Weighty Matters
Monday, November 18, 2013

Parents Fined For Not Sending Ritz Crackers In Kids' Lunches

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It's quite possible that the single stupidest school lunch policy on the planet comes courtesy of a strange interpretation of the Manito...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Saturday Stories: Tap Water, Death and Football

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My friend Andy Bellatti over on Civil Eats exposes Coca-Cola's war on non-revenue generating tap water . A heart wrenching read from F...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Can You Watch This Without Laughing?

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I couldn't. So for Funny Friday today, see if you can manage not at least grinning while watching this under 1 minute clip. Have a g...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Help Wanted Ads Highlight True Concerns of the Food Industry

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I've been critical before about Health Canada and our government's warm embrace and inclusion of Canadian food industry lobby the Fo...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

If You Want Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies, Should You Spike Them with Butter?

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Maybe you caught this study when it came out earlier this year, but I only just got around to reading it. It was published in the journal...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Two Sides of Coca-Cola's Slippery, Sugary, Mouth

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I love these two dueling stories from this past spring - so much so that I'll share them with you here. Up first is the indignant up...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Exercise Does Not Make Coca Cola Healthful

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There is no weight at which drinking Coca-Cola (or any other sugar sweetened beverage) is suddenly less bad for you. There's also no a...
Saturday, November 09, 2013

Saturday Stories: Sky Blue Pink, Vaccines, and Hackers

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A touching story by Brian Anthony Hernandez in Mashable on the colour sky blue pink and one man's death . Tara Haelle in Red Wine and ...
Friday, November 08, 2013

Wow! (And Never Would I Have Imagined a Marching Band Would Make Me Say Wow)

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While it's not laugh out loud funny, pretty sure that today's Funny Friday video will make you smile. Amazing. Have a great week...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

Badvertising: Go-Gurt Doubles Down on Health Halo Marketing

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If I were asked to describe Go-Gurt succinctly the words, " sugary blech " would leap to mind, but if Go-Gurt's new packagin...
Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Guest Post: An Open Letter to Youth Competitive Dance

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Image Source Today's guest post comes from Lori Leigh Wilson. Lori is a mom of 3, a writer, a voice-over actor and a plant-based f...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Canadian Pharmacies Using Flu Shots To Sell Non-Evidence Based Supplements?

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A few years ago the Province of Ontario granted pharmacists the right to administer flu shots. Personally I think that's a great move ...
Monday, November 04, 2013

The Heart and Stroke Foundation Needs International Experts To Tell Them Not to Sell Candy?

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The Heart and Stroke Foundation's response to my call to action on their abysmal Health Check program has been something of a train wrec...
Saturday, November 02, 2013

Saturday Stories: Genetics, "Before Angelina", Bad Science and Gluten

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Great piece by David Dobbs in Slates on the promise and failings of genetic research to date . Time Magazine's Alexandra Sifferlin...
Friday, November 01, 2013

Did You Catch This Colgate Video on Kids and Halloween Treats?

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Today's Friday video is that already famous Halloween Colgate ad for toothpaste and toothbrushes (that I'm betting many of you have ...
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...
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