Courage to SHOUT about Health.

On the weekend I was talking to one of my customers, she was telling me that her teenage son had just died from brain cancer.  It made me remember my best fried who died from an untreatable rapidly growing cancer when we were in our 20's.  It doesn't end there and it's all very sad.
However as I think about it the sadness changes to courage.  Courage to create a larger platform for health.  A platform for health, to SHOUT about health so that Australians begin to listen.
When you look at the Australian statistics we are not very disease proof.  We may live a long time but we are not very well.  In a recent study 75% of participants over 40 said that they lived with a chronic disease.  One in two blokes (one in three women) will live with cancer in their lifetime.  And as for fleshiness, we are drowning in it with 66% of Australians classified as obese.
We are at a stage where we can't afford to be complacent.  Health needs to be the first thing we think about when we wake up and the last consideration before bed.  We live a very different life from the one our bodies were adapted for and this needs to be factored in.  Every day we need to consider what we put into our bodies, consider what we do with our bodies and consider how we choose to think.
Maybe this is the key. Where to start? We may need to change our minds.  Change our minds and make better choices so that the chemical soup that we live in does not effect our bodies in such a big way.  This is going to take courage as you will be swimming against the current.  You may need to make decisions that may not be considered "normal".  But we already know that our "normal" is not working.  We are living with more disease than ever before.
What are my top 10 courageous decisions?

1. Nature, find it somewhere every day, hug the trees and breathe the air, relax in the feeling
2. Water, lots of it, fresh and as pure as you can get
3. Whole foods, vegetables and fruit and more vegetables.  Forget about anything in a packet.
4. Sunlight, 15 minutes per day to 70% of your body
5. Exercise and movement, minimum 1/2 hour each day. 
6. Find what gives you pleasure and happiness and spend some time each day doing it.
7. Throw away the garbage, do a detox, get rid of toxic relationships, shed the baggage.
8. Purpose.  Believe in something, find a dream and chase it to the end of the rainbow
9. Community. Put back for the greater good, feel the love in the air.
10. Family. Make peace and find a way to work together, creating a health platform for you all to stand on side by side.

What are your top 10 courageous decisions?  How will you find health?  Start little and then help me to join the SHOUT about health.

January is a time to Recharge and Relax

 

It seems that the end of 2012 involved a lot of racing around.  Our bodies were in full flight or fight response with cortisol flying around our systems.  Now is the time to change this, unwind and rejuvenate our bodies.
2013 I have unofficially made it the year of health to learn more and do more with our bodies, finding that health space.  A  good place to start is with Magnesium.

 Magnesium is pretty important, in fact it is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function. It helps relax the muscles, sodium contracts and magnesium relaxes our busy muscles.  Hence it is great to take extra magnesium in conjunction with exercise and when we are asking our bodies to do extra.

Magnesium keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong. Magnesium also helps regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and is known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis . Magnesium is taken as a supplement to prevent and manage disorders such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Dietary magnesium is absorbed in the small intestines. 


Thinking some extra Magnesium could help you? Luckily Ethical Nutrients has just the thing to help......Recharge and Relax

Meta Mag™ Magnesium and Rhodiola for Energy and Stress Relief.

It may;

• Improve mental performance when stressed and fatigued.
• Reduce physical and mental fatigue.
• Maintain a healthy stress response.
• Be beneficial during times of stress.
• Assist cellular energy production.

This product is available in Cranes Pharmacy or at www.rosemarymanners.com.au

Superfoods; Are they sexy or what? Part two

Here's a list;

Quinoa, almonds, chia seeds, kale, coriander, seaweed, cacoa, cinamin, coconut oil, goji, spiralina, chorella, berries and there's more. Some you may find in your cupboard, some at your pharmacy and some at health food stores

They are foods that are nutrient dense and full of vitamins and antioxidants.  These help your overall general health and wellbeing but do you know what to do with them?

Here's 2 recipes to start you off.  The super green powder and spirolina powders are available at www.rosemarymanners.com.au or in the pharmacy.

Super Green Power Smoothie                            

Spirolina Protein Power Balls      

Super foods; Are they sexy or what?

Superfoods are the January buzz words and we can't get enough of them.  In fact at Harmony Pharmacy we have filled the front window with them!

Many prominent health experts recommend the use of supplemental chlorella, a single celled algae, is most well known for its reported ability to reduce heavy metal and chemical toxicity in the body. It is also considered a good source of B-vitamins and quality protein for vegetarians, and has a range of health benefits including: increased cognition, enhanced immunity and digestion, and it may also aid maintenance of normal blood glucose levels. Like a lot of 'superfoods' and 'green' products there are undeniable benefits from taking chlorella. The question is: Could you be getting more from your 'Greens'?... Good Green Stuff is a product that I use and recommend to my athletes and patients, and it incidentally includes chlorella as one of the core ingredients.
Spirulina – The other algal superfood. Included in the Good Green Stuff formula is another algal superfood: spirulina. This provides many synergistic effects with chlorella, due to its higher protein content and higher amounts of essential fatty acids and certain b-vitamins. It makes sense to include both of these ingredients to get the greatest nutritional benefits.
But there is more to the Good Green Stuff than these superfoods! Good Green Stuff incorporates a range of highly alkaline and nutrient dense vegetable extracts to further provide a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals and increase alkalinity (which is important because our modern lifestyle and diet promotes low grade chronic acidosis that is damaging to the body.) Antioxidant rich fruits and berries are also included to help offset the effects of free radicals (that cause premature aging and encourage inflammation), whilst adaptogenic herbs in the formula help our bodies to respond to stress more effectively.
Finally, the digestive and detoxification benefits of chlorella and spirulina are enhanced by the addition of herbs that support digestion, gastro-intenstinal health and provide liver and kidney support (such as Milk Thistle, Dandelion, Slippery Elm and Ginger.) So.... You could take chlorella, spirulina, a multivitamin/mineral, antioxidants and a range of herbal tinctures each and every day (and drive yourself mad in the process!) Or... You could take one serving a day of Good Green Stuff! More on Good Green Stuff here.

http://www.harmonypharmacy.com.au

Rosemary Manners Author from Digital Authors Academy Course

Have you ever considered writing a book?
They say everyone has a least one book in them so is now the time...?
If you are anything like me I had not idea where to start. Save time and money and let Pam teach how to get a book onto kindle and by the way it's fun too.
Look at mine  Happiness Within

Seven Women

From humble beginnings.... Seven Women is a not for profit organization. We provide skills training and employment for disabled women in Nepal to become self sufficient by making beautiful craft which you can buy here on this site or from our wonderful retailers around Australia. Seven Women began in 2008, when founder Australian, Steph Woollard, funded skills training for seven women she met who at the time were operating out of a tin shed. WIth these newly learnt skills the women made hand made items designed by Steph to sell in the Australian market. 100% of the profits from the sales of these products have been spent on building the project into a women skills training centre which to date has employed and trained over 450 women. 450 women trained and employed
YOU can make a difference, we can make a difference.  At the pharmacy we are making up toiletry bags for the new women who enter the centre. You can donate $10.00 to each bag that we send to Nepal through the Seven Women Organisation.  Each will contain simple things that we take for granted, a toothbrush, soap,  toothpaste, face cloth and some sanitary pads.



http://www.seven-women.com/

Do you have a hearing problem?

Free Hearing Check at Cremorne Pharmacy
by an Audioligist from Australian Hearing
January 30th 1-3pm   Book Now  99531503
FREE


Do you or someone you know have a hearing problem? Referring  someone to an audiologist is simple and could significantly enhance the quality of their life. It's often easy to tell if someone has a hearing problem. They will ask you to repeat yourself or they will only pick up certain words and guess what you have said. You can help identify a hearing loss by asking the patient some simple questions: Do you often ask people to repeat themselves? Do you find it difficult to follow conversations when there is background noise? Do others complain that you turn the TV up too loud? Do you have trouble hearing the phone ring? Even though a patient might come in for a different problem, if you suspect they have a hearing loss, it's important to address it. Research shows it takes people up to seven years to take action. Their family has probably already told them to get their hearing checked, but they are often reluctant to do it .  Act now it's close and simple at your friendly pharmacy.