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How to Make it Through the Holiday Season Without Worrying About Your Weight

The best way to quit worrying about holiday weight gain? Quit worrying. December 1st marks the onslaught of holiday...

What to Look For in a Truly Healthy Chocolate

Whether it is a favourite sweet treat, a guilty pleasure or your go-to breakup food, chocolate holds a special...

Don’t Give Veggies a Cold Shoulder This Winter!

It always seems so much easier to feast on fruits and veggies when the sun is shining and the...

Take A Whole Food Approach to Lower Blood Sugars with these Six Picks

Last month, I shed some light on reasons to watch sugar intake (you can read it here) and today, with...

Amazing Alliums: Why You Should Invite More of These Fragrant Friends to Your Dinner Table

Alliums are a pretty big deal in the gardening world for the pretty flowers they bloom, in gastronomy for...

Calcium Isn’t Everything: How Inflammation Weakens Your Bones

As a dietitian, protecting bones is always part of my nutrition strategy: you’ve only got one skeleton…and it has...

Five Reasons to Watch Your Sugar Intake

Do you have a sweet tooth? Is it difficult to make it through a day without cookies, cakes, and...

How to Get More Plants on Your Plate

You guys know the drill – eating more plant foods will help you fight inflammation, maintain a healthy weight...

Not Eating Amaranth? Here’s What You’re Missing!

If you are feeling a bit done with quinoa, maybe it’s time to get to know amaranth. This tiny,...

Five Anti-Inflammatory Foods To Help You Fight Arthritis

September is Arthritis Awareness Month and there is no better way to keep inflammation at bay than to fight...

Don’t Underestimate the Humble Mushroom…here’s why!

Did you know that it’s Mushroom Month? Hard to believe there is a whole month devoted to these fungi...

Un-junk Your Back to School Lunch (or Work!) Routine

This is how it happens: you’re lying on the beach, basking in the sun’s warm glow. You wish summer...