Red Meat: Are You Pulling Your Hair Out Yet?
(Photo by Jez Timms on Unsplash) If you’ve heard the nutrition news this week, I’m guessing you are at least rolling your eyes. This tweet captured my…
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The Story Behind the Recipe on the Cover of The 30-Minute Heart Healthy Cookbook
Did you notice that there’s beef on the cover of my heart-healthy cookbook? 🤔 Here’s how that came to be… While we wanted the recipes to feature…
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Nutrition Myths Dietitians Would Most Like to See Disappear
Today is Dietitians’ Day in Canada! To mark it, 17 dietitians, including me, share the food and nutrition myths we most want to stop hearing….
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The Most Important, Overlooked Advice in Canada’s Food Guide
The Canada’s Food Guide was updated in early 2019. What can you recall about the changes? The milk group is gone? Choose more plant-based protein?…
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Nutrition Month: 5 Resources to Help You Unlock the Potential of Food
Today marks the start of Nutrition Month, and the theme this year is “Unlock the Potential of Food.” Food has the potential to fuel us,…
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Canada’s New Food Guide: Behind the Headlines for People with Heart Concerns
For the most part, Canada’s new food guide, finally unveiled today, was designed with cardiovascular disease prevention in mind. A background document, Canada’s dietary guidelines, notes that…
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Sea Salt: Is it Any Healthier Than Table Salt?
Since I published my guide to eating well after a heart attack, two people have emailed to ask this question. This FAQ will definitely be…
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Alcohol, Coconut Oil… Why Nutrition News is Constantly Changing
Did you see the eye-popping, eye-rolling, eye-give-up nutrition news last week? “No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says” and…
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PURE Study: Should You be Eating More Fat?
I returned from a blissful summer holiday and news about the PURE study dropped before I could even catch up on email: Ugh. Did you…
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The One Thing We Need to Add to the Coconut Oil Conversation
The American Heart Association (AHA) released a 17-page review of the scientific literature on Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease this week and the half-page that everyone…
