Food and Advertising
We have looked at why, genetically, we might crave high calorie, high fat food. We talked about our tendency to replace wholesome food with processed food in the name of time-saving. Is that the whole...
View ArticleToo Much Food
If you are not Shaquille O’Neal, measuring in at 7 foot 1 inch, why do you weigh over three hundred pounds? Because you eat too much and move too little. There is no riddle about this, it is simple...
View ArticleFood and Cancer
According to the World Health Organization cancer is responsible for 12.5% of the deaths globally per year. Diet is linked to 30% of cancers in the developed, and 20% in the developing world. Though...
View ArticleIntroduction to healing…nutrition
The fact that we are not a patchwork of seeping wounds, gaping holes and that we do not bleed out from a stubbed toe comes back to healing. I am going to cover the healing process in a number of...
View ArticleBC Generations Project
I have signed up to be a human lab rat. The BC Generations Project is a 25 year study hoping to follow 40,000 BC residents between the ages (at the start) of 35-69. The BC Generations Project is part...
View ArticleGastric Bypass
I have, over the last few months, gained some weight. I am very aware of the irony of being a health professional and being unhealthy on such a fundamental level. My dissatisfaction has led me to spend...
View ArticleBC Generations – the forms
My first step as a participant of the BC Generations project is the intake form. This is a fairly thick bundle of papers you receive in the mail a few days after signing up. Along with the intake you...
View ArticleBC Generations – onsite visit
The last step in the initial intake for participation in the BC Generations is to do the on site visit. The visit was very quick, I don’t think I was even there 20 minutes. I arrived a few minutes...
View ArticleFood and drug administration…
I am not talking about the FDA (Food and Drug Administration – the entity in the US that approves food and drug sales) in this blog, or at least not directly, but the title just called out to me. What...
View ArticleAugust newsletter
Modalities Massage Therapy August Newsletter Dear clients, This Thursday, August 23rd, is the deadline for aromatherapy orders. Check out the webpage on direct orders for the short list of products...
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