All Posts from January, 2011

Jan
27
2011

Renew Life Specializing in Digestive Health: Coupons and Discounts!

Categories: Cleansing, Colon Health, Coupons, Detox, Digestive Health, FLYER SALE!, Savings At Alive!

About ReNew Life

ReNew Life was established in 1997 by Brenda Watson and her husband Stan. Brenda has become one of the nation’s leading authorities on natural digestive health, detoxification and internal cleansing. She is the author of 5 books on this topic and she has helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives through improved digestion, as part of her many public, TV and radio appearances and articles and seminars. ReNew Life produces the leading digestive health products available in health food stores and we take great pride in producing the best-quality products. We believe that through proper digestion and sensible dietary choices we can obtain the nutrition we all require to maintain optimal mental and physical health.

Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus have been carrying Renew Life products from the start, and we share the same vision as Renew Life.  The root of many other diseases are often caused by an unhealthy gut.  The good news is that there is much you can do about your health by starting with your digestive system.  If you are curious and you have never done a cleanse before, now is a great time because most of the Renew life Cleanses are in the Fabulous Winter Flyer until February first.

For further information and discounts there are additional coupons in the PDF below.

Renew Life Cleansing Information and Coupon for ALIVE – BC locations

Renew Life Cleansing Information and Coupon for Morning Sun – ALBERTA locations

As always thank you for reading, and we look forward to helping you with any health concerns you may have at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus!

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Jan
21
2011

Dr Oz Tips on Preventing Heart Disease

Categories: Alive Brand, Antioxidants, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Heart Health, Stress, Supplements, Weight Loss

A recumbent bike is easy on your joints, easy on your back, but gets your heart pumping!

We are always trying to help our customers achieve the best possible health they can.  Genetics play a factor, but what is even more powerful, is what we can do with our genetics by how we live, the choices we make, and of course the more knowledge we have on how to look after ourselves, the better off we will be.  Dr. Oz is all about prevention, and this has been our goal as well at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus.  There is lots of support on how to take charge of your health, but ultimately it is up to you to make the change. 

There is no better way to start then to start with your heart!  Heart disease is one of the most preventable diseases, but it is also the most common.  This article is a summary of Dr. Oz’s proposal to get a healthy heart in just 28 days.  Then of course there will be added tips along the way.

 

 

Something to think about:

  • Every 30 sec someone has a heart attack
  • Every minute someone dies
  • Every day 1300 people die
  • BUT it doesn’t have to be this way, so get rid of your fear and get excited about the changes you can make that will reduce your chances of heart disease by 90%!

5 Major Factors of Heart Disease:

  • Blood pressure
  • Smoke
  • Cholesterol 
  • Gender
  • Age

Remember that if you look at the 5 factors, you can change 3 out of the five, so it’s time to work on: Blood Pressure, Quitting Smoking, and Reducing Bad Cholesterol (LDL)

Other Major Points on Dr. Oz’s Show:

  • How to keep your arteries clean
    • Do this by: clean eating lots of vegetables 7 servings day, moving and stretching, doing activities, finding simple exercises you enjoy ( for me it is playing badminton, but when there is no time, I use the stairs in my house, or use my recumbent bike)
    • Reduce inflammation in the blood vessels, by stretching everyday before work and when you get home, also reduce your stress, because stress causes damage in blood vessels. Stress makes the blood vessel constrict and this is even more prevalent in woman

Dr Oz’s 28 Day Heart Challenge Broken Down into 4 Weeks:

Week One (Improving your arteries)

  • Artery maintenance
  • 2 Tablespoons of flax seed oil prevents blood from clumping
  • Oatmeal for breakfast holds your blood sugar, and keeps you from over eating
  • Stretch every morning and after work

Week Two (Incorporating Physical Activity)

  • Try to get moving, get your blood flowing
  • Challenge your heart: climb your stairs for 7 minutes a day
  • You can reduce your chance of heart disease by one third with regular physical activity!

Week three (Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol)

  • Eat 3 fruits a day
  • Vegetables are now your entree!
  • Meats are the side dish

Week four (Lessen Your  Stress – The Silent Killer)

  • Reduce stress: call someone for a social engagement once a week, pick up the phone and make a positive phone call when their is time, this all helps to reduce stress
  • People stressed and depressed are more prone to have heart attacks
  • Have sex more!

Dr Oz recommends the Mediterranean Diet!

  • Below is the Mediterranean Pyramid
  • 7 servings of veges beans, nuts oils red wine
  • Fish twice a week
  • Poultry eggs dairy
  • Meats small portions
  • Sweets

Other Tips and Interesting Things to Know

  • People living in the Mediterranean tend to live longer
  • They have 22% Less breast cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease
  • Dr. Oz is from Turkey
  • Hidden health secret from the Greeks… they eat their meals together with people and this reduces stress, they walk everyday and this contributes to less stress and they take time to power nap for 15 min a day
  • People in the Mediterranean rarely eat saturated fats
  • In Turkey people know their nuts and seeds: Nuts are filled with the good fats and they help the cholesterol to go down.  Nuts also regulate heart rhythm, they contain fibre and you don’t digest them all the way, which keeps you fuller longer
  • Lastly, love your heart, but also love your liver.  By choosing the healthier foods for your Heart, you will also be doing your liver a favour.  The liver has over 500 functions, one of them is that it detoxifies you!
  • Ways to help your liver is to eat: curry, garlic and broccoli

Some of Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun, and Supplements Plus top products to help you prevent Heart Disease:

  1. Strauss Heart Drops: Uncloggs Arteries, lowers Blood Pressure and Cholesterol!
  2. Fish oil!  We now have a one-a-day in the Alive Brand, called Ultimate Omega
  3. Platinum Multivitamins and the 45+ has Co-enzyme Q-1o which is a fabulous antioxidant for the heart!  If this Multi is too expensive we also have many others to choose from like Alive Brand Super One Plus, or Alive Brand Vital Plex!

As always thank you for reading, and we truly look forward to helping you with your health goals!  We look forward to seeing you at either Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun or Supplements Plus!

 

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Jan
19
2011

Tired of Night Sweats? Banish them with Harmony Menopause Formula!

Categories: Belly Fat, Menopause, Stress, Womans Health

Harmony Menopause in the Winter Flyer 120's $44.99! Until Jan31st 2011!

Menopause is a natural process in life that every woman will go through as their menstruation ceases.  It can actually be a wonderful time in life for a lot of women, but there are many who suffer from: night sweats, hot flushes, irritability, mood swings, headaches, sleepiness, fatigue, weight gain, vaginal dryness, dry hair skin nails and other unpleasant symptoms. What causes night sweats, mood swings?

A woman’s lifestyle is much different than it used to be.  There are different types of stress such as being in the work place, and in general life is more complicated these days.  Too much stress will be enough to upset both men and women’s hormones, which ultimately affects your health.  Other factors that cause menopause symptoms are: poor diets, and air pollutants.  Research shows that it is now common for over 70% of women in Western societies to experience difficult and uncomfortable symptoms as their hormones levels shift and change during menopause. 

What can you do?

Whether you are trying a natural herbal remedy for the first time, or you have tried many, but haven’t found one that works for you, Harmony Menopause formula is an excellent choice.  Basically, Harmony targets the underlying cause of menopause and empowers the body to balance the female hormones.  Once the hormones are balanced the body will be cool, calm, nourished, energy will improve and stress released.

How does Harmony Menopause formula work?  (Herbal Ingredients Below)

  1. Rehmannia glutinosa: clears heat from the body, provides the relief from the hot flashes, night sweats and irritability.  The other main function is to naturally increase stamina.  Also helps to support the adrenals.
  2. Vitex agnus-castus: this herb is known and proven to be the female hormone balancer.  Vitex is proven to help relieve: headaches, anger, and breast tenderness.
  3. Angelica polymorpha (Dong Quai):this herb helps to move the blood around the body, therefore improving circulation banishing cold hands and feet.  Dong Quai also helps to nourish the skin, and hair. 
  4. Dioscorea opposita (Chinese Yam): this herb is known as the kidney tonic which helps to regulate water.  It helps digestion and moisturizes the whole body.  This herb is also helping to reduce night sweats.
  5. Paeonia lactiflora: this herb is known as the liver tonic.  With a clean liver irritability, and mood swings decrease.  By supporting the liver, the body becomes calm.
  6. Bupleurum falcatum: this herb is known as the stress reducer.  It helps clear emotional frustration, however because of this herb, you CANNOT take Harmony if you are taking anti-depressants (prescriptions).

Calcium has been added in the formula to assist women in bone health and to help calm the nervous system.  Magnesium is there to help the absorption of calcium and it is there to help calm the nerves.  Lastly, there is vitamin D3 because many of us are deficient, and it helps to absorb calcium.

Dosage?

For tough menopause symptoms, take 2 in the morning and 2 at night.  For the beginning stages of menopause, or for POST menopause symptoms take 1 in the morning and 1 at night.  Also, this formula is designed to help women (young as 12 or women who have started menstruation) with PMS symptoms.  This may not make sense at first, but it all helps with Hormone Balancing, this is the key.  For mild PMS symptoms, 1 in the morning and 1 at night.  For young women such as 12 years of age, 1 a day. 

Conflicts with any other medications?

If you are taking prescription blood thinners or prescription anti-depressants you cannot take Harmony.  If you have more questions you can always ask your health care professional. 

As always, thank you for reading!  Also for more information we look forward to helping you at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun or Supplements Plus. 

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Jan
17
2011

Progressive Kids Multi-Vitamin: Focus and Stamina!

Categories: Antioxidants, Enzymes, Greens, Kids Health

Progressive Kids Multi-Vitamin

Parents always want the best for their kids especially when it comes to nutrition and therefore we have diligent parents coming in all the time to Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus, requesting a solid Multi-Vitamin for their growing kids.  Obtaining the proper nutrients these days has become extremely difficult with fruits and vegetables not as rich vitamins/minerals as they used to be.  In addition, we are continuously being exposed to new chemicals and toxins which rob us of our nutrients every second of the day. 

What is a reliable, well researched, well rounded Multi-Vitamin for your kids?

The Progressive Brand: Kids Multi-Vitamin, is one of the leaders when it comes to building a complete chewable Multi for kids and the world renowned Naturopathic Doctor Mikael Adams assisted in this fabulous formulation. 

What makes Progressives Multi for Kids different?

Not only does this multi have all the essential vitamins and minerals, it also has: essential fatty acids for example DHA is the essential fatty acid for brain development, cognition, focus, and helps kids with ADD (attention deficit disorder), there are also enzymes which helps to break down food preventing digestive complaints, there are also antioxidants which are often lost in our fruits and vegetables, and one of the most unique aspects of the multi is the greens that have been incorporated into the formula.  Therefore, Progressive Multi for kids is extremely complete.  Lastly, there are no preservatives, artificial flavours or sweeteners.  As you can probably see, this is truly a top notch Multi-Vit, for your top notch kid!

Other BENEFITS for taking Progressive Multi for Kids:

  • Increases healthy energy levels
  • Great for school and concentration
  • Helps regulate blood sugar levels
  • Helps protect a healthy immune system
  • Promotes healthy teeth and gums
  • Tastes great!
  • Helps balance PH

Always remember, that no matter how hard you try as a parent, there is no way to be 100% sure that your kids are getting everything they need.  It is very difficult to get everything in our food these days even when buying organic.  It is always important to do the absolute best you can eating wholefoods, greens, and a balanced diet, and then for insurance taking a good quality multivitamin is vital these days.  Even if you give your kids the best, kids are resourceful and they may not always make the best choices for themselves, or if they are at a friends home, they may eat very differently from what you may give them normally. 

For even more information on Progressives Multi-Vitamins there is a pamphlet on the product as well.

Progressive Multi-Vitamin for Kids Pamphlet

As always, thank you for reading and we look forward to helping you and your family enter a healthy and happy 2011!  Come see us at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus!

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Jan
13
2011

Lorna Vanderhaeghe’s Glucosmart Helping Countless People With: Blood Sugar, Belly Fat, Skin Tags and MORE!

Categories: Belly Fat, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, Diabetes, New Products!, Savings At Alive!, Skin Care, Weight Loss, Womans Health
 

On sale in Alive, Supplements Plus, and Morning Sun Flyer until January 31st! 30 vcaps for only $55.99!! Buy 4 and get additional 5 % OFF!

Lorna Vanderhaeghe

is one of Canada’s Natural Health authorities.  Her specialties are in Hormone Balancing and Women’s Health.  She continues to innovate new quality products in order to help millions of people around the globe with their health care needs. 

One of her latest products is called Glucosmart which helps to fight:

  • belly fat
  • skin tags,
  • reduce cholesterol
  • reduce facial hair in women
  • enhance serotonin which in turn helps with blood sugar cravings and appetite control! 

Customers often come into Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus asking for that MAGIC PILL and this product is the first one that comes pretty close!

To learn more about Glucosmart, Lorna Vanderhaeghe has written an excellent article explaining the benefits, the active ingredients (Chirositol), the dosage and more!

Glucosmart Article Written By Lorna Vanderhaeghe

As always thank you all very much for reading and if you have any further questions we are happy to help you at a location near you!

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Jan
5
2011

Winter Flyer Sale on NOW until February1st 2011

Categories: Cleansing, Detox, Savings At Alive!, Weight Loss
 
 
 
 

Here is to Health and Happiness for 2011!

It’s Winter Flyer Time which is our lowest prices of the year! 

If you are looking for a healthy start to the year, or if you want to continue on your healthy path this is a great time to save some money on your supplements.  A lot of our customers love our Volume Buying System which is another fantastic way to save money $$$  See stores for details.

Alive Winter Flyer Sale 2011 BC

Supplements Plus Winter Flyer Sale 2011 Ontario

Morning Sun Winter Flyer 2011 Alberta

One of the most exciting features in our flyer is the cleansing and of course weight loss products.  If you are eating well and exercising but you still have a few stubborn pounds standing in your way a long term solution as well as a healthy solution would be to do a cleanse.  Below is an article written by Dr. Gordon Chang Phd explaining further all the benefits of doing a detox. 

Article: Detoxification for Rejuvenation Written by Dr. Gordon Chang Phd

Also if you are looking for effective weight loss products, Dr. Oz raved about the ingredient Glocomannan as the most effective for 2010.  There has been a lot of people asking where to get Glucomannan and you can find it in Genuine Healths Go4Trim which I blogged about in November.  It is even on sale until February 1st at Alive Health Centre, Morning Sun and Supplements Plus. 

Extra ways to save money on top of the FLYER SALE:

Bottle Recycling! Remember to bring in your empty bottles because when you bring in your empty container and you buy the same product we deduct a dollar off if it is worth over 10 dollars, otherwise it is 50 cents off.  It is one container per bottle purchased and you have to bring in your empty container at the time of purchase.

Volume Buying! Most supplements you can buy 2 and get 5% off or buy 6 and get 1 free.  This does not apply to everything, but come into Alive Health Centre, Supplements Plus and Morning Sun and we can show you. 

Coupons! We also have coupons on top of the sale price!  For example there is some for Renew Life Cleanses, Teas, Sisu products and more! 

As always thank you for reading and we look forward to seeing you at a location near you!

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Jan
3
2011

Customer Appreciation Day Tomorrow: Tues Jan 4th 2011!

Categories: Savings At Alive!

Customer Appreciation Day Tues January 4th 2011!

Tomorrow Tuesday January 4th 2011 is your oppportunity to score some deals because it is the 1st Tuesday of the month and is therefore Customer Appreciation Day!

Customer Appreciation Day (CAD) is always the 1st Tuesday of every month!  This means that Tuesday January 4th 2010, is your chance to save on EVERYTHING in the store!  Vitamins, food, cosmetics; it ALL applies.  Come into Alive Health Centre and Morning Sun for details.

Customer Appreciation Day discounts are as follows:

15% OFF ALL REGULAR PRICED ITEMS!

ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS ON RED STICKER ITEMS!

5% OFF one single supplement

10% OFF 2-5 0f the same supplement

BUY 6 GET 1 FREE of the same supplement

*Some exceptions apply*

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