Flora Pulse - Jan-Feb 2018

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Pulse Wellness tips for a healthy lifestyle

Inside: How our gut bacteria boost our immune system Rethink Your Cleanse Find Your Energy

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Delicious Recipe:

Morning Rush Detox Smoothie Blend together until smooth: • ½ cup warm high quality water • 1 1-inch piece fresh peeled ginger (or ½-1 teaspoon ground ginger) • ½ cup frozen berries • ½ apple, peeled and cored • ½ cup juice, tart cherry or pineapple • 1-2 tbsp. lemon or lime juice • 1 tbsp. Udo’s Oil™ Omega 3+6+9 Blend • 1 tsp. - 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar • 1 scoop Flora Beyond Greens® • 1 tbsp. cocoa powder • 1 tbsp. Floralax® II • ¼ tsp. cinnamon • 1 dash cayenne pepper • 1 banana • 1 tsp. Flora MSM powder • 1 tsp. Maria’s Swedish Bitters • Garnish with shaved chocolate (opt.)

Add a refreshing detox smoothie into your daily routine for a powerful boost of nutrients and antioxidants!

Let’s Rethink Our Normal Cleanse By: Lisa Kilgour, Nutritionist It’s a new year and with that can come a whole list of resolutions.

We’d like to eat healthier or do more meal planning, but they can be hard habits to start—especially when we’re also recovering from a bit too much indulging over the holidays.

Let’s do a full rethink. Life tends to be a bit busy for a giant diet overhaul, and the truth is giant diet overhauls aren’t very effective.

If we manage to do it, we might feel fantastic for a week or two, but eventually the food prep or our busy lives throw one too many wrenches into our cleanse, and we go back to our old habits­—the same habits we were trying to cleanse away.

Instead just change one or two things. When those changes become habits, add another one.

Start with one big thing you’d like to change.

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The key is to only do this one thing; don’t try to add a bunch of little ones too.

For example, commit to bringing lunch every day for a month. That can take a lot of preparation and organization at first, so just concentrate on that.

Don’t add “and it must be superduper healthy/vegan/paleo/raw” or whatever diet you’d like to try.

Then add a few small ones. Our bodies want to get back into some healthy habits in January. December can be downright exhausting, so our bodies are aching for change. So once your big change is feeling pretty easy, slowly add a few small ones.

Some easy ideas: Add more fruits and veggies. Adding one more serving of fruit or veggies to your diet will make your body very happy. Throw an apple in your bag in the morning for an afternoon snack.

Get more sleep. Our bodies like more sleep during the long winter nights. Try getting to bed by 10 pm for a few weeks and notice your energy go up.

Drink a warm mug of Flor•Essence®. This is the easiest change I make every January. I help my body gently detoxify with an ounce of Flor•Essence® tea in warm water. It’s an old Ojibwa formula that supports a full-body detoxification, while also being gentle enough to take in January. Our bodies prefer spring and fall for a more heavyduty detox, but Flor•Essence® is gentle enough to take every day to support our bodies’ natural cleansing processes.

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Get moving. Studies have found that 30 minutes of exercise five times a week is like a magic pill. Try a lunchtime walk or park a bit further away from your building.

About the Author: Lisa Kilgour, Nutritionist Lisa Kilgour is regularly found drinking loads of water while hanging out by the lake in her very comfy yoga pants. Follow her at LisaKilgour.com or on Instagram @lisa.kilgour.nutritionist.

What is your favourite way to start the new year?

Let us know!

Share it on social and tag @florahealthy. #BeFloraHealthy

Find Your Energy for the New Year Feeling exhausted? Need a confidence boost?

Try these high-impact actions: Cut coffee and tea. Drink more water.

Boost digestion. Fortify with an energizing supplement.

Why it works: Cut down coffee. Using black tea or coffee for oomph doesn’t solve the root cause, and they block absorption of iron— the energy mineral—and can worsen dehydration!

Drink water. Dehydration is a common energy drainer and makes it hard to concentrate. Drink more water even when not thirsty - just not during meals!

Boost digestion. In times of high activity, when we need it most, digestion stops!

Take apple cider vinegar or bitter herbs before you eat and slow down and relax at mealtime to absorb energizing nutrients from food.

Fortify yourself. Iron is the #1 nutrient deficiency worldwide, causing irritability, tiredness, and chilliness. Iron could also give your morning routine a makeover: under-eye shadows, a lack of colour in your cheeks and thin, brittle hair are also signs of low iron!

Worried about …

Quitting coffee? Replace just one cup per day with herbal tea!

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Iron overload? You can safely take a daily dose of Floradix® without a prescription!

Give these energizing actions a try! What other ideas do you have to go into 2018 with optimal vitality and vibrant good health?

How our gut bacteria boost our immune system All of our nutrients pass through our small intestinal walls to be assimilated in the liver, but it’s not just nutrients that can pass through. Rogue bacteria and viruses can get into our body and wreak havoc.

But don’t worry! Your immune system has got you covered.

Eighty percent of your immune system hangs out around your gut, waiting to pounce on invaders the moment they make their way through the small intestine.

Our gut bacteria, otherwise known as our microbiome, plays a significant role in our immune health. Our immune system evolved with this bacteria, and over time they’ve created a strong symbiotic relationship.

And it’s our gut bacteria that are in charge.

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Our gut bacteria also calm the immune system down and reduce inflammation. When our microbiome is strong, our immune system is also strong and balanced.

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They keep watch inside the digestive tract and when they spot an invader they signal the immune system to attack.

An easy way to keep your gut bacteria happy and healthy is to take a human-strain, multistrain probiotic daily, and then feed your bacteria with lots of plant-based foods and fermented veggies.

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Delicious Recipe:

Blend together until smooth:

Elder-Power Smoothie

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2 tbsp. Flora Flax Oil 4 tbsp. organic Greek yogurt 3 g Acerola Powder 5 g Elderberry Crystals 1 c. frozen blueberries or raspberries 1 small banana 1 c. almond or coconut milk

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Maybe you’ve been putting off a cleanse, because, well, let’s face it…they can be harsh and leave you chained to the toilet, making for an overall unpleasant experience.

Flor•Essence is different. It is a gentle, daily cleanse that supports your body’s natural processes, helping it to remove toxins more efficiently than it can on its own. The truth is your body is really good at cleansing, but due to the number of toxins we’re exposed to, it can use a little daily support. Forget harsh, extreme cleanses, and turn to Flor•Essence for gentle daily cleansing that leaves you feeling rejuvenated. #CleanseHappy

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It’s time to rethink your cleanse with Flor•Essence®.

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