I’m not sure if it is simply due to pregnancy being more prominent during this time of year, or simply that I have begun to notice it a lot more that inspired this issue’s cover. It is my intention to allow this issue to serve as a dedication to the many mothers, sisters, teachers, wives, [...]

The Birth Control Pill (BCP) was introduced to the North American marketplace over 40 years ago as the key to liberating women by enabling sexual expression. In Canada, approximately one in five women of childbearing age take synthetic hormones to suppress menstruation, prevent pregnancy, and control pre-menstrual symptoms.

In October of 2007 I found out that I was pregnant for the first time. Like many other couples, my husband and I were both ecstatic about bringing a new life into the world. I didn’t realize at that point how little control we were going to have over the next few months culminating in the birth. Our new bundle of joy was due to arrive late June of 2008.

October 1-7, 2008 is World Breastfeeding Week in Canada. This year’s focus is Mother Support: Going for the Gold. At a time when many health organizations are trying to promote breastfeeding, and the percentage of mothers still exclusively breastfeeding their babies at 6 months is a dismal 17% (in 2003, according to Statistics Canada), a focus on support for the breastfeeding mother is the best possible move.

The birth of a baby is nothing short of a miracle and what an amazing miracle at that. For new parents-to-be, making decisions regarding the delivery of their baby can be daunting. With the plethora of information out there and so many important factors to consider, it is no wonder that it can get confusing.

With no safety framework and little government oversight, the cosmetics industry is operating in a virtual Wild West. And the West has gotten wilder still. As if there weren’t enough concerns about the toxicity of cosmetic chemicals, manufacturers are rushing to incorporate nanotechnology that uses particles 80,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

As a parent you want to provide the best for your child. Healthy eating practices should play an important role in your child’s upbringing. Children learn food habits largely from the influence of their parents. Your desire for healthy food will in turn create that desire in your children.

Excitotoxin and excitotoxicity are words most people have never heard before. Among neuroscientists, excitotoxicity is something that is connected with virtually everything bad that can happen to the brain—strokes, brain injury, brain tumors, severe hypoglycemia, multiple sclerosis, asphyxia, heavy metal poisoning and most of the neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Lou Gehrig’s disease).

- Andree beauchamp (Dharani), CNHP
Super foods are a source of nourishment that function on many levels of our well being; from a cellular physical, to a mental and emotional level they offer us a key to optimal health and well being. “Kefir” is a recommended super food to included in your diet on a
regular basis [...]

-Alwyn Beikoff
Ever get those less-than peak performance days when you just can’t seem to get switched on to your exercise program? You did manage to drag yourself off the couch and even get started, but you feel like you’re just going through the motions.
Achieving your peak performance, your body goals, or any goal for that matter, [...]

Where to Eat Vegetarian in Kingston and Area
- Bonita Summers
Atomica
71 Brock Street
Kingston, ON
www.Atomica.ca
Atomica is a place of contrasts. Offsetting the spare, sophisticated wine bar décor is the sultry, robust flavour of the cuisine. Far from offering token fare to the vegetarian, Atomica revels in its 8 appetizers, 3 salads, 2 paninis, 1 pasta dish, and [...]

- Mike Nickerson
Continuing with civilization requires more than fine tuning the present system. It requires metamorphosis.
Climate change, peak oil and all the other unfolding crises associated with pollution and resource depletion are all symptoms of one problem. There has been a fundamental change in the relationship between people and the Earth. We no longer [...]

SCIENCE MATTERS
-David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
If we want to protect an endangered animal such as the woodland caribou, we have to do more than just study the animal in isolation. We must understand how it interacts with its total environment, including its habitat and other animals, as well as humans. We must then try to [...]

I’ve written from time to time on the topic of GMO (genetically modified organisms) and food and while I still don’t claim to be any sort of expert on the topic, the more I read, the less I like the idea.
My misgivings aren’t just in relation to human consumption of this frankenfood, but the possible [...]

Marketing for Healing Professionals
- Juliet Austin, MA
My connection with the term enlightened stems from my Buddhist perspective on life that has guided me for the last 23 years.
In very simplistic terms, Buddhism teaches that in order to liberate ourselves from our suffering we must first become conscious of what causes us pain and then follow [...]