The Balance Factor Blog
Food Science Lamenting the Fermenting…
It’s that time of year when the local produce starts dictating how you will spend the last weeks of your summer. Bushels and baskets of ...
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Body Chemistry Ben Greenfield on “Why You Are Not Losing Fat…”
This article by Ben Greenfield is chockful of ‘aha’ moments for why you might be holding onto excess body fat even though you are exercising ...
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Body Chemistry The Instant Gratification Paradox – (Part One)
Instant gratification is a powerful force. It’s often the reason why we achieve our goals. But what happens when the gratification we are getting is ...
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Balance Factor 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, ...
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Body Chemistry How We Got It Wrong: Saturated Fat and Heart Disease
Still confused about whether saturated fat intake can increase your risk of heart disease? It’s not a surprise as there are articles being posted every ...
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Individuality When Life Throws You A Curve Ball…
When life throws you a curve ball, what do you do? Try something new and take a swing at it? Let it pass until the ...
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Blood Sugar Stabilization Is There a Place for Sweetness in the Diet?
You bet there is…but not without knowing the supporting science first! Sugar is 50% glucose to 50% fructose. Glucose is the main fuel source for ...
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Appetite Putting Value in the Foods You Crave!
Q: What foods do you crave? “Mine would be a square of dark chocolate after dinner- here’s my problem – I don’t keep it in ...
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Blood Sugar Stabilization Healthy Lifestyles and Social Distancing
One take home message from this COVID experience is that staying healthy means adopting lifestyle behaviours that are sustainable. For example, we certainly cannot self-isolate ...
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Critical Judgment Those Beautiful Curves!
There’s a lot wrong with the legend of the Sabines – a group of wives, sisters, and mothers of an Italic people who lived in ...
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Eating What’s In Season? – Avocados!
Lucky for us, the fruit highest (per ounce) in protein, potassium, magnesium, folic acid, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid, vitamin E, and vitamin K ...
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Body Chemistry Yes, Intermittent Fasting Actually Means Fasting Intermittently!
Is it bad to do 18 hours of intermittent fasting every day? For some people, eating all their daily calories within a 6-hour window is ...
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