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June 26, 2014 In Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight, Yoga By Vancouver Health Coach

Can’t sleep? Yoga poses to get a good night’s rest

Yoga has so many benefits mentally, physically, and emotionally. Feeling stressed and overtired can be the inability to sleep soundly. At the end of the day we expect our bodies to shut down instantly and fall asleep. After a full day of energy-charging our bodies, it can be tough to wind down automatically. Television and computers do not help either with slowing down the nervous system. Many researchers claim that not getting enough sleep has many negative health consequences, such as raising your risk for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and even obesity. In addition to those, it also has an effect...

June 23, 2014 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Gluten-Free: Just Another Fad Diet or the Solution to Your Health Problems?

The gluten-free industry is booming, estimated to reach $6.2 billion by 2018, according to research done by MarketsandMarkets. Gluten-free products can be expensive, and although widely more available now than even 5 years ago, it can still be a challenge to find them unless you’re in a health food store. So what is all the hype about anyway? Is gluten-free just the latest fad diet? Could going gluten-free be the solution to your health problems? Let’s start with the basics. Gluten is a protein found in foods processed from wheat, barley, and rye. It also commonly contaminates other grains that do not...

June 21, 2014 In Eliminating Toxins, Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Detoxification: Do Cleanses Really Work?

Many of us have experimented with detox kits purchased from health-food stores and noticed huge changes. Some dropped weight, and others found their skin cleared up. Some had to spend the first couple of days in the bathroom until their bodies got used to the new regimen, after which they felt fantastic. Others felt ill during the entire cleanse and remained depleted afterwards. They probably would have been better off not doing the cleanse in the first place. Our primary organs of detoxification are the liver, gall bladder, kidneys and the skin, and all in all, they do a fantastic job considering...

June 10, 2014 In Fitness, News, Spotlight By Rich Ralph

Are You Wearing the Right Shoes for your Feet?

If your feet could talk, what do you think they would say to you? Would they be loud and angry at you all the time? Or maybe they would occasionally whisper a pleasant ‘Thank You’ in your ear? Although our feet can’t use words to communicate with us, they provide us with very real signals which they send to us via our bodies in hopes of letting us know what we’re doing right and wrong. I’ve always been a very athletic and fit person. But I have also always been very prone to ankle injuries. My soccer career was plagued by...

June 9, 2014 In Food and Recipes, News By Vancouver Health Coach

Carob and Pumpkin Seed Bars

While pumpkin seeds have many beneficial functions in the body, they have gained popularity for being a good source of zinc- an important mineral to prostate health and fertility. Zinc is needed to produce sufficient and healthy sperm making it necessary for conception. Zinc is also one of the antioxidant minerals that is said to help disarm free radicals (cancer causing molecules) and prevent the process which allows cancerous prostate cells to multiply. To reap the benefits of pumpkin seeds, they are best eaten raw and soaked beforehand for optimal absorption. Although roasting them really brings out their full toasty flavor,...

June 7, 2014 In Fitness, News, Spotlight, Workouts By Vancouver Health Coach

The Exercise Band Workout

During the week I like to train in the gym but on the weekend if it’s nice outside I’d rather not be indoors. Instead I grab some of my favorite exercise equipment and head to the park to workout. Some of my favorite toys to use outside are TRX cables, a Skip-Rope and an Exercise-band. Today’s workout focuses on using an exercise band. Hopefully this post will help you realize that you don’t always need a fancy gym or a ton of equipment to get a great workout in. Get creative and have fun with the environment around you. You might surprise yourself with how great of...

June 3, 2014 In Fitness, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Pilates to Strengthen Your Core

For some people, exercise routines focus on weight loss or building muscle. For others, their mission is to increase strength, improve balance, stamina and flexibility. If the latter is your goal in the gym, then working your body ‘core’ is where you should spend your time. We rely on our bodies for everything: when we get out of bed in the morning, get dressed, go to work, play with the kids, and when we work up a sweat in the weight room. That’s why it’s important to take care of our body every day with regular exercise, nutritious food, lots of...

June 2, 2014 In Eliminating Toxins, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Rich Ralph

Are Allergies Forever?

Most of the clients who come to see me are amazed when I tell them that I believe anyone can overcome their allergies. The biggest mistake you can make which will keep you suffering from allergies is to assume that you have to live with uncomfortable symptoms forever. Most people are told that “allergies run in the family,” or that they “just have to live with it”. But what we aren’t told is that given the right circumstances and environment, the body can re-establish homeostasis, therefore alleviating all suffering indefinitely! People who assume or accept the belief that they must suffer...

May 22, 2014 In Fitness, News, Spotlight, Workouts By Vancouver Health Coach

Unconventional Core Training: Effective Exercises for Your Core

Core training is more than thousands of crunches and side bends.  The other role of your stomach muscles is for stabilization of your spine.  Your core muscles will contract to prevent any unwanted bending which will help prevent injury.  Some of these exercises may be outside of the norm of your normal core training. Use some of these exercises to add into your routine.  You also get the added benefit of working multiple muscle groups.  Needless to say, you won’t have to worry about doing any crunches. 1. Single arm dumb bell (DB) bench press How to perform it: Lie down on your...

May 18, 2014 In Editor's Picks: Must Haves for Staying Healthy, Food and Recipes, Monthly Giveaway's | FREE STUFF, News By Vancouver Health Coach

Fitness Goop Giveaway: Win $100 of Hemp Products Courtesy of Manitoba Harvest

To kick start our Monthly Giveaway Contests, we’ve partnered with Manitoba Harvest who are generously providing us with a $100 gift certificate to give to YOU to enjoy their amazing hemp products. Click here http://a.pgtb.me/VTRCCs and enter for your chance to win! We’ll pick one winner at random at the end of this month. About May’s Giveaway Hemp is a sustainable, green-friendly plant that’s been around for many generations. It is versatile and used for many things such as clothing, rope, car material and of course food! Why Eat Hemp Foods?  Taste great! Hemp foods have a slightly nutty flavor, which compliments pretty much any dish. Easy...