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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on December 8th and 9th, 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 chat about boosting energy with Dr. Gordon Chang; discuss why you should indulge over the holidays with Megan Horsley; learn all about vertical farming with Bob Legault and cannabis during Christmas with Rick Gillman. And there’s a Soul Segment too!

We specifically discuss:

Getting a Good Night’s Sleep:

Why do we get less sleep this time of year?

Sunlight and Vitamin D

Stress of the season

Valerian

St. John’s Wort

Kava Kava

Magnesium

Melatonin

Lifestyle changes for sleep

Sleep hygiene

Why do we need to sleep?

Why You Should Indulge Over The Holidays:

Why do some people dread this time of year?

Setting up parameters

Its the holidays (stupid) – enjoy

Bring your own healthy food to the celebration

Mixing it up for your metabolism – avoiding starvation mode

Reducing fat or eating good fats

Indulging before New Years

Vertical Farming:

What is vertical farming?

LED lighting mimicking sunlight

What are the benefits of vertical farming?

Hydroponics and Aquaponics

Recycling process

Is vertical farming cost effective?

Is this considered an organic product?

SOUL SEGMENT: Your Love Life

Cannabis and Christmas:

What issues and problems are people dealing with this time of year?

PTSD, Anxiety and Depression

How does cannabis help with mental health issues?

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Cannabis strains for mental health issues

Cannabis and interactions with alcohol

Cannabis and gift giving

Cannabis and the holiday celebrations

Cannabis dosing in holiday foods

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on December 1 (and December 2!), 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 the digestion with Joel Thuna, the top cookbooks of 2018 with Naomi Bussin, yoga for menstrual cramps and pain with Rachelle Wintzen and tips for booking a restaurant for a holiday party with Vito Marinuzzi.

We specifically discuss:

Digestion

What can go wrong with our digestion?

Watch what you drink

Probiotics: food and supplements

Fat consumption

Fibre: soluble and insoluble

Fibre supplements

Spice

Acidity

Top Cookbooks of 2018

Food Network Stars

Ina Garten “The Barefoot Contessa” – “Cook Like a Pro”

Nigella Lawson – “At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking”

Jamie Oliver – “Jamie Cooks Italy”

Middle Eastern Cooking

Yotam Ottolenghi- “Simple”

Michael Solomonov- “Israeli Soul”

Desserts

David Lebovitz -“The Perfect Scoop”

Rose Levy Beranbaum “Rose’s Baking Basics”

“Genius Desserts”

French Food

Clotilde Dusoulier- “Tasting Paris”

Mardi Michaels -“In the French Kitchen with Kids”

Others

Joshua McFadden – “Six Seasons”

Chrissy Teigen – “Hungry for More”

Yoga for Menstrual Cramps and Pain

What causes menstrual cramps and pain?

PMS

yoga movement increases circulation to the uterus

restorative/yin yoga

heart opening poses

hip opening poses

yoga poses to avoid

Booking a Holiday Party at a Restaurant

Dates and budgets

Considerations

Maximizing the experience

Alcohol and cannabis

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on December 1 (and December 2!),  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 the digestion with Joel Thuna, the top cookbooks of 2018 with Naomi Bussin, yoga for menstrual cramps and pain with Rachelle Wintzen and tips for booking a restaurant for a holiday party with Vito Marinuzzi.

We specifically discuss:

Digestion

* What can go wrong with our digestion?

* Watch what you drink

* Probiotics: food and supplements

* Fat consumption

* Fibre: soluble and insoluble

* Fibre supplements

* Spice

* Acidity

Top Cookbooks of 2018

* Food Network Stars

* Ina Garten “The Barefoot Contessa” – “Cook Like a Pro”

* Nigella Lawson – “At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking”

* Jamie Oliver – “Jamie Cooks Italy”

* Middle Eastern Cooking

* Yotam Ottolenghi- “Simple”

*  Michael Solomonov- “Israeli Soul”

* Desserts

* David Lebovitz -“The Perfect Scoop”

* Rose Levy Beranbaum “Rose’s Baking Basics”

* “Genius Desserts”

* French Food

* Clotilde  Dusoulier- “Tasting Paris”

* Mardi Michaels -“In the French Kitchen with Kids”

* Others

* Joshua McFadden – “Six Seasons”

* Chrissy Teigen – “Hungry for More”

Yoga for Menstrual Cramps and Pain

* What causes menstrual cramps and pain?

* PMS

* yoga movement increases circulation to the uterus

* restorative/yin yoga

* heart opening poses

* hip opening poses

* yoga poses to avoid

Booking a Holiday Party at a Restaurant

* Dates and budgets

* Considerations

* Maximizing the experience

* Alcohol and cannabis

For more information about show sponsor Pure-Le Natural go here.

To read Joel’s article on detoxing in Tonic Magazine go here.

To read Naomi’s article on the top cookbooks for 2018 in Tonic Magazine go here.

To read Rachelle’s article 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 November 24 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 the future of medical cannabis with Shekhar Parmar, mindfulness and distress tolerance with Tracey Soghrati, the state of care-giving in Ontario with Christa Haanstra and the health benefits of dark chocolate with Ted Snider.

We specifically discuss:

The Future of Medical Cannabis

* How does the new legislation impact the medical cannabis market?

* Supply to the medical and recreational markets

* Procedure to access medical cannabis in Ontario

* Ailments qualifying potential medical cannabis patients

* Ailments that disqualify one from medical cannabis

* How do you start the process of accessing medical cannabis?

* Online consultations

* Online resources

* New products and delivery mechanisms

Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance

* Tolerating the “not knowing”

* Distress tolerance

* Window of tolerance

* Anxious fantasy

* notice your feelings

* describe what you observe about your feelings

* letting go

The State of Care-giving in Ontario

* Mandate of the Change Foundation

* The Role of Caregivers in the Health System

* What is a caregiver?

* Caregivers don’t self-identify

* Systemic issues in the health system precludes support for caregivers

* Why do caregivers struggle?

* What is the “caregiver experience”?

* Long term caregivers

* Intensive caregivers

* How do caregivers feel about care-giving?

* Where do caregivers go (and don’t go) for help?

The Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate

* dark chocolate flavanoids

* How dark?

* chocolate and heart health

* cholesterol, blood pressure, circulation

* How much chocolate should we eat?

* chocolate and diabetes

* chocolate and mood

* chocolate and brain health

* chocolate and weight loss/exercise

Links:

For more information about show sponsor Harvest Medicine go here.

To learn more about Tracey Soghrati go here.

To learn more about the Change Foundation go here.

To learn more about Ted Snider go here.

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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 24 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 the future of medical cannabis with Shekhar Parmar, mindfulness and distress tolerance with Tracey Soghrati, the state of care-giving in Ontario with Christa Haanstra and the health benefits of dark chocolate with Ted Snider.

We specifically discuss:

The Future of Medical Cannabis

How does the new legislation impact the medical cannabis market?

Supply to the medical and recreational markets

Procedure to access medical cannabis in Ontario

Ailments qualifying potential medical cannabis patients

Ailments that disqualify one from medical cannabis

How do you start the process of accessing medical cannabis?

Online consultations

Online resources

New products and delivery mechanisms

Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance

Tolerating the “not knowing”

Distress tolerance

Window of tolerance

Anxious fantasy

notice your feelings

describe what you observe about your feelings

letting go

The State of Care-giving in Ontario

Mandate of the Change Foundation

The Role of Caregivers in the Health System

What is a caregiver?

Caregivers don’t self-identify

Systemic issues in the health system precludes support for caregivers

Why do caregivers struggle?

What is the “caregiver experience”?

Long term caregivers

Intensive caregivers

How do caregivers feel about care-giving?

Where do caregivers go (and don’t go) for help?

The Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate

dark chocolate flavanoids

How dark?

chocolate and heart health

cholesterol, blood pressure, circulation

How much chocolate should we eat?

chocolate and diabetes

chocolate and mood

chocolate and brain health

chocolate and weight loss/exercise

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 17 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 the pros and cons of offloading responsibility for Toronto’s infrastructure to the province with Mitchell Abrahams, digital access to health records in Canada with Michael Green, healthy fats with Dr. Emily Lipinski and prebiotics vs. probiotics with Tonic Holistic Nutritionist Megan Horsley.

Also….the Soul Segment with Lisa Marvin

We specifically discuss:

Offloading Responsibility for Toronto’s Infrastructure to the Province

What is Infrastructure?

Tax collection and responsibility

Sources of revenues and raising capital

raising capital through public/private collaboration

Provincial growth plan: Urban growth centers

Planning ahead

Transit

Growing the region

Benefits: Private Sector Suppliers

Cons: Less local say

Digital Access to Health Records in Canada

Current status of records in our health system

Coordinating technology

Adopting new technology

Reasons to update technology

Will some be left behind: age and affordability

Access and mobility concerns

Aspirations: Controlling health care through mobile devices

Resources required to make change

Timeline for changes:

Jurisdictions and resources to coordinate provinces and territories

Security concerns

Identity management

Healthy Fats

Should we avoid fats?

Sugar is the new fat

Trans-fats

Quality of fats

We need fat in our diets

Healthy vs. Unhealthy fats

Animal fats

Coconut oil

Avocado oil

Olive oil

Prebiotics vs. Probiotics

What are probiotics?

What do probiotics do?

How do we know we need more probiotics?

Where do we get probiotics from?

Supplementation, fermented foods

What do prebiotics do?

What are prebiotics?

Contraindications?

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 17 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 the pros and cons of offloading responsibility for Toronto’s infrastructure to the province with Mitchell Abrahams, digital access to health records in Canada with Michael Green, healthy fats with Dr. Emily Lipinski and prebiotics vs. probiotics with Tonic Holistic Nutritionist Megan Horsley.

Also….the Soul Segment with Lisa Marvin

We specifically discuss:

Offloading Responsibility for Toronto’s Infrastructure to the Province

What is Infrastructure?

Tax collection and responsibility

Sources of revenues and raising capital

raising capital through public/private collaboration

Provincial growth plan: Urban growth centers

Planning ahead

Transit

Growing the region

Benefits: Private Sector Suppliers

Cons: Less local say

Digital Access to Health Records in Canada

Current status of records in our health system

Coordinating technology

Adopting new technology

Reasons to update technology

Will some be left behind: age and affordability

Access and mobility concerns

Aspirations: Controlling health care through mobile devices

Resources required to make change

Timeline for changes:

Jurisdictions and resources to coordinate provinces and territories

Security concerns

Identity management

Healthy Fats

Should we avoid fats?

Sugar is the new fat

Trans-fats

Quality of fats

We need fat in our diets

Healthy vs. Unhealthy fats

Animal fats

Coconut oil

Avocado oil

Olive oil

Prebiotics vs. Probiotics

What are probiotics?

What do probiotics do?

How do we know we need more probiotics?

Where do we get probiotics from?

Supplementation, fermented foods

What do prebiotics do?

What are prebiotics?

Contraindications?

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 10th, 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 chat about healthy cholesterol with Dr. Gordon Chang; discuss what to do when caregivers and loved ones disagree with David Bernstein; learn how your personality characteristics correlates with your sex life and find out how fibromyalgia can be treated with cannabis.

We specifically discuss:

Healthy Cholesterol:

* Cholesterol and aging – 40+

* Cholesterol produced by the liver

* Clean and detoxify your liver – supplements

* Cholesterol produces steroidal hormones

* High density lipoprotein – HDL

* Low density lipoprotein – LDL

* Controlling LDL intake

* Diet, exercise and antioxidants intake

* plaque formation

* anti-inflammatory

* fibre

* niacin – flushing response

When Caregivers and Loved Ones Disagree:

* It is the Senior’s wishes that are most important

* care vs. control dynamic

* dignity

* Where does the senior live?

* Mobility issues

* Focus on safety

* Quality of Life – purpose, connectedness

* Fall Risks – balance, muscle weakness, 4+ medications

Your Personality Characteristics and Your Sex Health:

* 5 Principal Personality Characteristics

* Openness to Experience

* Conscientiousness

* Introvert/Extrovert

* Agreeableness

* Neuroticism

Treating Fibromyalgia with Cannabis:

* Fibromyalgia – pain disorder

* symptoms of Fibromyalgia

* cannibanoids and Fibromyalgia

* endocannibanoid system

* CBD and THC

* Recent empirical survey

* Cannabis research

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For more information about show sponsor OmegaAlpha go here.

To learn more about David Bernstein go here.

To read Carlyle Jansen’s article in Tonic Magazine go here.

To read Rick Gillman’s article in Tonic Magazine go here.

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Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 10th, 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 chat about healthy cholesterol with Dr. Gordon Chang; discuss what to do when caregivers and loved ones disagree with David Bernstein; learn how your personality characteristics correlates with your sex life and find out how fibromyalgia can be treated with cannabis.

We specifically discuss:

Healthy Cholesterol:

Cholesterol and aging – 40+

Cholesterol produced by the liver

Clean and detoxify your liver – supplements

Cholesterol produces steroidal hormones

High density lipoprotein – HDL

Low density lipoprotein – LDL

Controlling LDL intake

Diet, exercise and antioxidants intake

plaque formation

anti-inflammatory

fibre

niacin – flushing response

When Caregivers and Loved Ones Disagree:

It is the Senior’s wishes that are most important

care vs. control dynamic

dignity

Where does the senior live?

Mobility issues

Focus on safety

Quality of Life – purpose, connectedness

Fall Risks – balance, muscle weakness, 4+ medications

Your Personality Characteristics and Your Sex Health:

5 Principal Personality Characteristics

Openness to Experience

Conscientiousness

Introvert/Extrovert

Agreeableness

Neuroticism

Treating Fibromyalgia with Cannabis:

Fibromyalgia – pain disorder

symptoms of Fibromyalgia

cannibanoids and Fibromyalgia

endocannibanoid system

CBD and THC

Recent empirical survey

Cannabis research

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on November 3,  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 the natural treatment of hemorrhoids with Joel Thuna, “Genius Desserts” with Naomi Bussin, the importance of sleep with Kathleen Trotter and breakfast hacks with Carolyn Tanner-Cohen.

We specifically discuss:

The Natural Treatment of Hemorrhoids

* What are hemorrhoids?

* What are the symptoms of hemorrhoids?

* 3 kinds of hemorrhoids? -Internal hemorrhoids, External hemorrhoids, Thrombosed hemorrhoids

* Why do people get hemorrhoids?

* The natural prevention of hemorrhoids

* soluble and insoluble fibre

* Laxatives

* The natural treatment of hemorrhoids

* Natural health ingredients

“Genius Desserts”

* “Genius Desserts” by Food 52

* community tested recipes

* recipes that solve problems

* easy recipes

* innovations

* Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake

* World Peace Cookies

* baking tips

* reducing sugar in recipes

* Brown Butter Rice Krispy Treats

The Importance of Sleep

* Lack of Sleep is the new norm

* regular sleep and the connection to health

* How do you get more sleep?

* Sleep routines

* Quality of sleep

* Hormone rebalancing

* Sleepiness vs Tiredness

Breakfast Hacks

* The most important meal of the day

* Breakfast on the go

* meal prep – individual portions

* chia seeds

* pancake flours

* muffin tin frittata

For more information about show sponsor Pure-Le Natural go here.

To read Joel’s article on detoxing in Tonic Magazine go here.

To read Naomi’s article on Genius Desserts in Tonic Magazine go here.

To learn more about Kathleen Trotter go here.

To learn more about Carolyn Tanner-Cohen go here.

To learn more about Lisa Marvin go here.

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