Play sports? Can natural nutrition really impact your performance or endurance? Whether you are a weekend warrior or a competitor, look below to see an ultra-marathoner’s sensible regimen. Who else uses it? 84 Olympic gold medalists, student athletes, professional soccer players, and physical fitness buffs alike. 

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When a bone-crushing endurance challenge is a normal part of your workweek, TIME magazine names you as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World” and when Men’s Fitness says you “might just be the fittest man on the planet,” your name is Dean Karnazes.

Dean’s accomplishments? Here are but a few: Winning the Atacama Crossing, a brutal 6-day race across Chile’s most inhospitable desert; winning the Badwater Ultramarathon, 135 miles through the bowels of Death Valley in July; running a hellish minus-40-degree race through the South Pole (in running shoes); running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days and finishing with the NYC Marathon (which he completed in 3 hours flat); swimming across the San Francisco Bay; climbing Yosemite’s Half Dome; mountain-biking for 24 hours straight; and surfing the monstrous waves off Hawaii’s coast.

Dean’s supplements? Our #1 Nutrition Product, which he counts on before, during, and after his adventures. “[It] helps me perform at my best and recover quickly between hard workouts,” he says. “It’s an incredible wellness enhancer and I find it excellent pre-event, post-event, and for maintenance.”

Dean is also an avid fan of Our Rehydration Drink, which he drinks before and during his races. “I think [it] is a terrific balance of both nutrients and electrolytes. You’re getting a good source of fuel with the carbohydrate blend as well as getting the electrolytes you need in the right balance.”

After every race, Dean counts on Our Protein/Carb Drink to recover. “If I don’t replace the protein that I’ve depleted after strenuous workout, I notice that the recovery is much longer and I don’t feel like I’m doing too well the next morning. So that’s where [it] has helped me tremendously because it contains a unique protein and carbohydrate blend with essential amino acids as well as vitamins and minerals which can enhance recovery, allowing me to train harder and go further.”

As an ultramarathoner, Dean also relies on our Joint Supplement to support joint function and long term joint health. “I’ve been using [it], and I very much believe in the benefits of glucosamine. Scientifically, there are multiple studies that have confirmed the benefits of glucosamine. I think that, from a practical standpoint, I notice a difference.”

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“Most people save for retirement by focusing on their wealth.  But you may accomplish more by focusing on your health,”  Dan Kadlec reports in the September 11, 2008 issue of Time Magazine.  “That’s because the out-of-pocket costs for diseases that may be avoidable through diet and exercise can be staggering. Getting and staying fit now may be worth tens of even hundreds of thousands of dollars later.  A sum that just might exceed the carefully crafted stockpile in your 401K. . . Bottom line:  shed some pounds, avoid diseases and invest the related windfall from age 40 to 65 and you could pad your nest egg by up to $700,000!”

Medicare spends 4 times as much on unhealthy people as it does on healthy ones.  Obese people spend one third more on health services than fit people and three fourths more on medications.  Making lifestyle choices that build health and prevent disease makes sense. Waiting until you get sick to take action is not only painful, it can be very costly.  Investing in your health today, saves paying a lot higher cost later.  

Insurance companies are wising up to the costs savings of wellness.  The Chicago Tribune reported on March 20, 2008:  “The movement by employers and insurance companies to put employee wellness at the forefront of consumer health choices is getting a big boost under a new push by the nation’s fourth-largest health insurance company. Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp., parent of Blue Cross and BlueShield of Illinois, added the word“wellness” to the mission statements of its four health plans.”  The company has embarked on a variety of wellness initiatives, including incorporating wellness programs in basic health benefit packages it sells. “How healthy we are depends probably more on what we do for ourselves than what the health-care system does for us,” said Dr. Richard Gayes, a medical director at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois. “We are starting to focus on the question of health and not simply health care.” 

“That’s not to say that if you are fit you don’t need a financial plan. “Good health has a high value in dollars,” says Bruce Pyenson, an actuary at health consultants Milliman. “But it’s not enough for you to stop saving.”

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