minute for more than 20 minutes helps us maintain our health. If you keep that aerobic heartbeat up for 30 minutes or an hour it’s even better.

But after age 35 it gets harder for people to muster the motivation to keep the daily exercise going. Work, kids, combined with diminishing energy and drive, make exercise one of those things that just gets left off the to-do list. Many rationalize it as “Well, I’m just too busy to exercise.” Or “I have too many other priorities that are more important…like work, and dropping off or picking up the kids.”

How do hormones matter? 
Being an adult can be demanding and stressful. There is work, kids, family and friends, groceries to buy, meals to make and housekeeping and yard work to do. So, by the end of a long day crashing out on the couch starts to seem like it would be a better option than going to do a yoga class or going for a jog or heading to the gym for a workout.
 
By age 35-45 there is another important thing going on inside our bodies that quietly compounds with life’s responsibilities to make the couch’s appeal even stronger allowing daily exercise to get left behind – hormone decline.

For the first 20 years of our lives, men and women alike make ever increasing levels of hormones. One of the most important hormone precursors is DHEA – dehydroepiandrosterone. DHEA is a naturally occurring prohormone. DHEA is a base building block for all of the sex hormones. Hormones are the chemical messengers that give us the drive and desire to be active and exercise. Hormones also are what give us shapely muscle tone that is obviously different for men or women.

 

Between age 35-45 many people begin to get discouraged that even though they are exercising, they just don’t notice the same benefits in how they look anymore. A picture speaks a thousand words. This graph shows DHEA levels over the human lifespan.

By providing DHEA on the skin, or dermis, the largest organ of the body, there are many noticeable advantages.

People notice that the benefits they gain from exercise return. Lean shapely muscle tone develops because hormone levels are regained. People also notice that they recover faster after exercising, and don’t suffer from debilitating muscle soreness the next day even after an intense workout.

So stay active. Exercise for at least 30 minutes every day. Eat right; drink plenty of water; and apply Twist 25 DHEA cream onto thin hairless skin every day. It will help you maintain that youthful physically fit look. Twist 25 DHEA cream also comes in a convenient airless cream pump that can be easily carried with you in your workout bag or purse. So it’s easy to have with you to apply after your shower post workout when your blood flow is good and your skin is clean and your pores are dilated.

Use Twist 25 DHEA cream to get the most from your exercise. Use Twist 25 cream, make your own hormones. This special DHEA supplement cream can give you that little health advantage to keep exercising, and enjoy the benefits staying fit and active can provide.

What is Normal? and Other Great DHEA Questions

When it comes to dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels, what’s ‘normal?’

We love talking with Twist 25® customers and people who want to learn more about DHEA. Recently, we had a couple of conversations that might interest others—especially regarding testing for DHEA levels—so we’re posting the questions on the blog.

One conversation started like this: “My doctor recommended I use Twist 25 DHEA cream to help maintain healthy hormones. He gave me a whole list of benefits like: bone strength, cardiovascular health, supporting the immune system, softer skin..He said it was also good for cartilage and other connective tissue, fuller softer hair, and reduced risks of cancer…  But, I have some questions …”

Q: Do men and women have different DHEA?

A: The DHEA molecule itself is the same for men as for women. Men and women both produce DHEA, but men typically make a bit more than women do.  Women’s levels peak at about 350-400; while for men, levels peak at between 350-650. Here are the typical “normal” levels throughout life for men and women at different ages.

Normal levels for DHEA -sulfate (a close more stable measurable “cousin” or metabolite of DHEA) differ by sex and age. Here are typical amounts of DHEA-S produced by women and men on average.
 

Guber HA, Farag AF, Lo J, Sharp J. Evaluation of Endochrine Function. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 21st edition Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company; 2006: Chapter 24.

Here is a graph depicting these DHEA levels over the human lifespan.

 

Q: Why would people 35 and up apply DHEA onto their skin daily?

A: A picture speaks a thousand words. In the graph below, the area between the dark blue line and the red line is what could be called “room for improvement” for DHEA levels during the human lifespan.

Q: Is DHEA safe to use?
A: DHEA is the most abundant naturally occurring prohormone in the human body. Providing something natural, DHEA, that exists and is used in the skin anyway in a coconut oil base cream is great for your skin and also great for your health. There are no dangerous side effects.

Q: Well, that makes sense. So if I order Twist 25 DHEA cream, how long does one container of Twist 25 DHEA cream last?
A: One container of Twist 25 cream contains 50 ml of cream. Each full pump press releases 0.5 ml of cream. There are about 100 squirts of cream in a container. So, if one pump press is applied each morning and evening, then one container of cream will last about 50 days.

Q: How does Health2Go ship orders to customers?
A: If you order by subscription, shipping is free + you don’t have to remember to reorder. It conveniently charges $49.95 to your card every month and ships to you via US Postal Service First Class.

For orders of either one pump of Twist 25 or a 3-pack of Twist 25, $7 shipping and handling (S&H) is charged. The same flat rate applies whether one pump is ordered or three. It does not matter where you live in the USA, including Alaska, Hawaii, or a US government base anywhere in the world.

S&H= $ 7.oo flat rate for orders of 1 pump or 3 pumps.

Q: What if I live in Canada or Australia or some other country?
A: Twist 25 cream is made in the USA and sold only in the USA. Twist 25 cream cannot be ordered by or shipped to anybody except residents of the USA (and USA military bases and US territories) because in some countries like Canada and Australia, for example, products containing DHEA require a prescription.

However, in the USA products containing DHEA are available for over-the-counter (OTC) purchase without a prescription because it is safe and has no dangerous side effects. After all, DHEA is the most abundant naturally occurring prohormone in the human body. Not a foreign substance. No dangerous side effects. Twist 25® DHEA cream is an active trademark on file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Only Health2Go, Inc. can make Twist 25 DHEA cream. It is available through many health retailers.


 

The Answer is YES!

…But what’s the question, you may ask. For most of us, deciding to do something new in our daily routine for health or happiness takes passing the “Is this worth it?” test. 

Question:

#1 - Is it safe? 

#2 - Is it proven by science
to do something beneficial?

#3 - Is the benefit worth the cost?

This is the way most people decide upon new available health options to add into the daily routine.  So let’s walk through this with Twist 25 DHEA cream.

#1 Is Twist 25 DHEA cream safe?

Yes.  There are no dangerous side effects from using Twist 25 DHEA cream. It contains no dangerous or harmful ingredients and is made with bioidentical DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) the most abundant naturally occurring pro-hormone in the human body, mixed into a highly absorbable coconut oil base, Vitamin E and coenzyme Q-10, and the topical cream contains no parabens, no petroleum by-products, no cyclodextrins, no odor, no oily residue. Tested for safety and efficacy.

#2 Is Twist 25 DHEA cream proven by science to do something beneficial?

Yes.

• reduces risk of cardiovascular disease, the #1 cause of death in the USA and the world
• reduces risk of cancer of all types
• helps improve deep REM sleep
• helps support immune response
• helps reduce abdominal fat
• helps improve muscle tone
• helps improve mental function, sharpness of mind, mood and focus
• reduces risks of chemical and UV carcinogens for skin cells
• is a base for sebum that helps skin hydration
• improves mood and sense of well-being—fights depression
• counterbalances negative effects of stress and high cortisol
• helps to counter metabolic syndrome
• helps cartilage and connective tissue
• helps support bone strength

#3 Is the benefit worth the cost?

Yes. Given all the beneficial effects of using a properly made bioidentical DHEA cream called Twist 25, and the absence of any dangerous side effects would the benefits be worth the cost? 

Let’s think this through: 

One container of Twist 25 DHEA cream provides 50 ML of bioidentical DHEA cream.  The suggested use is to apply at least 1 full pump press of cream each morning and evening onto thin hairless skin and rub it in until it is completely absorbed.  One full pump press from the bottle is about 0.5 ML of cream.  So a container of cream provides about 100 squirts of cream.  So if 1 squirt is applied every morning and evening, a container of cream would last about 50 days.  With no special discount codes applied or quantity discounts offered online at store.twist25.com the retail cost of 1 container of Twist 25 DHEA cream is $49.95.  So with no discounts used, the cost of using Twist 25 DHEA cream as directed costs at most about $1.00 per day.  $1.00 per day.

Treat yourself to the perfect advantage

Consider that each of us probably enjoys some little something each day – call it “a treat.” For many, it’s that cup of coffee at Starbucks that gives us a nice warm satisfying taste and a little pep in our step to start the day.  For some, it’s that smoothie that we get as a treat on the way home from a workout; or it may be that nice cold beer you savor when you get home from work while you watch TV, or that wonderful glass of wine you enjoy with dinner.

We all have some little things we enjoy in life that we do for ourselves. We don’t worry for a second that the cup of coffee from your favorite gourmet coffee shop costs $2 or $3 each day.  Nor does spending $50 to $80 on anti-aging skin care or beauty cream bother us in the least; or $2-$10 per day for sleeping pills or the wine.

So consider the benefits gained by adding Twist 25 DHEA cream into your daily routine. Let’s say – if all it did was help you sleep better at night, have softer younger looking skin, and have a little more energy …and it only costs $1 per day? Solves at least three needs that you spend $10 per day on now for $1 instead?  ...and there are no dangerous side-effects?

Count me in!

So, let’s summarize:

If you are 35 or up, male or female - Is adding Twist 25 DHEA cream to your daily routine worth it ?

Pretty simple to figure out – YES!

A Natural Advantage

Simple things keep us in good health and in harmony with our world—sunlight, exercise, sleep, eating right. Maintaining these healthy practices over time can create an abundance of good health and happiness.

DHEA is a helper hormone. Much like vitamin D3 acts as a provitamin, helping vitamins and minerals in the body do what they do better, DHEA helps the body make and use hormones naturally. After age 25, we make about 2 percent less DHEA per year.

Twist 25 DHEA cream, made with coconut oil, co-enzyme Q-10 and vitamin E provides the DHEA that the body makes and uses naturally. Applied onto thin, hairless skin, Twist 25 helps men and women over 35 maintain and regain that healthy edge. Establishing a natural advantage like this early on makes a great difference in how you age.

Maintaining health, quality of life, and appearance is important to each of us. Use Twist 25 DHEA cream to provide the natural, biologic compound that helps your body make the hormones that keep you looking and feeling better.

It’s a natural advantage!