Healthy Spring Eating: Spa-Inspired Substitutions & Tips

Just because your recipe calls for cream or tinned vegetables doesn’t mean you can’t use something healthier in its place. And healthier doesn’t just mean whole foods full of good-for-you nutrients anymore – it now also includes whole foods that were grown and raised in a responsible and transparent way, free of chemicals. We talked [...]

Eat Your Water: The ‘8 Glasses of Water’ Myth

By Howard Murad, M.D., FAAD We’ve all heard numerous times that we should drink eight glasses of water per day to maintain an optimal level of hydration, yet there is little scientific evidence for this advice, and for most people, more water just means more trips to the bathroom! Not only is this a waste [...]

Being H20 Healthy

Water is the element that makes us fluid and alive in every way. Scientists believe we evolved from the ocean, so our connection to water is fundamental. Adults are made up of 70 percent water; teens, 75 percent; children, 75 to 80 percent; and infants, sometimes as much as 90 percent. Obviously how or whether [...]

Health & Balance: 5 Juice & Smoothie Spa Recipes

We love spa juices and smoothies for their healthful content and tasty nature. Here, we’ve rounded up a few of these types of recipes from CHI Spa at Shangri-La in Vancouver, and Kohler Waters Spa in Kohler. Named after the Chinese word for energy, chi, the recipes from CHI Spa are just a few that [...]

Time for Tea: Detox, Cleanse & Balance

The New Year always comes with a plethora of detox juice and smoothie recipes. While we think these are great ways to cleanse and revitalise at any point in the year, the chilly temperatures that have come with winter’s sporadic and largely late arrival has us craving all things warm. We decided to round up [...]