Parents, Especially Fathers, Play Key Role in Young Adults’ Health
A new University of Guelph study has found that parents, and especially fathers, play a vital role in developing healthy behaviours in young adults and helping to prevent [...]
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Positively Beautiful: Intermittent Fasting May Help With Weight Loss, Longevity
Confession: I’ve been skipping breakfast. For many years, I’ve been preaching breakfast as the most important meal of the day, and have recommended three balanced [...]
Eating More Fiber May Help You More Than You Think
Eating lots of fiber-rich fruit and bread may be one way to live longer without developing chronic diseases, an Australian study suggests. Researchers followed about 1,600 [...]
How Fasting Can Improve Your Health
Since the ancient days, believers have considered fasting part of their spiritual life. Christians fast during lent while Judaism observe some fasting at a certain point in [...]
The Mindful Way to Distract You From Your Cravings
You know you’ve had that moment — that sudden desire — to eat something with no rational reason. This is the classic sign of a food craving, but little good [...]
6 Reasons Why Intermittent Fasting May Be for You
For a long time, it was thought that fasting or going long periods of time without eating was detrimental to your health and would hinder weight loss goals. The thinking was [...]
Low Salt? Think Again
From a public health perspective, salt shakers have been branded the equivalent of an ash tray, an instrument of ill health. Achtung baby. But a large study published [...]
Dietary Fiber Intake Tied to Successful Aging
Most people know that a diet high in fiber helps to keep us “regular.” Now Australian researchers have uncovered a surprising benefit of this often-undervalued [...]
What You Need to Know About Alkaline Water
You may have noticed the buzz about alkaline water recently: It’s a staple of the alkaline diet, and promoted by celebs like Miranda Kerr for its supposed health perks. [...]
7 Ways to Increase Your Metabolism
“No matter what I do, I can’t seem to lose weight,” writes this week’s house call, who is also an Eat Fat, Get Thin challenge participant. “I think I’m cursed [...]
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