Face Food: DIY Firming Avocado/Cucumber Masque

Feed your face…but not through your mouth, even though this DIY spa recipe, like many, sounds so good that you could very well just eat it up. Food that is good for you to eat can often be just as nourishing when applied topically to the skin, too, so we asked Adrian Bryce, founder of [...]

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 [...]

Healthy Snacks from Canyon Ranch

Most  Sundays translate as a day in with friends and family while being surrounded by plenty of food and snacks. We’ve acquired a few recipes from Canyon Ranch to make planning your weekend get-together a breeze: for a satisfying and healthy spread, try these recipe makeovers that make traditional fatty foods and snacks anything but [...]

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 [...]