What’s your thinking about the food industry’s efforts to help us with healthy eating? It would be wonderful to think they would aid consumers move towards a healthier diet – just voluntarily on their own. But then you might say I’m a dreamer or an optimist or maybe even a fool. The latest offerings […]
Back in 2007, Health Canada, finally acknowledging that Canadians were being buried by a minefield of salt, formed an expert committee called the Sodium Working Group (SWG) to come up with a strategy for reducing the amount of sodium we consume. Their report, published in 2010, at a cost of almost a million […]
If you haven’t heard the news yet, 2016 has been declared by the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to be the International Year of Pulses (IYP). And it couldn’t come at a better time. I’ve been urging readers to take their pulses for decades but the message has gone mainstream […]
In my last post, I talked about mushroom’s health perks including their immune system benefits. Considering the season, it’s definitely a great time of year to put mushrooms on the menu – often! Here’s a recipe, adapted from Mushrooms.ca, is perfect for entertaining or for a fast family dinner. Double or triple the recipe, […]
It’s that time of year when there’s lots of talk about how to fight off colds and the flu. Debates abound about flu shots and various supplements but all too often, the benefits of various foods are left out of the discussion. (More on supplements in another post). Well, it’s time for a change in […]
“Here’s another topic you might want to address for those of us with joint pain. Turmeric supplements. I just saw these on the shelf, in 500 mg capsule form, labelled “anti-inflammatory to help relieve joint pain” They say curcumin is hard to absorb so people with arthritis etc should take these for improved function and […]
Whole Grains Council Survey Reveals Whole Grain Habits It’s Whole Grains Month and it looks like there’s some good news to report on our whole grain eating. A just released survey conducted by the Boston-based non-profit Oldways Whole Grains Council (WGC) shows nearly two-thirds of those surveyed are heeding the dietary advice to “make at […]
Grains of truth during Whole Grains Month Talk about a pendulum. Grains have really been put through the mill lately: First they were believed to make us fat, then they didn’t — because how can they if they contain very little fat? And now they’re back to making us fat again or so many believe. […]
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