Issue 6
  
Food Body Health Quarterly E-Newsletter
 
In This Edition
Welcome
Food Body Health
Christmas Break
Food Body Health
Ridding Reflux
Food Body Health
Pressie ideas
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Food-Body-HealthWelcome

It's about your health and vitalityWelcome to our final 2007 newsletter.
   It has been a busy year and it has been a wonderful privilege to be of service to our clients. We look forward to being of assistance in the new year.
   In the meantime, we have some news on how to rid or prevent reflux. Christmas and any other festive time is a major trigger for reflux with all the rich food and overeating we tend to do. A few tips here may save you unnecessary pain. 
  We have some gift suggestions from FB+H and also our closing dates for the end of the year. 
   May you all have a fabulous festive season and a healthy and happy 2008!  

Jan & Pamela


 
 

Food-Body-HealthChristmas Break

Food, Body + Health will be closed over the festive season and doing something like the person at left, lots of relaxing and recharging! 

We are closing on 21st December and will re-open on Tuesday January 8th. If you are likely to need to supplements or herbal medicine supplies to keep you going over the break, please let us know by the 14th December so we can make sure we have them in stock for you to collect before we close.


 
 

Food-Body-HealthRidding Reflux

                
You probably thought you'd never see us putting a picture of fries on our newsletter! You're right because we don't encourage you to have these very often, if at all. Fries are just one food that can trigger off acid reflux so are best avoided if you do suffer with this painful condition.  

Other foods that are common triggers for reflux are coffee, citrus fruit and citrus juices, peppermint, spearmint, curry, chilli, fatty foods, alcohol, onions, tomatoes, chocolate, creamy sauces or desserts, and pastries. Overeating can also trigger reflux or eating a large meal too close to bedtime. Stress is a major factor in those with chronic reflux.

Our suggestions for helping to prevent or manage reflux are:

  • avoid the above trigger foods and drinks;
  • mix 1 tsp of slippery elm powder into a glass of water and drink just before each meal (slippery elm protects and coats the oesophagus and helps reduce reflux). You can take a few slippery elm capsules before meals instead if you prefer. People with a hiatus hernia should take the slippery elm about an hour after meals;
  • at the first sign of reflux drink a big glass of water to help reduce the symptoms;
  • eat smaller meals to reduce the load on your stomach;
  • don't eat a large meal too close to bedtime;
  • if you have a hiatus hernia raise the head of your bed by about 15cm to help prevent acid travelling upwards from your stomach when you lie down;
  • you may need a supplement to help with stomach digestion - check with us first; and,
  • take some time out each day to relax if you think stress is the trigger and spend a minute or five each day taking some long slow deep breaths to help release tension from your body.


 
 

Food-Body-HealthPressie ideas

Some great gift ideas for sale at Food, Body + Health:
  • A gift voucher for a remedial massage, a naturopathic consultation or a new year's cellular health analysis consultation - call us for prices as this will depend on the service

Books by Jan:

  • The Detox Cookbook, Cleansing for Food Lovers   $29.75
  • The Eat Well Cookbook, Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Recipes for Food Lovers (which recently won an international award for Best Weight Control Cookbook)   $35.00
  • Juices recipe book  $19.95

                   

 


 
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