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If you are like most people who are into
health and fitness, you've spent lots of time on the internet
searching for information. But which of the billions of links,
portals, and blogs can you trust? Well after many hours of surfing
ourselves, we've come up of a list of the most reliable,
comprehensive and useful websites about health, fitness, exercise
and more. Here are the very best.
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| FITNESS AND EXERCISE
club-phoenix.com - Club Phoenix is Victoria's best
fitness facility featuring a women's only area, 2 aerobics studios, and 35+ fitness classes per week including yoga and
spinning.
mapmyrun.com - MapMyRun.com users are able to visualize their
health and fitness training progress through the use of maps, workout logs, fitness calculators/tools, and user-led
community groups.
velonews.com - Cycling news and bicycle racing results from
North America, Europe and more. The current site offers the broadest range of content yet -- same-day race coverage,
news, features, rider bios, rankings, and user forums.
triathloncanada.com - Triathlon Canada’s mission is
to provide excellence in leadership, structure and education for the growth and development of the sport. Triathlon
Canada is dedicated to the principles of enabling every Canadian to participate in Duathlon and Triathlon throughout
their lifetime, for fun, fitness and/or achievement.
airportgyms.com - The most comprehensive and fastest
growing community on the Internet for the FREE listings of airport gyms, airport exercise clubs, and airport
fitness centers available in and around select popular US and Canadian airports today.
bodyblueprint.com - Body Blueprint has been training
fitness professionals in Canada and internationally since 1986. Body Blueprint Fitness offers
Fitness Theory, Personal Training, Group Fitness and continuing education workshops both on-line and in-class.
All our workshops are approved with the BCRPA, the Ontario Fitness Council, OFC and some with CanFitPro.
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| NUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS
fitday.com - FitDay is a free online diet and weight-loss
journal. The FitDay journal allows you to track your diet and activities with no guess
work. This lets you take control of your diet and fitness and achieve your fitness goals.
dialadietitian.org - Dial-A-Dietitian is a free
nutrition information line for British Columbians. Dial-A-Dietitian specializes in
easy-to-use nutrition information for self-care, based on current scientific sources.
Their registered dietitians can provide brief nutrition consultation by phone. If you
need more in-depth counselling, they will guide you to hospital outpatient dietitians,
community nutritionists or other nutrition services in your community.
mealsforyou.com - Provides users with recipes,
meal plans, nutritional information, newsletters, and shopping lists, using their proprietary
database of over 6,000 recipes and other content.
consumerlab.com - In addition to making you the local
GNC's most informed customer, this site's independent study results are your best protection
when venturing into the loosely regulated realm of supplements and sports nutrition. Since
1999, over 2100 products have been tested and the results have been published online to help consumers
and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products.
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| MEDICAL / HEALTH
cancer.ca - The Canadian Cancer Society is
a national, community-based organization of volunteers, whose mission is
the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of
people living with cancer.
heartandstroke.ca - The Heart and
Stroke Foundation, a volunteer-based health charity, leads in eliminating
heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement
of research and its application, the promotion of healthy living and advocacy.
bccdc.org - BC Centre for
Disease Control (BCCDC) is an agency of the Provincial Health Services
Authority that focuses on preventing and controlling communicable disease
and promoting environmental health for the province.
webmd.com - If you want information about
a specific condition, illness or injury, you'll find it here. Their
databases cover everything that can go wrong with the human body and
they have an extensive section on prescription drugs.
mayoclinic.com - This site is owned by
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, and the information is
provided by doctors, scientists, nurses and other professionals. Get specific
info about diseases, conditions, illnesses, injuries and health.
quackwatch.org - Aims to combat
health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct with
a primary focus on advising the public on unproven or ineffective
alternative medicine remedies.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca -
Healthy Living - Main Page - Health Canada. Information, news and resources to support a
healthy lifestyle; content for specific demographic groups (e.g. children, women, seniors);
topical content (e.g. substance use and abuse, reproduction, injury prevention)
quitnet.com - A full-service Friendster
for cigarette addicts. Set up a profile, then start getting support from successful quitters
for free.
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| WORKOUT GEAR
lululemon.com - lululemon athletica is a yoga-inspired
athletic apparel company with over 80 locations in Canada, the U.S., and Australia. Their
clothes are designed for yoga, dancing, running, and many other activities.
runningroom.com - North America’s largest specialty
Running & Walking Retailer of sporting goods, apparel and footwear, operating 92 corporately
owned stores from coast to coast. They also offer an incredible number of services that offer
clinics such as Walking, Learn to Run, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K Training, Personal Best,
and For Women Only Running Clinics.
aloyd.com - Over the past decade,
Aloyd Fitness has established itself as the premier provider of fitness equipment on Vancouver Island.
hdosport.com - Created by athletes for athletes,
this is the place to check out the best high-performance stuff on the market...mp3-player swim goggles,
lightweight GPS devices, impact-reducing bike pants. If you're ever going to find a single gizmo that
tells you the calories you're burning, your altitude, speed to .0001 of a second, and the score of the
football game, it'll be here first.
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| GENERAL PRACTICE
drgreene.com - Alan Greene, M.D.,F.A.A.P provides
thorough answers to pediatric health questions. Topics on childrens health include organics, ear infections,
eating, nutrition, potty training, ADHD, bed-wetting and sleeping.
getprepared.ca - Prepare your family so you can be
self-sufficient for 72 hours in case of a major emergency.
sexualityandu.ca - www.sexualityandu.ca is
committed to providing you credible and up-to-date information and education on sexual health. This
web site is made possible with the guidance and collaboration of a team of distinguished Canadian
medical organizations, and is administered by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
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