How Energetic is Your Field?

Recently, I have been writing and reading a lot about the energy “field” that the universe is made up of and that science now tells us, what eastern traditions have known for years, that we are made up of as well. This energy field connects us to everyone and everything and makes us, as Deepak [...]

Healthy Probiotics, Healthy Children

Probiotics Help Reduce Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Day Care Children

New research published in the Clinical Nutrition journal shows that Lactobacillus GG (LGG), a strain of probiotics, may decrease the risk of upper respiratory tract infections in children attending day care centers. The researchers also found that the rate of absence due to infection was [...]

Parent Physician

MOM M.D.
You have spent the last two hours making an organic meal in the kitchen while enduring screaming kids, phone-calls, and knocks at the door.  Not to mention the time that went into buying all the ingredients and the traumatic stress brought on by the incident in aisle nine.  But at last, you have a [...]

Playing in Life Major

I was fortunate to catch a sermon in which the Pastor related a story that, though his aim was towards Christian faith, can be applied to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
His sermon went as such: A little boy, who was fond of playing the piano, was taken to a concert hall by his father. Before the [...]

Everyday Examples of Motivation

Oprah says that you should get-it-in-the-whisper.

Planning Ahead

How many of us can say that we have been too busy in a day to eat? I am sure that many of us can say, “Yep that’s me!”. But are we too busy or just too lazy? Than when we do have time to grab a bite to eat, we go for the most [...]

To Eat Before or After a Workout?

The answer to that is definitely both. Gone are the days when you should workout on an empty stomach for maximum fat loss. Unfortunately the fitness industry is full of such myths which are usually based upon an incomplete understanding of the human body and how it operates.
The truth is, when you exercise you need [...]

Be Deliciously Radiant!

Starts Monday, March 1st, 2010

“The HealthyGirl Challenge was exactly what I needed to get started on my journey to better health as it helped curb my addiction to unhealthy foods, offered me information to help me make the right decisions about nutrition and supported me throughout the process.”
- Lisa Van Arnhem, Hamilton, ON
Winner of [...]

Seducing Your Lover

Valentine’s Day has in my experience been more of a let down than an occasion of amorous bliss, but   henceforth I’m determined to turn the tide. Historically I’ve either been single at the time or had a partner that downplayed the affair as Hallmark cheese.  Thus the day passed rather dismally, unpunctuated by memorable [...]

Understanding HST

As announced in the 2009 Ontario Budget, the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be replaced with a more modern, value-added tax that will be combined with the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) to create a Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) for Ontario, effective July 1, 2010.
The provincial portion of the HST will be eight per cent and [...]

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