Foods

A Chocolate Shake That Tastes Decadent….But Isn’t!

March 15, 2024 |

Did you try the recipe I shared in last week’s blog about a truly healthy chocolate shake?    The edemame pods can produce a fibrous quality that may not be just what you’re looking for.  Here is a slight variation on the recipe if you prefer a creamier product.  Just a simple ingredient substitution, taking out…

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Is There Such a Thing as a Healthy Chocolate Shake?

March 1, 2024 |

Like many other people, I love chocolate and a chocolate milkshake was one of my favourite treats in the days before 2008 when we drastically altered our diet.  For many years after becoming vegan I considered a chocolate shake to be strictly off limits. Then a few years ago it suddenly occurred to me that…

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Is Eating a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet Expensive?

February 16, 2024 |

It always takes me by surprise when someone says that they can’t afford to eat whole-food plant-based.  Legumes (beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils) and whole grains (wheat, oatmeal, rice (brown, red, black & wild), quinoa, farro, barley, millet, bulgar, whole-wheat flour, whole-wheat bread, whole-wheat pasta) are the foundation of this way of eating and you’d…

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The Effects of Eating Red and Processed Meats on Type-2 Diabetes

February 2, 2024 |

The objective of a recent study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published in October 2023, was to confirm the relationship between eating meat and type-2 diabetes.  The analysis revealed associations between the consumption of red and/or processed meats and the development of type-2 diabetes.  (1) Each daily serving of processed red…

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Vegetables and the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

January 19, 2024 |

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a disorder that shows its symptoms gradually, increasing in severity over time.  It causes neurons (nerve cells in the brain and nervous system) to break down and die, affecting the function of the nervous system and body parts controlled by nerves.  Tremors are often the first symptoms noticed.  Other outward signs…

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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.