Eco-Friendly Tips to Boost Health
Making small changes can have big results. These simple tips from Botanic Choice can help the environment and also improve one's health.
Hobart, IN (Vocus) April 7, 2010
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated on April 22, 2010. Botanic Choice, retailer of herbal remedies and homeopathy, has released three eco-friendly tips to go green and improve one's health at the same time.
Stop Idling Your Car
Idling for more than 10 seconds wastes more gas than restarting the engine. Turn off the ignition when idling in traffic or waiting in the car.
How this helps
Idling pollutes the air and creates a health hazard. Along with emitting unhealthy smog, idling tailpipes spew out carbon dioxide, a main heat-trapping gas. These pollutants have been linked to respiratory and heart health issues, and other life threatening concerns.
Buy local
Fruits and vegetables are available all year long, but they've often been shipped from other countries. It takes a lot of cartons, ships and trucks to get them to the neighborhood grocer. A better, tastier solution is stocking up on fresh produce at local farmers’ markets and storing it in the freezer or canning for future use.
How this helps
Buying locally grown produce supports local food systems and organic farming. It also saves on gas and energy consumption. In addition, produce can lose important nutrients while in transit.
Try green supplements to live healthier
The reason “green” supplements are called green is because they contain essential green compounds found in vitamin-rich plants like broccoli, kelp, chlorella, grapefruit, spirulina and more. By removing the water, then packaging while they are at their freshest, the integrity of the entire vitamin complex is retained.
How this helps
When ingesting herbal remedies like green supplements, the body doesn’t have to draw on its own reserve, which allows it to absorb missing nutrients easily and efficiently.
About Botanic Choice
Celebrating its 100th year in business in 2010, Indiana Botanic Gardens, Inc. is a leading provider of more than 500 high-quality nutritional supplements, including its best-selling Apple Cider Vinegar Plus for weight loss support. Its line of vitamins, aromatherapy, homeopathy, and herbal remedies are sold through their catalogs, web site BotanicChoice. com, and retail store at 3401 West 37th Ave, (Ridge Road) Hobart, Indiana (800-644-8327). Customers can request a free catalog online or via phone. The retail store is open weekdays 9AM-5PM or Saturday 9AM-4PM.
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