Foods
Peanut butter has been a part of the diet of most North Americans since their childhood. It is delicious, versatile and available everywhere. But in this day and age of shunning fat, where do peanuts and peanut butter fit into a healthy diet? What is peanut butter? From a botanical classification point of view…
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Part 2: Inflammation A study completed in 2018 revealed that a whole-food plant-based vegan diet significantly reduces inflammation while the diet recommended by the American Heart Association for patients with cardiovascular disease does not (1). Why is this important? Because what you eat can have an enormous effect on heart health. This makes it…
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Part 1: TMAO If you read my recent blog entitled “Why is Eating Meat So Damaging to Human Health Part 1”, you might remember a dangerous little nutrient called TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide). It is a product of the digestion of a food nutrient called carnitine which, in the human diet, comes mostly from red meat,…
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It’s finally out! The new food guide for Canada is here and, although I avidly followed its lengthy development process, I found it hard to believe that the end-product would retain its foundation in the best available scientific research and not be swayed by the strong opinions of the food industry. But, remarkably, it has.…
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Carbohydrates have a reputation problem. This is no fault of their own but is due to widespread misunderstanding about what carbohydrates are. For instance it is commonly (and mistakenly) believed that carbohydrates are detrimental to human health; that the low-carb diet is the one to turn to for weight loss; that somehow the human body…
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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.
