Beware of BPA in canned goods
- Tue Feb 21 2012
- Lora Grady
If you think you don’t need to worry about bisphenol A (BPA) now that Health Canada’s banned the nasty chemical from plastic bottles, think again.
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Stigmatizing obesity causes weight gain
- Mon Feb 13 2012
- James Fell
The issue of political correctness is a struggle for me. It’s not that I personally try to offend anyone, but rather I look to entertain. See, I firmly believe in the wisdom of Johnny Carson: “People will pay more to be entertained that educated.” When it comes to writing about fitness and weight loss, I endeavour to do both.
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What is the most effective diet for losing weight?
- Mon Jan 23 2012
- Julia Belluz, Macleans.ca
This past weekend, Science-ish was disappointed to read Margaret Wente’s column on health evidence, in which she opened: “Today’s health wisdom has a way of becoming tomorrow’s bunk… This may help explain why all the standard diet and exercise advice is worthless.”
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13 causes of cancer that you can avoid
- Wed Dec 14 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
One of the most troubling things about cancer is that it can strike almost anyone, anywhere at any time — and that the likelihood of getting cancer is increasing.
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How healthy are Canadians?
- Mon Oct 10 2011
- Vanessa Milne
It's no secret that more and more Canadians are overweight, but a new report shows us exactly who is gaining the most — and what some provinces could learn from their healthier neighbours.
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Will your bad habits help you live forever?
- Wed Aug 17 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
A lot of us make an attempt to practice the basics of healthy living: seven or eight hours of sleep a night, some form of exercise every day, leafy greens as often as possible, and red wine (but for medicinal/preventative purposes).
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Is eating out making our kids fat?
- Fri Jul 29 2011
- Vanessa Milne
Eating meals outside the home is definitely part of the problem of childhood obesity, said a new study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
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