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Healthy 4-Ingredient Breakfast Cookies
Who doesn’t enjoy cookies for breakfast?! These breakfast cookies can be taken to a whole new level when topped with Almond Flour Crumble and for the cherry on top…Sugar Free Glaze!
Meet the New Superfood: Baobab
Packed full of vitamin C, magnesium, iron, and a natural prebiotic, Baobab is both a superfood, and a well-kept secret.
How To Make the Perfect Smoothie
Spring time is Smoothie time. Follow this basic formula to make sure you’re creating a perfectly balanced smoothie each and every time.
Black Bean Chocolate Brownies – they’re so GOOD
Who would have thought that adding a can of black beans could make brownies taste so good?!
5 Hacks for Healthier Baking
Baking doesn’t have to be bad for you, and healthy baking doesn’t have to taste bad.
5 Best Ways to Boost Your Metabolism After 40
After 40, your metabolism starts to slow down 5% every 10 years. Without making changes to your lifestyle and habits, the pounds can really begin to pile up, and on, over time.
5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Health
This spring there’s something else you should be spring cleaning in addition to your house and garden…your health!
So What’s the Truth Behind Buying “Organic”?
This has been a popular topic over the past few years. Should we buy organic, or stick with non-organic/conventional foods? Many people assume organic is a waste of money, or think it’s just too expensive. Others will only buy organic fruits and vegetables. So what’s...
Top 10 Nutrition Tips for Weight Loss
1. Do not drink your calories! Here we are referring to fruit juices, pops, alcohol, and caffeinated beverages. There has been a lot of evidence to support that the brain processes liquid calories differently in the body than consuming solid foods. The act of chewing...
Reasons you are NOT Building Muscle
1. You are doing too much cardio and not enough resistance training Cardio can actually decrease your muscle mass if performed too often and also not done correctly. If you’re doing excessive amounts of low-intensity cardio (>3 days a week), you’re also likely not...
Member Spotlight: Barbara Horvat
3 SURGERIES IN LESS THAN 10 MONTHS HASN’T STOPPED HER FROM GETTING BACK TO THE GYM Barbara Horvat has been a Member at One Health Clubs since 2011 and in the last year has gone through 3 surgeries (hip and knee replacements). BUT this doesn’t stop her from getting to...
11 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight
Even though you are trying very hard, sometimes it seems as though we make commitments to exercise and healthy eating, but we just don’t see the results when we step on the scale. If that is the story of your life, it is time to re-evaluate your behaviour, and try to...
Fascial Stretch Therapy is a Game Changer
Fascial Stretch Therapy (or FST), is a type of stretching that targets not only the muscles, but the fascia. Fascia is a band or sheet of connective tissue, primarily collagen, beneath the skin that attaches, stabilizes, and separates muscles and other...
9 Gym Etiquette Rules to Consider
Here at One Health Clubs, we believe that we have great members. Our hope is always that all of our members be afforded the opportunity to enjoy our first rate facilities; without inconvenience or disruption. As such, in every club, there are things...
3 Healthy Lunch Options
Save money and calories with these healthy and easy lunch options. By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP, RNCP Did you know that the average Canadian spends between $7-$13 buying lunch out three times a week? Over the course of a year, that can add up to...
Healthy Eating Habits
5 Habits to Adopt Now for a Healthy Lifestyle By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP Developing healthy eating habits isn't as confusing as many people think. Healthy eating is about eating smart and enjoying your food. It is also...
Recipe of the Week: Mocha Banana Nut Smoothie
This smoothie contains a ton of antioxidants, fibre and flavour! The spinach and bananas in this smoothie gives you more than twice the amount of recommended vitamin K, your entire days’ worth of vitamin A and 17% of daily potassium. Almond butter has protein and...
Power Naps
Napping is Good For You!!! There's really no excuse not to nap — especially when there are so many health benefits! Before you feel guilty about that weekend snooze, or falling asleep during a movie, rest assured that napping is...
The 5 Best Breakfast Choices For You
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP Are you tired of hearing about how breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Well, this advice probably is not going to stop because breakfast really is an important meal to fuel the body...
Is Your Lifestyle Contributing to Your Back Pain?
Back pain is something that many of us experience on a daily basis. It is a common problem among adults affecting up to 80% of people at least once in their lifetime. Most of us spend a lot of time on computers, phones, ipads or other electronic devices, and posture...