Halloween is just around the corner, and that means lots of candy for kids! Although chocolates and sweets are oh-so yummy, how do they affect our teeth? Bacteria in our mouth digest the sugars in candy, and produce a mild acid. This acid attacks the hard outer surface of the tooth, called the enamel. If these bacteria aren’t removed every day by brushing and flossing, the enamel gets soft and a cavity starts to form. Our recommendations? Have your child eat their candy during mealtime, when there is extra saliva that helps to wash away sugars, and keeps an even pH in their mouth. Reinforce brushing and flossing after each meal. Alternatively, instead of eating their candy, have them bring it to Reflections Dental Health Centre! From November 1-8, we will buy back Halloween candy for $1 per 1Lb.
Dr. Sarah Keating Sangalang, www.reflectionsdentalhealth.ca

Living your life by a clearly identified set of principles you have authored guides your journey and inspires you to put your life into focus. A personal manifesto has 6-8 core statements that define how you choose to live your life on a daily basis. To offer inspiration, I will share mine: 1) Bring in as much joy, laughter, and love as humanly possible. 2) Create opportunities to appreciate beauty & gratitude daily. 3) Let love guide all my choices not allowing fear to run my life. 4) Connecting with my body daily. 5) Letting all emotions be felt, experienced, and released (including the harder ones such as anger, fear, grief, jealousy, and disappointment). 6) Cultivate and nurture community and connection. 7) A welcoming spirit to guide my decisions. Now it’s your turn to sit down, reflect upon what’s important to you, and create your own manifesto!
D’Arcy Bruning-Haid, www.souls-journey.com

Imagine a day, in the near future, when you and your family have to drink water filled with a cocktail of heavy metals, toxins and chemicals. This scary reality is steadily becoming true; every single year we’re dumping more plastics, pollutants and garbage into our waterways, destroying lakes, oceans, and rivers across the country. With a problem so big, it seems impossible that there’s anything we can do about it, right? No, there IS something that we can do about it! At Slash Hairdo, you can help everyone have a better tomorrow, all the while getting an amazing hairstyle. You see, the clippings from your haircut go towards fighting the destruction of our water supply, helping to protect ocean life and humankind. Your old hair clippings are saved and are actually used to help soak up oil spills in the oceans. Imagine that!

Ginseng does many things to help human health, but many people do not realize that ginseng is good for weight loss. It gives an energy boost and can help fight fatigue. Because of this, it allows for you to be more active. One of the big things that it does in the weight loss battle is by regulating blood sugar. It does this by reducing the amount of carbohydrate that is converted into fat. Also, it is important to point out that ginseng alone will not help lose weight if you engage in poor dietary choices. It is vital that a well-balanced diet is followed and that you are active. Otherwise, like the old English proverb says, “Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork.” One of the active ingredients in SlimROAST weight loss coffee from Valentus – The Healthiest Coffee on the Planet!

Watching someone you care for and love struggle with pain, dis-ease, or hurt is often always hard to watch. We tend to want to do something to help alleviate their pain, hurt and troubles but often we feel helpless. When there is nothing tangible to do in those moments, the biggest gift we can give is to be fully present with them in whatever state they are in. When a person feels fully heard, seen and acknowledged in their darkest moments, it’s a loving gesture just to “be there”. To acknowledge their pain without having an agenda or judgement is a powerful healing gesture of love. To be received unconditionally with kindness allows for compassion and feeling less alone in the world.

Huna Kane is a restorative body massage with a rocking action.”Pain is information” is the premise which applies to Huna Kane. Negative thoughts and emotional trauma, when repressed, cause body pain, burnout, and disease which can be resolved and healed. The tight masses of constricted tissue are actually the body’s way of telling its owner what is emotionally out of balance so the person can make the necessary changes. Huna Kane incorporates all types of massage, many forms of polarity, and shiatsu. It clears the auras and chakras. It is a passive way to release the body of old baggage. The massage relaxes painful spots in the body as the person breathes deeply. Love for self and others is reinforced, thereby releasing the fears that constrict life, detoxifying the body, activating the body’s immune system and increasing the life force (mana) available.