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The combination of bilberry with other nutrients may be essential to support and maintain eye health. Here's what a phytochemist (yes, that's a thing) has to say.

Ask the Experts: Can Bilberry Help Maintain Eye Health? | alive

Bilberry

Nature offers a never-ending wealth of health-giving gems. One of them happens to be a fascinating fungus that grows at the base and stumps of deciduous trees, especially Japanese plum trees. Find out what makes the reishi mushroom so fascinating.

The Fascinating Health Benefits of Reishi Mushroom | alive

Cancer-Fighting Foods

The David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project is making its mark for being an innovative, impactful, and fun way to help Canada’s butterfly population, one habitat—and one ordinary citizen—at a time. Are you next?

The Innovative Butterflyway Project Gains Momentum | alive

Butterflyway Project

Collecting our own wild foods can be empowering and enriching to both our lives and our diets. Learn the benefits of foraging, how to do it responsibly, and about a few great edibles you can seek out to get you started.

Foraging: How to Discover the World of Wild Foods | alive

outdoors

How present are you when you spend time in nature? With a few simple strategies, we can achieve mindfulness in nature.

How to Truly Achieve Mindfulness in Nature | alive

Nature

Versatile, potent, sensual, spiritual—herbs are extraordinary plants. Join a rookie herbaphile as she learns from the experts and attempts an indoor herb garden.

What I Learned From Growing My Own Herb Garden | alive

Personal Story

Is it enough to just leave it to our body to do the work of getting rid of the toxins we encounter every day? Not really. There are foods we can eat and lifestyle habits we can enjoy that support our body’s natural detox abilities.

A Fantastic Natural Detox Method (Your Body Does All the Work!) | alive

Cleansing

Whether through nonprofit organizations or individually, many Canadians are adopting all sorts of different rescue animals from afar, places around the globe where stray, sick, and abandoned creatures abound.

Animals From Afar: 4 Heart-Warming Rescue Stories | alive

Pets and Health

Scandinavia’s thriving commuter bicycle culture isn’t simply a matter of flat terrain and plentiful bike racks. This world traveller learned that the psychological infrastructure is what keeps the masses cycling in Scandinavia ... and enjoying the many benefits of their choice.

The Life-Changing Lessons I Learned From Cycling in Scandinavia | alive

Biking

Does having kids means giving up your freedom? Not for these families, who earn dozens of stamps in their passports while forging indescribable international memories together.

3 Globe-Trotting Families Who Will Give You Serious Wanderlust | alive

Healthy Kids

Parched air, sleep deprivation, and junk food galore: taking a vacation can be hazardous for your health. Find more joy in your journeys by packing these 11 healthy travel essentials before you take off.

Healthy Travel Essentials: 11 Things You Need to Pack | alive

Travel Health

Although most of us don’t take part in seed saving, we can still benefit from the dedicated heirloom seed savers across the country who are passionate about the preservation of a healthy and diverse seed bank.

Seed Saving: Meet 3 Inspiring Savers of Seeds | alive

Inspiring Story

What better way to relax with your special person than to share a relaxing partner massage? Find the magic with these simple massage routines.

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From the Editor: May-June 2018

Magnesium: How Much Do You Know?

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Reishi Mushroom

Butterflyway Home

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10 Ways to Practice Mindfulness Outdoors

How Does Your Herb Garden Grow?

A Fantastic Natural Detox Method

Animals From Afar

From A to B, Scandinavian Style

Carry-On Children

Healthy Trails

Unquenchable

My laws of bliss

Should you join a startup?

The plant-powered rock star

The Woman in the Water

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New & Noteworthy

Coast-to-Coast Seed Saving

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