Diets
There is a swirling vortex of misinformation regarding diet and health floating around in the public consciousness. Do not allow yourself to be sucked into this whirlpool. If you’re eating in an unusual way, and eating a whole food plant-based diet would be classified by many as unusual to the extreme, it is sometimes hard…
Read More...Sadly obesity is becoming the new norm in our societies with three out of five Canadians presently overweight (3). Between 62% and 75% of the world’s population now carry body fat levels that will impair their health and the number of obese people worldwide exceeds those who are underweight for the first time in human…
Read More...The topic of the Mediterranean diet has been prevalent in the media lately and it is being touted as one of the healthiest diets to follow. The problem is that there is no concise definition of this diet. Most people have the impression that people of the Mediterranean region eat lots of fresh vegetables, especially…
Read More...Much discussion has occurred over many years regarding just exactly what diet is the best for human beings. Simple observation suggests that we can survive on pretty much anything we put into our mouths. The operative word here though is “survive”. Humans have shown themselves to be adaptable enough to tolerate a wide variety of…
Read More...The benefits of the plant-based lifestyle have been known for decades but the word has been slow to make its way to consumers. Even when information does trickle out people shake their heads in disbelief. They have not heard any consistent message from the media that supports eating mostly plants. Part of this problem stems…
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