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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.
Well-being

Cleaner Products for a Cleaner Planet

Truth be told… 10-15 years ago, I was more interested in my own health than the planet. Now don’t get me wrong here, I would never litter on the street or

Recipes

Hemp Seed Maple Butter Recipe

While coaching one of my clients a few weeks ago she asked me where she could buy hempseed butter. Since I had not seen my favourite brand in a while (and later discovered it’s been discontinued – boo hoo!), I watched a video and realized just HOW easy it

Recipes

5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Mind

I’ve just finished two months of cleansing with a really powerful herbal tea blend, along with my Joyous 10-day detox which I did longer than 10-days. I fee

Well-being

What Your Poo Says About You!

In 2010, I wrote a post that quickly became one of my most popular: What the Colour of your Poo Says About You. Due to the popularity of this post and also

Recipes

Orange Chocolate Avocado Pudding

I love chocolate and I love it even more when it’s infused with orange, what about you?But I don’t like how typical store-bought orange-infused chocolate is

Well-being

Holistic Sex: Birth Control & Condoms

To recap the side effects of using the pill are; Infertility, Hormonal Imbalance, Lost Interest in Sex, they can alter your natural choice in a mate, Nutrient Depletion, Dry Vagina and Yeast Infections. Yikes that doesnÂ’t sound like fun does it? IÂ’m go