Happy New Year!

From me to you, a wish of health, happiness and continued growth for 2013!

The new year brings more than just your chosen new year's resolutions.  It's a time of hope, anticipation and excitement of the year ahead, a new slate, a clean start or lofty ambitions.  Whatever the season is for you, embrace it, celebrate it and try to take it with you over the following months.

Speaking of resolutions, I typically resist the urge to set my own.  This year, I set one in November, a bit off calendar, but it's set nonetheless.  I am focusing on my health this year, as I firmly believe everything comes from that and without it, well, everything else is pretty useless!  And to get the ball rolling above and beyond the regular check-ups, I discovered a new service at a local Pharmacy - the Hemocode test is now available here in Canada!  For us Edmontonians, that means a simple visit to your nearest Rexall Pharmacy, a finger prick for a blood sample and leave the store a lot lighter in the wallet!  What it buys you is a test for food allergies and intolerances of over 250 foods and additives, a guide to better health set out by a Naturopath, including a how to reset your body, vitamins designed to assist in repair and of course, recipes that avoid the food that doesn't work for you. 

The end result: awareness and better health, and if followed, some people finally shift those few pounds that were once impossible and the discomfort of food: bloating, sickness and a general feeling of constant unwellness, subsides.  For those of us with intolerances, and supposedly 3 -4 out of 10 people reside in that group, the knowledge and tools are priceless.  Now, I'm just waiting for those test results to roll in....

So a toast to your health for 2013!