Healthy and Inspired Living
Four years ago I made a promise to myself… I would never again join a gym that required more than a month-to-month commitment. You see, despite all my best intentions, I have a really bad habit of not going to the gym. This became especially apparent to me a few years ago when I joined… [Read Full Story]
As a holistic nutritionist and prenatal wellness coach I believe that the first opportunity you have to optimize your child’s health is in the preconception period. It also helps to boost natural fertility, which could conceivably save you months or years of heartache when you are ready to have a baby. Unfortunately medically unexplained infertility… [Read Full Story]
Inspired to start eating more local and organic produce but don’t know where to start? Joining a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) might be exactly what you’re looking for! Over the last decade CSA has become a very popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food straight from the farm. How does it work? At… [Read Full Story]
Have you ever taken a bite out of a big red strawberry, only to find that the inside is white and it lacks the rich and juicy flavour that you remember as a child? Chances are this strawberry was grown thousands of kilometers from your home. The main reason for this flavourless phenomenon is that… [Read Full Story]
Are you looking for a delicious breakfast or dessert that you can fully enjoy because you know that it’s good for you? One of my all time favourite foods is fresh granola with whole milk yogurt and local berries – healthy eating at its best! Store bought varieties of granola are expensive and a far… [Read Full Story]
With all this talk about the vast amount of chemicals in our food and in our environment, have you ever wondered about the safety of the ingredients in your sunscreen? More and more people are using sunscreen as their first line of defense, but at what cost? The Environmental Working Group’s fourth annual Sunscreen Guide… [Read Full Story]
Breakfast, snack, or dessert? You decide! This delicious gluten-free, dairy-free rice pudding is a healthier alternative to the traditional white rice, milk and sugar. Sweetened with almond amasake and raw honey it’s packed with flavour and nutrients. Amasake is a fermented brown rice beverage that can be used as a natural sweetener and raw honey… [Read Full Story]
Have you ever been so busy or stressed that you simply forgot to eat? How is it possible that our bodies are capable of ‘forgetting’ something as vitally important as sending us a signal to nourish ourselves? The answer is elaborately simple. Our autonomic nervous system, which controls our bodies internal environment consists of two… [Read Full Story]
I can remember as a child my mother telling me to slow down and chew my food. I would sheepishly agree to follow her instruction… until she looked away. What I didn’t know back then was that there is a significant amount of science behind this seemingly silly order by my mother. All I knew… [Read Full Story]
Has your grocery bill skyrocketed since beginning a gluten-free diet? If you’re living with Celiac Disease or gluten sensitivity, removing gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye and barley) is an essential first step on your path to wellness. If your goal is to eat a healthy gluten-free diet then these tips are for you!… [Read Full Story]
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