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Nutritional yeast might very well seem a strange product to eat. It comes in the form of yellow flakes with an unusual smell that some identify as “cheesy” and others call “the smell of old dirty socks”. Why would one want to eat such a substance? Let’s find out. Nutritional yeast has a strong flavour…
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As we age, our bodies begin to show evidence of the ravages of time. Faced with symptoms like increasing blood pressure or increasing blood sugar a person can start to feel overwhelmed and to dread the next blow to their health. Many people begin to amass a collection of medications, one to decrease their cholesterol,…
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With projections that up to one-third of young people alive today will develop diabetes in their lifetime, it is timely to pay attention to two very interesting new studies on diabetes that have been published recently. This is a short update detailing continuing discoveries from our scientific community regarding the way the food we eat…
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The world of fatty acids is a complicated one. There are saturated fats and unsaturated fats, trans-fats and hydrogenated fats, essential fatty acids, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. First things first – let’s sort these out. Fatty acids in general are long chains of carbon atoms bonded together with either single or double bonds and with…
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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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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.
