Anti-Aging Articles

Reversing Schizophrenia with Orthomolecular Medicine

Abram Hoffer's book, Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone The late Canadian Doctor Abram... 

How to grow new capillaries

Capillaries are lovely little things. They’re the smallest of our body’s... 

How to naturally whiten eyes

We all notice how young people have spectacularly white eyes, and how each passing... 

How I reversed my gray hair – without being 100% raw

I went 70% raw vegan overnight from being a SAD eater, eating maybe 5% raw. Maybe... 

How to reverse wrinkles using food (and only food)

Tomato skin contains the mineral Silicon, which rebuilds the skin’s collagen I... 

How a 72-year-old stays looking 40

Being voted “World’s Sexiest Vegetarian” would be an honor at any age —... 

How milk initiates diabetes

This week, we’re featuring a very compelling excerpt from The China Study, an... 

It’s never, ever too late

Many of us beat up on ourselves for slipping on our health plans. Or maybe letting... 

How cumin prevents wrinkles

The University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at a University in India recently... 

How chlorophyll inhibits cancer

The link between chlorophyll and cancer has been studied in the scientific community... 

Shiitake logs: the hot new accessory for spring

In terms of having the latest new accessory, having your own shiitake log is right... 

Berries Prevent Sun-Induced Wrinkles

We know you. You love the golden look of a natural tan, but hate the fact that it... 

How “Glycation” Causes Wrinkles

Gisele shops from One Lucky Duck, a cafe which minimizes the A.G.E.s in their desserts... 

Cruda: Toronto’s Newest Raw Restaurant

We’re very excited about welcoming Cruda Café to the Toronto raw food community! Cruda... 

Add this to your bath & get young

It has been shown that adding chlorophyll to baths can increase your red blood cell... 

Fight Wrinkles with Chocolate

Photo credit: Patrick Shaw A Japanese study published in the Journal of Photodermatology,... 

Living to 1,000 years

A brilliant researcher from Cambridge University named Aubrey de Grey shocked the... 

Exercise Increases Collagen; Ibuprofen Inhibits This Effect

Several new studies examining long-distance runners’ habits of popping non-steroidal... 

Resistance Exercise Reverses Muscle Aging

6 months of resistance exercise training can reverse aging associated with mitochondrial... 

Wrinkle-Fighting Recipe: Almond-Fennel Soup

This recipe comes to us from Chef Omid Jaffari, a renowned raw food chef based out... 

This nutrient rebuilds collagen

If you’re like me, you’re spending every spare moment outside soaking up the... 

Eat this to increase your collagen, naturally

If you’re looking for a food that will naturally prevent and fill in wrinkles,... 

Wrinkle-Fighting Recipe: Raw 2-Bite Brownies

Refined sugar is a major cause of wrinkles, so here is a recipe that will give you... 

Sun’s Out! Eat This To Avoid Wrinkling

We all know that Vitamin E plays an important role in maintaining our skin’s beauty,... 

Sleep in Darkness to Slow Aging

In the anti-aging realm, melatonin is a hormone that has been hailed for its youthful... 

Get Rid of Your Greys, Without the Dye

I’ve always thought that once we go gray, it would be constant trips to the salon... 

Community and Love Add Years to Life

We often beat ourselves up when we eat something “unsanctioned” by... 

This lifestyle change is proven to reverse aging

We have heard from dietitians that severe methods of calorie restriction, such as... 

Eat this to cut cellulite

Grapefruit kicks evicts pesky cellulite...how wonderful Grapefruits are renowned... 

Why cold water swimmers appear younger

“Tempering the body with cold water” is sourced in Victoria Boutenko’s... 

Health Articles

How Nutrition Affects Alcoholism

I’m reading a book right now which is blowing the lid off my mind. Bear with... 

Raw Vegan Potluck Groups in Ontario

  Join a raw vegan potluck in your area! These groups are not for profit... 

Wild Edibles in Southern Ontario

Wild food is some of the most nutritious – even more than organic produce – because... 

Give me 6 mins/day and I’ll double the length & strength of your hair

In Hawaii, after a couple months of green juicing I grew up thinking that hair growth... 

An OceanGrown Heirloom CSA is coming to Toronto

Photo: My Tartelette We were so excited to hear that an OceanGrown Heirloom CSA... 

Growing your own superfoods

We were thrilled to learn that model and blogger Anthony Anderson (also known as... 

Holiday Gift Cards Now Available

In the spirit of the holidays, your favourite raw/vegan vacation property is giving... 

How a raw vegan corrected her vision naturally

Jen Laur - After (corrected eyesight) Jen Laur, owner of Raw Love, Life Food, a Toronto-based... 

Raw vegan NHL player stays muscular with these foods

I recently had the chance to sit down with former NHL Right Wing for the Montreal... 

53 tactics to stay healthy at work

Photo Credit: Jannis Tsipoulanis Tiny, tactical changes in the way you live at work... 

How to Stay Healthy at Work I

Part 1: Damage Control Let us assume the worst case scenario. You work 100 hours... 

2 Ways to Self-Motivate

Nutritionist and Athlete Yvonne Camus This spring, we hosted a remarkable guest on... 

Fresh or Frozen?

Photo credit: Kelly West Mars Fresh. Definitely Fresh. Ask any food scientist –... 

High Tea Recipes

We served a raw vegan High Tea this weekend while the football game was on. It went... 

An Inspiring Guest Who Eliminated Cravings

image: Aran Goyoaga One of our retreat guests inspired our team so much that I want... 

French Countryside Raw Recipes

I made dinner for my housemates last night – who aren’t raw vegans –... 

Kill Exhaustion With Enzymes

One reason why one can feel exhausted is a lack of enzymes in the diet. Enzymes are... 

Depressed? Easy on the steak

In March 2010, French researchers found that cooking beef lead to a significant degradation... 

How Nutrition Affects IQ

Eating healthy won’t just help your waistline – it can give you an unfair competitive... 

Playing Chess Burns Calories

There’s a brilliant new talk on TED.com by Stanford Professor of Neurology Robert... 

Learn from the Norwegians

In small Norwegian ski towns, the locals are thoroughly proud to be outdoors-men... 

What has 15x more nutrition than celery?

budding sunflower sprouts It’s definitely more difficult to stay healthy during... 

How to kill junk food cravings III

Source: Ads of the World In this final installation in our series on how to kill... 

How to kill junk food cravings II

Last week, we discussed how getting enough nutrients can help eliminate cravings.... 

How to kill junk food cravings I

Most of our clients do not eat 100% purely – they usually are 80% healthy, and... 

Recipe: Chocolate-Avocado Pudding

This week’s healthy recipe comes by way of Marni Wasserman, a Toronto-based... 

10 Health Myths Debunked

There’s so much confusion in the health sphere. Here’s our take on some... 

How Soy Makes you Fat

Few people are aware that MSG – monosodium glutamate – is actually a naturally... 

Easy Exercise to Eliminate Cellulite

I took an Olympic Weightlifting Course last week, along with another House of Verona... 

Foods that Help Burn Fat

How Fat is Stored in Our Bodies Storing fat boils down to “excess.”...