So everybody spring cleans when the warmer weather comes…right? Okay maybe I don’t. But the concept has me thinking about spring cleaning our bodies for health…
So everybody spring cleans their house when the warmer weather comes…right? Okay maybe I don’t. But the concept has me thinking about spring cleaning our bodies for health.
Health is happiness. So with that in mind for this health feature I thought I’d take a look at some of the products that have crossed my desk that aid good health and wellbeing. After all, you don’t appreciate it until it’s gone.
This is the best coconut water I have ever tasted outside of a coconut. Taste Nirvana Real Coconut Water, Real Coconut Water/Pulp and Real Coco Aloe are three of the drinks from this 100% natural brand made in Thailand, which is of course home to coconuts. The ingredients list is very short: coconut water, pulp, aloe vera. It’s not made from concentrate like some drinks are, and it’s gluten free and has no preservatives. For more info see www.tastenirvana.com.au/realand it can be ordered in New Zealand from www.bestbeverage.co.nz
Good health starts in the gut. The New Zealand health products company Radiance has these dietary supplements to aid good gut health with the presence of microflora and fibre – which are often lacking in our diets. Pro-B Regularity is a probiotic strain of BB-12 combined with fibre in a stick pack of one dose per stick that you can eat by itself or in food and drink. For more info see www.healthandherbs.co.nz
Is your skin getting enough food? You can ‘feed’ your skin, with mineral silica, essential for growth and function of connective tissues in nails, hair, skin and joint cartilage, in Q Silica One A Day tablets. It contains silica, biotin, zinc and selenium to help maintain elastic and gorgeous skin and hair. $54.90 for 30 tablets and $99 for 90 tablets from www.lifestream.co.nz and at Smith & Caughey stores.
To help your body on its ‘spring clean’, Red Seal Cider Slim improves digestion and internal cleansing. It contains apple cider vinegar, soya lecithin, Vitamin B6 and kelp to aid breaking down and uses carbs, fats, and proteins in our diet to boost energy levels and help good digestion. Cider vinegar is a gentle natural diuretic, cleanser and de-acidifier but can taste bad so this is a simple and easy way to take it. It’s $10.50 for 50 caps from supermarkets nationwide. www.redseal.co.nz
To help drive impurities from your body, and pump up energy levels, GO Healthy SlimFast Detox Diva may just do the trick. It’s a blend of kiwifruit extract Actazin, ginger, milk thistle, oats, Japanese knotweed, kudzu, and taurine. It cleanses and rejuvenated the body with a potent mix of Vitamins, minerals, nutrients and antioxidants. Detox Diva retails for $34.90 from health stores and pharmacies nationwide. www.slimfast.co.nz
If you want a mind-and-body approach, this might be perfect for you. I am super keen to start on them myself as I’ve been feeling sluggish and lacking in energy. Yellow Diamonds are a dietary suppplement that aims to assist the body in removing toxins, thereby increasing energy – without the use of caffeine as many supplements use – and improve mental clarity and focus. They contain a blend of Vitamin B3 (niacin), B1, B2, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Calcium, CoQ10, L-Aspartic acid, sodium bicarbonate, Magnesium, Potassium bicarbonate, and other nutrients. The idea is brilliant: that your body will make its own ADP (Adenosine Triphosphate) fuel by taking carbs and fatty acids and converting it into energy while allowing your adrenals to rest. Apparently, they also help you sleep better, AND increase your sexiness. Super pill, or what? www.yellowdiamonds.co.nz
Wondering how to get started on your healthy living plan? Need help to get on your way to detoxing? This could help. The trusted, eighty-year-old company Blackmores has a capsule-based detoxification called Kickstart Detox. It contains herbs to support the natural cleansing of five organs: bowels, liver, gall bladder, skin and kidneys to help remove waste from the body and get your digestive system working optimally again. Available from pharmacies and health stores nationwide. www.blackmoresnz.co.nz
To detox you need to obviously cut down on alcohol, sugar, cut back on stress, and get proper sleep. Yep, easier said than done. But don’t stress out about it! If you’re feeling stressed this may help: GO Healthy GO Adrenal Support nourishes the adrenal glands to help with feeling run down, having low energy, and feeling stressed out. Available from sleceted health stores and pharmacies nationwide. www.gohealthynz.co.nz
When I lived in London, people would buy Vitamin D lamps to get enough of this precious Vitamin as they worked all day and it was dark when you got home on the shortest days. Inadequate Vitamin D can mean lowered immunity to infection and disease. The clever folk at Lifestream have basically bottled sunshine with this new vitamin D3 1000iu vegan spray that smells like pineapple lumps. Vitamin D3 1000iu retails for $21.50 from health food and pharmacies and www.lifestream.co.nz phone 0800 88 1515
This gets the prize for the cutest name – No Show Ponies body scrub. It’s well known that a good body scrub aids circulation and is perfect while doing a detox. This stuff smells amazing; like fruity coffee grounds. It’s $16.99 a tin from www.noshowponies.co.nz
Ahoy there, women in distress! This is a way for women to DE-stress. Blackmores Stress support Women’s D-Stress contains nutrients for emotional exhaustion with B Vitamins and folic acid Magnesium, and Zinc. It starts at just $14.40 for 28 tablets from pharmacies and health stores and www.blackmoresnz.co.nz
This is the cheapest item on my health feature, and one I’ve been enjoying using personally for a while; Red Seal baking soda toothpaste. It tastes like actual baking soda and you feel so clean and zingy when you brush with it. It is paraben-free with no added fluoride. Available from supermarkets. www.redseal.co.nz
Megan Robinson
30 September 2013
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