Macronutrients
A Plant-Based Holiday Dinner The December holiday season is rolling quickly towards us and with it come festivities with family and friends and the inevitable foods of celebration. Unhappily, the traditional foods we prepare at this time of year are not usually at the top of the healthy check list. Whatever holiday you may be…
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FOOD COMA: Is It Real? Imagine you’ve just finished enjoying a large meal such as a traditional holiday meal, say at Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter. You get up from the table and then quickly find yourself a comfortable place to relax…because all you want to do is rest and maybe even take a good nap. …
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The Holiday Effect Did you know that there are more heart attacks during the December holiday season than at any other time of the year? It has been observed that, on a day-to-day basis, heart-related deaths are 4.7% higher from December 5th to January 7th each year. Additionally, within this time there are two peaks…
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The use of oils in or on our food has become very confusing. First we are told to cut down on oils and fats to keep us healthy and prevent weight gain. More recently headlines declare that fats and oils are in fact good for us and we should eat all we want of them. …
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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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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.
