Australian Firm Adds Okra To Build A Better Burger

An Australia-listed company said Nov. 8 it plans to make burgers, chips and other items sold by the country s leading locally owned fast-food operator up to 40 per cent healthier, using the humble okra vegetable and other natural ingredients. Holista Colltech will develop and use the proprietary ingredients for an exclusive period of two

Be Good To Your Heart

Your beating heart is a fist-sized pumping system with four valves and four chambers. Various blood vessels carry blood to and from the heart. It circulates blood to every cell in your body as it pumps an average of 100,000 times per day. The pumping action carries oxygen and nutrients that we need to stay


Diabetes A Heavy Burden On Economy, Report Says

“Those two factors (diet and lifestyle) we see as critical to saving dollars within the health-care system and reducing the impact diabetes has on Canadians.” – JEREMY BRACE, NATIONAL MEDI A MANAGER FOR THE CDA Rising numbers of Canadians annually diagnosed with diabetes will cost the economy as much as $17 billion by 2020, according

Pulses Help Prevent Disease

You don’t need to eat a lot of beans to benefit from their nutritional qualities, research released at a recent health symposium here shows. Results of six clinical research trials released at Pulse Canada’s second annual food and health symposium show pulses’ can help ward off a range of chronic diseases. Regular consumption of pulses


CALLING ALL RECIPE USERS

CHICKPEA AND CRANBERRY COUSCOUS SALAD 2-1/2 c. chicken stock 1/2 tsp. turmeric 1/2 tsp. ginger 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 2 c. couscous 1 c. dried cranberries 1 medium zucchini, diced 2 carrots, peeled and diced 3 green onions, chopped 2 c. cooked chickpeas (or 1 19-oz./540-ml can) drained and rinsed 1/4 c. canola oil, divided 1/4