The Living Healthy Blog

Blue Sky Fitness Studio will turn one year old on January 3rd, 2018. That’s 365 days of pure HUSTLE.  The decision to go it on your own and open a small business is always filled with mixed emotions ranging from anxiety and fear  blended together with a strong dose of  excitement and happiness ….and then […]

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Multivitamins are exactly what they sound like: multiple vitamins. They’re supplements that contain several different vitamins in each one. They can also contain several minerals and other ingredients like amino acids or fatty acids. And because there are multiple ingredients, there are low doses of each ingredient. In fact, they are the most commonly used […]

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Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash If you often feel hungry, you are not alone! There are many reasons to feel hungry. Of course, the most obvious one is that you are actually physically hungry. Perhaps your stomach is empty, your blood sugar has dropped, and your hunger hormones are having a party. But other […]

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Yes, there are lots of different kinds of salt: pink, iodized, kosher, sea, etc. They come from salt mines in the ground, or from evaporating the water out of salt water. What they all have in common is that infamous mineral that I’m going to talk about below: sodium. In food, salt is used for […]

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You totally want to ditch your scale, don’t you? You may have this weird kind of relationship with your “weight.” I mean, it doesn’t define you (obviously). What you weigh can matter but only to a certain extent. Let’s look at your waist circumference (well…you look at yours and I’ll look at mine). Waist Circumference […]

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“You wait a lifetime to find someone who understands you and accept you as you are. In  the end – you find – that someone all along — has been you!” Hi, I’m Wonnita MacDonald and I am the Mindfulness Meditation Coach here at Blue Sky Fitness Studio. Have you ever felt that life is […]

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Big food companies don’t want their proprietary flavours to be known, so they’re allowed to say “artificial flavour” and leave the details out. That alone gets me upset. But what makes me more upset is what artificial flavours represent when they’re in your food.

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The odds are that you or someone you know experiences heartburn. Around half of North American adults experience it at least once per month. Somewhere between 10-20% have it at least once per week!  Heartburn, also known as reflux, occurs when the strong acid in your stomach creeps up into your esophagus. It can feel […]

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Glycemic this and glycemic that. Does it matter? You’ll notice that they both begin with “glycemic.” That’s one tip that they have to do with sugars and carbs. Not only how much sugar is in foods, but more importantly, how it affects your blood sugar levels. In general, diets that are high on the glycemic […]

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