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Body Chemistry Fat Burning 101
Dieting is tough! Not only do we often fail at it, but more times than not, it leaves us in a worse situation than when ...
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Food Guide 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 ...
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Individuality Can Our Earth Truly Sustain Only One Type of Diet?
On the eve of the launch of Canada’s new food guide, let’s look at the big picture. According to Health Canada, the new guide ...
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Dieting Misconceptions The ‘Handy’ Rule of Thumb
When we use a principle based on experience rather than theory, we call it a ‘Rule of Thumb’. It’s not scientific or factual but it ...
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Food Guide 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 Comments like “it’s outdated, confusing and ...
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Body Chemistry Q&A – Up My Calories and Burn Body Fat?
“I’ve lost weight in the past just by reducing my calories? Now the Balance Factor program suggests that I up my calories. How does this ...
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Food Science What’s In Season? – Papaya!
At this time of year in Canada, there isn’t much that is in season. In Hawaii, however, the papaya fruit is ready for picking after ...
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Dietary Fat Dietary Fats – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
This article does a great job of explaining the downside of refined vegetable oils chemically known as polyunsaturated fats. The late Dr. Mary Enig, unquestionably ...
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Body Chemistry We Have Cholesterol Completely Wrong
Dr Zoe Harcombe is a researcher, author, blogger and public speaker in the field of diet and health, with a PhD in public health nutrition. ...
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Eating Your Best Will Always Be Good Enough
In a moment of parental defeat, my mother in law passed along these wonderful words of wisdom – “Your best will always be good enough.” ...
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Body Chemistry Can We Really Outsmart the Body?
Can we really outsmart the body? Probably not. Automatically closing our eyes when we sneeze is the perfect example of how the body just knows ...
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Eating How Do We Survive Without Holidays?
Everything in life serves a purpose, including the holidays. Without them we may be tempted to just keep working. Perhaps the holidays help us to ...
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