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The best weight loss tip? Have patience! During the first few weeks of a diet, a rapid drop in weight may happen. Most of that lost...

We need to be physically active and nutrition is vital to fuel and support physical activity. Over 35 years ago I began my career in the...

Originally published in The White Rock Sun, November 2016 Among the many highly debated health topics is the belief your body can become acidic from eating acid-forming foods, like meats and grains . . . and that being ‘acidic’ is linked to poor health. These assumptions are partly right and partly wrong because they have been extremely simplified. Your body’s alkalinity or acidity – your pH balance – is a very confusing, complicated process. Can we become acidic? Well . .

Previously published in 1993 (as Eve’s newspaper health column) in The Langley Times, The Surrey Leader, The Abbotsford News, Today’s Times, and Mackenzie Report Inc. Also published in the Oct-Nov-Dec 1999 issue of Personal Health Newsletter Small steps best for making lifestyle changes . . . Simon, James, Dick, and Marcie all made big, overnight changes to their lifestyles. Simon Wilson (not his real name) eagerly threw himself into a seven-day-per-week exercise program

Originally published in the White Rock Sun , Dec 2015. Detoxification diets claim to "cleanse the body of food that is often 'contaminated' by various unnecessary, potentially harmful ingredients. This includes processed sugars and other highly processed foods, trans-fats, added salt, food colourings, pesticides, preservatives and other chemicals." Common sense should tell us not to eat these foods. Yet we do. And then we think a "detox diet” is going to fix it and get to th

Originally published in Personal Health Newsletter , July 2011 and The White Rock Sun , May 2011 Curly, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL’s) are marketed as being long-lasting, cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Some users find an inconsistency among manufacturers in how long the bulbs actually last (not very long, for some brands). But a bigger concern is; are they really friendly to the environment and our health? All CFL’s contain mercury and must be dispose

Add a new, high calcium food to your diet: Little-known as a calcium source, Poppy seeds provide 126 mg calcium in one tablespoon. You...

Originally published in The White Rock Sun, Feb 1, 2016 and The Peace Arch News, Feb 12, 2016. For those not comfortable drinking chlorinated tap water, here are some tips that may help ease any worries. If you have the budget, look into installing a whole-house water filtration system. Costs can run up to $1,500 (or more). That doesn’t include the replacement filters that last up to six months. Single-tap countertop or under-counter water filter systems average from $150

I’ve always believed bread is just another highly refined food. And that’s why I won’t eat any type of 'bread.' I prefer to cook the...

We were sitting in a café, a new friend and I, having a late afternoon visit. “I’m going to try a new product that’s just come out – it’s...