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The Virtual Coffee Shop with Mark Carbone – Session 18

“Pull up a chair in the virtual coffee shop as Mark Carbone speaks one-on-one with interesting guests who are working for change in their schools, districts and communities. Mark is a long time Ontario educator and, although retired, continues to go out and seek the conversations that are going to change the way we think

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Balance Factor
Shannon

The 80:10:10 Rule

“Hey Balance Factor, what do you think of (type in the latest) diet?” The Balance Factor: This is our favourite question! We have adapted the ‘80:20 rule’ into the ‘80:10:10 rule’ to answer this one properly. Inevitably, the likelihood of something being effective is dependent on the 80:10:10 rule where; 80% of the population will

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Food Guide
Shannon

Canada’s Food Guide – It’s a …..!

It’s here!  The new Canada Food Guide was announced on Jan. 22, 2019 at 10:00 am in Montreal, Quebec by the Honourable Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas-Taylor.  Being so anticipated, it was more like a birth announcement than a revealing. Here’s the scoop.  Where the food guides from the past have had specific instructions based

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Food Guide
Shannon

Is Canada’s Food Guide Really Broken?

  Canada’s Food Guide, “the cornerstone to the country’s approach to healthy eating” has been under scrutiny for years.  Comments like “it’s outdated, confusing and broken” have turned many health conscious Canadians to other sources when looking for a healthy diet.  I’m not one of those folks.  I believe that Canada’s Food Guide works.   But

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