A healthy lifestyle is more than just diets and losing weight. It includes exercise and fitness, healthy food choices and portion sizes, emotions and goal setting and eating the right snacks.

• About Muscle - structural and functional nature of muscle. The “micro-anatomy” and the physiology of muscle is a fascinating study. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Afternoon Snacks - Many kids need to refuel at four - to keep their energy up until dinnertime.
• Aspartame - NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful - safe to drink? By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Baby Nutrition - Every new mom wants the best for her baby and knowing what nutrients your baby needs is an important part of parenthood.
• Best Food - Optimal health, Weight management and Optimal Sports performance are all dependant on optimal food choices. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Body Tips - Transforming your body so you look your best and feel your best. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Bodybuilding Myths - The Truth About Bodybuilding Myths. By Gary Matthews.
• Body Mass Index - BMI is a simple calculation that measures your weight relative to your height. By Amy Parker, RD
• Breakfast of Champions - Mom was right; breakfast is the most important meal of the day. By Amy Parker, RD
• Carbohydrates - Friend or foe? By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Carbohydrate Dieting - The popularity, promotion and discussion of “low” carbohydrate dieting may be missing the point. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Carbohydrate Eating - Chronic criticism and reluctant acceptance of reduced carbohydrate eating plans prompted this column. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Carbohydrate Loading - Carbohydrate loading or Glycogen loading is a concept derived from research published in Sweden.
• Calories - Using Calories For Weight Loss. By Gary Matthews.
• Cardio-Boxing - Ever wondered why most sports scientists agree that cardio-boxing is one of the best forms of exercise? By Gary Matthews.
• Childhood Obesity - Incidence of adult obesity is a depressing matter and even more depressing when we look at the numbers for children. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Children's Diet - What should my child eat? Most parents could easily make a list of what not to eat. By L. Lee Coyne, Ph. D.
• Cholesterol  Facts - Cholesterol is not a deadly poison, but a substance vital to the cells of all mammals. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Cholesterol Free - Reduce the cholesterol in your diet. Reduce the fat in your diet. By L. Lee Coyne.
• Detoxification - Accumulated toxins can be responsible for many abnormal or subnormal cellular functions leading to illnesses of varying kinds. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Diabetes Epidemic - with over 60,000 new case identified in Canada alone. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Eating at Festivals and Fairs - Celebrations, special events, festivals are all times when we indulge in our favorite comfort foods. By Gary Matthews
• Eating Too Much Protein - Many people put their health at risk by eating too much protein.
• Eating Out - Fast foods and restaurants can be an obstacle to maintaining a healthy weight. Dining out poses many challenges to a healthy lifestyle. By Amy Parker, RD
• Emotional Eating - If you find yourself at the fridge when you are mad, glad, stressed or sad, you are not eating for energy. By Amy Parker, RD
• Exercises - How do you know that the exercises you are performing are safe?  By Gary Matthews
• Exercise Tips for Success - Doctors have told us for years that exercise can help us lose weight, look better, feel better, and even sleep better.
• Extreme nutrition - To become an exceptional achiever you must try, do and practice exceptional things. Average, standard, typical, and “normal” practices produce average, standard, typical, and “normal” results. By L. Lee Coyne, Ph.D.
• Fad Dieting - Uncover The Pros and Cons Of Fad Dieting.  By Gary Matthews.
• Fad Diets - Fad Diets or Popular Eating Plans? This is a brief review of several popular diet plans. By L. Lee Coyne, Ph.D.
• Fat Burning - There is a concept of a “fat burning zone”. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Fats - The number of fat cells is estimated to be around 50 billion for the average person. It can be up to 100 billion for the obese person. By Gary Matthews.
• Four-legged Attitude - Exercise made him happy and this really was a highlight of the day. By Amy Parker, RD
• Geting Big Fast - follow these action ideas below and you will start making big gains fast without spending all your time in the Gym. By Gary Matthews.
• Giving Up Diets - Winning Tactics For Giving Up The Diet. By Gary Matthews.
• Glycemic Index - Low Glycemic Index foods are ideal for losing weight due to the slow absorption from the stomach.  By Gary Matthews
• Goal Setting - With a New Year comes New Year’s Resolutions. By Amy Parker, RD
• Guide To Muscle Gain - Have you ever imagined how visualization can play an important part in gaining weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle? By Gary Matthews
• Halloween Food Hazards - Gone are the days when the “Treat” part of “Trick or Treat” was an apple, home-made baking or bag of popcorn. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Healthy Bones - More women will die from complications of osteoporosis than from breast cancer, cervical cancer, and heart disease combined. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Healthy Eating - What’s on Your Plate? - In our society a portion sizes have increased to the point where our dinner plates look more like platters.  By Amy Parker, RD
• Healthy Immunity - Without an immune system, we die. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Hiking - A favourite fat burning summer activity, suitable for all age. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Holiday Food To avoid the January panic of trying to lose those unpleasant kilograms before the winter holiday bikini season in warmer places, try to spend December eating with grace. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Hyponatremia - a growing number of athletes requiring emergency medical tent attention following endurance events have been diagnosed with over hydration (also known as ‘water intoxication’ or the medical term ‘hyponatremia’). By L. Lee Coyne, Ph. D.
• Immune System - In a perfect world all the nutrients required for optimum immune defenses would come from food. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Instant Weight loss - Instant Weight Loss Strategies That Anyone Can Use. By Gary Matthews.
• Insulin Riddle - Fundamentally, the standard Canadian diet can be summarized as Carbohydrate Hell creating Insulin Disasters. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Lack of Exercise - The eating plan is the most significant piece of the puzzle that will create a fat burning metabolism. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Low Carbohydrates - What You must know. Carbohydrates supply energy for our body, they provide fibre for the prevention of disease and taste and texture to food. By Gary Matthews.
• Lunchbox Ideas - Are you running low on creative lunch box ideas for your child?
• Lunch Nutrition - Packing a nutritious lunch not only ensures our kids refuel for an afternoon of learning, it is also a good way to help establish healthy eating habits.
• Muscle Gain - 6 Simple Steps To Catapult Your Muscle Gains. By Gary Matthews.
• Muscle Recovery - Research over the last 10 years has demonstrated the benefits of becoming “active” in post-exercise nutritional choices to optimize muscle recovery. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Munchies? - Don’t feel guilty about snacking between meals; it is actually a proven strategy for successful weight loss. By Amy Parker, RD
• No Gym - Want To Workout Without a Gym. By Gary Matthews.
• Obesity - The Oldest Metabolic Disorder. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Recent estimates, by the World Health Organization and by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, indicate that the incidence of obesity is doubling every five years. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Obesity Solutions – More than Exercise and Calories. Talking about obesity has many similarities to talking about the weather. “Everybody talks about it – nobody does anything about” is how the old saying goes. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Over Training - The cold hard facts are that over 80% of the regular trainees in your gym are overtraining. By Gary Matthews.
• Physical Activity - excessive time devoted to television viewing, video games, and web surfing is making are kid fat.  By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Postpartum Weight Loss - 45% of postpartum women weighed in at 10 pounds heavier than pre pregnancy weights one year after delivery. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D
• Prevention - Canadian Diabetes Association data shows 60,000 new cases of Diabetes reported each year in Canada, one every 8 minutes. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Protein Requirements - Human dietary protein requirements have long been a point of controversy among nutrition experts. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Risk Of Contracting Diabetes - People at risk of getting the disease drop by a staggering 60 percent if they manage to lose just 10 pounds by following a healthy diet and engage in regular exercise such as walking, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (May 3, 2001). By Gary Matthews.
• Secret Weapon - Are you sick and tired of being fat and unable to lose weight? Find out the Secret Weapon Of Successful Weight Loss. By Gary Matthews.
• Special Occasions - So you must lose at least ten or more pounds quickly. By Gary Matthews.
• Sports Drinks - Consumer guidelines for selecting a “traditional” sport drink, based on research, suggest that one look for an 8% Carbohydrate solution (approximately 26 gm per 250 ml of water). By L. Lee Coyne, Ph. D.
• Sports Eating - When it comes to nutritional advice for sport and exercise there is always some new "magic bullet" product or plan designed to help you become the next super athlete. By L. Lee Coyne.
• Story on Fat - Low fat, high fat, good fats, bad fats … we are overloaded everyday with information about fat. Fat is an essential element to our diet, we require certain amounts to keep us healthy. By Amy Parker, RD.
• Stop Gym Rage - Rage many of us go through this at our local gym or fitness centre on a regular basis. By Gary Matthews.
• Strength Training - Well here we discuss the strength training strategies that will gain the maximum amount of muscle in the shortest time possible and have stood up to the test of time. By Gary Matthews.
• Stretching - By the time you finish reading this article I’m sure you will find time to stretch every day. By Gary Matthews.
• Substitute Fats - Lets face it there are a lot of non-fat and low fat food substitutions you can use in your everyday diet whether it is at work, home, or dining out. By Gary Matthews.
• Supplements - To supplement or not to supplement – that is the question on more bodybuilder’s lips than ever before. Are they safe? By Gary Matthews.
• Three Simple Steps - Three Simple Steps To Fat Loss,More than 70% of US adults are overweight and that figure is rapidly increasing. Do Something! By Gary Matthews.
• Triple Threat - October is the “triple threat” month where responsible eating can be challenged on at least 3 occasions. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Vegetarian Teens - The “peer-group” promoting the morality of meatless nutrition and ethical treatment of animals, there is the ever pressing quest to avoid fat, to be fashionably thin and the concern of parents for the health of their children. By L. Lee Coyne, Ph.D.
• Weight Loss - So, Why Am I Not Losing Weight? By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.
• Weight Loss Supplements - In this article you will find the pick of today’s latest supplements on the market. By Gary Matthews.
• Weight Management 101 - Weight management is the gentle term indicating a desire to achieve and maintain a healthy (desirable) body weight. By L. Lee Coyne Ph.D.

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