I read an article in the New York Times recently about sleep and the risk to our health if we just don’t get enough. There is significant research that links the lack of sleep with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, premature aging, and weight gain. A few...
I had the pleasure of attending a qi gong seminar this weekend presented by Dr. Steven Aung. I first met Dr. Aung several years ago when I lived in Edmonton and didn’t know that there were others places in Canada that didn’t have snow 10 months of the...
Last night I heard Brendan Brazier speak about his new book “Thrive Fitness.” Brendan is a professional Ironman athlete that happens to be vegan. He has developed a line of whole food supplements called “Vega” that he credits for helping him...
Over the last 40 years the average caloric intake has increase substantially. After the invention of “processed” foods following World War II, North Americans have experienced an increase in heart attack, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and other obesity...
I have been carefully watching the work of Jamie Oliver and the Food Revolution over the last few months. If you haven’t heard, Jamie is a chef from Essex who has been around food all his life. He has a cooking show called “The Naked Chef” and has...
