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You’ve heard me say it many times: Just Eat Real Food!
And while this is true at any age, it is especially true as we get older, and we begin to take more seriously the importance of protecting our health. Usually this happens as we start to feel aches and pains, or perhaps...
It’s true: Your gut doesn’t love processed, convenient, fast foods
We know that processed foods, sometimes known as “junk,” “fast,” or “convenience” foods, are not exactly health foods. Consuming too much can increase your risks for cancer and heart...
It’s the week after Thanksgiving here in Canada, and Fall has definitely arrived. The leaves are turning and the night-time temps are dipping down, flirting with the frost that will finish off the remaining summer plants and flowers. Time to harvest the herbs still out on my...
As a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Culinary Nutrition Expert, I am on a mission to educate YOU about why it’s so important to ditch the foods that may be harming your body, such as processed sugar and carbs plus other inflammatory “food products”, because I know from...
Part A - But first of all - what is Immunity?
The human body is a marvellously complex, biochemical system that evolved over the past 200,000 years or so. It is an organism that relies on homeostasis, which is a self-regulating process by which each of the biological systems maintain...
From a young age we’ve been told “eat your veggies” and that’s even more important as we age. Why is that?
Many of us are used to paying attention to the macro-nutrients we eat--protein, fat and carbs (especially the starchy ones)--but did you know that the...
I’ve been writing for a few weeks now on some of the food and lifestyle habits and practices we can all follow to create a more resilient life - full of health, vitality, energy, adventure, connection -- all the things that can become more elusive as we age.
But how do we make those healthy...
Until recently, we didn’t know how much our gut and brain interacted. Some people thought that our brains (that tissue between our ears) controlled everything we did, consciously and subconsciously.
They were wrong!
Some of us have a sense that there is a connection between gut and brain...
Imagine yourself 10 or 20 years from today. How do you feel? Is your life happier, healthier and more fulfilling than ever? What personal goals have you reached? How many lives have you touched? Perhaps you’ve been able to spend more time with friends and family? Maybe you’ve finally...
Did you miss Part 1? Check it out here!
The one thing you may be missing in your daily routine for greater health and wellness is restful, restorative, resilient SLEEP!
More and more research shows that sleep is the one thing that can help you feel better, get better, and stay...
What if there was one single thing you can do that will help you:
- Improve performance and productivity
- Boost concentration and memory
- Lift your moods and mental health
- Get over infections more quickly
- Decrease road accidents and conflict
- Feel more energized and ready for anything
Would you...
Blood sugar is literally that: the sugar in your blood. Your blood contains all kinds of important nutrients and other substances that we need to be healthy. Including sugar. Blood is the liquid transporter that distributes these compounds to all parts of our bodies - a critical task!
Sugar (a...
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