Food allergies, food intolerances and food sensitivities – all terms that are getting more play in the holistic nutrition and naturopath communities. They are said to play a role in chronic conditions. But where we notice them most is the way they disrupt our digestion and dampen our energy. They can cause a low level stress response in our body, wearing us down in subtle ways. But how do they differ? Read the rest of this entry →
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The calls for exercise get a bit tedious after a while, don’t they? We know, we know . . . we should be exercising every day, doing hot yoga, be able to kick any booty at boot camps. Not to mention running half-marathons and outscoring the kids at hockey. Sometimes it just sounds all so exhausting. And time-consuming.
The most annoying thing about exercise enthusiasts is this – they’re right on every level. Read the rest of this entry →
Health is one of those things in life where your experience of it comes from thousands and thousands of small decisions – similar in a way to parenting. If I eat that fast-food burger, but go for a run later, do they cancel each other out? Red wine is a fantastic anti-oxidant, so more must be better, right?
Defining “success” in health is really difficult so it falls to interpretation, personal style, level of effort, and dare I say, obsessiveness. Something shifted in the last few decades in these most fortunate of generations – the boomers and the Gen Xers. Yes, we live in a way-too-much-information world and carry a much higher chemical load, but we also worry too much about our children, what we eat and our health. Isn’t worrying really bad for your health? Read the rest of this entry →
Everyone tells us to get our greens and top up on our veggies. But, truth be told, most of us are popping a multivitamin for protection from the rough patches. It takes a very close relationship with your kitchen to get the 7 servings a day that Canada’s Food Guide recommends. For those of us with a little around the middle, that recommendation should balance heavily in favor of vegetables and not those tasty fruits.
Our reliance on today’s “mother’s little helper” has come under fire from two massive studies. Read the rest of this entry →
No drug, vitamin, mineral, or herb delivers as many health benefits as exercise. That’s quite a statement, isn’t it? Exercise, combined with rest and sleep, pretty much improves any of your daily activities, your health and helps you age gracefully.
But with the dizzying array of exercises available, which one to choose? How do you stick with your exercise plan through the dire winter days, when you’d rather watch a movie on the couch, when anything sound more interesting that putting on your running shoes? Read the rest of this entry →
I’m blogging about my experiment to design my life for optimal health – more vitality, more engagement, and less stress. I’ll be using the tools I learned at Duke Integrative Medicine this year, while I finished my certificate in Health Coaching. Tools like designing my personal vision of health using the ideas and values that are important to me. Making a plan, setting the goals and taking the actions to get there. Figuring out what is healthy for me and for my family. And, of course, sharing it all here. Read the rest of this entry →
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