Health

I thought losing weight this summer would be an easy task — like many people, I tend to eat more fruits and vegetables when it's hot outside, rather than cold-weather carbs. But when I was at the market the other day, filling my basket with tropical fruits, I wondered the sugar content in fruit could be preventing me from reaching my weight loss goals — after all, diet experts usually recommend limiting sugar intake.

Wind down after your workout with this inspiring DVD marathon.

Do you make sure to get your eight glasses of water a day? After all, it’s been touted as the way to get great skin, detox toxins, and help you lose weight. But a recent editorial in the British Medical Journal claims that your efforts may be a waste.

An interesting article in this week’s Globe and Mail discusses the genetic makeup of your typical elite marathoner.

So, several months ago I thought I might be pregnant. After 20 years of reliably timely and heavy periods — without even one other genuine scare — I was suddenly a week late. After a couple of days of panicky phone calls to my best gals and Googling "early pregnancy symptoms" while trying to determine whether I was experiencing "implantation cramps," I finally made an appointment at a women's health clinic to get a blood test and put an end to all of the highly stressful guesswork.