Health

After you've finished a tough workout, you need to refuel your body with protein and carbs. Nuts and seeds are one great option for this -- they supply some of the amino acids from protein that we need to be healthy. Granola is another choice, because it has fibre-rice carbs to help you get some energy back. For that reason, Girlnola's granolas and trail mixes are great to have on hand for a tasty and healthy post-workout snack.

The aging process is generally considered a bit of a bummer, yes? And part of that bummer is that it seems to start so early.

It's no secret that the images of models and celebrities that we see in magazines are heavily altered on computer programs like Photoshop before they make it to the newsstands. A few recent incidents have shown just how extreme the digital reworking has gotten: Ralph Lauren had to apologise after running an ad with an alarmingly thin model, and the blog Jezebel criticised Self magazine for their heavy-handed retouching of singer Faith Hill. But does all this reworking of women's bodies have serious health consequences?

With all of the rain and gloom of late, as I sit at my desk staring out the window and longing to break out my tube tops and flip flops and hit the park, I've been thinking about how to raise my spirits. I've tried a number of things to compensate for the grey clouds — re-watching my favourite movies, tackling ambitious recipes (for my personal culinary skill set) and going to the gym - with mixed results.

I’m not exactly in Chatelaine's target market, but I’ve signed up for their emails and follow them on Facebook (you should too) to keep apprised of what’s new. And of course, when I saw a post called "The Politics of Waxing ‘Down There’", I had to read it.