Welcome to Vitality Magazine – One of Canada's largest publications on Natural Health, Alternative Medicine, and Green Living. This site brings you highlights of our current issue, plus several web-only columns (Alternative Cancer Therapy, Natural Pet Care, Off the Grid Living, and new Success Stories), plus an archive of past articles and two annual Guides: the Ontario Spas and Retreats Guide and the Guide to Ontario and Toronto organic farms, suppliers and restaurants. We are also the only magazine in Canada to devote an article every issue to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).Detoxify for a Healthy Pregnancy and a Happy Baby More and more couples planning a family are taking charge of their health. They will often stop smoking and consuming alcohol and drugs. They understand the effect of common toxins on not only their own health, but that of the baby they are hoping for. They may also eat better and take a pre-natal multivitamin with extra folic acid (a B-vitamin that prevents birth defects). Thyroid Health: Causes of Damage, Symptoms and Natural Solutions The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland situated in the neck and wrapped around the windpipe just below the Adam’s apple. It controls metabolism and virtually every aspect of health including weight, mood, energy and circulation. Damage to the thyroid can lead to underactivity (hypothyroidism), overactivity (hyperthyroidism), thyroid inflammation (thyroiditis) and thyroid cancer.
| Fire Up Your Late Winter Meals by Pat Crocker It could be said that the great search from the 15th Century onwards for the shortest route to the East was due to a little black berry, Piper nigrum. Pepper! It might also be argued that the race to get to the source of pepper was the spark that led Columbus to the New World. Drinking Water Debate by Aliss Terpstra Water fluoridation chemicals are a byproduct of the phosphate fertilizer industry. This is an industry which produces toxic emissions of fluoride gas; these emissions are captured at the fertilizer plant by pollution control devices called ‘wet-scrubbers’ and become hydrofluorosilicic acid or HFSA (a classified hazardous waste). Once collected, it is pumped into tankers and sold, unrefined, to communities across the continent. These municipalities then add HFSA to their water supplies as the primary chemical for water fluoridation.
Colon Hydrotherapy: Alternative Preparation for Colonoscopies A thorough exam of the colon is necessary to detect cancer, pre-cancerous growths, or other abnormalities. In Canada, colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death(1) after lung cancer, and yet early detection of colorectal cancer can increase the odds of survival significantly. However, in 2008, only 40% of Canadians over 50 years old reported they had been tested for colorectal cancer(2). |
