How to Ditch your Diet... in Favour of Whole Foods
It's time to break up with your dieting mindset. Things are not what you expected... it's not meeting your needs like it used to... and...
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by Bri
- Jan 7, 2018
- 3 min
Raw Vegan Avocado Key Lime Pie
When I create a recipe TRULY from scratch, and it turns out wonderfully, I am totally beside myself. Having been an avid recipe-follower...
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by Bri
- Dec 3, 2017
- 4 min
Baked Vegan Mac N' Cheese with Peppered Tofu Cubes
Another cozy meal for you. Built by yours truly, this cheesy, non-dairy mac n' cheese has the perfect amount of subtly sweet, sour, and...
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by Bri
- Nov 5, 2017
- 4 min
Pretty Little Pomegranate Parfait
Ahh, winter. The season of savoury and cinnamon-spiced aromas, crackling indoor fires, and... pomegranates! Take in this lovely little...
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Bri
- Aug 6, 2017
- 6 min
Food for the Heart
Cardiovascular disease affects millions of North Americans every day, costing billions of health care dollars to treat, yet they are...
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Christofer Cruz, Dietetic Intern
- Sep 5, 2016
- 3 min
Carcinogens from Cooking (Pt. 2)
It is well known that cooked meats can contain carcinogens (See Carcinogens from Food, Part 1 for the full story), but did you know that...
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Bri
- Aug 1, 2016
- 3 min
Carcinogens from Cooking (Pt. 1)
It is a wonder that the human body can masterfully extinguish so many different harmful compounds from its natural metabolic processes,...
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Bri
- Jul 1, 2016
- 4 min
On Getting Married, Indulging on Vacations, and Preachy Vegans
Oh joy of joys! I have been away from blogging and regular posts for months now in order to plan and enjoy our wedded bliss. It was...
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Bri
- Dec 7, 2015
- 2 min
Gluten - Who really needs to avoid it?
Gluten is a general term for the proteins found in wheat. Gluten is made of two different types of proteins: gliadin and glutenin. The...
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Bri
- Oct 1, 2015
- 1 min
The Challenge of Feeding Kids Healthy Food
It can be challenging to teach healthy food habits in a world that promotes non-nutritious food as rewards. Here are a few tips to create...
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Bri
- Sep 1, 2015
- 2 min
Healthy Eating 9 to 5
The average person can spend up to half of their wakeful day at work, so your eating behaviours in your workplace can have a significant...
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Bri
- Aug 16, 2015
- 1 min
Food for Thought
This video is almost an hour long. But the speaker is witty, knowledgeable and totally worth it! Interesting research - let me know what...
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Bri
- Jul 13, 2015
- 1 min
"That chicken wing you're eating may be as deadly as a cigarette."
Dr. Greger does it again! This guy reviews all the new scientific nutrition articles. Here is what he's found for 2015. Witty AND...
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Rongjia Liu, Dietetics Student
- May 11, 2015
- 4 min
The Sunshine Vitamin
There seems to be a lot of hype these days about Vitamin D supplements. Debates continue on about its role in preventative health, and...
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Emily Fleming, Dietetics Student
- Apr 13, 2015
- 3 min
Pumping Iron - Through Your Blood
Iron is an essential nutrient in the diet of herbivores and carnivores alike. The most widely recognized sources of iron are animal...
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Bri
- Feb 17, 2015
- 1 min
Superfoods Quench the Fire of Free Radicals (Pt. 2)
#superfood #nutritionfacts #nutritionresearch #nutrition #healthy #dietitian #wellness #disease #prevention
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Bri
- Feb 9, 2015
- 3 min
Superfoods Quench the Fire of Free Radicals (Pt. 1)
Superfoods have been at the forefront of nutrition research for decades. It seems we cannot learn enough about antioxidants and free...
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Bri
- Jan 19, 2015
- 3 min
Coconut Oil - The Latest Press
Coconut oil has been famed for having healing properties, easing digestion, improving heart health, and giving back youth and vitality to...
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Bri
- Dec 15, 2014
- 2 min
Healthy Holiday Grazing
Upon request for healthy Christmas holiday eating tips, I've compiled a list of simple things we can keep in mind to stay on track around...
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Bri
- Sep 15, 2014
- 4 min
PLANTS, PLANTS!
“Plants, plants… succulent plants! I’d never eat meat if they gave me a chance!
A horrible meat eater would smell a lot sweeter and look...
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