Elevate your meal time
Plenty for $20 Lunch Prep
Let us help you meal plan for just $20! Elevate your meal time with our delicious Steak Pepper Quesadillas, Peach & Honey Salmon Sushi Bowl, and Caprese-inspired Italian Chicken Pasta Salad recipes!1) Steak & Pepper QuesadillasIngredients3 Bell peppers, divided & sliced2 package steak1 tbsp. olive oil1 onio...
Sep 09, 2024
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Be prepared
Is There a Way to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
It's hard to know if this life-threatening condition will occur, but here's info that may help.As its name implies, sudden cardiac arrest is a condition that happens suddenly and often without warning. During this life-threatening emergency, the heart suddenly stops beating due to an irregular heart rhythm. This causes...
Sep 09, 2024
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Choosing Wellness Podcast
Season 2, Episode 6
Listen: Kids, food, social media and other life pressures
A topic finally being well-researched is how nutrition affects mental, physical, and emotional well-being. To help us dig into this a little deeper physician, Dr. Kelly Barnett talks about food and kids. We hear it, we know it, but what are we doing about social media being bad for overall well-being? According to Yale...
Sep 09, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 5
Listen: Going Deep Pelvic Health and Adaptogens
Choosing Wellness dives deep into the essence of wellness and how it intertwines with nature, mindfulness, and self-healing. Powered by Pattison Media, in this episode - a buff muff, functional mushrooms, arthritis is not just an older person's disease and how to lower anxiety.Tired of leaks, you can't cough, sneeze, o...
Aug 06, 2024
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 4
Listen: Enhanding the Human Experience
Choosing Wellness dives deep into the essence of wellness and how it intertwines with nature, mindfulness, and self-healing. Powered by Pattison Media, in this episode - why we crave sugar and how to manage it, what are nootropics, a look at biohacking and living life a little bit better in your liminal space.To hear m...
Jul 08, 2024
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Season 2, Episode 3
Listen: Practice Mindful Living
Choosing Wellness dives deep into the essence of wellness and how it intertwines with nature, mindfulness, and self-healing. Powered by Pattison Media, in this episode a look at replacing your afternoon latte with a healthy alternative sans caffeine, how connecting with nature can potentially improve health, and the co...
Jun 10, 2024
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Health and Wellness
Be prepared
Is There a Way to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
It's hard to know if this life-threatening condition will occur, but here's info that may help.As its name implies, sudden cardiac arrest is a condition that happens suddenly and often without warning. During this life-threatening emergency, the heart suddenly stops beating due to an irregular heart rhythm. This causes...
Sep 09, 2024
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Men's health
Male Menopause: Is It a Myth or Reality?
Most people associate menopause with hot flashes, mood swings and the absence of menstruation. So what's testosterone got to do with it?Starting at around the age of 40, men start to lose about one percent of their testosterone per year. This gradual decrease in hormones is often referred to as male menopause or androp...
Sep 05, 2024
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Start your morning right
Why Kids Need to Eat Breakfast
More energy. Healthier weight. These are just some reasons to get food in their bellies.As you've probably heard, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The food your kids eat in the morning is used to refuel their bodies after a night of sleep and sets the stage to keep them going throughout the day.Why is i...
Sep 03, 2024
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Back to School Stress
Parents Get Back-to-School Stress Too
Stress can run through a family faster than the flu. Stay ahead of the fall rush with these strategies.Back-to-school stress is not limited to kids. For already busy parents, adding transportation, after-school activities, and parent-teacher conferences into already full calendars can be a challenge. On top of that, pa...
Sep 02, 2024
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Lifestyle
get your steps in
How Many Steps Do You Really Need to Take Each Day?
You may think you need to walk 10,000 steps a day for health benefits, but here's the truth.Walking is one of the best things you can do for your body. Almost everyone can do it and researchers far and wide agree that it improves many aspects of your health. From keeping your heart stronger to helping you maintain weig...
Sep 05, 2024
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Avoid the hassle
Do This to Prevent Head Lice
There's no guarantee your child won't get head lice, but these tips make it less likely they will.School has begun, and with that comes the inevitable news that head lice is infiltrating the little heads of students. Adults cringe thinking of the hassles of dealing with a head lice outbreak. It's not fun for parents, t...
Sep 03, 2024
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Don't stress
Tips for Handling Back-to-School Stress
With the pressures of performing in school and maintaining relationships with friends, kids can experience nearly grown-up levels of stress.In fact, one in five children say they "worry a lot or a great deal about things in their lives," according to the American Psychological Association's annual Stress in A...
Aug 30, 2024
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Slash the salt
7 Tips for Following a Low Sodium Diet
You'll be doing something good for your heart by making these tweaks to your diet.One of the best ways to improve your heart health is to lower the sodium in your diet. Sodium is a mineral that the body needs in small doses to function properly, but when you consume too much, it can raise your blood pressure and increa...
Aug 28, 2024
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Meditation
Recipes and Nutrition
Elevate your meal time
Plenty for $20 Lunch Prep
Let us help you meal plan for just $20! Elevate your meal time with our delicious Steak Pepper Quesadillas, Peach & Honey Salmon Sushi Bowl, and Caprese-inspired Italian Chicken Pasta Salad recipes!1) Steak & Pepper QuesadillasIngredients3 Bell peppers, divided & sliced2 package steak1 tbsp. olive oil1 onio...
Sep 09, 2024
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Breakfast Bites
Spinach, Pepper & Feta Egg Bites
Start your day with a delicious and easy breakfast! Spinach, Pepper, and Feta Egg Bites are a tasty and convenient option. Made with fresh spinach, bell peppers, and crumbled feta cheese.Ingredients6 large WF eggs1/2 cup spinach, chopped1/2 cup herbed gouda cheese, shredded1/4 red bell pepper, diced2 tbsp green onions,...
Sep 05, 2024
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Recipe
Beef Casserole
This easy and delicious ground beef casserole is a hearty and filling meal that's packed full of Mexican flavors.Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Serves: 6Ingredients:1lb Western Family regular Ground Beef chub 1 medium onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 15 ounce can corn kernels, rinsed and drained 15 ounce can...
Sep 03, 2024
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Quick dessert
Oats 'n Honey Granola Pie
Enjoy the old-fashioned flavours of oats, brown sugar and walnuts in a pie filling that goes together in minutes.Ingredients:1/2 pkg Pillsbury* Refrigerated Pie Crusts, softened as directed on box (1 crust) 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter 1/2 cup (125 mL) packed brown sugar 3/4 cup (175 mL) corn syrup 1/8 tsp (.5 mL) salt 1 ts...
Sep 02, 2024
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Gardening
Art of Gardening
Watch: Guerilla Landscaping
Creating a new landscape or replacing an old one can be a little daunting for some people...especially new gardeners! Shawn Ulmer from Art Knapp's in Kamloops, B.C. has a few quick and easy combinations for you to try to make the whole process a little easier!--
Aug 23, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Watch: Echinacea...Bright, Beautiful and Beneficial
Maury Hik from Art Knapp's finds himself on one of the many garden paths in the nursery where he takes time to talk about one of his favourite perennials...the Coneflower and why they're so great!--
Aug 19, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Watch: Beautiful Hibiscus
The hot, intense heat of summer gives cause for worry about some of our plants. But Ivy Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops. B.C. takes time to talk about one particular plant that simply gorges on all that summer sunshine and heat!--
Aug 11, 2024
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Art of Gardening
Watch: Talking About Air Plants
It's the middle of summer and all the plants have been planted in the garden and the pots have been placed on the patio...so what else is there to do? Ivy Hik from Art Knapp's in Kamloops, B.C. has a fantastic suggestion and it involves air plants!--
Aug 10, 2024
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