Community News
Product Review: Polyride Fe® Ultra

Prevent & Treat Iron Deficiency – For All Diets. 1.85 million Canadians suffer from iron deficiency.* There are many reasons for iron deficiency, such as a diet low in iron. Speak to your healthcare provider to ensure you are meeting your iron needs. There’s an iron supplement that is ideal for all diet types. It contains the highest amount of elemental iron, additional vitamin C to enhance iron absorption, and vitamin B12 for deficiency. Taking one capsule a day that is also easy on the stomach, may lead to better compliance. It is also VegeCert and Kosher Certified. Polyride Fe® Ultra can be purchased at www.polyride.ca or at your local pharmacy by giving your pharmacist the product codes McKesson #75624 and #75625.

Preparing to Sell Your Home

Thinking of selling your home to downsize or move to a senior-supportive environment? Not sure where to start? Decluttering and preparing your home for sale can feel overwhelming, though its often less complicated than we think. To get your home ready for sale: 1) Sort items into piles to help you determine what to keep/sell/donate/toss. 2) Make any minor repairs and consider repainting with neutral colours, if necessary. 3) Give the home a good, thorough cleaning. 4) Remove most of your personal items, like photos and art objects. 5) Remove anything you plan to keep, such as window coverings.

Balance Your Eating Habits

I like to advocate for the 80/20 rule – eating healthy 80% of the time and adding in those delicious treats only 20%. Focus on trying to increase the healthy foods initially rather than focusing on what you shouldn’t be eating and that feeling of deprivation. Most people need to increase their vegetable and fruit intake so focusing on that and getting the colour of the rainbow each day. This will increase nutrients in diet, improve satiety, and decrease intake of unhealthy foods. Try adding more veggies into sauces, more salads, veggie frittata, berries in oatmeal, etc.

Business Profile: Prelude Studios Saskatoon

Prelude Studios Saskatoon is a group of trained Music Therapists who help people use the power of music to address a variety of goal areas, including communication, engagement, academic skills, motor skills, and mental health. Prelude Studios Saskatoon works with people of all ages and abilities. The studio also offers private music lessons and Kindermusik classes for children, and has been awarded the Kindermusik Top Program award. The studio’s Kindermusik classes provide research-based activities that stimulate children’s growing minds and bodies and help their brain cells make the connections needed for every kind of intelligence.

Natural Product Review

Clean fruits and veggies naturally with Fresh Produce Wash by Norwex®. This product removes unwanted residue, dirt, chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers, and microbes, all at once. Fresh Produce Wash is USDA certified 97% bio-based content from plants and other renewable sources, with no phosphates, sulphates, or parabens. It also helps extend the shelf life of your fruits and vegetables and leaves no after taste, odor, or film on your food. Pair this with our 2-sided Veggie and Fruit Scrub Cloth – rough on one side to scrub away dirt, wax, and debris, and smooth on the other for polishing.

Fear of Falls Causes Unsafe Behavior

When someone is fearful of falling, they start to avoid everyday activities by staying at home and doing less. This lack of activity leads to loss of strength, reduced muscle tone, and loss of coordination and balance. This physical deterioration increases the risk of falling and if a fall does occur, it further heightens the fear. Turn your fear of falling into positive actions; remain active, exercise regularly, use assistive devices such as walkers or grab bars and wear sensible shoes. Consider joining a group session designed especially to teach balance exercises for fall prevention.

March Brain Teasers

1. Name one meal you can never eat for breakfast? 2. What type of cheese is made backwards? 3. A mother has six children and five potatoes. How can she feed each an equal amount of potatoes? 4. What kind of apple is not an apple?

Clean Eating Recipe

Simple Fish & Tomato Stew. Ingredients: 2 tsp olive oil. 2 celery stalks finely chopped. 1 onion finely diced. 2 tomatoes roughly chopped. 2 tsp tomato paste. 1/3 cup white wine. 2 cups vegetable broth. 1 lb cod fillets, cut in 2-in. Directions: In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook celery and onion for 3 min. Stir in tomatoes and tomato paste and cook 1 min. Add wine and cook 1 min. Add broth and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add fish. Cook about 5 min. Look for this and more recipes at Sobeys.com

Words to Live By

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have the safest way to health.” – Hippocrates