USANA and Cystic Fibrosis

My "USANA Story" began in 1993 when my Uncle Dallin, who worked for USANA Corporate, sent a large box of products to our home and instructed my mom to start me on a strict nutritional regimen. I was fifteen years old and I was very skeptical.

Because I was born with Cystic Fibrosis, I was already taking several prescription medications along with a multiple vitamin supplement and I just didn't understand how these products were any different from what I was currently taking. Within a few days, I became a believer. I felt myself getting stronger. I had more energy. My body seemed able to fight off the frequent infections that are part of living with CF.

The USANA products are not a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. However, I believe getting the nutrients I needed at the cellular level enabled my body to perform more optimally. My health care advisers were continually surprised at how well I functioned in spite of diminished lung capacity. My chronic infections decreased and when I did get sick and had to be hospitalized, I bounced back more quickly than I had in the past.

Once I realized what true cellular nutrition felt like, I never looked back. USANA became an integral part of my proactive health regimen and I have now been taking the USANA products every single day for over twenty years. I trust the USANA products and will be on them for my entire life.

When I began taking the USANA products in 1993, my health was declining rapidly. My doctors explained I had approximately a year to live and that I would need a double-lung transplant to survive. I knew a transplant was imminent but I believe being on the full line of USANA nutritionals bought me precious time; time that would bring medical advances in the transplant procedure as well as post-transplant care. Miraculously, it was 19 years before I received my double-lung/heart transplant in February, 2012.

USANA is much more than a nutritional regimen for me. I believe finding USANA was a direct answer to prayer.

I’m often asked by others in the CF community which USANA products I took prior to my transplant, which products I am taking now, and why I chose those specific products. I have explained my USANA pre- and post-transplant regimen here.

I was honored to share parts of my transplant experience and my gratitude for the gift of USANA in my life during USANA's 2012 International Convention. Here is an excerpt from my presentation...