Staying Healthy During the Holidays

by Cascade Ice on December 5, 2011

The holidays can be one of the most exciting and fun times of the year. Often, this fun can also be coupled with stress, weight gain and headaches. The holidays don’t have to hinder your healthy living style if you remember to do a few simple things.

Stick to your typical work out routine. This will not only balance out the extra holiday food you are consuming, but also keep you in a cheerful mood!

Make sure to take a multivitamin and get some extra vitamin C. With so much traveling this season, it’s pretty easy to catch a cold. Adding vitamins to your routine will help you avoid getting sick during the most wonderful time of the year!

Get some sleep! We know all those late night parties and shows are so much fun, but be sure to get enough sleep. This will help you ward off illness, maintain a calm and happy mood and can help keep you from overeating.

Staying healthy means you will be able to enjoy all the things that you love this holiday season! Don’t forget to visit the Cascade Ice Facebook page for updates and great health related tips throughout the holiday season!

Sensible Snacking for Holiday Travel

by Cascade Ice on November 30, 2011

Holidays typically mean lots of traveling! Whether you are traveling by bus, train, plane or car it’s hard to not get the munchies in route to your destination. Most airports and rest stops are home to fast food and empty-calorie snacks, but that doesn’t mean you have to ruin your figure while traveling! Check out these great snack ideas that are all under 150 calories:

– 15 grapes   & 16 peanuts
– 1 low-fat mozzarella cheese stick & 8  wheat crackers
– 1 pear & 8 almonds
– 8 honey whole wheat pretzels & 1/8 cup dried cherries

These snacks are finger friendly and can easily be tossed into plastic bags for wherever you may go this holiday season! Don’t forget to grab a 2-calorie Cascade Ice to keep you hydrated while you travel!

It’s a Cascade Ice Black Friday Sale

by Cascade Ice on November 18, 2011

Don’t miss out on the best sale of the season! On November 25 (aka Black Friday) from 6 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. PST we will be offering two boxes of Cascade Ice for the price of one!

How can you take advantage of this holiday offer? It’s simple, when checking out type in “Black Friday” and the extra flavor you would like in the Special Instructions section (don’t add the extra to your cart, just tell us your flavor of choice!).

Cascade Ice is a great way to make your holiday parties a hit! To scope out all the flavors and cases available online click here.

Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month

by Cascade Ice on November 14, 2011

November has been named Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month by the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness. Although there is quite a list of celebrities who practice a gluten-free diet (Zooey Deschanel, Ryan Phillippe and Emmy Rossum just to name a few), there are still some who don’t exactly know what going gluten-free is all about.

Gluten refers to the proteins that are found in wheat, grains, barley and rye. When a person who is gluten intolerant consumes gluten products, their small intestine becomes inflamed leading to a myriad of health problems.

Celiac disease, or gluten intolerance, affects 1 in every 133 Americans. However, it can take a long time for a doctor to diagnose celiac disease because its symptoms are so broad and often times are similar to irritable bowel syndrome.

Maintaining a gluten-free diet for those with celiac disease is essential. If a person with celiac disease continues to consume gluten the chance of gastrointestinal cancer increases by a factor of 40 to 100 times that of the normal population.

Finding somewhere to eat can be difficult if you suffer from gluten intolerance, but the NFCA has provided a list of restaurants who have participated in their GREAT Kitchen program that can safely prepare gluten-free meal options. Of course you can always grab a Cascade Ice, because all our flavors are gluten-free!