Mataffaren.se

Viva! Stockholm received a promp delivery today courtesy mataffaren.se. We ordered the fruit box and the vegitable box as well as four bags of groceries. Every item was carefully selected and packaged. Online shopping rocks!

Rating for mataffaren.se: 5/5.

Buy Your Groceries Online

Going to the grocery store can be a total pain in the neck - especially in the winter! Who needs the drama of cold, icy streets, crowded shops, standing on line at the cash register and - ugh! - packing up and carrying all those grocery bags.

Viva! Stockholm recommends doing all your shopping from the comfort of your own home. Here are some websites where you can order online and have your purchases delivered at your doorstep.

• mataffaren.se - Coop's online grocery fantastic, reliable and fairly reasonably priced!
  
• mathem.se - Ica's online grocery. A large and varied selection and just a little pricier.
  
• arstiderna.com - charming ecological fruits and vegetables delivered in adorable crates.
  

And here's some good new for pet owners: you can order high quality food, supplies and toys for dogs, cats, birds, fish, hamsters, bunnies and reptiles from foderbilen.se. They deliver and they even stock prescription veterinary food!

Reduce your stress and use your extra free time wisely in ways that will nourish your mind, body and spirit!

Image: Screenshot from arstiderna.com

Vanquishing The Winter Blues

One way to keep living your best life during the dark Swedish winter is to keep eating a healthy, nutritious diet. Vitamins and minerals are essential to your well being.

Viva! Stockholm stopped by Life Butiken at Sturegallerian some weeks ago and picked up a bottle of Holistic D3-Vitamin 2000 IE which sends energy levels right through the roof! The body needs sunlight to build D-vitamin and the long winters can lead to a deficiency. A couple of weeks on this stuff and you'll soon feel able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!

Viva! Stockholm also recommends two phenomenal Bättre Hälsa products: Järn Asparat 40 mg (Iron) tablets and the oh so yummy fruit and vegetable based Mega Vital multivitamin which is chock full of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, antioxidants, greens, Q10, silica and more. A great alternative is Mivi Total Flex - which is superior to Mivi Total Plus in terms of boosting energy.

Some other great products are:

• Chokladfabriken's fantastically delicious Crushed Unsweetened Cacao Beans. These are great, energy boosting snack on their own or in your müsli. A caveat: they are super addictive!
  
  
• Superfruits Dried Goji Berries are delicious on their own or in risotto. Also try Goji Berry Juice which is available in the health food section on the ground floor in NK.
  
  
• Renée Voltaire has an amazing range of over 100 organic products, including pasta, rice, grains, spices, snacks, superfruits and superfoods
  
  
• Here's another tip: get your sweetness from natural sugar alternatives. Use wonderful substitutes like Agave. Instead of refined sugar products try healthy alternatives like Innocent Smoothies or stop by Blueberry (Psst! Soon they're opening an online shop!)
  
  
• One final tip, try an Amino Acid supplement which has been shown to fight off the blues. Viva! Stockholm recommends Amino Pro Life.