By Richard Tardif A CTV news story reporting on a controversial weed-killing chemical found in several popular food products in Canada made the social media rounds this month, and while the story drew its share of online opinions, I cannot help but think, “What the heck are us health journalists reporting?” The focus of the …
By Richard Tardif In 1918, American physician and health columnist Lulu Hunt Peters lost more than 50 pounds, and wrote a book titled Diet & Health: With Key to the Caloriestargeting American women. Peters confessed she lost weight by counting calories, and concluded that calorie counting was an effective weight loss. Today considered one of …
By Richard Tardif A World Health Organization (WHO) study estimates that in 2016 more than a quarter of adults worldwide, 1.4 billion of us, mostly in high-income countries would rather sit at home than move more during our leisure time, and it hasn’t improved since 2001. The consequences of our slothful behaviour, the report continues, …
This article will appear in Iorì:wase September 6, 2018 By Richard Tardif My last visit to A Doctor’s office was more of a get-to-know you visit, given our family Doctor, who we faithfully pledge our allegiance to for 25-years, retired. The younger, 40ish Doctor, who greeted me wearing jeans and a Harley Davidson Tee, was definitely different …
“[Eating less] causes the condition it is meant to cure. The more that we endure cycles of dieting, the more our bodies become trained to seek out food, slow down vital functions, and conserve built-in energy in the form of body fat.” – Geoffrey Cannon, Author “All dieters share this same sad story of weight …
By Richard Tardif The common mantra in the last 20 years is that generations are sitting long and endless hours working behind desks, playing video games, and driving more and this is leading to obesity. This lifestyle isn’t helpful. This is touted as evidence that exercise is paramount to reducing obesity, and it seems reasonable …
By Richard Tardif Shame on Coke! Mexico’s rate of diabetes is claiming 80,000 lives a year, and the World Health Organization reports it will get worse before it gets better, if it gets better. It is clear to any reasonable person, that this is a result of a handful of dominate transnational food companies, hogging …
By Richard Tardif It’s too damned confusing this CI/CO thing, thanks, in part to Professor Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, to show his class that weight loss improves health, in 2010 for 10 weeks dined on Twinkies every three hours, instead of meals. Yup, the zany, toxic Twinkie diet. …
By Richard Tardif The philosophy behind cheating days is based on being on one of many diet fads. The philosophy goes: Healthy eating requires some willpower—the doggedness you’ve sourced to keep eating those dredged diet foods, which basically ban you from eating real food. To reward yourself for a job well done, you can flip the …
Richard Tardif His words were strung together like a dare. Prove to me that the Calories In, Calories Out model for weight-loss is a myth? Drake, a personal fitness trainer, is a pleasant, even-keeled man who has this aura of gracefulness about him. He is a slender man of six-feet, in his fifties, and has …
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