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How Clean is Your Water?

Clean water is essential for life. We need water to drink, to bathe, and to clean our homes. If you suspect that your tap water contains impurities, look to the professionals for water quality testing. In no time, they will determine whether impurities are present in your tap water and then provide a solution for filtering out those impurities. Clean tap water is one of the most important things you should maintain in your home, as it provides numerous health and quality-of-life benefits for you and your loved ones, as well as the life of your appliances and pipes.

Product Review: Colflex® by Innotech™

ColFlex® Super Oregano Oil Spray is a great-tasting 4-in-1 oral spray containing essential oils of oregano, thyme, and spearmint oil in an extra virgin olive oil base, sweetened with stevia and fortified with vitamin D3. Spray orally to help relieve coughs, sore throat, travelling challenges, that “under the weather feeling” and for general oral hygiene and fresher breath. Lab tests show that ColFlex inhibited the growth of bacteria such as S. aureus and S. pneumonia after 27 minutes and inhibited the growth of E. coli and S. typhi after 9 minutes. Ask for Colflex® at your local Health Food Store.

It’s Okay to Feel Sad

Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows everywhere! Life just isn’t like that all the time. There are days when you feel like you can’t get out of bed. The feeling is more than just a bad day and it seems to persist. What to do? Identify the sadness or grief. Truthfully name it. Reach out to someone you know as trustworthy. Ask for permission to process your sense of sadness or loss or grief and permit that person the freedom to not have to offer solutions. The process of you speaking through your feelings are a step toward moving forward. You are more than what you feel on a bad day.

Natural Product Spotlight:

Innotech Nutrition Fasting Days™ – Research shows some of the main benefits of intermittent fasting include: safe weight loss, more energy, improved cardio wellness, relief from aches and pains, rebuilding of liver, normalization of insulin sensitivity, and immune system optimization. Innotech Fasting Days™ is doctor-formulated to help support your goals with a balanced nutrient powder that’s very low in calories, keto-friendly, vegan, non-GMO, non-dairy, and free of sugar, gluten, artificial sweeteners/flavours and colours. It helps with glucose metabolism, hydration and electrolyte balance, muscle mass, collagen formation, and hunger suppression.

A Perfect Possibility

“Perfect sky,” I said. “It is a perfect sky?” “Well, it’s always a perfect sky, Don.” “Are you telling me that even though it’s changing every second, the sky is always a perfect sky?” “Gee, I’m smart. YES!” ~Illusions by R. Bach. What part of your day is perfect? What ever-changing moment of your life is transforming into that beautiful possibility? Journaling gratitude is a practice that will increase perfect moments in your life. Daily journaling gratitude for something, someone, and one for yourself, try it today and tomorrow and the next day.

Tea and Toast Syndrome

“Tea and toast syndrome” refers to malnutrition in seniors when a lack of desire or inability to prepare and/or eat proper meals results in them relying on simpler meals like tea and toast. Seniors who skip meals almost daily, have gained/lost more than 10 pounds in the past six months, take medications, have dental issues, or have a disability can be at risk for malnutrition. Some common signs to watch for include unexplained weight loss, fatigue, memory issues, digestive issues, a weak immune system, muscle weakness, and anemia. There are support services available to help seniors eat well and regularly!

Ask The Expert

Q: Is it worth wearing sunglasses if my lens implants (from cataract surgery) have UV protection built in?
A: In short, yes. The protection from ultraviolet light in lens implants is meant to protect the interior of the eye (mainly the retina) from sun damage. However, these implants cannot protect the more exterior parts of the eye, like the cornea, the conjunctiva, and the skin on the eyelids. Many types of prescription lenses for glasses already have some UV or blue light protection, even if they are not sunglasses. This may be worth checking during your next eye exam.

Heal Shoulder Joint Pain

To eliminate the pain of frozen shoulder or rotator cuff injuries and to regenerate the joint, especially with osteo-arthritic elements; acupuncture, natural medicines and ozone are historically my treatment protocols. Hypoxia or the inadequacy of cellular oxygen reaching the body’s tissues causes degeneration in the ligaments. These treatments are excellent for all forms of musculo-skeletal and joint pain including chronic neck & back pain, rotator cuff injuries, degenerative, arthritic hips, knees, degenerated discs, shoulder and elbow pain.

Therapeutic Botox for Migraines

If you get migraine headaches often, you may wonder if there’s anything you can do to prevent them. Botox was approved in 2010 for adults who get chronic migraines. Botox works by blocking chemicals called neurotransmitters that carry pain signals from your brain. Botox is like a roadblock in that pathway. It stops the chemicals before they get to the nerve endings around your head and neck. Studies have shown that Botox cut down the total number of days migraine sufferers have headaches. They also have more “crystal-clear” – pain-free – days each month, and they report fewer days off work.

Vega Testing for Optimal Health

Vega Testing works with a device that is designed to use the acupuncture points in the hand to find any imbalances in the body. When referring to being in balance, the body transmits a vibration unique to each person and resonates it, everything is in harmony. If there is an imbalance, this vibration will show a change and the Vega device will help us in determining the problem. If you experience these symptoms, Vega Testing might be a good option for you: Fatigue, poor concentration, muscle pain, immune deficiency, digestion problems, IBS, Crohn’s Disease, allergies, anxiety, depression, bacterial or viral infections and nutritional deficiencies, among many more.

Purify Your Home

At the heart of GreenTech Environmental’s pureAir product family is the concept of active air purification. Using only moisture in the air, pureAir systems produce elements such as activated oxygen, plasma, and hydroxyls to continuously purify your home. Unlike passive air filters that require air to pass through them to be cleansed, active air purifiers propel oxidizers out to the sources of pollution in your space, continuously cleaning the air. You can now effectively remove allergens, bacteria, viruses, smoke, and all types of odors. Breathe easy knowing that providing your home with healthy air.