2015 Mar. 13
It’s time to give your digestive system a rest and opt for some of these nourishing and nutritious alternatives. The average Western diet contains too much dairy and processed food, […]
2015 Mar. 04
What are antioxidants? Antioxidants are chemical compounds which block the activity of free radicals in the body. Free radicals are the natural results of the body’s natural processes and have […]
2015 Mar. 04
“Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” The simplicity and accuracy of those words, written by Michael Pollan in his masterpiece In Defense of Food, are unmatched. Let’s take a look […]
2015 Mar. 01
Summer is around the corner and it’s a crucial time to start kicking bad habits and poor food choices from our daily habits. When clients come see me at my […]
2015 Feb. 25
Is Turmeric really the new ‘super food’ on the block? Yes, yes and yes! So many reasons to add turmeric into our daily diet and if you are looking for […]
2015 Feb. 23
The Standard American Diet, or “sad diet”, is promoting more and more people to self inflict pain and agony on themselves and become overweight, sick and tired. It is very […]
2015 Feb. 15
Life has changed enormously in the last century. Traditionally we were born through the mother’s birth canal, picking up healthy bacteria as we went through. We fed from her breast, […]
2015 Feb. 15
Although constipation is the number one gastrointestinal complaint encountered by a huge cross section of the population, most of us don’t like to talk about it. At some point or […]
2015 Feb. 14
Diet shakes have been marketed for years as a means to lose weight. Is it really that easy to ‘shake it off’? I think most of us can attest it’s […]
2015 Feb. 13
When it comes to digestive issues, many people will suffer in silence believing that it’s normal to experience some level of discomfort, be it pain, bloating, diarrhoea or constipation. But […]
2015 Feb. 13
Hiking uses a surprising amount of energy. A 86kg man may use 517 Kcal per hour and for a 74kg woman, it may be 444 Kcal. So over the course […]
2015 Feb. 09
Roughly 4 million Americans deal with constipation on a regular basis. According to the National Institutes of Health, constipation is a condition in which you have fewer than three bowel […]