Brain Health

• Everyone is very busy these days and I’d like to give you some tips on how you can prepare healthy snacks on the go to maintain good heath as …
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This week, I spoke at Eastwood Collegiate Institute to a grade 12 Kinesiology class about the education and career path of a Dietitian. The students had great questions and we …
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It all started in 1997, when I wrote an article titled ‘Lowly Limes’ detailing how deficiencies of certain nutrients cause diseases i.e. vitamin C and scurvy. Scurvy was at one …
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Free Radicals

• When our body cells use oxygen, they naturally produce free radicals (by-products) which can cause damage.
• Excess oxidative damage is a contributor to health problems such as …
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What is Workplace Wellness?

Workplace wellness programs include one or more common components such as a health risk assessment, healthy eating, physical activity, smoking cessation, and stress management. Each organization …
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Weekend Forecast: Another hot and humid one. I’ve been getting questions about hydration during the summer, especially when it is above 28 C with humidity. The body is made up …
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