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TWP May Newsletter

TWP May Newsletter What motivates you to exercise?  Check out our May Newsletter for healthy snacks, workouts and club information!                                                                 

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So Many Diets, What's Right for Me?

So Many Diets, What's Right for Me?  Angela Wright, RNCP Being in a natural health and food based profession, there’s not much of a separation between what I do at work and what I do at home. (It’s not like being an accountant, who probably don’t go home and count the dry goods in the cupboard.) More and more I’m reading books and watching document…

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TWP March Newsletter

TWP March Newsletter March is Nutrition Month  Check out our March newsletter for lots of nutrition tips, truths and recipes. Also, lots of information on our upcoming programs!                                                                

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Nutrition 101

March is Nutrition Month - Nutrition 101 By: Jenn Naimen Did you know that at any given time 1 out of every 4 Canadians is on a diet?  The Cabbage Soup Diet, the Blood Diet, the Atkins Diet, Body for Life, the G.I Diet, the Macrobiotic Diet, the Rice Diet – the list goes on and on...and on and on...and on and on.  Why do we diet?  To be slim, to be…

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Healthy Food Choices for Hypertension

Healthy Food Choices for Hypertension Courtesy of Dr. Emina Jasarevic, ND  The most useful foods for individuals with hypertension include: Celery Garlic and onions Nuts and seeds, or their oils for their (essential fatty acid) EFA content Cold-water fish (e.g., wild salmon, mackerel) Green leafy vegetables for their rich source of calcium and magn…

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