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THE NATURAL GUIDE TO ALLERGIES pg. 35-50

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CASING THE JOINT STOP JOINT PAIN WITH THESE NATURAL REMEDIES

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MÄDCHEN AMICK E X C L U S I V E

MANAGING MOTHERHOOD ALONG HER JOURNEY TO HEALTH

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Editor’s Letter

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Contributors

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Balanced Living

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Giveaway

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Eco Chic

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Grocery Basket

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Inspired Living

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Horoscope

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Departments BEAUTY & FASHION 18

Get the Look

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Runway Ready

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More Than Skin Deep The beauty/collagen connection

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Don’t Let Your Hair Down Hair care essentials

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Saving Face Skincare tips

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What’s Trending Wardrobe trends for this season

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Beauty Academy

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Health News

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Allergies Buyer’s Guide

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Go With Your Gut Superfoods for your gut

❯ 36. Nothing To Sneeze At ❯ 38. Rhinitis ❯ 40. Food Allergies ❯ 42. Atopic Dermatitis ❯ 44. Insect Allergies ❯ 46. Allergic Asthma ❯ 48. Try These!

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Not Adding Up Added ingredients and your food intolerances

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Case The Joint Dealing with joint pain

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Upcoming Ingredient Pea Protein

COVER STORY

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Health Cabinet

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Mädchen’s Health Odyssey Madchen Amick manages motherhood and her health

FOOD 66

Let’s get Juicy Delicious and healthy beverages

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What’s In Your Fridge Alysha Brilla

YOUR LIFE 76

Behind the Glitz and Glamour The secret of Arnica Montana

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SPRING INTO HEALTH

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Founder and Thoughtsmith Olivier Felicio Celebrity Guest Editor Patrika Darbo Content Alchemist Cayla Ramey West Coast Entertainment Director Bonnie Siegler Word Jedi Corrina Mosca

The weather is warming up—spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner. So, what does this mean? It’s time to get into shape. Like many women, I start thinking about ways to meet this challenge without feeling anxious or deprived. Experts encourage exercise and healthy eating— we’ve heard it all. We try it out, get busy, and then try again. It’s a rollercoaster ride, and I’m not having any fun. How about you?

I had to learn what works best for me.

When I walk, I feel healthier and then I want to eat healthier. I take morning walks with my best friend, Reesee, my rescue dog, who happens to be one of the best motivators for me to get outside and get in my daily fitness. (Particularly on those mornings when I am not on the golf course.) As with most women, schedules can get overwhelming, so I look forward to my morning strolls. I also encourage my gal pals, many of whom have kids and careers, to take their dogs for a power walk as a way to become centred, less stressed and stay fit.

Then there is food. As one of many millions of women who are considered full figured, I have tried everything from calorie counting to crash diets, only to realize that most of them do not work. I have always been an emotional eater. The good news is, through trial and error, I have learned what food items help me to stay on course. Steamed broccoli is a great superfood. It keeps me feeling full! Raw pumpkin is great for my digestive system and it works well for dogs, too! Salmon is another food that I eat about three times a week—high in omega-3s. Soy lattes are full of protein and they satisfy my coffee cravings. Yogurt is sweet, filling and gives me probiotics. Plus, when I add blueberries and oats, it tastes all the better and curbs my sweet tooth. Superfoods can help anyone eat healthy, stay full and keep the weight off.

The best way to help keep the weight off is to look beyond the scale. Do you have any inflammatory conditions? This issue features anti-inflammatory recipes that will open up your palette and won’t leave you feeling guilty reaching for seconds.

As well, check out this issues Allergy Guide for natural options, you might find they help you keep motivated to venture outside without a box of tissues.

Visual Architect Scott Jordan Colour Seer Daniella Vizzari CONTRIBUTORS Suhani Shah, ND Melissa Smith, CNP Shelby Stover

President Olivier Felicio General Manager Melanie Seth General Customer Care Manager Lucy Holden

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Health Odyssey MÄDCHEN’S

MANAGING MOTHERHOOD ALONG HER JOURNEY TO HEALTH

BY BONNIE SIEGLER PHOTOGRAPHY UDO SPREITZENBARTH

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f you are like the millions who watched David Lynch’s early 90s cult classic Twin Peaks, then you were introduced to Mädchen Amick as the innocently sensual waitress, Shelley Johnson. Well, brace yourself for the Twin Peaks redux as Shelley gets ready to serve up some cherry pie in the Netflix reboot of the series, launching in May. Mädchen has worked throughout the last few decades on a myriad of projects, including American Horror Story and Riverdale, a TV series based on the Archie Comics. Travelling between filming in Vancouver and home in California makes Mädchen’s days hectic. Yet, the mother of two says the only thing that stresses her out is time management. “Being on time can be difficult. I don’t have a concept for time management—factoring in traffic and crammed elevators is a challenge for me.”

STRIKING A BALANCE A yoga devotee for the past 25 years, Mädchen uses the practice to aid with relaxation and stress, as well as maintain her fitness levels. She keeps her exercise routine on a rotating basis, “but the one constant has been yoga, which I started right after my kids were born.” When not in a yoga pose, Mädchen gets a workout either with a 25-mile bike ride with her husband “or if the weather is nasty, then a spin session at home with plyometrics. I also love to go for a hike, run or just hit the gym with my kids whenever possible.”

Mornings usually begin with a yawn and an immediate walk downstairs to brew a “perfect cup of coffee with soy creamer and agave. Don’t talk to me before my cup of coffee,” she laughs.

Then it’s on to grab “an egg with toast or tortillas. On other days, oatmeal with some protein powder or granola and a Greek yogurt” an hour after coffee. Nutritional staples in her Santa Barbara home include coconut water, sparking water, kombucha, frozen fruit for shakes, “and healthy snacks to grab when I need a quick pick-me-up. Dried fruit, nuts, raw veggies, hummus and rice crackers and crystalized ginger are my go-tos.” The 5’6” vegetarian follows a diet that includes almost no refined sugar, wheat products, or milk products—she’s lactose intolerant. Amick hasn’t had meat since she was a teenager, more for moral reasons than health reasons. “As a teenager, it was shocking to me that we were eating animals. But, when we raised our kids, my husband, who isn’t a vegetarian, decided our children should make their own choice. I’m not a completely no-leather person and I will eat fish, eggs, and some dairy.”

Mädchen’s health odyssey began several years ago when, after having her children, “a lightbulb went off in my head about the relationship between health, diet, and nutrition. All of a sudden I began to take complete responsibility for what I was putting in my body and that affected everything. Before, I would get sick a lot—I had pneumonia a few times and shingles. I was wondering, ‘why am I the first person to catch the cold?’” Amick, who grew up in Reno, Nevada, moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16 for a modeling career, later settling in Santa Barbara with her husband, songwriter David Alexis, and

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children. Her journey with natural and organic eating, holistic remedies, and daily meditation is the antithesis to her childhood. Her stepdad, who raised Mädchen from the age of two, was a traditional Western physician who believed in an aspirin for a fever and antibiotics for illnesses. “I don’t totally reject that important part of medicine, because there is a place for it,” says the former Elite model. Yet, her go-to cold remedies now are tea with lemon and honey to flush out her system and Korean scrubs that begin with a 30-minute mineral soak followed by “dead skin layers taken off from a scrub. It’s really good for your lymphatic system, too. If I feel a cold coming on, I’ll make sure I get one. I like to know how to prevent things.”

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY High levels of energy, a passion for life, and a positive outlook have been keys to Mädchen’s endurance—both professionally and personally. She recalls the most difficult time in her life was when her son, Sylvester Time, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during his sophomore year in college. “It showed itself as addiction at first, and put the entire family in crisis mode. It took three years to navigate this illness and finally get the correct diagnosis.” Today, Sylvester is healthy, but this tough journey pushed Mädchen into being a strong advocate for mental health.

Another pivotal moment in Amick’s life was her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis, which she ultimately overcame, followed by a devastating car accident in which her mother broke her neck. Today, Mädchen credits her strength and maturation process to her mother and compares those characteristics to her Twin Peaks character. “Shelley went through a lot those two seasons 25 years ago, and at her core, she’s always been a survivor. That’s why she’s still around. I’m a survivor, too, so we’ve both matured in that way.”

Emotional strength also comes from her father, who passed away at age 50 from a heart attack. “I was only 21 when that happened,” recalls Mädchen. “To this day, I remember him telling me to always stop and smell the flowers. It doesn’t matter what’s going on in life—just stop and smell the flowers. He taught me to really appreciate where I am and see the beauty in everything. He gave me that wonderful gift.”

In the past, Mädchen has described herself as “happy, adventurous, and trusting.” Is that still so? “Well, I’m still adventurous, and definitely happy, but I would replace trusting. Not that I’ve lost trust, but I think what’s more important to me now is optimism. So, I’d say I’m optimistic.”

Would she ever write a memoir? She pauses for a moment and laughs. “There’s a great saying I heard, and I’m paraphrasing: be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the ground in the morning, everyone says ‘oh, shit, she’s up.’ So, I’d title my memoir, Oh, Shit, She’s Up.” It’s an appropriate mantra for the optimistic woman who prefers a sunset to a sunrise. “I’m completely fine missing the sunrise because there’s always a gorgeous sunset.” VM

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