Stop the Denial
In his debut book, investigative journalist Richard Tardif exposes the hype around the fitness industry.
The Calorie Deception
A speech I presented on “calorie deception” proved to me that the general public understands more about nutrition than science and policymakers would like to believe. And they have more questions. After describing how not all calories are created equal, and that the over-consumption of sugar is what drives obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, a …
The Cure Worse than the Disease
“If only a small fraction of what we know about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive, that material would promptly be banned,” wrote British professor John Yudkin in his 1972 academic book, Pure, White and Deadly. Its intention was to summarize the evidence …
Research into CFS Opens a Door
We’re all tired, it seems, but is it something else? Get to the gym. Eat healthily. Stop drinking coffee. Be efficient. Eat less; move more. This advice won’t work for those who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME-CFS). More than half a million Canadians suffer from this syndrome, perhaps someone you know? Even you? On a business …
Into the Buzz Zone – Career Transition Coach Donna Legault
Investigative reporter Richard Tardif explores the buzz zone, that area outside of what we call our Comfort Zone. This week’s guest is Donna Legault, a Bilingual Career Transition Coach. Length: 7:39 Host Richard Tardif asks, “Where does someone look for help when they want to change careers?” Whether you’ve been let go from your present position …
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Comfort Zones Podcast – Plant-Based eating
What does it take to begin a plant-based diet? A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of foods derived from plants, including vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, legumes and fruits, and with few or no animal products. Charles Albert Farag tells us the benefits of plant-based eating and why he switch from a traditional diet. Length 22.26
Podcast: We are living an obesity epidemic
We are living an obesity epidemic, with Alain Guillot. Alain writes and podcasts about personal finance, entrepreneurship, and life improvement. He believes we all have the tools to achieve whatever goal we set our mind to achieve. As a podcaster, he interviews experts, authors, and speakers in the personal finance and self-improvement arena. “I want to extract the techniques …
Into the Buzz Zone Podcast – Taxing your soda?
Former Senator Nancy Green Raine says the 2016 draft proposal “sugar tax” advocates a 20 percent tax based on an average price for sugary drinks of $2.50 per litre, said to reduce obesity, saving Canada’s health care system money, and make some for the government. Length: 5:57 Update. No tax on sugary drinks in federal …
Newspapers dying? I think not, mon amis!
If you had asked me five years ago, you would have seen I was a stalwart defender of newspapers, even to the point of disdain with the term newspaper industry; instead likening newspapers to the people’s surrogate covering society’s waterfront, as Bill Kovatch and Tom Rosenstiel refer to in their 2001 book The Elements of …
Receiving the Healing Gift in MS
Mounina Bouna Aly’s journey and the passage from internal misery to healing, accepting the divinity of her body, the wisdom of her soul, and the freeing of her mind, “Was a gift given to her by Multiple Sclerosis,” writes the 41-year-old first-time author. Shocked? Unbelieving? Her debut book, Receiving the Healing Gift in MS: My …