Healthy Simplicity.Healthy Simplicity.This site just contains some of my thoughts about our complicated external and internal worlds, how we struggle to respond and deal with these daily complications, and how we often forget that the simplest answer is usually the best one. Articles
The boy who cried ?Obesity!?
2008-02-03 00:00:00 A couple of days ago there was a news story describing how elementary schools in the UK are considering sending warning letters home to the parents of overweight children about the health-related dangers of being overweight or obese. Nobody is denying that obesity has become a significant health crisis in the western ... More About: Obesity
Healthy Restaurant Dining: Fact, Fiction and Finances
2008-02-03 00:00:00 I had heard about this vegetarian restaurant a little while ago from a friend who couldn't stop raving about the great food. I'm always up for trying something new (bonus if it's healthy!), and so decided to give it a try. I'm not sure if my friend was just a great ... More About: Fiction , Finances , Restaurant , Fact , Healthy
When my problem becomes your problem
2008-02-03 00:00:00 I came across an article yesterday about parents of students at an elementary school in Toronto who have complained to the Ontario Human Rights Commission that the failure of the school to screen children's lunches for known allergens is a form of discrimination against those with a disability. I have to ... More About: Problem
Happy holidays!
2008-02-03 00:00:00 This time of year is not always filled with laughter and cheer, and can instead be a stress-filled, financially and emotionally draining time. Remember that the word "No" can be a friend and ally when you feel like you need to re-establish your boundaries and regroup. This is a time ... More About: Holidays , Happy Holidays , Happy
Happy holidays!
2007-12-24 00:00:00 This time of year is not always filled with laughter and cheer, and can instead be a stress-filled, financially and emotionally draining time. Remember that the word "No" can be a friend and ally when you feel like you need to re-establish your boundaries and regroup. This is a time ... More About: Holidays , Happy Holidays , Happy
When my problem becomes your problem
2007-12-14 00:00:00 I came across an article yesterday about parents of students at an elementary school in Toronto who have complained to the Ontario Human Rights Commission that the failure of the school to screen children's lunches for known allergens is a form of discrimination against those with a disability. I have to ... More About: Problem
Healthy Restaurant Dining: Fact, Fiction and Finances
2007-11-21 00:00:00 I had heard about this vegetarian restaurant a little while ago from a friend who couldn't stop raving about the great food. I'm always up for trying something new (bonus if it's healthy!), and so decided to give it a try. I'm not sure if my friend was just a great ... More About: Fiction , Finances , Restaurant , Fact , Healthy
The boy who cried ?Obesity!?
2007-10-26 00:00:00 A couple of days ago there was a news story describing how elementary schools in the UK are considering sending warning letters home to the parents of overweight children about the health-related dangers of being overweight or obese. Nobody is denying that obesity has become a significant health crisis in the western ... More About: Obesity
To Gardasil, or not to Gardasil?
2007-10-07 00:00:00 So I realise that the HPV debate has been raging in Canada for quite some time, but I feel like I've only just come to some of my own realizations and conclusions. I think I have been reading up diligently on the news updates that are released about Gardasil , the new HPV vaccine that has ...
Pros and Cons of Getting Paid to Lose Weight
2007-09-07 00:00:00 After writing some intial thoughts about the incentive program initiated by the mayor of Varallo and the potential implications if implemented on a larger scale in Canada, I began to wonder what the possible success rate of such a program might be. Mike Howard on the Diet Blog poses some interesting ... More About: Weight , Lose Weight , Paid , Cons , Weigh
Talk About External Motivation!
2007-09-06 00:00:00 I came across this interesting article about a small Italian town, Varallo, whose mayor has decided to take weight-loss incentives to a whole new level! Here we thought that trying to sell the idea of losing weight for personal health benefits was motivation enough. What were we thinking? The mayor of Varallo has ... More About: Motivation , Talk , External
Why do we do what we do?
2007-08-29 00:00:00 Whenever we come to a crossroads in our lives and must decide on a new path, a change of paths, or just a slight detour, there are inevitably several considerations that we take into account before making our final decision. I have recently started to wonder what types of considerations we make ...
Soccer: The Universal Language
2007-07-27 00:00:00 Soccer-mania has recently hit Canada in a way that I never would have imagined. With the FIFA-U20 World Cup being held across the country, people seem to have been hit with a potent maladie only hinted at during the World Cup held last year. The clusters of people surrounding the huge ... More About: Soccer , Language , Universal , The U , Univers
What do you want?
2007-07-12 00:00:00 Just a quick link to an interesting study on the changing values of new employees today. A steady paycheque just doesn't seem to cut it with the new recruits of today's workforce. This new generation of workers expects employers to support them in achieving worklife balance. Employers take note! Perhaps it is that we ...
Is your job worth it?
2007-05-04 00:00:00 Remember when you loved your job? Oh wait...Not loving your job now would imply that you did, at some point, enjoy your job and what it contributed to your life. As a new recruit into the working world, I admit that I had idealistic dreams of finding my dream job; a ... More About: Worth , Wort
A High Fat Meal Means More Than An Extra Workout
2007-04-28 00:00:00 One BigMac surely won't hurt? Some new research from the University of Calgary is telling us that it will. Apparently after a high fat meal, our bodies become more prone to stress. We react with increased "blood pressure, [raised] heart rates and [increased] resistance of blood vessels" to situations that wouldn't normally ... More About: Workout , High , More , Extra , Xtra
Laughter: Life?s best medicine
2007-04-22 00:00:00 In looking for the simplest stress busters and easiest pick-me-uppers, I have come across something that is deceptively simple and surprisingly effective. It's something that we all used to do as children. But, like many things we used to do as children, we seem to think we have ... More About: Life , Medicine , Best , Laughter , Medici
And the Score is Cold/Flu:1 You:0
2007-04-01 00:00:00 I spent two weeks fighting off a cold that had threatened to knock me out if I didn't stop and pay attention to my body. I was doing pretty well at keeping the cold at bay when one work day last week rendered all of my efforts moot. Sometimes no matter ... More About: Cold , Core , Score , The Score
Stress, stress and more stress
2007-03-10 01:47:02 Lately, I notice myself feeling stressed; sometimes very stressed. I don't necessarily think that I am stressed about anything in particular, but it is there gnawing at my nerves from the moment I open my eyes in the morning until I close my eyes at night. Despite having studied the physiology behind the ... More About: Stress , More , Tres
My world is your world too
2007-03-07 01:46:01 El Niño was the first time that I had really become aware of Mother Nature's presence. Though what it is exactly, I couldn't tell you. In recent years, however, it seems that Mother Nature's cries for attention can no longer be ignored: Ice storm of '98, Indonesia's tsunami of 2004, the rapidly melting polar ice ... More About: World , Your
Successful Weight Loss Essentials
2007-03-07 01:46:01 For many of us, losing weight is a matter of being able to fit into those old pair of jeans or into that new dress we bought "for when we lose weight". But no matter how much you may want something, it doesn't make the road to success any easier. So let's be ... More About: Weight Loss , Weight , Success , Loss , Esse
The ?not-so-secret? secret to successful weight loss
2007-02-28 13:41:02 In a society that is focused on immediate and tangible rewards, there are bound to be repercussions. For many of us, a delicious piece of chocolate cake is a "well deserved" reward after a long week (sometimes day...but who's counting?) at work, after a quick workout, or after a week of ... More About: Weight Loss , Weight , Success , Secret , Loss
When ignorance isn?t bliss
2007-02-28 13:41:02 Yesterday a story about an 8 year-old boy, Connor McCreaddie, in the UK who may be taken away from his mother for being severely overweight hit the news. According to health and social authorities, the boy, weighing in at 14 stone (approximately 89kg or 196lbs), required an immediate intervention to save him from ... More About: When , Nora , Ignorance
Dr. Seuss? words of wisdom
2007-02-25 01:38:01 "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.? Dr. Seuss Some great words from a great author. Kids, and adults, all over the world who are familiar with "The cat in the hat" would do well to ... More About: Word , Words , Wisdom , Words of Wisdom
365 days of Valentine?s Day
2007-02-25 01:38:01 Happy day after Vale nti ne 's day! Hopefully things were not too stressful. However, judging by the crowds at the chocolate and the card shops yesterday, I'm not sure that that was the case. I often wonder why we allow ourselves to become stressed by the holidays or special occasions such as Valentine's ... More About: Days , Lent
Why does a country?s economy take precedence over a country?s health?
2007-02-25 01:38:01 What is this world in which we live where a country's economic and financial health supercedes the health of its people? The New York Times reports that Indonesia, the world's leader in Avian Flu cases, is in negotiations to sell their flu samples to an American vaccine company. Monetary incentives have always ... More About: Economy , Health , Country , Take , Eden
Helping yourself without self-help
2007-02-25 01:38:01 Not long ago I was invited to attend a special introductory session held by an organization that touts personal development and success as their goal and mantra. Being completely unfamiliar with this organization, my first instinct was to wonder why I was being invited, what did they want from me, ... More About: Yourself , Self , With , Your , Self-help
The simplified food guide: 5 simple steps
2007-02-25 01:38:01 "Eat your fruits and veggies!"...Every mother's mantra. Health Canada has just released the newest version of Canada's Food Guide in an attempt to re-educate Canadians and update guidelines on how to eat a balanced diet and maintain healthy lifestyles. Though Health Canada seems to have made a concerted attempt at updating the ... More About: Simp , Simple , Step
Making responsible resolutions
2007-02-25 01:38:01 A month into the new year and some of us may be wondering what happened to those new year's resolutions we made with such fervour new years eve. This was the year that personal fulfillment would be reached, happiness attained and goals accomplished! It sounded good at the time...*shrug* Why is ... More About: King , Solutions , Maki , Solution , Makin
A Wii bit of exercise
More articles from this author:2007-02-25 01:38:01 Who would have thought the day would come when video games would be touted as the newest exercise craze....an effective one too! Time magazine has an article discussing Nintendo's unintional health benefits of the Wii and anyone who has played any of the games included with the Nintendo Wii can attest ... More About: Exercise 1, 2, 3 |
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