Day In The Life: Laurel McBrine
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Vista Magazine
Certified Nutritional Practitioner, Laurel McBrine, tells us how she prioritizes personal wellness while thriving in her career as a fine art painter.
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CB2 Receptor Activation: Immune Modulation, Inflammation Relief, and More!
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Lee Know
It’s been over three years since cannabis legalization in Canada. Interest continues to grow around its use as medicine and how it can play a positive role in one’s natural health lifestyle. However, many who would love to take advantage of its health benefits often look for alternatives to avoid the “high” sought out by recreational users.
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Podcast Ep 56: Hormones, Energy Levels, and Belly Fat with Phoebe Liebling
ByVista Magazine
Today, Phoebe breaks down why these energy highs and lows are related not only to our cycles but also to another hormone that we don’t tend to talk about. In this episode, we also discuss excess belly fat, why it seems to increase at certain times in our lives, and Phoebe’s top tips for eradicating it.
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What Can We Do to Positively Affect Our Immune Health?
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Sandy Kruse
I love to learn how to improve my best health, and so much begins with immune health. There is a lot we can do to make it robust. By now, we are all aware that approximately 70-80% of our immune health resides in the gut. Think of our gut as a gatekeeper but also as an instructor. It both protects us and teaches our immune cells to differentiate between pathogens and our tissue. Our gut lining is relatively thin and is lined with immune cells. However, several factors can compromise the lining, thus negatively impacting our immune function.
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Five Tips for Forming Your Healthy Blended Family
ByVista Magazine
Whether you call them stepfamilies, blended families, or simply modern families, it’s clear that diversity is increasingly the norm when it comes to family arrangements. The Pew Research Center reports that for 40% of U.S. families, at least one partner has a child from a previous relationship, far different from the mid-1970s when my widowed dad married my stepmother.
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8 Kitchen Must-Haves to Support Your Immune System Naturally
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Allison Tannis
Time to dust off that apron, and get into the kitchen to support your immune system naturally with these science-backed, must-have ingredients. You may be surprised at which foods researchers discovered while digging in the pantry, (and fridge) contain nutrients that help your immune system. Scoop up all the juicy details on why these delicious ingredients are so good for immunity, below. Plus, we’ve included a handy shopping list to help you get all of these kitchen must-haves into your next grocery cart.
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Podcast Ep 55: Simon Donato with Oats to Make You Stoked!
ByVista Magazine
Between the constant hand washing, social distancing, and mask-wearing of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed that colds and flu were a thing of the past. Now that we’re all experiencing some sort of return to normalcy, however, they are back with a vengeance and our poor immune systems are struggling to cope!
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Colour Your Plate For Immune Health
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Alison Dowling
The holidays are coming, and the weather is getting frostier! To me, this is a recipe for getting cozy with family and sharing some holiday indulgence! However, this year, with immune health at the forefront of our minds, it may be time to make some tweaks to our holiday favourites or focus on filling our plates with more immune-supportive nutrition. Let me show you what I mean.
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Supporting Your System: 3 Helpful Statistics About Immune Health
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Kristin Van Vloten
When you understand how it works, you can support it to thrive. Your immune system is the unsung soldier of your body, fighting for your wellness every day. But it needs support to do the job it was meant to do. Learning more about how it functions can help you to provide that support.
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Guest Editor: A Healthy Life Through a Balanced Diet with Joanna Brzek
ByVista Magazine
Food enthusiast, traveler, and teacher, Joanna Brzek talks to Vista about her journey to a balanced relationship with food. My journey with food has had its ups and downs. It has been a journey that has lasted several years of testing several fad diets, which ultimately led me to— drumroll please— BALANCE.
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