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Mar01

March Newsletter

Spring has sprung, summer is approaching and St Patrick's Day is going to make us all a little more Irish! So to celebrate, we're randomly picking 20 of our lovely, Irish subscribers to receive Free Smoothie Vouchers!

If you don't get picked this time (or if you're not in Ireland) never fear, there'll be plenty of competitions and give-aways throughout the year for you to enter too.

However, if you're one of those not-so-lucky souls and you find yourself having to watch as your extraordinarily lucky friend picks up all the prizes in the raffle while you sit there empty-handed wondering “why do they always win prizes? The law of probability suggests that the chances of either of us winning are equal, so why do I never win?” - We feel your pain.

So, if any of you think you know something about luck, and can tell us why some people have it and some people don't, you might win something too! All theories in an email with the subject 'Lucky' to newsteam@zumobars.com

We'll pick the best and post the answers in next months issue. Every winning post will receive a voucher too. Yes.

So, moving onwards and upwards…

 

Here's what's on our minds this March:

• Go barefoot this Paddy's Day - Our very Irish Paddy's Punch recipe will knock your socks off.
• Day after Tomorrow: Spring has sprung so it's time to change more than just your light bulbs! Eco-Writer, Kathy McHugh gives us a few different ways we can help heal the planet.
• Nutritionist Sarah Keogh tells us all about fat. Great!
• Dancing Mangos! Yay!

 

Paddy's Day Power-Smoothie

Ah St Patrick's Day, it only seems like yesterday when we were all rubbing our sore heads, and swearing that next year, we try not get into such a state that we would consider making a pancake mixture in one's mouth a good idea. Easier said than done.

So, if you're anything like us and you'd prefer a healthier alternative to stocking up on Alka-Seltzer, why not try our Paddy's Day Power-Smoothie. It's very easy to make at home.

Aside from love, all you need is:

• A Juicing Machine
• The juice of three apples (220ml)
• One banana
• A dollop of low-fat, pro-biotic yoghurt (220g)
• 3 mint leaves.

 

Stick ‘em all in a blender, whiz ‘em up for a minute, and pour the lovely smoothie down your neck (or sip elegantly like a lady). Like all Zumos, you should drink it within the hour to ensure freshness, taste and that all the great live enzymes are still there for your body to enjoy. Yum!

Change more than just your light bulbs. Eco-Writer Kathy McHugh on some different ways to shape the future.

We've all heard an awful lot about the shape of the planet (it's big and round don't you know) and also it's temperature, which is rising. We are told that we are to blame and that unless we change our habits, we'll all witness vast and dramatic changes over the years to come. Eek.

When we ask how we can help, those in the know tell us to change our light bulbs to power-saving ones, and turn our thermostats down a notch. Did you really think that was enough? Because it's not.

Here are some more things that you can do that might just make a bigger impact.

Ask questions. In case you haven't noticed, it's important that you take part in your own life. So don't be afraid to put other people on the spot. Insist that everything you do, buy or take part in passes the following test.

• Is it safe for the environment?
• Is it good for you?
• Is it produced near by, in a nice way?
• Do you really need to do/eat/buy it?

 

If the answers are all yes, then carry on!

Be Happy. It's time for a little self-help. I know I know, dreary American psycho-babble is not your cup of tea. But perhaps if we all spent a little more time getting to know ourselves, stripping away the values that others have imposed on us and focussing on what really makes us happy, we'd take better care of ourselves, and the world we live in. So keep one evening free (or several, if you're a particularly complicated person) to have a good think about who you really are, and what you'd really like to be doing… then try to do more of it.

Give the evil eye. Yes, that right, encourage SUV and other large, city car drivers to stop needlessly pumping excess fuel into the atmosphere - by making them feel uncomfortable – with your eyes. Stare at them as they drive past with no passengers and shake your head disapprovingly if you catch their eye. Driving monster trucks on the road should be socially unacceptable, let us make it so!

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