Dear Reader,
As you probably already know, in order to fight cancer, it is important to increase your vegetable and fruit intake (which decreases your risk of lung and gastric cancer according to stu
November 2nd 2010 is Vitamin D Day in Vancouver SISU and InspireHealth partner-up to raise awareness!
Further to a request submitted by InspireHealth, Mayor Gregory Robertson and Vancouver City Council have proclaimed November 2nd as “Vitamin D Day” in an effort to raise awareness of what vitamin D ca
Lisa Marie’s Gingered Apple & Carrot Soup
This soup is quite easy to prepare, easy to digest and verrry nourishing. It is wonderful for warming your cold and weary bones on blustery autumn days.
Many of the fresh and vital ingredients in thi
Camino Against Cancer – Slocan Valley Bands Benefit Concert for InspireHealth
Thursday October 21st – 6-9 PM
at The Yale Hotel, 1300 Granville Street
Tickets: $10 advance / $15 at the door
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A MARATHON FOR OPTIONS
In the mid-1990s, I met a young woman who aspired to be an elementary school teacher. My husband subsequently hired her as an instructor at the kids’ camp we lived in north of Squamish. On many summer
October Research Updates
With the change of season from summer to autumn, comes a time for “review” Lee and colleagues did a literature review about the effectiveness of moxibustion for cancer care. Chen et al. found that lif
Your body’s natural garbage removal system
And manual lymph drainage…
Have you ever wondered what a lymph node is? What is the function of the lymphatic system in the body?
Our lymphatic system is part of our immune system. One of its main
It is now 2010 and I am healthy, active, and…
In 2007, I found a lump and was pretty sure that the diagnosis would be breast cancer. The shock was in how advanced (stage 3) the cancer already was in spite of my annual mammograms, self checking, a
Changing Season’s Apple & Quinoa Salad
Summer is starting to wind down and our diets will soon change with the changing season (some of us slightly, for others more drastically). While we are still in this wonderful season of bountiful har
September Research Updates
Dear Reader,
In this month’s issue, there are several studies highlighting the importance of a vegetable based diet (did you know that broccoli can improve your chances of survival from bladder cance
