Posts by Jenn Pike
Vitamin D deficiency and weight gain?
The majority of individuals I speak to either take no Vitamin D or very little, usually whatever is part of their calcium:magnesium supplement or somewhere between 600-1,000IU. More and more research is mounting and showing that the average adult requires between 2,000-5,000IU daily and that children require between 1,000-2,000IU daily. A study published in the January…
Read MoreWhatever Wednesdays…
Like many of you living in York Region today was a snowy, blustery, stay-at-home-if-you-can kind of day and I did just that! What this kind of day also meant was that I was not going to be heading out to the grocery store so I needed to make do with what I had and still…
Read MoreAre you feeling a little stressed out?
Stress Control for Healthy Immunity This time of year can definitely bring about some unwanted stress and internal tension. With so many social events to attend, parties to host, family and friends to be around…some of which is not always good, stress can seriously affect our body. Stress causes an increase in the stress hormone…
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