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It seems like everyone and their dog is into mindfulness and meditation these days. And for good reason. Studies show that meditation helps lower blood pressure, improves sleep, reduces stress and pain, calms anxiety, balances emotions, helps maintain good mental…
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Look around you: one in three people are magnesium-deficient and don’t even know it. This super supplement has a long list of evidence-based health benefits and is vital for hundreds of chemical processes in the body. It regulates muscle and…
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Magnesium is the magic mineral responsible for over 300 different processes in the body, including energy production, muscle movements, blood pressure regulation, blood sugar levels and nerve impulses. It’s also been called ‘the original chill pill’ due to its ability…
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We dared our health and fitness writer Larissa Yu to try out these scary-looking (and scarily-popular) spiky Shakti mats to see if they lived up to the hype. This is what she found: “Like most people my first reaction to…
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Our senior health writer, Larissa Yu, braved a three-day juice cleanse and this is what happened. Spoiler: the withdrawals were no joke. I’ve always been cynical about juicing. Do we really need to ‘detox’ – don’t our liver and kidneys already do that? Isn’t it a given that…
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We thought it was appropriate today OF ALL DAYS to talk sleep. Not only is it getting darker in the morning and harder to get up (hashtag first world problem), but it’s also World Sleep Day! Frankly, it does seem a…
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