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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on March 16, 2019 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 cannabis innovations with Shekhar Parmar, zinc for men’s health with Megan Horsley, mindfulness and confidence with Tracey Soghrati and Cancer Food Myths and Controversies with dietician Shauna Lindzon.

We specifically discuss:

Cannabis Innovations

The process of getting a cannabis product to market

The Canadian industry reputation

Is Canada “cutting edge” in terms of innovation?

Delivery Systems

Fostering business – federally, provincially

Closing window of advantage

University support – courses, research

Areas of innovation in the industry

Other cannibanoids

New delivery systems

Formulations of specific cannibanoid combinations for specific health issue

Zinc For Men’s Health

How does zinc help with men’s health

Testosterone/Estrogen

Sperm production

Antibacterial

Food sources of zinc

blood pressure reduction

cholesterol reduction

thyroid health

zinc in reproductive health

Mindfulness and Self-Confidence

Awareness of mindset

fixed vs. growth mindset

cognitive restructuring of fixed mindset

cognitive distortions

catastrophising

over-generalization

core-negative image

filtering

cultivating compassion for ourselves

Cancer Food Myths and Controversies

Soy/Cancer connection

whole soy vs. highly processed soy

phytoestrogens

Organic and Non GMO foods

Is coconut oil healthy?

Does sugar feed cancer?

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on March 16, 2019 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 cannabis innovations with Shekhar Parmar, zinc for men’s health with Megan Horsley, mindfulness and confidence with Tracey Soghrati and Cancer Food Myths and Controversies with dietician Shauna Lindzon.

We specifically discuss:

Cannabis Innovations

The process of getting a cannabis product to market

The Canadian industry reputation

Is Canada “cutting edge” in terms of innovation?

Delivery Systems

Fostering business – federally, provincially

Closing window of advantage

University support – courses, research

Areas of innovation in the industry

Other cannibanoids

New delivery systems

Formulations of specific cannibanoid combinations for specific health issue

Zinc For Men’s Health

How does zinc help with men’s health

Testosterone/Estrogen

Sperm production

Antibacterial

Food sources of zinc

blood pressure reduction

cholesterol reduction

thyroid health

zinc in reproductive health

Mindfulness and Self-Confidence

Awareness of mindset

fixed vs. growth mindset

cognitive restructuring of fixed mindset

cognitive distortions

catastrophising

over-generalization

core-negative image

filtering

cultivating compassion for ourselves

Cancer Food Myths and Controversies

Soy/Cancer connection

whole soy vs. highly processed soy

phytoestrogens

Organic and Non GMO foods

Is coconut oil healthy?

Does sugar feed cancer?

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on March 9, 2019 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 chat about stress and heart health with Dr. Gordon Chang, why you might want to set up a health entourage with Kathleen Trotter, mindful cooking with Naomi Bussin and restaurant pet peeves with Vito Marinuzzi.

We specifically discuss:

Stress and Heart Health:

* A little bit of stress is good for you

* long term stress is bad

* Exercise for stress

* Supplements as an adjunct to reducing stress

* Sleep

* Herbal remedies for exercise recovery

* Formulated supplements

* Mindfulness

Setting Up a Health Entourage:

* Building support for your health goals

* The health entourage

* The Fitness Buddy

* Professional help

* Accountability Buddy

Mindful Cooking:

* The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin

* How can cooking make you happy?

* Zoning Out

* Being In The Moment – Mindfulness

* Cooking for yourself

* Solo – Anita Lo

* The Pleasures of Cooking For One – Judith Jones

Restaurant Pet Peeves:

* Staying Quiet

* Being Rushed Out

* Sense of Entitlement

* Disconnect Between Menu and Food

* Customer Rudeness

For more information about show sponsor OmegaAlpha go here.

To learn more about Kathleen Trotter go here

To read Naomi Bussin’s articles in Tonic Magazine go here

To learn more about Vito Marinuzzi go here

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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on March 9, 2019 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 chat about stress and heart health with Dr. Gordon Chang, why you might want to set up a health entourage with Kathleen Trotter, mindful cooking with Naomi Bussin and restaurant pet peeves with Vito Marinuzzi.

We specifically discuss:

Stress and Heart Health:

A little bit of stress is good for you

long term stress is bad

Exercise for stress

Supplements as an adjunct to reducing stress

Sleep

Herbal remedies for exercise recovery

Formulated supplements

Mindfulness

Setting Up a Health Entourage:

Building support for your health goals

The health entourage

The Fitness Buddy

Professional help

Accountability Buddy

Mindful Cooking:

The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin

How can cooking make you happy?

Zoning Out

Being In The Moment – Mindfulness

Cooking for yourself

Solo – Anita Lo

The Pleasures of Cooking For One – Judith Jones

Restaurant Pet Peeves:

Staying Quiet

Being Rushed Out

Sense of Entitlement

Disconnect Between Menu and Food

Customer Rudeness

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on Mar 2, 2019 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 fibre with Joel Thuna, surgery wait times with Dr.Jacques Toueg, what to do when we disagree with our kids’ choices with Lesley Sandler-Griff and why we’re sometimes sad after sex with Carlyle Jansen.

We specifically discuss:

Fibre

What is fibre?

What does fibre do for us?

Nutrient absorption

Cardiovascular health

Blood sugar levels

Can we get fibre from our food?

Is there such a thing as too much fibre?

Supplementation

Beating Surgery Wait Times in Ontario

Private clinics in Quebec

Statistics on wait times for elective surgery

Orthopedic surgery

Why are wait times so bad; why do we care?

The cost of surgery wait time

Wait time can cause further injury

Who visits private clinics?

Benefits of going to a Canadian private clinic

First steps

When We Disagree With Our Kids’ Choices

Kids making choices

What does it mean to “like” your kids’ choices?

When do “partner” decisions become material?

How to voice concerns

Should parents be onside with each other

What sorts of issues are worth addressing?

What is the most important thing to think about when addressing an issue?

Why We’re Sometimes Sad After Sex

Crying after sex

What’s causing these events?

Hormones

Vulnerability

Unfulfilled Expectations

Tears of Joy

Preexisting conditions

What do you do if you cry after sex?

What do you do if your partner who cries after sex?

Orgasm as therapy

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on Mar 2, 2019 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 fibre with Joel Thuna, surgery wait times with Dr.Jacques Toueg, what to do when we disagree with our kids’ choices with Lesley Sandler-Griff and why we’re sometimes sad after sex with Carlyle Jansen.

We specifically discuss:

Fibre

What is fibre?

What does fibre do for us?

Nutrient absorption

Cardiovascular health

Blood sugar levels

Can we get fibre from our food?

Is there such a thing as too much fibre?

Supplementation

Beating Surgery Wait Times in Ontario

Private clinics in Quebec

Statistics on wait times for elective surgery

Orthopedic surgery

Why are wait times so bad; why do we care?

The cost of surgery wait time

Wait time can cause further injury

Who visits private clinics?

Benefits of going to a Canadian private clinic

First steps

When We Disagree With Our Kids’ Choices

Kids making choices

What does it mean to “like” your kids’ choices?

When do “partner” decisions become material?

How to voice concerns

Should parents be onside with each other

What sorts of issues are worth addressing?

What is the most important thing to think about when addressing an issue?

Why We’re Sometimes Sad After Sex

Crying after sex

What’s causing these events?

Hormones

Vulnerability

Unfulfilled Expectations

Tears of Joy

Preexisting conditions

What do you do if you cry after sex?

What do you do if your partner who cries after sex?

Orgasm as therapy

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on February 23 and 24 2019 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 building the dream apartment for empty nesters with Mitchell Abrahams, prescribing medical cannabis with Dr. Jonas Vanderzwan, mindfulness of the ego with Tracey Soghrati and how to live your best life for the rest of your life with David Bernstein

We specifically discuss:

Building a Dream Apartment for Empty Nesters

Location, Transit, Walk-ability, Shopping, Entertainment, Parkland, Family

More Living into Less Space

Natural Light

Energy Efficiency and Building Envelopes

Outdoor Space – balconies vs. common spaces

Interior Space – bedrooms

Modern Kitchens

Event Rooms

Patient Feedback on Medical Cannabis

What conditions bring people to cannabis?

Management of chronic pain

Moving off of opioids

Cannabis and quality of life

Cannabis being used to treat other ailments and symptoms

What do patients do when they think they want medical cannabis?

Modes of treatment – edibles vs. inhalants

Determining the best cannabis options for the patient

“Start low and go slow”

Proper dosage

Mindfulness of the Ego

What do we mean by ego?

in tact ego

functioning in a role

the spiritual ego

a sense of self worth outside of the “I”

a life purpose that isn’t externally derived

How to get started – noticing your thoughts

Living Your Best Life

A sense of peace with yourself

connectedness, avoiding stress, fulfillment

respect – identity and dignity

“One day at a time”

How to treat our family members?

Connecting vs. correcting

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on February 23 and 24 2019 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 building the dream apartment for empty nesters with Mitchell Abrahams, prescribing medical cannabis with Dr. Jonas Vanderzwan, mindfulness of the ego with Tracey Soghrati and how to live your best life for the rest of your life with David Bernstein

We specifically discuss:

Building a Dream Apartment for Empty Nesters

* Location, Transit, Walk-ability, Shopping, Entertainment, Parkland, Family

* More Living into Less Space

* Natural Light

* Energy Efficiency and Building Envelopes

* Outdoor Space – balconies vs. common spaces

* Interior Space – bedrooms

* Modern Kitchens

* Event Rooms

Patient Feedback on Medical Cannabis

* What conditions bring people to cannabis?

* Management of chronic pain

* Moving off of opioids

* Cannabis and quality of life

* Cannabis being used to treat other ailments and symptoms

* What do patients do when they think they want medical cannabis?

* Modes of treatment – edibles vs. inhalants

* Determining the best cannabis options for the patient

* “Start low and go slow”

* Proper dosage

Mindfulness of the Ego

* What do we mean by ego?

* in tact ego

* functioning in a role

* the spiritual ego

* a sense of self worth outside of the “I”

* a life purpose that isn’t externally derived

* How to get started – noticing your thoughts

Living Your Best Life

* A sense of peace with yourself

* connectedness, avoiding stress, fulfillment

* respect – identity and dignity

* “One day at a time”

* How to treat our family members?

* Connecting vs. correcting

Links:

For more information about show sponsor The Benvenuto Group go here.

To learn more about Dr. Vanderzwan and WeedMD go here.

To learn more about Tracey Soghrati go here.

To learn more about David Bernstein and his business go here.

 

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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on February 16 and 17 2019 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 medical cannabis and for veterans and seniors with Shekhar Parmar, how food = love with Naomi Bussin, the natural treatment of addictions with Dr. Emily Lipinski ND and the New Canadian Food Guidelines with dietician Shauna Lindzon.

We specifically discuss:

Medical Cannabis for Veterans and Seniors

Veterans are being helped by medical cannabis

PTSD – anxiety, sleep, flashbacks, nightmares, reliving the trauma

Previous abuse of the system

Guidelines – cost covered for veterans, up to a limit (3 grams/day)

Process to get more cannabis for veterans

The costs to Veterans Affairs increased 120x in the past few years

The real qualitative costs saved by medical cannabis

The Canadian vs. American approach to medical cannabis for veterans

Seniors and medical cannabis

Improvement to quality of life

Dispensing medical cannabis to seniors in care facilities

Training for caregivers of seniors regarding medical cannabis

Food = Love

The connection between food and love

How are food and love connected?

The social aspect of eating

Negative connections with food

How do we share our love for food?

Chicken Soup!

Dessert

Jamie Oliver’s Baked Chocolate Tart

Taste and Technique

Treating Addictions Naturally

Alcohol abuse/misuse

Guidelines are different for men and women

Alcohol and your health

Recreational Cannabis

Cannabis Abuse

Natural Remedies

Dopamine, amino acids, B12

The New Canadian Food Guidelines

The new food guidelines

No consultation with industry, no predetermined portions

The plate theory

Plant based proteins

Whole grains

Whole foods, minimally processed foods, ultra-processed foods

No more meats + alternative or dairy +alternative groups

Why is the guide important?

Criticism of the new guide

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on February 16 and 17 2019 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 medical cannabis and for veterans and seniors with Shekhar Parmar, how food = love with Naomi Bussin, the natural treatment of addictions with Dr. Emily Lipinski ND and the New Canadian Food Guidelines with dietician Shauna Lindzon.

We specifically discuss:

Medical Cannabis for Veterans and Seniors

* Veterans are being helped by medical cannabis

* PTSD – anxiety, sleep, flashbacks, nightmares, reliving the trauma

* Previous abuse of the system

* Guidelines – cost covered for veterans, up to a limit (3 grams/day)

* Process to get more cannabis for veterans

* The costs to Veterans Affairs increased 120x in the past few years

* The real qualitative costs saved by medical cannabis

* The Canadian vs. American approach to medical cannabis for veterans

* Seniors and medical cannabis

* Improvement to quality of life

* Dispensing medical cannabis to seniors in care facilities

* Training for caregivers of seniors regarding medical cannabis

Food = Love

* The connection between food and love

* How are food and love connected?

* The social aspect of eating

* Negative connections with food

* How do we share our love for food?

* Chicken Soup!

* Dessert

* Jamie Oliver’s Baked Chocolate Tart

* Taste and Technique

Treating Addictions Naturally

* Alcohol abuse/misuse

* Guidelines are different for men and women

* Alcohol and your health

* Recreational Cannabis

* Cannabis Abuse

* Natural Remedies

* Dopamine, amino acids, B12

The New Canadian Food Guidelines

* The new food guidelines

* No consultation with industry, no predetermined portions

* The plate theory

* Plant based proteins

* Whole grains

* Whole foods, minimally processed foods, ultra-processed foods

* No more meats + alternative or dairy +alternative groups

* Why is the guide important?

* Criticism of the new guide

Links:

For more information about show sponsor Harvest Medicine go here.

To read Naomi’s articles in Tonic Magazine go here.

To learn more about Dr. Emily Lipinski go here.

To learn more about Shauna Lindzon go here.

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