Posts From Julia Woodford
Woodford Files: On Death, Disease, Recovery – and Pumpkin Soup
I always look forward to the fall season with its harvest festivals and cool, crisp weather. But this year we greet the season with heavy...
Woodford Files: On Nutritional and Herbal Treatments for Disease
As the lazy days of summer fade into memory, we turn our attention back to work and back to school. This season can be tough...
Woodford Files: Canada’s Food Supply – the good, the bad, and the ugly
No doubt we’ve made you smile with our funky cover design this month, which captures the fun and beauty of food as art. Eating well...
Book Review: GODDESSES NEVER AGE
The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being Author: Christiane Northrup, MD Publisher: Hay House Inc. Book Publication: 2015 As a member of the 50-something cohort,...
Woodford Files: Rethinking Sunscreen, Antiperspirant, and Insect Repellant – The Natural Alternatives
As we charge headlong into the summer season, with flipflops slapping on the pavement and sunscreen oozing from our pores, we may want to re-evaluate...
Woodford Files: Easy and Delicious Spring Detoxing
Now that April is upon us, the spring season has gained glorious momentum with birds singing and rivers running fast. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),...
Woodford Files: Honouring Chinese New Year
Gong Hey Fat Choi! In keeping with our annual tradition, this month we honour Chinese New Year with a feature on the lucky foods and...
Woodford Files: Moving Toward a New Paradigm in 2015
In the closing weeks of 2014, it’s a good time to look back and ruminate on what themes emerged throughout the past year. One intriguing...
Woodford Files: Why I Gave Up Meat; How to Protect Yourself from Influenza, Ebola, H1N1, and More
With temperatures dropping into the subzero range these days, we tend to retreat indoors and stuff ourselves with food that comforts and sedates us. For...
Woodford Files: Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth More than a $49 Billion ‘Cure’?
Time for Government to Wake Up Canada’s premiers concluded their annual conference on August 29 with a unanimous call for more funding from the feds...
Woodford Files: The Benefits of Sweating; The Hazards of Cortisone
Summer is a prime time to flush out old residues of the past and lighten our toxic load. As solar rays intensify, an array of...
Woodford FIles: An Enlightened Approach to Weight Loss; and the Dangers of Non-stick Cookware
With the surging momentum of spring comes new books, authors, and ideas popping up all over the place. This month, we have captured several of...
Woodford Files: New sections added to Vitality: “Ask Us” and “Success Stories”
While hunkered down in the trenches of magazine production, it’s easy for us to lose sight of what’s going on out there in the real...
Top Five Strategies for Allergy Relief
Best Herbs, Homeopathics, and Lifestyle Changes As one of Ontario’s harshest winters on record gave way to an exceptionally cold spring, media pundits were predicting...
Woodford Files: Don Drummond’s Radical Prescription to Save the Healthcare System
As I write this column, I’m basking in the afterglow of a great acupuncture treatment that brought relief from back pain and mental strain. It...
Woodford Files: Wishing You Good Luck and Clear Vision in this Year of the Horse
Gong Hey Fat Choy! This month we honour the Chinese New Year with a big, beautiful stallion galloping across our front cover. Can you hear...
