by Julie Daniluk, R.H.N.

Do you find in the summer that you just don’t feel up to eating big meals? Consider making a cool smoothie instead and supply your body with readily available nutrition. Fresh vegetable and fruit smoothies not only taste great, but they help you enjoy more produce in a day than you could ever imagine.

by Susannah Kent

My husband likes to tease me – calling me the “one degree woman” – hot one minute, cold the next; comfortable when the room temperature is 70ºF, but not at 69ºF (cold hands and feet). I could just be temperature temperamental; but it is possible I have a slight hormone imbalance (under-active thyroid).

HERBS TO THE RESCUE

by Julia Woodford

Whew, the summer heat is on and nobody feels it more than a menopausal woman. Trust me on that. When beads of sweat start to trickle down your neck, and that warm glow becomes a raging fire, you want nothing more than to tear off your clothes and jump in the lake (which would be fun if there was actually a lake nearby). Alas, urban women must resort to more dignified methods for relief from hot flashes and other discomforts of the menopausal years.

A directory of Ontario organic and/or pesticide-free farms with pick-your-own and farmgate sales, plus markets, stores, suppliers, restaurants, and events around the province. Compiled by Michelle Singerman.

Public Protests Expand as GMOs and Biotech Wreak Havoc on Food Supply

by Shiv Chopra

In the U.S., people spend proportionately the least amount of their earnings on food. However, the incidence of food-borne disease (FBD) there is the highest in the world. The closest example of another country in this regard is its northern neighbour and largest trading partner – Canada.