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If you grew up in North America, you probably experienced the occasional appearance of Brussels sprouts, particularly at Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts, and vowed as child that when you grew up, you’d never eat another one. Most likely, your Brussels sprouts were served boiled, soggy, and plain. Frankly, I feel like this otherwise delicious, nutritious, […]

Sometimes we overcomplicate things. We can think that being spiritual, woke, and healthy means complicated morning practices, many hours of breath work, and having the latest adaptogen powder. It’s almost like people get attached to the chase of wellness or spiritual evolution—longing for something falsely outside of themselves—instead of wondering if the answers were much […]

National Addiction Awareness Week runs from November 19 to 25, so let’s talk about it. First, some statistics. An estimated 21 percent, or about six million, Canadians deal with addiction in their lifetime. In 2016 and 2017, 62 percent of people receiving treatment for addictions in Canada were male. Young people aged 15 to 24 […]

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 4.5/5 Up to today, I had Oppenheimer pinned as my favourite film of 2023. Now there’s a new challenger: the new Marten Scorsese flick Killers of the Flower Moon. Thanks to this film’s gorgeous cinematography, spot-on direction and powerhouse performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and newbie Lily Gladstone, this film […]

Stress is extremely hard to deal with, which is ironic because stress is our bodies reacting to events that are hard to deal with. Students just had to deal with midterms, and if other students are anything like myself, exams are one of the leading causes of stress in a typical year.  I’m curious about […]

With the moist and cold of winter and stress of mid-semester deadlines and exams upon us, it’s extra important to keep our respiratory systems healthy and the chill at bay. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian natural system of medicine, recognizes these winter qualities of cold, moist, and heavy slowness (think hibernation), and recommends adding warming herbs […]

Dumb Money 3/4  Some of my friends were recently saying that my next column should be about the new Taylor Swift concert movie. I refused and went to a different movie instead. This was because, with all due respect to Swift and her millions of fans, concert movies aren’t movies: they’re a scheduled event that […]

Nightfall is setting sooner as we near the end of October. What better way to light up the dark, and your Halloween spirit, than carving into the bright orange of a pumpkin and creating a fun or spooky jack-o-lantern to decorate your doorstep? Not only is it strangely satisfying to squish your fingers through the […]

In the book I’m currently reading about time travel, there are rules around timeline editing so that no one can edit another timeline to sway the evolution of history. In one scene, a group of time travelers hand out zines, trying to seed a concept into consciousness to make a ripple effect. I like to […]

Testosterone plays a key role in reproductive function and regulates fat distribution, strength, muscle growth, and red blood cell production. The importance of testosterone for males can’t be overstated.  Unfortunately, testosterone levels have been steadily decreasing for the last 50 years. Many young males today have half the test levels their grandfathers did at the […]