The Start of the Journey
Like many people, especially women living in North America, I’ve been waging a low level war against my weight for ages. My first battle started after completing undergrad, followed by a particularly...
View ArticleI Don’t Remember: Onset of Short-Term Memory Loss
In every person’s life there comes a moment where they realize the fragility and mortality of their parents. Mine came in March of 2011 when I had a conversation with my mother that shook me to my...
View ArticleReverting Back to the Ancestral Diet: An Inuit Case Study
In my last post I mentioned how traditionally, humans evolved on a grain-free, Paleolithic diet consisting of plants (vegetables and plants) and meat. The Globe and Mail had an interesting article a...
View ArticleCanada’s Food Guide: Then and Now
Compare and contrast Canada’s Food Guides from 1944 (it was called Food Rules then) and 1992 1944 1992 The biggest difference is that the 1992 version visually demonstrated that the base, or largest...
View ArticleThe Big Reset | Eating Right and Adopting Whole30
Life happens and inevitably we forget about our promises to eat right and focus on fitness and we slowly start to fall off the wagon. At least, I did. This year signaled some life changes, including...
View ArticleCritique Of NY Times’ Article About The Biggest Loser & Regaining Weight
A lengthy long form article from the NYTimes, titled “After The Biggest Loser, Their Bodies Fought To Regain Weight“, has gone viral with its underlying premise that weight loss is futile due to the...
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