Visalus Sponsor Jamaican Football Premier League

Although this was in 2009, the fact that Visalus Sciences sponsored sports athletes at an international level meant the players were getting the right nutrition to help improve performance. 

The products themselves have since proved to be used across other sports in the USA such as baseball, boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, Cage fighting and the like. 

If you are a sports person, or a personal trainer then you may want to look at how the products can improve your performance, and your income stream. 

The article below was taken from the Daily Star:


Robert Bailey, Star Writer

The Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) has received a $45 million sponsorship package from California-based wellness company ViSalus Sciences.

Edward Seaga

Blake Mallen, co-founder and chief marketing officer of ViSalus Sciences, made the announcement yesterday at a press briefing which was held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. The three-year sponsorship will see each Premier League club getting an equal share of the $12.5 million worth of products and the $2.5 million in cash.
"We are definitely very excited about this relationship ... I believe the mindset and the philosophy of the PLCA as well as ViSalus and our community are definitely in line," said Mallen.


core mission
"We are a community that has been existing for the past four and a half years and our core mission is going out there and raising the consciousness of health ... challenging people to make their health and their body a priority in their lives," he said.
The products that the clubs will receive are the Vi-Shape nutrition shake mix and Neuro smart energy drink.
Edward Seaga, chairman of the PLCA, said he was delighted for the sponsorship.
"Whenever you think about football, you think of players that are expending a lot of energy on the field and who are entertaining us with their skills and a lot of goals," Seaga said.
"What we are doing now is linking with a firm that is relatively new, but which has the ingredients and the experience to package supplements that provide a lot of that missing energy and other missing elements in the needs of the players," said Seaga.
The deal now brings the PLCA's sponsorship for the top football competition to over $100 million for this season.


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Body By Vi-Shape Shake from ViSalus Protein Comparison for Building Muscle

The core of the Body By Vi Challenge is the Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake Mix. This Article explains how the Vi-Shape Shake measures up to other protein containing shakes on the market.

 By Audrey Sommerfeld  Head of Nutrition, SVP Marketing ViSalus Sciences 

Vi-Shape shake is not just for weight management. It is for nutrition, body building, and for health. 

The shake when mixed with non-fat milk or soy milk delivers 20-25 grams of protein, which is the amount nutritionists recommend we get in each meal.

Now body builders claim they often need more, because they are trying to build lean muscle. This may not be true, as not all proteins are created equal. 

This is the key reason we don't put how many grams of protein on our shake and tout it like many store brands do. I say this because some brands pump up the amount of grams of protein by adding gelatin (great for skin/hair/nails, but not lean muscle). Some use dehydrated milk powder, some just whey. Those also are ok, but not the latest in science.

We use a combination of proteins because they act differently in the body. The soy is used because of it's heart health benefits. 

Adequate consumption of soy in the diet can help the body lower c-reactive proteins, an indicator of inflammation and possibly heart disease. Soy is also easily digestible, and a complete protein. 

Our soy is unique in that we use a non-GMO Soy (not genetically modified), and was specially processed to remove the isoflavones that can impact estrogen. While those isoflavones may be beneficial, we know that women with fibroids, muscle builders, and others worry about the impact of estrogen. Non-GMO soy is about 45% more expensive than regular soy, but we chose to use it because of the concerns some people have about soy.
 
We use a whey concentrate for fast acting hunger control. Then we use a unique whey hydrolysate, which is the latest technology and is very expensive. It helps retain lean muscle, and is very highly absorbed. While some wheys can be absorbed about 80%, whey hydrolysate is much higher. It is a pure, clean, and concentrated protein. Combine that with the Aminogen®, and we have more ingredients to help build, and maintain lean muscle while promoting fast loss.

So the 3 types of proteins help support heart health, bone health, muscle health, digestive health, and can help curb hunger quickly, and last too!

For athletes, it is recommended that they get protein into their body within 30 minutes after completing a workout. Protein will help the muscles repair themselves, and quicker. This is why Vi-Shape shake was designed to mix in water, and still taste great, and why we have it in individual serving packets. People can take the packet to the gym, and mix it in water and get it into their bodies quickly. The key points of difference are the quality of the proteins that we use (absorbability) as well as the fact that we added Aminogen®. 
Aminogen® is a patented, and clinically tested ingredient that has been shown to help the body better utilize the protein. This way, you get more nutrition into the body and the muscle. We are also lower sodium than most brands (have not found one yet lower than us).

Protein Intake for Building Muscle

A few bodybuilding and weight training coaches recommend protein intakes of 40 percent of energy; for example 40% protein, 40% carbohydrate; 20% fat. Let’s take a look at this. 

In the 4000 calorie diet of our 100 kilogram bodybuilder, 40% protein would be 1600 calories, equivalent to 400 grams of protein at 4 calories per gram. That's 4 grams/protein/kilogram body weight/day; over four times the RDI and twice what's scientifically defensible. Not good.

Fast and Slow Proteins

How quickly amino acids get transported to blood and how quickly they then get assimilated into muscle and other tissue for repair and rebuilding is the basis of this idea. According to some enthusiasts, fast proteins such as whey are superior to slow proteins like casein. Both are derivatives of milk products. Here are some values (Bilsborough 2006):

• Egg protein 1.3 grams/hour

• Casein isolate – 6.1 grams/hour 

• Whey isolate – 8-10 grams/hour

 
There's not much evidence that these variations make a difference to muscle building over the longer term, although whey has shown some advantage in short-term studies.

Yet the other useful information that can be gleaned from the numbers above is that with an average protein absorption of, say, 7 grams/hour, a theoretical absorption is limited to around 168 grams each day (24×7). If accurate, it makes the 400 gram/day protein diets look entirely unnecessary at best.

Very high-protein diets may not be safe over time for the following reasons:

• High levels of nitrogen and amino acids can be toxic.

• High-protein diets are not safe for those people suffering from chronic kidney disease. Up to 20 percent of the population may be undiagnosed.

Sources:Lambert CP, Frank LL, Evans WJ. Macronutrient considerations for the sport of bodybuilding. Sports Med. 2004;34(5):317-27. ReView.
Bilsborough S, Mann N. A reViâ„¢ ew of issues of dietary protein intake in humans. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2006 Apr;16(2):129-52. ReViâ„¢ ew

Protein and Strength Athletes:

While endurance athletes are easy to convince of the need for a high carbohydrate, low fat diet, strength athletes are a bit harder to convince of the need for adequate carbs and moderate protein. Strength athletes have long adhered to high protein diets in order to build muscle. This idea of high protein = more muscle is a bit overstated.

According to the research of sports nutritionists, strength athletes require high carbohydrate and adequate glycogen stored in the muscle. They point out that all high intensity, powerful muscle contractions (such as weight lifting) are fueled with carbohydrate. Neither fat nor protein can be oxidized rapidly enough to meet the demands of high-intensity exercise. Adequate dietary carbohydrate must be consumed on a daily basis to restore glycogen levels. 

In fact, research shows that high protein/high fat diets can hurt performance. An inadequate amount of carbohydrate in the diet can result in:

• Reduced muscle glycogen stores in the muscle and liver

• Decreased endurance

• Decreased maximal effort

• Decreased serum glucose levels

• Increased risk of hypoglycemia

High protein/high fat diets can also have a negative overall impact on health, including the following:

• Increased risk of certain cancers

• Increased calcium excretion and increased risk of osteoporosis

• Reduced intake of Vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytochemicals

But Don't Strength Athletes Need More Protein To Build Muscle?

Research hasn't shown this. In fact most strength athletes get far more protein than is necessary to promote muscle synthesis. 

The current protein recommendations for optimal muscle building in a strength athlete is 1.6 – 1.7 gm protein per kg of body weight.

For a athlete weighing 90 kg (200 pounds) that is a total of 145 – 154 grams of protein a day [about 3 small chicken breasts]. There is no scientific evidence that more than 2.0 grams of protein per kg of body weight has any additional benefit in muscle strength or size.

So What Should an Athlete Eat? 

The recommendations of sports nutritionists continues to show performance enhancing benefits. These general guidelines are:

• 12-15% of daily calories from protein.

•  25-30% of daily calories from fat.

• 55-65% of daily calories from carbohydrates

• An athlete’s nutrition plan should be individualized to meet the needs of training and competition.

•  Carbohydrates are the primary fuel for intense muscular efforts, and should be the cornerstone of an athlete’s diet, regardless of the sport they play.

Source: Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, 2005, Jacqueline R. Berning, Suzanne Nelson Steen, ISBN 0763737755.

Audrey Sommerfeld
SVP Marketing
ViSalus Sciences

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Colette Morris 
Regional Director Vi UK
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Sports Nutrition Tips - How To Get The Most Out Of Your Workout

Today we're going to talk about sports nutrition.

Sports people have a far greater demand on their body they need more energy and food and the intake is a lot higher they are many deficiencies in their diet and if so this can cause injury.

With athletes they earn more money if their performance improves and they have less injuries so it really is important for them to have a good nutritional program.

The effects of exercise and playing sports can have the following they need more oxygen and their muscles need a lot of oxygen they also need more antioxidants to fight free radicals within their body.

There are four phases of nutrition for a sports person. 

Phase 1 is also known as the fuelling stage now within the fuelling stage you need carbohydrates and basically carbohydrates help you to sustain your energy levels and ensure that your sugar levels don't drop beyond a certain point. 

The second phase  is known as the refuelling stage and this is really important because it helps to keep the levels of hydration up. 

In this stage it's really important to take a Formula One shake in juice with no protein half an hour before a race this is to help restore the muscle glycogens half an hour before a race.

Some athletes use carb loading pre-race this is to help muscle load up with glycogen which will actually help them to sustain long-term energy. 

It is important during and after an event to take in water Drinkwater every 10 min during exercise. 

The third phase is the recovery stage and at the recovery stage this will help muscle growth and delayed muscle soreness so it's important to take a high level of protein after a workout and you need to take antioxidants to help fight the free radicals produced when work out or racing. Free radicals are produced more than normal on people who do not read really work out it is important to drink and keep yourself hydrated because as you are in the race or working out causes sweating and this reduces your electrolytes. Electrolytes are vitamins and minerals needed the concentration and lack of these can make you pass out so it is really important for you to hydrate.

And the final phase is the repair stage .This is your chance to build muscle you have a two hour window to get the build process going muscles tear when you exercise. You need more protein to help build and repair muscle. If you work out you'll need more protein especially after exercise. 

For more on sports nutritional products check my previous blog post on Herbalife 24 Products

Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition)

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Fuel for Athletes

Today we are looking at the Herbalife Sports Nutrition range for Pro Athletes, if after watching this video you want to know more about how the Herbalife programme can help you as an athlete, contact me Colette via email londonfitgirlsclub@gmail.com for a consultation.

Colette Morris  SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition)

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Get a 10% discount on Herbalife Products at our Online Herbalife Shop - http://healthyweightloss.herbalcoach.com/  

Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com  or simply click on the tab here  to join our program. 

Herbalife 24 For Sports Enthusiasts

Herbalilfe have a new nutritional range especiallly formulated for spots enthusiasts, ranging from the casual jogger, gym addict or for the elite athlete. 
Herbalife24 has all the products you need to help you prepare, train and recover.

Many variables affect your training and performance. With Herbalife24, nutrition is one aspect in your performance preparation you can rely on - giving you the confidence to be your personal best.

Below some Athletes who use Herbalife24 have spoken. Learn what they have to say about a lifestyle of comprehensive nutrition and dynamic performance.

"Overall an excellent product range. Exceptionally well designed and ideal for high performance athletes."
— Jack Cutsforth, Elite Cyclist, UK

"The Herbalife24 products are great and they are easy to use."
— Lynn Hamel, Elite Cyclist, UK

"Prolong has really been the big difference. Before I had gel, bars, bananas and a lot of things in my pockets, when I was racing. Now, Prolong gives me everything I need during the race. This helps me to concentrate and focus on the biking, and not think about when to eat and how."
— Kjell Kirkeng, Elite Cyclist, Norway

 Here is a short video explaining more about Herbalife 24 Sports Nutritional Supplements.

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Colette Morris is a qualified Nutritionist and Herbalife Independent Distributor so if you want advice on your diet for weight loss, weight gain or sports nutrition, email LondonFitGirlsClub@gmail.com  or simply click on the tab here  to join our program.