Occasionally I have disagreements with an MD friend inHawaiiwho insists that vitamin D is not a vitamin (meaning that it is not essential in our diet). What does he know? For him it isn’t essential. He simply runs from his condo across the sand to the ocean each morning and in short order, the sun […]
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As I pass the supermarket tasting booth and the woman giving out chicken samples I say with an insincere smile “No thanks, I don’t eat slaughterhouse products.” Or at least that’s what my evil twin says. It’s a dilemma. When I see those bits of chicken, I also see the de-beaking process. I recall the
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February is heart month. Whereas past research focused on the amount of dietary fat as a trigger for cardiovascular disease, we now know that both quantity and qualityof fat impact our blood vessels. From “The New Becoming Vegetarian” (US title), “Becoming Vegetarian” (Canadian title), by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis, here are 6 steps to making the
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This study looks ahead at Canadian food and beverage consumption to the year 2020. It provides valuable insight into our evolving consumer environment as well as the developing opportunities for the domestic agriculture and agri-food sector. This report combines factors and issues that are expected to drive consumer attitudes and perceptions using consumption forecasts based
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For many of us, winter brings the pleasure of travel. For some, it’s an escape from cold and rain, or the best season to visit exotic locations; for others, it’s an opportunity to reconnect with distant family members. Work-related trips recently took me toCaliforniaand then toBarcelona, and this column was inspired by my “Strict Vegetarian”
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