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

Food

This spicy curry soup is packed with aromatics like onion, garlic, and ginger and scented with makrut lime leaves.

Quick Dinners

Steaming, boiling, brining, poaching, and sous vide cooking are all ways to use water in the kitchen. Each method brings something new to the table.

Cooking with Water: 5 Recipes You'll Want to Dive into | alive

Water

Father's Day

Much of the world’s oceans are a mystery, but we know for sure that we need them. Find out about the threats to our oceans (and what you can do to help).

A Deep Dive Into the Biggest Threats to Our Oceans | alive

Environmental Concerns

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

Blue Zone diets are filled with vegetables, legumes, nuts, fish, and lean meats and unsaturated fats. Lean into longevity with these five recipes.

Healthy Blue Zone Recipes

Longevity-Promoting Foods

In From the Hill by the Sea: A Cookbook & Memoir, chef Seadon Shouse shares recipes and memories, taking readers on a culinary journey that educates them about the cuisine of his Nova Scotian youth, all the while cooking from the land and sea with heart and soul.

home cooking

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

Health

These brain supplements won’t make you a genius overnight—but they might give you the mental edge you need to think smarter, faster and better.

These Brain Supplements Might Help Supercharge Your Mind | alive

Curcumin (turmeric) (Curcuma longa)

Holiday meals from around the world don’t always include turkey. Surprise your guests with a show-stopping entrée inspired by global food traditions.

6 Stunning Holiday Meals From Around the World | alive

Holiday Recipes

Men and osteoporosis? Until recently, osteoporosis was considered a disease of older women. It turns out as men get older, their bones need extra help too.

Bone Health

Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic that are added to personal care products. We're washing them down the drain where they're entering the food chain.

Microbeads: It's Time to Ban Them

Environmental Issues

Ask the Experts

Whether it’s a salad or a grilled piece of chicken or fish, many of our meals can benefit from a tasty sauce to deliver a delicious burst of flavour.

Not&#x2d;So&#x2d;Secret Sauce Recipes

We’ve enlisted five social media superstars you may recognize to share some wow-worthy potluck dishes. These recipes are sure to impress!

Potluck Dishes From 5 of Our Favourite Social Stars | alive

Dinner Recipes

The brain represents an average of 2 percent of the weight of the human body, but declines in volume as we reach middle age. Find out more.

fish

French Lentil & Beet Salad with Garlicky Walnuts

Perch Tacos

Rockfish and Mussels Thai-Style Curry Soup

Cooking with Water

Salmon Chowder

Chimichurri Caprese Salad

The Blue Planet Blues

Keeping Your Brain Healthy Can Be A Tasty Affair

Sea change

Into the Blue

From the Sea to the Plate

Keep your cool

Supercharge Your Brain

Ask the Experts

Festive Fusions

Men and Osteoporosis

Mushroom Broth

Microplastic Pollution

Ask the Experts

Arugula, Peach, Grapefruit, and Avocado Salad

Not-So-Secret Sauce

Upbeat Blues

Crowd-Pleasing Potluck Dishes

Maintaining the Brain as We Age