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.

FROM THE EDITOR

Best Health

HOW I CAME AROUND TO GEN Z BEAUTY

In Conversation WRITER SLOANE CROSLEY ON THE COMPLEXITY OF GRIEF AND WHY NO ONE IS OBLIGED TO LEARN FROM IT

TINNED FISH

AM I COMING RIGHT?

IS THERE SUCH THING AS HEALTHY SUGAR?

HIKING FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

SHYRAI SUTHERLAND

I’VE TRIED MEDICINES, MASSAGES AND A FULL COMPLEMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF MY BACK PAIN

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH OVARIAN CYSTS?

After her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Tarn Tayanunth wanted a therapeutic activity she and her mom could do together. Making dumplings was a natural choice, and it soon became a booming business.

A Field Guide to Your Liver

Dietitian Desiree Neilsen wants you to eat more plants, and her latest cookbook, Plant Magic, offers more than 100 convincingly delicious ways. Here are our favourite springtime recipes.

MUST-READS!

Goods • 30+ Picks for the Skeptical Camper

16 REASONS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH

Body of Evidence • Whole-body MRI scans promise to reveal what’s really going on inside—for a price. Medical societies and most physicians urge you to save your money.

HUNGER GAMES • Flicking through your social feeds, it can be hard to distinguish the solid, science-backed nutritional advice from the prettily packaged yet damaging diet content. Three registered dietitians help cut through the noise.

TIGHT SPOT • Pelvic floor disorders affect one-quarter of women—including those who’ve never given birth. But breathing exercises, some stretches and a bit of retraining can all help your bladder get a grip.

POINT OF CONTACT • Former Olympian Friba Rezayee teaches judo to women and children in Vancouver. She’s also a relentless advocate for gender equity in Afghanistan, where she was born and raised.

Sniff Your Way To Better Mental Health

LAUGH MORE. LIVE HEALTHIER. SPEND LESS.