Don’t get caught in a vicious circle of allergy flare-ups! Did you know that using the wrong cleaning products to minimize allergens like dust mites, pet dander, and mold can actually make your allergy symptoms worse? Here are the 10 most common toxic chemicals found in cleaning products that might be worsening your allergy symptoms: • Phthalates • Parabens • Lead • BPA/BPS • 14 Dioxane • SLS • PVC • Triclosan • Oxybenzone • Diazolidinyl or Imidazolidinyl Urea
Make sure you always read the labels of your cleaning products. With the right products, some elbow grease, and a regular cleaning regimen, you can find allergy relief in your home.
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The Mind-Body Connection
Your body responds to the way you think, feel, and act. When you are stressed, anxious, or upset, your body reacts in a way that might tell you that something isn’t right. The mind and body are mirrors for each other and this connection can be a valuable way to discover underlying issues or blocks that are preventing healing. If you are having pain, discomfort, and/or tension in the body, then there is also some sort of pain, discomfort, and tension in the mind and emotions. The body is also communicating with you at all times.
Soup up Your Gut
Our intestines are responsible for the breakdown and absorption of nutrients from the food and liquids we consume. In order to accomplish this, the gut lining must be semi-permeable. Sometimes this lining is more porous than it should be – a condition called leaky gut – which allows undigested food to enter the bloodstream. This causes inflammation, a potential root cause of most illness and disease including mental illness. One effective way to repair the gut lining (and warm up on a cold winter day) is to drink mineral and nutrient rich bone broth made from organic beef, chicken, or fish bones.
Got Vitamin D?
One of the best sources of vitamin D occurs naturally from sunlight. However, those of us living in Winnipeg are in short supply of this natural resource in the winter months. Some symptoms of vitamin D deficiency include depression, reduced wound healing capacity, fatigue, or becoming sick often. During the winter months, consider asking your physician about taking a vitamin D supplement, or eating foods that are high in vitamin D, such as fish (tuna, mackerel, salmon, and cod liver oil), egg yolks, beef liver, cheese, and mushrooms. When summer arrives again, go outside for some fun in the sun!
Community Event
Feb. 21, 7 p.m. What Are Your Aches & Pains Telling You? Come out and learn how to listen to your body! Inspire You Studio, 435 Rosser Ave. For more info, call: 204-571-9298, InspireYouStudio.com
Being ME in a Relationship
Love is complicated sometimes. From a neural perspective, the prefrontal cortex can be what is keeping our attention and decision-making in a type of tunnel vision. Our amygdala can have us caught between the excitement of this adventure called love and the fear of losing it all with the wrong comment or gesture. After Brainwave Optimization sessions, a recent client declared: “This has been life changing. I feel tremendously better and calm. I have a sense of inner peace and joy that I have not experienced before, and it’s simply helping me just be me in my new relationship.”
Evergreen Holistic Health Centre
Do you suffer from allergies, chronic illness or a weak immune
system? Evergreen Holistic Health Centre can help eliminate
allergies, detoxify metals and toxins, strengthen your immune
system, revitalize organs plus test products for toxins. All by
utilizing a technology that has been used in Europe for over 20
years. Bioresonance Therapy. Computer hookups collect data
while the electrodes are testing the body. Based on the collected
data, the electrodes can be focused on a particular portion of the
body in order to address a blockage of energy flow. The computer
has an electronic filter that can harmonize the frequencies in the
body so every organ can work properly. This machine strengthens
the natural vibrations to return their electromagnetic fields
to optimal levels. Evergreen Holistic Health Centre
Need More Magnesium?
A 2006 report from the World Health Organization estimated that 75% of adults consume a diet that is deficient in magnesium. One in five adults consumes less than half of the U.S. RDA for magnesium. A study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control, published in the Journal of Nutrition, explains: Magnesium is an essential element that is crucial to hundreds of physiologic processes in humans. Not surprisingly, inadequate intake of magnesium has been linked to various adverse health outcomes, including the development of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and headaches. Furthermore, magnesium is important in bone growth and may play a role in athletic performance. Marita Dowsett, B.P.T. Physio4U, Physio4u.net
Quit Smoking with Laser Therapy
Is quitting smoking on your ‘New Years Resolution List’? Have you tried just about everything, with little success? Laser Therapy is clinically proven to help to control cravings and withdrawal symptoms. In clinical studies, patients report a noticeable reduction in cravings, and have a higher chance of success in quitting. The benefits of quitting smoking with laser over other interventions include no medications with unpleasant side effects, no unhealthy nicotine in your system in the form of patches, and pleasant side effects of relaxation which are a result of the endorphins released in response to the laser. Start the New Year as a nonsmoker, and making smoking a habit of the past. SmartChoice Laser Centre, SmartChoiceLaser.com
Access Consciousness
The target of Access Consciousness is to help get people to the point where they are conscious enough to create change within themselves, so that it is also possible to change everything that is not working for them in their everyday life. Once people begin to be more conscious, it will be easier to thrive in the face of the shifts that are occurring everywhere on the planet right now. There are courses available for helping you get real-life tools you can use and showing you how to get where you would like to be. Are you ready to invest in YOU? Robin Chant, Inspire You Studio, RobinChant.com
New Year Resolutions
It’s wonderful to want to make changes in your life. The problem is, change doesn’t happen overnight, and most resolutions end up being abandoned. Then we feel guilty about it. Consider, instead, small sustainable steps towards a healthier lifestyle. Being healthy isn’t just about what we eat and how much we weigh. Real wellness includes how we talk to ourselves, our outlook on life, and how we deal with stress. Feeling better can start with any of these things. See January as only the beginning of your wellness journey!
