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This Week on The Health Hub…Lacey Dunn

Lacey Dunn is breaking the mold in the “dietitian world” as a fitness professional, bodybuilder, and registered dietitian. As a social media influencer and online coach, she has expanded her reach with a mission of educating the public on evidence-based nutrition and promotes a healthy, sustainable lifestyle through flexible dieting. She believes that there is no “one size fits all” approach, and that self efficacy in food choice is a driving force for fostering healthy habits and encouraging behavioural change.

Lacey is the owner of a thriving online coaching platform, UpliftFit Nutrition, as well as host and founder of UpliftFit Nutrition radio. She balanced a dietetic internship, master’s degree courses, podcasting, and full time online career before obtaining her RD and doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon. Lacey’s goal as a dietitian is to provide the tools that people need in order to achieve a healthy, and balanced diet while simultaneously helping them to grow and thrive in all aspects of their lives. She is currently in the process of writing her own book on metabolic mastery and plans to continue to be a driving force of change to promote the scientific truths in the worlds of fitness and nutrition.

Learning Points:

  • What are common diet myths that must be busted?
  • What is the best diet to follow?
  • What do we need to understand about correlation vs. causation in accessing Nutritional Science studies?

Lacey’s Social Media Sites:

  • Website: www.upliftfit.org
  • Instagram: @faithandfit and @upliftfitnutrition
  • Twitter: @laceyadunn

Facebook: FaithandFitLacey

Listen live or catch the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud!

Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada.   Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.

TheHealthHub is now on iTunes!

Subscribe and don’t miss a single episode!

 

 

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Visit our website and learn how to listen live to our show each week.
http://www.radiomaria.ca/how-to-listen

Let us know!

If you have a health topic that you would like us to discuss or are a health care specialist who wants to be a guest on our show let us know!

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thh@radiomaria.ca

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s 2019! Let’s Make Your Goals a Reality

Happy New Year everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones health and happiness in 2019.

The beginning of a new year seems like a great opportunity for a fresh start right? It’s 2019. Feet on ground. Face forward. Let’s make ME a better ME. I love it! This is the perfect mindset for change so let’s look at ways to help you to achieve your goals.

Bad news first.  Let’s get it out of the way!  According to the time management firm FranklinCovey, one third of resolutions don’t make it past the end of January. This is a significant number of fails.

But this won’t be us because we are going to tilt the odds in our favour and plant ourselves firmly within that 2/3’s group by adhering to a few simple strategies to transform our goals in to realities!

Here we go.

First off…

Make sure that you really want to do this!

Let’s start here. Make sure that you really want to achieve the resolution that you have made. Do you really want to switch to dandelion coffee or is it just the trendy thing to do?

If you are not fully invested in your resolution, it’s just not going to happen.

Make sure that the goals you set are realistic

Seriously. Don’t aim for a marathon if you don’t own running shoes.

Start small and build on your successes.

 

Write it down

A study done by Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California, found that those who wrote down their goals achieved significantly higher rates of success than those who did not. In fact her findings were that you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals, simply by writing them down on a regular basis.

Make a plan

Create key action steps that will keep you on your path to achieving your goals. For instance, if your New Year’s resolution is to meal plan for your weekly dinners, 3 actionable steps could look like this:

  1. Pick simple, tasty recipes on Saturday
  2. Shop for your weekly ingredients Sunday
  3. Wash and prep your veggies when you get home from shopping

You can achieve anything if you truly want to and are prepared to put in the work.

You’ve got this!!

References:

http://www.dominican.edu/academics/ahss/undergraduate-programs/psych/faculty/fulltime/gailmatthews/researchsummary2.pdf

 

 

 

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This Week on The Health Hub…CBC’s The Nature of Things Filmmaker Leora Eisen

Leora Eisen is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and journalist specializing in long-form documentaries. Her work has appeared on CBC, Radio-Canada, TVO, Discovery, History and documentary channel, as well as broadcasters around the globe.

Leora is a recipient of a Gemini award, several Gemini nominations and most recently a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Documentary.

“Food for Thought” is the sixth science documentary that Leora has written and directed for CBC’s The Nature of Things.

In creating Food for Thought, Leora met up with leading scientists and food experts who shared some startling findings and who offered their views on our food habits and what we can do to change them.

Her documentary addresses important dietary questions that many of us are asking including:

€ Are carbs really the enemy?

€ Why is junk food so addictive?

€ How can we conquer our cravings?

€ Should we be counting calories?

 

Listen live or catch the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud!

Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada.   Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.

TheHealthHub is now on iTunes!

Subscribe and don’t miss a single episode!

 

 

Follow us on Social Media

How To Listen Live

Visit our website and learn how to listen live to our show each week.
http://www.radiomaria.ca/how-to-listen

Let us know!

If you have a health topic that you would like us to discuss or are a health care specialist who wants to be a guest on our show let us know!

Here is our email.  We would love to hear from you!
thh@radiomaria.ca

 

 

 

 

 

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This Week on The Health Hub… Healthy Management of Type 1 Diabetes with Dr. Jody Stanislaw

Dr. Jody Stanislaw received her naturopathic doctorate degree at Bastyr University, one of the top holistic medical schools in the United States. Using natural health treatment modalities, she has helped hundreds of patients transform their health from flailing to fabulous.

Dr. Jody is not only well trained professionally, but at the age of 7 she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes which has driven her to become an expert at teaching and inspiring others to healthy living. She is a unique physician because she not only focuses on improving physical health, but also ensures her patients have tools for living with emotional peace and joy. She considers herself a professional health nut and loves to help others experience the ecstasy of healthy living.

In September 2017 Dr. Stanislaw gave a TEDx talk, Sugar is Not a Treat, which has had over 450,00 views.

She has a virtual practice thus works with patients all over the world.

Learning Points:

  • What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes?
  • What is the role of insulin in balancing blood sugar?
  • What is the healthy way to manage blood sugar? 

Listen live or catch the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud!

Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada.   Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.

TheHealthHub is now on iTunes!

Subscribe and don’t miss a single episode!

 

 

Follow us on Social Media

How To Listen Live

Visit our website and learn how to listen live to our show each week.
http://www.radiomaria.ca/how-to-listen

Let us know!

If you have a health topic that you would like us to discuss or are a health care specialist who wants to be a guest on our show let us know!

Here is our email.  We would love to hear from you!
thh@radiomaria.ca

 

 

 

 

 

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The Power of Touch

For many of us, every day touch, be it a handshake, a pat on the back or a kiss on the cheek is something that we might take for granted. But for someone suffering, be it the emotional pain of loss or a physical struggle with disease, the experience of kind touch can be profound.

Just think about this. Touch, unlike our other senses, is experienced all over our body. Touch is the most developed of all our senses when we are newborns. And many innate reflexes of baby are stimulated by touch:

Root reflex. This reflex begins when the corner of the baby’s mouth is stroked or touched. The baby will turn his or her head and open his or her mouth to follow and “root” in the direction of the stroking. This helps the baby find the breast or bottle to begin feeding

But to comforted a crying baby, to hug a frightened friend or to hold the hand of someone in pain is to understand that touch extends far beyond innate stimulation. Touch is fundamental to our emotional well-being and kind touch can greatly impact our physical health.

Science has shown that the power of touch can:

  • lower blood pressure and heart rate
  • increase immune function
  • relieve pain

According to Dr. Tiffany Field, Ph.D

when you stimulate the pressure receptors under the skin, the heart slows down, food in the gastrointestinal tract is absorbed in to the body better and serotonin is released in to the blood stream. When that happens you decrease pain…Touch can even stimulate the body to better equip its natural killer cells to fight off bacterial infections and even more health threats such as cancer

Experiencing distress, fear and pain is common for cancer patients.  The power of touch, your touch, can help relieve these symptoms.

With your touch you have a gift to give that can make the difference in someone’s life.

References

  1. https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=newborn-reflexes-90-P02630
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482166 
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18794556
  4. https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=28181973
  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107905/
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