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5 Best Immune Boosters for Better Health

By Teri Gentes It’s in your hands, it’s in your practices, and it’s on your plate… You, yes you are the key component to feeling, looking, aging, and living better!...

3 Ways to Help Clients Tackle Stress Snacking

By Carol Harrison, RD Stress snacking is a common response to all the uncertainty in the world these days. Many people are looking for help with stress snacking, including better-for-you...

3 Ways to Tackle Cooking Fatigue

By Carol Harrison, RD Since the pandemic began, many Canadians have been preparing more meals at home. While this is a positive change, cooking fatigue is beginning to set in...

Straight Talk About Iron: What Women Need to Know

By Carol Harrison, RD Iron is vital for women’s health, yet it’s rarely top of mind. Many of the women in your fitness class are likely unaware of the vital...

The COVID-19 Food Advice Your Clients Are Craving

By Carol Harrison, RD Plexiglass, masks, hand sanitizer… COVID-19 has changed how Canadians shop, cook, and eat. And, while panic buying has subsided, other challenges have persisted. Here are three...

Meat and Mental Health

By Carol Harrison, RD As the pandemic raises awareness about mental health, many Canadians are asking how diet can help. Scientists have long pondered the connection between food and mood....

Facts, Not Fear

By Carol Harrison, RD With worries about our health and the economy running high during this COVID-19 crisis, your clients do not need more concerns to add to their list....

Eating and Working from Home During COVID-19: How to Eat Mindfully

By Angela Wallace, MSc, RD and PTS It seems like everywhere I look on social media there has been some discussion or meme about the ‘quarantine 15,’ which is essentially...

Busting Food Myths

By Carol Harrison, RD MYTH: Cooking meals at home just takes too much time. With longer commute times than ever before, it seems like we have less and less time...

Protein Peanut Butter Powder Cookies

Even if you decide to achieve your fitness goals and eat healthier, that doesn’t mean you have to completely give up indulging in a sweet treat every now and again....

PB Cookie Protein Bites

When you’re in a rush and you don’t have all that much time to whip up a quick meal to have on-the-go, it’s crucial to have healthy snacks readily available....

Clients Feeling Zapped of Energy?

By Carol Harrison, RD Iron is needed to carry oxygen to our cells. Restrict the amount of oxygen to our cells, and it’s easy to see why going all out...

Essentials of Winter Nutrition With Dee Miller

PRO TRAINER Dee Miller discusses the importance of eating healthy in the winter, as well as the vitamins and nutrients you need. Plus, some great foods that you should try!...

Chinese New Year Medley

By The Popcorn Board Celebrate Chinese New Year on January 25th; also know as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, with a bowl of savoury popcorn. High in...

Forks Up for Canadian Ag Day!

By Carol Harrison, RD February 11th is Canada’s Agricultural Day, the one time we all get to raise a fork and thank farmers – the less than 2% of the...