About half of all Americans eat a sandwich every day , and Canadians aren’t likely much different. Sandwiches are convenient and satisfying, but if you’re trying to reduce your risk for cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, you might be scratching your head thinking up alternatives to the ham and other processed meats we typically find between the slices.
In the spirit of it being Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and Heart Month to boot, I thought it would be fun to do something about the heart health benefits of chocolate. There’s just one problem. While there are numerous studies suggesting that chocolate may be good for our cardiovascular health, they’re based on very low quality evidence .…
Today is World Nutella Day and February is Heart Month, so I thought it was a good time to remind you that you can make your own chocolate spread, tastier than the original, in my dark chocolate-loving opinion. Plus instead of being mostly sugar and palm oil , it’s mostly creamy cashews, with their heart-healthy fat,…
In 2012, having returned to work after my second maternity leave, my babies finally became good sleepers and I went the other way. Ironically, after years of four years of yearning for them to just let me sleep, they did, but I couldn’t. It wasn’t for lack of trying. As…
It’s January, which means most people have more time than they did last month (projecting) and more energy for self-care, including planning and trying new recipes (also projecting). If that’s you too, how about using some of that extra headspace to set up a life-proof system for meal planning, so…
Happy New Year! (Can I still say that on January 15? Well I’m going to because it’s my first post of the year.) Last month I asked readers what topic they might be interested in learning more about, and “Meal planning your way to 30-minute heart healthy meals” was the…
Raise your hand if you need more energy right about now. Or a mood boost? The end of the year is packed with so many celebrations and extra to-do’s that sometimes you want to just hide in bed. Am I projecting here? Maybe. This week and the chaos it brought…
A few weeks after people download my guide to eating after a cardiac event , I ask them what they find hardest about eating now, so I can continue to write helpful content. One reader replied, “The saboteurs! Oh just have a little of this or that or whatever and it’s hard to ward off all the do-gooders!” …
