Stress is a nasty thing. Take a time out and de-stress!

Read on for 9 reasons we should all take time to do nothing!

Life moves so quickly. Looking at my calendar for the next month already takes my breath away with how full it is! My search for interesting content to share and inspire today's post couldn't have yielded a more relevant article: Huffington Post's Stress Tips: 9 Reasons To Slow Down. 

Slowing down is one of the best things we can all do to start alleviating any tension that we let build up. Closing your eyes and clearing your mind for even five minutes will help you to put things into perspective. All too often, we make mountains out of molehills and create our own stress! We require good nutrition and exercise for optimum health, but we also need to take care of our mental health. Remember that stress and anxiety can lead to other problems (such as headaches, jaw clenching and skin breakouts) in spite of a healthy diet and regular exercise routine!

The moral of today's post? Slow down. Take some time to do nothing. That's right, nothing. Give yourself time to just sit, enjoy the view, cuddle with your pet, smell the roses (literally)... Check out the slideshow from Stress Tips: 9 Reasons to Slow Down to get nine reasons from incredibly productive people who, despite busy lives, understand the value of slowing down.

If you need a bit of extra help, try our B-Calm B50 complex with Sensoril Capsules to naturally feel more energized, reduce fatigue and combat the effects of physical and mental stress.

Stay cool everyone!

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Let's talk about the sunshine vitamin!

With the sun making a brief wintry appearance, vitamin D is back on our health radar!

Sun? Wait... sunshine?! Is... is that really you?!

Yes. That is the exact thought that jumped into my head when I woke up on this wintry (well almost spring) morning: shock and awe! It's amazing what a little bit of sunshine can do for one's mood after long weeks and months of dreary blanket clouds and rain! So why is the sun so important? Aside from being the obvious (brightness, heat, happiness, the fuel of life!), sunshine is especially important for our vitamin D levels!

Myth: Our bodies can produce enough vitamin D on their own.

So it's true that our bodies can produce vitamin D, but our bodies need a little help from the UVB rays from sunlight to get the process started. So for those of us who live in the northern climates (or very southern), we have to take extra advantage of those sunny days! And for the days we don't have that celestial light shining down on us, Webber Naturals Vitamin D products might be of some use.

Enjoy the sunshine everyone! ;)

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Webber Naturals and Lawtons Drugs present the chance to win some Moosehead swag!

If you are in Nova Scotia this month, visit your local Lawtons Drugs to enter this fabulous contest!

Hey everyone! I have to share this great contest with you all. If you are in Nova Scotia this month, don't miss your chance to visit Lawtons Drugs and enter in their Moosehead Contest, between now and February 28th!

Who are the Mooseheads? The Halifax Mooseheads are currently the #1 Junior Hockey team in the country with three prospects expected to make the first round of the NHL Draft this summer!

Visit your local Nova Scotia Lawtons Drugs for the chance to win:

• The Grand Prize: a weekend in Halifax! This includes a 2 night stay in a downtown hotel, a $100 dinner voucher and two tickets to see the Mooseheads in their last home game on March 17 and face their rivals, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles!
• A Moose Prize Pack: two tickets to the game (March 17), a Moosehead Hat, Foam Finger, stick flag, and T-shirt!

Sounds pretty awesome, doesn't it?! Just think, all these goodies from the prize pack could be sitting on your easy chair!

To enter, don't forget to visit a Lawtons Drugs in Nova Scotia and keep an eye out for the Webber Naturals Moosehead display! Contest closes on February 28th, 2013.

Good luck everyone!

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