6 Surprising ways that gut issues may affect your health

 Do you suffer from digestive issues? Do you also experience non-digestive symptoms such as depression, weight gain, insomnia, acne or PMS? Did you know that the gut can have a hugely far-reaching impact on your health? Your gut can affect everything from energy, skin and even your mood. To illustrate

5 Tips to Avoid the Holiday Weight Gain…and Still Indulge in it All

 Welcome to Day 9 of the 25 Days of Ottawa Life Christmas Calendar. We’ll be updating with a new treat daily so be sure to keep checking under the OLM Tree to see what’s new. Ahhh the holidays. It’s a time when we come together to celebrate joy and family… and inevitably

Five things every Canadian should know about obesity

 By Carolyn Shimmin There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Canadians living with obesity over the past few decades and it is often cited as a risk factor for other chronic health conditions including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer. This means

Healthwise: The quickest way to fatten a rat is to feed it MSG

 A doctor told me that the quickest way to fatten a rat is to feed it MSG. Given that the majority of humans consume MSG on a daily basis, logic would dictate that MSG is also fattening us. MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of a naturally occurring