Do you feel the pain? Is yoga going to break your body?!

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Henry Maitland

Do you feel the pain? Is yoga going to break your body?!

Before I launch into this month’s health tip I just want to say hello to all our new readers and clients. I feel privileged that you have chosen to shop with us and very much hope that you find additional value in this newsletter and the articles that I do my best to write.

Do you feel the pain? Is yoga going to break your body?!

Do you feel the pain? Is yoga going to break your body?!

The reason for writing this newsletter is that health cannot just be about supplements, as there name clearly suggests they are supplemental and therefore are only a part of a healthy life, diet and philosophy of being.

To maintain integrity whilst selling even the highest quality supplements I feel there should be a responsibility to our education as to the other aspects of health that need to be addressed to reveal a balanced and a truly vibrant and happy life.

I try to cover a broad range of topics throughout the year so that we address all the foundational principles of what it is to be healthy. Through the year we will be looking at food and diet, sleeping, exercise, breathing, thinking or philosophical outlook, and hydration amongst other topics. Please feel free to send me any suggestions for topics you would like covered.

So what’s all this about yoga breaking my body I hear you ask!

I was relaxing on Sunday with a few of the papers (which I don’t read often for reasons that are perhaps beyond the scope of this post) and was interested to see the title ‘Do you feel the pain?’ with the article being on the dangers of yoga… can it be that yoga is ruining our bodies!?
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Evolution Organics Breakfast Shake

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Henry Maitland
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Try the Evolution Organics Breakfast Shake

Forget the early morning coffee and bacon sandwich and why not try an Evolution Organics Breakfast Shake? Guaranteed to set you up for the morning and really will leave you feeling full until lunch. And what’s more it’s a concentrated source of vitamins, minerals, proteins, essential fats, enzymes, co-enzymes, herbs, and probiotics! Everything you need in one drink to help you stay healthy and well throughout the day.

Our recipe also contains:

  • Cacao nibs – nutritious superfood, high in antioxidants and minerals
  • Maca Powder – increases energy, enhances stamina, mental clarity and athletic endurance
  • Cinnamon – contains many health benefits and is rich in calcium and fibre
  • Blueberries – full of antioxidants which help to counteract the presence of toxins in our bodies
  • Nuts – good source of fats and makes the shake taste creamy
  • Banana – high in fibre and filling

Ingredients

Method

Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.

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3 powerful strategies to empower your life and detoxify this New Year.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Henry Maitland
3 powerful strategies to empower your life and detoxify this New Year

3 powerful strategies to empower your life and detoxify this New Year

Before we get going on the first health tip for 2012 I just want to firstly say happy New Year and thank you to all of you that bought from us in 2011. We very much hope that you enjoyed the products that you purchased and that you will continue to find new and interesting products and information from Evolution Organics throughout the year to come.

So here we are again at the beginning of a new year. Many of us at this time get the motivation to take steps towards a new start, and often that new start is related in some way to health and fitness.

With this in mind I thought today we could take a look at some of the ways in which we can increase the body’s ability to detoxify from the chemicals that have built up in our systems over Christmas and perhaps long before that too! Focusing on cleansing the system is a great way to initiate weight loss, improve skin quality and overall increase our level of wellness vitality and immune response. It also makes sense that it will be an effective part of a longer term strategy to reduce the chances of serious disease. If your body is free of toxins all the major systems can work more effectively with less degeneration and pressure.

1. Get moving and use aerobic exercise to shift those toxins

Generally speaking we associate aerobic exercise as something that we may (or may not) do to improve our cardiovascular function, lower blood pressure, lowering of stress levels and giving us a boost of feel-good hormones for mental well-being. Now these are all great benefits and these alone would make doing some aerobic exercise well worth while… hint hint.
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Vega Thrive berry sachets – The convenient and complete Whole Food Health Optimizer!

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Henry Maitland

When it comes to people failing to get good nutrition into their bodies the thing I hear more than anything else is that they are too busy and on the go all day. The best possible solution is to take time out to plan better. This enables us to look at what we need to do to ensure that we have time to either source good food on the go or to prepare high quality organic or locally sourced food for the day before we leave the house in the morning.

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I do however understand that to do this every day of the week is very difficult. For the days when you can’t get all the nutrition you need or if you feel overwhelmed and just need to find a quick way to support your body these 30g packs of incredible superfood nutrition from Vega can offer a great solution.

Small packs can fit into any bag and this great tasting shake can be mixed up where ever you are. I still recommend that you do your best to source high quality organic foods however when this can’t be done this is a great alternative.

Formulated by Brendan Brazier, vegan, professional Ironman triathlete and best-selling author on performance nutrition, Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer is a synergistic collection of plant-based super foods. Each serving of Health Optimizer is power-packed with nutrition, yet only has 100 calories!
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Are you looking for key strategies to keep your energy high and your immune system strong though the cold winter months?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Henry Maitland
Feel energized and healthy this winter

Feel energized and healthy this winter

Essential strategies to boost your immune system this winter

It’s always at about this time of year that we begin to see the steady rise of winter illnesses as the cold dark nights envelop us. The question is what we can do to not only keep our immune systems firing on all cylinders but also how to keep our energy levels high.

I have chosen 6 key areas to look at to boost your immune response. Any one of these can be very powerful so you wouldn’t need to do them all! Why not choose one so that you feel you can make a start, the one where you feel it will have the biggest impact on your life.
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Goji Berries & Maca Raw Chocolate Balls – Can something this tasty be good for you?!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Henry Maitland
Buziball, Chocolate Goji and macca

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It’s great to be healthy, to be full of energy, and I very much enjoy living a healthy life and all that it entails. I do however subscribe to the 80-20 rule. That’s 80% truly healthy living and 20% not so healthy living. It gives life its balance and allows one to enjoy some of the finer things, such as good wines and incredible chocolates.

If you’re a fan of chocolate but are concerned about the sugar and its effect on your waist line and energy levels then these incredible tasting chocolaty wonder balls may be right up your street. I do like chocolate and as a result am always slightly concerned that ‘chocolate alternatives’ will taste really awful and in many cases I have been proved right, not so with these.

These raw chocolate balls are seriously good and not only that, they also pack a nutritional punch.  Not only do you get the fulfilment from the chocolate you crave but you get to feel good about eating them too. I still consider them part of my 20% ‘not so healthy’ but on the grand scheme of things as a chocolaty treat they are allot better than most commercial options.

More about the Gorgeous Chocolate Heart Company and their raw chocolate balls
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Is the Ultimate Meal from the Ultimate Life company truly the Ultimate Meal!?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Henry Maitland

The ultimate meal 400gr

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One thing that I can say about the The Ultimate Life’s The Ultimate Meal that gives it an advantage over other meal replacements shakes it that it’s truly filling; it really is a meal in a shake. For this reason I think that it’s worth trying if you find other shakes don’t actually fill you up.

The Ultimate Meal was the first meal replacement shake that I was introduced to and I took this on a daily basis for many months. It’s nutritionally excellent, this I am in no doubt about at all and it’s certainly truly filling. The reason that I eventually moved to a different shake was simply because it does not work for my life style.

If you have a place where you can prepare your Ultimate Meal at the time that you need it then this product is perfect and I would highly recommend it. To get its full benefits, The Ultimate Meal needs to be blended with an apple or banana and you’ll need an electric blender to do this. For example if you take The Ultimate Meal as a post work out shake and you can go home and make it or if you have a kitchen at work where you can prepare it then this will work for you.

I take a meal replacement shake when I am working many back to back hours with clients, so I don’t have the time to stop and blend a shake (with an electric blender) and this is why a shake that I can simply mix with water and drink without the need for blending works well for me.

I would also recommend that if you take The Ultimate Meal youshould perhaps add some protein as I feel it’s a little high in carbs particularly as you really do need to add a banana or apple whilst blending to improve the flavour.

We now sell The Ultimate Meal in the smaller 400g tin so if you have not tried it and want to try it this is the perfect place to start.

Here is what the team from The Ultimate Life have to say about The Ultimate Meal followed by some of the ingredients and the benefits they could have for you…
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If you knew the single most important action you could take for optimal heath, would you do it?!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Henry Maitland
Focused relaxation, meditation, contemplation. However it works for you it is the single most important fouundation for health.

Focused relaxation, meditation, contemplation. However it works for you it is the single most important foundation for optimal health.

Over the last ten years of my training in health, fitness and healing I have been educated to look for the etiology of a problem, for the primary cause of pain rather than potentially just addressing the symptoms. I have to say that this has been, still is, and most likely always will be a tough learning curve however it promises the greatest results.

The importance of finding the primary cause of pain can be demonstrated easily with regards to our physical health in issues that I see on a regular basis. Knee injuries are a simple and, I feel, clear example of how not looking for the primary cause of an issue can lead to ongoing problems and incomplete rehabilitation long term. Although this is a very specific example it does lead to a broader and extremely important concept for health so stay with me!

When a person has a serious knee injury it will be assessed. Let’s say the injury was a serious tear of the cartilage and it would need surgery to mend it. The diagnosis of the condition of the knee is absolutely correct and indeed the patient may well need surgery to mend the cartilage. After surgery the knee settles and the pain is reduced if not gone completely after a period of recovery and so the surgery is deemed a success, and indeed in isolation this is true and accurate. This person may then be advised to have physiotherapy to strengthen the knee and make sure the joint is strong.

The problem of course is that the cause has not been addressed, so is the knee still vulnerable to injury… yes…is there a good chance it will happen again given the same level of activity… yes… and as its been injured before is the knee more vulnerable considering the casual factors are the same? .. Yes.
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CherryActive – Award winning Super powerful antioxidant!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Henry Maitland
CherryActive

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A few months ago I wrote an article discussing the ‘ 3 top supplements for optimal health’  In this article we were looking at what the top 3 foundational supplements might be , these would be the basic supplements that would have the greatest value for everyone. I came to the conclusion that we would most likely all benefit from a probiotic, a high quality oil such as fish or krill and either a protein or a powerful antioxidant.

Cherry Active is a great example of a super powerful antioxidant with multiple health benefits that would make a great choice as one of your key foundational supplements for optimal health and wellness.

Cherry Active was founded in 2005 by John Carey after discovering that the Montmoerency Cherries were a natural remedy for his gout pain. From here CherryActive as gone on to win best supplement of the year at the natural lifestyle awards in 2009 and best product award at the natural trade show in 2007.

So why are the Montgomery cherries so good and what are the possible benefits of taking Cherry Active?
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Find out why Living Fuel and Cocochia bars are my #1 choice of super food supplement

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Henry Maitland
Living Fuel Superberry Orginal

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I was first introduced to the Living Fuel brand way back in 2004 whilst on an educational trip to San Diego. I was as impressed with their products then as I am now, in fact as my understanding of nutrition has grown over the years my impression of their products have got better and better.

We live in a time where the pressures on our bodies are in many respects at an all time high.  We have to deal with a complex over connected and high pressure world with high levels of toxicity and pollution alongside worsening food quality as mass commercial farming pumps out rubbish.

We know that the answer in the truest sense is to eat a wall balanced diet of organic whole foods, take some regular exercise that is appropriate for the level of toxicity and stress of your body alongside a regular practice of focused relaxation or meditation, Tai Chi, Qui Gung or whatever floats your boat.

In my experience of working with clients the optimal lifestyle for health is hard to achieve and goes beyond the level of dedication that many are prepared to commit to, I get that, life is busy, children are crazy and the job is full on. And this is why a product range like Living Fuel can be such a powerful addition to our lives.
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