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*This giveaway is now closed.*
Congrats to Kristina — you’ll receive a taste of Glory and the custom gloves from vitaminwater!
With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in full swing and the athletes all vying for a taste of glory by earning a medal for their country, have you thought about how you get a taste of glory in your life?
For me, there’s a bit of an obvious one—crossing the finish line in a race. It’s even better if it’s a new personal-best time, but even if it’s not, simply completing a race is an incredible feeling of accomplishment. But I think there’s room to find a taste of glory in one’s every day—it could even be something as small and seemingly mundane as a great walk outdoors with your puppy or mailing a sweet note to a friend you haven’t touched base with for awhile.
And, well, then there’s also the tasty new limited-edition peach-mango glacéau vitaminwater glory, created just for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (And let me tell you, drinking this vitamin B and C-loaded glory sure is easier than training and running a marathon, that’s for sure). The flavour was inspired by input from Canadians who used the glacéau vitaminwater Facebook app when creating their own flavour of vitaminwater—seems a lot of us are fans of peach-mango.
Even better than its inspiration coming from Canadians across the country: glacéau vitaminwater has partnered with Canadian Olympic bobsledder Jesse Lumsden for the 2014 Winter Games. His athletic skill and outgoing personality just make sense with vitaminwater, right?
So who’s up for a taste of glory in their life? Here’s how you can win some:
You can enter in three ways: Here on this blog post, on the Instagram photo (you can find me on Instagram @healthandswellness — follow me and then add a comment to the pic), and/or “like” the Health and Swellness Facebook page and then comment — in your comment, tell me about a glorious moment in your life.
I’ll randomly select a winner who will receive not only a taste of glory but also a pair of custom Olympic Winter Games touchscreen gloves, courtesy of glacéau vitaminwater. The giveaway is open to Canadian residents and closes February 23, 2014 at 12 p.m. EST.
Check out vitaminwatercanada.ca and pick up a bottle of glory today to get your Canadian taste of glory. Share the glory online with @vitaminwater_ca, #tasteofglory.
February 18, 2014
The only vitamins and supplements I seem to manage to take regularly? Chewable ones. And if they taste like candy, pretty much never miss taking it daily.
Like Centrum Flavour Burst chews, which are now available in Canada. They taste a lot like a certain “taste the rainbow!” candy — yummy! And they have no gelatin, but most importantly they contain vitamins A, E, C, B6, B12, D, Biotin, folic acid, zinc and more. And while I think you should focus on getting your vitamins and minerals from real foods, it’s good to have a backup to ensure you’re meeting the requirements your body needs.
And for one lucky Health & Swellness reader, you can win a great healthy prize pack! The prize is worth $150 and includes:
- three bottles of Centrum Flavour Burst® Adult
- one LeSportsac tote bag
- one BKR water bottle
- one Lululemon hair band
(I’m kinda jealous, to be honest, as I could use all of these goodies!)
There are four ways to enter (note: this is open to Canadian residents only) – enter all four ways to increase your chances of winning:
- Email your name, mailing address, email and phone number to healthandswellness@gmail.com. Please put Centrum in the subject line.
- Follow @healthswellness on Twitter and tweet: I just entered to win a chic and healthy prize from @healthswellness! http://bit.ly/1awW1BK #centrumflavourburst
- Comment on this blog post about what workout you’ve always wanted to try.
- Like the Health and Swellness page on Facebook and comment on the Centrum wall post about your favourite fruit.
You have until 11:59PM on Monday, July 8, 2013, to enter. The winner will be chosen at random, notified by me so I can arrange getting the prize to you, and announced on Health & Swellness.
July 2, 2013
So here I was thinking I was pretty smart for not keep vitamins and meds in the bathroom, but it turns out the kitchen (where I’ve got mine) isn’t so hot either (or rather it is hot in there, and humid, and therein lies the problem).
New research from Purdue University has found that even if the lids are on tight on your bottles of vitamins and supplements, the humidity in kitchens and bathrooms can still cause chemical changes in the product’s composition, leading to shorter shelf life, lower quality and fewer nutrients. And not by just tiny amount — it all depends on the specific product and environmental conditions, but it was shown that all the vitamin C in a supplement could be lost within just one week.
So short of hiding them in a dark, dry drawer in your home office where you’ll never remember to take them in the first place, what can you do?
For a steady vitamins-with-benefits relationship, the Purdue researcher gave the thumbs up to the kitchen but only if you have a place that is dark and dry, away from the stove, sink and windows.
March 4, 2010
