Plant-based food preparation
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina As a dietitian, I have learned a lot about which foods rate highest in folate or vitamin C, and what makes beans, peas and lentils the…
Light up your life!
How LED light therapy helped my sister — by Fairlyn Kamer — My first encounter with LED Light Therapy was via my younger sister, Sarah. When she was just 18…
Preventing and reversing diabetes
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis Since 2000, the number of people in Canada with diabetes has doubled. Today, one in three Canadians lives with prediabetes or diabetes. Those…
The recriminalization of cannabis
— by Michael Bryant — Cannabis crime will go up, not down, now that cannabis has been “legalized” by the Trudeau government. Because the law that passed Parliament amounts to…
Steven Halpern – balancing, healing music for optimal well-being
— by Steven Halpern — I first came to Vancouver in November 1976 to be part of the first international gathering of spiritual leaders and seekers at the World Symposium…
Coconut oil – a high-fibre whole food
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis Few foods are at once maligned and acclaimed as much as coconut oil. Some see it as a notorious health villain, with an…
Learning to trust at Menaville Resort in in Safaga
by Nadia Serry In 1991, Menaville Resort medical staff participated in a series of national and international medical research studies. The huge efforts spent to scientifically implement the phenomena of…
Worsening wildfire smoke causes sensory overload
A democratic citizen science revolution looms on our hazy horizon by Bruce Mason Our so-called leaders are announcing a “new normal” as if we’ve suddenly arrived on a plateau we…
The tragedy of thalidomide
Big Pharma’s deceptive tactics continue today by Janet Currie Recently, I came across an article in the Sunday Times about how Germany has reneged on a decades-old agreement to pay…
Getting kids to eat their veggies
NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina and Kristen Yarker While many toddlers and preschoolers aren’t fans of vegetables, thankfully, there are effective, helpful strategies less forceful than the age-old techniques of forcing…