Kale chips is a simple nutritious food that can be made into different delicious healthy flavours. Kale chips can be a part of a meal, such as in soup or salads. With raw kale, it can be used in pizza sandwiches or smoothies. Let me introduce you to my world of kale chips. Kale Chips [...]
Perhaps you heard the story about Grant Virgin. In 2012, he was hit by a car while walking, and large doses of omegas were implicated on CNN in Grant's full recovery. Yes, brain trauma was saved with omegas. His mother JJ Virgin knew a thing or two or several things about health, but the seriousness [...]
Every once in awhile, the vaccine issue will pop up in my world (more like every several weeks). A lot of people (at least in Ontario) are not aware of the vaccine exemption form, the adverse side effects and the unproven safety. Vaccine exemption forms do exist. This past summer when I was walking home [...]
Money is a wonderful thing and money provides us our basic needs including food. Your food dollars speak volumes to those that operate a retail store(s). Let me share a story on my work conversations while working at George Weston Limited and Loblaws Companies understanding that the consumer is always right...almost. How companies think Your [...]
Nerve growth is possible. Nerve growth is reversing diabetic neuropathy. When we hear about the serious complications of those diagnosed with Diabetes, we learn about blindness, kidney disease, lower limb amputation, stroke, depression, and much more. Let's further explore the complications as it relates to another serious complication called diabetic neuropathy. The importance of [...]
Curds and whey was something I grew up hearing in the nursery rhyme 'Little Miss Muffet' but I had no idea how easy it would be to make whey for nourishing recipes nor how it has been used for a long time by many cultures. Only in the west do we not only ferment our [...]
Understanding Diabetes, Diabetic Neuropathy and Seal Oil Omega-3 According to Health Canada in 2008/09, diabetes was affecting over 2.4 million Canadians, a 70% increase over 10 years earlier. Stepping forward to today, Diabetes Canada claims there are 11 million people with diabetes and prediabetes. Even with my background in diabetes, I was familiar with other [...]
Canada’s Food Guide Analysis The Canada’s Food Guide has evolved over the decades since it was first introduced in July 1942. The main purpose was to guide people on the essential nutrients from food for their good health. It was a start and surely a number of changes have occurred since 1942, so many, that [...]
Something in the Water Does adding fluoride into our drinking water put you at risk? According to the recent studies including the one at York University, Toronto, Canada, there is a number of possible health problems with the use of fluoride because it is in an artificial form. As I have been focusing on brain [...]
By now, you may have heard about Vitamin D3 or read a ton of information on the health benefits of having optimum levels of Vitamin D (calciferol) or specifically Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). It is crazy to think we have to read all this information when we can just apply some common sense. For others, you [...]
