Diets
Anyone who reads my blogs will be aware of the importance I place on having the support of strong scientific evidence for making lifestyle changes. I have been struck in recent months by the amount of new research that has been published regarding the benefits of eating plant-based. The following is a synopsis of some…
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Obesity has become a global epidemic among human beings, affecting over 20% of the population of most western countries and 68% of the US population (1,2). Research over the last decade has been suggesting that the cause of this current problem may not be simply overeating but a mismatch between the foods we ate as…
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Did you hear on the radio or read on-line about a new study that found little evidence of any link between higher vegetable intake and reduced risk of major cardiovascular disease? The study was published on February 21, 2022 (1). Its headlines were astonishing to say the least and were understandably the subject of much…
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A Bigger Brain The history of human beings has long included a mystery. At two points in our ancient past, the brains in our evolving predecessors suddenly increased significantly in size. Sometime between one and two million years ago, the brain size of our forebears doubled over the short evolutionary time span of about 200,000…
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Researchers have had difficulties finding a record of plant-based foods that our forebears might have been consuming. The detritus of animal-based foods are bones and stone tools that are easily preserved but plants are perishable and leave little of themselves behind. Still, evidence is adding up, with a growing amount of study exposing indicators that…
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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.
