Best Health

Best Health magazine is dedicated to helping you “Look Great, Get Healthy, Eat Well and Embrace Life.” A new magazine from Reader’s Digest, it brings an inspiring voice to today’s contemporary Canadian woman. It’s filled with the latest health news, fitness tips, relationship and weight loss advice. Best Health stands apart with inspiring and approachable healthy lifestyle information on all aspects of your life. It’s like a day at the spa, not a trip to the clinic. You’ll appreciate its cutting-edge, no-nonsense information, delivered in the warm, upbeat tone of a well-informed friend.

MUST-READS! • Healthy recipes, pro tips from fitness, nutrition and beauty experts, and insightful stories and interviews delivered straight to your inbox, four days a week.

FROM THE EDITOR

Best Health

WE HAVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART • Every issue is perfectly balanced to bring you the very best in beauty, nutrition, health and wellness. Give your friends a subscription to Best Health, it’s a gift that lasts all year long!

THE FULL STORY ON THINNING BROWS

SIX MAKEUP PRODUCTS TO EMULATE NATURAL FULLNESS

NEUROLOGIST GELAREH ZADEH ON HER RADICAL DISCOVERY THAT COULD BUY PRECIOUS TIME FOR TERMINAL PATIENTS

Eat More SKEWERS

SUMMER SKEWER MARINADE

WATER CIRCUIT THERAPY

Quick Question IS THERAPY WORKING FOR ME?

STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING

THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING

TAPING YOUR MOUTH AT NIGHT

But You Might Try 4-7-8 BREATHING

WHY DOES INCLUSIVE FITNESS MATTER?

A science-backed argument for dog companionship

A Primer On MAINTAINING A HEALTHY SKIN BARRIER

THE SIGNS OF OVER-EXFOLIATING

The world went sideways when Steph Catudal’s husband, Rivs, was hospitalized in the early days of the pandemic with a mysterious lung issue. Rivs, an endurance athlete, would eventually be diagnosed with the same cancer that killed Catudal’s father. In this excerpt from her new memoir, she details what Rivs’s sudden illness revealed about their relationship.

I WISH I HAD MY HYSTERECTOMY DECADES AGO

Jing Gao, the chef behind the cult-favourite chili oil brand Fly By Jing, captures her memories of eating in Chengdu and records her go-to spicy recipes in her debut cookbook, The Book of Sichuan Chili Crisp.

Goods • 17 Essential Bags, Totes and Packs

A LITTLE PICK-ME-UP • AFTER BREAST CANCER TREATMENT, I DECIDED TO GET BOTOX AND FILLERS. IT’S NOT ABOUT VANITY, IT’S NOT ABOUT AGEISM AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE OF THE PATRIARCHY—IT’S A CHOICE I MADE FOR MYSELF.

HOW TO DO A BREAST SELF-EXAM • IT’S THE KEY TO KNOWING YOUR NORM, AND CATCHING CONCERNING CHANGES

STILL PROCESSING • CONFUSION, FORGETFULNESS, AN INABILITY TO FOCUS—BRAIN FOG SYMPTOMS CAN RANGE FROM ANNOYING TO DEBILITATING. BUT RESEARCHERS ARE FINDING OUT WHY BRAIN FOG HAPPENS AND HOW IT CAN BE HELPED.

IN THE LONG RUN • Crossing the finish line is no longer enough for Yukon ultramarathoner and mom of five Maggie Wilson. She wants all runners to know—and honour—whose land they’re racing on.

Yoyin Familusi • Nigerian skin care traditions transformed Yoyin Familusi’s skin—and inspired her business.