Healthy Living Makes a Difference

People have been searching for the “fountain of youth” for thousands of years.

Have you invested a great deal of dollars into weight loss programs, “magic” remedies or spent numerous hours calorie counting in an attempt to shed extra pounds?

For some people, the coming of spring – the final snow melt, warm air fragrant with aroma of blossoms, bird song – is a time to dread.

Let’s face it: Joint pain is uncomfortable and frustrating, especially for those who are used to being active.

Apricots are an orchard fruit used for making pies, jams and sauces when in season, but what many Canadians don’t know is that the hard pit in the centre of the fleshy fruit hides a kernel that is used for food in some parts of the world.

When settlers first came to North America, they brought with them mainly the necessities for survival in a new land.

No one will look out for your health better than you. What can we learn today to prevent ourselves from visiting the doctor’s office in the future?

When a person occasionally suffers abdominal pain, feels bloated after eating, or has brief periods of diarrhea or constipation, it’s usually blamed on some food that “didn’t agree with the stomach” and indeed, more often than not it passes and all is well.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a digestive disorder that plagues about 10 percent of the population, but is rarely talked about openly.

The splash of colour flowers give to the landscape in spring brings a sense of hope that warm weather is on the way to turn the natural world green and vibrant.