It's amazing what a public health NGO can do when it divorces itself from the food industry. Canada's Heart and Stroke Foundation,...

I took that photo up above at the recent Canadian Obesity Network conference's exhibit hall. According to Health Canada and the Canadi...

Cardiologist Chris Labos in MacLeans takes on the hard to swallow truth of vitamin pills . Alan Levinovitz in The Science of Us covers the...

So, it's far sadder than it is funny, but CSPI's take on Coca-Cola's iconic " Hilltop Ad " (the one featured in the la...

Was Pink Floyd onto something? Very cool, very small, very preliminary study . Those qualifiers out of the way, the study, published i...

Thanks to RD and friend Andy Bellatti for highlighting Kellogg's new, " Frosted Flakes with Energy Clusters " cereal. Accordi...

You've heard of the 80:20 rule. 80% of the time focus on your strict diet and exercise routine and 20% of the time, don't worry abou...

"Dr. Asshat" - Courtesy of Peter Cook ( @DoodlePeter ) It's called The Dr. Oz Cleanse , and if followed, it will protect ...

German Lopez in Vox covers the alarming "new" drug that's killing Americans by the thousands . The Mexican National Institut...

That's the moral of today's Funny Friday video. Have a great weekend!

If people's primary reason for exercising is weight loss, and if exercise doesn't effect major changes to weight , could it follow t...

I come across it all the time. Angry folks who claim that when it comes to weight and/or health, calories don't matter at all and that w...

Here's Canada's own superstar Christine Sinclair , considered to be one of the greatest female soccer players of all time, selling h...

Whether or not you think Health Canada went far enough with their nutrition fact panel reforms ( I don't ), if you were wondering whose ...

Anne Raver in the New York Times with a great piece on gardening on the 3rd floor in Manhattan . Alan Henry in Lifehacker on Ingress - the...

Watch today's Funny Friday video to understand the headline. Have a great weekend!

Thanks to a reader who would prefer to remain anonymous up above is a photo of what her 9 year old's little league coach gave the team a...

This afternoon I'll be speaking with Canada's Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, who have been tas...

A Sample Completed Memory Based Dietary Assessment (Not Mine) Well maybe " lies " is too strong a word as not all of the omiss...

Drink water when you're thirsty.