5 Reasons to Use Equinox Maple Flakes

Top 5 reasons to use Maple Flakes as part of a well balanced diet:

1. Provide texture and flavor along with sweetness so you use less (a plus), but get more taste (also a plus).
2. Contain important minerals like manganese and iron.
3. Have half the calories of a teaspoon of sugar.
4. Allow you to buy natural, unsweetened products and add just enough sweetness.
5. All natural and pesticide- and allergen- free, so they are safe for the whole family to use.
   
   

Tomorrow (June 17) we will Tweet quick Recipes all day that use Canada's Equinox Maple Flakes.

Healthy Hearts

Keeping your Heart Healthy

1) Avoid Tobacco Use & Second Hand Smoke, they both can damage your arteries
2) Eat a Healthy diet:
a. Rich in plant foods
b. Use only real Salt sparingly – Lake Crystal Salt is organic and high in essential minerals
c. Omega-3’s from Highwood Crossing Cold Pressed Flax Oil.
d. Whole Grains like RiceSelect Brown Texmati & Highwood Crossing Steel Cut Oats or Granola.
e. Vitamin D3 & sunshine – the fresh air helps too.
f. Coenzyme Q-10 helps reduce the risk of atherosclerosis by improving energy production in cells, inhibiting blood clot formation, and it is an excellent antioxidant.
g. Drink your antioxidants. Red Espresso, Vastu Rooibos Chai & Revolution Green Tea are high in antioxidants.
3) If you have diabetes, it is important to manage it. People with diabetes have a much higher risk of heart disease.
4) Do not drink excessively.
5) Reduce Stress.
6) Keep Active – 30 minutes a day minimum.

Japanese Delight Comes to Canada

Planet Foods introduces Japanese Delight Vegetarian Line. Available at health food and speacialty stores across Western Canada in February.

JAPANESE Delight, is the new concept lineup featuring Japanese highest quality seaweed, KOMBU. Kombu is the most beneficial of all seaweed, the key taste in healthy Japanese foods for over 1,000 years. Not only the taste, it is believed Kombu is one of the reason for Japanese longevity for its nutritional value. Try KOMBU, gift from beautiful sea in HOKKAIDO, for your better health & life, easy-cook, ready in just 10 minutes!

Sweet Bits of Goodness

"Seattle mom Sally Virgin makes these chewy, nutty and sweet bits of goodness by hand, and cunningly cuts them into bite-sized pieces that are near-impossible to resist (especially if you're storing them in your desk drawer)." Read the rest of the review here.