Healthiness for wellness


DO you eat to live, or live to eat? Whichever your pleasure, you can never go wrong if you think and eat healthy.

Keeping a healthy lifestyle and diet has become the credo of the faster-paced, constantly evolving new millennium, paving the way for an even wider range of food product choices for the health and well-being conscious.

With this in mind, Gardenia Bakeries Philippines, known for its soft, great-tasting, freshly baked, aromatic and nutritious high quality breads, initiated a Nutrition and Wellness tour in various offices around Metro Manila to advocate the importance of living an active healthy lifestyle.

Beyond promoting the value of healthy eating, the activity espoused the importance of keeping fit through a series of seminars conducted by the Gardenia Nutrition & Wellness Team comprised of nutritionists and dieticians who counseled office workers in 57 companies from various industries.  A free Body Mass Index or BMI evaluation, body fat percentage analysis plus the formulation of wellness goals and personalized diet plans as well as free sampling of Gardenia Health Bread line were among the many relevant activities enjoyed by the attendees.

Headed by Aine de Guzman as its primary lecturer, their latest stop is UP_Ayala Technohubs in Quezon City and at the UN Avenue in Manila. She stressed on the value of eating right and not letting a hectic lifestyle get in the way of being healthy, citing Gardenia Health Breads as a delicious way of helping one achieve this.

Figure-conscious? There’s Gardenia Slim ‘n Fit Wheaten Bread with L-Carnitine, a substance that may help burn calories and promote good metabolism.

Diabetics and weight-watchers can enjoy Gardenia Sugar-Free 12-Grain Loaf that may help control blood sugar levels, and contains various healthful grains such as Oats with magnesium, Flax with dietary Fiber, micronutrients and Omega-3 fatty acids, Barley with amino acids, and Buckwheat for iron, zinc and selenium.

For those with sweet tooth, you can also enjoy Gardenia Honey Oat Loaf. It contains honey which has anti-oxidant properties that may help prevent certain cancers.

Moms having problem with picky eaters, Gardenia High Calcium Milk Bread with a rich and creamy taste of milk that kids will surely love. And for their peace of mind, this bread is high in calcium that helps keep bones and teeth strong and healthy. Four slices is equivalent to a glass of milk and 25 percent of their daily calcium needs.

Whatever your lifestyle, eat well, live well and feel well with Gardenia Health line. Grab a pack now at leading supermarkets, groceries and convenience stores nearest you!



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