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Saturday Stories: As, POM and Apps!

My friend and colleague Arya Sharma on the launch of the Canadian Obesity Networks 5As of Obesity Management.Marion Nestle explores POMs interesting take on the "truth".Nice piece by David Fr...

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Teaching the Young Bloods How Its Done

I might not love Pepsi Co., but theres no denying this is one helluva entertaining ad.Todays Funny Friday stars NBA rookie of the year Kyrie Irving. Have a great weekend!(email subscribers, youve got...

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Are Public Drinking Fountains Disappearing?

Am I losing my mind? Maybe its just my addled memory but I seem to recall public drinking fountains being everywhere when I was a kid. Every school, every park, every playground, every public buildin...

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Are Chimichangas Part of Canadas National Heritage?

Sigh.This past weekend we took our 3 little girls to Hogs Back park. Its all at once a lock station, water control dam, retaining dam and lookout point, and its been part of Canada since the Rideau C...

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Ontarios Expert Childhood Obesity Panel Conspicuously Lacking in Experts

Did you hear? Ontario is planning on reducing childhood obesity by 20% in the next 5 years!I first heard that target when I was contacted by Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews office back in ...

3 days siden

Have You Ever Experienced a Post Race Day Bonk?

(Not that kind of bonk!)Its certainly happened to me. Ive trained for months to run a triathlon or a plain road race, kicked my own butt on race day, only to find the next bunch of weeks (and at leas...

4 days siden

Saturday Stories: Superweeds, Poetry and More HBO

Marion Nestle on the perils of genetically modified crops (hint, eating them wont hurt you, but planting them might).Snarky, weight lifting, columnist and personal trainer James Fell writes what he c...

19 maj 12

The All New F*&% You Pizza From Pizza Hut

Did you happen to see the insane pizzas that Pizza Huts making these days (like this one with the cheeseburger crust)?Well todays Funny Friday is their all new F*&* You Pizza.Fair warning! They use t...

18 maj 12

An Actually Healthy Restaurant?

Maybe it is possible.This ones in Tokyo and it was designed by the Tanita scale corporation.According to this tiny news item, "Each table is fitted with a weighing scale to ensure healthy portion...

17 maj 12

The Truth? Healthy Living Requires Effort.

(I want to preface this post by explicitly stating it isnt about weight. Healthy living isnt determined by your weight and this post applies to everyone regardless of their weight - being skinny is n...

16 maj 12

A Single "Food Product" That Encapsulates the Entirety of the Problem.

"Fast Franks".Fast? Because cooking a hot dog and putting it in a bun is "slow"?But this Frankenfood speaks volumes.As a society we value convenience and speed over nearly everything ...

15 maj 12

McDonalds Helping Kids Get Their "5 A Day" With Fruit Soda?

Theyre selling it on the backs of the ridiculous notion perpetuated by the likes of Canadas Food Guide, MyPlate, and virtually every national eating guide that juice counts as a fruit. Its called ...

14 maj 12

Saturday Stories: Disease Screening and an HBO Related Double Shot

Alan Cassels on how screening tests (for prostate cancer, breast cancer, etc.) over promise, under deliver and may cause more harm than good.Jezebels Lindy West and her Weight of the Nation inspired ...

12 maj 12

Just in Time for Mothers Day - Labor Reparations!

I cant help it.I have to post a second Funny Friday video - in honor of Mothers Day.Another must watch (with some cursing thrown in so turn down the volume).

11 maj 12

An Absolutely Brilliant Commercial

Some Funny Friday videos are more must watch than others.Todays is high on the must watch list.Have a great weekend!(Email subscribers, if youd like to watch the video, youll have to visit the blog)

11 maj 12

Book Review: Jeannie Marshalls Outside the Box - Why Our Children Need Real Food

[Full disclosure - book sent to me by the author]I’m a newly minted Jeannie Marshall fan. I first learned about Jeannie when she sent me a direct message on Twitter asking for my address so that she ...

10 maj 12

Badvertsing: Swansons Garlic Chicken Skillet Aint Home Cooking

"It looks like home cooking.It tastes like home cooking.Because its just like home cooking."Its called "cookwashing" - where the food industry has hoodwinked us into believing that mi...

09 maj 12

Badvertising: Quaker Oatmeals Super Grains?

I know youve heard of super fruit (even though theres no such thing), but have you ever heard of "super grains"?I hadnt, at least not until I saw this badvertisement for Quaker Maple and Brow...

08 maj 12

Badvertising: KD Smart High Fibre....Still Stupid

So does 5g of orphaned fibre make Kraft Dinner a nutritious choice?Looking at the KD Smart homepage you can read Krafts rationale for creating their KD Smart line, "Why did we create it? We know ...

07 maj 12

Saturday Stories: Vitamins, Soccer Snacks, and Murderers

Sweat Sciences and Which Comes First Cardio or Weights Alex Hutchinson gives 3 reasons why you might want to reconsider your multivitaminDavid Staples from the Edmonton Journal on why he hates soccer...

05 maj 12

Looking for the Next Big Thing? How About Dance Walking?

First there was Zumba.Now? Theres this Funny Fridays Dance Walking.Have a great weekend! (Fridays my day off preaching. Email subscribers, head to the blog to watch)

04 maj 12

Badvertising: Fruitsations +Veggies are Neither Fruit Nor Vegetable

Undercover veggies eh?Ive blogged about undercover veggies before. Not sure what your definition of undercover veggies would be, but mine would be pureed vegetables.Unfortunately thats not Motts defi...

03 maj 12

Sometimes its Good to be a Quitter!

One of the most common struggles people recount in my office is time management.Yet oftentimes, on review, many of those same folks lives are filled with obligations that are far from required.Clearl...

02 maj 12

Nutella Canada Yet to Get the Memo that Nutellas Not Nutritious

In case you missed it, Nutella USA is paying $3 million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit that was launched due to what the plaintiffs felt were advertisements that misled people into believin...

01 maj 12

It Doesnt Need To Be So Complicated

I received an email on Friday from a reader who had read some of the writings of a nutrition guru and wanted my take on them. I get emails like that a lot.Regardless of the guru, my answers always th...

30 apr 12

Saturday Stories: Bug girl, Brawley and Despain

Bug girl amusingly explains why there never actually were ground up beetles in StarbucksAn absolutely must watch hour long video (yes I realize I said must watch and hour long together) from Dr. Otis...

28 apr 12

The Biggest Loser Destroys Participants Metabolisms

[This is an updated and edited version of a post originally published in February 2011. Im updating it as the original post referred simply to a poster presentation but yesterday the full a...

27 apr 12

Downton Abbey....now on Spike TV?

If you dont watch Downton Abbey, todays Funny Friday video just isnt going to do it for you.If you do watch it, todays Funny Fridays a must watch too.Have a great weekend!(Fridays my day off whining....