Summer Activities that are Good for the Soul
Summer is truly good for the soul. It’s a season of light, long days, and warm nights. It’s a good season to start healthy and attainable habits that you can…
Health and Wellness Blog
Diet Program Comparison: Mobile Apps
In a previous blog, we evaluated the most popular diet programs we hear about from our clients as Registered Dietitians in Edmonton. With the increase in health and wellness apps…
Making Health and Wellness Easier for You
320,000 fitness & health apps, Over 8 million uses of #fitness on Instagram, And 21,660,000,000 Google search results for “healthy”. There are a million health and wellness options out there,…
You Matter
I’ve been working in the health and wellness industry for 23 years. As someone whose job (Registered Dietitian) by description should simply be about food, I have found in my…
Is Your Diet Program a Fad?
People who want to lose weight can be a very vulnerable group because they’re very frustrated. Weight loss is hard, and everybody is looking for a magic bullet. If you…
Fitness Trend Review: Waist Trainers
Waist trainers, waist shapers, or waist cinchers. What’s the deal with these “new fitness” products? To be brutally honest, they shouldn’t even be in the category of fitness. Fitness is…
Nutrition Tips for Runners
It’s above zero degrees. I repeat, it’s above zero degrees! I don’t know about you, but this news makes me want to leave work in the middle of the afternoon…
Self-care as it relates to food
Self-care is any intentional action that is used to support our mental, physical and emotional health. Essentially, it is anything that helps to fill your own cup, charge your batteries,…
Fitness Trend Review: HIIT
In recent years HIIT workouts have become a popular trend in the fitness industry. In fact, entire franchises have been built on this concept, and most community recreation facilities offer…
Do You Need Probiotics?
What are probiotics? The human gut contains 1000 different species of bacteria that play an essential role in preventing illness, digesting food, and strengthening immune function. These probiotic bacteria are…
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