The Dish on Detoxes: A Dietitian's Perspective

In my experience as a consulting dietitian as well as in everyday life, I come across many people who are trying to lose weight or change their body composition.  While their efforts are commendable, they are often doing themselves more harm than help in the way that they are going about changing body composition.  What [...]

As a Canadian, Thanksgiving has always made it’s delicious, tryptophan-filled appearance in October; just before Halloween and quite a ways from Christmas. As a winter athlete, it also typically marked the beginning of a new sliding season. So while I had already celebrated Thanksgiving this year, my race circuit put me in Lake Placid, NY [...]

Do you ever think about everything that goes into putting food on your plate??? I’m not talking about shopping, cutting and cooking. Roll it back a little further…even back to the farm. A huge amount of effort goes into feeding us our three (or more) squares every day. For the second year running the nonprofit [...]

“Looking at 70 teams in 18 countries over 8 seasons, 9,000 injuries later, we have found that ‘previous injury’ is by far the greatest predictor of future injury in football” — Jan Eckstrand, Soccer Industry Medical Symposium 2009. Unfortunately, there’s not a thing you can do about previous injuries. So what can one do to [...]

Skookum. Sweet Sue. Schons. Scarlet Spice. Blue Cow. Cascadian. The names alone are pretty cool from historic Washington State apple box labels. You should see what all 600 plus look like!! (Click “Read more” for a direct link.) It’s not often that we send readers to another site. After stumbling across this visually-delightful collection, we [...]

Foodiemumma, Garrett’s mom, suddenly has a greater appreciation for missing practice.  No, I’m not a world class athlete, collegiate, or member of any formal team.  Just team”Get Fit.”  I changed my lifestyle a couple of years ago, because I was preparing to turn 60 and didn’t want to feel it, or be limited by my [...]

Guest post by Paola Bassanese, from Energya Massage Therapy, voted Best Practitioner of Complementary Medicine in London.
Looking after yourself is more than healthy eating and exercise. Relaxation is key to the optimum function of all your vital organs.
Sleep can become compromised when we are stressed and studies have shown that lack of sleep or poor [...]

Does your place of residence affect how much you weigh? I always wonder that.  Does the weather play a role in people’s weight? Whenever I travel, I pay special attention to people in the airports and restaurants, how they walk, what they eat, how much they appear to weigh. I live where it’s [...]

Easter is the second biggest candy giving holiday, second to Halloween.  That being said, it can often be a huge bump (or hop) in the road for those who are trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle.  Keep in mind that it is not only the Easter basket that adds up.  Many individuals have brunches and/or [...]

Many people complain, “I work out all the time, but I’m not seeing results!”  Sound familiar? Do you find yourself saying the same thing?  Or maybe you say, “I eat so healthy, but I am not seeing results!”  Well, you may be missing a piece to your fitness puzzle.
Most people fail to realize that you [...]