July 5th was National Injury Prevention Day, and with Summer being a more active time for many of us, I thought it was a great time to talk about how to prepare the body to prevent injury while staying active. Prevention truly is the best medicine, and I’ll cover some practices and nutrition to set your body up for resiliency.
Read MoreIce- Cream, potato chips, lemonade, cherry pie, soft drinks. The list could go on and on. Summer is full of delicious treats that could derail your family’s goal of cutting down sugar. While Summer is certainly the season to throw the schedule out the window and adopt a more free-spirited way of living, it doesn’t have to undo all of your sugar-free efforts. Whether you choose to stay totally sugar-free or prefer a more balanced approach, you don’t have to skip any of the Summer fun with these tips in mind
Read MoreIt’s almost blueberry season! With blueberries starting to be ready in late June here on Vancouver island, I thought it was prime time to pick them for our Superfood Spotlight of the month, so that you could be ready to pounce the moment they’re ripe!
Read MoreOur superfood for the month of May comes from the sea… Seaweed. No, don’t eat the stuff you find washed up on the beach, I’ve included some delicious and sometimes surprising ways to incorporate more seaweed into your diet as well as the benefits of doing so.
One of the best ways we can reduce our carbon footprint, and drive growth within our communities is to support local food producers. Thankfully, on Vancouver island we have a ton of beautiful produce, meats, and more available to us fairly consistently through the year. Summer is of course the time of plenty, and so I wanted to put together a guide of my favourite places to get local fare around the Victoria area.
April’s Superfood Spotlight is… drumroll… The Avocado. This fatty fruit gets a lot of love, and for good reason. Almost good enough to rebrand to “An avocado a day keeps the doctor away.”
Ready to celebrate Easter without all of the chemicals in commercial treats? Me too! Many of our favourite Easter treats are full of refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup and other additives we’d do well to hop quickly away from. I've put together a list of some healthier Easter treats that are cute and delicious enough to please the whole family.
What a beautiful gift that we are alive in a time where we can figure out what nutrients we need more of and have access to an incredible array of supplements to help fuel our health goals. But let’s not forget that the foods we eat have the potential to be just as if not more effective in supplying our bodies much needed nutrient values.
Our superfood spotlight for this month is ginger! This spicy root is not only a fabulous flavour, but has been used medicinally for over 5000 years in Chinese and Indian Medicine. Let’s have a look at some of the benefits of ginger as well as some yummy gingery recipes.
I often search the list of ‘National Day of..’ to find inspiration for blog recipe themes and this month when I saw this past week was ‘National Peanut Butter Lovers Day’ I knew I had to come up with a list of the BEST peanut buttery recipes because who doesn’t love nut butter?! Besides being protein packed, peanut butter is also a good source of healthy fats and Vitamin E, B3, B6 and Magnesium.
Don’t let the fear of garlic breath stop you from including this powerful superfood in your diet. Whether you’re a garlic lover or not, you’ll want to get in on these amazing bulb benefits. I’ve also included some scrumptious garlicky recipes to make with this superfood.
Read MoreWhat is your definition of ‘healthy food’? This is something that I see has been so wildly misconstrued in today’s supermarket culture. I see time and time again when my patients visit me that there isn’t a very strong understanding of what makes a food healthy or not healthy. This has particularly become an issue as more and more people move to a vegan or plant-based diet. How CAN you tell if the food you’re eating is truly healthy for you?
There is nothing better than a hot breakfast to start off a cold morning. Something to warm you to the core before bundling up and heading out into the day. Something to fuel your adventures. Something to keep you nourished and cozy in the coming hours until lunch. I’ve gathered some tantalizing hot breakfast ideas to keep you warm until Spring!
Eggs seem to be one of those foods that have carried a lot of controversy over the years, so I think it’s time to set the record straight about this popular breakfast food. Infact, eggs are quite the superfood in and of themselves. Let’s have a look at some of the best eggs-benefits and some delicious ways to enjoy them besides your standard scrambled, sunny side up or hard boiled.
How often do you eat cranberries? Once or twice a year with a helping of turkey? The holidays are a time where cranberries get to enter the stage, but today I’d like to put them squarely in the spotlight as the superfood that they are.
Does anything say Fall like cinnamon? This spice that warms the spirit, carries us from pumpkins into gingerbread, and beyond. But did you know that Cinnamon’s power goes beyond flavour?
Read MoreOctober 25th is world pasta day! Pasta seems to be one of those things where you either love it or you don’t, so this one is for all of the pasta lovers out there.
Read MoreWhether you choose to eat a vegetarian diet regularly, have a few vegetarian nights a week, or are just looking for some tasty meals-- I thought I would put together some delicious vegetarian recipes in celebration of this day.
Read MoreYou may have heard buzz over the last couple of years about Manuka honey. What exactly is it? Why the fuss? How should I eat it? I’ve got you covered with the lowdown on this sweet elixir.
It can be easy to throw healthy eating out the window as backyard BBQ rolls into camping, into BBQ, and so on. If you’re potato chipped out, this one’s for you.
