Is there a connection between exercise and cancer? As part of a healthy lifestyle, research shows that exercise has powerful cancer-fighting benefits.

Exercise and Cancer - alive

Alicia Jones, kinesiologist and personal training specialist, creates uniquely healthy lifestyles through personal training and nutrition. She’s the founder of an in-home fitness company, and a passionate health and fitness writer.

Exercise and Cancer

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

Lifestyle

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

Health

Susan is a Toronto-based registered physiotherapist with a passion for injury prevention. Follow her on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/grounded.susan/">@grounded.susan</a>

Fitness

We explore the trade and barter system as a means for reducing holiday stress, and reducing waste!

Amy Wood is a freelance writer and former editor at alive magazine.

Holiday Gift Giving

Recovery from an eating disorder can be many things: scary, stressful, empowering. For the Ferguson family, this time was also a catalyst, instigating a ripple effect of health and healing.

Leah Payne is a writer, author, and editor based in Vancouver, BC. She is the author of <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Get-Outside-P7924">Get Outside!</a> and <a href="https://www.orcabook.com/Less-Is-More">Less is More</a>. (Headshot credit: Notting Hill Photography). 
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Eating Disorders

Dr. Cassie Irwin, ND, works with soul-led women who are ready to expand their intuition and calibrate to their ultimate state of being.
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Strengthen your defences. We arm you with tools to protect yourself, your family, and your community. 

Immunity

Isabela Vera is an independent consultant, PhD candidate, and writer focused on sustainable food systems.

Environmental Toxins

Welcome to our special series on maximizing your best protection against illnesses like COVID-19: your immune system health.

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Plant Protein

Deena Kara Shaffer, PhD, is a learning specialist and lecturer at Ryerson University, co-creator of the Thriving in Action initiative, and owner of Awakened Learning, resilience-based educational coaching and consulting.

In his journey across Argentina, this cyclist slept under highways and battled 100 km/hour winds—all on a vegan diet. These are his top vegan travel tips.

Vegan Travel Tips From a Cyclist in the Land of Steak | alive

Damian Jakibchuk is a 33-year-old writer-adventurer from Toronto, currently living in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He’s always seeking challenging and unusual projects. Watch his Argentina video online: <a href="https://youtu.be/1Rm04Oi8iR4" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/1Rm04Oi8iR4</a>.

Veganism

From NFL superstars to Olympic gold medallists, these plant-based athletes ditched meat and are now shattering stereotypes and world records.

6 Plant-Based Athletes Share Their Secrets to Success | alive

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

If you’re already on the craft beer wagon, you might be excited to discover that organic beer is a thing, and it's pretty great.

Organic Beer? Yes, It Exists—Here's What You Need to Know | alive

Joe Wiebe, the Thirsty Writer, is the author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2mNq3eI" target="_blank">Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries</a> (Douglas &amp; McIntyre, 2015) and co-founder of Victoria Beer Week and the BC Ale Trail.

Organic Farming

An athlete, author, and former coach shares his best advice regarding why and how to engage your core in order to run better.

How Engaging Your Core Can Help You Run Better | alive

Running

From breast cancer screening to identifying gut issues and risk of future diseases, it’s already happening: the use of AI in health care. But what does it all mean, what are the possibilities AND challenges, and what should we as humans be concerned about?

Lisa Petty, PhD, is a health advocate, writer, and educator who aspires to be the healthiest possible version of her human self.

Health Care

Stretch for health and happiness

Brendan Rolfe, BA, DipA, is an advocate for functional movement and work/life balance in Penticton, BC, where he strives to bring healthy lifestyle choices to every household.

Exercise Routines

Kids as young as five years old are dissatisfied with the way they look or how much they weigh. Learn how to help kids create a positive body image.

How to Help Children Have a Healthy Body Image

Lisa Naylor is a counsellor specializing in eating disorders and a writer living in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Children's Health

Family comes first. We equip you with the tools to create a holistically healthy family now, and for generations to come.

Family

Amy Green is a writer, counsellor, and registered psychologist based in Salmon Arm, BC

It’s a natural part of the aging process: degradation and loss of our cartilage, bone density, and muscle strength. So, what can be done throughout those intervening years? How can we manage joint pain and bone and muscle loss before they become unbearable? Read on.

Kenny Bodanis is the author of the book, <a href="http://amzn.to/2wGRRZV">What Do I Do While You’re Pregnant?</a> (2015).

Joint Health

In an exclusive interview with alive, Bryan Adams paused during the tour for his latest album, Shine A Light, to reflect on his diet, his recent projects, and how he strives to do exactly what that album title suggests.

Vanessa Annand is an alive editor and adventurous diner who loves finding new vegan haunts from Vancouver to Vienna.

health

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

Food

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Marijke Vroomen Durning, RN, is a Montreal-based health writer and author of <a href="http://amzn.to/2o7989b" target="_blank">Just the Right Dose: Your Smart Guide to Prescription Drugs &amp; How to Take Them Safely</a> (self-published, 2015).

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Exercise Combats Cancer

One Step a Day to a Healthier Lifestyle

Ready, Set, Run!

The Gift of Trade

3 generations of healing

Levelling the Balance

Environmental Detoxification

Immunity Series, Part 1: This Is What Happens When a Virus Invades Your Immune System

‘No Woman Had Ever Finished What I Was Attempting’

Gotta Getaway

Out to (Vegan) Lunch?

The Plant-Powered Fitness Edge

Make It Organic Beer

Run Better

AI in Health Care

Bone Broth Analysis: Reader Research

Improve Your Flexibility

Am I Pretty Or Ugly?

Love The Body You’re In

Who Built This Joint?!

Bryan Adams: Waking Up the World

Detox Explained (Finally!)

Diet vs. Disease

Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented?