Abundant Living
April 1999

Our Commitment to Our NSP Success Group

At Frank Meisse's Herbaganza in Springfield, Ohio, last weekend, Dale Lee, President of U.S. Sales for Nature's Sunshine, told us that the most common complaint that the Home Office receives from Distributors is that they are not receiving adequate support from their up-line.

We are committed to doing all that we possibly can to support you and to help you achieve whatever level of success you have chosen for yourself and your Nature's Sunshine business. And we are also committed to doing whatever we can do to help you train your down-line to train their down-line, to train their down-line.

NSP has adopted the following commitment statement that all NSP Sponsors and Managers are strongly encouraged to implement in their businesses:

1. As Nature's Sunshine Herb Specialists, we are dedicated to serving the Managers, Distributors, and Members in our Group.
2. We know who they are, and we follow their monthly achievements with NSP.
3. We communicate with them on a regular basis through meetings, newsletters, telephone calls, our web site, email, &c.
4. We recognize their successes, and we offer encouragement, assistance, and solutions.
5. We provide them with ongoing product and business training.

You can find a copy of this statement, as well as a customer commitment statement, both suitable for framing, on pages 4 and 5 of the March issue of your "Horizons" magazine. Please let us know if there is anything at all you would like us to do to help you achieve your chosen level of success.

Our New Members-Only Web Site is Now Open for Business (Almost)

One of the most important characteristics of any successful organization is a high level of communication among its members. With this in mind, we have created a new web site that will be used exclusively by the members of our NSP organization to share ideas and information with each other; it is password protected (and the password will be changed periodically) so that only the members of our success line will be able to access it. This ensures that we will be able to post information like names, addresses, and phone numbers of our members without having to be concerned that they will become available to the general public.

For the present, the site consists of five major sections:

 

Members

This section is the Directory of Members and includes contact information (name, address, phone number, email address, background and specialties, etc.) for each of our members. With so many different modalities of natural health, it is nearly impossible for any one of us to become expert in all fields. The directory will enable us to contact each other to ask questions, share ideas and information, and encourage one another.

 

Schedule

This section will list times, locations, and contact information for meetings, classes, seminars, conferences, and other events of interest to us as natural health practitioners.

 

Business Tips

In this section we will post suggestions on how to make our business more successful.

 

Discussions

Right now we have planned two separate forums or ?knowledge bases.? We refer to them as knowledge bases because once the information is posted and begins to accumulate, it will be fully searchable so it can be used as a repository of our collective understanding of the natural health profession. All members are welcome and actively encouraged to participate in these discussions.

 

The Natural Health Knowledge Base is devoted to questions, answers, and suggestions specifically related to the technical aspects of our natural health business. Information in this discussion should be concerned with any and all aspects of natural health and healing, herbal products and their use, natural health therapies, and anything else that people in our organization or interested in similar areas would find generally useful.

 

The Business Ideas Knowledge Base will be used to record questions, answers, and suggestions specifically related to the functional aspects of our natural health business, such as: how to use Home Office resources effectively; business-building ideas for retailing, sponsoring and training; ideas for reducing our income tax liabilities; developing and publishing communication tools like web pages and newsletters; the legal, moral, and ethical aspects of operating a natural health business.

 

Archives

This section contains articles, forms, and other documents developed or authored by members, links to information on the Internet, and other tools we've found useful and collected for your convenience.

There are two ways to access this web. You can either go directly to the web at TheHerbDoc.com/members/ or you can click on any link that says "Members Only" on our main web site.

You will be prompted for a User Name and Password (both are case-sensitive, so make sure your CapsLock key is off). The User Name is ********** and the Password is **********.

We really want this to be your web site, so please actively participate and encourage everyone in your downline to participate also. If there is anything you would like to see added or changed, please tell us about it.

Please check the Members Directory and make sure that your information is correct; let us know of anything that needs to be changed. If there is some reason that you really don't want to participate and you really don't want your information listed, please let us know and we will promptly remove it. (Remember that nobody without the correct user name and password can access your information.) But we would really like to have all of you be a part of this effort. This idea will only be as successful as we make it.

There are still a few "bugs" that remain to be worked out, but hopefully most of them will be resolved by the time you receive this in the mail.

Before You Drink Your Next Cup of Coffee or Tea …

If you are a coffee or tea drinker, here are some independent research studies and facts which you should know before you drink your next cup.

Heart Attack

An extensive study by Dr. Hershel Jick of the Boston University Medical Center indicated that those people who drink 1-5 cups of coffee per day are likely to have a 60% greater risk of heart attacks. Those people drinking 6 or more cups per day appear to have a 120% greater risk than do those who abstain.

The American Physical Fitness Research Institute reports: "A positive correlation has been found between coffee intake and blood cholesterol levels in coronary patients."

Cancer

According to scientists from the Department of Epidermiology and Kresge Center of Environmental Health at Harvard University, "About 25% of the bladder cancer in men and about 49% of the bladder cancer in women could be due to coffee drinking."

Birth Defects

National syndicated columnist Jack Anderson reported that "a University of Illinois team found that too much caffeine could cause birth complications. Of the 16 pregnant women who drank 6-8 cups of coffee per day, all but one had nasty consequences." In addition, he wrote, "Another team of scientists, this one at the University of Washington, has come up with corroborative findings."

Caffeine is in both coffee and tea

Coffee contains 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine per cup and commercial tea has about 90 milligrams per cup. Besides caffeine, tea also contains tannic acid which is used in the hardening of leather.

Decaffeinated coffee isn't the answer

Methylene chloride is the substance most commonly used to decaffeinate coffee. It introduces the same carbon to chlorine bond into the body that is characteristic of many toxic insecticides.

Nature's Sunshine Herbal Beverage contains absolutely no caffeine or other stimulating acids found in coffee, only roasted barley, malt, chicory, rye, and herbal flavorings. A family drink for all ages. Add a teaspoon of Carob Tofu Moo for a delicious mocha latte, either steaming hot or chilled! Try it, you'll like it!

How to Become an NSP Manager

One of the inserts in this month's newsletter is a table that shows what can happen if two people in an NSP household go an absolutely minimal supplementation program consisting of Super Supplementals, Mineral Maintenance, Alfalfa, and Garlic, avoid caffeine, milk, and carbonated/sugar beverages, and start purchasing a few personal care products from themselves rather than from their competitors (like Wal-Mart and Kmart), and then show only five other couples how to do what they are doing. With this amount of effort, they could be NSP Managers with an additional $225 monthly income.

You Might Be An Herbalist If …

… you're on a cleanse — and enjoying yourself.

… you've ever thought of encapsulating the algae growing in your fish tank.

… your favorite form of music is a symphony, because it has so many movements.

… you think having a lawn full of dandelions is a good thing.

… you think the meaning of "moral fiber" is "psyllium hulls sold by an honest person."

… you really like supplements that taste bad.

… you sent Melatonin to "Sleepless in Seattle."

… you seriously considered naming your son "Parthenium."

… instead of calling your spouse "Sweetie" you call him/her "Stevia."

… to this point in your life, you've burned more candles in your ear than on your birthday cakes.

Abundant Living is published periodically by Abundant Life Herb Shop and Natural Health Clinic, 1108 17th Street, Parkersburg, WV, for the Members and Distributors who are helping to make the goal of health become a reality for all of us. This information is for educational purposes only and should not be used to diagnose or treat disease. If you have a health problem we recommend you consult a competent health practitioner before embarking on any course of treatment. Abundant Living is an independent educational publication and receives no financial support from any herb or health product manufacturer. Copyright © 1999 by Abundant Life Herb Shop.