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How to Stay Fit and Healthy (Even While Social Distancing)

2020 is weird a time — and I’m certainly not the first to say it, nor will I be the last. Honestly, if someone had travelled back in time and told a 2015 version of me (preferably over a glass of Pinot Noir) what was waiting for us 5 years

Is it Time to Put Calorie Content Labels on Alcoholic Beverages?

Buzzkill alert: Researchers are calling for mandatory calorie content labels on alcoholic beverages. As if you didn’t already know you were drinking liquid harm. The initiative stems from a study in which data from Statistics Canada revealed that the average drinker consumed 250 calories, or 11.2% of their daily EER

Separating Health from Hype: Intermittent Fasting

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” It’s a sentiment that was engrained into most of us at a young age – wake up, fuel up, and get your day started. My entire childhood unfolded in that manner, and weekend breakfasts with my Dad were long-established as a

Artificial Trans Fats Are Now Officially Banned in Canada

It’s been almost 15 years in the making, but the time has finally come: artificial trans fats are now banned in Canada. More technically, Health Canada has added partially hydrogenated oils, which are the main source of trans fats in what we eat – to its List of Contaminants and Other

Let’s Talk About Gut Health

Around this time two years ago, I called my parents after work in total, incoherent tears. I had just canceled my plans for that Friday evening because I was so overcome with digestive distress, yet again, that I could barely sit upright comfortably, let alone go out in public. “I