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Learn about the 9 factors of optimal health from Dallas & Melissa Hartwig, creators of the popular Whole30 program.

Get Wild: Foraging for Edible Plants

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Whole9 guest post by Diana Rodgers of Sustainable Dish. Below is an excerpt from Diana’s new book,  The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook, about how to forage for edible plants: We all know it’s healthy to eat vegetables and fruits, but we often forget that they don’t need to come from a farm: wild plants are nutritional powerhouses. Purslane, for instance, a weed that thrives in many parts of the world, has six times more vitamin E than spinach and more omega-3 fatty acids than any other vegetable. … [Read more...]

Why Organic Matters

Why Organic Matters

A Whole9 guest post by Dr Sult, medical doctor, medical educator, inspirational speaker & the author of Just Be Well: A Book For Seekers of Vibrant Health. Step One: Go Organic It’s hard to eat healthy. Strike that: it’s hard to know HOW to eat healthy. First, people are advised to eat a diet that contains plenty of fruits and vegetables. Okay, done. But as we understand more about pesticides and other chemicals used in produce to make it look model-fresh and enhance its shelf life, we … [Read more...]

What Should I Eat Post-Workout?

Post Workout Nutrition at Whole9life.com

A Whole9 guest post by Steph Gaudreau, creator of Stupid Easy Paleo and author of The Paleo Athlete and The Performance Paleo Cookbook. When asked to list their nutrition strategy, most athletes rattle off a list of pills, powders and potions. Luckily, performance-seekers of the Whole9/Paleo/real food crowd have a better handle on things. They know that eating nutrient-dense food helps decrease the inflammation incurred from training, fuels athletic pursuits and is key to overall recovery. And … [Read more...]

Ask Whole9 Canada: How Many Meals Per Day?

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Welcome to Ask Whole9 Canada, where Summer Innanen and Sarah Ramsden answer all of your health and nutrition questions. In this week’s episode, Summer and Sarah talk about how many meals per day you should be eating. There are so many conflicting recommendations on the number of meals you should eat in a day. Some people recommend grazing, others suggest multiple small meals a day, whereas other recommendations will tell you that fewer larger meals are best. How do you know what’s right for … [Read more...]

The Truth About Cholesterol, Part 2: Lowering Your LDL

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A Whole9 guest post by Dr Sult, medical doctor, medical educator, inspirational speaker & the author of Just Be Well: A Book For Seekers of Vibrant Health. In a recent post we discussed how many of us have mistakenly believed that lowering cholesterol levels is the key to reducing the risk of heart attack. In fact, tracking cholesterol levels does not get to the real culprit: LDL, or low-density lipoprotein. A high level of LDL increases the risk, while a high level of HDL, or … [Read more...]

Ask Whole9 Canada: Inconsistent Food Reactions

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Welcome to Ask Whole9 Canada, where Summer Innanen and Sarah Ramsden answer all of your health and nutrition questions. In this week’s episode, Summer and Sarah discuss why you make reaction to certain foods sometimes and not others. Have you ever eaten a food and had a reaction to it, whereas on other occasions you can tolerate the food with no issues? Having inconsistent food reactions can make identifying your food sensitivities difficult. This is because symptoms may appear only when you … [Read more...]

Food, Mood, and FODMAPs

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A Whole9 guest post by Emily Deans M.D., a board certified psychiatrist with a practice in Massachusetts and a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the gut that can lead to cramping, abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhea. It’s symptoms often come hand in hand with chronic anxiety and depression, so as a psychiatrist, I see lots of patients with IBS symptoms. While some people take the idea that "people … [Read more...]

How Food Is Linked to Mood

How Food is Linked to Mood via Whole9life.com

A Whole9 guest post by Emily Deans M.D., a board certified psychiatrist with a practice in Massachusetts and a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. It’s obvious that mental problems such as depression or anxiety are directly linked to stress. All of us encounter stress in our daily lives, sometimes far more than we think we can handle, but the key to moving on and bouncing back is stress management. Usually when we think of managing stress, we think about yoga … [Read more...]

Ask Whole9 Canada: How To Deal With Food Restrictions In Social Settings

How To Deal With Food Restrictions In Social Settings via Whole9life.com

Welcome to Ask Whole9 Canada, where Summer Innanen and Sarah Ramsden answer all of your health and nutrition questions. In this week’s episode, Summer and Sarah discuss how to manage food restrictions in social settings. Sharing food amongst friends and family is part of our social culture. It’s something that brings us together and connects us. However, it can feel like we are inconveniencing others when we refuse food based on our food sensitivities and we see lots of clients who decide to … [Read more...]

Ask Whole9 Canada: The Importance Of Defining Health vs. Performance Goals

health vs performance goals

Welcome to Ask Whole9 Canada, where Summer Innanen and Sarah Ramsden answer all of your health and nutrition questions. In this week’s episode, Summer and Sarah discuss the importance of defining health versus performance goals. Having clearly defined goals is important to achieving the success you desire. When there are multiple goals, you risk having to sacrifice one area to achieve the greatest potential in the other. We can bucket the most common goals into three categories: health, … [Read more...]

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