Be Patient With Picky Eaters

Families play an important role when it comes to food and eating. Families not only provide food for children, but they lay the groundwork for a child’s future eating patterns. Parents and siblings can be positive role models when they eat a variety of foods. Forcing children to eat foods or to clean their plates

Make Mealtime Family Time For A Healthy Heart

Heart and Stroke Foundat ion of Manitoba (HSFM) nutrition managers are encouraging Manitobans to eat together as a family as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle. Healthy eating plays a vital role in the prevention of heart disease and stroke. Studies show that children who sit down to eat dinner with their families tend to eat


Lack Of Vitamin B12 Can Be Debilitating

I always felt that as long as I ate a balanced diet, I did not need to take any additional vitamins. I was forced to change my thinking about this in recent years. It started when I began to feel constantly tired. The problem became so strong that simple day-to-day work left me exhausted, even



Sneak Peek At BMP Testing In Manitoba

“We need researchers and practitioners to work together to develop and demonstrate practical BMPs.” – Don Flaten Does off-stream watering of cattle and the use of vegetative buffer strips actually help improve water quality in Manitoba? Preliminary answers to those questions were revealed at the MCDA annual convention in early December, based on studies of

Treat Your Body As Well As You Do Your Vehicle

Just like our vehicles, we need to do a little maintenance on our bodies. As with cars, we need good fuel to keep ourselves running efficiently. For us, “premium” fuel includes whole grains, lean protein, calcium-rich, low-fat dairy, and plenty of fruits and vegetables. Take care of your “engine.” Obesity, poor diet, smoking, lack of


Pulse Paper Proposes Diet For A Healthier Planet

Give Peas a Chance The case for more pulses in the field and on the plate Obesity afflicts the poor. Greenhouse gases are rising in the atmosphere. The hungry of the world need more food, while the overfed need cures from diet-related diseases. The pulse industry has proposed a solution – Give Peas a Chance.



Functional Food Business A Tough Sell

“I think we’ll all say that the commercialization piece has been the slowest to happen.” – LEE ANNE MURPHY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE MANITOBA AGRI-HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK (MAHRN) Scott Sigvaldason sold part of the family’s 106-year-old farm, rented out the rest and invested about $800,000 of his own money to develop a product that could provide

What Is The Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network?

The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is a special operating agency of the Manitoba government and is involved in the development of grains and oil-seeds, fruits, vegetables, meat and bakery products for the supermarket shelf, as well as agricultural products for health. The FDC operates under a licence from the Canadian Food Inspection