Conventional wisdom tells us that skipping meals isn’t good for our bodies. Or is it? There actually is a specific, and scientifically proven, method of dieting (i.e. restricting calories) that can make us metabolically healthier (reverse type II diabetes), lose weight (slowly but surely and keep it off!), and maybe even live longer. This type of dieting is known as intermittent fasting; in other words, choosing to go without food…
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It has been shown again and again that diets don’t work. Mostly because after losing weight people go back to their old eating patterns. Fasting is all the craze now a days, not only for losing weight, but also research shows it is great for regulating type II diabetes, and now new evidence with mouse studies shows it prolongs actual lifespan! What is more important though, is that it looks…
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Revive Wellness is located at 3728 91 St. Edmonton, AB, T6E 5M3 and you can contact them by phoning 780-450-2027 or go to their website at http://www.revivewellness.ca/ By Loreen Wales, nutritionist There is a common misconception that consuming too much fat increases our risk for cardiovascular events. However, when we look at the Mediterranean diet, which has been shown to be the most successful diet for lowering…
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The idea of a paleo diet is compelling and simple. Loren Cordain, founder of the paleo diet movement, has put forward an argument to eat more like hunter-gatherers did 15,000 years ago — before as a species we became societies of farmers. The theory claims that we have not had enough time to genetically adapt to our relatively “new” agricultural-based diets, and especially not to the processed food diets of…
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Revive Wellness is a local business in Edmonton who are affiliates we trust to send our clients for nutritional advice. They are a team of professionals who provide customized nutrition & wellness coaching that empowers Canadians to live with energy, vitality and health. Here is a guest blog by their leader, Loreen Wales… When dealing with health related issues, we strongly believe that food is a complementary medicine. This couldn’t be…
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Revive Wellness is a local business in Edmonton who are affiliates we trust to send our clients for nutritional advice. They are a team of professionals who provide customized nutrition & wellness coaching that empowers Canadians to live with energy, vitality and health. Here is a guest blog by their leader, Loreen Wales. What does wellness really mean to you? Freedom from disease and injury; improved quality of life; happiness;…
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by Gord Grant PhD, RAc Panda bears have it easy. A panda doesn’t need to make any food choices. They just eat bamboo — ALL day long. Oddly, a panda bear, like its bear cousins, has a complete omnivore-type digestive system, capable of handling an omnivore’s diet. Behaviourally though, they have evolved to only eat just bamboo. That’s their niche. They have special gut microbes they inherit from their mothers…
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Guest blog by Michelle Brewer, BA, MPhil, PhD (cand) Michelle is a philosopher, activist, instructor and counsellor. She did her academic work in philosophy, psychology and women’s studies. She has a passion for women’s issues and liberation, especially how these help women use their relationship to food and their bodies as a portal to their best possible lives. She is the counsellor at “Dragonfly Freedom – Counselling & Wellness” in…
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Article by Gord Grant PhD, RAc Some people who are losing weight, healing from a sickness, or just trying to be healthier swear their success is due to restricting or even eliminating wheat from their diet. This is not to be confused with people who have celiac disease, the autoimmune disorder in which eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, triggers an inflammatory immune response that damages…
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A recent and fascinating Ted Talk featured dermatologist Richard Weller who talks about the science of UV light and how it affects our health. With humour and eloquence and simplicity, his talk demonstrates why people do not trust the media’s representation of medical discoveries sometimes. Although our skin creates Vitamin D from cholesterol when exposed to UV light from the sun, sunlight may give us another unexpected benefit too. New…
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