With so many quick weight loss tips and products on the market today, it’s easy to get confused. Try sticking with a real-food “diet” that will help you along your fitness journey. There are known foods that, when eaten with balanced meals, will help you shed those pounds. Cabbage is high in antioxidants, including vitamin C. It’s also high in fiber to keep you staying full for longer periods of time. Organic eggs are very high in protein, and contain a hormone that helps us burn fat, particularly around the abdomen. Yogurt is great because it’s not only delicious, but it’s full of probiotics. These good bacteria help get rid of the bad bacteria in your digestive tract. Keep in mind that when you eat, chew your food! Chewing will send a signal to your brain that you’re actually eating something solid. This helps your body to feel full faster.
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The Power of Epsom
Epsom salt isn’t really a salt at all; it’s actually a mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate and is named after a spring in Epsom, England, where it occurs naturally. Magnesium plays many roles in the body including regulating muscle and nerve function and reducing inflammation. Sulfates help the body absorb nutrients and flush out the toxins. This effective combination makes Epsom salt a natural miracle for the mind, body, and soul. Some of the many healing benefits of Epsom salt include: Reduces stress, relieves pain and inflammation, prevents blood clots and hardening of your arteries, reduces symptoms of PMS, reduces morning sickness, help ease migraine headaches and much more! To experience the numerous health benefits of Epsom salt, take relaxing, stress-relieving baths three times weekly by adding 2 cups of Epsom salts to a warm bath and soaking for at least 15 minutes.
5 Ways to Reduce Inflamed Arteries
1. Stop smoking. Smoking hardens the arteries and increases inflammation. Research shows you can reverse all the damaging effects to your arteries within 10 years of quitting.
2. Think olive oil, fish, and nuts. People who stick with a Mediterranean-style diet based on fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil can lower their levels of inflammation. It works by increasing omega-3 fats to fight inflammation.
3. Get active. Exercise is a great way to lower inflammation without any of the side effects. Shrink your waist size. If you’re a woman with a waist of over 35” or a man with a waist of over 40”, you probably have high inflammation.
4. Get enough sleep. A new study shows that elderly people with high blood pressure who sleep less than 7.5 hours a night have dramatically elevated chances of having a stroke or heart attack.
5. Reduce stress. High levels of stress hormones can lead to the release of excess inflammatory chemicals.
www.scoopandsave.com
Clean Eating: Spicy Cabbage Soup
Ingredients:
1 Onion sliced
3 Garlic cloves minced
2 diced Jalapeno
2 tsp Coriander
5 C Vegetable broth
1 15oz can diced Tomatoes
3 C thinly sliced Cabbage
2 diced Bell Peppers
8 Stalks of chopped Celery
2 Tbsp. Basil
2 Tbsp. Oregano
Salt and Pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Combine onion, garlic, salt and pepper, japaleno, peppers, celery and herbs and sauté until tender.
2. Add the tomatoes, cabbage and broth and bring to a simmer.
3. Cook for 45 minutes on low heat until cabbage is tender.
4. Serve and enjoy!
Myles Fanjoy
Business Spotlight
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Life Assure
www.lifeassure.com
Book Club: Wheat Belly: 10-Day Grain Detox
Through the New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly, millions of people learned how to reverse years of chronic health problems by removing wheat from their daily diets. Now, Dr. William Davis has created an easy and accessible 10-day detox program. Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox supplies you with carefully designed meal plans and delicious recipes to fully eliminate wheat and related grains in the shortest time possible. Perfect for those who may have fallen off the gluten-free wagon or for newcomers who need a jump-start to weight loss, this new addition to the Wheat Belly phenomenon guides you through the complete detox experience.
William Davis
www.wheatbelly.com
Medication Reviews
When managing multiple or complex medications, it is key to have an awareness of all of the potential side effects and possible drug interactions. This includes all over the counter medications. A pharmacist will review all of these products and help to ensure that you are taking the right products at the right times. Pharmacists conducting home visits can help to monitor the effects on a regular basis. If there are any concerns, the pharmacist will contact the physician to discuss possible adjustments in doses. The goal in all medication reviews is to prevent any issues before they happen. Medication reviews can often prevent falls, visit to hospitals or emergency rooms and help people stay in their own homes as long as possible. This provides peace of mind to both patients and caregivers, allowing them to more fully enjoy their lives. Call our pharmacist for a medication review in the comfort of your home.
Care At Home Pharmacy
www.careathomepharmacy.ca
STOP BUYING INTERNET GLASSES!
If you have gotten “lucky” by ordering your eyeglasses online meaning you can actually wear them on your face and see through the lenses, good for you! Unfortunately, luck has a LOT to do with it.
We take a huge risk when we can’t even try on our glasses first, and can’t hold them in our hands to feel every little creak. Plus how do you actually measure your eyes? Taking the individual distances between them to a fraction of a millimetre can obviously be difficult, and guessing at your optical centre height without the frame present is next to impossible! Licensed opticians still make mistakes at taking pupil heights when their patient is present, so I’m not exactly sure how late person is supposed to guess over a computer screen?
In addition to these challenges, virtually every lab returns a small percentage of eyeglasses that somehow slipped through the final check, and are made wrong. This is why a reputable surfacing/edging Iab will check many times throughout the edging process by a different set of eyes, and your trusted optician will do a final check when the glasses arrive at their office. But who checks out your Internet glasses? Who even makes them?
Fortunately today there are better choices! Many licensed opticians have frames and lenses that are extremely well-priced and will even check or fix your internet glasses! Call one today!
Christine Neustaeter, Eye GO Mobile Optical, www.Eyego.ca
YOUR NOVEMBER COMMUNITY EVENTS!
November 20 – 6:00 – 9:00 pm
November 21 – 10:00 – 5:00 pm
Aromatic Earth Aromatherapy Christmas Open House
Free Product Draws, Free Refreshments!
417 Haney Street
Sue Mazur, 204-232-1194
www.aromaticearth.ca
November 19
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Dog Body Language Seminar:
Learn to read your dog better, thus understand them better.
4180 Waverley Street. Grassroots Canine.
204-990-4423
www.grassrootscanine.com
November 14 & 28
Christmas Shopping?
Rides to St. Vital Shopping Center or Polo Park Mall.
$10 round trip!
Call to reserve your seat.
Triple L at Your Service, 204-261-0155
www.triplelatyourservice.com
November 15
10:00 – 3:00 pm
Optima Modern Apothecary Grand Opening & Christmas Sale
Custom Beauty Bar & Holistic Day Spa.
487 Provencher Blvd.
204-615-0588
www.immortellerevolution.ca
November 20
7:30 – 9:00 pm
Juice Plus+, Prevention Plus+, The Power of Whole Foods.
Inspiring Healthy Living Seminar – FREE @ Canad Inns St. James.
Alisa Herriman, RNCP ROHP CHCP.
November 26 – 6:30 – 9:30 pm
November 27 – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
A Journey through the Chakra system & how it connects to your emotional body:
A hands on workshop with D’Arcy Bruning-Haid.
Wellnessnews discount: $150 (regularly $175)
204-475-5339
Hot Tub Natural Solution
When sitting in your hot tub do you want to avoid soaking in chemicals and inhaling chemical fumes? Do you suffer with dry skin or rashes from using chemicals? Do you spend a lot of money, time and maintenance on your hot tub? The Natural Solution is an exciting advancement in water treatment. A chemical free all natural enzyme that is non-toxic to all living things and the environment. Our products are 100% guaranteed. Maintaining your hot tub has never been so easy. Use 1 bottle of our 3 month water treatment every 3 months. An easy maintenance system, enzymes keep working 24/7 so you don’t have to. Spend less time cleaning and more time enjoying your hot tub. A Natural Solution at last. Make the switch today.
Donna Ladan, The Natural Solution
www.thenaturalsolution.ca
Renew Your Routine
As summer slips into fall, we transition from the carefree living of summer back into our regular routines. For many that means recommitting to regular exercise, healthy eating, and weight management. Fall is a season of transition and a natural time for committing to a healthy lifestyle. The first step is to acknowledge that a healthy lifestyle is a priority. You have to want this so, identify your internal motivators and then tap into them. When you remind yourself of how healthy habits improve your life, you’ll be more likely to stick with them. Secondly, schedule your exercise. Treat workouts as seriously as you would a doctor’s appointment – they are just as important for your health. Thirdly, catch the energy of cooler temperatures to become even more active. Fall is an invigorating season. Tap into that energy and use it to craft your perfect, healthful, rest-of-the-year routine.
Anita Wilson, Curves Southdale
www.curves.com
*Reprinted with permission by Curves International 2015.
