We feel that it is important for you to know who is behind the company that is supplying something as personal and as important as supplements, and skin care products. After all you rely on these products to help your overall health and wellbeing and also your appearance.
Because the overall philosophy and ethics of a company is generally influenced by the founder, particularly if it is a private company, I thought that it was appropriate that I share some personal information about myself.
Firstly, I am not a Doctor, I am not a health professional, I never went to university and I do not have any academic degrees. These ‘non credentials’ are very important and valuable as it means my learning is not biased in any way. It is based on common sense, research, personal observations and personal application of what I have learned, and there has been a lot. I have also had access to some of the most brilliant minds in the area of preventative health over the last 16 years, ranging from internationally acclaimed bio‐scientists to Harvard accredited Anti Aging Physicians.
So, what am I? I am two things...a health researcher for the last 16 years, and an entrepreneurial businessman for almost 50 years.
I was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and our family although low income was an honest hard working one and I started work full time doing demolition when I was 15. During the years since I have had some major business successes and some significant failures.
The last and final failure was almost 18 years ago and helped change much of my outlook in life...for the better. As a result of misplaced trust and a bad business decision I was totally wiped out financially and found myself stuck in Mexico with only the clothes on my back. So, I figured that in order to do all the things I still wanted to do and because I needed to start all over again I needed to live an extra 20 years.
Being ‘wiped out’ was the best thing that could have happened to me. The fact that I was determined to not only to recover financially but also extend my life in great health was the catalyst for conceiving and with one of my sons founding Xtend‐Life Natural Products almost 16 years ago which has been and is a resounding success with hundreds of thousands of loyal customers spread over 40 countries.
The rationale behind that decision all those years ago was that by becoming involved in the health business it would give me the means to research what I needed to know about what makes us tick and how I could slow down the aging process.
It has worked. I will be 69 years old this year. I never get the flu, get sick, have headaches or any aches and pains. I never take any medication or pharmaceutical drugs of any sort. My blood pressure is 115/65 and has been getting better each year. My hormones are nicely balanced, my C Reactive Protein which measures inflammation in the blood is that of a child, and my PSA which measures the health of the prostate is exceptional at only 0.5. My immune system is exceptional. I am on a long haul international flight (10 – 12 hours) every two weeks but never pick up any ‘bugs’ in the airplane, or anywhere else. According to Dr Ali Mohamed a US Harvard graduate anti‐aging physician my biological age is decades less than my chronological age.
So, the protocols that I have worked on over the last decade which I am going to share with you over the coming weeks, and which apply to both men and women really do work. I am the living proof of it. Now I have to say that the state of health that I am in should be the norm, not the exception. If people understood more about how their bodies function they would all be in similar health to me at this age and we would not have millions of people suffering pain and heartaches that come from preventative conditions...not to mention the economic costs not only to individuals but to countries as a whole. Before I give an outline of what I am going to share with you over the coming year, and beyond let me just give you some evidence that I really am as healthy and mobile as I say.
Just to reinforce my point about not being a ‘normal’ 69 year old focusing more on new product development and enhancement of our existing product range. The most effective way to share what I have learnt is by way of video links, and to that end I have established a personal blog called Beyondhealthtips. It has a dedicated URL www.beyondhealthtips.com
