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Travel Health Tips: Digestive Health
Travel Health Tips – Digestive Health Feeling ill while you travel can spoil your whole trip. Pharmasave Summerland has a few digestive health items for your travel toolkit: Loperamide HCl (Immodium) – used to control and relieve the symptoms of acute diarrhea (traveler’s diarrhea). Dehydration due to diarrhea can be dangerous so treatment of this […]
read moreMotion Sickness and Possible Remedies
Motion Sickness According to the CDC: Motion sickness happens when the movement you see is different from what your inner ear senses. This can cause dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. You can get motion sick in a car, or on a train, airplane, boat, or amusement park ride. “What remedies are available for motion sickness?”, you […]
read moreOptimal hydration means more than just drinking water…
When your body temperature rises, due to heat, exercise, stress, or hormone shifts, you perspire in order to keep your internal temperature at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Sweating helps release heat and cool you down to help maintain optimal body temperature. When you sweat you primarily lose water, but you also lose electrolytes which perform a […]
read moreIron and Your Thyroid
Symptoms of iron deficiency are similar to symptoms of thyroid disease which can make them difficult conditions to identify. A serum ferritin test, ordered by your healthcare provider, will help to determine your iron levels and whether you need to increase iron absorption in your daily routine. Some symptoms of iron deficiency include: Persistent fatigue […]
read moreProper Gut Health=Better Sleep
Your gut produces around 400 times more melatonin, often referred to as the “sleep hormone”, than the pineal gland in your brain. By maintaining optimal gut health (healthy diet, low stress, healthy gut flora) you also benefit from optimal production of melatonin which has the following benefits: Melatonin is a powerful antioxidant. Studies have shown […]
read moreThe Stress-Fat connection (and how to mitigate it)
In an ideal setting, your hormones are released in short bursts as opposed to being released over a long period of time. Functioning this way prevents developing a resistance to a hormone. It starts with cortisol. Cortisol, known as your stress hormone, if released in short bursts, like when you are being chased by a […]
read moreHow to get FAT!
Very few clients have ever asked about how to gain fat. Most are in the market for fat loss. Whether you’re looking to gain or lose fat, the most well-known hormone related to fat storage is insulin. Hundreds of well-executed studies over the past century have shown the “eat-less-exercise-more” method of weight control having some […]
read morePolarized Sunglasses: Why You Should Wear Them
During the sunny seasons you might get into the habit of wearing sunglasses to shade your eyes and protect them from harmful UV rays. Normal tinted sunglasses provide you only protection against harmful UV rays. Whereas polarized sunglasses contain an inbuilt laminated filter, which blocks harsh UV rays from the sun as well as reduces […]
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