Go Ahead, Eat Your Chocolate!; “Be Curious…”; Dip Recipe for Holidays Discounts for Loyalty on Botox, Fillers, Skin Care and even Surgery!!! Up to 50% off Coolsculpting; Cheek Enhancement with Voluma 10% OFF October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!; Wine of the Week, a pinot!

A Newsletter of Health, Fitness and Nutrition

Please get your mammograms AND if you have silicone breast implants get an MRI every couple of years! As I tell all breast implant patients, ALL implants leak at some point in time.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

McKenna Membership Rewards (MMR) gives you a Butterfly Stamp for every $50 spent on non-surgical treatments like Botox, fillers, and Skin care. After 20 stamps you receive $50 off your next treatment.

Surgical Patients get a 10% discount on their surgeon’s fee when you have had prior surgery with us. For example, a patient contacted us recently about exchanging her breast implants for smaller ones. She would get 10% off her surgeon’s fee since we put her original implants in.

Up to 50% off Coolsculpting

Call Joni at 513-793-5772 for details and to schedule a complimentary consultation.

CHOCOLATES:

Chocolate sales are up 18% since 2011. Nearly half of those indulging are looking for premium ingredients to consider it “healthy”. This includes dark chocolate with up to 90% cocoa.

At least as important as the taste and indulging our cravings is the fact that dark chocolate can reduce the risk of heart attacks. The Journal of Nutrition found that small amounts of chocolate daily provide antioxidants to protect the heart and blood vessels from inflammation and subsequent cardiovascular disease. The efficacious amount is about half a chocolate bar each day.

(Did You Know?  Try making truffles at home sometime. I used to do it annually for my daughters’ French class. It’s not as hard as you think. Just use good quality chocolate.)

The study examined the level of C-reactive proteins (a marker of inflammation and coronary heart disease) in almost 11,000 people. By correlating their diet, the study found that those who ate small amounts of dark chocolate several times a week had 17 percent less C-reactive proteins in their blood than those who ate no chocolate. The hypothesis for the dark chocolate being more effective than milk chocolate is that the milk interferes with the body’s absorption of the antioxidants.

With your smart phone…

1.   Open the camera app

2.   Focus the camera on the QR code y gently tapping the code

3.   Follow the instruction on the screen to complete the action

Warm Spinach-Artichoke Dip

Preheat oven to 400. Stir together 6 oz. softened cream cheese, 1 cup thawed and drained frozen spinach, ¾ cup thawed frozen artichoke hearts, ¾ cup grated Gouda, ½ cup mozzarella, ¼ cup mayonnaise, ¼ cup scallions, tsp minced garlic, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper in a medium bowl until smooth. Spoon into 1-quart baking dish and sprinkle top with ¼ cup parmesan cheese. Bake until brown and bubbling, about 25 minutes. Serve with crostini or tortilla chips.

Special now 10% off!

One syringe on each side provides a lift and enhances the cheekbone area.

Skin Care Special!

Smart TCA peel package of three $400, regularly $450. Start NOW to get summer sun damage improved by the holidays! Contact our skin care for details. Only one per patient.

513.793.5772

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