April is Cancer Awareness Month. (Watch for me on Breakfast Television in Vancouver on Friday morning, we’re talking about cancer prevention!) Here, I’ve rounded up a few delicious things that can help you prevent cancer. Feast on these: Garlic Garlic is bursting with phytonutrients and antioxidants. Several large studies have found that people who eat more garlic have a lower risk […]

I know–when life is throwing you curveballs, your impulse is to bee-line for the freezer (chocolate chip cookie dough Haagen-Dazs, anyone?) or the snack cupboard (hello, Sea Salt & Vinegar Kettle chips…). But that’s not going to make anything better. Especially not your coronary arteries. Or your muffin top. So I’ve rounded up some healthier options–and snack […]

I was not what you would call “a runner”. It’s not that I hadn’t tried. At various points in my life (usually after a spell of too much lasagne/baked-brie-with-cranberries/caramel macchiatos…), I tried running. But it was always like banging my head against a brick wall–it only felt good when it stopped. I would always give up after […]

People bat around the word superfood pretty blithely these days, which is easy, because there’s no real definition. Scientists tend to use the term “functional food” (meaning: food which provides a clinically proven and documented health benefit) but it’s not quite as sexy, is it? Anyway, I like the term superfood, but I try to reserve […]

Most people experience stress at one time or another. So how do you cope? Many of us feel somewhat powerless in the face of stress, especially if it’s due to circumstances we can’t change. Does that mean you just have to suffer? No way. What you need is a strategy. Over on Yummy Mummy Club, I […]

Most of us (me included) don’t have great posture. We slump in our chairs, we hunch over smartphones, we don’t stand as straight as we should. And it’s a problem that’s not going to get better anytime soon. Computers, iPhones, sedentary desk jobs…they all conspire to keep us slouching through our day. And here are some of […]

At the moment I’m reading The How of Happiness, by Sonja Lyubomirsky. Lyubomirsky has a Ph.D. in social psychology from Stanford and has spent her entire academic career researching nothing but happiness. (Which I think is a pretty freaking awesome thing to do for your life’s work, don’t you?) Anyway, she develops 12 specific strategies, backed by research (not just […]

Finding the time to achieve a healthy lifestyle is challenging. Big-time. Exercise takes time, preparing healthy meals takes time, getting sufficient sleep takes time. But there are only so many hours in the day, right? To that end, I’ve got a suggestion that may help: scale back on housework. On my blog on Yummy Mummy Club I posted […]

I’m a big fan of the spa. And my all-time fave spa treatment? Massage therapy. I’ve long been convinced that it’s more than just an indulgence. A professional, therapeutic massage is so relaxing and feels so great…there just has to be health benefit, right? Right. In case you’re in need of a little justification, here are 7 reasons to treat yourself to […]