Leanne Grechulk
City: Toronto, ONEmail: leannegrechulk@yahoo.com
Bio: Leanne Grechulk is the founder of HealthyGirlTM. Leanne has her B.Sc. in Biomedical Toxicology and her MBA. While pursuing a career in Sales and Marketing with several fortune 500 companies, she was driven to create her own vision to promote entrepreneurship, wellness and financial independence to women across North America. She is also the creator of WellspotTM (a wellness symposium for women) featuring some of today's leading entrepreneurs in the areas of business and wellness. WellSpotTM 2008 featured best-selling author Loral Langemeier, Olympic Gold Medalist Jennifer Azzi, and Canadian Songstress Sarah Slean. Leanne is also a certified pilates instructor, 8 time marathon runner and is currently training for her first half-ironman.
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Check out Healthy Moms on Daytime TV
April 26th, 2010
Last week, two of our wonderful coaches- April Rutka and Jennifer Ettinger were featured on Daytime Television. Check out their television spot to learn more about Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies. Learn about our free seminars, household nutrition trends and some great resources!
Beamsville Event
January 22nd, 2010
Title: Beamsville Event
Location: Beamsville, Ontario
Description: February 22, 2010 at 1pm – Beamsville, Ontario
Click here to reserve your seat
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2010-02-22
Great free ebook for Kids!
January 3rd, 2010
If you’re a subscriber to www.healthygirl.net, you’ve likely heard of Natalia Rose. She’s a clinical nutritionist and best-selling author out of New York City. Her website (www.detoxtheworld) is an excellent nutrition site especially for following a whole food, vegetarian or vegan diet. Natalia encourages juicing and eating a diet very rich in fruits and veggies. She has an excellent free e-book including many great tips and recipes for children. Natalia is a also a mother of two! You can get a copy of the ebook ‘Life Force Energy Children’ at: http://www.detoxtheworld.com/books-life-force-energy-children.php
Maintaining Health First Deciding Baby Name Second
December 13th, 2009
Being pregnant is as terrifying as it is exciting. The moment that you realize you are pregnant you understand instantly that your life is about to change. In a split second a million things go through your head. What do I need to do? Is it a boy or a girl? What am I going to name it? Several young pregnant women can’t help but get perplexed by the thought whether who would be the easier person to offend – Mabel or Mary when you are thinking about the baby name factor alone. Pregnancy is a time where your thoughts are constantly running a mile a minute about what this new change will bring for you.
The first thing you need to do when you realize you are pregnant, is consult a doctor and books for ways to take care of your health. A woman’s health requirements when she is pregnant are much higher than normal. You are under demanding physical and emotional stress. Most of your nutrition will be carted off to a whole other person. Keeping fit and ensuring you get enough nutrients are much more important during pregnancy than any other time in your life. Put aside the other issues, although not of lesser importance, like baby names until you have narrowed down on a plan to take care of your health.
It is critical that you establish regular visits to a health practitioner such as an OB-GYN or midwife. You will need to work this in your schedule if you work out of the home. Your health practitioner will monitor your entire pregnancy from beginning to end and advise you of all of the routine testing you will need. Try to learn as much as possible. Especially if you are a first timer, you will have questions for every visit. It is good to know now as well that you may have some waits when you visit your OB-GYN. These are on call doctors and babies are not always born after business hours as those in the waiting room would like. There are more full waiting rooms with empty doctor’s office at the OB clinic than in any other practice. Now would be a good time to think about baby names, when you have the time. Chances are your clinic will have a few books sitting around as well.
Prenatal vitamins are another must. And here, it becomes necessary to buy actual prenatal vitamins. Your little bambino needs them as much as you do, so you will be doubling up on the things you normally take. Folic acid is a biggie as well. Research shows that in folate deficient moms, there is a higher occurrence of spina bifida in babies. Start these as well before you pin down a baby name. How healthy you are will determine how healthy your baby turns out to be.
Several factors have a major role to play in influencing a woman’s health when she is pregnant. The time is now to get a doctor and start taking your vitamins. These initial steps will give you a head start as you try to be totally healthy for your baby’s welfare.
About the Author:
The author Ajeet Khurana is a web enthusiast and recommends that you visit Meaning of Names and Womens Health and Health.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Maintaining Health First Deciding Baby Name Second
Why a Healthy Diet is so Important for Pregnant Women
December 13th, 2009
Pregnancy is one of the most physically enduring times in our lives, and it is more important than ever to consume a healthy balanced diet. By ensuring a steady supply of vitamins and minerals, as well as balancing your calorie consumption appropriately between carbohydrates, proteins and fats, you should be able to maintain a healthy diet through pregnancy for a healthy mom, and a healthy baby. Eating healthily during pregnancy is clearly important for the health of your baby, but overall there is no secret formula. By living a healthy lifestyle as you normally would, you can guarantee that your baby is going to be given the best chance health-wise.
The first part of a balanced diet is to consume fruit and vegetables. Fruits are packed with vitamins, which are essential for healthy growth and development. By consuming a variety of different fruits, you can explore your tastes, as well as cover all the bases as far as vitamins are concerned. With vitamins playing such a major role in the healthy function of our bodies, it is imperative you ensure a suitable intake during pregnancy. Additionally, fruits and vegetables provide healthy calories, and are very filling as part of any meal, or for a snack in between. Also, pregnant women need to drastically increase their consumption of folic acid. Folic acid is a nutrient present in many grains and breakfast cereals, and is essential for promoting healthy growth in babies. By increasing your consumption of folic acid and related products, you can help give your baby the essential elements needed to sustain its growth over the longer term.
Another vital element for healthy living during pregnancy is water. Water is an essential component of any healthy diet, and is essential in ensuring you are fully hydrated wherever possible. This can be invaluable in ensuring the effective distribution of nutrients, and will
About the Author:
Stevie James is an experienced beautician who has set up a Free Beauty and Clinique Cosmetics Secrets website to offer free tips, techniques and methods to quickly and easily help you on your path to looking fabulous!
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Why a Healthy Diet is so Important for Pregnant Women
What is Healthy Moms Healthy Babies?
December 13th, 2009
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies is a growing community of amazing and inspiring women who have a passion for health and wellness for themselves and their families. We are passionate about health and wellness and want to share the latest science-based information on nutrition, wellness, lifestyle, fitness and wellbeing.
Many of our members are moms and moms-to-be but if you’re an auntie or you simply have a beautiful passion for personal health and radiance, you are absolutely welcome ! Membership is free and is as easy as adding your email to our registration box on our homepage. The events, tools and blog postings are put together by our carefully selected certified coaches who have successfully completed our certification program. Our coaches are trained and certified in such areas as wellness, health, nutrition, fitness and supplementation. Our coaches run regular events and seminars across North America and post them on the site. Our next event is always shown at the top of our homepage.
We have affiliations with several leading health, wellness and fitness institutes and centers and are happy to offer recommendations based on individual needs and based on location of choice. Our Goal is to provide you with the most amazing and educational information, people, events, websites and tools that we come across.
