What’s in Your Breakfast?

With the wide array of options for breakfast meals, which one is best and how do you know? There are many different opinions about what is considered the “best breakfast”, and there are even books dedicated to teaching people how to consume cake for breakfast & lose weight (easy to buy into right?). Here is […]

Over the Counter Pain Killers & Heart Failure??

Living with pain can be debilitating for many, and for those who suffer everyday, sometimes over the counter medications (specifically NSAIDS – like advil) are the only things keeping them going. Unfortunately, new research is suggesting that these over the counter medications may not always be our best option long-term. A well known caution of […]

Are You Ready to Fall Back into Health?

As the days get shorter, the air gets crisper and the leaves change colour, some can feel the bone chilling cold of the winter is just around the corner, and others wait all year to finally see the beginnings of fall. Whichever side you may be, we all tend to get into the same sorts […]

Thinking of Quitting Smoking? Read this!

Are you a smoker? Thinking about quitting? Well, there’s no better time to quit than today, and it is NEVER too late to start! DID YOU KNOW? 20 minutes after quitting, a person’s heart rate & blood pressure drop back to normal levels 12 hours after quitting, the level of carbon monoxide in the blood drops […]

Why I LOVE castor oil!

The castor oil bean comes from a plant, and the bean itself is poisonous because of a protein in it. However, the oil extracted from this bean is NOT and can be extremely beneficial to your health in many ways! Castor Oil  can be used for a variety of issues— mostly used EXTERNALLY on the […]

Combatting the Deep Freeze This Winter!

The weather this winter has been a little less than ideal with the snow storms and the freezing wind chills, and frankly this creates an added excuse to not get out of bed in the morning! Personally, I loathe even the thought of winter, and this year being especially chilly has really thrown me through […]