I talked last week about the best exercises for weight loss, but there are a lot more benefits to exercise than just shedding those extra pounds. What’s so great about exercise? Well, I’m glad you asked! Exercise IS a great way to help boost your weight loss if you have some extra pounds that you…
There are many benefits of exercise, and next week I will talk about more of those, but probably why the majority of people exercise is for weight loss and the fat burning effects of it. So let’s talk about what exercises are best for that! For those just wanting to get started with exercise for…
If you’ve been packing lunches for the last couple months for yourself or children, by now you may be running out of ideas for some healthy snacks! And feeding kids can feel like a non stop job, and being responsible for their health and what they are eating is huge! It’s so important to feed…
According to the National Institute of Health the average 4-8 yr old consumes 15 tsp of sugar a day, which get this…adds up to 50 lbs a year of sugar!!! Eating excessive amounts of candy leads to tooth decay, diabetes, childhood obesity and other illnesses. Also, It’s proven after you have sugar there is a…
I know between packing school lunches, getting to and from sports or music, and your job, it can be challenging to get a healthy dinner on the table each night. But with this weeks tips it is possible to have healthy stress free dinners. First of all taking the time to plan out your meals…
4 Steps To A Good Nights Sleep Research shows that poor sleep has immediate negative effects on your hormones, your brain function, it can also cause weight gain and even increase your risk for disease! So I’m going to start with tip #4 and work up to thee #1 thing that you can do to…
According to Canada Public Health: In Canada, over 12,000 people hospitalized and 3500 deaths related to the flu occur each year! So this is not something that we want to take lightly. It’s important that we protect ourselves from colds and flu. There are some very simple and highly effective actions that we can take!…
It’s believed that 1 in 5 Canadians have some type of mental health illness. An unhealthy diet is a risk factor for poor mental health. An unhealthy digestive system has a negative effect on brain function and mental health 1 in 5, that’s high! That is too high. Now of course poor diet is not…
There are a lot of ways that we can encourage our kids to be active, and it is so important to encourage them in that! I recently read a statistic from the Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation that the average child spends over 7 hours a day sitting in front of a screen! That’s alarming!…
Whether you are off on a long vacation or just heading out for the day, you want to feel good and have lots of energy and not derail your health, just because you are on holidays! So today I have 4 helpful tips! First of all, start your vacation right by packing healthy snacks when…