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  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Beverages with Buzz – the Bottom Line

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Beverages with Buzz – the Bottom Line

    Top-tier athletes, weekend warriors, and clubgoers love their sports and energy drinks – but are they really getting a boost? Seattle-based dietitian Lola O’Rourke says so-called “functional” drinks that promise increased endurance and mental clarity in a bottle are often full of hype – and may even harm, not help, you. Here, O’Rourke provides the…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Your Best Home Workout Moves

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Your Best Home Workout Moves

    Home workouts have come a long way from the days of pumping iron in a dank basement corner, or keeping up with the cast of the “20-Minute Workout.” The market is full of fitness equipment, clothing, and DVDs to help you achieve a fitter, slimmer body – in the comfort of your own home. Consider…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Home Gym on a Shoestring

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Home Gym on a Shoestring

    You don’t need to break the bank to break a sweat. You also don’t need a gym membership to burn fat, slim down and get fit. If you are on a budget, follow these simple steps for an effective workout at home. Cardiovascular activity Cardio exercises help you lose weight, decrease stress, strengthen your heart…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Relax More

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Relax More

    You would think people would take any chance they get to relax. But many people feel that they don’t relax enough – “relax more” is a popular New Year’s resolution. How many times have you found yourself wishing that you took more time to “smell the flowers” and less time on the go-go-go? And yet…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Exercise More

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Exercise More

    The problem with getting more exercise always seems to be that it takes so much time. Who has the time to go off somewhere for an hour a day? Perhaps you make a schedule with the best of intentions, and you stick to it for a week or two, and then you have to make…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Eat Right

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Eat Right

    OK, the big Christmas extended feast is over, and you’ve put on a few pounds. Perhaps you’ve been a little “too heavy” for some time. So this is it – time for the diet. You’re going to cut out all starches, or all sugars, or eat only green foods, and keep careful notes, and you’re…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Quit Smoking

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Quit Smoking

    Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, which makes quitting smoking an ideal New Year’s resolution. It’s also a popular one – thousands of smokers resolve to quit every year. In fact, some smokers like the resolution so much, they resolve to quit again the next year – and the next… And that’s…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Fat vs. fiction – What diets work?

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Fat vs. fiction – What diets work?

    Lose 15 pounds by the weekend? Get your dream body while eating whatever you want and without having to go to the gym? Shelves full of books and hours of infomercials will try to have you believe otherwise, but there is no magic formula that can get you the body you want. Yes, losing weight…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Savour the Flavours of the Season – without overdoing it!

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Savour the Flavours of the Season – without overdoing it!

    The rush of the winter holidays can make it challenging to stick to good nutritional habits. Many things can divert us from our best intentions. All sorts of social events, tempting treats, last-minute shopping excursions, travelling out of town… these holiday extras may interfere with our regular eating habits and derail a healthy diet. This…

  • Pharmasave Black Diamond ~ Free Draw ~ The Winner Is….

    Pharmasave Black Diamond ~ Free Draw ~ The Winner Is….

    UPDATE, UPDATE…..READ ALL ABOUT IT! The winner of “Jason the Giraffe” was…. Linda Deloretto Congratulations, Linda! For Black Diamond Light Up on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 Jason and Deirdre of Pharmasave Black Diamond are holding a very special draw. What do you think he should be called?  Maybe “Jason the Giraffe”? Over four feet tall,…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Alcohol – be Holiday Smart!

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Alcohol – be Holiday Smart!

    Cutting back on drinking is a common New Year’s resolution. Holiday parties are full of socializing, yummy treats, and often a bit more alcohol than many of us are used to. With all the social events and toasting to the New Year, some of us can lose track of how much alcohol we’ve consumed. Head…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Stay Stress-free this Holiday Season

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Stay Stress-free this Holiday Season

    Stress piles up around the holidays. What should be a time of peace, joy, and giving can become a time of hurrying, rushing, and worrying. It’s important to find a way to balance holiday stress so you can enjoy the true pleasures of the season. Know your “enemy.” Identify what causes you stress and find…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Get active!

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Get active!

    Finding time to be physically active is a challenge for most of us. Between the seemingly endless demands of work and family, it may seem like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to squeeze in a brisk walk or a pick-up game of basketball. But when it comes to the health of your…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Regular screening tests can be a life saver

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: Regular screening tests can be a life saver

    Screening saves lives Make no mistake about it – screening saves lives. Whether it’s the mammogram to screen for breast cancer or the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) for colorectal cancer, tests have the potential to detect abnormalities early – early enough that you can do something about it. Studies show that regular screening with the…

  • Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: How food choices can affect your cancer risk

    Healthy Hints from Pharmasave: How food choices can affect your cancer risk

    Getting to the meat of the problem Juicy steaks and other red-meat dishes are culinary signatures in many western nations, including Canada. However, our appetite for beef and other fatty foods may be one of the reasons colorectal cancer has become so common. Researchers have found that red and processed meat may elevate the amount…