The Living Well Blog

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  • Does exercise matter more than weight?

    Does exercise matter more than weight?

    We’ve heard all the headlines about how obesity is the latest health...

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  • Celebrate Organic Week!

    Celebrate Organic Week!

    Should you choose organics? It’s a decision we all face each time we visit...

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  • 6-Week Slim-Down: How to overcome hurdles and keep going

    6-Week Slim-Down: How to overcome hurdles and keep going

    Photography: Getty Images Before you read this, stop and take a minute to revel in the fact that you have made it to Week 6 of the 6-Week Slim-Down! Congratulations on all your hard work. Your...

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  • 6-Week Slim-Down: Weight-loss challenges

    6-Week Slim-Down: Weight-loss challenges

    Photography: Getty Images Congratulations! You’ve reached week 5 in the 6-Week Slim-Down. By now, hopefully you’ve had some successes and are feeling good. But chances are, you’ve also run into a...

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  • 6-Week Slim-Down: A fitness expert’s best weight-loss advice

    6-Week Slim-Down: A fitness expert’s best weight-loss advice

    Photography: Getty Images Last week, as part of the Six-Week Slim-Down, we talked about the challenge of finding good weight-loss advice and asked you to share the best weight-loss advice you’ve...

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  • 6-Week Slim-Down: Your best weight-loss advice

    6-Week Slim-Down: Your best weight-loss advice

    The Internet is a sea of weight-loss advice. It seems everyone swears to have the key piece of information you need to magically drop those extra pounds. Naturally, some of that advice is better...

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  • Six-Week Slim-Down: Your motivations and how to remember your “why”

    Six-Week Slim-Down: Your motivations and how to remember your “why”

    Photography: Getty Images Last week, as part of the Six-Week Slim-Down, we talked about the importance of sharing your goals and motivations with others and asked you to share your healthy...

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  • 6-Week Slim-Down: Share your slim-down goals and motivation

    6-Week Slim-Down: Share your slim-down goals and motivation

    Photography: Getty Images There are many theories on the best ways to lose weight, but there are some recurring themes (in addition to the exhaustively spread advice to eat less and exercise...

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  • 3 surprising things you should know on World AIDS Day

    3 surprising things you should know on World AIDS Day

    Istockphoto.com/Filmwork December 1 is World AIDS Day. It’s a day that commemorates the 39 million people who have died of the disease and raises awareness about the continuing struggle to defeat...

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  • Oct. 21 is the Day of the Mammogram: Have you booked yours?

    Oct. 21 is the Day of the Mammogram: Have you booked yours?

    When was your last mammogram? As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place every October, Cancer Care Ontario has named Oct. 21 as the Provincial Day of the Mammogram. In Ontario,...

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  • 4 things you’ll learn about Canadian health care from CBC’s Keeping Canada Alive

    4 things you’ll learn about Canadian health care from CBC’s Keeping Canada Alive

    Think you know Canadian health care? We talk about our pride in universal care, we debate the downfalls of our system during election season, but for most of us, our knowledge of Canadian health...

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  • Teens can get fit for free this summer

    Teens can get fit for free this summer

    Canadian kids may be enjoying their summer breaks, but for many, the end of...

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  • Rules: Win a pair of Sonia’s pointe shoes

    Rules: Win a pair of Sonia’s pointe shoes

    « Win a signed pair of Sonia’s pointe shoes » Contest Rules 1. The « Win a...

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  • Get a free workout at GoodLife on National Health and Fitness Day

    Get a free workout at GoodLife on National Health and Fitness Day

    It’s no secret that Canadians have a health issue: Our sedentary lifestyle...

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  • 2015 World Health Day to focus on food safety

    2015 World Health Day to focus on food safety

    By Tanya Debi Today is World Health Day. This day of recognition was created...

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  • 5 reasons to participate in #BellLetsTalk

    5 reasons to participate in #BellLetsTalk

    Today is #BellLetsTalk day, when we can contribute to the battle against...

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  • Why is everyone obsessed with avocados?

    Why is everyone obsessed with avocados?

    Have you noticed everyone around you is eating avocados? Avocados have...

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  • Join our Slim-Down Twitter party and make 2015 your healthiest year yet

    Join our Slim-Down Twitter party and make 2015 your healthiest year yet

    We like to kick off the new year in the healthiest way possible with our...

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  • Vegan tacos for Veganuary

    Vegan tacos for Veganuary

    Have you heard of Veganuary? It’s a month-long awareness-raising initiative,...

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  • 6-Week Slim-Down: temptation, resisted

    6-Week Slim-Down: temptation, resisted

    Things that have conspired against my healthy eating plan this week: The...

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