May 23, 2014
Gluten-Free Summer Meals
The May long weekend marks the beginning of summer and some of our favourite foods, like juicy barbecued burgers and picnics with fresh pasta salad and sandwiches.
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April 25, 2014
How to Handle Teen and Tween Nutrition Challenges
Tweens and teens have some of the poorest health habits of all age groups in the country. Considering many adolescents have not yet developed chronic diseases adults are facing, they can fly under the radar. An absence of high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, high blood sugars or weight issues doesn’t mean your tween or…
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Healthy Breakfast Planning!
Read my comments for an article on CBC Live Right Now on starting the day off right with a healthy breakfast:
READ MOREFebruary 27, 2014
Starved and stuffed? How mindfulness and spirituality can help improve your relationship with food
We are a nation that is both stuffed and starved. We are surrounded by fast food, “all you can eat” buffets, calorie-laden convenience foods and portion distortion. At the same time, we are obsessed with dieting, underweight fashion models, gimmicks and the “latest and greatest” cure-all health books. We live in a culture that is…
READ MOREFebruary 11, 2014
[Resource] Eating Disorders Meal Support
Eating Disorders Meal Support: Helpful Approaches for Families Meal Support at a Glance Coping with an eating disorder in the family can be overwhelming. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS), are serious illnesses with potentially life threatening consequences.
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The Paleo Diet
Listen to my monthly radio program with Angela Kokott, host of Calgary Today for our segment, “You are what you eat” to get the goods on healthy eating. Listen to Episode 54 part one here: Most Popular Searched Diet on Google Listen to Episode 54 part two here: Most Popular Searched Diet on Google The…
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