Want to age better and live longer? Then perhaps it’s time to take inspiration from the “Blue Zones.”

Into the Blue Zones

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Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

Christmas waste: during the holidays each Canadian creates 110 pounds of extra garbage. Learn how to make the season merry, bright, and green.

Environmental Concerns

Whether you’ve heard about it in passing, at the gym, or seen it hashtagged on a fitness enthusiast’s Instagram, the Paleo diet seems to be everywhere.

Get to Know All About the Paleo Diet

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Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Eating certain foods may improve strengthen the immune system and provide relief from chronic digestive and inflammatory diseases.

Food is medicine. It all starts here. We create recipes with functional, whole organic ingredients that nourish your body and feed your soul. 

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A perfectly ripe local peach can be one of summer’s sweetest treats. But our peaches recipes show that this fragrant fruit has a savoury side, too.

5 Savoury Peach Recipes to Make This Summer | alive

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When you step up to support your local organic farmer, you vote for better health, ethical treatment of animals ... and even the preservation of our planet.

The Organic Question: What Does Buying Organic Really Mean? | alive

Organic Meat

The Acorn adds a dash of creativity and a pinch of punk rock to every dish, including these two veggie-focused creations.

2 Vegetable-Forward Recipes from The Acorn Restaurant | alive

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These health studies of 2015 highlight some of the more interesting findings that may directly impact your health and well-being.

The Year in Review: Health Studies of 2015 - alive

Research

In her new book, farmer&#x2d;turned&#x2d;author Angela Tedesco shares the genesis and benefits of supporting local food movements

Farm to Table

Foraging can transform the way you see the world around you—plus, it’s a free source of vitamin-rich foods, and it can improve your mental health.

Foraging: Why You Should Explore Wild Flavours | alive

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Preventing diabetes starts at home. The food habits we instill in our children can shape their health for years to come.

Preventing Diabetes - alive

Diabetes

Even if you don’t think you have the space … here’s how to take growing your own healthy edibles to new heights with a living wall.

How to Grow Your Very Own Gorgeous Living Wall | alive

Houseplants

Enjoy all the classic Christmas treats you love—cookies, chocolate, pies—without all the refined sugar. These recipes make healthy holiday baking a (ginger-scented) breeze.

18 Easy Recipes for Healthy Holiday Baking

Holidays

Don’t settle for hotdogs when venturing into the wild. Primal meets gourmet with these healthy camping recipes that will elevate your outdoor adventures.

Healthy Camping Recipes to Fuel Your Outdoor Adventures | alive

Camping Food

Making a lunch every day can be a chore, but eating it shouldn’t be! These healthy work lunches will perk you up when the clock strikes noon.

Healthy Eating

Got hunger? Whatever your hangry brood is craving, any one of these delicious make&#x2d;ahead nibbles will satisfy their snack attack with nutritious side benefits. They may even earn you the Snack Master crown!

Sweet and savoury, beauty&#x2d;boosting fruit recipes offer a gentler approach to detoxing with a focus on abundance and flavour.

Organic and biodynamic farming practices are kind to the planet. They produce healthier soil, avoid the use of pesticides, and care for livestock humanely.

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In the Zone

Reduce Your Christmas Waste

Get to Know the Paleo Diet

Renew for Spring with Whole Foods

Peachy Keen

Born to be Bitter

The Organic Question

Veggie-Centric Dishes from The Acorn

Shiitake Cabbage Tacos

Cauliflower Chickpea Fritters

2015: The Year in Review

Gather round

Growing Local on Turtle Farm

Wild Things

Dodging Diabetes

Living Walls

18 Easy Recipes for Healthy Holiday Baking

Outdoor Eats

15 Healthy Work Lunches You’ll Actually Look Forward To

Smart Snacking

Beauty Fruits

Organic and Biodynamic Farming

Balanced Eating: The Cleanse You Can Stay on Forever

A Gut Feeling about Body Weight