Yearly Archives for 2010
Innocent until proven guilty; do we have it backwards?
If you are put on trial in Canada or the United States for a crime, you are considered innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately, health canada (and the US) use a similar tactic when it comes to chemicals. more »
How to be skinny the rest of your life
When I’m working with food in the “nutrition lab” I’m always thinking, “how can I prepare this food in the most nutritious way?”. This mindset has led me to some wonderful discoveries. more »
Who cut the yellow cheese?
North Americans consume about 153 lbs of additives per year. That’s the weight of a whole person! These additives are used to make foods look tastier, healthier, and more nutritious often masking an inferior food. Michael Pollan so appropriately refers to these foods as “edible food-like substances”. more »
What herb do you need the most?
Tincturing is super-easy and a great, cost-effective way to make your own medicine. Many medicinal herbs grow like weeds and are often labeled as “invasive”. Watch below as I convert this common pesky weed into medicine that will last me years. more »
The Inflammation Fighters
Raspberries are a powerhouse of nutrition and they are growing EVERYWHERE these days. Walking through most parks and forests right now, you are treated to feast of these little red ‘tasties’. The health benefits they offer are as plentiful as this year’s crop: Ellagic acid A publication by the American … more »
Sleep on this
Shuttin’ er down, hittin the hay, retiring, hittin the sack, shut-eye, 40 winks, catching z’s, counting sheep, dead to the world, in the arms of Morpheus, sack-time, shut eye, snooze, zonk out. Whatever way you slice it, we all need it. Sleep. Sleep is an important time in our day, … more »
Do I Know You?
Do I Know You? By the time I finish writing this blog I am going to be a completely different person than when down old cells and building new ones. This is why the body has such a great potential to heal … if you let it. more »