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Our “Heart-Healthy” Meal Plans snagged top spot of Best Diets Rankings
A panel of 22 health experts including nutritionists and specialists in diabetes, heart health, human behavior, and weight loss, reviewed detailed assessments of the 20 most popular diets, and top-ranked the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. We are very excited about this result, which proves the effectiveness of our Heart-Healthy Meal Plans. Indeed, […]
Meditate Your Way to Better Health
Tune out the world, forget your worries, relax. This is what meditation allows you to do. Meditate and you will gradually become aware of what is happening inside you and around you in an objective manner. Medical research conducted over the last 40 years shows that meditation leads to many measurable psychological and physiological benefits. […]
And Noah planted a vineyard
Recent archaeological evidence shows that the earliest known production of wine took place in Armenia around 6000 years ago. An undeniably fascinating discovery, if we believe that Noah, the biblical Patriarch planted a vineyard on Mount Ararat after the flood, in a place that is not too far off from these archaeological digs.
Apples and Yogurt at McDonald’s
McDonald’s just announced that, by the beginning of next year, the children’s meal boxes will include a strawberry yogurt, a half-order of apples and a half-order of fries. This is obviously a step in the right direction, but critics complain that these changes dont’go far enough to fight childhood obesity. McDonald’s in the U.S. is […]
Omega-3/Omega-6: It’s All About Balance!
Omega-3 and Omega-6 are ‘essential’ fatty acids required by the human body for making substances that are vital to its proper functioning, but the body cannot produce them itself. Therefore it must get them from our diet.
Peanut-sniffing dog goes to school
I am very fond of dogs and love to hear and/or watch dog stories. I’d like to share with you this one about a peanut-sniffing service dog and his peanut-allergic master. By the way, are you aware that we offer a Nut-& Peanut-free Meal Plan?
What you eat matters. For you and for the environment.
The Environmental Working Group has just released a new report, titled “Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change and Health”, that allows both consumers and experts to easily understand how food choices affect both our health and our environmental footprint. Their conclusion can be summarized as follows: Eating less meat, greener meat and healthier meat is […]
What to Eat to Beat the Heat?
When the weather is hot, special care must be given to what we eat, avoiding heavy foods which are hard to digest and preferring lighter ones that keep us well nourished and hydrated.
Backyard Chickens
Have you ever thought about raising hens in your backyard? It is now perfectly legal to do so in Seattle, New York and in a few Canadian cities, such as Vancouver, Victoria, London, and Niagara Falls. Some rules are imposed on the chicken owners about the maximum number of hens allowed in the backyard coop, […]
No Vacancy in Montreal’s community gardens
If you’d like to grow small plots of vegetables in one of Montreal’s many community gardens, I am afraid you’ll have to wait a while, because the 8,000 individual spaces are all taken up by fellow urban gardeners. I have heard that in some areas of town, the waiting list is so long that a […]
Louis D’Or, Canada’s best cheese
I finally managed to taste the Louis D’or, from Fromagerie du Presbytère in Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Warwick in Quebec. This is the same cheese which was awarded the 2011 Canadian Cheese Grand Prix, organized by Dairy Farmers of Canada, two months ago. Louis d’Or is named for the farm that produces the organic milk used to make it. […]
Fashion show, the Italian way
Elegance. Quality. Simplicity. These are three words that clearly evoke Italian design and Italian fashion in particular. A few weeks ago, the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade invited me to a very nice show at Daylight Café in Old Montreal.
