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Beauty-Inside and Out
BeautyThere are healthy strategies that keep you feeling good, and the natural outcome of feeling good is looking good-no matter what your age. Eating well, exercising, and taking the right supplement
New Beauty Trends
Are you up on the latest beauty trends? Natural skin care products are going head to head with conventional cosmetics\' BB and CC cremes, facial serums, and oils.Think natural products can’t compete wi
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Should You Wear a Face Mask While Walking Outside?
To protect yourself and others from the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone who goes out in public to do essential thin
Soup-er Simmers
The aroma of homemade soup on a chilly day lifts your spirit when you walk into a room. And it\'s not as time consuming to make as you might think.Grandmothers around the globe have been extolling the
Cosmetic Caution
Did you know that the cosmetics you use could also be putting your health at risk? Unfortunately, many toxic chemicals can be found in beauty products.They add a healthy hue to your cheeks, a sun-kiss
Kitchen Corner: A Bunch of Flours
Coconut? Amaranth? Teff? When it comes to choosing a gluten-free flour, the choices are seemingly endless. However, not all flours are created equal.Swapping standard all-purpose flour for something f
One-Frying Pan Meals
While roasting pans, slow cookers and durable pots have their place in most kitchens, the one piece of cookware that’s absolutely a must for busy cooks is a trusty frying pan. Good for much more than
6 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint While Working Out
Given the growing impact of global climate change, it’s no surprise more and more people are trying to reduce their carbon footprint in ways big and small, from using metal straws to carrying yo
5 Dieting Pitfalls to Avoid if You Want to Lose Weight
The new year is a great time to check-in with your goals and set new ones, but it’s important to remember you can make small changes to improve healthy habits, create (and reassess) goals any ti
6 Ways Flexible Meal Prep Can Help You Shed Pounds
Sunday social media can provide such a beautiful sight: An entire counter taken up by hard-boiled eggs, roasted chicken breast, colorful veggies and perfectly fluffy brown rice — all ready to go
Wildlife Wednesday: Fishing Cat
We all know that cats hate water, but it seems that these water-loving felines didnt get the memo! On this Wildlife Wednesday, we learn about fishing cats.It’s common knowledge that cats don’t like w
Are Night Owls Doomed For Weight Loss?
Your circadian rhythm, also known as your body’s internal clock, regulates everything like sleep-wake cycles, body temperature, hormone levels and digestion. It also appears to have an impact on
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Hold the Gluten? Here’s Why That May Not Be a Good Idea
\"\"Gluten-free products can be found on store shelves nearly everywhere now. But what goes in when gluten comes out? Jeff
Science Says: Endurance Exercise Helps Counteract Sitting
For years, we’ve heard warnings about living a sedentary lifestyle, including dire statements that “sitting is the new smoking.” Unfortunately, for many people, sitting occupies the majority of
Kitchen Corner: Teeny-Tiny Hacks to Make Your Kitchen Happy
Simple things are often the hardest; peeling a banana and chopping onions can make you feel monumentally bad at life. Dont worry, youre not alone. Help is here.Ever spend forever scraping the dried-
5 Dieting Pitfalls to Avoid if You Want to Lose Weight
The new year is a great time to check-in with your goals and set new ones, but it’s important to remember you can make small changes to improve healthy habits, create (and reassess) goals any ti
Your Guide to Virtual Workouts, Meditation and More
If you’re stuck at home, it’s easy to feel stressed or even depressed. And when those feelings hit, it’s common to find comfort in junk food and TV as you sink deeper into that divot you’ve been
Looking East
I have always struggled with skin breakouts, and no matter which expensive cleansers and medications I have used, the acne always came back. Like many people I expected to be plagued my whole life wit
10 Tips to Help Fit in Fitness Every Day!
Its not always easy to fit time for a full workout into your busy day; however, there are ways you can fit fitness into your day, even if you forgo the gym.Sometimes, getting through the day (between
This Small Tweak Can Offer a Big Boost to Workout Motivation
These days, most people have heard of body positivity, especially anyone interested in health and wellness. There are even body-positive gyms and workouts cropping up worldwide, which offer safe
How to Succeed at Intermittent Fasting
\"\"The 16:8 version of IF involves eating all your calories in just an eight-hour period. lacaosa/Getty ImagesFrom Atkin
The Nail File
At-home nail care - pampering and nourishing - can prevent cracking and splitting and improve overall nail health.Whether we like them long or short, polished or au naturel, our nails are a beautiful
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10 Reliable Weight-Loss Tactics to Try if You’re Not Losing Weight
It’s no secret losing weight in a healthy way takes time: Experts agree it’s safe to shed 1–2 pounds per week. However, if the scale just won’t budge, don’t be discouraged — there are strategies
5 Surprising Holiday Diet Busters
Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine found participants started gaining weight in October and continued seeing incremental gains in their weight through the New Year. The ac
Why You Shouldn’t Use Exercise to ‘Earn’ Your Food
Have you ever said to yourself, “I can only go out for dinner with friends if I go to a 60-minute cycle class first”? Or, “Once I run off 600 calories, I can get my favorite dessert from the bak
No Slouching as You Read This: May is Correct Posture Month!
Are you hunching over your computer or smartphone screen as you read this? Sit up straight - May is Correct Posture Month!Are you guilty of hunching over your computer or smartphone screen, perhaps ev
Deeper Beauty
The word \"serum\" seems to be popping up everywhere in the beauty world. But what is a skin serum and how do these serums work?If you’re like most women, you have a cabinet full of squeeze bottles and
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Connecting with Your Chakras
Where\'d you get the candles? asked my seven-year-old daughter, Emily, as she eyed my brightly coloured chakra candles on the edge of a tall dresser. I thought I\'d hidden them, but they were spotted b
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What are the craziest diet trends of all time?
\"\"Fad diets come and go. At first, dieters swear by the new plan, losing weight and feeling good. Then research emerges
Bee hotels? Whatever next!
You’d better bee-lieve it, hotels especially for bees are the newest answer to the rapidly declining pollinator bee population.A new kind of luxury hotel is popping up all over Canada. It’s completely
Another reason to avoid farmed fish
Increased fish farming is straining conventional feed ingredients. Will reliance on pesticide-laced vegetable feed instead lead to possible pesticide residue in fish?As if we needed one more reason to
Can't Sleep?
Do you have difficulty falling asleep, sleeping through the night, getting back to sleep after waking, or waking refreshed? Youre not alonelack of sleep affects about one in seven Canadians. (Makes