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Title: The End of FoodAuthor: Thomas F. PawlickLength: 256 pages Rating (out of 5 ): Overall Score: 4 Readability: 4 Quality of Research: 5 Ability to Spark Change: 4   Overview Thomas F. Pawlick is an awarding winning investigative food journalist and a dedicated organic farmer in Canada. While many books focus solely on the US, Pawlick gives a refreshing view from someone on this side of the border and provides interesting statistics on the Canadian food industry. Pawlick begins with a simple trip to the grocery store in which he discovers how one of his beloved foods – the tomato –...

As a teen girl, there’s a lot of pressure to look and act a certain way. According to the Canadian Women Foundation, a staggering 50 per cent of all girls in Canada say that they wish they were someone else. Whether it’s feeling too tall, too short, not smart enough or not at all beautiful, these negative feelings impact their self-confidence and their sense of identity. In this instalment of Be a Villager, we sit down with Dee Buryk, founder of Growing Goddesses, an after school program that helps girls navigate through these negative feelings and turn them into something...

Congratulations! You did it! Give yourself a nice pat on the back. At the final Reset phase, you’ve overcome the hardest part of the program and you’re on the home stretch to officially reshaping your future and contributing to a better you. What to expectAt this stage of your detoxification process, you may feel much lighter, find yourself waking up earlier, be more productive and definitely ready to get back into the swing of things. You might also experience a mental appreciation for actual whole foods, an understanding of your most desirable cravings (i.e. why you have been craving specific...

During the elimination phase of the reset program, your body is going through the process of detoxing and releasing toxins out of your body. But what exactly happens at this phase? Why do we detox? Where do the toxins go? These are all good questions you may be asking yourself right now as you begin your journey to a new start, and a lifestyle change that can improve your overall health open your eyes to how healthy your body can really be. What is a toxin? I hear they’re everywhere! Let’s start with what a toxin really is. A toxin...