A good run in business and in health

Posted November 07, 2009 19:01:00

Tina Arceo-Dumlao

Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Seventy-three-year-old Carl “Sam” Rehnborg, Ph.D., likes to think of himself as not just the walking, but the marathon running, skiing and basketball playing advertisement for the Nutrilite nutritional supplements first developed by his father in 1934.

Rehnborg tells the Inquirer in an interview at his office in the sprawling Nutrilite Health Institute in Buena Park, California that he has been taking Nutrilite vitamins and food supplements since 1936—longer than anybody else—and he wholeheartedly believes this is why he is still in the pink of health.

Dr. Sam has always been into sports. He was once a wide receiver on the football field, a guard on the basketball court and a second baseman on the baseball diamond. He is still known to demolish opponents on the tennis court and can hold his own on the ski slopes. Add to this long list his interests in golf, scuba diving and most recently, Pilates. But it is running that is taking up a good chunk of his schedule these days, and it is a passion that he shares with his wife, Francesca.

Together, they have participated in numerous marathons, including those in New York and Boston. They also go each year to the Honolulu Marathon with the hundreds of independent business owners selling Nutrilite products around the world.

“My wife and I always go out for a run. We can never go out and not come back feeling better after a good run,” says the chemical engineering graduate of Stanford University and holder of doctorate in biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley. “Exercise can really relieve any stress and gives you the energy to face any challenge.”

It is this message of optimal health that Dr. Sam, as president of the Nutrilite Health Institute, passionately shares with everybody, from the students to the independent business owners (IBOs) that form the backbone of the Nutrilite and Amway Corp. organization and the users of the Nutrilite line of food supplements.

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