Wine and good health...sounds like an oxymoron but this widely debated topic has many people on both sides of the coin. Some believe that a moderate amount of red wine can be good for us while others talk about the damages of drinking even small amounts of alcohol. As a neutral mediator weighing both sides of this debate it appears both are technically correct!
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Are you ready to make small steps towards a healthier, happier you? Join the Choices Markets Nutrition Team's Rethink Your Resolutions Challenge before January 31st, 2018 to get started on your path to incremental change.
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From Halloween to New Years Eve and every holiday gathering in-between, will feature some sort of bubbly, so by the time January 1st rolls around, we’re ready to dry out. To save your wallet and your waistline this holiday season, try these non-alcoholic beverages or mocktails.
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Happy (belated) Canada Day! Well, it’s official, summer is finally here – the kiddies are out of school, the sun is shining and as a bonus it’s actually hot outside. But before you start complaining that it’s too hot and abandon your outdoor adventures I thought I would break down the nutritional information on your favourite refresher. Lucky for you there are now three fast food chains that pretty much make the same delicious iced coffee – we have Starbucks’ Frappuccino, Tim Hortons’ Iced Capp and now McDonald’s Frappe. So, if you had to pick one based on nutritional information alone, which one would you choose? Before you check out the table below please note that I tried to make the sizes as equal as possible and used the regular/whole milk option with no whip cream.
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Reflecting on the last couple of years of being a dietetics student and pretending that someone asked me to pick one message to pass on I would automatically default to calcium. Despite the fact that I obviously view calcium as one of the most important nutrition messages, for some strange reason, I have not written anything about it! There was the one post two years ago on soymilk vs. cow’s milk but that hardly scratched the surface. So, let me finally explain why I think calcium is so important.
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In August Lance Armstrong stopped fighting the charges the antidoping agency brought against him and in October was stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles. And today it was announced that Armstrong would resign from his cancer-fighting charity Livestrong. You might be wondering why I’m talking about Lance Armstrong on a food blog…well, it’s because Danone pulled a “Lance Armstrong.”
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According to Dietitians of Canada it’s a myth that we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. I know some water-haters out there who will be jumping up and down right now but before you get too exited, let me explain.
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On November 1st, 2011, Health Canada announced that they will start the long process of regulating energy drinks, such as Red Bull, under the Food and Drug Act. What great news! Having energy drinks regulated as “food” will force these beverages to have a Nutrition Facts table, allowing Canadians to inspect the drink’s sugar, calorie and caffeine content and make more informed purchasing decisions.
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