Diets
“Moderation in all things….” This memorable phrase has been quoted for centuries as a motto to live by. The sentiment is reputed to stem from the Greek poet Hesiod in the 7th century BC when he said “Observe due measure, moderation is the best in all things”. Roman politician, Marcus Tullius Cicero, around 60 BC,…
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It’s a win-win situation! A new study, published June 10, 2024, examines the health effects of the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) which was developed in 2019 as a part of the EAT-Lancet Commission. The goal of the EAT-Lancet Commission is to achieve planetary health diets for the projected total population of the earth by 2050,…
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Were you disappointed to hear the results of a recent study that discovered that bananas in a smoothie can result in an 84% loss of the polyphenols from the berries that you were hoping to benefit from? We certainly were. Yes, we thought, we could leave the bananas out of our smoothies. We experimented with…
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A comprehensive review of meta-analyses that were published between 2000 and 2023 was released in May 2024. It evaluated the impact of vegan and vegetarian diets on the risk factors associated with the development of cardiometabolic diseases and cancer in adults, children and pregnant women. (1) This review was a joint undertaking between researchers from…
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Life expectancy has been increasing around the world over the past decades, a happenstance that is attributed to advances in public health and healthcare services. However, the last few years have rocked this boat and it is predicted that the current generation of adolescents is likely to be the first to have a shorter life…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
