Carol’s Corner The end of daylight-saving signals the end of an almost perfect summer, especially where we are. I appreciate that some people have not been so lucky and have had to cope with endless rain and floods, especially up north. I have just picked the last of the bounty from our garden (photo below) – a large carrot, a small pumpkin and the last of the broad beans. I’ve still got spinach, peas, and another pumpkin, but mostly I’ve got monarch butterfly chrysalises all over the place which is fun. If you want some more information about the
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Keeping Up With ProZone – March 2022
Carol’s Corner As I write this the Ministry of Health have just announced 12,000 cases of Omicron in the community today which is probably not the true number out there. It’s very scary. That coupled with the ghastly protest in Wellington and now the even more horrible events in Ukraine, we cannot be blamed for feeling despair about the future. I hope you are all safe and well. We have decided to hunker down at our place at Himatangi Beach where the sun is shining, the air is fresh, and the sea is magic. I like to walk on
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Keeping Up With ProZone – December 2021
Carol’s Corner Here we are with the end of the year nearly on us. What a turbulent year it has been again with so much uncertainty, fear, and ups and downs with COVID and politics changing every day. It’s hard to keep up and many people have struggled to cope. The most important thing you can do is keep yourself well. Eat in the Zone, exercise every day (at least a walk), and take time out for yourself whether you meditate, spend time with family and friends, read, dance, paint, write, or sing. I belong to the Wellington Community
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Keeping Up With ProZone – November 2021
Carol’s Corner I hope you are all coping with the prolonged lock down, the grim daily numbers, and the uncertainty about what is ahead. We are lucky in Wellington to have relative freedom and I am heartened to see so many people in the street wearing their masks, scanning in at stores, and generally keeping to the rules. We are still all in this together and we have summer around the corner. Fortunately, with so much isolation and social distancing we are not getting the usual spike in flu and colds that we normally see at this time of
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Keeping Up With ProZone – September 2021
Carol’s Corner It’s been a pretty stressful last few weeks with the arrival of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in New Zealand and subsequently being placed back under alert levels 3 and 4. This lockdown seems to have been more difficult for many people, possibly because we’ve had a very large outbreak affecting mainly younger people. Last year we did our lockdown at our home at Himatangi Beach. Unfortunately, with the sudden and short notice of this lockdown we got stuck in our apartment in Wellington. Fortunately, we are in the middle of town so we have the waterfront
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Keeping Up With ProZone – June 2021
Carol’s Corner The Zone vs. Alternative Diets There is a lot of interest in alternative diets such as paleo & keto (which used to be called the Atkins diet). The other one that many people are intrigued by is intermittent fasting, either the 5/2 diet or variations on that such as the one below that Kevin tried. Kevin and I first started eating in the Zone about 24 years ago. The science behind eating this way, as developed by Dr. Barry Sears, made a lot of sense to us and we both ended up with very positive benefits. Kevin
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Keeping Up With ProZone – March/April 2021
Carol’s Corner Time’s Flying – Regain Control Where You Can Here we are 12-months’ since COVID-19 came at the beginning of Autumn, and what a roller coaster those 12-months’ have been with the ever changing Level changes, research revealing more about the virus, and the very fast (in terms of scientific discoveries) vaccine development and distribution. In the past year we have also had earthquakes across New Zealand, as well as tsunami warnings, so life is definitely still strange for all of us. It all contributes to making people feel stressed, uneasy, and not in control. But, one thing
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Keeping Up With ProZone – Christmas 2019
From all of us here at ProZone, we’d like to wish you, your family, and your friends, a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This year has been incredibly busy, both professionally and personally, and I am sorry to have not kept in touch more regularly. Hopefully, I can manage to do so more in the New Year. Christmas is a time where nutrition plans, diets, whatever you like to call them, tend to go out the window, because it’s just “easier” to eat whatever is on your plate, and not upset the hosts by refusing! But, it is important
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Keeping Up With ProZone – February 2019
Carol’s Corner Happy New Year everyone. It’s scary to think that it’s already halfway through February, but we’ve been enjoying such a lovely summer the time has just gone. We spent almost 6 weeks at our beach place, apart from the odd trip home to pack parcels and sort a few things, during which we’ve enjoyed lovely walks on the beach for an hour early every morning. I take bags and pick up rubbish on the beach which is mostly relatively clean. Apart from bits of plastic, rope, dirty nappies, and lolly papers, we also found several pairs of perfectly
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Keeping Up With ProZone – Christmas 2018
From all of us here at ProZone, we’d like to wish you, your family and your friends a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! It’s hard to believe that it’s “that” time of the year again. It’s been a year full of ups and downs for me, so I’m looking forward to a break,and a fresh start in the New Year. I never worry about my nutrition, even over the holidays, as I always eat in the Zone. However, I understand Christmas can make it difficult for some to stay in the Zone, so I’ve included some tips
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Keeping Up With ProZone – November 2018
Carol’s Corner Firstly, my apologies for being out of touch for so long. My sister, Marion, died from an aggressive brain tumour after only 4 months. I spent a considerable amount of that time with her in Australia where she had lived for 40 years. She was my only sibling and we had worked together at Wellington hospital in the 1970’s, so it has been a very difficult time. I was with her at the end which was relatively quick and peaceful, and she never suffered any pain. Happy Anniversary to ProZone It is 20 years this month that
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Keeping Up With ProZone – August 2018
Carol’s Corner Seeing this is ProZone’s 20 year anniversary, we are putting in some of our articles from past newsletters. As Rachel Hunter said in the infamous advertisement for hair products, “it won’t happen overnight, but it will happen”, the same can be said for weight loss. A lot of people are hung up on weight loss and weigh themselves religiously every morning, getting upset if they put on a few hundred grams and probably rewarding themselves by eating a bit more, as if they had lost a few hundred grams. We had a client who went from a size
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Keeping Up With ProZone – July 2018
Carol’s Corner Tree Planting Recently our Rotary club joined with Wellington City Council and some locals to plant 320 trees on Mt Victoria. We were lucky with the weather on a lovely Sunday morning. Rotary has a project to plant trees all around the world – at least one for every member of Rotary (over 1.3 million members). It was a very rewarding exercise, and afterwards we had a lovely shared barbecue cooked by the local neighbours. It was very easy to “Zone” the lunch, with lovely beef steak and magnificent salads – I just avoided the bread and potatoes.
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ProZone Protein Powder & Alternatives
Protein Powder There are all sorts of protein powders available out there. At ProZone we pride ourselves on only selling top quality products. ProZone Protein powder now sports our lovely new branding thanks to the talented team at Creative Mouse Design. ProZone Protein powder is purely casein based, lightly vanilla flavoured and slightly sweetened with stevia. Calcium caseinate is digested more slowly than whey protein which makes it perfect for the Zone. It is ideal for use in smoothies, shakes and porridge and I add a scoop to the mixture when I make my yogurt which gives it a nice vanilla flavour. $75
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Handy Hint: Water Drops
Water Drops I always start my day off every morning with a lemon squeezed in hot water. We recommend that our clients drink plenty of water but some people don’t like drinking plain water. If you want to add a bit of flavour to your water and don’t have any lemons available, you can buy water drops in various flavours including lemon lime and strawberry. These are slightly sweetened with stevia and you only need a few drops in a glass to make it taste good. You could also put it in hot water instead of tea for a change. They
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PureFit Bars
ProZone is very happy to announce it is now the New Zealand distributor of PureFit® bars. Our first shipment has landed and is flying out the door. We have seven delicious flavours including the new Peanut Butter Toffee Crunch and I am happy to supply boxes mixed with all flavours or just your favourites if you specify them when you place your order. Go to our shop and order online now or, if you are in Wellington, pop into the office to collect them. Please text or phone first to make sure that I am in the office. The bars are
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Fish Oil debate
Following the release last week of a study carried out by the University of Auckland Liggins Institute that found many fish oils on the market contain a third less omega-3 fatty acids than claimed on the label, I want to reassure my customers that the See Yourself Well (SYW) Omega-3 sold by ProZone is certified to the highest standards for fish oil quality in the world, the International Fish Oil Standard (IFOS) 5 star rating. This is the highest quality IFOS rating whose certification guarantees the safety of SYW fish oil and assures you that you cannot get a higher
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BlockBuilder
I recently heard from a client who doesn’t live in Wellington and I hadn’t spoken to for several years. She is a diabetic and has struggled to control it. She finally decided to buy a BlockBuilder and this is her response: “Hello Carol, parcel arrived this morning…have had a good look at the Block Builder..,…and it seems to be completely idiot proof!!! I kick started myself Zoning 100% this Monday…yes, only on Day 3 as I write….blood sugars in normal range ALL day. Insulin doses lessened remarkably, losing 1kg a day so far, that can slow down, as I don’t
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“Healthy” Snack Bars
Consumer has tested and commented on 35 snack bars sold in New Zealand. it quite rightly says that most are high in sugar and saturated fats and are unhealthy. Consumer used the new health star rating system which has been introduced by the government. It is a label on the front of the pack which gives consumers an “at a glance” guide to the nutrition value of food with five stars being the healthiest and one star being the most unhealthy. Nine of the 35 bars received 3 stars or more with only four bars gaining four stars or more.
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Supplement Specials
Some exciting specials on some of our top quality brand See Yourself Well products: CoQ10 for your heart health now $30 (usually $38) ORAC Premium High-Potency Liquid Multi-Vitamin & Mineral Supplement now $55 (usually $65) High Potency Formula Anti-oxidant, Multi-vitamin and Mineral Formula now $37 (usually $45) Specials available while stocks last.
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