Living Well – March 2026 by The AIM Companies

MARCH 2026

The AIM 90-Day Health and Weight Loss Challenge...page 12

Spring Into Action ...page 6

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Keep the Momentum Moving

As we move into the second month of the AIM 90-Day Health and Weight Loss Challenge, this is where consistency begins turning into real progress. The excitement of starting is now becoming routine, and this is the stage where habits truly begin shaping lasting results.

By now, many participants are noticing subtle but powerful shifts. Energy may feel steadier. Hunger may feel more manageable. Daily choices feel more intentional. These changes may seem small, but they are signs that the body is responding to steady support. Sustainable weight management comes from repeated daily actions, not dramatic one-time efforts. Small habits practiced consistently are what create meaningful change over time.

March is about commitment. It is about showing up on the days motivation feels high, and especially on the days it does not. Progress is rarely loud. Often it is quiet, steady, and happening beneath the surface. One healthy choice leads to another, and momentum grows from there.

How to Stay Engaged this Month

Continue sharing your reflections, your goals and the habits you are strengthening. Consistency, intention

Nicolas van Rensburg, AIM Chief Operating Officer

and participation remain at the heart of the challenge. Each story shared has the power to motivate someone else to keep going.

Join Us in Ohio this May

We are also excited to announce an opportunity for connection and inspiration beyond the Challenge. On May 28 and 29, AIM Members will gather in Ohio for a special corporate and Member event, and seating is limited. The first day features corporate sessions led by AIM’s COO, Nicolas van Rensburg, and Quality Assurance Manager, Phillip Jermann, who will deliver key updates, vision and momentum for AIM’s future. Gatherings like this energize, educate and remind us why we’re part of a community committed to health, growth and shared purpose. If you’ve ever thought about attending, now is the perfect moment to reserve your spot before they’re gone. For more details, turn to page 13.

“Success is built on the days you don’t feel like it, but choose to keep going anyway.”

Acacia Fiber for the Gut

Recognizing the value of dietary fiber for the digestive system to keep the body healthy at the core, AIM offers two fiber supplements that increase intake of this important carbohydrate: Herbal Fiberblend and Fit ’n Fiber. The Herbal Fiberblend formulation focuses on cleansing and detoxifying the intestinal tract while promoting regular bowel movements. The Fit ’n Fiber formulation also promotes regularity along with a focus on weight management and increased prebiotic fiber intake to feed good bacteria that create a healthy gut environment.

One of Fit ’n Fiber’s ingredients that provides a prebiotic is acacia fiber, aka gum Arabic and acacia gum, which is made from the hardened sap of the acacia tree (Senegalia senegal ).

Acacia fiber is used in Fit ’n Fiber because it provides a rich source of complex polysaccharides that nourish good bacteria in the same way that wholesome nutrition fuels the human body. By feeding the gut microbiota, acacia contributes to a balanced digestive ecosystem.

When you consume a serving of Fit ’n Fiber, acacia fiber ferments slowly in the colon, reducing the risk of gas and bloating. Along with increasing the growth of good bacteria, notably Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, acacia fiber helps with the absorption of minerals, improves gut barrier function, supports weight management and promotes regular bowel movements.

It is important to note that plant-based ingredients such as acacia fiber may vary in coloration depending on environmental factors where the trees grow before the sap is harvested. This can affect the color of Fit ’n Fiber powder, just like the variations in crops of fiber and herbs in Herbal Fiberblend, beets in RediBeets or carrots in Just Carrots. Changes in color or texture of health products are natural factors that can occur with the use of natural plant-based ingredients, including sap from the acacia tree.

Even though variations may occur in natural prebiotics that include acacia fiber, AIM ingredients never change in terms of being beneficial components of effective formulations for products such as Fit ’n Fiber. What’s more, all the ingredients and the finished product testing for each lot meet specifications for purity, safety, potency and identity. Highquality effectiveness is the norm from AIM.

References: doi.org/10.3390/biom13010138 doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-11-111

Nutrition M a t ters Most !

If you were to make a list of the most important lifestyle choices that affect your health in a positive way, at the very top would be your dietary intake. The right nutritional choices can make a difference right down to the DNA you inherit.

The genetic code you are born with is not changed by your food choices; however, nutrition can turn genes off or on, changing how they are expressed. It’s based on epigenetics: the study of how your behavior and environment can trigger changes that affect gene activity without altering your DNA sequencing.

One of the most studied and better understood environmental factors influencing epigenetics happens to be nutrition. What you consume can affect how your cells read DNA codes.

Even though your body is made up of individually functioning cells, imagine your entire being as one massive cell in control over

its construct of trillions of cells. Visualizing this can help emphasize the need to provide only the best for your entire body, not only in regard to food but to physical activity, stress management and sufficient sleep, which are also epigenetic factors.

Nutrition matters the most given that it is essential for optimal brain development, physical growth, energy production, a strong immune system and disease prevention. Food choices impact everything throughout a person’s lifetime, including how an infant learns, how a child’s body develops and how this body ages over time.

Healthy nutrition greatly contributes to healthy stages of life, just as unhealthy nutrition can have the opposite effect, including the triggering of epigenetic mechanisms that can cause illnesses.

Choosing to eat healthily is likely the most important lifestyle factor a person can make. AIM fully supports this choice and offers supplemental support with a wide range of natural health products that accentuate nutritional intake.

AIM Nutritional Defense

Eating poorly with a predominance of ultra-processed foods or fast foods is like being at war with the human body. Instead of defending cells with wholesome foods that allow them to thrive, this inflammatory nutrition ends up attacking the building blocks of the body, making cells struggle to stay alive and, over time, causing detrimental longterm health effects. Proper nutrition has the opposite effects on cells.

The AIM Healthy Cell Concept™ emphasizes the idea that proper nutrition is essential for healthy cell replication and repair, given that the body is continuously under cellular construction. AIM nutritional defense includes a wide selection of whole-food powders and dietary supplements that enhance wholesome food intake with an added wealth of nutrients and phytonutrients that deliver nourishment and protective compounds.

It’s so simple to boost your nutritional intake with the concentrated powders of BarleyLife, BarleyLife Xtra, CoCoa LeafGreens, Just Carrots and RediBeets. Each is a vegan feast for cells that fuels optimal energy production and provides beneficial compounds that support whole-body health.

AIM’s dietary supplements can help fill gaps in your nutrition, particularly in regard to necessary nutrients and compounds that cannot be synthesized by the body. Examples include the omega-3 and -6 essential fatty acids in AIMega and the calcium in CalciAIM

AIMega’s healthy fats add essential nutritional defense for the structure of cell membranes and their optimal function in protecting cells and controlling substances that enter and exit. Omegarich cell membranes act as a vital barrier that regulates the intake of nutrients and removal of cellular waste.

CalciAIM’s calcium supports the strength and structure of bones, providing nutritional defense against breaks and fractures. As a powder, CalciAIM provides easily absorbed sources of this essential mineral in safe amounts backed by scientific evidence.

There are also examples of compounds that the body produces naturally but diminish in levels over time. The coenzyme Q10 in CellSparc 360 replenishes this essential antioxidant for cellular energy production. The glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane in Frame Essentials increase the presence of essential compounds that support healthy joints.

Follow the Pathways to Good Health with AIM Nutrition in the 2026 product catalog to familiarize yourself with the scope of nutritional defense from AIM.

Spring Into Action

Even though time has marched on from February and its month of heart health awareness, it’s a fine time to take aim at what is believed to be the body’s second heart: the calf muscle.

In reality, having two legs actually gives you two second hearts, acting as pumps that work against gravity by helping to circulate deoxygenated blood in your feet and legs back up to the heart. However, unlike the constant beating of your heart, your calf muscles only operate if you move.

When it comes to physical activity and exercise that engages the calf muscles, the simplicity of walking tops the list of health-supporting choices. Pretty much everyone can do it, and those who do often talk about getting in their daily steps.

While 10,000 steps is a fictitious goal that was used back in the 1960s to sell step-counting devices in Japan, studies show health benefits from as few steps as 4,000 done once or twice a week. The point is, a little can go a long way to activate your second hearts, and if you can do more walking, the better.

In addition to walking regularly, you can easily activate your second hearts by:

 Lifting your heels repeatedly in a seated position or by doing calf raises

 Flexing your ankles with your legs outstretched in bed or on a sofa

 Making circles with your feet

These moves are perfect if you sit for many hours during the day and for any sedentary individuals who want to be more active with easy exercises such as walking.

Again, a little goes a long way in activating your calf muscles to improve circulation in your lower limbs and support good health. Stay physically active to allow your second hearts to spring into action daily.

The Sports Pack of RediBeets, Peak Endurance and ProPeas delivers spring-into-action nutrition with each serving.

This month’s AIM Spotlight is focused on Repair Ointment as a go-to salve for people of all ages who experience problematic skin that is irritated, cracked, dry, rough or persistently red. It’s an ointment that can be applied on any skin area in need of repair or hydration, notably with a nourishing base of barley seed extract.

AIM Spotlight on Repair Ointment

When The AIM Companies™ launched Repair Ointment in May 2025, one of the reasons for its development was the recognition that every household could use a soothing cream to keep on hand for whenever skin flares up on the body.

You never know when and where skin will be triggered by irritants, allergens, stress, etc. of your environment. It happens, and when it does, applying a thin layer of Repair Ointment and gently massaging it into the affected area of skin provides reparative relief.

How Repair Ointment Works

Repair Ointment

6779E, $15.00 M, $17.00 C (CAN 6779E, $16.00 M, $17.50 C)

The plant-based ingredients of barley seed extract, ginger root extract, gotu kola extract, honeysuckle flower extracts, jojoba esters, saccharomyces filtrate and safflower seed oil give Repair Ointment a botanical boost of effective repair naturally. Each carefully researched ingredient plays an active role in addressing skin barrier issues at their source.

Repair Ointment’s plant-based nourishment for skin repair:

 at tacks inflammation

 relieves irritation

 reduces redness

 promotes lubrication

 increases hydration

Lubricating, hydrating and conditioning dry, irritated or reddened skin with nourishing and shielding ingredients gets to the heart of cellular skin repair, providing soothing relief while forming a protective barrier that defends the affected area from further discomfort.

Repair Ointment’s gently effective formulation can be safely applied to all skin surfaces that are dry, cracked, rough, red or irritated, but avoid using on open wounds. Moreover, wherever extra skin hydration is needed, apply Repair Ointment to regain harmonious moisture balance that leaves skin feeling restored and healthy.

Most importantly, Repair Ointment is effective for all skin types at any age, yet gentle enough for newborns. No matter the size of your household, having Repair Ointment on hand means soothing repair for skin is always within reach.

Taking AIM’s Whole-Food Powders

The unique sources of supplemental nutrition in AIM’s whole-food powders offer unparalleled access to an easily assimilated concentration of nutrients and phytonutrients in each plant-based ingredient. Questions often arise when taking this form of supplemental food that can be found only in natural health products such as BarleyLife, CoCoa LeafGreens, Just Carrots and RediBeets. The following Q&A addresses some common inquiries.

Q: Should I take the whole-food powders in the Garden Trio separately or together?

A: The choice is yours. Some take each powder on its own to get the singular effects of BarleyLife, Just Carrots or RediBeets. For others, the convenience of mixing all three at once saves time. Either way provides the health benefits of concentrated nutrition.

Q: Can I take CoCoa LeafGreens with the products in the Garden Trio?

A: Yes, taking the cocoa-rich greens with any of the powders in the Garden Trio is not only safe, it’s recommended use. Whole-food powders can be safely taken together.

Q: Why should you take AIM’s whole-food powders when your stomach is empty?

A: Take this nutrition that works before you eat or well after you’ve eaten so that the easy assimilation of whole-food powders is not slowed down by the digestion of solid foods. Similarly, take Herbal Fiberblend or Fit ’n Fiber one hour before or 30 minutes after taking any of AIM’s whole-food powders to receive the greatest absorption of their nutrients and phytonutrients.

Q: Why should beverages made with whole-food powders be consumed right away?

A: The nutrients, phytonutrients, enzymes, etc. that are naturally present in leaves of barley grass, beetroot, carrots, etc. are exposed to oxidation after being mixed in water or juice. To avoid any of these compounds from being degraded, drink beverages made with wholefood powders right after being mixed to take advantage of their optimal nutrition and effectiveness.

Q: Can I take more than the recommended servings for AIM’s whole-food powders?

A: Each person has different nutritional needs that should be assessed on an individual basis. For example, athletes can take up to 4 teaspoons of RediBeets daily, whereas 1 teaspoon taken twice daily is the recommendation for most people.

The Lecture

Shared by Kathaleen Donnelly AIM Preferred Member in Stony Brook, New York

I was introduced to The AIM Companies in the 1990s. On a day that I rode my bike to and from work, while walking through the Health Science Center of Stony Brook University Hospital, I spotted a flyer on the wall. God is everywhere. It was for a lecture on health by Dr. Yu-Shiaw Chen, AIM Chairman’s Club Director.

At the time, I was youngish, being in my 30s, and working 12½-hour shifts as a registered nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. I was getting through lunches by feeding on my favorite candy mints: Life Savers. This way I could continue working. It occurred to me that I'd live a short life with such a habit, maybe die a slow miserable death. I went to the lecture.

I remember a man challenging Dr. Chen by saying we are living longer than ever now, so why do we need to buy supplements? He was rather aggressive, as if being sold just another fad. I responded in place of Dr. Chen, who is not the type to argue, saying to him that it's not the length of your life but the quality. What good is it to live to 100 if you are bedridden or suffering? I said it loud enough for the entire room to hear and made it sound obvious. That was the end of that bully.

Note: Kathaleen is a published author of the book of poetry, See If I Feel the Same, and co-author of What Unites Us: Prose, Poetry, The Constitution, Democracy, Rule of Law. Testimonials should not be construed as representing results that everyone

Most importantly, I was introduced to supplemental nutrition such as the Garden Trio at Dr Chen’s lecture. I replaced my mints and other junk foods with healthier choices, not completely but almost. And I talked about it at work, even though it was clear I could not sell anything due to a conflict of interest. So I gave all the names of interested parties to Yu-Shiaw, who over the years became a good friend. Turns out it was a great lecture.

Dr. Yu-Shiaw Chen, AIM Chairman’s Club Director

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BarleyLife

5809E, $52.00 M, $56.00 C (CAN 5815E, $54.00 M, $57.50 C)

Daily BarleyLife

servings of barley leaf juice powder nourish you with an incomparable density and variety of nutrients and phytonutrients that deliver nutrition for every cell of your body.

Beyond Ground Grass Powders

It’s not enough to grind a variety of grasses into semi-digestible powders or toss in every other ingredient under the sun for even less of a natural balance. That’s an easy way to give people poor-value purchases, so it’s definitely not how to deliver nutrition that works. AIM makes the most nutritious grass on the planet accessible as a juice powder. This is what sets BarleyLife nutrition so high above and beyond other “green” powders.

AIM Methodology = Unique Green Nutrition

From start to finish, AIM’s stepby-step process used to create the green nutrition inside every container of BarleyLife creates unparalleled supplemental nutrition for improving and maintaining whole-body health.

Long History of Potency

During 44 years of providing ultimate green nutrition, AIM has honed its procedure for creating beneficial juice powders to harness the optimal amount of nutrition available in leaves of young barley grass.

Harvesting fields of barley in the coolness of night captures young greens at the most optimally nutritious stage of growth. Then the speed at which the harvested leaves of barley grass are cold-processed into a juice powder captures their saturation of nutritional compounds at the maximum level. That’s the BarleyLife difference for excellence in a marketplace of poorer powders.

The AIM BarleyLife Difference

When you open a container of BarleyLife, you are getting a pure source of nutrition that is unique among products from other companies. The juice powder made from leaves of barley grass is the result of proprietary methodology that is far superior than what is used to make ground grass powders that contain barley, wheat and other grasses.

Over four decades of health benefits for those who make BarleyLife a regular part of their nutritional intake emphasize the AIM difference, exemplified in the following testimonials from an AIM survey conducted in 2025.

I've been using BarleyLife for 30 years. I'm 59 years old, but most would say I'm 50. I forget about the natural benefits until others start talking about their health problems. I think . . . , “I don't have that problem, or that ailment or that issue” . . . and I remember why. I've gotten used to living a higher level of health. I normally cycle 80 km over a weekend and work out every day. It's priceless to not have lost any physical abilities due to age.

Kevin Diamond

AIM Preferred Member in Guelph, Ontario

My husband and I have used BarleyLife for over 20 years and know that it really helps us to stay healthy.

Linda Pue

AIM Preferred Member in Castle Rock, South Africa

Testimonials should not be construed as representing results that everyone can achieve.

My wife suffers with colds and flu very easily. This year she went through winter without any problems and also had a lot more energy.

Hendrik Schutte

AIM Customer in Oudtshoorn, South Africa

BarleyLife changed my life 28 years ago, and I still drink it every day.

Gail Sharp

AIM Director in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

We've been using BarleyLife for more than seven years now, taking it in conjunction with a couple of other AIM products. We are extremely impressed with the health results. Our bodies are strong, healthy and full of energy. It's amazing to witness and experience the original design of God's creation functioning with good quality nutrition.

Nadine Hill

AIM Director in Potchefstroom, South Africa

Testimonials should not be construed as representing results that everyone can achieve.

The AIM 90-Day Health and Weight Loss Challenge

March begins the second month of the AIM 90-Day Health and Weight Loss Challenge, during which Customers and Members can win prizes for submitting the most inspiring, short monthly reflection on their health goals. This challenge runs until the end of April, giving a total of 3 months for people to achieve their targets.

Of course, AIM nutrition can play a healthy part, especially in regard to the challenge of weight loss. There’s the satiating fiber and lean protein in the Lean Team (available in the USA only) that features Fit ’n Fiber and ProPeas. Both contribute to a sensible calorie deficit required to lose weight. The Weight Loss Pack also includes both products but with 2 canisters of ProPeas and 1 bottle of GlucoChrom. When combined with a healthy diet and exercise, GlucoChrom promotes the reduction of body fat and the increase of lean muscle mass. Its combination of trace minerals and herbs help to reduce sugar cravings and metabolize carbohydrates and fats.

Then there’s the digestive power of PrepZymes that reduces bloating by supporting the body’s natural ability to break down proteins, fats and carbohydrates. When food isn’t fully broken down, it can ferment, creating gas, bloating and discomfort.

Simply by taking one capsule with each meal (with large meals take 2), PrepZymes helps reduce the burden of heavy digestion. And when you feel bloated, take two extra capsules. Although both men and women suffer from bloating, women tend to experience its discomfort far more frequently than men.

Having such supportive AIM nutrition always on hand is made even simpler with an Automatic Monthly Reorder (AMR), available to both AIM Customers and Members.

Win $150 in prizes

Share your March Health note!

Send a short note to AIM by mail or email. For March Health Note, Please include:

• Any positive results or habits you are forming, focusing on your health

• How you are using the AIM products to help you acheive your goals

You could win $150 in prizes awarded to a chosen winner for this month, just like the winning recipient for February:

Jean Dukes

AIM Director in Universal City, Texas

Join Us In Ohio

FWhen: May 28–29, 2026

Location: The INN at The Amish Door 1210 Winesburg St, Wilmot, OH 44689

TWO SEPARATE EVENTS IN ONE!

AIM Corporate Event

Speakers:

Joan van Rensburg, South Africa

Emma Miller, Ohio

Leah Miller, Ohio

For more information contact:

Joy Thompson 614-209-6324

Leah Miller 330-231-2197

Emma Miller 330-359-0243

Char Thompson 330-852-2967

MARCH CROSSWORD

A fun puzzle for you to complete using the articles in this month's Living Well Magazine.

Crossword answers will be provided in the next issue of the Living Well magazine

Across

1. What is believed to be the body's second heart: the ______ muscle.

2. Harvesting fields of ______ in the coolness of night captures young greens at the most optimally nutritious stage of growth.

3. Your genetic code is not changed by your food choices; however, ______ can turn genes off or on, changing how they are expressed.

6. AIM's whole-food powders offer unparalleled access to an easily assimilated concentration of nutrients and ______ in each plant-based ingredient.

Down

1. It is important to note that plant-based ingredients may vary in ______ depending on environmental factors.

REMINDER

Down (cont.)

4. The AIM Healthy Cell ______ emphasizes the idea that proper nutrition is essential for healthy cell replication and repair.

5. Repair ______ formulation can be safely applied to all skin surfaces that are dry, cracked, rough, red or irritated.

For March, the cut-off for month-end qualifying orders received via phone, fax, or mail is 4:00 p.m. MT on Tuesday, March 31. Online orders count until 11:59 pm MT on Tuesday, March 31.

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