Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Summer Holiday Health Essentials

GET SET FOR SUMMER

You know to pack sunscreen, sunglasses, sting and bite remedies and a good book for your holiday. But here are some solutions to help you get set for summer – naturally! Read on for solutions to varicose veins/heavy legs; holiday tummy; sleepless nights and cellulite. Plus a sure fire way to soft, cleansed summer skin.

Varicose Veins/Heavy Legs

Warm weather can aggravate ‘heavy’ legs, varicose veins, oedema, cramp and CVI (Chronic Venous Insufficiency) that is caused by reduced blood flow through the veins. Three herbs help to restore thread veins, renovate the valves in the veins, improve elasticity and flexibility of the veins and strengthen blood capillaries. Butcher’s Broom boosts circulation and gives elasticity to the vein walls; Horse Chestnut inhibits inflammation in the body’s cells, helps maintain the collagen structure of the vein wall, improves blood flow and reduces swelling and Vine Leaf slows down oxidation within the veins – oxidation is understood to be a key contributory factor to CVI.

40 soft gel capsules cost £10.05 at www.revital.com or by calling 0870 366 5729.

Also try V-Nal Cream that has Butcher’s Broom, Horse Chestnut, Witch Hazel and Jojoba. It immediately relaxes and cools the legs and works directly on the veins to stimulate circulation and thus prevent varicose veins and banish the ‘heavy legs’ sensation. A 75ml tube costs £8.05 from www.revital.com or call 0870 366 5729.

Holiday Tummy

Holiday or traveller’s tummy afflicts up to 50% of holidaymakers each year.

More often than not, it’s due to the bugs that thrive in the food and water abroad. You can help prevent or lessen the worst effects of these bad bugs by charging your gut with good bacteria before leaving home and keeping up a high count of these health-promoting organisms while you’re away. Choose a powerful pro-biotic with at least 70 billion total bacterial count per capsule.

Good bacteria work by gathering on the intestinal wall and blocking bad bacteria; stopping the bad bugs from getting into the body’s system; stimulating the intestinal immune system to offset the effects of bad bacteria and producing chemicals that kill off the bad bacteria. The UK’s most powerful pro-biotic is the multi strain CP-1. It has five superior strains of pro-biotic micro organisms and laboratory tests verify around 70 billion total bacterial count per capsule. It is stable even in high temperatures, so is ideal to take abroad. 90 capsules cost £34.99 from www.gutdoctor.co.uk or call 0870 774 7008

Sweet Summer Slumbers

Whether you’re on a long haul flight or find it hard to settle to sleep in your holiday home surroundings, GlotoSleep can help. This featherweight, breathable eye mask blocks out all light so you can focus on its four luminous blue ‘Points Of Glo.’ These points are simply activated by turning the inside of the mask to bright light (such as a bedside lamp) for one minute. Then you slip the mask over your eyes. As you gaze up at the ‘Points of Glo’ you’ll experience a powerful mind clearing effect – similar to going into a meditative state. Looking up like this also stimulates the pineal gland where the sleep inducing hormone melatonin is produced. So soon you are relaxed enough to simply Glo to Sleep™. £39 at www.glotosleep.co.uk or on 01206 369242

Say Goodbye To Cellulite

Many consider cellulite to be an inflammatory condition ‘ite/itis’ means inflammation and that’s where cellulite gets its name…. VitalMove can help: this potent natural supplement has a number of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and capillary strengthening ingredients. Protease breaks down the cellulite forming complex, Phycocyanin halts the inflammatory pathway, Grape Seed Extract improves the integrity of capillary walls (improving blood circulation and preventing the complexes from entering the tissues) and helps combat circulatory disorders including varicose veins, and Curcumin is a powerful anti-oxidant/anti-inflammatory agent. VitalMove costs £17.90 for 50 capsules from www.simplyvital.com.

Sensual Summer Skin

To top off the lot, cleanse your skin and hair thoroughly but gently with genuinely organic, 100% natural natura organics shower gel and shampoo. They bubble up a treat thanks to sugar-based surfactants and smell divine thanks to their essential oils - plus a little French aromatherapy ‘know how’. Perfect to wash away the sun cream, sand and heat of the day to leave your hair and body clean, fresh and glowing. Choose from Revitalising, Nourishing or Soothing ranges in recyclable plastic bottles that won’t break in transit £4.95 for weekend travel size 50ml bottles or around £10-£12 for 250ml bottles from good health food stores www.naturaorganics.com or 01273 808380.

More information, samples and images of all these products are available from:

Katherine Selby
PR Workshop
Tel: 0208 657 4422
Email: katherine@prworkshop.co.uk