Speaker, Consultant, Author
Specializing in Stress Relief and Nutrition
The Saturday Sun, October 27, 2012
Reassess stress
New book coaches women on handling modern life
RITA DEMONTIS, Toronto Sun
Frazzled, hurried … women. Is there any other kind?
And when has stress become the new norm? Who isn’t overextended and overwhelmed lately? Nine-to-five jobs have gone the way of the flip phone, and women in
Teens need exceptional nutrition – their bodies are still growing and maturing and so are their brains. Poor nutrition can lead to mood swings, especially for teens when hormones are changing (and raging). Too many chemicals, high sugar products plus not enough nutrients in their bodies are a bad combination. Without good nutrition, teens will have acne, weight gain, mood swings, anger or low energy. This will hinder their ability to concentrate on their studies.
Hippocrates who lived around 400 BC was known as the “Father of Western Medicine.” He said: “Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food”. Superfoods have been around since the dawn of time as humans started to make connections between foods that harm and foods that heal.
We just have to look around us at the overweight, sickly population in North America to realize that Hippocrates quote is not being adhered to,
Do you sometimes get anxious when you are upset with someone or before a presentation? Do you feel stressed, a lack of control and don’t know how you’ll cope. It’s time for some anti-anxiety steps to calm your mind.
Two stress chemicals adrenaline and cortisol are produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. Excess stress can cause adrenaline production to decrease and cortisol to increase. Cortisol can be highly toxic to brain cells
Some people cut too many calories and their bodies think “this is famine time; I’d better hold on to all my fat; who knows when the next meal is coming?” That’s how the body reacts to restricted calories – metabolism slows down to gather reserves. There are a lot of malnourished overweight people. How can that be? Often they have eaten too many of the wrong things, gained weight and it’s tough to get it
News Updates from Health In Harmony
Exciting news! My book, Frazzled Hurried Woman! Your Stress Relief Guide to Thriving…Not Merely Surviving is now available at most Chapters/Indigo/Coles stores across Canada. The book will continue to be stocked in several more retail outlets – stay tuned for more events and book signings.
Coming Up: Book Signing
In Person – Rosalie Moscoe, on June 21st, from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m. at Coles Book Store –
The weekend of April 27 – 29, 2012, I attended the outstanding 41st Annual International OMT (Orthomolecular Medicine Today) conference in Vancouver, B.C. Initially, in the early years, this conference sponsored by the charitable foundation, ISF (International Schizophrenia Foundation), was mostly focused on therapeutic nutritional treatments of schizophrenia. Their focus grew to encompass all forms of mental illness, including depression, bipolar, anxiety, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, children’s mental health issues such
“You are what you eat!” In anticipation of Mental Health Week (May 7-13) the following nutrition tips will underscore the need for nutrients through better diet and supplementation to feed the body and the brain. Improved nutrition coupled with stress reduction are a healthy pair to help combat the detrimental effects of a busy, hurried lifestyle that many people lead. Let’s make time to examine the food in our pantries and the nutrients in