April 2020 Newsletter

Take some time to relax!

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Homemade Lavender Body Butter Ingredients

1 cup organic coconut oil 1/2 cup shea butter 10 drops Lavender essential oil

Directions In a food processor, add coconut oil, shea butter and Lavender essential oil. Pulse high until the body butter is a whipped-like consistency – usually about 2 minutes. Use a spatula to remove and store in a Mason jar.

Social Distancing Environment

In our continuing efforts to support limited exposure for everyone and to minimize risk to all by practicing social distancing, we are now offering curbside (parking lot) pick up along with our drive thru and delivery service. Whether it’s a prescription, product or gift you can simply:

1. Call to place your order (806) 272-7511. 2. Pay over the phone with your credit card 3. When you arrive at the store, call us, and

we will bring your order out to your car.

If you prefer to stay home, you can also call us directly to have your prescription shipped directly to you or browse our product offering online!

We will continue to remain open during regular business hours (M-F 9:00 am – 6:00 pm).

Living Well with Diabetes

Due to the current health crisis, we won’t be hosting a Living Well with Diabetes meeting this month. Take care of yourself by eating healthy, exercising, and getting plenty of rest.

COVID-19 Supplement Recommendations

Patients have been requesting advice concerning supplement support during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are a variety of discussions around supplements, but these are a sampling of some recommended supplements based on information currently known (March 2020):

Melatonin - thought to help reduce severity of the immune system exaggerated inflammatory reaction to COVID-19. Dose 3 mg to 40 mg each evening. Suggest Melatonin 6 mg-SR 2-3 tabs at bedtime.

Vitamin C - Dose: 2000 mg AM and PM. If infected, take 2,000mg every hour until loose bowels. Use that MAX dose as your total daily dose but divided into 4x/day increments.

Vitamin D3- boosts immune system and reduces inflammatory response. Dose: 5,000-10,000 u/day.

Zinc- thought to reduce viral replication.

Zinc (Chelated) 54 mg Capsules - 1 capsule AM and PM. Zinc Gluconate Lozenges - dose: dissolve 1 lozenge in mouth 4 times daily.

Querecitin 400 mg - used in combination with Zinc, helps to reduce inflammatory lung response to Coronavirus. Querecitin is thought to help Zinc penetrate into cells to fight Corona at a cellular level. Dose: 1 capsule AM and PM.

Viracid, Wholemune or Scimune - contains several vitamins and Wellmune to support the immune system. Dose: 2 caps AM and PM, if infected, increase to 4 caps AM and PM

Vitamin A 10,000 u – thought to possess anti-viral activity, Dose: 1 capsule AM and PM, if infected increase dose to 2 caps AM and PM.

D-Hist- or R-Host used in combination with Zinc, thought to support a reduction of inflammatory lung response to Coronavirus. Also helps Zinc penetrate into cells. Dose: 2 capsules AM and PM.

N-Acetyl Cysteine- used in combination with Zinc, helps to reduce inflammatory lung response to Coronavirus. The virus is hard on the liver and NAC provides liver support. Dose: 1 capsule (900mg) AM and PM.

Probiotic- improved gut health and resulting immune normalization. Take high quality probiotic with at least 30 billion CFU

Bluplerum-Chinese herb thought work as an antiviral and immune modulator. Take one daily.

Immune Support Month

Come get yours today! 10% off price below plus free hand sanitizer!

Stuff to do while you’re quarantined:

Clear off the to-do list

Take a walk

Cook your favorite comfort food

Read a book

Reach out to a neighbor to see if they need anything

Facetime a friend

Make up a silly dance

World Immunization Week

World Immunization Week – celebrated in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunization saves millions of lives every year and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions.

The theme this year is Protected Together: Vaccines Work!, and the campaign will celebrate Vaccine Heroes from around the world – from parents and community members to health workers and innovators – who help ensure we are all protected through the power of vaccines.

Despite gains, all of the targets for disease elimination—including measles, rubella, and maternal and neonatal tetanus—are behind schedule, and over the last two years the world has seen multiple outbreaks of measles, diphtheria and various other vaccine-preventable diseases. Most of the children missing out are those living in the poorest, marginalized and conflict-affected communities.

In order for everyone, everywhere to survive and thrive, countries must intensify efforts to ensure all people receive the lifesaving benefits of vaccines. Additionally, those countries that have achieved or made progress towards the goals must work to sustain the progress they have made.

The main goal of the campaign is to raise awareness about the critical importance of full immunization throughout life.

As part of the 2019 campaign the aim is to show how routine immunization is the foundation for strong, resilient health systems.

April

Website to visit this month:

The Secret Door

It won’t open into a dark nook at

Hogwarts, but it can take you to

equally unexpected places around

the world. The idea is simple —

opens the secret door and let

Google’s Street View transport you

to an interesting place on the

globe. Think of it as a portal for

virtual globetrotting. And if you

don’t like it, just click the Take Me

Somewhere Else button. It

definitely ranks as one of the more

fun ways to use Google Maps and

Street View. Have fun with this

website!

www.safestyle-windows.co.uk

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ISSUE World Immunization Week

Earth Day …

Bee Houses

Thank You’s, Quotes to inspire

In This

Cool Blogs, Sites

& Online

Resources to

Check Out!

Graduation is right around the corner! Get a head start on graduation gifts and shop at K & K Pharmacy. We carry all types of helpful graduation gifts and cards. Use our Instant digital prints machine and print from your cell phone, Facebook, and USB device of your favorite grad!

Pharmacist Tip

of the Month!

Easter is Chocolate Time

Eat Dark Chocolate, But Not Too Much

In the Aztec culture, creation of the cocoa

plant on earth was attributed to Quetzalcoatl,

who they believed descended from heaven

carrying a cocoa tree from paradise. Cocoa

was combined with spices to make a frothy

drink (they didn’t have sugar). Today,

chocolate’s allure lies in its sweet or

bittersweet taste, but chemical reactions are at work.

Chocolate stimulates the secretion of endorphins, which produce

a pleasurable sensation, and serotonin, which acts as an anti-

depressant. Chocolate does more than please the taste buds and

make people feel good. It’s packed with polyphenol antioxidants

that reduce the risk of heart disease. Antioxidants in raw cocoa

can dilate blood vessels, a healthful effect, and raise HDL (good)

cholesterol levels.

Researchers in Italy have found that eating dark chocolate can

help to control diabetes by increasing the body’s ability to

metabolize sugar. Chocolate is also high in potassium,

magnesium, and vitamins B1, B2, D, and E – but it’s very high in

fat and calories.

Deep breathing is an easy and

fast way to reduce stress!

Take a deep breathe through you nose and push out through

your mouth. Take your time exhaling. Repeat 3-10x.

Repeat 3-10 times.

What is Earth Day

Ever wondered how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues.

In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a grassroots demonstration. McConnell chose the Spring equinox (March 21, 1970) and Nelson chose April 22. Millions of people participated, and today, Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated (mostly on April 22).

Common Earth Day activities include planting trees, cleaning up litter, or simply enjoying nature through hiking, gardening, or taking a stroll in a local park.

Earth Day is always celebrated on April 22, and is followed closely by Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday in April.

Celebrate Earth Day by enjoying nature. Here are some ideas to inspire you!

Plant wildflowers! Go native! Plants thrive when they’re natural to your area. Bring nature into the garden with plants that attract butterflies

and hummingbirds. Invite native bees to your garden. These are the bees that

pollinate your plants for more flowers and food! Perhaps add a native bee house!

Bee Houses

What’s the secret to enjoying more blooms and greater harvests? Pollination! To increase the pollination of your garden plants, consider getting a backyard bee house for native solitary bees, such as mason bees and leafcutter bees.

Bee houses (or hotels) are similar to bird houses, but instead of attracting birds, they attract native bee species, like mason bees. Unlike honey bees, these solitary bees are extremely docile and up to three times more effective as pollinators. No, you won’t get any honey, but you will enjoy more flowers, thriving plants, and healthier vegetables and fruit in your garden!

Bee houses consist of a wooden, birdhouse-like structure containing native bee nesting materials—typically hollow reeds or cardboard tubes. They are the perfect habitat for solitary, hole-nesting bees, who also happen to be some of the best pollinators around.

Like birdhouses, which ought to be cleaned out at the end of each year, bee houses need to be refreshed annually with new nesting materials.

Be sure to choose a bee house size that matches what the surrounding area can provide. For example, a stand of flowering trees and bushes can provide more pollen than a meadow of flowers can, meaning a larger house would be appropriate for the former.

Hole-nesting bees need a place to live that’s dry and safe. The ideal bee house will have a solid outer structure that has a 2–3” overhang, which will protect nesting materials from bad weather. If birds are attacking the nesting holes, use a 1”-wide wire cloth and bubble it around the bee house. Do not install wire cloth flush against the nesting holes, as this will obstruct the bees from entering. Bees need some space for landing and taking off!

Orient the bee house to face the morning sun, as hole-nesting bees need the sun’s warmth to give them energy to fly. Placing two bee houses—each facing a slightly different direction—can produce even better results.

Most native bees prefer some afternoon shade, but too much shade could attract hole-nesting wasps. Solitary wasps are generally considered beneficial predators in a garden, as they attack pests like caterpillars, grubs, and aphids. However, they may also prey on the bee pupae in your bee house.

Did You Know? April Fun Facts

April 15th is Tax Day. (Delayed to July 15th)

Thank You!

Thanks to YOU the word is spreading! Thanks to all of our wonderful customers and friends who graciously referred us to their friends and neighbors last month!

Our business runs on positive comments and referrals from people just like you! We couldn’t do it without you!

A special thanks to all of those who referred us.

We Don’t Have a Business Without YOU!

We can’t fix it if we don’t know what is broken. Please contact us and give us your feedback, good or bad. We are committed to continuous improvement because we want to be YOUR

family pharmacy.

Call us or stop by to let us know today!