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A Rainbow A Day Keeps The Doctor Away April showers bring May flowers. And with the rain comes rainbows – which are just beautiful. Another rainbow that is beautiful is a rainbow of nutritious and delicious food. Canada’s Food Guide recommends that adults consume between 7 and 10 portions of fruits and vegetables every day. For many people this can present a challenge. Whether it is lack of time, money, or availability many people are not getting the recommended amount of fruits...

A Rainbow A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

April showers bring May flowers. And with the rain comes rainbows – which are just beautiful. Another rainbow that is beautiful is a rainbow of nutritious and delicious food. Canada’s Food Guide recommends that adults consume between 7 and 10 portions of fruits and vegetables every day. For many people this can present a challenge. Whether it is lack of time, money, or availability many people are not getting the...

Spring Ahead With Daily Essentials

With the arrival of spring, it’s time again to spring-clean our homes. It is so wonderful to be able to open up the windows and let the fresh warm breezes fill our homes and hearts. And it’s also a great time to look at spring-cleaning our body systems and what we can do to provide ourselves with nutrients that keep us healthy. The materials used to renew the cells that make up our body’s tissues and organs come...

Why Worry? – AIM Composure Can Help

It is often said that worrying is using your imagination to create something you do not want. And if you are familiar with the Universal Law of Attraction you understand that you get whatever you think about…whether you want it or not. The Law of Attraction says: That which is like unto itself, is drawn. We are constantly attracting people, places, things, situations, and experiences into our lives through the...

The High Price Of Dining Out

Last November my husband Wayne and I were busy working on a rather large renovation job. We were converting a ‘well-used’ and ‘not-very-clean’ dog grooming business to a new and clean office space. It wasn’t the most pleasant of jobs we have had in the past, but once we got through the tearing out and cleaning up part of the job, things went along just fine and it turned out to be a great office space. ...

The Benefits of Chromium

Chromium is an essential trace mineral involved in the metabolism of glucose, and plays a key role in the synthesis of cholesterol, fats, and proteins. Chromium is known to enhance the action of insulin by improving the transportation of glucose out of the blood and into the cell. Other benefits of chromium include controlling fats and cholesterol levels in the blood. Chromium may help to reduce the risk of heart...

Beet Yourself Up

Botanically known as Beta vulgaris, the beet evolved from their wild ancestor known as sea beet, which is native to the coast of Europe, Northern Africa, and Southern Asia. The root was carrot shaped and during early times the beet greens were eaten rather than the roots. The ancient Romans were mostly interested in beets for medicine, however they are believed to be one of the first civilizations to cultivate beetroot for...

You Are What You Eat

We’ve all heard the phrase “you are what you eat”. It’s a popular phrase in that it does hold some truth to it. The foods we eat contain a wide variety of essential and nonessential nutrients, as well as other substances that can affect our body functions. There are six classes of nutrients known to be essential for human beings. They are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water. ...

Something To Think About

Aging is a part of life and getting older can increase the risk of many age-related health problems. We can grow old gracefully by taking care of our health, or we can neglect our health, become sick, and suffer from age-related health conditions. Macular degeneration, cataracts, osteoarthritis and mental deterioration are the most common age-related diseases we may encounter, but there are steps we can take now to avoid...