Chasing Sunshine Canada Premiere: Recap

Massive amounts of gratitude for everyone who showed up to last week’s Chasing Sunshine premiere in Squamish, B.C. We raised an AMAZING $1036 in cash donations thanks to all of your support and open hearts. A very special thank you to the lovely Larsen Sisters (Lindsay and Cameron) who sang their hearts out, Gord at Blacksheep Event Rentals for a projector and screen, local artist Chili Thom for the sound equipment, and Tommy at The Living Room for the awesome venue!

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // Make Your Own Non-Toxic Beauty Products

At this point, we know that most beauty products we buy from the store have all kinds of chemicals in them. Most of the time we don’t even realize how many negative effects these chemicals can have, often times normal products contain cancer-causing toxins. If you want to check where your cosmetics fall on the toxicity charts, you can check them out by brand name on the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetics Database!

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // Turmeric Milk

The long-time staple of Asian and Indian cuisine is now a healthy insider’s superfood of choice. Turmeric is now blowing up as an ingredient at juice bars, hot restaurants, and in top healthy bloggers’ recipes. The curcumin in turmeric actually exhibits over 150 potentially therapeutic activities, including anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity, as well as potent anti-cancer properties that have been intensely studied.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // 10 Toxic Products to Avoid in Your Home

Our world is full of beautiful mountains, vast oceans, and amazing forests that we as humans get to enjoy!Unfortunately, our world is also filled with nasty toxins that can have a large effect on our health over the years, possibly even cause cancer. A lot of the time, these chemicals are hidden in things we use every single day… scary right? We’ve got a list of 10 things that can be easily avoided in your home to live a more healthy life and help you STAY AWAY from toxins.

CANCER FIGHTING FOODS // Lavender Almond Milk

Whether you’re a pro at making almond milk at home or want to try it for the first time, adding lavender will add an extra boost of bliss and calm to your day. According to Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs, lavender is also wonderful for relieving stomach muscle spasms and soothing indigestion. Traditionally, it’s been used to imbue courage and strength, so if you have a particularly busy day ahead of you, whip up this heavenly milk to strengthen and calm your heart and mind. Not only that, check out the amazing health benefits that this combo of ingredients provides.

Happy Mother’s Day from Team B4BC!

We love loving the wonderful women we call our mothers, and today we’re excited to feature the moms of our amazing Team B4BC athletes! We think these mamas deserve to be recognized for their role in shaping our ladies into the amazing athletes, philanthropists and role models they are today. Our contributing athletes include Team B4BC surfers Courtney Conlogue and Sage Erickson, snowboarders Elena Hight, Jamie Anderson, Hana Beaman, Kaitlyn Farrington and Kimmy Fasani, skateboarder Mimi Knoop and wakeboarder Tarah Mikacich!