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Natural Product Review: Cardioflex Q10

Cardioflex Q10 is a Manitoba-made nutritional supplement designed for cardiovascular health. With a unique blend of vitamins and amino proteins, Cardioflex Q10 is a supportive natural therapy that enriches cardiovascular health, establishes cholesterol balance and reduces CRP (C-reactive protein). With this product you can expect some amazing results: Strengthen your cardiovascular system, dissolve atherosclerotic plaque, lessen the pain of angina pectoris, reduce the likelihood of heart attack or stroke, increase heart and other muscle strength and stamina, lower blood and tissue lipids (fats), and increase antioxidant intake. Give yourself natural immunity against viral, fungal, and bacterial diseases, including antibioticresistant strains. Reduce hypertension and improve overall health!

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5 New Year’s Resolutions to Boost Your Health

It’s a new year and a perfect time to start good healthy habits. Here are five tips to drive your immune system into gear so you can live 2017 full of strength and vitality! 1. Exercise. The Canadian Diabetes Clinical Practice Guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes of cardio plus two sessions of resistance training per week. 2. Eat more fruits and vegetables. The Mediterranean diet has been proven to lower one’s risk for heart disease and improve longevity. 3. See your doctor for routine checkups. Screening early for disease can help prevent or lessen problems from the disease. 4. Get vaccinated. This allows your body to fight off infections. Check with your doctor, nurse or pharmacist to see whether you are up-to-date. 6. Reduce stress. Meditate, do yoga and get plenty of sleep. Make time to pamper yourself!

Care At Home Pharmacy, www.careathomepharmacy.ca

The Best Way to a Persons Heart

This Valentine’s day, you might be thinking the best way to a person’s heart is through their stomach. While this may or may not be true, research shows one of the best ways to optimal mental health is, indeed, through the stomach. What you eat is critical to the health of your entire body including brain health. Many of the nutrients we digest are essential building blocks of neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) that regulate mood, appetite, sleep, weight and a myriad of other processes that work to keep us functioning properly. Diets containing whole grains, fresh fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, lean meat, and fatty fish as well as probiotic-rich foods like pickles, sauerkraut, and kefir are associated with better physical and mental health. Omega 3 fatty acid and vitamin supplementation can play an integral role in our mental health, reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Always consult your healthcare provider before making lifestyle changes.

Sean Miller, Canadian Mental Health Association, mbwpg.cmha.ca

3 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism

Are you looking to kick-start your metabolism? Here are a few tips! 1. Build Muscle. Your body always burns calories, even when you’re doing nothing. Your resting metabolic rate is much higher if you have muscle. After a session of strength training, muscles are activated all over your body, raising your average daily metabolic rate. 2. Keep Drinking. Your body needs water to process calories. If you are even mildly dehydrated, your metabolism may slow down. To stay hydrated, drink a glass of water or other unsweetened beverage before every meal and snack. 3. Power Up With Protein. Your body burns many more calories digesting protein than it does with carbohydrates. As part of a balanced diet, replacing some carbs with lean, protein-rich foods can boost metabolism at mealtime. Good sources of protein include lean beef, turkey, fish, chicken, tofu, nuts, beans, eggs, and low-fat dairy products. Now get ready to become a lean, mean, calorie-burning machine!

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Book Club: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō. Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you’ll never have to do it again. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. www.goodreads.com

Home Remedies for a Cough

Did you know that onions can be used to cleanse airways and reduce congestion? Try a poultice of roasted onion to the chest every few hours. They can also be drunk as a warm broth. Cabbage also works well, as it has an extraordinary ability to draw out toxin. Crush the leaves with a rolling pin until the juice starts to appear. Place 3 or 4 leaves over the chest and cover with gauze. You can also drink the juice of a cabbage sweetened with a little bit of honey. Adapted from the book “The New Guide to Remedies” by Paragon Staff

6 Ways to Alkalize Your Body

Did you know that your immunity is based on how alkaline your diet is? Having an overly acidic diet eventually leads to a weakened state, and our bodies become susceptible to disease. Here are six ways to alkalize – and healthify – your body! 1. Drink plenty of water. Drink half your body weight in ounces every day to keep your body systems regulated. For an extra boost in alkalinity – add lemon! 2. Trade coffee for tea. Green tea is highly alkaline. Try jasmine, Sencha or Matcha. 3. Kick that sugar habit. Use stevia, coconut sugar or small amounts of honey in place of sugar. 4. Eat more greens. Vegetables are highly alkaline and oxygen rich. Consume fresh green vegetables often as possible. 5. Move. Exercise to create more oxygen and qi flow in the body and to avoid stagnation. 6. Reduce stress. Meditate as often as possible, practice deep breathing, do yoga, and get plenty of sleep

Digestive Issues? Try Acupuncture!

The health of our digestive system may not be the top of mind, often, until it is no longer healthy and then it is the most important thing we deal with on a daily basis. Normal bowel movements occur every day or every other day. Acupuncture can relieve constipation or diarrhea. By assessing your digestion and water metabolism, we determine which organ(s) are out of balance. For constipation, points are chosen to stimulate the colon, strengthen the function of digestion, and bring moisture to the intestinal tract. Or if it is an excess type, points are chosen to reduce heat in the stomach and intestines, and promote the function of the Large intestine. For diarrhea, the points chosen will relieve bowel movements that occur more than once a day; with foul, smelly, burning stools or undigested food; alternating diarrhea and constipation; is worse after eating; occurs only in the morning.

Naomi Johnson R.Ac., heklaacupuncture.com

The Fast Track to Weight Loss

If healthier habits and weight loss are among your new year’s resolutions, good for you for making health a top priority! Here are a few tips to help you keep on track with your weight loss resolution. Write Your Goals Down. If you want to truly do something, write it down. Journals, food diaries, and to- do lists are extremely important to your weight loss plan. Remove The Temptations. Get into your kitchen and throw out all sugary snacks and from your refrigerator and pantry. If you don’t remove these tempting items, it will only be a matter of time before you break down and dive head first into the cookie jar! Meet Mini-Goals. Make small changes every week, and they will add up in time. It’s easier to move little pebbles than an entire mountain, right? Try a Weight Loss Supplement. If you need that extra boost consider trying a natural supplement, as approved by your doctor or nutritionist.

Nutrition Plus, www.nutritionplus.com/store

Physio Support for Breastfeeding

Physiotherapy can benefit many people for a variety of reasons, but did you know that it is also beneficial for breastfeeding mothers? If milk is not being removed effectively from the breast, it can cause a milk stasis which will result in a blocked milk duct. It will often cause a hard, tender lump that can include swelling. Risk factors for developing include improper baby positioning and latching, sore or damaged nipples, fatigue or stress, engorgement, compression from a tight garment, inadequate breast drainage, hurried or missed feeds and a pump with an ill-fitting breast shield. Physiotherapy treatment includes a combination of ultrasound, manual techniques, education, and heat. Mothers will be encouraged to bring their baby to the session and breastfeed immediately afterward. Treatment frequency is every day until symptoms resolve – usually 1-3 days.

Kristi Hunter MPT, BSc, Prairie Trail Physiotherapy, www.prairietrailphysio.ca

Book Club: Year of Yes!

How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person, by Shonda Rhimes. Shonda was an expert at declining invitations others would leap to accept. With 3 children at home and 3 hit shows on TV, it was easy to say that she was too busy. But in truth, she was also afraid. Shonda’s introvert life revolved around burying herself in work, snuggling her children, and comforting herself with food. Shonda’s sister muttered something that was both a wake-up and a call to arms: You never say yes to anything! The comment sat like a grenade until it detonated. Then Shonda knew she had to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say YES to everything that scared her.