Surrey Lifestyles Magazine

By Dr. Penny Kendall-Reed
This flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst in recent years. Winter 2011-12 saw only 182 confirmed cases. This season, Health Canada has already reported over 3,800 cases and it is only mid-January. How to avoid the flu or minimize symptoms is a question everyone is asking. So what can be done?

Avoiding exposure is key and most effectively...

Waldorf salad is refreshing, crunchy, sweet and filled with hydrating ingredients. It is a light salad yet unbelievably filling. When you eat a Waldorf salad you can feel the goodness going into your body.

The Waldorf salad was created at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in the 1890's not by a chef but by the maître d'hôtel Oscar Tschirky, the Waldorf salad was an instant success....

Cars are so yesterday – A Spanish Creative Agency, Lola Madrid, believes in doing rather than talking about; they decided to design their version of the perfect bicycle by re-using the most unexpected material…

“Bicycled Bikes” is not only a new kind of bike; it is a grassroots company making beautiful handmade bikes out of junkyard cars – cars are so yesterday. Each bike is unique “...

Apparently this is a standard procedure paramedics follow at the scene of an accident when they come across your cell phone. 



We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends. 

If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people...

New research released by Vancouver supplement company, SD Pharmaceuticals, reveals that a staggering 80% of Vancouverites claim to have With summer upon us, many Vancouverites will be considering crash dieting to look good this summer – with 42% having tried it before and 15% of respondents saying they are tempted. An additional 45% admit to taking weight-loss supplements to shed the pounds....

Lance Armstrong’s illegal doping controversy and marathon runner Claire Squires’ accidental death from a dangerous stimulant have left people questioning the safety of performance-enhancing supplements. Due to inadequate quality controls, some manufactures are able to release products without demonstrating they are safe and effective, leaving consumers vulnerable.

According to a 2010...