Articles About Overall Health


  • The Green Way to Organize Your Home
    The Green Way to Organize Your Home

    Author Ranka Burzan

     A growing number of professional organizers in Canada and USA are passionately promoting reusing, reducing and recycling. The word GREEN is becoming very popular among my fellow organizers.
  • How to get your child excited about nature
    How to get your child excited about nature

    Author Greg Seaman

    Children are born with an innate curiosity about the natural world around them. How can we help them satisfy it?  Parents need to teach children in a simple but deliberate way how to understand and interact with the natural environment. If this curiosity is not stimulated, it gradually dulls as the many distractions of modern life fill the child’s interest.
  • Could Poor Head Posture Affect Your Sleep?
    Could Poor Head Posture Affect Your Sleep?

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Many people experience problems with acquiring proper, restful sleep.  We often associate this with direct causes like stress, anxiety, or diet.  Have you ever thought about your posture and, in particular, your head position being part of the reason for poor sleep habits?
  • Glycemic Index: The Sweet Side of Life
    Glycemic Index: The Sweet Side of Life

    Author Renee Hughes

    The glycemic index (GI) is a method of classifying the effect that a particular carbohydrate has on blood sugar. When we eat breads, pastas, or even fruits and vegetables, our bodies break down the carbohydrates found in these foods to glucose, our main source of fuel. However, not all carbohydrates are created equally. 
  • Planting the Seeds - Understanding Health from a Gardening Perspective
    Planting the Seeds - Understanding Health from a Gardening Perspective

    Author Sarah Holvik, B.Sc. Nutr

    Most of us don’t think about gardening as a concept that applies to our bodies.  But when we think about the materials involved in successfully cultivating a plant – fertile soil, sun, pH balance and water– it’s easy to draw parallels to ingredients necessary for human health. 
  • Why am I so addicted to chocolate?
    Why am I so addicted to chocolate?

    Author Ashley McIntosh, BPsyc, RHN, CPC

    What I find, is that the root of an addiction to chocolate tends to revolve around two things: deprivation and emotions.
  • Top 5 Solutions To Improve Your Sleep!
    Top 5 Solutions To Improve Your Sleep!

    Author Melanie DesChatelets, BSc(h), ND

    Sleep is something everybody needs but not everybody gets it!  Sleeplessness affects 30-50% of the population and can lead to debilitating daytime drowsiness, poor concentration and difficulty with memory.  The inability to fall asleep, frequent awakening from sleep, inability to maintain sleep and early morning awakening are all considered types of insomnia.