Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on May 26, 2018 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in Tonic Magazine. This week we discuss what it takes to get an apartment building built in Toronto (part 2) with Mitchell Abrahams, body image and weight loss with Claire LeGresley and cooking healthy for one with Carolyn Tanner Cohen.

We specifically discuss:

How To Get An Apartment Built in Toronto (Part 2):

After a building site is approved

What’s planned isn’t always built

Detailed design (structural, aesthetics, city needs)

Marketing and design

cost benefit analysis

risks in building an apartment

Body Image and Weight Loss

Body based praise

“Have you lost weight?”

the problems with compliments

bodies change for different reasons

How do we do better?

Healthy Cooking for One:

Is it possible to cook healthy for one?

The hardest part: leftovers

cooking vs ordering in

batch cooking for one

pantry staples

meal prep groups