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Brendan is the co-founder of Vega and Pulp Culture, bestselling author of the Thrive book series, Venture Partner at Blue Horizon Ventures, and an Executive Producer of The Game Changers film. He’s also a former professional Ironman triathlete and a two-time Canadian 50km Ultra Marathon Champion.

From the Editor

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

Health

You won’t need a passport to try out these global superfoods, which are readily available in your local health food store and markets. Find out what makes these foods so “super” and where they began their journeys.

10 Global Superfoods With Serious Health Benefits | alive

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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Travel

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

Food

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).

Chocolate

Nine healthy and surprising superfoods to help strengthen your immune system.

Superfoods

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

Tracy Peternell is a mother of two, a certified school teacher, and a healthy living enthusiast.

Annika Caplan is a health-conscious student committed to living a balanced lifestyle.

barbecue

These superfood soups aren’t your average combos of noodles and broth. They’re warming bowls of goodness ready to soothe your soul after a long day.

Superfood Soups for the Soul That Will Warm You Right Up | alive

Julie Morris is a Los Angeles-based natural food chef, superfood expert and bestselling author of five books. She’s an active advocate for whole, plant-based foods and superfoods for optimal health.

From quinoa risotto to wild rice custard, these delicious, nutritious, Canadian superfood recipes are sure to please.

5 Canadian Superfood Recipes

Elysia Vandenhurk is a Red Seal Chef based in Saskatchewan.

Delicious low-GI recipes

Stephanie Raymond is a Toronto-based freelance writer.

Diabetes

Quinoa grows in Canada? It sure does, and so do pulses, Camelina sativa, wild rice, and hemp, five great Canadian superfoods you should get to know.

Introducing 5 Canadian Superfoods

Serves 4 to 6

superfood

Chelsea Gough is a Vancouver-based recipe developer, stylist, and proud mom of two girls. She is a lover of good food, good times, and beautiful spaces. rawstylebychels@gmail.com
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spring herbs

Holiday Recipes

You’ve heard of macronutrients and micronutrients. Now, there’s a newly defined category that could be just as important for well-being, one that sits right in between: mesonutrients.

Gail Johnson is an award-winning digital, print, and broadcast journalist based in Vancouver. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gailjohnsonvancouver">@gailjohnsonvancouver</a>

Nutrition

Wildlife Wednesday

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

As a high-performance coach and professional fitness-industry writer, David Robson specializes in communicating and teaching the benefits of healthy living and physical excellence.

Green Foods Supplements

Dr. Katherine Kremblewski is the clinic owner of Yorkville Integrative Health in Toronto. She utilizes evidence-based medicine for the whole family, with a strong focus on digestive health and stress management.

Ask the Experts

Makes 15.

Serves 2 / Ready in 15 minutes

Chocolate is amazing, but there's no way it's a health food, right? You might be surprised by the science-backed health benefits of dark chocolate.

Ask the Experts: Are the Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate Legit? | alive

Heidi Fritz, MA, ND, is a research fellow and practices at the Bolton Naturopathic Clinic and the Springdale Medical Centre in Brampton, Ontario.

superfood spotlight

From the Editor: Winter 2017

Get Your Hands on These Global Superfoods

Superfood Truffles

Superfoods For Immunity

Sensational Superfood

Celebrate Superfoods

10 Healthy Sides That Will Elevate Your Next Summer BBQ

Superfood Soups For the Soul

Cooking with Canadian Superfoods

Cooking with Diabetes Superfoods

5 Overlooked Superfoods

5 Canadian Superfoods

Avocado Superfood Pudding

A Herbaceous Springtime

Super Festive Feast

Hot and cold superfood tonics

Micro Mini Maxi Superfoods

Mesonutrients: The Next Big Nutritional Thing?

Wildlife Wednesday: Java Mouse-Deer

Plant-Powered Healing

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Fragrant Chocolate Avocado Tea Truffles

Miso Soup With Greens

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