Compared with typical eating patterns today, our ancestors’ diets provided 4 to 6 times as much fiber. Does this matter? What is fibre, anyway? How much do we require for good health? What are good sources? Fibre is the part of plants that we do not digest. It gives plants their structure. In contrast, animals …
Life begins after your first half century. For many of us, age 50 is not the end of the road; it’s the beginning. If you can relate to this, consider what new ventures you have undertaken since you turned 50, 60, or 70. I know a number of women that are having the best sex …
When in doubt, throw out! It’s time for the honoured rituals of spring-cleaning (of home and body). Unless you’re of the “Why Clean? It Will Only Get Dirty Again” school of thought, read on. Over time, our body has accumulated toxins, often stored in fat cells. These may have come through diet, use of prescription …
Organic eating has gone mainstream. Responding to consumer demand, supermarkets now feature centrally placed organic produce sections. Over the past decade, the organic food industry has increased at 20 percent per year. What drives this growing support for organic food? Not surprisingly, savvy consumers figure that if a whiff of pesticides can kill bugs dead, …
Fifteen years ago, Dr. Dean Ornish revolutionized our approach to heart disease when he demonstrated that individuals with serious heart disease could reverse their condition with lifestyle changes (that did not include the use of medication). His 4-point program for reversing heart disease included: 1. a very low fat vegetarian diet (less than10% calories from …
Not long ago, fish was considered a health food. Yet in 2004, we are getting some mighty confusing advice. We are told by an expert on Canadian fish Dr. J. Sheeshka that people who are concerned about organochlorines can simply cut off and drain away as much fat as possible when cooking fish. She says …
The last two decades have been a time of maturation for many of us, and a coming of age for the vegetarian movement. In 1982, the year of Common Ground’s birth, vegetarians were typically regarded as part of the counterculture. Yet the seeds of change from the 70’s had fallen on fertile soil and taken …
