“Don’t tell me you have type 2 diabetes because your mother or father had it and it runs in the family. That’s rubbish. It’s the same thing as you telling me that you are sunburnt because your parents are fair-skinned.”   The point made here by Dr. Stephen Fairley (Duo Magazine, Feb.2016) is that your […]

As much as 75% of the population suffers from food sensitivities and most don’t even know it. Signs can be bloating, gassiness, a constantly runny or moist nose, poor concentration or memory, and inability to lose weight. For many, these are “common” symptoms and not associated with food intolerances, but left unaddressed, can put you […]

Certified Fitgenes Practitioner Leanne Scott with Core Nourishment calls OXYTOCIN the “bliss hormone” in the February 2016 Duo magazine. It’s a hormone that is responsible for the feelings of butterflies in the stomach with new love, the sensation of utter love and calm when bonding with our children, and is surging through the body during […]

Zinc is in every cell of our bodies, it’s a component in 300+ enzyme reactions – more than any other mineral, it aids in the absorption of vitamin A, is necessary for hormones (thymus, insulin, growth & sex hormones – especially the male reproductive system). It’s stored mostly in muscle (65%), and is thus a […]

Make Your Food Work for You. Science tells us that the presence of vitamin C can help your body absorb iron from the foods we eat by up to three times as much! Iron enhances oxygen transport to all tissues of our bodies that depend on a constant supply, and is necessary to support proper […]

  I’ve got a pet-peeve I need to vent – that society calls eating real food “alternative”!   Wait, whaaat?!? Gluten-free, vegan, whole foods, grass-fed, paleo, free-range, organic foods, etc… these are considered “alternative” diets. Really? Alternative to what? Quick, boxed foods, refined sugars, artificial colourings, trans fats, chemical additives, pesticides, plastics, hormone and antibiotic […]

Virtually anything and everything we are exposed to must go through the liver for processing, metabolizing, detoxing, or eliminating. Thus, the liver can become bogged down with prolonged increased workload, and lead to poor performance of its many important functions in the body. Signs of slow liver function include: acne, oily skin on the nose […]

I love squash for several reasons: they are high fiber and packed with nutrients they’re a great source of complex carbohydrates, especially important for people who are sensitive to grains they have both anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties the above two qualities make them important in areas of cancer prevention and cancer treatment the above two […]

The “development of cognitive enhancers from plants possessing antioxidants has gained much attention due to the role of oxidative stress-­induced cognitive impairment”. New study shows that the antioxidant properties in ginger improve cognitive function. http://ow.ly/EvQk300yo9M We know that free radicals cause damage to cells. We know that antioxidants mitigate free radicals.   So simply put, […]

What is a free radical? Essentially it is a highly reactive, uncharged molecule having an unpaired valence electron (it pains me greatly to say this, given how much I loathed chemistry in nutrition school and swore it was the most needless information that I would never call upon to use!) Keep reading, it gets clearer […]