Health and Fitness
Food & Whole Food Supplements
Food is a substance that nourishes your body to build up and maintain your physical well being. Supplements should only be used to “supplement” an already healthy diet…not in place of a healthy diet. Many people these days have vitamin deficiencies due to eating too many refined foods that are over processed, altered, and manufactured. [...]
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Living Longer Better
Research has shown long living individuals to have these following similar characteristics: – Low fasting insulin levels – Low fasting glucose – Optimally low leptin – Low triglycerides – Low percentage of visceral body fat – Lower body temperature One characteristic stands out above the rest though…low insulin levels. A newly released study showed how a [...]
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Spice it Up!
Recent studies have confirmed that spices have powerful antioxidant, antimicrobial and inflammatory properties. They may also aid in the prevention and treatment of a host of diseases ranging from cold and flu to arthritis and heart disease. So…what is a spice? Spices are often linked with herbs but there are differences between the two. Herbs [...]
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The Importance of Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is a very important vitamin because it helps run many of systems within your body. It participates in chemical reactions that build your tissues and organs, provides you with energy, helps clean toxins from your body, protects against infection, repairs damage and helps your cells communicate with each other. B12 is produced in [...]
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10 easy to follow steps to start your New Year off right!
Start strong! This is a new year, so it’s a great time to start new healthy habits. A new year tends to bring on feelings of hope for what could be so embrace it and make some changes. Clean out your kitchen. Get rid of any unhealthy products that could be in your fridge or [...]
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Kick your metabolism to the next level
1. Increase Your Muscle Mass – Muscle burns fat. Exercise increases and tones muscles and therefore raises your metabolic rate. When you work out on a regular basis, you burn more calories all the time…not just when you’re working out. When you build muscle, you’re building a highly metabolic tissue that burns five times more [...]
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Colon Health and Probiotics
One of the trendiest “health” fads right now is a colon cleanse. The reality is that we (a person in normal health) generally do not need this. The colon’s job in the body is to process the waste from the foods we eat. There’s no pretty way to say it but if we didn’t have [...]
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Food Addictions
Some experts equate sugar with alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and drugs. It is addictive and the most insidious because it is cheap, available and accepted as a treat or reward. Some people’s bodies may be so used to getting their sugar “fix” that there have been physical and mental changes made that create a need for [...]
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Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health
Here are 12 foods that keep you young! The real number one is canola oil of course but here are the next 12 you need in your kitchen. The fountain of youth is now within reach! Parsnips– The beauty food. The nutritional components of parsnips help strengthen hair and nails and improve skin quality. People [...]
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Sports Day in Canada
Ever wanted to try out a sport or activity but not sure if you want to sign up for the full session? Well, have I got an opportunity for you! September 17 is officially Sports Day in Canada but since Canada has so many great sports and activites it has been turned into a week [...]


