To view this newsletter online please Click here. Over to Travel to Wellness - The e-Magazine. Words to take along on the Journey "Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the entire world." Albert Einstein. The above quote was submitted by reader Sandy Biback of Toronto who named her company Imagination+ Meeting Planners based on this quote. Send your favourite Words to take along on the Journey to editor@traveltowellness.com NEW THIS ISSUE: Raw and real, but with a welcome handful of creature comforts - that's Sky Camp in British Columbia. Best Spas Canada Travel to Wellness posts new categories in the 2008 list of Canada's best spas. Medical Spas are the wave of the future. We're launched a new section to keep you posted on this new and still-developing sector of the spa industry. Read more.. As more resort spas offer medi-treatments, you can have your Botox before or after your buffet. Read about what's being offered at Vermont's Top Notch Resort & Spa. Dermatologist Dr. John Goldhar offers a close-up on Hyperpigmentation one of the most popular reasons women - and increasingly men - seek out medi-spas. In Spas for Men one of our contributors takes a look at what Northern California offers men who spa. Spa Reviews A reader writes about her experience at Toronto's Elmwood Spa SPA TIPS FOR LIVING WELL Can eating strawberries with whipped cream be bad for you? Colleen Fraser, director of training and education at Vida Wellness Spa in Vancouver offers a few basic concepts from an Ayurvedic food combining program. Regarded as one of the oldest complete systems of healing knowledge in the world, Ayurveda originated in India some 5,000 years ago. It’s a life science with complete balance and maximum state of health as the goal. Proper food combining is a perspective that Ayurveda advocates follow to gain optimal digestion, assimilation and absorption of the nutrients. Signs of improper food combining can include indigestion, fermentation, gas, bloating, abdominal cramping, fatigue and, if prolonged, improper food combining can lead to toxemia and disease. Colleen Fraser offers a few tips to get you going: • Avoid eating fruits with dairy (i.e. strawberries with whipped cream, bananas with milk). Fruit digests easily and quickly through our body but when you combine fruit and dairy together, the two curdle in the gut. One food (fruit) wants to travels fast through the digestion, while the other food group (dairy) moves slow, hence fermentation. All fruits should be eaten as a ‘fruit meal’ ...alone. • Avoid eating melons and grains together. Melons digest quickly and grains take more time. This combo of foods will upset the stomach. Melons should be eaten alone or left alone. • Honey should never be cooked. According to ancient Ayurvedic literature, honey should never be cooked because, if cooked, the molecules become a non-homogenized glue that adheres to mucous membranes and clogs subtle channels, producing toxins. Uncooked honey is nectar. Cooked honey is considered poison. TIPS TO AID DIGESTION • Eat 1/2 tsp freshly grated ginger with a pinch of rock salt before each meal. • Dark, green leafy vegetables help digestion and regulate metabolism • Small sips of warm water during a meal will aid digestion and absorption of food. • Do not drink iced water as it is too shocking to the system and slows down digestion. Be well, travel safe. Anne Dimon Founder/Editor We welcome your comments on spas you've visited, story ideas and other items of interest to wellness-minded travelers. E-mail us at editor@traveltowellness.com Travel to Wellness Newsletter is published by Travel to Wellness Inc. Copy and images protected under copyright.