Eating Locally: Embracing Seasonal Foods
By Dr. Tamara Kung, ND Eating locally is considered to mean food that has come within a 150 mile or 240 km radius. In contrast, the average produce can travel as far as 1,500 miles (2,415 km) which costs a larger carbon footprint. For sustainability reasons, many people are opting for locally grown produce. But […]
A Missing Link for Sustainable Fat Loss
By Dr. Tamara Kung, ND One of the first relationships found between our health and gut microbiome came seventy years ago when low dose antibiotics fed to farm animals increased their body weight. Through further investigation, evidence pointed to the weight gain occurring, in part, because of the antibiotics impact on gut microbiome. Antibiotics are […]
Summer Musts Before Labour Day
Tim Irvine Summer is never long enough, but if we put our minds to it, we can maximize our enjoyment. Everyone I know has their favourite things to do in the summer. People who do things they love that bring them joy are healthier. Here are seven things you should try to get in before […]
Is Alcohol Good For My Sleep?
By Tim Irvine The title of this article is a bit of a trick question. Those who consume would like to think it relaxes us and sets us up for better sleep. The former may be true, but from an internal perspective, the latter is false. The graphic below from sleepfoundation.org shows clearly how alcohol can affect […]
Do You Know How To Stay Healthy In The Heat?
Tim Irvine Most people know the dangers of high heat during the summer months. When temperatures rise to the high 20s and above, our health risks go up. Vulnerable populations like seniors, pregnant women, and those with other underlying health conditions are much more likely to have a serious health concerns due to heat. Like […]
Saucy Salad Rolls
By Tim Irvine With our workshops, we try to provide unique ways to help people understand health-related concepts. Our summer salad rolls workshop is an excellent example of one. Dr. Tamara Kung, ND, demonstrated how to make fantastic salad rolls in no time while at the same time explaining some of the nutritional benefits of […]
Save time, make gains: The efficient 3/7workout
By Tim Irvine Alex Hutchinson wrote an incredible article about the 3/7 workout. In short, it is a five-set program with escalating repetitions, but only 15 seconds of rest between sets. You can learn all about the details by reading it here. There are two key messages. One, to gain strength effectively, muscles must reach a […]
Protect Your Joints From Injury
By Tim Irvine Moving is an incredible cure for so many physical and psychological ailments. It is imperative we move, but it’s also important that we move correctly to avoid pain and/or injury. In the world of ergonomics, there is a saying. ‘The perfect position is the next position’. Meaning, always change the position your […]
Gaining Doesn’t Have to be Painful: Sustainable Habits From the Comfort of Your Green Zone
By Dr. Tamara Kung, ND A couple of years ago I watched a Ted Talk given by Dr. Stephen Seiler, a professor in Sport Science at the University of Agder in Norway. He described a surprisingly contradicting phenomenon he noticed in top-performing endurance athletes that went against the frequently quoted and deeply embedded “No pain, no gain” mentality […]
Are Big Cushioned Running Shoes For You?
By Tim Irvine One of my favorite health and wellness authors, Alex Hutchinson, wrote a great article on running shoes and how cushioning is all the rage. Almost everyone has a pair of ‘joggers’. Those are the ones that distance runners use and are specifically designed to help make running safer, more efficient, and faster. Well, at least […]