OH! Magazine - Australian Version August 2015

( OH MY! ) TIPS & TRICKS Check out these tips and tricks to help you live healthier, ever after! 11 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP The Resilience Institute Australia provides these tips for resetting your body clock and getting a perfect night’s sleep: 1. Commit to a regular wake up time – preferably around dawn. 2. Get vigorous exercise early in the day. 3. Take powernaps for 15 minutes after lunch. 4. Avoid caffeine after 2pm. 5. Have an early and light evening meal. 6. Ditch TV, laptops and gadgets after 7pm (or at least two hours before bed). 7. Ensure your bedroom is cool, dark and quiet. 8. Remove TV, phones and laptops from the bedroom. 9. Develop a relaxation routine before sleep. 10. Discharge sleep debt by going to bed early (rather than sleeping in). 11. Aim for seven to eight hours sleep per night. Source: www.resiliencei.com STRESS-FREE CHILD AND PET MINDING www.littlesits.com is for all parents and is designed to give them access to free babysitters, from within groups of friends they establish themselves. Using only the people they know best and trust most, Little Sits enables parents to create time out for themselves without the inhibitive cost of paying for babysitters. Using a points-based system, parents can pursue the activities that help make them feel whole, and start to enjoy the things they loved doing most – pre-kids; things like getting back to the gym, for example! At some point in time, every parent needs a break – and now they can get as many as they want! Thanks to FindADogMinder.com.au your furry family members can also be cared for! FindADogMinder.com.au is the simple solution to canine care conundrums, connecting you with passionate pet carers. You can say ‘goodbye’ to expensive boarding fees, with minders charging as little as $15 per night. While for minders, being part of FindADogMinder is a great way to make some extra money with joining fees beginning at just $6.95. Owners can sign up for three, six or twelve months, with one- ff registration fees starting from $55. o WHY MUSHROOMS ARE THIS WINTER’S SUPERFOOD Six in ten women and four in ten men are likely to be vitamin D deficient over winter. And, by the end of this month, more than half of the Australian population will be deficient of this nutrient! Many Australians are in the dark about vitamin D with more than four in five (84 per cent) Australians unaware they can achieve vitamin D through food they eat, or of the health risks associated with low vitamin D levels. For this reason, the mighty mushroom is this winter’s superfood, with new figures from the National Measurement Institute showing that just one serve of store-bought mushrooms can provide 20 per cent of an adult’s daily vitamin D needs, which is an essential nutrient for protecting against health risks such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and osteoporosis. Earlier studies found that one serve of mushrooms left in the sun for an hour, as well as ‘vitamin D’ labelled mushrooms, will provide 100 per cent of your daily vitamin D needs. Source: www.powerofmushrooms.com.au 8 AUGUST 2015 ( OH! MAGAZINE )

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