The 28-Day Program creates a supportive environment where change can happen. Your strong leadership will make all the difference for the people in your program—and for your business. Success comes from hard work and a focus on helping others by providing support, encouragement and enthusiasm.

What Do You Need to Do Before the Program Begins?

1. Prepare Your Kitchen

Getting your kitchen and pantry stocked with the essentials for a healthier diet can put you in the right mindset for a 28-Day Program and prepare you for cravings between meals. Dump the unhealthy stuff, such as prepackaged foods, biscuits and sweets. Create a shopping list, and then stock up on healthy foods and snacks.

2. Prepare Your Meals

Meal prep is a great strategy for healthy eating success. Plan a week’s worth of healthy meals on the weekend. Think basics like grilled chicken, quinoa, fresh fruits and veggies, and Greek yogurt. Shop for the items you’ll need over the weekend, and be ready for the week ahead.

3. Plan Out Your Fitness

Productivity studies have shown that things written on an actual calendar—either a paper calendar or planner or in a phone are far more likely to be completed, no matter how busy you are. Make sure exercise is on your calendar. Find a time and schedule it, even if you wake up early, run during lunch or take a walk after dinner. Plan what you want to do (cycle, lift weights, Pilates, etc.) and commit to it.

4. Find Ways to De-Stress

Stress goes beyond mental and physical fatigue. Unchecked, it can contribute to many health problems, even if you don’t realise it. Understand your triggers by asking yourself why you feel overwhelmed—try to be specific. Find your own way of relaxing (reading, talking on the phone, meditating, yoga, etc.) and make relaxation a priority.

5. Get Ready for The 28-Day Program to Begin

The few days before you get started is the best time for some last-minute motivation to get everyone excited. Make sure you have your kitchen and meals set, enter your exercise plan in your calendar and consider ways to de-stress.

Are you Ready?

28-Day RESET Transformation Pack – Available Now!

Take advantage of this limited-time offer and dedicate 28 days to a healthier you, to get on the right track to a healthy body and business prosperity!

The 28-Day RESET Transformation Pack includes two types of nutrients, macronutrients and micronutrients, to keep the body functioning. These are crucial in order to maintain energy levels, metabolism, cellular function, and physical and mental wellbeing.

Our bodies are complicated, and they have a lot of nutritional needs in order to survive and function. The composition of our diet is essential to meeting these needs so it’s important to understand the two different types of nutrients.

What Are Micronutrients & Macronutrients?

Micronutrients

Micronutrients include vitamins and minerals. These nutrients are essential for the proper functioning of every system in the body and are vital for good health.

Macronutrients

Macronutrients include carbohydrates, fats and proteins. A proper balance of these three macronutrients is key to providing your body with the energy and building blocks it needs so you can enjoy an active, healthy lifestyle.

In addition to eating one or two low-GI meals per day with fruits and vegetables, boost your macronutrient intake with a nutritionally balanced Nutrimeal meal replacement drink that provides a healthy ratio of carbohydrate, protein and beneficial fats.

The 28-Day RESET Transformation Pack Includes

1 x CellSentials®

1 x USANA Probiotic (1 box)

1 x Nutrimeal Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry

1 x Nutrimeal Drink Mix, French Vanilla

1 x Nutrimeal Drink Mix, Dutch Chocolate

1 x Nutrimeal Bulk Pouches (30 pack), Dutch Chocolate

CellSentials

The CellSentials are a combination of two products – Vita-Antioxidant and Core Minerals. Formulated with InCelligence® Technology, it provides a comprehensive spectrum of the necessary vitamins and minerals adults need every day for optimal health and energy levels.

USANA Probiotic

This blends two strains of probiotic bacteria that have been clinically proven to survive transit through the acidic environment of the stomach, and promote a natural balance of beneficial microflora in the gut, eliminating stomach upset caused by a change in your diet.

Nutrimeal

This is a low-GI formulated meal replacement drink and a quality source of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fibre and many micronutrients. Nutrimeal has been formulated with a low-GI of 25, to help reduce carbohydrate cravings and deliver sustained energy throughout the day.

Enjoy The Journey to Better Health.

Be sure to share your success! #USANAreset

Click here to download your FREE 28 Day Healthy Food Guide!

Jump Start Your Healthy Lifestyle With RESET

Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Always read the labels. Use only as directed.

The RESET Program lowers your daily caloric intake and recommends moderate exercise for best results. Results will vary.

It is suggested that you take these products to your physician and secure their advice if you intend to change your diet, begin an exercise program, are pregnant or lactating, have allergies, are taking medications, or are under the care of a physician.

Children under the age of 18 should not participate in the RESET Program, except on the advice of their physician and/or dietician. The RESET program is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

As with any health or fitness program, a sensible eating plan and regular exercise are required to achieve long-term results. Results will vary.

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1. Fuel up with CellSentials

The CellSentials® (Vita-Antioxidant & Core Minerals) are designed to provide an essential foundation of optimal nourishment.

“Traveling around the world from event to event through different cultures and different foods, it can be hard to always get the right nutrients in my food to feel my best. This is why Cellsentials is the perfect traveling companion to help fill the nutritional gap that I sometimes might be missing. They give me piece of mind that I’m getting all my nutrients and am keeping healthy wherever I am in the world” – Paige Hareb, New Zealand Surfer

Vita-Antioxidant is an excellent source of vitamins B6 and B12, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid and folate. The vitamins in Vita-Antioxidant are essential to many aspects of our health, including:

• Metabolising fats, proteins and carbohydrates, which plays a role in maintaining energy levels
• Supporting healthy immune function
• Supporting healthy brain and nerve function
• Supporting normal cardiovascular health
• Antioxidants help defend your cells against the oxidative stress caused by sunlight, pollution and stress, which can all prematurely age the skin.

“As An Elite International athlete travelling all over the world it is not always easy to access food with the best nutritional values and nutrients for my heavy workload, even stuff in the supermarket does not always live up to expectations and can harbour some harmful chemicals. This is why I take CellSentials to keep myself healthy and filled up with the good stuff my body needs to keep performing at the highest level possible” – Joelle King, New Zealand Squash Player

Core Minerals is an excellent source of magnesium. Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that control various natural physiological processes in the body, including:

• Metabolising glucose and protein synthesis;
• Supporting the production of cellular energy;
• Producing protein, and the synthesis of DNA and glutathione.

It is important for proper calcium utilisation, which contributes to the structural development of bones.

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“Cellsentials is an all-round safety net. The food I consume sometimes isn’t of my choice, nor of my nutritional requirements (reality of racing in all sorts of countries). I find taking Cellsentials ensures I am acquiring the required nutritional values to keep performing and remaining healthy when my body is being pushed to the limit.” – Regan Gough, New Zealand Race Cyclist.

2. Team USANA Big on BiOmega

Omega–3 fatty acids are considered necessary as humans cannot produce these fatty acids; for that reason, it needs to be gained through supplementation or diet. Fish oils are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids that offer numerous health benefits for athletes, such as:

• Support healthy joints
• Support healthy cardiovascular function

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“Omega 3 is a hard supplementary nutrient to acquire in your ever day diet. Taking the Bio Mega capsules ensures I am not deficient in this area and allows my body to perform and recover at its optimum rate.” – Regan Gough, New Zealand Cyclist

Recent studies have shown an unexpected prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in both Australia and New Zealand. Emerging evidence suggests many protective benefits of vitamin D, in addition to its role in bone health. For Australians to achieve optimal levels of vitamin D without putting themselves at greater risk from increased sun exposure, there would be an increased requirement for dietary sources of vitamin D. As vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin, BiOmega provides an ideal delivery medium for vitamin D, to ensure a sufficient daily intake.

USANA’s BiOmega^TM is free of trans-fatty acids, and is guaranteed to be virtually free of heavy metals, organic contaminants and pesticides. Each capsule also contains mixed natural tocopherols to minimise oxidation of the omega-3 fatty acids.

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“Being a pro surfer, I can put a fair bit of stress on my joints, in particular my knees. With a long competitive season, it’s important for me to have my body as healthy as possible all year round. Taking USANA’s BiOmega supports my healthy joints.” – Paige Hareb, New Zealand Surfer

Thus of course leading into our third top USANA supplements for athletes:

3. Gain resilience with USANA’s Vitamin D

Vitamin D is involved in several physiological functions and helps maintain our health in various ways.  Once you begin to list the benefits this fat-soluble vitamin does, you might begin to question if there is anything it doesn’t do.   This amazing vitamin assists in the absorption of calcium. Calcium plays an important role in bone growth and development, immune function, and as we age, muscle mass and strength.

Vitamin D helps maintain a healthy functioning immune system.  This is very significant for athletes with a deficiency in Vitamin D, as they have a tendency to be frequently sick, as they have an intense training schedule. Sick athletes are not winning athletes. Powerful and high quality training could be bettered by improving your immune and bone health.

Diet is a secondary source of vitamin D in that most foods contain only small amounts of this nutrient. It is estimated that average intake of vitamin D for most Australians is less than 100 IU per day from diet alone, leaving a gap in vitamin D nutrition for those with insufficient sun exposure. USANA’s Vitamin D is formulated with maximum strength to help you bridge the vitamin D deficiency gap in your dietary consumption. It provides you with 1000 IU per tablet to support optimal intake of vitamin D.

Stay tuned for our next blog and find out athletes should take the remaining 3 USANA products!

Why Elite Athletes Choose USANA Supplements

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Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement;

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Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Always read the labels. Use only as directed.

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Do Athletes Really Need to Take Supplements?

One question that commonly arises is, “If I eat a healthy diet, do I still need to take supplements?”. Let it be clearly indicated that a healthy diet is an essential foundation for any program of optimal nutrition.  Realistically there is no substitute for eating healthy. In this perspective, USANA’s nutritional supplements are designed and calculated to complement a healthy diet rather than a replacement. USANA supplements are designed to provide advanced levels of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that are challenging to gain from diet alone – levels that individuals can use every day to promote a lifetime of good health.

Secondly, inadequate vitamin levels may result in poor athletic performances. Athletes deficient in B-vitamins may perform worse during high-intensity exercise and have less ability to repair and build muscle than individuals with nutrient-rich diets. B vitamins, including thiamine, riboflavin, B6, B12, and folate, are required by the body for proper conversion of proteins and sugars into energy. B vitamins are also utilised during the production and repair of cells, including red blood cells.

In a US study (Woolf & Manore 2006, Even a marginal deficiency in these nutrients negatively influenced the ability of the athletes’ bodies to repair, operate efficiently, and fight disease. Exercise-induced stress, changes in body tissues resulting from training, increased loss of nutrients (in sweat, urine, and faeces), and the additional nutrients needed to repair and maintain higher levels of lean tissue mass may all affect an individual’s B-vitamin requirements.

Why Do Our Elite Athletes Choose USANA Supplements?

Brooke Neal, New Zealand Hockey Player

“In today’s world, I believe it’s extremely hard for me to get all of the nutrients needed to perform at my optimum from food alone. USANA gives me peace of mind that I’m fueling my body with the right nutrients 7 days a week, wherever in the world I am competing.”
– Brooke Neal, New Zealand Hockey

“Using USANA supplements provides great peace of mind that I am getting quality nutrition and therefore giving my body the best foundation to perform. At the top level it’s all about finding the 1% advantages over your opposition.”
– Katie Perkins, New Zealand Cricket

The sports world is consumed by energy drinks, protein bars, pills, powders, and to make things harder for the consumer there are thousands of marketing and research material out there on supplements. USANA’s supplements are easy to take, easy to read, and easy to understand! We aim to fuel the athletes body with the best supplements, after all we are the Cellular Nutrition Company! We understand supplements!

Katie Perkins, New Zealand White Fern

The Top 6 USANA Supplements Taken by Team USANA!

1. CellSentials®(multi-vitamins and minerals providing potent levels of B-Vitamins)
2. Biomega(Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids EPA and DHA from natural fish Oil)
3. Vitamin D
4. Proflavanol C 100(grape seed and Vitamin C)
5. Coquinone 100(Coenzyme Q10)
6. Procosamine®(glucosamine)

Stay tuned for our next blog to find out why these supplements have been picked as the top six!

Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Use only as directed. Always read the label.

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This is not an excuse to replace your chicken Caesar salad with a Quatar pounder from Maccas. Vitamin supplements don’t replace a healthy diet and lifestyle, they, well, supplement it. They live together in harmony. Healthy lifestyle + supplementation = optimal health.

The easy part is deciding a multi is right for you, the hard part is choosing one. With trillions of brands lining the shelves, we’ve got a few tips to help you choose the right vitamin.

Too Much of a Good Thing is Never Good 

Did you know, you can even eat too many apples?

You want to make sure you’re getting all the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that your body needs to function at its best, but you don’t want to overdose on nutrients which can be toxic in high doses.

Do some research on the safe upper limit of nutrient consumption and compare it to supplements before you buy. Remember, the nutrients you consume through food are included in this limit too. You don’t need to sit with a calculator to do the math. If your multivitamin has reached, or is above the safe upper limit of a nutrient, this is not a good thing.

Your Health is Worth More Than Cheap and Nasty

I like a good bargain. Sure, who doesn’t love a cheap tee from Kmart or a good deal on gas? But one area not to skimp on is yourself. Invest in your health. You could argue that investing in nutritious food and quality vitamins is a waste, but c’mon, you’re gonna be stuck with your body for a long time, in fact your entire life, so treat it well!

As Ryan Gosling said, be better than the Gap.

Third Party Testing Approval

Testing from a trusted independent tester, such as ConsumerLab.com, can give you the confidence that your multivitamin has the ingredients it says it does. A a seal of approval for label accuracy and purity from a third party tester can give you some peace of mind that you’re taking a quality supplement.

The reason third party testing is important is that it is essentially the company’s responsibility to ensure their own product is high quality and complies with laws. There is no pre-approval process for dietary supplements in New Zealand. It remains the responsibility of the sponsor (the person legally responsible for placing the product on the market) to ensure the product is made to an acceptable quality, is safe to use and complies with the law.

Choosing the Best Multivitamin and Other Supplements for Your Individual Needs

There are certain times when the status quo doesn’t work for you. A multivitamin is designed to help you meet the daily recommended intake of vitamins, but you could need something a little different. For example, if you’re pregnant, a prenatal would be better suited for you because you have different nutritional needs. The same logic means children and teens would be better taking a children or teens’ multivitamin suited to their age. Additionally, you might want to take a specific supplement on top of your daily multivitamin to suite your individual needs.

I think you’re ready now to tackle the task of finding the best multivitamin for you.

Written by Monique Sparks
Marketing Assistant | USANA New Zealand

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So what makes CellSentials different to other daily multi’s on the market? They include the InCelligence Complex, a unique blend of ingredients that can broadly support the network of cellular communication pathways to support optimal cellular resilience and longevity, and your body’s ability to meet your individual health needs.

The Eight InCelligence Ingredients in the CellSentials

Reservatrol

Reservatrol is a polyphenolic compound that is found in the skin of red grapes, red wine, peanuts, cocoa and some berries.  It is a powerful antioxidant that has been considered the modern-day fountain of youth. It protects cells from free radical damage, improves heart health and elasticity in blood vessels.

Quercetin

Quercetin is a part of a group of plant pigments call flavonoids, which are responsible for giving many fruits, vegetables and flowers their colour. This potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory flavonoid is commonly found in plants and foods, such as citrus fruits, apples, berries, Gingko biloba, green tea and St John’s wort to name a few. It has been known to benefit heart health.

 Hesperidin

Hesperidin is a naturally occurring bioflavonoid that is typically found in the peel and membrane of citrus fruits, especially oranges and lemons. It assists in the formation of the vitamin C complex which helps to support a healthy immune system and also supports the circulatory system and the heart

Rutin

Rutin is another bioflavonoid that is commonly found in black tea, buckwheat bran, citrus fruits and apple skins. Rutin works synergistically with vitamin C to maximize benefits. Vitamin C is essential for the production of collagen in the body. Collagen gives the skin its strength and structure and the production of this naturally declines with age.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid

Alpha-Lipoic Acid is an antioxidant that is naturally produced by the body and is both water and fat soluble, therefore provides protection in a wide range of physiological conditions. It may protect the skin against aging.

Sources of alpha-lipoic acid can also be found in red meat, organ meats (such as liver) and yeast.

Green tea extract

Green tea extracts have been used in Chinese medicine for over 5000 years and their antioxidant properties are proven beneficial with modern science. Green tea originates from the Camellia sinensis plant, where the freshly picked leaves are heated and dried. Green tea is loaded with polyphenols, flavonoids and catechins – strong antioxidants that reduce oxidative stress, can assist with heart health and brain function.

Meriva® bioavailable curcumin

Curcuminoids in turmeric (the bright yellow spice that gives a golden glow to Indian curries and curry powder) contains potent anti-inflammatory antioxidants. Traditional curcumin from turmeric isn’t absorbed well (isn’t able to enter cells easily). USANA’s CellSentials® contains patented Meriva® Curcumin to enhance curcumin’s health benefits. The Meriva Curcumin complex allows for 29-times better absorption than standard forms of curcumin. Meriva is an important ingredient that can improve joint comfort and function and support a normal, healthy inflammatory response.

USANA’s patented Olivol® olive-fruit extract

Olivol® contains polyphenols derived from olives. The polyphenolic antioxidants found in olives are not present in other common dietary sources. They are structurally distinct from carotenoids, bioflavonoids, proanthocyanidins, and other antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables. These antioxidants may be one of the components of the Mediterranean diet associated with health and longevity. USANA has patented a process to recover olive phenols from the by-products of olive oil production. The result is a unique compound with potent antioxidant property.

Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Use only as directed. Always read the label.

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Think of building your nutritional foundation like building a house. In order to build a house, you must to have the right foundations. It is probably the simplest part of the construction process but it is also THE most important part. Foundations are the system on which the home sits, they shoulder the considerable weight of a house, provide a flat and level base for construction and ensure that the walls and floors don’t separate. Essentially, they keep the house from crumbling to the ground.

Same goes for our nutritional health, you want to make sure you have the correct foundation so that everything else you add on top of that works in synergy.

Foundation: CellSentials

When building our nutritional “house” we want to always start with the CellSentials. We understand the importance of providing the right nutrients, in the correct amounts, in the right balance to help build a strong foundation for exceptional health. The CellSentials provides a comprehensive spectrum of necessary vitamins and minerals adults need every day for optimal health and energy levels.
So what are in the CellSentials?

Let’s start with Vita-Antioxidant, this comprehensive formula has high-potency vitamins, antioxidants and other important nutrients designed for the prevention of nutritional deficiencies and to counteract the damaging effect of free radicals. Plus, it includes a blend of eight ingredients that support activation of cell-signalling activities.

Reservatrol, Quercetin, Hespiridin, Rutin, Alpha-lipoic acid, green tea extract, Meriva bioavailable curcumin and USANA’s patented Olivol olive-fruit extract.

These nutrients help tap into cellular communication that unlock the code of your innate cellular intelligence and help your cells to protect themselves with powerful endogenous antioxidants – which are able to quench many free radicals as opposed to relying on protection based on dietary antioxidant alone where less free radical can be quenched at a time.
So what does this mean? It means that your body is able to kill off way more of the bad guys (excessive free radicals) wreaking havoc in your body than ever before!

What works in synergy with Vita-Antioxidant to provide the best foundation? Core Minerals! This is a full-spectrum blend of essential minerals and trace elements in a balanced, highly bioavailable formulation. When taken together with the Vita Antioxidant, these supplements complete your nutritional foundation.

Floor and walls: Optimisers

Now that we understand the importance of having the CellSentials as our nutritional foundation, we can move onto USANA’s range of Optimisers.  The Optimisers range contain ingredients that are designed to work in synergy with the CellSentials.

Roof: USANA Foods

Now that we have our foundations, floors and walls, we need a roof to complete our nutritional house. USANA Foods provide vital nutrients to complement your diet (and supplementation!), giving you sustained energy throughout the day. USANA Foods were developed to take the guesswork out of proper nutrition by providing great-tasting low-GI, high quality-macronutrients your body needs to feel great!

Façade/exterior: Skin Care

Our house is almost complete! When you finish building a house, it isn’t truly finished until you create a façade and landscape gardens to give your home the best street appeal possible. First impressions last and we all want to give the best possible impression of ourselves.

Bright, youthful skin signals health and vitality and just as we nourish our cells within to attain optimal health, we must also nourish our skin. Taking proper care of your skin can revitalise it and slow down the aging process, keeping your skin (the largest organ in your body!) healthier, for longer.
As USANA Nutritionals support healthy hair and skin from within, USANA skin care products protect and revitalise when applied directly to the skin. We offer a unique line of products that are suitable for all skin types that will reveal skin that is soft, smooth and refined.

Your nutritional “house” is now complete! Start with the CellSentials and you’ll start with a strong nutritional foundation, leading you towards a life of optimum health.

Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Use only as directed. Always read the label.

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Our Bodies Are Composed of Trillions of Cells

Without cells, we wouldn’t exist! They are basically the building blocks of all living things. Our bodies are composed of trillions of different types of cells that have varying functions within the body. Cells provide structure for the body, absorb the nutrients from the foods we eat and then convert those nutrients into energy. They also carry out specialised functions and are able to reproduce themselves.

Free Radicals (The Bad Guys)

When cells use oxygen they naturally generate free radicals (by-products) which can damage important cellular components – such as the cell membrane – or macromolecules like DNA. But it’s not just internal processes that generate free radicals, external factors such as environmental pollutants, radiation, cigarette smoke, poor diet, certain drugs and pesticides and ozone, too.

The damage resulting from healthy cells being attacked by free radicals can lead to mutation, impaired function, and even cell death. Then comes oxidative stress, which is the result of too many free radicals and too much cell damage. Studies over a few decades have found that oxidative stress can lead to a whole host of diseases and is associated with aging.

Antioxidants (The Good Guys)

When free radicals wage war on our healthy cells, the bodies defence system of antioxidants kicks in to keep free radicals in check and minimise potential damage.

Although there are several enzyme systems within the body that scavenge free radicals, the principle micronutrient (vitamin/mineral) antioxidants are vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and selenium. The body cannot manufacture these micronutrients, so they must be acquired by diet. In addition, there are many plant-derived nutrients (phytonutrients) that can act as powerful antioxidants in the human body.

Why Do We Need Nutritional Supplements?

Simply put, in order to be healthy, our cells need to be nourished. How do we stay healthy and nourish our cells? By eating a diet which includes a wide variety of foods from all the food groups –Breads and cereals, vegetables, fruit, dairy and meat or meat alternatives.

And let’s be honest, most of us don’t eat the perfect diet – at least not all of the time. We get busy with work, family, school… the list goes on. Sometimes we skip meals and sometimes we grab the closest sugary or salty snack to satisfy our hunger and call it a day. And this is exactly where nutritional supplements can help and fill any nutritional gaps.

CellSentials (The Helpers)

The CellSentials are USANA’s flagship nutritional supplement: a combination of USANA Vita-Antioxidant and Core Minerals products. The InCelligence Complex supports your cells in the production of endogenous antioxidants – the type of antioxidants that are produced by your own cells – to protect against free radicals. Pretty cool, huh?

Formulated to not only help prevent nutritional deficiency, the CellSentials provide the necessary vitamins and minerals to retain optimal health and energy levels that everyone needs every day. The CellSentials also contain carotenoids, bioflavonoids, and other phytochemicals and antioxidants to provide a full arsenal of compounds to help protect against daily exposure to free radicals.

The Science of InCelligence^®

USANA InCelligence is building on our past knowledge of nutritional science and taking it a step further. The nutrients in the InCelligence Complex supports your cells in the production of endogenous antioxidants – the type of antioxidants that are produced by your own cells, not from food or supplements and their effects are hundreds of times more powerful – to protect cells against free radicals.

InCelligence sends messages that tap into your cells’ natural protective and renewal abilities. Signalling your cells to optimise these powerful responses—instead of waiting for outside stimuli—makes your cells more adaptable.

It’s like strength training for your cells. This proactive approach helps build cellular resilience and optimise longevity of cellular function. That’s how InCelligence empowers your body to meet your unique health needs, unlocking your unparalleled ability to personalise vibrant health from within.

InCelligence’s powerful nutrients complex also communicate with your cells to enhance their natural renewal response. This purification process removes the harmful by-products of cellular-energy creation, which is key to the health of your cells.

The Science of InCelligence® is a dramatic step forward in nutritional science—pushing the frontiers of cellular nutrition and expanding the horizons of personalised health.

Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Use only as directed. Always read the label.

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Nourish, Protect, Renew

This superior triple-action system will nourish, protect and renew cells for optimal healthy cellular function. Let’s face it — everyone at some stage has been guilty of neglecting their health and succumbing to the time pressures of everyday life. It is safe to say that many people don’t get enough essential nutrition in their day-to-day diet, but USANA’s InCelligence provides potent amounts of micronutrients to nourish your cells and help keep them healthy. InCelligence also acts to renew your cells by supporting your cells’ natural clean-up process, called mitophagy, to remove and recycle the damaged mitochondria. This allows your cells to function more smoothly and easily to support efficient energy production.

InCelligence Complex

The InCelligence Complex is a ground-breaking combination of powerful nutrients that promotes the cell’s ability to produce its own antioxidants and supports the body’s natural cellular process. Any antioxidants we get from food or supplements are called exogenous antioxidants. The addition of InCelligence takes this much further. The InCelligence Complex enhances the protection of your cells by supporting their own antioxidants produced within the cells called endogenous antioxidants, which are potentially hundreds of times more powerful for quenching free radicals than exogenous antioxidants – meaning your cells are better able to protect themselves. (Think of it as teaching a man to fish, rather than just giving him a fish.)

Our Vision has not Changed

USANA’s founder Dr. Myron Wentz has always envisioned a world free from pain and suffering. InCelligence is an extension of this quest for optimal health and wellbeing. InCelligence is the next chapter of a very encapsulating story (pun intended) and is the foundation for the next decade of scientific innovation and research.

“Our scientific team has been studying the effects of the CellSentials and the results are impressive. We have found that the new CellSentials formula can deliver important health benefits in a relatively short amount of time. I’m excited for the entire USANA family to experience these health results for themselves” – Dr. Mark Levy, Senior Scientist at USANA

Health Begins on a Cellular Level

Most of the cells in your body have mitochondria – the powerhouses of your cells where ATP (cellular energy) is made. The process of making cellular energy creates a lot of free radicals, which, over time, will damage some of your mitochondria. The InCelligence Complex supports mitophagy, to remove and recycle the damaged mitochondria. (Think of it as cleaning all of the garbage out of your office so you can do your work without distraction.) As we know, our bodies are made up of millions of cells so it is important that we are healthy on a microscopic scale in order for our whole body to reap the benefits.

Knowledge is Power — Share like a Pro!

As with most things in life, the more knowledge you have, the more predisposed you are to making the right choices. When it comes to potentially the most important aspect of your life, health, knowledge can mean the difference between living a long fulfilling life and a life plagued by degenerative disease. It is important to understand that USANA’s new scientific breakthrough means that our InCelligence products are the next frontier of nutritional science.

Now you understand a bit more about our CellSentials, you can even help others to grow their understanding about supplements and health in general!

Vitamin supplements should not replace a balanced diet. Use only as directed. Always read the label.

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You could say that the journey to where we are today started way back in 1968. Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, famously created the term Orthomolecular Nutrition. Pretty much he proposed a theory whereby giving the right molecules in the right concentrations ensured that nutrients would be more efficiently utilised by people in order to achieve better health and prolong life.

InCelligence has built on this theory, but has taken it a step further by integrating cellular signaling and communication into the equation. By doing this it empowers our cells and provides personalized optimal nutrition.

How does InCelligence differ from other products on the market today?

You may be thinking that it’s just another product on the market with the same old ingredients. We can assure you that it’s not. The depth of our experience and education, specifically as it relates to human clinical research, nutrition, cellular biology and overall health might be surprising to some. Many similar companies don’t have this level of experience and education in these fields. The science behind our product is something we’re really proud of.

USANA’s InCelligence is on the cutting edge of nutritional science. We make sure our products are of the highest quality. We’re unique in that we are one of a very few companies that manufacture our own tablets. You don’t just have to take our word for it. Not only do we conduct hundreds of tests on our different products both during development and on the finished products to ensure they meet all of our quality standards, but we use several third-party organizations to validate the quality of all our products.

But what does InCelligence actually do?

The body is a complex, high-performance organism. Adequate sleep, activity and fuel are required to maintain optimal performance. A lack in any of these areas can be very detrimental. Recent advances in the field of nutritional science have found that it is possible to leverage the body’s natural intellect to become more efficient at empowering better health.

When we bring out a product you can be sure it’s top of the line. Remember, the first step to a healthier you, comes down to you making a conscious decision to lead a healthy lifestyle. If you have any questions click here to “Ask the Scientists”.

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When did USANA start working on what would become InCelligence? 

When Dr. Wentz first started feeding cells with various plant compounds, that’s when the foundations of InCelligence really started coming into play. From there to here is not necessarily a big shift. But it’s a continuing evolution in our understanding of how cellular processes work and the role that nutrients and plant-based biomolecules — various molecules from plants — play in supporting good cell-to-cell communication.

What sets InCelligence apart?

Three things set it apart. Number one is the actual targets we’re hitting, and number two is that multiple studies have come back showing these new ingredients actually activate these targets. The third piece is that we are able to carefully select which processes to turn on and off.

We’re hitting key targets that actually have a crucial role in foundations of good health. For example, NF-kB — a cell-signaling pathway—allows for modulating healthy inflammatory responses. Normal inflammation is a common occurrence in our busy lives today, popping up from things such as exercise. Supporting a healthy inflammatory response helps your body to maintain optimal health.

The second is that studies have actually observed that the new ingredients activate cell-signaling pathways: NF-kB, mTOR, NRF2, and PPAR. They can show they’ve impacted PPAR gamma signaling in some way, which also plays a role in healthy cellular communication and in supporting normal, healthy glucose and lipid metabolism.

Lastly, we really will be able to select key pathways to activate with the right messenger molecules; interestingly, many of these messengers are from healthy foods. This will only get more and more sophisticated as we continue our research.

Why are the antioxidants produced in our cells more powerful than those we take into our bodies?

The antioxidants we take in from the outside are limited by their ability to deal with one free radical at a time. This is effective and useful, but allows for quenching free radicals in a dose-dependent manner. Once an exogenous antioxidant — one from outside the body — has dealt with a free radical, either they have to be regenerated themselves, or we need another exogenous antioxidant.

Our endogenous antioxidants — the ones made in our cells — in many cases are actually enzymes, and they can process thousands of chemical reactions in as quick as one second. So it’s not a one-shot deal. Free radicals can keep coming at an antioxidant enzyme like superoxide dismutase and the enzyme just keeps disarming them.

How important is the cellular renewal process triggered within our cells?

There’s been quite a lot of excitement generated around mTOR and this target that has the ability to, first and foremost, process old mitochondria and take those parts and make new mitochondria.

That’s important because, first, mitochondria are the power centers of our cells. They produce ATP so we can fuel whatever needs to happen. Secondly, mitochondria generate, within themselves, a huge amount of free radicals. And every mitochondria will leak these free radicals into the cellular environment ever so slightly. As the mitochondria age, the membranes break down more and more, much as an old fence starts to become unstable and develop holes.

So free radicals will leave the mitochondria, and this can damage cellular components we call organelles — tiny cellular organs. As a result, once those mitochondria get old there can be significant damage to the cell. By being able to replace old mitochondria that are leaking free radicals at high rates, essentially what you’ve done is maintained health in the cell.

InCelligence proactively triggers natural responses. Why is that better than just waiting for them to occur naturally?

If we go back to Paleolithic times, when humans had more variety of plant foods in their diets , the high number of select plant molecules ingested triggered a large number of protective biochemical processes, many of which the medical sciences are still learning about. This was a good thing. It promoted signaling in our bodies that was very helpful to our health. With USANA InCelligence, which contains key plant molecules that activate the pathways we previously talked about, what we’re really doing is returning to a time when these beneficial processes were stimulated more frequently than lots of people get these days due to poor diets.

Bottom line, what does the Science of InCelligence mean to current and future users of USANA products?

The Science of InCelligence means we’re going to get better and better, and be at the forefront of science of nutrition. We will be able to tap into multiple targets to optimise cellular nutrition and function — which will have far-reaching effects, reaching into our bodies for the best possible health outcomes.
You can find the product of this cutting-edge nutritional science here if you want to try it for yourself or find more information!

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