(Updated June 1st, 2021) In April of 2016, the Lancet published a long-awaited report on world obesity, which was based on 19.2 million people studied from 1975 to 2014. The exponential increase in obesity that they reported is alarming; the authors predict that by 2025, 18 percent of men and 21 per cent of women […]

Obesity boils down to toxicity. In fact, it's related to toxic overload with any one or all of the following: environmental pollution, pharmaceutical drugs, toxin-filled food. In addition, gut dysbiosis caused by nutrient-depleted processed foods loaded with toxic pesticides, toxic hormones, and antibiotics fed to food-producing animals plays a key role, as does over-stimulation of […]

 A Potent Combination for Weight Loss Editor’s note: this article is excerpted from a longer, previously published version. To read the longer version online, go to: https://tinyurl.com/j57x8qa According to Statistics Canada, 54% of women and 65% of men are overweight or obese. This is of great concern because excess weight can have devastating consequences for our […]

Wild Blueberries Boost Cognitive Ability Among Schoolchildren Scientists have found that consuming wild blueberries may have a significant effect on the cognitive ability of primary schoolchildren. In this first-of-its-kind study, they gave 21 children, aged 7 to 10, a drink containing either a high dose of wild blueberry (about 1.75 cups), a low dose (3/4 […]

There are a ton of diets out there, from low carb to high-carb, low fat food to the high fat Paleo diet, high protein to food combining or dissociated. No matter which diet you choose, the three ‘highs’ (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol) aren’t getting any lower. In Western medicine, being […]

Winter is Yin, Spring is Yang. Winter is Kidney time; Spring is Liver. In Winter, we rest; In Spring, we move. “The wise nourish life by flowing with the four seasons and adapting to cold or heat, by harmonizing joy and anger in a tranquil dwelling, by balancing yin and yang, and what is hard […]

According to Statistics Canada 54% of women and 65% of men are overweight or obese. This is of great concern because excess weight can have devastating consequences for our health. Not only do we feel the psychological effects of additional weight, but it puts us at higher incidence of diabetes, heart disease, cancer (prostate, colon, […]

You can drop pounds without counting calories by treating the modern-day causes of obesity with these secret weight-slashing foods and supplements... Conventional weight loss wisdom makes trimming the pounds sound so easy – just burn more energy than you take in and you’ll lose weight. This is true, but for most people, it’s an oversimplification. […]