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
When someone has a broken leg, skin rash, or cancer, no one talks about stigma. When its mental health there seems to be this ‘hush hush’ attitude. No one talks about it – it used to be that way with cancer, until many women started speaking out. There are breast cancer fundraising events and runs. It seems, unfortunately, that everyone knows someone with cancer. For mental illness the rates are
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
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
Do you experience tiredness after eating, or do you feel anxious a few hours after you’ve skipped lunch? If you also have a high sugar diet, you may need to shore up your facts about healthy eating. See how your food choices rate in this next quiz.
Food & Mood Quiz
Scoring: Give yourself one point for each question you answer YES.
1) You eat a