Category: Lifestyle Blog

  • Win Immune-Supporting Bestsellers from Natural Factors!

    Support your immune system with this prize pack from Natural Factors. Featuring their bestselling immune support products, this pack will help keep you healthy all year long.

  • Get Your Greens

    Get Your Greens

    Spring is such an exciting time of year. Full of promise, the season welcomes the first of the crop as green shoots begin to poke their heads through the soil. At grocery stores and farmers markets, the first of the new-season fresh produce will begin to appear―much of it green. We’ll be treated to the…

  • 10 Ways Waking up Early Boosts My Well-Being

    10 Ways Waking up Early Boosts My Well-Being

    Is waking up before the sun actually worth it? If you’ve read or heard about Robin Sharma’s bestseller The 5 AM Club and still have doubts, I’m here to share how joining the 5 AM club has transformed my life. It might change yours, too! More “me time” I love having time in the morning to…

  • Red Light Therapy Blanket? Yep, It’s a Thing—And I Tried It

    As someone who’s willingly subjected themselves to everything from PEMF mats and cryo chambers to NAD+ drips and infrared sweat sessions, let’s just say I’m more than a little committed to uncovering the next best thing in wellness. If it’s backed by science and promises better skin, deeper sleep, or faster recovery — I’m in.…

  • Kale and Grapefruit Salad with Buckwheat and Pumpkin Seed Granola

    This is a refreshing kale salad highlighted by juicy red grapefruit. Thinly sliced kale and a slightly spicy dressing of garlic, grapefruit juice, paprika, and crushed red pepper flakes give this spring salad a zingy flavour. The whole thing gets topped with a crunchy buckwheat and pumpkin seed granola for an interesting texture.

  • The Rise of Medical Misdiagnosis

    Is your doctor accurately assessing your health concerns? Although specific numbers aren’t available in Canada, it’s estimated that in the US more than 11 percent of medical cases are misdiagnosed. This costs the US medical system billions of dollars a year—and it stands to reason the impact would be similar on the Canadian healthcare system—to…

  • This Doctor Discovered a Missing Nutrient—And It Could Be the Key to Healthy Aging

    What do dolphins, a Navy research program, and a mysterious fat molecule have in common? According to Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson, they may hold the secret to aging better—and living longer. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Fatty15—a science-backed wellness brand we’ve covered many times here at The Chalkboard Mag—Dr. Venn-Watson is no stranger to disrupting…

  • Earth-Friendly Eats

    Earth-Friendly Eats

    These recipe excerpts are from Cathy Katin-Grazzini’s new book, Love the Foods That Love the Planet. Reprinted with permission from Health Communications, Inc. Photography by Giordano Katin-Grazzini. My passion is food. Nothing excites me more than coming across a sumptuous new dish from a faraway land or playing with some heady new spice. I love…

  • 10 Cottage Cheese Recipes for a Protein Boost

    10 Cottage Cheese Recipes for a Protein Boost

    First popularized in the ’90s, cottage cheese is making a major comeback. How did this aged dairy item become a freshly-trending star? It all started with health-conscious creators on TikTok and Instagram, who shared unexpected ways to use cottage cheese in high-protein recipes, from flatbread to ice cream. Just one cup of low-fat cottage cheese…

  • Halibut Tacos with Spicy Cilantro Pea Purée

    This dish takes inspiration from two classic fish dishes―the mushy peas served with fish and chips and spicy fish tacos. We’ve made the peas fresh, bright, and a little spicy by using fresh or frozen peas, lots of fresh cilantro, serrano pepper, and lime juice. Combined with lightly marinated and baked halibut and topped with…