Despite receiving bad press over many years, fats play a vital role in the body for optimal health. Our brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consist of 60% fat. Fats are a great source of energy, more-so than protein or carbohydrates. Vitamins A,D, E and K ar...

I was astounded to learn two particular facts when recently viewing “THAT SUGAR MOVIE.”

1. The average consumer ingests a colossal 40 teaspoons of sugar a day!

2. Only 20 % of food on our supermarket shelves does not contain sugar !

According to statistics, 36% of...

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” Coco Chanel

If you asked me a few years ago, what I liked about myself you would have been greeted with a stumped silence. Why? Because I didn’t like anything about myself. Not one hair. However, if you’d asked me wh...

Minerals allow us to think, move and grow. They have allowed the development of a central nervous system, a skeleton to bear and transport our package of organs and parts and the ability to replicate ourselves, as a whole or to repair damage cell by cell at a pace that...

In support of MOvember, I’d like to acknowledge Men’s Health. 

Weight gain, elevated blood pressure and cholesterol, prostate health, low energy levels, poor sleep and digestion are all concerns for men I am regularly asked about.  By age 30, men have reached their phys...

In light of MOvember, we invited Dr Kyle Eggleton to further discuss men's health.

In this article I want to highlight three conditions which disproportionately affect mens health. These conditions are suicide, melanoma and motor vehicle accidents. Men account for 71%,...

Nutrition Basics

Today’s diet has strayed a long way from the ideal intake and balance of nutrients. 

Life’s giddy pace places huge demands, we are constantly bollmbarded with stressors from all directions, so we need to fuel our bodies accordingly. 

Here are a few concep...