I am thrilled and honoured to have my article on nutrition in adolescent mental health featured in the summer edition of Moods Magazine. The magazine can be purchase on Indigo/Chapters store shelves across the country. This is my first major magazine publication in the field of nutrition and I would like
If you have been keeping a drift of nutrition news from around the world you may have heard by now that the United States Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has introduced new food labeling requirements that will be enforced starting July 2018. The changes are highlighted in the image provided
The pharmaceutical industry in North America is staggering in terms not only of its profitability but its presence and relevance in the current healthcare context. There are highly effective prescription medications available to treat many of the most common healthcare ailments, but medication is often not the only course of action
A migraine can be a highly unpleasant and even agonizing experience to deal with for those who suffer from them on a regular basis. They are responsible for a great deal of time away from school and work, loss of quality of life and medication expenses in those who suffer from them. I
Fructose is not inherently bad. It is a sugar that exists naturally in healthy food items such as fruits and vegetables. For the great majority of people, eating fruits and vegetables is never a bad thing. However, the availability of fructose in our diet has changed significantly in the past several decades due to
The majority of Canadians (and Americans) consume way too much sodium, there is a good chance you are one of them. What does it mean to consume way too much sodium? It means that we are consuming sodium at levels that put us at a statistcally increased risk of bad things happening
The availability of time and money play a massive role in dictating how most people eat. The reality is that many of us may lack the time and financial resources to make the food choices we wish we could. I am writing today’s to address this very issue. I strongly believe that
Cancer is the number one killer of Canadians and one of the premier public health concerns of our generation. As a public health professional, I take cancer prevention very seriously. It has been nearly a decade since cancer first surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in Canada, and the
