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  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Prevention of Gum and Tooth Problems

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Prevention of Gum and Tooth Problems

      For your mouth as for your car, it makes good sense to do some maintenance on a regular basis rather than let a problem grow out of hand from neglect. Follow the Canadian Dental Association’s Five-Point Prevention Plan to keep your teeth and gums healthy. Five-Point Prevention Plan Brush your tongue and teeth twice…

  • Pharmasave Black Diamond – April Customer Appreciation Day

    Pharmasave Black Diamond – April Customer Appreciation Day

    Our Community Matters Customer Appreciation Day 10 % off all regular priced items Some restrictions apply The 3rd Wednesday of every month. Stop in for refreshments and baked goods…. on Wednesday, April 20th Don’t forget to visit our website for more sale information and our weekly flyers www.blackdiamondpharmasave.com

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Healthy Mouths, Healthier Bodies – is there a link?

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Healthy Mouths, Healthier Bodies – is there a link?

      Do your body a favour. Go to the dentist. Research shows there may be a link between oral disease and other health problems such as diabetes, respiratory disease, heart disease, and stroke, as well as premature and low-birth-weight babies. Although scientists are only just beginning to understand this link, dentists are encouraging people to…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Foods to Fuel Fitness

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Foods to Fuel Fitness

    How much protein? Despite what many active people think, protein from foods like meat, chicken, eggs, or fish is not an important source of fuel for exercise. While weight lifters and long-distance runners may need a little more protein than the recreational athlete, most of us will get more than enough protein from eating regular…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: DASH for High Blood Pressure Relief

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: DASH for High Blood Pressure Relief

    Experts say the DASH diet can help lower your blood pressure. Do you know what the DASH diet is? DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Simply stated, hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. This diet differs from most other traditional diets as it does not restrict the quantity of food…

  • Foothills Lions Interclub Thank You!

    Foothills Lions Interclub Thank You!

    The Foothills Lions Club wish to thank the following Diamond Valley Businesses for their generous donations to our Interclub AG Foods- Black Diamond ATB Financial- Black Diamond Black Diamond Gallery Black Diamond Hotel Black Diamond Liquor & Cold Beer Blue Rock Gallery – Black Diamond Bohemia, an Eclectic Shop – Back Diamond Chuck wagon –…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Serving Size Savvy

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Serving Size Savvy

    Most of us are aware of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and its recommendations to eat a certain number of servings from each food group each day. But what makes up a serving? Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide advises Canadians to consume a certain number of servings per food group each day. This…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Growing Obesity Epidemic

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Growing Obesity Epidemic

    Experts tell us that there is a global obesity epidemic and, troublingly, our children are also at risk. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that obesity is one of the world’s most neglected public health problems, and it affects both adults and children alike, in both developed and developing countries. In 2008, the WHO’s records…

  • Pharmasave Black Diamond – March Customer Appreciation Day

    Pharmasave Black Diamond – March Customer Appreciation Day

    Jason and Deirdre, owners and operators of Pharmasave Black Diamond invite you to visit them on their Customer Appreciation Day, March 16th.

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Trans Fat FAQ

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Trans Fat FAQ

      Trans fats have been in the news a lot recently. Have you retained the important facts? Refresh your knowledge with our trans fat FAQ. We’ve thrown in some bonus questions on cholesterol as well. What are trans fats? Trans fats, sometimes referred to as trans fatty acids, are formed when vegetable and other liquid…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Skinny on Cholesterol

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: The Skinny on Cholesterol

      Cholesterol is a fat-based substance found in the bloodstream and the body’s cells. Cholesterol is essential for good health: it builds and repairs cells, protects nerve fibres, and is used to produce certain hormones and bile acids. We get it in two ways: the liver produces it, and it is contained in some of…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Putting the Cuffs on Hypertension

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Putting the Cuffs on Hypertension

      Have you been tested for high blood pressure? Your doctor may put a cuff on your arm as part of a routine check-up to test your blood pressure. High blood pressure (hypertension) is caused by blood pushing too hard against the walls of your blood vessels, and it can be a serious medical condition.…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Preventing Episodes of SAD

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Preventing Episodes of SAD

      If you’re affected by SAD, what can you do to duck the depression? Here are some things that can help. Daily exercise Regular physical activity helps fight fatigue and depression, especially if you exercise during the day or near light sources. Keep in mind that outdoor light, even when the sky is overcast, is…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Shining Light on SAD

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Shining Light on SAD

      There are several forms of treatment currently available to help people with SAD. The most effective treatments include a combination of light therapy, medications, and complementary therapies. Light therapy Daily exposure to bright light (phototherapy) may help balance certain brain chemicals and reset body rhythms. Usually, light therapy involves sitting in front of a…

  • Kudos to Canada Post Black Diamond

    Kudos to Canada Post Black Diamond

    By Pam Jones, Editor. Here’s a little “Good News” story of my own. We all hear a lot of negative comments about Canada Post so I thought I would share my experience. Last Monday, my husband, John was stranded in Phoenix, Arizona due to a truck breakdown and he ran out of his prescription medications.…