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December 11, 2015 In Food, Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, Holistic Health, News, Spotlight By Suzanne Zilkowsky

Top Food Tips For Surviving the Holidays

Did you know that in order to gain five pounds from now to the end of January, all you have to do is eat an average of 220 calories per day more than you actually need? The holidays typically encourage us to indulge in high-fat, high-calorie foods that are low in nutrients, and this is also the time we’re most likely to make excuses for skipping exercise. One of the most significant diet dangers revolves around sugar consumption. Binging on sugar increases the cravings for it while the body slows down. Along with sunlight deprivation in the winter, sugar binges...

June 8, 2015 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight, Uncategorized By Brandi Wagner

Eating Clean But Feeling Worse

How is it possible to feel worse once you’ve ditch the Frosted Flakes and french fries for kale and chia seeds? After following health blogs, impressive Instagram accounts and Facebook Pages that offer daily nutrition tips, you’ve decided to say adios to the processed foods in your life and begin eating clean. The gorgeous visuals of real, whole food seem to pretty much guarantee massive amounts of energy, a lean physique and a new way of life. You’re sold! From now on, it’s green smoothies twice a day and veggie based meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Quinoa cupcakes and raw hemp seed...

April 13, 2015 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vreni Gurd

Glycemic Index vs Glycemic Load

The Glycemic Index is a very useful way to determine how quickly the carbohydrate (sugar) in a food will be absorbed into the blood stream, but the Glycemic Load is an even better measure of determining the insulin response and therefore how fattening a food is. The Glycemic Index is a list of foods that compares how quickly 50 grams of carbohydrate within the food will raise your blood sugar as compared to 50 grams of sugar alone. To calculate the Glycemic Index of a food, scientists measure out the quantity of a particular food needed to obtain 50 grams of...

April 3, 2015 In Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Brandi Wagner

Healing Your Skin With Food

Skin problems, such as acne, aren't an uncommon health concern/complaint among both genders and can occur at any age, from early teenage years into adulthood. In the past year, I've talked to more than a handful of people who have experienced acne at some point in their life and have been on acne medication to help treat it. Some have had success and become acne free, some experienced no change at all and some have even experienced a temporary change until coming off the medication (which usually isn't intended for long term use) only to see their acne flare up...

August 28, 2014 In Food and Recipes, Green & Healthy Living, News, Spotlight By Vancouver Health Coach

Being Healthy About Your Health

Everyone has their own idea on how to be healthy.  There are so many different variables: age, culture, gender, lifestyle and values.  These all create different opinions on what health means.  Health is unique to the individual.  But sometimes, I feel like people become a little unhealthy about being healthy.  Striving to do our best, we often get caught up, losing balance. I don’t believe that counting calories, or balancing ratios of protein, fats, or carbohydrates is healthy either.  It’s an unhealthy way to look at food.  Food is so much more than a science, just as we are more...

April 26, 2014 In Food and Recipes, News, Spotlight By Rich Ralph

Genetic Modification in the Food We Eat

Chances are you’ve heard the term “Genetic Engineering” or “genetically modified”. And chances are also that you’ve heard the many ways this incredible technology can benefit our society. But have you ever stopped to consider how this technology really works, what it is actually doing, and the potential dangers involved in tampering with the genetics of our food? I agree that the concepts and intentions behind genetic engineering are noble. But even the most noble ideas and causes must be closely examined in order to determine the risks and consequences. To understand the catastrophic possibilities of genetic modification, we must first understand...