AUTHOR

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Joy McCarthy

Joy McCarthy is the Founder of Joyous Health, a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and best-selling author. A trusted nutrition expert, Joy has been featured in hundreds of publications both online and in print; and is a regular health expert on TV. Through her innate drive to inspire others, Joy has created numerous online programs and eBooks under JOYOUS U and is a faculty member at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. Joy lives in Toronto with her husband Walker and their daughter Vienna.
Recipes

Sweet Potato Brownies

This book “the Greenhouse Cookbook” is a newbie on my book shelf and I just had to make these Sweet Potato Brownies

Recipes

Chocolate Beet Smoothie Bowl

I know this might be hard to believe but I created this lovely Chocolate Beet Smoothie Bowl because chocolate and beets go together magically!

Family

3 Mama Experts: Natural Solutions for Breastfeeding Challenges

As a breastfeeding mama, I experienced my own challenges with nursing my daughter Vienna and if it wasn’t for practitioners like Aliya and Taya plus the support of my family, I would have been forced to stop. Which is why I wanted to share this post with

How To Take a Detox Bath

If you haven’t heard of a detox bath before, that’s entirely okay because I’m going to explain it all for you and share one of my favourite recipes for one below.

Well-being

Joyous Health Review of Heirloom Vegetarian Restaurant

Every time we’re in Vancouver, we visit Heirloom Vegetarian and preferably near the beginning of our trip to help rejuvenate us after the five-hour flight from our home city of Toronto. It’s not a long flight, but when you’ve got a squirmy toddler on your

Recipes

Coconut Crunch Smoothie Bowl

My go-to breakfast for myself and my family is a smoothie. I love smoothies because you can pack a lot of nutrition into one tasty and super portable meal.

Well-being

Joyous Health Review of Christopher’s Kitchen

Every year we go down south to Florida over the Christmas holiday to spend time with my in-laws. And every year Walker and I say “we really should go down for longer”. That’s exactly what we did!

Recipes

Chia Seed Recipe Round Up

Happy National Chia Day! If it seems like there’s a National Day for just about everything these days, you’re right! But life is all about celebrating the little things, isn’t it? In the past short while, I’ve celebrated National Peanut Butter Lover’s D