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Sea Buckthorn
Sea buckthorn has captivated the natural health food industry recently. It's in everything from soaps to ice cream. You can eat it, you can drink it, and you can even smear it on your skin. So, why the fuss over a prickly little plant?
A thorny, deciduous shrub, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is no pushover in its natural environment. Both drought and salt resistant, it can withstand harsh weather and temperatures as low as -40° C. Yet, despite sea buckthorn's tough demeanour, within its bright orange berries dwells an extraordinary nutritional wealth-a wealth that has piqued the interest of natural health food professionals everywhere.
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A Pinch of Salt
It lurks in many surprising places: that half cup of cottage cheese you had with lunch; the mayonnaise, tuna fish, and bread of your sandwich-even your breakfast cereal.
Salt is everywhere, and though it's vital for many important bodily functions, too much can put your health at risk.
"Salt has many crucial functions in our body," says registered dietician Nina Hirvi of the Copeman Healthcare Centre. Sodium, one of salt's main chemical components, is the key to keeping a proper balance of water and other fluids throughout your body.
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Comfort Foods
Isn't it amazing how one bite of a favourite food can transport you back in time? For me one spoonful of rice pudding or a warm chocolate chip cookie, and I'm sitting on a red vinyl chair in my mom's kitchen circa 1960.
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Coffee with a Cause
Enlightened coffee drinkers know that their buying choices can make a difference to the lives and health of the workers who tend and harvest coffee.
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No Bed of Roses
The good-night wish, "Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite" may have lost its charm with the recent spate of bedbug outbreaks.
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Making Sense of Soy
Soy is the Jekyll and Hyde of the plant world. With reported benefi ts often contradicted by accounts of negative effects, confusion about soy's true nature abounds.
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The Curse That ain't
By the time you read this magazine, the birth control pill Seasonale will have Health Canada's approval and be available to consumers.
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Fuel for Thought
Global warming is my fault. Before you come after me with sharp, green fangs and cracked environmental knuckles, you might want to say the same thing to yourself.
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The Power of a Positive Mindset
I'm often asked for simple tips for achieving optimal health. Here are my three top tips: 1. Make the decision to change; 2.
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