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Creating Healthy Habits

Posted by Amy Cox
|Date: March 01, 2020
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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 ...

March 01, 2020
| by Amy Cox

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Meat Substitutes: Buyer Beware

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: November 01, 2019
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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 ...

November 01, 2019
| by Eve Lees

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3 Tips to Age Mindfully

Posted by Wanda Thomas
|Date: October 04, 2019
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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 ...

October 04, 2019
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Unmasking Common Aging Myths

Posted by Jaimie Roebuck
|Date: September 23, 2019
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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 ...

September 23, 2019
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The Growth Of Vegan Living: What’s It All About?

Posted by Susie Kearley
|Date: September 01, 2019
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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 ...

September 01, 2019
| by Susie Kearley

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Quality Sleep For Good Health

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: September 01, 2019
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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 ...

September 01, 2019
| by Eve Lees

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Counting Calories is Old School

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: August 01, 2019
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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 ...

August 01, 2019
| by Eve Lees

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The Power Of Choice

Posted by Toni O'Keeffe
|Date: July 01, 2019
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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 ...

July 01, 2019
| by Toni O'Keeffe

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Pain-In-The-Back Exercises

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: July 01, 2019
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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 ...

July 01, 2019
| by Eve Lees

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Senior Men’s Health Checkpoints

Posted by Jack Burke
|Date: June 19, 2019
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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 ...

June 19, 2019
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Meditate On This

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: June 01, 2019
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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 ...

June 01, 2019
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Reboot – June 2019

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: June 01, 2019
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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 ...

June 01, 2019
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Cycling with VG4A

Posted by Stefa Katamay
|Date: May 15, 2019
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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 ...

May 15, 2019
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Testicular Cancer: What You Need to Know

Posted by INSPIRED Staff
|Date: May 02, 2019
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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 ...

May 02, 2019
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Murray McLauchlan: From a Kid From the City to You

Posted by John Kelly
|Date: May 01, 2019
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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 ...

May 01, 2019
| by John Kelly

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