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Five Parenting Principles Inspired by Fitness Classes

Cheryl Maguire
29 Apr, 2019

I love fitness classes, and I much prefer them to working out on my own. The social atmosphere and positive peer pressure to push myself keep me coming back for more. During exercise classes such as spin or Bodypump, the instructor provides cues to help improve participants’ workouts. It recently dawned on me that in… Read More

Pregnancy Pain Relief

Christa Melnyk Hines
28 Feb, 2019

The changing pregnant body may be one of Mother Nature’s more astonishing feats, but nothing grounds us like the aches and pains that tag along for the journey. Luckily, expectant mothers can address most pregnancy pain gently, safely and effectively. Why you shouldn’t ignore pain . . . If you’re like many women juggling multiple… Read More

Natural vs Traditional Medicine: Yin and Yang

Christina Katz
30 Sep, 2017

When I was growing up, no one emphasized natural medicine as a viable healthcare choice. Instead, I was raised, as I imagine you were, to rely entirely on traditional medicine without considering other options. In the Western medicine model, the doctor is usually the center of the family health care system and family members orbit… Read More

Essential Elements: The Health Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency and Replacement

Nikki Klock
30 Sep, 2017

Part Two of a Two-Part Series on Vitamin Deficiencies Read Part One, about iron deficiency, in Vancouver Family Magazine’s September 2017 issue. Last winter, Jennifer Prescott, of Vancouver, experienced a devastating miscarriage that left her depressed and fatigued. The fatigue, she had experienced before. As a college student, she had discovered she was dangerously low… Read More

Essential Elements: The Health Effects of Iron Deficiency and Replacement

Nikki Klock
31 Aug, 2017

Part One of a Two-Part Series on Vitamin Deficiencies Read Part Two, about vitamin D deficiency, in Vancouver Family Magazine’s October 2017 issue When Jennifer Prescott, now age 29, was in college, she started experiencing major fatigue, above and beyond the typical exhausted-college-student variety. “My appetite was very low, I had no energy, I slept… Read More

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Five Parenting Principles Inspired by Fitness Classes

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Natural vs Traditional Medicine: Yin and Yang

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Essential Elements: The Health Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency and Replacement

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Essential Elements: The Health Effects of Iron Deficiency and Replacement

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