by Rita Mustafa | Nov 4, 2016 | All Posts, Health Conditions
What is protein? What does it do for us? Can you get enough eating plant based foods? Foods basically contain three main macronutrients, carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Whenever you eat a food that contains protein (regardless of whether it is animal or plant based)...
by Rita Mustafa | Apr 3, 2015 | All Posts, Health Conditions
Constipation is a symptom that most people have experienced at one point or another in their life. Of course, normal bowel movements vary from person to person and but doctors will often tell clients that a range from 3 times a day to three times a week...
by Rita Mustafa | Mar 15, 2015 | All Posts, Health Conditions
Good news, acupuncture fans: It really does help relieve stress. And now, a new study is giving a closer look at why. The body secretes an assortment of hormones into the bloodstream as a reaction to stress, which the researchers were then able to measure in the rats....
by Rita Mustafa | Nov 6, 2013 | All Posts, Health Conditions
According to current Canadian guidelines, healthy adults should consume at least 26 grams of fibre – ideally 26 to 35 grams daily*. The present Canadian fibre intake only averages 4.5 to 11 grams a day. Fibre is often divided into two broad classes: insoluble and...
by Rita Mustafa | Mar 11, 2013 | All Posts, Health Conditions
Millions of people take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like tylenol daily for arthritis and related inflammatory conditions, but are completely unaware that far safer, and at least as effective, natural alternatives already exist! For example Turmeric...
by Rita Mustafa | Mar 4, 2013 | All Posts, Health Conditions
I read a very interesting article today on Cholesterol. Most of my clients and those who attend my workshops know that cholesterol is not the enemy! I have clients who were told to take cholesterol medications by their physicians as a preventative…this is not the way...