Here's an activity I wanted to share with you all from my Real World Wellness nutrition consulting business - it's a great way to get the whole family involved in healthy eating and to explore some of the healthy foods available to you at your nearest grocery store. "Secret Ingredient"…
The following is a list of some of the foods that are super high in nutrients and fantastic to include to your everyday diet. I strongly encourage adding them to green smoothies - it's an easy way to get all of these important foods into your day. This is especially…
This weekend, the mother dear and the godmother dear took me shopping for a Vitamix! It is my birthday / Christmas present (for the next five years ;)), and it is something that I've coveted for months. Thank you mother dear and godmother dear!! I'm so excited and happy about…
It's that time of year again - the new Lifestyle Pass is coming out! This $40 booklet could save you over $2,000 at some of the best health and wellness businesses around Winnipeg. It features yoga and fitness studios, restaurants and cafes, spas and shops, and health and coaching (including…
The Centre for Science in the Public Interest - an organization which I admire greatly - is doing a video contest! From their information release: POUR ONE OUT VIDEO CONTEST Help spread the health message about sugary drinks and you could win $1,000! Sugary Drinks make up the largest single…
This is something that many people get stumped with. There is a whole lot of information and research and scientific studies saying all kinds of conflicting things regarding food and nutrition. How can we choose a way of eating that is healthy when one study tells us that raw food…
Menu planning is one of the greatest techniques you can use to stay organized, choose healthy foods, and enjoy a stress-free mealtime every day. Here are a few ways to incorporate menu planning into your lifestyle: Get the whole family involved. Take some time when everyone is free, go through…
Factory farms can be cruel to animals, pollute the environment, treat workers very poorly and be bad for our health. I like to think that most of us have at least a vague understanding of why factory farming is wrong, and details to put it all into perspective is a…
Overnight, it turned from autumn to winter here in Winnipeg. We went from 20 degrees to 0 in the space of a week. It's horrible! One of the problems with cold weather - especially when there isn't yet snow on the ground to go skiing, and the river isn't frozen…