Enlightened Eater

Have your Halloween goodies mysteriously disappeared – even before the little kids come calling for their trick or treats? While many people would like to blame the goblins for the vanishing candies, chances are that there has been some serious munching going on. Halloween is a time of year that even for those who banish […]

Here we go again. Fat bashing is alive and well. A Wisconsin CBS TV news anchor, Jennifer Livingston, received an email from a viewer entitled “Community Responsibility” where the writer expressed his opinion on Jennifer’s weight. He suggests that “obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most […]

I remember the days way back when I first started my nutrition counselling practice and the thinking was that if you were thin, you could subsist on potato chips and a cola drink with no adverse effects. It was only the overweight who had to consider the nutritional value of their eats. Well, nutritional science […]

Have you heard about the See Food Diet? As it’s not a weight loss regime, chances are you may not have heard of it.  In fact, it’s one that can easily sabotage waist management efforts over time. And even though, you may not initially seem to be familiar with it, it’s a pretty good bet […]

Here we go again. Just when it seemed like the low-carb craze was finally over, a new book called Wheat Belly comes along. While the book looks like a critique of modern day wheat and its impact on our health, it’s simply yet another book that bashes carbs of all sorts – it just comes […]

Boston researchers have recently linked carbonated non-diet drinks with an increased risk of violent behaviour in adolescents. Sounds pretty far-fetched, doesn’t it? We do know that these sugar-sweetened beverages are associated with a host of health ills including a higher risk of weight gain and diabetes to name a few, but violent behaviour – is […]