Live a Healthier Life

January-20-2020

Known as being the most miserable Monday of the year, Blue Monday typically falls on the third Monday in January, and has been awarded the gloomy title due to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights, and dwindling motivation to keep up with those new year’s resolutions.
With Christmas and New Year well behind us, January’s endless grey skies and the icy grips of winter seem to be never-ending, so it’s easy to see why some of us get a little down at this time of year. But fear not, we have some great tips to help you stay on track with your goals and bring a little sunshine into your life to beat those winter blues.

Keep Active

When the days are short, and your mood is dropping as quickly as the temperature, it can be very tempting to skip your early morning run or a session at the gym. However, exercise can be a very important factor for combatting low moods. Keeping active and making sure you are getting the recommended 150 minutes of moderate cardiovascular activity each week is a sure way to keep you feeling physically well, as well as combatting feelings of low mood.

Get outside

Spending time outdoors in natural daylight is another way to keep on top of the winter blues. Although it might be tempting to stay bundled up indoors, a brisk walk in the crisp air can help blow away the cobwebs and leave you feeling refreshed. 

Eat Well

Motivation for sticking to new year’s resolutions may be dwindling, and the cravings for carbs and sugary treats may leave you reaching for the biscuit tin. Whilst these foods provide a temporary high, they can also cause a slump later. Eating a well-balanced diet rich in vegetables, fruits, good-fats and protein will help to keep you healthy as well as making you feel good. For an added boost, Forever Daily is a powerful daily multivitamin that delivers 100% of the daily recommended allowance of essential vitamins and bio-available minerals and nutrients, including; vitamins A, C, D and B12, iron, calcium and zinc.

Establish a routine

Developing and maintaining a routine for sleep is a great way to ease you through the darker months. Sticking to a regular sleep pattern can help to promote a better sleep, and leave you feeling refreshed so that the darker mornings seem a bit less of a struggle. 

Spend time with others

The winter months can be tough; the Christmas parties are over and the temptation to hibernate at home is strong. But social interaction is a well-known factor in lifting our mood. Make sure to book time in your diary to socialise with others, be that dinner with friends, a walk with your family, or even a lunch date or coffee with other FBOs, socialising can really help boost your mood.
As the darker days set in, and the weather turns cold, it’s important to make sure you protect your mental health and wellbeing. These simple, but effective tips can help to combat the feelings of low mood and help you to feel a little more uplifted this Blue Monday and beyond.  
What are your ways of combatting the winter woes? Let us know in the comments below.

January-10-2020

Veganuary (a.k.a. Vegan January) is upon us and apparently this year over 350,000 people have signed up to go Vegan for the month! If you were one of those people, congratulations on making it so far! We hope you’re having lots of interesting, diverse and delicious meals!
You’ll be pleased to know that Forever Living is always cruelty-free and some of our products are vegan-friendly, including our three-flagship Aloe Vera Gels and some of our supplements such as our Forever Fiber, Forever B12 (a vegan staple!) and Forever Lean.
But we wanted to go one step further and help you to incorporate our vegan products into some delicious vegan recipes to really kickstart your January!

Supergreen Soup

This soup is packed full of vitamins to give you a well-rounded, filling vegan meal: kick it up a notch by adding a sachet of Forever Supergreens – completely vegan-friendly!

• 2 tsp olive oil
• ½ large onion (chopped)
• 4 garlic cloves (chopped)
• 650ml vegetable stock
• 1 broccoli (chopped)
• 2 celery stalks (chopped)
• 1 cup green peas
• 120g spinach
• 1 400g can cannellini beans
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill
• Salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1 sachet Forever Supergreens

In a large pot over a medium heat, heat the olive oil and fry the onions for 3-4 minutes, until starting to soften. Add the garlic and fry for a further 1-2 minutes.
Add the vegetable stock, broccoli, celery and peas. Turn down the heat to medium-low and simmer for 1-15 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
Transfer the soup to a blender and add the spinach, beans, lemon juice, dill, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth, then pour the soup back into the pot and add in your sachet of Forever Supergreens. Remember to taste-test and adjust seasonings as necessary.

Drink-Your-Greens Smoothie

A smoothie is a quick, fresh and healthy way to start the day and this one packs a healthy punch with the benefits of the vitamin-packed leafy green, kale and Aloe Vera Gel.

• 70g kale
• 250ml Aloe Vera Gel (try each flavour for a different twist!)
• ½ orange
• 100g pineapple
• ½ banana

Place kale, orange and Aloe Vera Gel into a blender. Puree until smooth. Then add the remaining ingredients and blend.
Find more great smoothie recipes here 

Aloe Peaches Sorbet

Being healthy doesn’t have to mean denying yourself sweet treats. A delicious peach sorbet is the perfect after-dinner treat, and the added Forever Aloe Peaches means you still get a health boost from that pure inner leaf aloe gel.

• 1 pound ripe peaches (cut roughly into pieces)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 60ml Forever Aloe Peaches
• 60ml water
• ½ cup white sugar

Add peaches to a blender and blend until completely smooth. Add to a bowl, stir in the lemon juice and place in the fridge.
Combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved (this should take around a minute). Remove from the stove and let it cool to room temperature, before adding the Forever Aloe Peaches and popping into the fridge for around an hour
Pour the blended peach and lemon juice mix into the Forever Aloe Peaches and sugar mix into a freezer safe container and ensure it’s well combined. Place in the freezer. Every 30 minutes or so, remove the sorbet from the freezer and use a fork to break it up and stir. Keep repeating this process until the mixture is completely frozen (4-5 hours).
Do you have any go-to vegan recipes we could all take inspiration from and incorporate into our vegan month? Let us know in the comments?

January-03-2020

A brand-new year and a brand-new decade! As the festive season draws to a close for another year and we welcome 2020; we are bracing ourselves for the inevitable onslaught of New Year’s resolutions. Many of these will feature a pledge to be healthier in some way, and despite our intentions, many of us will undoubtedly fall off the wagon. This year, we wanted to try something a little different.
As they’re our top selling products, during the month of January we want to see how far around the world we can share the love for our aloe vera drinking gels. We want you to post a photo of your favourite Forever Aloe Vera Gel in front of your favourite place in your hometown, iconic location, or somewhere on your travels, and share on social media using the hashtag #AloeAroundTheWorld. As well as helping us to spread the aloe goodness you could also be in with a chance of winning some fantastic custom Forever gear.
Planted, tended and harvested by hand, our aloe is lovingly nurtured and grown before being gently stabilised in a special, patented process, all mere hours after being harvested in order to provide you with the freshest and most pure aloe vera based products possible. Our Aloe Vera Drinking Gel is as close to nature as you can get with 99.7% pure inner-leaf aloe, and our other popular formulas, Forever Aloe Berry Nectar and Forever Aloe Peaches combine the benefits of pure aloe vera with delicious berry and peach flavours, so what better way to get your year off to a healthier start then by sharing these fantastic gels around the world!
Running from 1st – 31st January 2020, this Global campaign will operate predominantly on social media, so make sure you keep an eye on our Head Office’s platforms, particularly Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see all the beautiful places that our Forever gels are pictured in, and to submit your entry.
Each week we will be selecting one entry to receive some custom Forever gear, and a final winner will be selected on 31st January 2020. Each photo submission counts as one entry, and all photos much be unique and original. Any photos that have been photoshopped or stolen from a third-party will be disqualified. Official rules for this campaign can also be found at foreverliving.com/aloearoundtheworld under Social Contest Rules.