We humans are a funny creature. There’s something we love about stuffing ourselves silly at holiday meals, even if we feel awful after it. I’ve gone through more than a few holiday feasts on both ends of the spectrum: trying to make race weight for a fall event while sadly munching celery in the cornerContinue reading “7 Tips for Keeping your Pants Button Done up this Thanksgiving”
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7 Ways to Keep your Pants Buttoned up this Thanksgiving
We humans are a funny creature. There’s something we love about stuffing ourselves silly at holiday meals, even if we feel awful after it. I’ve gone through more than a few holiday feasts on both ends of the spectrum: trying to make race weight for a fall event while sadly munching celery in the cornerContinue reading “7 Ways to Keep your Pants Buttoned up this Thanksgiving”
Five Things to Keep in your Fridge for Clean Eating
I was stunned when I first saw the report. Rice: lit up in red on my food sensitivity test. Rice. The only food you can eat on the elimination diet because it’s so universally digestible. Beside it were the words gluten, eggs, dairy and cashews. All the foods. All the foods that supply the caloriesContinue reading “Five Things to Keep in your Fridge for Clean Eating”
Striking the right balance as a parent
Parenting today seems very polarized when viewed through the idealized lens of social media. On one hand, you have the Pinterest perfect colour coded craft rooms and coordinated family planning binders. On the other, you have the “messy house, happy kid” movement where each moment of life is absorbed by awesome fun. You have fatContinue reading “Striking the right balance as a parent”
Everyone needs to put the environment in the forefront.
Again… another petition on my Facebook feed. It’s a worthy cause. Obviously worthy, like putting a stop to factory farming or saving the ocean. Not any sort of two-sides-to-the-coin business. Everyone with a conscious agrees. No one would vote for dumping oil tankers in the sea or chaining pigs to the floor so they can’tContinue reading “Everyone needs to put the environment in the forefront.”
Slavery in Canada?
I think after what happened in that factory in Bangladesh (there are now more than 1,100 dead), we are all taking a look at the way our consumption choices directly affect those who make that consumption possible. And for the first time in the history of Canada, those exiting the workforce will outnumber those enteringContinue reading “Slavery in Canada?”
Hungry for Change movie review
I watched this film the other night as part of the free online screening event. The film can be viewed until March 31st, 2013 for free by clicking on the photo. Here’s what I thought… 1. THE MESSAGE made this movie well worth my time. Diets don’t work. I don’t need to be sold onContinue reading “Hungry for Change movie review”
Eating, Naturally.
Of all things, I want to raise a happy child who becomes a happy adult. Sounds simple. Of course, it isn’t. Nobody knows what really creates happiness. All we know is that it’s a complex interaction between various things. And the recipe is different for everyone. I can tell you what doesn’t bring you closerContinue reading “Eating, Naturally.”
Dangerous health foods
It was another one of those moments – the ones that I have had too often lately. You got me again processed food industry. No, I was not hit hard by the whole “nutella… not a wholesome breakfast choice?… really?” thing. No, no. It wasn’t the usual suspects: fat free peanut butter, microwave popcorn orContinue reading “Dangerous health foods”
My new dietary (life) approach
My husband has started a blog about my foray into a plant-based diet and how it has affected him. It’s a funny outlook from someone who has been raised to feel that meat is the ultimate food. With my new dietary outlook, he has also taken an interest in different nutrition plans. He came homeContinue reading “My new dietary (life) approach”
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