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Consumer Health Newsletter [Summer – Issue 7 Volume 2]

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Host a Green Party this summer

ummer is o� cially here and it is

the perfect time of year to gather

friends and family for a back-yard bash.

Family gatherings and parties can be

hard on our planet, with mounds of pa-

per plates and throw-away decorations.

Here’s how to have a fun, stress-free, and

good-for-the-environment gathering:

• Use real plates – yes, the kind you

have to wash, but that makes your

guests feel important.

• Forego plastic decorations in

favour of a variety of freshly-

picked � owers.

• Paper napkins might seem easier,

but they are harder on both the

environment and your wallet. Using

cloth napkins is actually just as easy,

except they go straight into the

washing machine, not the trash.

• Make a punch your centrepiece.

Not only do you reduce the stress

of setting your table, you eliminate

a great number of unnecessary

bottles and cans as everyone

drinks from the punch bowl using

their own, re� llable glass. Try our

“Sangria” recipe below.

• Serve ice cream for dessert in

an edible cookie bowl. Make your

favourite cookies and cook them

on an upside-down mu� n tin,

creating small bowls. Let cool, � ip

over, and � ll with your preferred ice

cream or sherbet. You’ll have fewer

dishes, and it’s way more fun!

Heart Healthy Red Beet “Sangria” Gather the following ingredients and mix together just before

serving for our delicious and nutritious version of Sangria. Top with

frozen fruit to keep your punch cold, or get fancy and freeze fruit

and herbs in iced cube trays for an additional wow-factor. Serves 4;

double or triple the recipe depending on your number of guests.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sparkling water

• 1 cup BIJA® Heart Hawthorn tea (made with 2 tea bags)

• 1.5 cups organic or fresh-squeezed orange juice

• 1-2 whole limes, juice only

• 3-4 tbsp Salus® Red Beet Beet crystals (to taste)

• Add fruit / ice cubes to garnish

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Consumer Health Newsletter [Summer – Issue 7 Volume 2]

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TAKE YOUR WORKOUT TO THE OUTDOORS

t’s especially hard to get motivated to go indoors to the gym for a

workout when the weather is nice – so don’t! Take your workout outside for a daily dose of exercise PLUS Vitamin D; here’s how: Grab a friend and go for a hike

– pack a picnic lunch to enjoy at the end.

Join an outdoor Boot Camp class – working out with others is more fun!

Go for a swim – if you don’t live near the ocean or a lake, the local outdoor pool is just as refreshing. Plus, some even o� er Aqua Fit classes.

Try something new – if you bore easily, new sports are popping up all the time. Why not give Stand Up Paddleboarding a go!

Take a stroll around the park – simply getting outside for a breath of fresh air is better than sitting and watching any show on TV.

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Far more lives are lost to diseases

caused by a lack of sunlight than

to those caused by too much sun.

Take a lunchtime stroll to get your

daily dose of this disease-fi ghting

sunshine vitamin.

Did you know

xposing our skin to the sun enables it to make vitamin D;

however, sitting inside your house or car, with the sun beaming through the window, doesn’t count. If your skin is covered in sun block, that doesn’t count either. In order to make Vitamin D, your skin needs to be unprotected. That’s right – you need to go outside without sun block in order to bene� t from the sun’s amazing healing powers. Sound backwards? It’s true, but it probably goes against everything you’ve been hearing, and teaching your children, for years. Short, unprotected sun exposure is all you need so please don’t spend the day cooking yourself to a lobster-red! Never stay out long enough to burn. Practise safe sun – 10 minutes at a time.

Robyn Lucas, epidemiologist at Australian National University who led a study published in the February issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/heart/articles/2008/06/23/time-in-the-sun-how-much-is-needed-for-vitamin-d

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