By Richard Tardif Those of us of a certain age who lived through the science and the media’s anxiety over heart attacks in the mid to late 1900s, and those who were not even born, but are alive today, have the infamous and controversial Seven Countries Study to thank for today’s obesity epidemic. The study’s conclusion, …
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by Richard Tardif I was three weeks into a massive calorie-cut for a photo-shoot of my new body; 21 days, 16 hours, 23 minutes to be exact, with each day spent at the gym; one hour cardio, one hour weight training. The final photo, which my publisher a day later pasted on the back cover of …
Don’t be fooled. Diets aren’t cool, and Weight Watchers wants to be cool. One of the most popular weight loss plans on the planet is changing its name, its motto and its stance on the calories in, calories out for slimming, focusing on the journey rather than a destination, doing away with before and after …
By Richard Tardif It’s been called the hidden killer, a manufactured substitute for true fat, the food industry’s Trojan Horse, and we’ve been eating it since the early 1900s, and Canada only banned it on September 15, 2018 despite almost 20 years of scientific knowledge that trans fats, with a corpse-like colour, giving us that …
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 …
