When asked “What is a healthy diet?” most will respond, “a diet with lots of fruit and vegetables!” Well, that is half true! While that is much better than the typical North American diet, loaded with processed foods, sodium, and...
Looking towards the fall, the Royal Victoria marathon is slowly approaching. In endurance training the ‘old’ idea was more is better. That has been shown to be a good way to injure yourself and over train! One author pointed out, “If exercise makes...
Have you ever wondered how much calcium, zinc, or fiber you should be having a day? Here is a great resource that you may find helpful. This interactive form can help you find out how many macro-nutrients, minerals, calories, and vitamins you should be consuming based...
It’s official, we can all rest assured that light to moderate exercise is actually good for our health because there has been a study proving this! The Journal of Epidemiology has determined that just half an hour of walking, cycling, swimming, or any constant...
This weekend was the first full day qi gong workshop here in Victoria and judging by the feedback, it went well! Thank you to everyone who attended and for giving me such valuable feedback. I read the suggestions everyone had with great interest because I would like...
