Nutritional Detoxification for Health and Wellness 8 Tips to Detox with Food Alarmingly, every year an estimated four billion pounds of chemical compounds and pollutants from plastics, pesticides, solvents, heavy metals, medications and other sources are released into the environment and eventually find their way into our air, soil, and food and water supplies. It’s
How to Avoid GMOs – and Why You Should Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our food supply has become a subject of hot debate in recent years. It is estimated that more than 80% of North American food includes GMOs. Although more than 60 countries worldwide have either restrictions or an outright ban on GMOs,
Sugar has become a mainstay in our modern diets, sweetening our drinks and desserts and also lurking in unexpected places. Several recent documentaries have highlighted the negative impact of sugar on our overall health, and a recent global campaign, Action on Sugar, has labelled sugar “the new tobacco.” In 2015, the WHO (World Health Organization)
How Food Allergies and Sensitivities May Be Impacting Your Health – And How to Test For Them Hives, rash, trouble breathing. You’d know if you had a problem eating a certain food, right? Not necessarily. There are a wide range of subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, symptoms associated with food allergies and sensitivities that
We spend a lot of time in the same position: sitting. Prolonged sitting, as well as the effects of heavy lifting and repetitive movement on workers, is taking its toll. Lower back pain (LBP) and other musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions account for one-third of employee absenteeism in Canada.
We all want our homes to be clean and free of germs so we can live in a safe and healthy environment. In the quest for a clean, fragrant home, we regularly apply a combination of chemicals to our household surfaces as well as releasing them into the air we breathe.