Tag: Marketing Awareness

Dietary Fat
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Is Your Hard Canadian Butter Really That Big of a Deal?

The late Dr. Mary Enig, renowned for her expertise on fats, nailed it when she called her book, Know Your Fats!  It’s not an easy read but if you can understand the chemistry of fatty acids – those molecules that make up fats – you will understand why this issue around Canadians thinking their hard

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Food Guide
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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
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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  Comments like “it’s outdated, confusing and broken” have turned many health conscious Canadians to other sources when looking for a healthy diet.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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Body Chemistry
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The Calorie Conundrum

  It’s very easy to fall into the marketing trap of ‘low’ being the better option.  Certainly having a low blood pressure or a low heart rate are goals for good health but when looking at food, should we choose low calorie or zero calories? Good question. Many people just jump on the band wagon

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Dietary Fat
Shannon

Staying Off the Dairy/Gluten/Soy-Free Bandwagon

It happens without warning. Foods eaten over an entire lifetime or praised for their nutritional benefits can suddenly trigger an acute inflammatory response. Typically, abdominal discomfort and digestive issues occur and the finger gets pointed at the usual suspects: dairy, gluten, and/or soy. Is jumping on the dairy/gluten/soy-free bandwagon the right answer?  Not necessarily. Understanding

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