Serves 4.

Lawren Moneta is a chef, food stylist, and recipe developer.

Food is medicine. It all starts here. We create recipes with functional, whole organic ingredients that nourish your body and feed your soul. 

Food

Mid-day slump? Feed your brain with this colourfully delicious spin on this Japanese lunch dish with some additions your brain is sure to welcome.

Serves 4

Irene McGuinness is a writer, recipe developer, food stylist for numerous magazines and corporations, and alumna of the Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University

Brain Health

Navigating the waters of sustainable seafood isn’t easy. But one Ontario shrimp farm is determined to give Canadians—and the world—a better option when it comes to producing the most widely consumed seafood on the planet.

Tiffany Mayer is a journalist based in St. Catharines, Ontario. She finds no shortage of inspiration in the Niagara Region where she lives.

Sustainable Seafood

Protect our planet better. Sustainability is the foundation of natural health. We teach you how to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, one step at a time, because a healthier planet means a healthier you.

Sustainability

Matthew Kadey, MSc, RD, is a dietitian, nutrition writer, and recipe developer. He is also the author of Rocket Fuel (VeloPress, 2016) and Muffin Tin Chef (Ulysses Press, 2012).

Winter Recipes

For many people, animals are beings that exist wholly separate and external to us. Thus, the idea of “ethical meat” boils down to specific factors such as whether an animal is free range, caught sustainably, or slaughtered humanely.

Joshua Duvauchelle is a regular alive contributor and certified personal trainer.

Meats

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

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Slather seaweed pesto between meaty slabs of tofu and you’ve got a hearty vegan main dish. The briny pesto can also be dolloped on grain bowls.

Hearty Vegan Tofu Steaks Stuffed With Seaweed Pesto | alive

Seaweed

Lenore Newman is a food expert, author of  (ECW Press, 2019), and Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley.

As our population ages, it's more important than ever to make use of preventive health strategies. Enter: these supplements for healthy aging.

The 2 Most Important Supplements for Healthy Aging | alive

Philip Rouchotas is a practising ND and a professor of clinical nutrition at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Aging

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Pamela Durkin is a registered nutritional consultant and freelance health journalist based in Victoria, BC.

Seafood is endlessly versatile and nutritious. While we all have our favourites, these sustainable seafood recipes think outside the (salmon and tuna) box.

Seafood Recipes: 5 Ways to Cook With Sustainable Choices | alive

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The new way to nourishment is through letting go of unrealistic expectations and boundaries. Go ahead—feel good about eating these healthy indulgences.

Healthy Indulgences: 5 Virtue-Meets-Vice Recipes to Eat Sans Guilt | alive

Allison Day, RHN, is a nutritionist, blogger, and cookbook author. Check out her cookbooks, <a href="http://amzn.to/2kjWPpb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whole Bowls</a> and <a href="http://amzn.to/2kjW5k1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Purely Pumpkin</a> (Skyhorse Publishing, 2016).

Comfort Foods

Looking for ways to improve your memory? Laughing and singing are fun ways to give your brain a boost. Reducing your stress and getting more sleep help too.

Ellen Niemer is a former editor and frequent contributor at alive.

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Eye-Opening Pho

Seared Sablefish with Swiss Chard Gomae and Pickled Salad

Sea Change

Tofu Larb Salad

Seeing Ethical Meat Through an Indigenous Lens

Tamarind and Coconut Sturgeon

Seaweed Pesto Stuffed Tofu Steaks

Lost Feast

Burmese-style Chicken Stir-Fry

Roasted Rainbow Trout and Strawberry Salad

Nordic Char and Rye Stir-Fry

Natural Support for Healthy Aging

Turkey Breast Cutlets with Sesame Gremolata

Sea's Bounty

Salmon Mango Bowls

Kiwi Carpaccio

Beet Cured Arctic Char

A New Kind of Healthy

Ceviche Fruit Salad

Sweet Potato Salmon Curry

5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Memory

Salmon En Papillote with Blackberry Sauce

Grilled Citrus Chipotle Icelandic Cod

Perch Tacos