Category: Lifestyle Blog
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Seed Cakes
These easy-to-make, protein-packed lunchbox bites are a great way to fuel the whole family through the afternoon. Seeds such as pumpkin and hemp are surprisingly high in protein, even surpassing most nuts. If you’re feeling a bit decadent, feel free to sub out the apricots for a good handful of dark chocolate chips. Portion perfection…
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I Tried Seed Health’s New Vaginal Probiotic—Here’s Why You Should Too
As a health and wellness product reviewer, I’ve seen Seed Health around frequently. Its sleek packaging and robust—and accurate—claims to improve gut health via its probiotic systems captivated me. (In fact, one of our editors previously covered the Daily Synbiotic at The Chalkboard Mag) But it wasn’t until Seed Health launched its VS-01™ Vaginal Synbiotic…
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Tummy Troubles
Most children have abdominal pain at some point in their lives. Tummy aches may be short-lived, as with the stomach flu. But what does it mean if your child suffers from stomach aches on a regular basis? Dina Kulik, MD, a pediatrician at the University of Toronto and founder of Kidcrew Medical, says there are…
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Mini Tortilla Quiches
These delightful mini quiches are a delicious blend of convenience, nutrition, and flavour. Egg protein is recognized as highly digestible, an excellent source of essential amino acids, and important to skeletal muscle health. Child’s play Get your kids into the kitchen to help prep and customize these mini quiches with their favourite whole foods. This…
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Let’s Play!
Do you remember your favourite early childhood toys or books? How about favourite games, including imaginary ones, with siblings or friends? Early childhood play is essential for brain development, and it’s key to unlocking imagination and creativity as children grow. Play matters, and here’s why Children love to play, and they make sense of the…
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Super Kids
Healing tears. Hummingbird speed. Telepathy. These are just some of the superpowers displayed by The Forces of Nature, a team of Canadian superheroes fighting for the earth in The Forces of Nature: Gaia’s Child/Les Forces de la Nature: L’Enfant de Gaïa (La Poison et La Pomme, 2019) by Dr. Chúk Odenigbo and Samantha Matters. Together, the…
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Your Back-to-School Guide
Although we’re relishing long, luxurious summer days, September is waiting just around the corner. With it comes stricter bedtimes, hurried mornings, and the seemingly endless task of packing lunches. We’re here to help ease the transition, making this school year more mindful, enjoyable, and sustainable—for our kiddos and ourselves. Here’s how. 1. Familiarize yourself with…
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Banana Chocolate Zucchini Bread
This delicious twist on classic banana bread, packed with whole-food goodness―and gluten free to boot—is sure to become a lunchbox staple. The use of buckwheat flour adds a subtly earthy flavour that perfectly complements the natural sweetness provided by the ripe bananas. Bodacious buckwheat Despite its name, buckwheat is related to rhubarb, not wheat, and…
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Sommelier-Crafted Coffee Concentrate, Clean SPF Spray Mist + Skin-Brightening Enzymes: 5 Things Our Editors Are Loving This Week
OUR WEEKLY BREAKDOWN of everything in our editors’ pantries, go-bags, bathroom cabinets, and wellness spaces that we’re obsessing over at the moment. TIME-LINE MITOPURE SOFTGELS It’s okay if you haven’t heard of Urolithin A. It’s okay, we hadn’t either. Until we came across Time-Line did we start to look a little deeper into the mitochondria…
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Manifest at highest levels with the 8/8 Lion’s Gate
Each year, the astrological Lion’s Gate creates a powerful portal of abundance and manifesting. Starting in late July and continuing until mid-August, this energy peaks on the auspicious 8/8. Sia-Lanu Estrella, manifestation expert and author of The Rainbow Tablets: Abundance and sacred co-creation, shares how to harness the Lions’ Gate energy to elevate your life…