Health + Wellness Articles

Every now and then we'll be posting shout-outs to influential people who have helped ChickAdvisor along the way. It's really hard starting your own company and having someone smart willing to help make connections and guide you along the path is critical.

Albert Lai is the founder of several companies including Bubbleshare, a super easy photo sharing solution that I have been hooked on for...

On my recent trip to San Diego I noticed some interesting differences between us and our American friends. North Americans are all pretty similar for the most part but there were a few things worth noting. These observations pertain specifically to Toronto and San Diego.

* Sumo size me
American restaurants feel the need to load plates up with enough to satisfy a sumo wrestler. Towards the end of...

Another day, another announcement from some pharmaceutical giant about a product recall or a news bit about someone's botched surgery. Do you ever have doubts about conventional Western medicine? Is Tweety Bird yellow? We thought so.

According to many sources the popularity of alternative medicine is growing, and some suggest as many as one third of Americans are using some form of CAM...

It's time to stock up on some extra candles! For 1 hour tomorrow, March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m (your local time), millions of people around the world are shutting their lights out as a positive energy saving statement for our planet. Earth Hour was created by the World Wildlife Fund in Sydney last year and in one year has become a global movement. More than 100 cities across North America are...

The Beach!

Racially insensitive? Avant-garde? Or just an interesting cover shot?

When I saw Vogue's latest cover, my first impression was fierce, strong. I found it intriguing. Others disagree...

-a feral black man snatches his white damsel á là King Kong

-criminalizing black people with a wild depiction that frightens

-the helpless female knocking women's lib back, one carefully tousled curl at a time

Yesterday was our last day with my family. They were the reason we came out here as they had a time share at a resort in Escondido and invited us to share the week with them. It was bitter sweet because we had a great last day, but it was really hard to see them go. We needed to do a little shopping for our Mom's birthday so we headed out to Fashion Valley Mall. Like so...