What is in your detergent? Have you ever read the ingredients? Could it be making you sick? Could it be attributed to weight gain? Conventional detergents are filled with an incredible amount of toxins and industrial chemicals that we should not be breathing in, adding to the environment, exposing ourselves to, or putting on our skin once our clothes are dry. Theses toxins are [...]
Where do you buy your supplements? Do you know exactly what is inside your supplements? Every ingredient? What about the ingredients that are not on the label? How would you ever know what’s not listed? That is the scary part of purchasing supplements from major grocery and pharmacy chains. You just really never know what is inside the capsule or tablet that you are [...]
What are you eating? If you had to name three main food groups that you consume, what would they be? Many people would name grains, meat and dairy. Unfortunately, this diet causes a great deal of inflammation in the body, as the body tries to break down these heavy substances into more manageable components. The problem is that once these grains, meat and dairy, [...]
Have you ever considered how much sugar you consume in a day? Or even the amount you or your children may consume before noon? Let’s just lay out a “typical” start to the day… Breakfast: A Tim Hortons Cinnamon Raisin bagel (11 grams)1 with plain cream cheese (2 grams)1, Double-Double Coffee (18 grams)1 = 31 grams of sugar or 1.25 cups of Kellogg’s Vector [...]
So we know pop or soda is full of caffeine, artificial flavours, colours and sugar. So you reach for the healthier option - juice. Right? Sadly, not always. Most juices are made with inferior produce selections that may be genetically modified, not organic, or not picked and processed at their prime ripeness. We investigated more deeply into the ingredients of Ocean Spray and Minute [...]
Have you studied the ingredients in your face cream? If not, flip it over! You will most likely find ingredients that are carcinogenic, nervous system disruptors, and toxic to yourself and the environment. We studied Olay Regenerist Luminous brightening & protecting lotion with sunscreen moisturizer. Here is a list of the ingredients: water, glycerin, niacinamide, tapioca starch, aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, acetyl glucosamine, dimethicone, stearyl [...]
Have you ever stopped to wonder how your microwave can cook food so quickly? What technology is used to generate the heat? Dr. Edward Group DC, NP, DACBN, DCBCN, DABFM, explains that “A microwave is a form of non-ionizing radiation. As a matter of contrast, ionizing radiation changes the electromagnetic nature of atoms, or ionizes them. This alters the way they interact with other [...]
Why on earth would microwave popcorn be harmful? It’s just popped corn, right? Sadly, it’s a lot more than that. If you pop pure, organic corn kernels in your air popper, it tastes incredibly different from microwaved varieties. You can choose options with cheese or butter flavours, or sour cream and onion, or even dill pickle. However, you would never find a trace of [...]
How many plastic water bottles do you use in a week? Probably many more than you think and probably at a much higher detriment to yourself and our environment. Plastic water bottles are made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a very toxic material that makes the plastic hard and clear. This leaches into the water and obviously makes its way into your body. The bottle [...]
You hear the commercials… “Use margarine to protect your heart” or “lower your cholesterol with margarine”. Have you ever stopped to wonder how margarine could ever protect your heart or lower your cholesterol? I have. Let’s discuss… Margarine is made of vegetable oil. Generally, “the cheaper, the better,” say the food industry CFO’s. So they choose canola, soy or cottonseed as the base oils. [...]
