Earth day is a great opportunity to engage in small change to improve your health and the environment. Whether you have a chronic illness or would like to prevent diabetes, heart disease or cancer, check out these green tips to support your overall health goals.

1. Buy locally made products.
2. Buy vegetables and fruits that are in season.
3. Ride a bike.
4. Walk, jog, or run.
5. Bring your own bags to the grocery store. Given a choice between plastic and paper, opt for paper.
6. Start compost in your back yard or on your rooftop.
7. Consider organic cleaning products like vinegar, borax, and baking soda.
8. Teach kids about the environment.
9. Reuse. Plastic food containers make good crayon and marker holders.
10. Learn about threats to ocean life and help Greenpeace take action: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/oceans/threats.

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Check Bragg out!

Ingredients:

Certified Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is unfiltered, unheated, unpasteurized and 5% acidity. Contains the amazing Mother of Vinegar which occurs naturally as strand-like enzymes of connected protein molecules.

Information:

Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is made from delicious, healthy, organically grown apples. Processed and bottled in accordance with USDA guidelines, it is Certified Organic by Organic Certifiers and Oregon Tilth; and is Kosher Certified. Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is full of zesty natural goodness. It’s a wholesome way to add delicious flavor to salads, veggies, most foods, and even sprinkle over popcorn.

Apple Cider Vinegar has been highly regarded throughout history. In 400 B.C. the great Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, used it for its amazing health qualities.

INTERNAL BENEFITS: EXTERNAL BENEFITS:
•Rich in enzymes & potassium
•Support a healthy immune system
•Helps control weight
•Promotes digestion & ph Balance
•Helps soothe dry throats
•Helps remove body sludge toxins
•Helps maintain healthy skin
•Helps promote youthful, healthy bodies
•Soothes irritated skin
•Relieves muscle pain from exercise

Come try some amazing juices from my juicer!

This workshop will give you a complete cleanse program to follow based on whole foods and juicing without fasting!

WHY SHOULD YOU CLEANSE?
Every day we are exposed to toxic substances in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the foods we eat. There are over 10,000 chemicals allowed into our foods.

If you want to increase your energy, lose weight, reduce allergies, reduce joint pain, and feel your best……….COME TO THIS WORKSHOP!

Juices and raw foods will be served.
THE EVERYTHING JUICING BOOK will also be available. (I’m co-author)

WHERE: Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center
4 Elm St., Kingston, MA
TIME: 6-7:30pm
You MUST PRE-PAY for this Workshop by contacting Denise Brack at (781) 585-4221.

Investment: $20
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I was inspired by this idea when I was in DOWN TO EARTH, an organic vegetarian health food store on Maui last month.

You can make it your creation! Grab a mixing bowl and start adding your favs, then roll into balls….

Ingredient Suggestions:
Organic Peanut Butter (I use Teddie’s with Flax)
Slivered Almonds
Flax seed (seeds or ground or both, because we absorb ground flax)
Raisins
Bulgar flour
Raw sugar
Agave Nectar
Crushed Cashews
Dark Chocolate Chips
Flax Oil
Dried Chopped Apricots

Send me your favorite Peanut Butter Ball ingredients at nicole@DeliciousLivingNutrition or on Facebook!

Last year, I attended a workshop with Gale Barton regarding the power flowers have in your life. I found them to truly hold a special power and by allowing them to share it with you can bring an amazing positive experience into your life. Please read more about Gale below and visit her website to see what is going on with Sweet Ferns.

Sweet Ferns
For well over 15 years, Sweetferns private studio has been an evolving floral design business with a unique focus on natural materials and ways. Enhancing romantic, nostalgic and personal items is the foundation for creating unforgettable weddings and special event experiences. It is important to me that design solutions are created to meet the needs of each unique client within their vision for the event. Flowers are provided by local growers and world wide companies supplying flowers that are good for the Earth, good for workers and good for you. Sweetferns participates in helping to sustain our environment with recycling. We service the Boston, South Shore and Cape area. I look forward to working with you at this exciting time as you embark on your event planning.
Gale Barton
www.sweetferns.com

What is it?
It is a tea or some may refer to it as
elixir. Either way, it’s a miracle,
and it’s been used around the
world for hundreds of years to
help restore balance and vitality.

Most health food stores carry Kombucha. Specifically, Whole Foods and Healthy Appetites in Plymouth.

Visit this site to learn more about Kombucha and where you can buy it: http://www.synergydrinks.com/

Several of my clients this month have been working on mindful eating. Most times this can take experimenting and practicing new skills to unwind and rebuild habits that have be developed over the years.

Whether your challenging habits to break are during the day or at night, change must be an open door. Picture yourself in the woods taking the same path when there are several others to walk down. In order for this to happen, you may need support and guidance to help develop a plan and provide accountabilty, which is a great thing!

Many people know what to eat, but how to eat in this busy place can be difficult. One client stated, “WOW, I love you right now!” after we developed her plan to break those nightime eating patterns.

This book by Thich Nhat Hahn, author of another one of my favorite books, “Miracle of Mindfulness,” has done it again. This is such a fabulous tool to build that relationship you always wanted with food.

It's Your Day!

SPECIAL BRIDE-TO-BE Package:

Do you want to feel your best on your wedding day?
Do you want to prevent dress fitting anxiety?
Do you need more energy than ever to plan your wedding?

Nutritional Counseling can help you achieve your goal weight and feel energized for the Big Day. Why not get the support you need?!

You receive an initial consultation and 4 follow-ups for only $349 or individual sessions for $70!!!

Nicole Cormier is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Delicious Living Nutrition. She is certified in Adult Weight Management from the American Dietetic Association. She is the author of The Everything Healthy College Cookbook and co-author of The Everything Juicing Book.

Nicole offers to come into your home for nutritional counseling and works with you on your weight-loss/energy goals on a personal level. She can also provide group counseling. If you have 4 or more Brides, you receive a free session.

Email: nicole@DeliciousLivingNutrition.com
Phone: 508-813-9282