This month is all about matters of the heart and of love. We're sharing with you a couple of our loves... the love of chocolate and the love of cookin

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This month is all about matters of the heart and of love. We're sharing with you a couple of our loves... the love of chocolate and the love of cooking with real, whole, natural foods. We're including a little quick and easy DIY yummy chocolate recipe to make for yourself and/or the sweeties in your life. We'll also be holding another Thai inspired cooking class Friday March 21st at The Village Yogi in Fonthill. We'll share the love of cooking, creating, educating and bringing communities of like minded people together. This will all be happening in the heart of Pelham at The Village Yogi. We welcome you to join the fun. Come learn, laugh, eat and maybe even take a yoga class before you dig your hands in to the cooking class.

Chocolate Love Bites

Chocolate Love Bites Recipe

For the Love of Chocolate

Chocolate has long been associated with affairs of the heart, and Valentine’s Day, but did you know that recent studies have shown that eating chocolate benefits cardiovascular health?

A 2010 study of chocolate intake and incidence of heart failure revealed that participants who consumed chocolate once or twice a week had a lower risk of heart failure than those who only consumed chocolate once or twice a month.

A review of several recent studies concludes that dark chocolate consumption lowers blood pressure in people with hypertension, or high blood pressure. Further study revealed that people eating 6 grams/day and 25 grams/day of chocolate reduced their blood pressure, with no significant difference between the 2 doses. This suggests that the benefit of the chocolate plateaus at a low dose.

Another study followed patients, and their consumption of sweets, after they had been hospitalized with a first heart attack. The more chocolate they ate, the lower their cardiac mortality rates. Interestingly, intake of other sweets did not protect against cardiac mortality.

Another study showed that after one week of daily chocolate, LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels fell by 6% and HDL (“good”) cholesterol rose by 9%.

Chocolate’s cardioprotective effects may be due to the flavanols present in chocolate, which increase nitric oxide production in the blood. Nitric oxide is a powerful blood vessel dilator. These flavanols also exert anti-inflammatory effects.

So, eat moderate amounts of dark chocolate each week and boost your heart health!

References & sources available upon request

Chocolate Love Bites

Get the recipe here

Thai It Up Village Yogi

Thai Cooking Classes

Are back!!!

Friday March 21st
7-9pm at The Village Yogi in Fonthill
(they have a really cool kitchen hangout)

Date Night? Girls Night?
Maybe add on a gentle/restorative yoga class first... We're keeping it healthy and fun, fun, fun!

$50

Register Here

PURE Complete Cleanse Cover

We've just completed our first ever Group Cleanse Program. And... it was a hit!(if we do say so ourselves). The sense of community, learning and sharing between the 12 participants really created a magic dynamic. Our intention is to run these group cleanse programs "in house" a couple of times per year. This group approach makes a great addition to our corporate wellness offerings as well as any other groups that want to focus on health, removing toxins and bringing people together. If you would like to arrange a Group Cleanse Program at your office or for your own group, please connect with us and we'll fill you in on the logistics and pricing.

Here's what some of the participants are saying:

“I have a difficult time in January and February with low energy, sleeping difficulties, headaches, etc. Being focused on this program and reducing my toxic load increased my energy, and I felt much happier and lighter."

"The most valuable tool was learning to detox all of you: Mind, Body, and Soul”.

"This program exceeded my expectations. To me this was more than a “Cleanse” class, but a Life Change class. It has really opened my eyes.”

"Amazing how it can be done with guidance"

"The most valuable tool was the ebook and other resources; they’ll go with me.”

“I had healthy eating down pat, but was unaware of so many other toxic environmental sources within my control!”

Arrange your own Group Cleanse Program by contacting us.

Or start on your own with our Complete Cleanse Ebook.

One last love note... we want to share some of our favourite local shopping spots with you. You've asked for it, we've compiled a list for you to refer to. Find it here. If you want to get added to our favourite list, tell us your story or invite us to see what you're up to.

In peace, love, happiness and health, of course wrapped in chocolate
PURE Natural Health & Wellness

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