Archive for March, 2011
Where do you keep your vitamins?
If you are taking vitamin supplements it pays to think about where you’re storing them! – IF you answered in the bathroom cabinet or on top of the fridge, then you are probably compromising their nutritional value. According to a study from Purdue University, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, high humidity [...] Read more...
Tips for deep sleep
If you’ve ever lain awake at night wishing sleep would come (and are sick of counting imaginary sheep!) then these tips might be for you. – INSOMNIA makes life miserable for three million Australians, and more women than men are affected. Try these self-help strategies. 1. Eat to sleep An amino acid called tryptophan, found [...] Read more...
WINNERS: MOOV Community Grant Program
A big thank you to all the entrants in the 2011 MOOV Community Grant program and CONGRATULATIONS to the following winners: St Kieran Catholic Primary School – WA Hughes Pre-School – ACT Forest Hill State School – QLD – MOOV Head Lice has 3 x $5,000 grants available for school or community groups. Perhaps your [...] Read more...
Wonderful walnuts!
Want to try to avoid vascular disease (hardening of the arteries) – this study suggests a handful of walnuts just might be the way forward. Do you eat walnuts as part of your everyday diet? Do you think they help keep you healthy? – IN a study published in Diabetes Care, a Yale University team [...] Read more...
WINNERS: WIN 1 of 15 QV Hand Cream Book Packs!
Congratulations to the following people, the WINNERS of our QV Hand Cream Book Pack competition!! Andii Bell of Cranbourne North VIC Jane Banner of East Keilor VIC Rebecca Deans of Kings Park SA Maree Matic of Wynard TAS Cristina Arganese of Belconnen ACT Lucie Campbell of South Grafton NSW Gillian Brown of Bayswater VIC Anna [...] Read more...
HOT PRICES: on QV 1L ranges
Look out for hot prices on QV 1L ranges, only at Amcal! Offer runs 17th to 27th March 2011 (while stocks last). Read more...
FEATURED ARTICLE: Wound Care
28 March to 3 April is Wound Awareness Week. It is part of a nationwide awareness campaign on behalf of The Australian Wound Management Association (AWMA) that seeks to draw attention to the serious problem of chronic wounds, a condition that affects over 270,000 Australians today.1 Those suffering from wounds are also predominately the elderly. [...] Read more...
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION: Silic 15
Your skin protects you – it acts as a protective barrier against allergens, dirt and common irritants… but what protects your skin? Silic 15 acts like an invisible pair of gloves, preventing contact between skin and potential irritants, soothing the surface and helping to protect already damaged skin. As a barrier product, Silic 15 forms [...] Read more...
