It’s not your imagination - your stress might be making you fat. Even if you’re not a ’stress eater’, the hormone cortisol may be to blame for your body holding on to more weight than it should. Stress ...Read More

It’s in everything today – from diet sodas to chewing gum to sugar-free baked goods. Aspartame seemed like a Godsend when it came out on the market in 1981; a sweet taste without all the ...Read More

Scene 1: You’re stuck in traffic and will be late for an important meeting; you pick up your cell phone, call your client and avoid a potentially embarrassing situation. Scene 2: you’re at the grocery store and can’t remember ...Read More

There is a new David and Goliath war about to begin in the United States that will also affect us here in Canada. On one side,  looms the $50 billion a year cosmetics industry and ...Read More

Most people are absolutely clueless about just how toxic mercury is. It is toxic at one in one billion-part quantities which is about the same concentration as one grain of salt in a swimming pool. The following letter ...Read More

Artists are particularly vulnerable to illnesses caused by the toxic substances contained in the mediums they work with. Rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, leukemia and bladder cancers are all too often the result of working long hours with highly toxic materials without the protective gear ...Read More

The cold, dark days and nights of winter make the idea of a warm relaxing sauna seem inviting, but health enthusiasts know that regular use of a Far-infrared sauna comes with several summer-related benefits such ...Read More

On Christmas day, 2003 the headline went out across the news service, “Scientists Begin Measuring Pollution in Humans” and the results were disturbing: flame retardants, heavy metals, styrene… a veritable witch’s brew of chemicals were ...Read More