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Anna had just celebrated her 53rd birthday, but she didn’t feel much like celebrating. Six months previous, Anna began having chest pain. Her doctor ordered some tests and diagnosed Anna with heart disease. Determining that she was too young to have a health issue like this, Anna started eating healthier, joined the gym, and committed to working out for one hour five days a week. Yet despite a daily salad and 5 hours of sweat and hard work every week, her last doctor’s visit (two days before her birthday) revealed that not a lot had changed concerning her heart health.…

It’s been three years since Christophe Legault, now 12, was diagnosed with obesity and started treatment. He had been having trouble at school — his grades were dropping, he was being bullied and he was struggling to participate in sports such as basketball, his favourite. The program he’s been following at Maison de Santé Prévention, a semi-private, subsidized clinic in Montreal, involves intensive lifestyle and nutrition counselling, including finding out what kinds of food and exercise work for him and his family, who pays for the treatment. With help from doctors, nurses, nutritionists and other experts, the family made changes…

Weekend warriors are as healthy as daily runnersGetty ImagesThe results from a major study on ‘weekend warriors’ – those who perhaps don’t get the opportunity to workout during the week, and cram all their exercise into the weekend – suggest that, actually, squeezing workouts into one or two days is as good for your heart as daily exercise. While public health guidelines recommend adults do 150 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity every week, it’s been unclear whether the same benefits come from concentrated exercise or more regular, spread-out physical activity. But the research, which analysed…

Many people are cutting back on their sugar intake for health reasons. But the food industry has found another way to give consumers their sweet fix.It is quietly replacing the sugar in many packaged foods with sucralose, stevia, allulose, erythritol and a wide variety of other artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes.Low- and zero-calorie sweeteners have been used in diet soft drinks for decades. But now food companies are adding them to a growing number of packaged foods, including many that might surprise you!These include bread, yogurt, oatmeal, muffins, canned soups, salad dressings, condiments and snack bars.The…

Ed Sheeran’s wife Cherry Seaborn features prominently in his Disney+ documentary, which premiered on May 3.  The series follows Ed after he learns of life-changing news and reveals his hardships and triumphs during the most challenging period of his life.  Blending a never-seen-before personal archive, interviews with his wife and loved ones, and intimate performances, the series widens the lens to unearth what Sheeran thinks of the world, of himself and his music.  Much of the programme is dedicated to his wife’s health woes as well as how she helped Ed when he was struggling with his mental health issues.  …