legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains
June 22, 2026

Plant Foods: More Than Fibre

Your gut does much more than digest food. It also acts as a protective barrier, preventing harmful bacteria, toxins, and other unwanted substances from entering the bloodstream. When this barrier becomes weakened—a condition sometimes referred to as “leaky...
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May 11, 2026

Snack Attack After Dark

To have a late-night snack or pass? That’s the question that my husband and I have been debating for years! Recently, he’s been having late-night food cravings more often. But haven’t we all been told that it’s bad...
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Diane standing in her kitchen, with pots and pans on the stove.
April 27, 2026

Cross-Contamination Is Not on the Menu

Do you enjoy having family and friends over for dinner? Same here. It’s a bit of work—especially when someone has gluten sensitivities—but if they’re at my table, they matter. And honestly, I enjoy the planning just as much...
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Pete Yurek with a healthy dish of food and vitamin supplements on the side.
April 4, 2026

Should You Supplement Your Meals?

Cooking for, and looking after the needs of, six kids and a self-employed husband must be a monumental task. Yet growing up, my mother made sure we had proper nutrition and the other necessities of life. Now that...
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March 26, 2026

Cracking the Longterm Benefits of Eating Eggs

I love eggs for breakfast! Not only are they super easy to make, but they also taste good! It probably comes as no surprise that there are also many health benefits to eating eggs — and according to...
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Ceri Anderson, RPN
January 23, 2023

How Healthy Eating Changes as We Grow Older

A Well-Balanced Diet Eating a well-balanced diet is a very important part of staying healthy as we get older. A healthy diet leads to a healthy weight, being more energized, and receiving the nutrients your body needs. It...
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December 1, 2021

Tis the Season to Indulge!

Sarah Lee, PharmD Your Neighbourhood Staff Pharmacist Holiday thoughts are in the air – plans for gift-giving, friends and family get-togethers and food preparations. A joyous time of the year but also a time of overindulging. Celebrations often...
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September 22, 2021

Eat, Drink, but Be Weary

By: Steve Bond, BScPhm, RPh, CDEY Food is an integral part of our lives. Every cell in our body requires nutrients and vitamins to survive and we have a deep social and spiritual connection to food. Like food,...
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July 13, 2021

The Science of Diets – Steve Bond

Whether the goal is to reduce blood pressure, improve energy or lose weight, changing how and what we eat can have a significant impact. There are so many fad or gimmick diets designed to convince people that they...
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March 24, 2021

Three Micronutrients We All Need

By: Daria Horbal, Pharm.D, RPh Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that our body needs. Vitamins are necessary for energy production, immune function, blood clotting and other functions. Minerals play an important role in growth, bone health, fluid balance...
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July 31, 2020

What’s in the Juice?

So, you go your local pharmacy, and you see a client drinking a cup of orange juice. They politely say thank you and leave. Since the 1960s, methadone has been used to help people with a condition known...
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December 12, 2019

So Be Good for Good-Health Sake

We teach our young children that if they misbehave, a jolly old man in a red suit will see and send them straight to the naughty list. Those children will not reap the benefits of presents and instead...
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