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Wrappin' It Up

Curbside trash spikes 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day!  Reduce your garbage this year!

Rethink your Gift Wrap

 * Use old Maps- Everyone uses GPS these days! Recycle the maps you have stashed in your glove box! 


 *Seek out hand-woven baskets at your natural health food store. Most are fair trade and brightly colored. Fill them with goodies such as seasonal fruit or nuts! (Makes two gifts in one)

*Use previous years' photo calendars! Find some with beautiful scenery or life quotes. Right now you can find 2014 calendars on clearance for a few dollars!



*Newspapers, comics, paper bags, scrap paper, or anything you have lying around the house! 
*Add a little nature to your brown Kraft paper- head outdoors and collect berries, evergreen clippings, pine cones, for a festive feel! Attach with twine or ribbon.

 

*Fabric- think T-shirts, a scarf, dishcloths.

*Mason jars- I have a plethora of jars from my monthly juice box. Ideas: cookie, hot cocoa, or soup mixes! Here is a great website for gifts to put in mason jars: http://www.tipjunkie.com/post/48-homemade-gifts-in-a-jar-2/


*Don't forget about the gift tags! Save the holiday cards you receive and use them to cut out tags for next year! 


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Copyright, 2014, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness LLC, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com. As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.

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Alkalize Your Diet-Restore Your Health

Too Much Acid in Your Body Can Cause Health Problems!

Most people do not feel any where near as good as they could. The vast majority of people believe that their lack of energy and health is just part of the aging process.

The funny thing is, so many people have nagging health problems. They don't have a clue. And that really makes sense when you consider the types of foods they are eating day-to-day, and the dangerous, often toxic, medications they have used throughout life.

For many years mainstream medicine ignored the role that diet can play in both health and disease. More recently it began emphasizing the need to eat healthier foods to keep illness at bay.


One of the most exciting discoveries has been the effect some foods have on the body’s acid-alkaline pH levels when digested.

Regardless of how much you work out and try to eat right, if you cannot balance the acids in your body, you will never feel as good as you’d like to be.


The problem is, on a whole, the average western diet is acid-producing. And when acidic wastes accumulate, they can cause organs to malfunction and break down.
This creates a breeding ground for various forms of chronic illness that are now experienced by more than half the population.

If you often feel tired, it is a safe bet that you are overly acidic. The solution is to counter acidity with alkaline foods!!!

**pH Testing is one of the services I offer at my office. It's a simple saliva test. Only $10. Contact me for more details!

Here is a great chart that shows which foods are more alkaline and the acid foods to avoid:

http://www.energiseforlife.com/acid-alkaline-food-chart.pdf


Copyright, 2012, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness MN, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or jackieamart@hotmail.com.

As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.


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