Consider this post a casting call. I'm working with CBC's the National on a segment that will explore what Canadian families are eat...

Because who wouldn't want pork Pop-Tarts? They also make poultry Pop-Tarts, bacon and egg Pop-Tarts and, "garden vegetable" Po...

The National Post's Jonathan Kay takes on the Star's Andrea Gordon for promoting debunked anti-vaccine looniness . Ever wonder what ...

No, this isn't a running of the bulls video, or a massive tomato fight video. This week's Funny Friday is a video of the tallest hu...

Here's a Fermi question for you. How much energy could be generated if every inmate in the USA rode an electricity generating stationary...

Remember a few days ago when I commented on San Francisco Mayor Newsom's adoption of Big Food's demonizing position - that governme...

Not sure if they're South of the border but here in Canada, Tim Horton's has taken to the airwaves to sell their new, "Hot Choc...

What am I talking about? Well a couple of weeks ago San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to restrict the sale of toys along wi...

An exceedingly rare Sunday post. A quickie. I've blogged before about England being the dumbest place on earth when it came to health p...

Who cut the cheese? Fantastic New York Times piece on how the US government is simultaneously talking weight loss while actively pushing hig...

Have you heard of Four Loko? It's the energy drink with booze that was banned this week in four different States. Today's Funny Frid...

[My heartfelt thanks to all those brave men and women who gave their lives for our freedom] Food diaries are the mainstay of any behavioural...

It's been all over the news. Dr. Mark Haub, a professor of nutrition at Kansas State University spent the last two months eating pretty ...

Lies, damn lies and statistics. Now to be fair I've been primed to disbelieve most future predictions by being mid-way through Dan Gardn...

For those of you who haven't seen the news, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted last week to ban the marketing of unhealthy k...

Pharmacist and blogging buddy Scott Gavura reviews just how crazy Health Canada is when it comes to Natural Health Products . Dietitian Rosi...

Meet the Montana Merkle - a bird the Onion reports has been hunted to near extinction due to its annoying call and bad habits and the subjec...

For those of you who aren't familiar with the term "nutritionism", it refers to the notion that specific nutrients in foods ar...

Because you know, anything baked is good for you, right? Tale of the tape for these heavyweights? In the blue corner we've got Pop Tarts...

Here's a beverage that won't get sold in schools, Adult Chocolate Milk, a 40 proof version of one of my favourite dead horses tied t...