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Dissecting the Wheat Belly
I wasn’t planning on blogging about Wheat Belly. I just thought that I should actually read it so that I could discuss it knowledgeably. However, I made the mistake of starting to read it right before...
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Don’t fear the fluoride
My dad suggested that I read an article in The Coast last month and, slacker that I am, I just got around to reading it. It was written by the founder of “Safe Water Halifax”, an organization opposed...
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Insane in the Grain Brain
My library hold finally came in! No way was I paying to read Grain Brain. I like to financially support quacks as little as possible. First thought: Including a quote from Dr. Oz on the front cover of...
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Toast: The killer lurking in your breakfast
Darth Toast photo by Wendy Copley on Flickr I recently read this article in the Daily Mail about elevated levels of acrylamide found in some packaged foods such as baby cereals and potato chips. Just...
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The Arctic apple should go rot (with extra rants)
I have a few things I want to say about GMOs as there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding them and I’ve had a couple of people suggest related topics for blog posts. 1. The Arctic apple was...
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If children were plants
I cannot believe the absurdity of things like this. While the message is good, don’t give your children sugary drinks, the approach is ridiculous. Are they sincerely suggesting that human children are...
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Protein: the latest killer lurking in your food
Image by noodles and beef on flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Licence. Oh good, just what we all need, more fear mongering. That’s one thing we certainly don’t get enough of as part of our current...
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16 cancer causing foods: What THEY don’t want you to know
Image by the Bitten Word on Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Licence. Oh Natural News with your fear mongering. Here’s the truth about the 16 foods you say cause cancer. Canned tomatoes. According...
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Big gay baby formula?
Image by Benjamin Magana used under a Creative Commons Licence. Google alerted me to this article: Got milk? Indonesian mayor says infant formula leads to homosexuality. I hardly know where to...
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What foods will dietitians never eat?
Image Adam and the forbidden fruit by Aditya Doshi on flickr. Used under a Creative Commons Licence. One of my social media friends, and a regular reader, sent me a link to a list of 16 Foods...
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Making people feel like shit about what they eat isn’t an effective tactic to...
At some point someone came up with the brilliant idea to use scare tactics, guilt, and shame to convince people to do (or stop doing) certain behaviours. I think it may have originated with smoking...
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