What is mindfulness?
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"You’ve probably heard of mindfulness. These days, it’s everywhere, like many ideas and practices drawn from Buddhist texts that have become part of mainstream Western culture."
Read MoreAcupuncture and Low Back Pain
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Low back pain is a difficult to treat global health burden, one of the reasons for this is that there is often no clear identifiable cause. There is much debate about the best way to manage low back pain, the strongest reviews support a multi-modal approach involving a number of management strategies that include but is not limited to education, reassurance, analgesic medicines and a number of non pharmacological therapies.
Read MoreDon’t hate your gut: It may help you lose weight, fight depression and lower blood pressure
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"A universe of organisms living inside you may affect every part of your body, from your brain to your bones, and even your thoughts, feelings and your attempts to lose weight."
Read MoreFact Check: is it bad for your health to eat food fried in olive oil?
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"It recently has been suggested that using vegetable oils to fry food may be bad for your health due to the production of toxic chemicals called aldehydes during the heating process. Aldehydes are simple organic structures – compounds which contain a carbon-oxygen double bond – and are abundant in nature. They are formed in the human body in small amounts as by-products of normal fructose and alcohol metabolism. Consumption of dietary aldehydes is thought to contribute to human diseases including diabetes and heart disease. But what about olive oil? Is it classed as a vegetable oil, and is it safe to fry food with it?"
Read MoreMassage Therapy in Petrolia Ontario
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Richard has been a Registered Massage Therapist since 2009, he currently works at both Archway Health and Sport Services and The Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic at Western University. Richard has a wide patient base from elite athletes to the everyday active person, his primary professional interest is in sports injuries and concussions.
Read MoreHow yoga got its stretch back
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"From the UK to Canada, China to India, around the world, yoga is big business. In 2016, Americans alone spent US$16 billion on yoga classes and products. To put that figure into perspective – this is the same amount allocated by the World Bank to help the entire continent of Africa tackle urgent climate change challenges."
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