• Creating Healthy Habits

    Decades of research has laid out the facts that regular physical activity brings a host of mental and phy ...

    Decades of research has laid out the facts that regular physical activity brings a host of mental and physical health benefits; and yet, the vast majority of Canadians are not active. As anyone who’s ...

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  • Meat Substitutes: Buyer Beware

    A focus on eating more plant-based foods is certainly a good health practice. Since meat doesn’t offer he ...

    A focus on eating more plant-based foods is certainly a good health practice. Since meat doesn’t offer health-boosting antioxidants or fibre, choosing to occasionally enjoy a meat substitute – like a ...

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  • 3 Tips to Age Mindfully

    It’s completely natural for humans to grow older. However, society tends to look at all of the characteri ...

    It’s completely natural for humans to grow older. However, society tends to look at all of the characteristics that come with aging, like graying hair and wrinkled skin, as a bad thing. Mindful aging ...

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  • Unmasking Common Aging Myths

    Think you know the facts about aging? Think again. Canadians are living longer now than ever before, but ...

    Think you know the facts about aging? Think again. Canadians are living longer now than ever before, but there are still widespread assumptions about growing older that are inherently untrue. We’re in ...

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  • The Growth Of Vegan Living: What's It All About?

    There's been a global surge in vegan living in recent years, partly driven by environmental concerns over ...

    There's been a global surge in vegan living in recent years, partly driven by environmental concerns over the greenhouse gases created by animal agriculture. There's also been a growing interest in th ...

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  • Quality Sleep For Good Health

    If you regularly lose sleep or have poor sleeping habits, you can increase your risk for poor health. Ong ...

    If you regularly lose sleep or have poor sleeping habits, you can increase your risk for poor health. Ongoing loss of sleep is linked to cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depressi ...

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  • Counting Calories is Old School

    Tired of counting calories? Your intuition is far more accurate because your body has its own built-in ca ...

    Tired of counting calories? Your intuition is far more accurate because your body has its own built-in calorie counter: hunger. Your hunger signals can be compared to a car’s gas gauge. Your body know ...

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  • The Power Of Choice

    Do you have the power to choose how you age? According to Cori Ellingson, author and wellness facilitator ...

    Do you have the power to choose how you age? According to Cori Ellingson, author and wellness facilitator, the answers is yes. Cori is a self-described truth seeker committed to the promotion of healt ...

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  • Pain-In-The-Back Exercises

    Low back pain? Stay active, but cautious. Consult a Certified Fitness Instructor and/or a physiotherapist ...

    Low back pain? Stay active, but cautious. Consult a Certified Fitness Instructor and/or a physiotherapist to design your back-strengthening exercise program. Many common exercises greatly stress the l ...

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  • Senior Men's Health Checkpoints

    Historically, men have paid significantly less attention to their health compared to their female counter ...

    Historically, men have paid significantly less attention to their health compared to their female counterparts. So much so that 60% of males don’t even visit the doctor when they need to. Men’s Health ...

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  • Meditate On This

    Meditation is exercise for the brain. Try to meditate daily, even if it’s just for 10 to 15 minutes. Medi ...

    Meditation is exercise for the brain. Try to meditate daily, even if it’s just for 10 to 15 minutes. Mediation can also train you to control your thoughts, especially stopping the constant mind-chatte ...

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  • Reboot - June 2019

    DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joinin ...

    DR. JOHN MILLAR started his medical career as a McGill graduated internist with a pilot’s licence, joining a team of Zambian Flying Doctors (although he was flown – not piloting himself – to the villa ...

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  • Cycling with VG4A

    My husband and I had only lived in Victoria a few months when, while out cycling, we came upon a group of ...

    My husband and I had only lived in Victoria a few months when, while out cycling, we came upon a group of Victoria Grandmothers for Africa (VG4A) riders. Stopping to help a VG4A rider with a mechanica ...

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  • Testicular Cancer: What You Need to Know

    With about 1,200 cases of testicular cancer diagnosed each year in Canada, it has become the most common ...

    With about 1,200 cases of testicular cancer diagnosed each year in Canada, it has become the most common form of cancer in young men in the county. If you or someone close to you has been recently dia ...

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  • Murray McLauchlan: From a Kid From the City to You

    “Would you like to do a piece on Murray McLauchlan?” the editor asked. I couldn’t say ‘sure’ fast enough. ...

    “Would you like to do a piece on Murray McLauchlan?” the editor asked. I couldn’t say ‘sure’ fast enough. I was all set, then my father went and had a heart attack. The nerve of him. The interview, th ...

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