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7 Tips for Yoga Balance Poses
Yoga offers a wide range of health benefits and is a great way to enhance the lifestyle we live and to infuse this practice into every aspect of our lives. Balance poses are practiced in most yoga classes and offer us both physical and mental benefits....
Recipe of the Week: Beet Cupcakes
A Sneaky and Delicious Way to Eat Your Veggies Beets are a nutritious vegetable and benefit your body in so many ways! They are packed full of vitamins, minerals, and organic compounds like carotenoids, lutein/zeaxanthin, glycine, betaine,...
4 Tips To Achieve Your Fitness Goals
By Devon Hayashida As we start the new year, there are goals and resolutions that we all hope to achieve. Did you start off the new year by telling yourself that this is the year you'll finally lose those extra pounds, eat healthier and take...
The Power of Gratitude to Change your Life
Do you want more from your life? More happiness? Better health? Increased productivity? What if we told you that just ONE thing can help you in all of these areas? An Attitude of Gratitude. A little gratitude can go a long way, not just for your mindset but...
Spice of Life – 5 Health Benefits of Curry Powder
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP Curry powder is a popular spice mix that has a number of valuable health benefits. It’s easy to take this spice for granted even though it's a simple way of adding depth and warmth to liven up a stir fry or adding a...
Change Your Sugar – Lose Your Fat!
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP The standard American/Canadian diet is full of sugar and a lot of the time it is hidden sugars in foods that are marketed as “healthy”. It has become so prevalent that if you removed all the items containing sources of...
4 Tips For Losing Weight
By Nutritionist: Lauren Steinbock RHN Trying to lose weight can seem daunting. There are so many commercial diets on the market, each giving us a different message about what we’re supposed to eat, which foods are evil, and why we’re failing. The reality is,...
Member Spotlight: Sara Figueiredo
"I promised myself that the new year was going to bring big changes to my life” My New Year’s Resolution Sarah Figueiredo, 25 years old, decided to make a major life change when she made the decision to join One Health Clubs in January 2016. "This was a...
Recipe of the Week: Healthy Hot Cocoa
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP There is nothing better than a warm cup of hot cocoa on a winter day – especially around the holidays! While this beverage can be enjoyed while skating or skiing outside, on long wintery walks or just sitting by the fire,...
7 Simple Ways to Overcome the Fear of Failure
How to take the fear out of failure! By Life Coach: Amy Callowhill “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” - Thomas A. Edison Did you know that only 8% of people who make New Year's resolutions actually succeed in achieving them? That's...
Top 5 Healthy Holiday Baking Tips
How to make holiday baking healthier By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP You don't have to deprive yourself of delicious baked goodies during the holidays. There are simple ways to increase nutrition in your baking but without sacrificing flavor. Follow...
3 Common Mistakes NOT to Make During the Holiday Season
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP Did you know that the average person gains 70% of the weight they will gain all year in the next month? For some reason most of us will switch to a completely different mindset when attending holiday events. We tend to...
Staying Lean Over the Holidays
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP This can be the most challenging time of the year – especially when it comes to sticking to our diet and exercise plan we have been working on since the start of the last New Year! Here are my TOP 13 TIPS to control your...
5 Tips to Prevent Overeating This Holiday Season
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP It’s the holidays and now begins the season of festivities and family gatherings. It can also can mean overeating and indulging; from savory turkey to the decadent apple pies, overeating is all too common. If...
3 Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress
While ‘tis the season to be merry, for many of us, it’s can also a season for stress and anxiety, which can lead us to behave in ways we’re sure to regret later. During this time of year, people often resort to bad habits; giving in to sugar cravings, consuming...
Maca Root – Nature’s Sex Powder
Maca root has become a very popular supplement and superfood. Its benefits include a positive effect on hormone balance, energy levels, and an overall natural health booster. Grown in the mountains of Peru, Maca has been called “Peruvian Ginseng.” Maca root...
Recipe of the Week: Stuffed Acorn Squash
Acorn squash is full of nutrients and is rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and antioxidant compounds. It has significant levels of vitamin C, vitamin A and other B-family vitamins as well as an impressive range of minerals including potassium, magnesium and...
5 Fall Foods to Help You Lose Weight
By Nutritionist: Kelly Carter BASc (Hons), CNP The changing of the seasons can mean changing the diet for many of us. Typically, when the weather gets colder, we start to crave more warm comfort foods such as casseroles, stews and all of the starchy carbohydrates...
The Top 10 Best (and Worst) Halloween Candy
OK, so there’s no pretending – candy is NOT healthy and inherently not good for you. That said, candy is a Halloween ritual and while there may be no real healthy answer, you should know the Good from the Bad. Keeping in mind that “Good” in...
5 Tips to Supercharge your Metabolism
By Nutritionist: Tanya Agard CNP, NWS, PT, BA Despite what you may have heard, the speed of your metabolism is not a direct product of your genes. Your lifestyle and habits play a huge role in whether your metabolism is working for you — or against you. Habits like...