Health

A recent study that appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that loss of sleep can lead to weight gain, partially due to a slowed metabolism.

By now, most of us have heard something about the possible dangers of plastic and the chemicals used to make it: BPA may disrupt the action of our hormones, phthalates could affect our reproductive systems, and even plastics without those two components can contain hormone-like chemicals.

You know her Celine. You know her Liza. You know her as well — funny lady Jessica Holmes, star of The Holmes Show and a member of CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, knows how to make us laugh. Even if that means sharing red-faced moments in her book I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life.

Anyone who's suffered the effects of PMS knows that our hormones play a huge role in how we feel. But did you realize that what you eat can affect your hormonal balance as well?

Anyone who's ridden public transit recently and been inundated by those Slim Band success story ads will probably have taken a minute to ponder just how ubiquitous the problem of obesity has become.