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Nature Knows Best: Simple Ways to Support Daily Digestive Wellness

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Foods that are in their natural state, or are minimally processed, are known as whole foods. They are generally recognized as foods that can support the balance and health of the gut microbiome, which is the “community of microscopic living organisms—including bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes”1that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Nature knows best, because whole foods provide digestion-friendly nutrients, including soluble and insoluble fiber, prebiotics, vitamins and minerals, all of which support digestive wellness.

Insoluble dietary fiber is found in foods such as whole grains and vegetables. Insoluble fiber promotes regularity while also supporting the movement of food through the digestive system. Its counterpart, soluble fiber, is found in foods like fruits, seeds and beans. Soluble fiber can support nutrient absorption and acts as fuel for the microorganisms in the gut microbiome and can support the health of the intestinal barrier. Some of the best foods for gut health include:2
• Yogurt and kefir: Contain probiotics, which are beneficial bacteria that can support a healthy gut microbiome and digestive wellness when consumed in adequate amounts.
• Fruits and vegetables: Apples, bananas, berries, broccoli and leafy greens provide fiber that helps keep digestion regular.
• Whole grains: Oats, brown rice, and whole wheat products are rich in fiber that supports a healthy gut microbiome.
• Beans and legumes: Lentils, chickpeas and beans are excellent sources of fiber and prebiotics. Prebiotics act as nourishment for the beneficial microorganisms in the gut as well as supporting mineral absorption, such as calcium and magnesium.
• Fermented foods: Sauerkraut, kimchi, miso and tempeh may support the presence of beneficial bacteria in the gut. Fermentation can provide beneficial microorganisms.
• Nuts and seeds: Almonds, walnuts, chia seeds, and flaxseeds provide fiber and healthy fats that support digestive wellness.

Not sure if you’re eating enough of the right foods? Kenzen® Golden Gut Formula takes the guesswork away. It contains a patented, advanced pre- and probiotic blend to help replenish, rebalance and reinforce the gut. Some foods to avoid or limit in order to maintain gut health are:3
• Highly processed foods: Chips, fast food and packaged snacks are often low in fiber and may affect the balance of healthy gut bacteria.
• Sugary foods and drinks: Excess sugar may affect the growth of less beneficial gut microbes and may contribute to digestive discomfort.
• Fried and fatty foods: These can be hard to digest and may cause digestive discomfort.
• Alcohol: Drinking alcohol can affect the digestive tract and the gut microbiome.
• Artificial anything: Some people experience digestive discomfort after consuming products containing ingredients such as artificial sweeteners, preservatives, chemical additives and food coloring.

The importance of staying hydrated throughout the day cannot be overstated. Your body needs water for normal digestive function. Water helps dissolve food, activates digestive enzymes, and transports nutrients to cells. Adequate water is also essential for normal bodily functions, including digestion, and may support a healthy gut microbiome.4

Sleep and diet are linked: if you don’t get enough restful sleep and eat a diet full of nutritional gaps, you may be at a greater risk of challenges related to gut health. Maintaining a healthy weight can be part of an overall approach to supporting the gut microbiome, because body weight and digestive health can be influenced by a variety of factors. In other words, staying active is another key to digestive health: how much you move and how much you eat can support the body’s natural state of balance.

Gut health is not rocket science. In a nutshell, get enough sleep, stay hydrated and eat primarily whole foods that are gifts from nature. Nikken is here to support your overall well-being with an entire range of products that support restful sleep (Kenko Sleep), water filtration (PiMag® water) and nutritional supplementation (Kenzen® nutrition).

1 https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Microbiome
2, 3 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/expert-qa/your-digestive-system-5-ways-to-support-gut-health
4 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ways-to-improve-digestion

What is Empowered Living?

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At Nikken, we strive to be catalysts for positive change. We want to inspire individuals to transform their lives and create a ripple effect throughout society. We foster a global wellness community that empowers people to make a difference, where everyone has a purpose to positively impact the lives of others.

Empowered living involves actively taking charge of your choices, decisions and actions. Positive choices lead to positive outcomes, and in turn, to personal growth, prosperity and a sense of balance, vitality and connection to the world.

The 5 Pillars of Wellness are pathways to empowered living:

•The Mind cultivates a fulfilling purpose and pursues continuous growth to find peace through life’s challenges.

•The Body embraces natural movement and nourishes your body with wholesome foods and adequate hydration.

•The Family nurtures loving connections and shares the joy of empowered living with loved ones.

• Society fosters a supportive and inclusive community, where individuals feel a deep sense of belonging and a shared sense of purpose and identity.

• Finances flourish from purposeful action. It’s not just about having a purpose but requires actively working for it and managing resources wisely.

Empowered living is not about being perfect or seeking perfection. It is about finding ways to feel and be well every day. It is about maintaining a state of well-being where there are consistently positive emotions, the ability to function both physically and mentally at optimal or near-optimal levels, and a sense of balance within oneself and with the environment. When we experience empowered living, we feel energized, focused and capable of achieving our goals.

Nature provides us with the sources for empowered living — clean air and water, soil to grow food, earth to ground us, conditions for restful sleep. Nikken technologies are inspired by nature: negative ions, ceramic reflective fibers, minerals from the earth, natural water filtration systems, sustainable marine plant life, magnetics, and more, are combined to produce Kenzen® nutrition, PiMag® water, Kenko Balance, Sleep & Support and True Elements® skin care. Nature serves as the source of smart nutrition, smart hydration, restful sleep, vital energy, fresh air and nourished skin.

This year and every year, practice empowered living and experience hope, happiness, joy and prosperity!

Technologies That Augment Natural Energies

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Our guest blogger Dave Balzer is a Technology Consultant and International Advisor in Product Development, Design Engineering, Prototype, Manufacturing, and Regulatory compliance of new devices. He has worked with Nikken on many projects over the past three decades. Since 2012, he has guided his own medical device company that produces specialized diagnostic kits.

All of the Nikken technologies take their cue from the natural world. Whether it is magnetic energy, warming energy, or negative ions, Nikken has keenly observed nature and created ways to support the benefits that it offers.

Nothing could be more natural than magnetism. In fact, the earth itself is a giant dipole magnet that imparts its flux energy to every living creature on the planet. This flux energy forms a shield over the globe known as the magnetosphere. The magnetosphere protects the surface of the planet from being irradiated with harmful solar energy. In essence, the shield itself acts as a filter, which permits biocompatible light energy to pass through. Without the protection offered by the earth’s magnetic flux, life as we know it would be destroyed. 

Many animals are able to sense the earth’s magnetic field. This is true for birds, insects, plants and even humans. All of the creatures sensitive to the earth’s magnetic energy possess a protein known as a cryptochrome. It is this molecule that reacts to magnetic energy. Unfortunately, NASA has reported that the earth’s magnetic field is weakening and even developing irregularities. Nikken has chosen to utilize permanent dipole magnets in many of its products as a way of buttressing and supporting the degradation of the earth’s natural magnetic energy.

The energy from the sun that reaches the surface of the planet is made up by visible, ultraviolet and infrared light. The visible wavelengths of light are the ones humans can detect with their eyes. They comprise 40% of the light energy reaching the earth’s surface. Ultraviolet light cannot be seen by mammals and makes up 7% of the total. This leaves infrared light energy representing 53% or the majority of the sun’s energy that reaches the earth’s surface. Infrared light is fundamentally important to human life. Tissues and cells found in the body are in tune with infrared energy. They absorb, utilize and even emit infrared energy.

Nikken produces several products that incorporate special ceramic reflective fibers. These fibers have the ability to absorb light energy and reflect it back to the user as infrared energy. In doing so, Nikken is able to support and balance the natural warming energy found in the environment.

Negative ions are all around us. Nature provides them in abundance in forests and near waterfalls. They are a key component to inducing the feeling of wellness and relaxation that is experienced during a nature walk. It is ironic to understand that negative ions have a positive impact on wellness while positive ions have the opposite effect. Appliances, electronics and other fixtures of city dwelling emit positive ions and can cause feelings of fatigue and depression. Consequently, the environment needs to be buttressed with new sources of negative ions in order to counteract the ill effects of the positive ones. Nikken offers an advanced air filtration system known as the KenkoAir Purifier® that utilizes negative ion technology.

Some examples of Nikken magnetic products with patented DynaFlux® technology are the insoles (Kenko mSteps® and mStrides®) and the KenkoTouch® handheld massage system. Ceramic reflective fibers are found throughout the Kenko Sleep system, including the Kenko Naturest® Fit, comforters and pillows. 

Committing to Transformation and the Global Wellness Community

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Now more than ever, Nikken is a company committed to a transformative purpose. This purpose is really a commitment to the growth of the Global Wellness Community by creating mass consciousness about self-reliance through Active Wellness, the need to live in harmony with nature, and how to take care of not only ourselves but also those in our respective societies.

Committing to transformation starts with each individual but with the community in mind. Although we make mental commitments, actual transformation begins in our hearts. In current times, this means having faith in the power of love and resilience, in staying calm during crisis after crisis, and in believing that we are bigger than what’s happening and that by helping each other, we will emerge stronger than before.

Transformation, like happiness, starts from the inside and moves outward as it expands. Before we can “think outside of the box” as we’ve been told so often, we have to start inside the box, sift through and retain the useful while getting rid of the useless, and then jump out and focus on the change we choose. Individual transformation is after all, a choice, not something that can be forced.

Corporate transformation is similar to individual transformation. Nikken has always been a pioneer in creating relevant products: alkaline water (PiMag® water), organic whole foods (Kenzen® nutritionals) and restful sleep (Kenko Sleep). We’ve never been “trendy” because our products are classic and based on real wellness needs. Because of this, sharing Nikken products has been a viable way to augment finances for decades. During these trying times, Nikken has proven to be a way to forge on when other sources of income might have been cut off. More people are ready to embrace the Global Wellness Community and what we offer.

The philosophy behind our product line has not changed, because its relevance remains. How Nikken has transformed is by staying at the forefront of emergent technologies, phasing out products that prove unwanted by consumers, and offering partnerships with those interested in actively expanding our Global Wellness Community. The social aspect of sharing Nikken products, technology and a self-motivated way to earn money may prove especially attractive to those who are comfortable being part of the gig economy.

By the same token, we are not pioneers in making face masks or household cleaners. Yet during such unusual times, we’re offering re-usable face masks, hand sanitizers and a non-toxic Surface Cleaner simply to help our growing Global Wellness Community cope with the environment. (link to https://nikkenactivewellness.com/2020/06/25/create-a-wellness-home/) It’s a way Nikken to show our ongoing commitment to the Global Wellness Community.

As we approach 2021, we hope the lessons of 2020 help us all to positively transform to be stronger and more confident members of the world.