Amway Taps Into Emerging Gut Health Science and Lifestyle Changes to Support Wellbeing

ADA, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 8, 2025--

Emerging science suggests a balanced gut microbiome can positively impact our overall wellbeing. Amway, an entrepreneur-led health and wellbeing company, is launching a new wellness program centered on four wellness pillars, combined with nutritional supplements, that support gut health and more.

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“Holistic wellness begins in the gut,” notes Kelli Templeton, Chief Marketing Officer, Amway North America. “Over time, your gut microbiome can change based on things like diet, exercise, and lifestyle stress. Like the program name states, it’s the best place to begin your wellness journey. As a global leader in health and wellbeing for 65 years, Amway continues to look for ways to take advantage of emerging science and enhance our product portfolio.”

Founded on changing the way you eat, drink, move and think, the Nutrilite™ Begin 30 Holistic Wellness Program includes Nutrilite™ Begin Daily GI Primer, Nutrilite™ Balance Within Probiotic, Nutrilite™ Organics Plant Protein Powder, and involves daily tracking, tips, and more with a free, interactive app.

The program is endorsed by Dr. Amy Shah, a double board-certified M.D. and Nutritionist, and Nutrilite brand spokesperson. “Emerging science suggests a balanced gut microbiome can positively impact overall health and has a direct and indirect link to many other areas in the body. Priming your gut each morning helps it function properly. Getting nutrients from food is best but 90% of us don’t get enough. Supplements can help fill gaps when diet [alone] isn’t perfect.”

The Amway Wellbeing+ app helps support participants with guided steps centered around four wellness pillars: nutrition, hydration, exercise, and mindfulness.

The interactive app offers:

“The Begin 30 program includes an incredible trio of products and is all about delivering tangible benefits and creating meaningful lifestyle change,” adds Templeton. “In a 30-day study, 96% of participants indicated they were likely to continue parts of the program on their own. As part Amway’s longstanding commitment of helping people live better, healthier lives, we are excited to help people feel the difference 30 days can make.”

About Amway
Amway is an entrepreneur-led health and wellbeing company based in Ada, Michigan, U.S. It is committed to helping people live better, healthier lives across more than 100 countries and territories worldwide. Top-selling brands for Amway are Nutrilite™ dietary supplements; Artistry™ skincare and cosmetics; and XS™ energy and sports nutrition – all sold exclusively by entrepreneurs who are known as Amway Business Owners. With nearly 280,000 Amway Business Owners across North America, they are in every U.S. state and territory, participating in the U.S. economy via small business ownership and contributing to their communities. Amway is the No. 1 direct selling business in the world, according to the 2024 Direct Selling News Global 100 list. For company news, visit: https://www.amwayglobal.com/newsroom.

The Nutrilite™ Begin 30 Holistic Wellness Program from Amway (Photo: Business Wire)

The new Amway Nutrilite™ Begin 30 Holistic Wellness Program supports gut health (Photo: Business Wire)

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament was set Thursday to make yet another effort to elect a president, filling a vacuum that's lasted for more than two years.

While 12 previous attempts have failed to choose a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022, there are indications that Thursday's vote may produce a head of state.

The leading candidate is Lebanese army commander Joseph Aoun, no relation to the former president. He is widely seen as the preferred candidate of the United States and Saudi Arabia, whose assistance Lebanon will need as it seeks to rebuild after a 14-month conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Hezbollah previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small Christian party in northern Lebanon with close ties to former Syrian President Bashar Assad.

However, on Wednesday, Frangieh announced he had withdrawn from the race and endorsed Aoun, apparently clearing the way for the army chief.

Lebanon’s fractious sectarian power-sharing system is prone to deadlock, both for political and procedural reasons. The small, crisis-battered Mediterranean country has been through several extended presidential vacancies, with the longest lasting nearly 2 1/2 years between May 2014 and October 2016. It ended when former President Michel Aoun was elected.

As a sitting army commander, Joseph Aoun is technically barred from becoming president by Lebanon's consitution. The ban has been waived before, but it means that Aoun faces additional procedural hurdles.

Under normal circumstances, a presidential candidate in Lebanon can be elected by a two-thirds majority of the 128-member house in the first round of voting, or by a simple majority in a subsequent round.

But because of the constitutional issues surrounding his election, Aoun would need a two-thirds majority even in the second round.

Other contenders include Jihad Azour, a former finance minister who is now the director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund; and Elias al-Baysari, the acting head of Lebanon’s General Security agency.

A president is needed to appoint a permanent prime minister and cabinet. The caretaker government that has run Lebanon for the last two years has reduced powers because it was not appointed by a sitting president.

The next government will face daunting challenges apart from implementing the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war and seeking funds for reconstruction.

Lebanon is six years into an economic and financial crisis that decimated the country's currency and wiped out the savings of many Lebanese. The cash-strapped state electricity company provides only a few hours of power a day.

The country's leaders reached a preliminary agreement with the IMF for a bail-out package in 2022 but have made limited progress on reforms required to clinch the deal.

FILE - Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun arrives for a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - In this photo released by the Lebanese Parliament media office, Lebanese lawmakers attending a parliament session, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 18, 2023. (Hassan Ibrahim/Lebanese Parliament media office via AP, File)