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Ep. 9: How Not To Gain The COVID 19

Our relationship with food has changed since social distancing began. We’re eating in more. We're worrying whether food will be available. And we’re indulging more. Here are Medcan’s two in-house food experts: Leslie Beck, nutrition columnist for The Globe and Mail, and Jason Smidt, the executive chef of Nourish by Medcan, our food delivery service.

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Ep. 7: How To Get By Without Panicking

We’re all dealing with anxiety lately. What do we do if things start to spiral? How do we manage our thoughts when the future is so unpredictable? What if it all starts to seem a little too much? An authentic and grounded discussion with Medcan’s director of mental health, Dr. Gina Di Giulio, a clinical psychologist.

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Ep. 6: Report From One Possible Future

What’s to come as this pandemic develops? How far might governments go to prevent the spread of the coronavirus? The problem is, we just don’t know. So to confront some concrete scenarios, we interviewed an on-the-ground observer in Spain, another Western democracy, but one with 22 times the number of COVID-19 cases.

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Ep. 5: The Social Distancing Workout Guide

Even if social distancing has you trapped inside, exercise is important for immune function and mood. It’s also the secret to a good night’s sleep. Here, Medcan Director of Fitness Stephen Salzmann provides listeners with the basic principles that go into any workout session.

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Each week, Shaun Francis and his team interview leading experts in the fields of health and wellness.