[youtube width="560" height="315"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4BhiAvvoQ[/youtube] This month’s featured video is an interview with Joe Cross, creator of the life-changing documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. How many people are feeling fat, sick and nearly dead on a daily basis? They are looking for answers that the food industry just isn’t answering. They are caught in the marketing hype of low fat, no sugar added, 100 calorie [...]
Jump start your morning with lemon water to boost your detoxification power all day!
Valentine’s Day and chocolate are inseparable. Make this year’s indulgence healthy and enjoyable. So moist and delicious you might not even want to share with your special Valentine! The featured ingredient in our Try This Tuesday recipe is raw cacao - chocolate in its raw, natural state. Not to be mistaken with cocoa or milk chocolate which are processed forms of chocolate. Raw cacao [...]
For greatest weight management success, stock your refrigerator with colourful, fresh fruits and vegetables for a variety of vitamins and minerals essential to your health!
Find an exercise you love... and bring your friends!
Being physically active was always a huge part of my life - whether it was playing sports, working outside on our family farm, or salsa dancing. It was always easy to maintain an active lifestyle. As I get older, responsibilities have changed and I find it more and more difficult to maintain my normally active lifestyle. The added challenge of cold, wintery weather also puts [...]
For lasting, positive lifestyle changes, involve your entire family in the process! Start healthy habits during childhood to set them up for life!
Sugar is the drug of the food industry. Most of us are so reliant on sugar that we don’t even recognize that it has us in a death grip. Sugar is in everything - cereal, bread, pasta, crackers, condiments, granola bars, and more obviously cakes, muffins, cookies, and candy. Why is sugar so bad? Every time sugar is eaten, insulin levels spike in the [...]
The hype of the New Year has worn off and most resolutions are long forgotten. This first week of February we have a three part mini-series on weight management. Our goal is to give you the resources you need to maintain or achieve a healthy body weight. Proper nutrition is the cornerstone to weight management. There is no shortage of weight loss programs circulating that [...]
The trick to successfully managing a healthy lifestyle is to plan ahead and preparing in advance!
