The Renaissance European Day Spa wants to thank our Loyal VIP Members!  

· Triple points on ALL services

· Register to win an AMAZING Gift Basket with every Spa service you get!

· Refer a friend to the VIP Program & receive $25 Spa Dollars when they join!

Newly added for your VIP benefit!

 Get 25 points for Pre-booking your next appointment! 

(Points awarded upon completion of 

 pre-scheduled  appointment)

Join us for our LumaFirm 

 1-day Extravaganza Event!

· Live Demonstrations!

· Special Discounts!

· Complimentary Hors d'oeurves & Beverage

· FREE Tote & FREE Freeze Dried At Home Intensifier w/every purchase of LumaFirm Repair Cream. ($60 retail value)

April 21, 2011

10am-6pm

Eutaw Location

Please RSVP- 910.484.9922

                                                           Space is limited

Spring Clean Your Health

One of my most favorite things to do once April comes along is spring-cleaning.  I rip open my closets and remove all of the items that seem to "weigh me down." Let's just say that the Salvation Army has come to expect a significant uptick in my giving in May. 

Spring-cleaning, however, is also an activity to consider for your health.  This spring, aim to eliminate the foods that are taking a toll on your energy, your weight and your overall well-being, and get to the spa for a little detox.  Here are some ideas to put a little extra spring in your step!

1. Spa Detox. One of the best ways to come out of winter hibernation and to hit the reset button for your health is to get to the spa and book treatments that aim at renewing your skin and body. Look for facials that are specific to removing dry, dull skin, and invigorating massages that will get you moving for spring.
2. Refined Sugar and Sweetened Foods. Avoid foods with refined sugars as well as high fructose and regular corn syrups.  Candy, soda, syrup, jelly, cookies and baked goods are on the "avoid list."  Instead, eat foods that are naturally sweet or sweetened with fruit or 100-percent fruit juice.  You can also use natural sweeteners, such as honey or pure maple syrup.
3. White Flour, Refined Flour, Enriched Flour. Avoid eating bread, cereal or grain products that have been processed, refined or bleached, e.g., those that use white flour, refined flour or enriched flour.  During the milling process, refined flour loses key vitamins and nutrients in the germ and bran.  As a result, manufacturers will enrich flours by adding certain B vitamins and iron back into the flour after processing.  Fiber (an important nutrient), however, is not added back to enriched flour. Instead, look for those grains that are whole.
4. Packaged Foods with "Un-Whole" Ingredients. Many packaged foods that seem healthy often contain fillers, preservatives and other ingredients you don't want in your diet.  If you do choose something that has been manufactured or processed (anything canned, packaged, etc.) try to avoid those that contain ingredients you don't recognize or that you know to be especially unhealthy.
5. Diet Foods. Diet foods are lower caloric versions of their high-calorie cousins, made by reducing the sugar and/or fat content.  Reduced sugar foods and beverages are often loaded with highly processed, chemically-derived sugar substitutes; reduced fat foods usually have a lot of added sugars.  Both options require additives and processing that are best avoided.
6. Fried Foods.Fried foods, especially those that are packaged or come from fast food restaurants, more often than not, contain saturated and trans fats.  These fats have been linked to disease and other health problems.
7. Fast Foods. As upsetting as this may be, fast foods are, by all means, the worst of the worst offenders.  Most are mass-produced, processed and filled with preservatives, artificial flavorings, colorings and other additives.  Furthermore, fast food restaurants tend to use ingredients of lesser quality combined with unhealthy fats.