Weighty Matters
Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Heart and Stroke Foundation Doubles Down On Its Endorsement of Candy as Fruit

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As mind boggling as the Heart and Stroke Foundation extending its official seal of approval to products with more sugar than candy, that con...

The Heart and Stroke Foundation Owes Canadians an Apology and Action

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There's just no way to sugarcoat this. The Heart and Stroke Foundation, and specifically their Health Check program, in their selling ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Does Drinking Milk Pre-Meals Reduce Appetite?

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Certainly that's what this study, Effects of milk as a recovery drink following exercise on subsequent appetite and energy intake in f...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

On Bribery, RDs, Health-Washing, and Thrive Vitamin Fortified Ice Cream

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I almost don't know where to begin, but let's start at square one which is a product called Thrive Ice Cream . What's Thrive i...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Public Health, Halloween, and Hershey's

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I've regularly stated that parenting, while incredibly challenging, can be boiled down to one straightforward instruction, " Live t...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Saturday Stories: Medicine, New York and Zombies

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Jalees Rehman with a wonderful long read on " The Power and Narration of Medicine " Karen McColl in the BMJ on what the future h...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Jimmy Kimmel Makes Me Laugh (aka I'm a Simpleton)

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Today's Funny Friday is Jimmy Kimmel's weekly instalment of unnecessary censorship Have a great weekend
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Making Halloween a Little Bit Less of a Nutritional Horror Show

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It's coming. And I'm not really all that worried. At least not about Halloween night. The fact is food's not simply fuel, ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Banned #FNCE Expo Photos?!

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This one's too fascinating not to mention. The past few days the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) held their massive annual Fo...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Childrens' Hospitals' Slices For Smiles Pizza Pizza Partnership WAY Worse Than I Thought

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Pic Courtesy of David Huynh I've blogged about Slices for Smiles before  (for those who aren't aware, Slices for Smiles is a fund...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Canadian Diabetes Association Health-Washes 7.25tsp of Sugar Per Glass!

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Though I can't say I was shocked, I can say I was horrified when while visiting my parents this past weekend I opened their fridge only ...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Saturday Stories: Dying with Dignity, Natural Health and NHANES

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Palliative care physician Larry Librach and his amazing contribution to the discussion of palliative care with himself, his pancreatic cance...
Friday, October 18, 2013

What If Characters in Horror Films Acted Sensibly?

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Loved this quick take on horror films. That said, today's Funny Friday, a trailer for "Hell No!", has a foul language warning....
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Are Oreos as Addictive as Cocaine, or is Cocaine as Addictive as Oreos?

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In case you hadn't heard, rats like Oreo cookies. How much do they like them? I'm not sure anyone will ever really be able to quan...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

A Real Life Example of Healthful School Fundraising!

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It can be done! And for many other suggestions of how to do it, CSPI has compiled a handy dandy resource (though please ignore their incl...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Boxer Mikaela Mayer Sells Out Her Young Impressionable Fans to Dr. Pepper

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Original Image Source - EveryJoe Hot off the heels of last week's study that explored the nutritional awfulness that professional at...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Corporate "Social Responsibility" Coca-Cola Teens' Style

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Do me a favour. Have a peek at the pictures and watch the video below and tell me if you think Coca-Cola's "social responsibility...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Saturday Stories: Losing Weight, Vitamins and Homework

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Great post from my friend and colleague Arya Sharma entitled, " No, You Do Not Need to Lose Weight ". One of my favourite scienc...
Friday, October 11, 2013

"I Don't Think That Was a Grape Nut"

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OMG OMG OMG. Today's Funny Friday is beyond insane....for so many reasons....but it's not for the weak of stomach. Have a great ...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Even Little Kids Know That "Kids' Foods" Are a Bunch of Sugary Bulls*&!

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Thanks to my friend and Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, the University of Calgary's Charlene Elliot, for sending me her 2011 jo...
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