How menus encourage eating more

How menus encourage us to eat more food Knowing how menus are designed can help us make better choices. Being aware of the ways restaurant menus prompt us to make choices makes it easier to be prepared for the temptations. It is easier to make healthier choices when you know what to look for. You can also find more infographics …

Dark Chocolate is a Good Work Snack

Summer has arrived! The days are longer and it is fun to spend more time outside. Even if you enjoy the outdoors all year long, summer weather always makes us want to spend more time having fun. Relaxation and Recovery The benefits of eating well and exercising are often realized during our recovery time. We all need a little fun. …

WFPB

Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet It is promoted as the gold standard eating pattern for health, longevity, performance, weight loss, health promotion. Every whole food, plant-based diet guru, doctor, dietitian has to diss the vegan diet with the same comments about being able to eat junk food and still say you are a vegan. Yes, you can eat vegan cookies, cakes, …

Want to lose weight? Eat more breakfast.

Does this sound familiar? You are training regularly. You would like to change your body composition. No matter how hard you exercise or how well you eat nothing really changes. Your fat mass and your fat-free mass (muscle) seem the same. It feels like nothing you do makes a difference. That is because of the calorie deficit. But, it is not …

How long will it take to burn those calories?

Exercise is not a very efficient way to burn off calories. It is not a direct line from calories in to calories out, we are a little more complicated. However, by switching to lower calorie snacks that are nutritionally dense, ones that are packed with vitamins and minerals, as opposed to calorie dense foods can help manage your weight. Relying …

Are your kitchen towels dangerous?

Food pathogens could be living in your kitchen towels. When I was growing up my mom cleaned with bleach. Now, my entire family are bleachers. We all like to bleach, nothing says clean, like the smell of bleach. Maybe it saved our lives. It is a great way to keep your kitchen and your kitchen towels from poisoning you. Food …

Jumping to Conclusions

eggs aren't heart healthy

Eggs, butter, and jumping to conclusions You might be wondering what do these have to do with each other? Everything. In the wonderful world of only reading the headlines, don’t bother with the facts, jumping to conclusions is a real danger. Let me explain. Last weekend was the long weekend in Canada and I went to meet some family and …

Boost your immunity

I hate being sick I have spent all weekend inside feeling terrible. It was a beautiful weekend and I missed all of it. I blame the man for being sick, he had it first. He says he felt much worse because it has been scientifically proven that the man flu is more severe… I have repeatedly reminded him that this very small …

Lost your words?

Do you find yourself searching for words? You know that moment when the word you want just isn’t there. Some people think it is due to ageing. In that case, I was born old. Sometimes I joke that English isn’t my first language. If you have ever found yourself at a loss for words, the one that was just there, …