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We’re cruising into Memorial Day Weekend full force with thigh scorching, booty lifting exercises designed to cinch your waist and add some heat to that backless summer frock!

Health Tip: BPAs, Breast Cancer and How to Keep Yourself and Your Daughter Safe
We have been reporting on the dangers of BPAs since December 2009’s New York Times article Cancer in the Kitchen. More information continues to come to light, the most recent on BPAs and their danger especially to developing girls. Last weekend’s Wall Street Journal article All Natural, or Not Quite reported specifically on how endocrine disruptors like BPAs affect the breasts and the reproductive systems in school age girls. “Breasts in particular are most vulnerable when they are changing or developing.” Environmental chemicals like BPAs are arguably the cause of early puberty that we see across the country. Early puberty raises a lifelong risk of breast cancer, “partly because breasts are exposed to more estrogen the more menstrual cycles a woman has.” According to the article. high levels of BPAs were found in a mother and daughter from household items, and have been found in a nursing mother’s breast milk. Household items containing BPAs include:

• Pleather (this is what most school bus seats are made of)
• Some scented deodorants, bubbly bath, lotions, soaps
• Plastic Wrapped foods
• Inside cans and plastic bottles
• Bike helmets
• Receipts

It is clearly not an easy thing to keep your daughter away from nail polish and bubble bath, Williams observers. “…Safeguarding one’s family from silent endocrine disruptors feels like a folly…”  Without stricter regulations, there is no way to go completely untouched, but we recommend making the following changes to your daily habits:

Beware of plastic containers with the numbers 3, 6 and 7 on the bottom. These are the most dangerous. Safer plastics are 1, 2, 4 and 5. Check for BPA-free containers, but better yet, use glass food containers.

Opt for fresh or frozen foods in lieu of those in cans. If you do choose a can, be sure it has not been damaged. Some cans now are BPA-free and will say so on the label.

Avoid receipts and wash your hands after handling them.

Drink from steel or glass containers instead of plastic water bottles. They even make steel sippy cups these days. You’ll be doing a favor to the environment too.

If you do drink from plastic water bottles, never reuse them or let them heat up (as in on the front seat of your car) before drinking from them.

Do not microwave plastic containers or put them in the dishwasher.

Avoid deodorants, lotion and soap that is scented from unnatural compounds. Look on the ingredients. If there is a chemical on the list, avoid it. There are plenty of lotions, deodorants and soaps that are scented with natural ingredients like rose oil or chamomile.

6pm Class: Join us Wednesday evenings at Flex and Fit for our 6:00pm Beyond Barre class! Register for class online at www.hilliardstudiomethod.com. Parking is free in the Duke Energy parking deck directly below Flex and Fit off Stonewall St.

HSM is pleased to be offering Catie’s Organic Greens Gluten Free as well as the regular Catie’s Organic Greens and Catie’s Organic Vitamin C Plus. These are raw natural foods and need to be refrigerated after opening. They are always on hand in the studio or you may call 704-236-3377 or email Lizhilliard@performancepilates.com. The cost is the same as the regular Catie’s Organic Greens and Catie’s Organic Vitamin C Plus, $39.99 plus tax.

	“One tablespoon of Catie’s Organic Greens is equal to approximately 7 servings of the most potent green vegetables! This super concentrated whole food is abundant in vitamins, minerals, healing phytonutrients, fiber, antioxidants, good probiotic bacteria, digestive enzymes, and essential fatty acids."
	“Catie’s Organic Vitamin C Plus is real Vitamin C without being chemically altered or processed. Catie found the richest sources of live foods highest in Vitamin C and used a special cold spray process to maintain optimal enzymatic and preserve naturally occurring co-factors.”

Click here for more information on our HSM Signature Smoothie.

Please check online at www.HilliardStudioMethod.com for class descriptions and to sign up and buy classes. Signing up for class is recommended. Email us or click on “Schedule/Sign In” to secure your spot in class. Walk-ins are always welcome if space provides.

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Classes held at Hilliard Studio Method™
Park Road Shopping Center’s Back Court
530 Brandywine Road
Charlotte, North Carolina 28209
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Look forward to seeing you in class!

Liz

Hilliard Studio Method™ is a vigorous pilates-based workout incorporating hand weights, intense isometric positions, floor and ballet barre work. This results-driven workout elongates the body, improving overall strength, flexibility and posture. Expect to see flatter abdominals, a lifted seat, tapered thighs and greater definition in the arms and back. The variation offered by Hilliard Studio Method is unique, powerful and unparalleled to any other barre workout. Overall, if you are interested in transforming your body, Hilliard Studio Method™ is the best hour of exercise you can give yourself.

* The nutritional information contained herein is based upon information Hilliard Studio Method™ reasonably believes to be accurate. We are not responsible for any adverse effects related to following this information.

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