Tag Archives Health sciences
How can you tame a sweet tooth?
Prairie Fare: New and improved Two-Ingredient Lemon Bars
Dietary guidelines shouldn’t place limits on total fat intake
Limits have no basis in science and contribute to bad consumer choices
Feast your eyes on eggs
Prairie Fare: A recipe for Egg Muffins
How much protein do you need?
Prairie Fare: Slow-Cooker-Shredded Salsa Chicken Tacos
Editorial: Have an omelette — cooked in butter
Drop those extra pounds – sensibly
Recipe Swap: Tried and True Minestrone, and Lentil Calzones
New eating plan is a Mediterranean Diet for the Prairies, say developers
The Pure Prairie Eating Plan, developed at the University of Alberta is built around the traditions, foods and geographies of the Prairies
Province promises long-overdue update of home economics curriculum
Curricula used to teach classes such as family studies and foods and nutrition in Manitoba schools has remained unchanged since the late 1980s
Manitoba home economists are applauding a provincial plan to give the home economics curriculum a long-overdue update. The current one is 25 years old, said Alison Delf-Timmerman, a board member of the Manitoba Association of Home Economists, which has been asking the province to freshen up the curriculum. “It definitely needs updating,” she said.“We’re very
New report says improved food literacy key to a healthier life
Conference Board of Canada says too many people can’t understand nutrition labels, make a meal in their kitchen, or stick to a food budget to reduce waste
Improved food literacy would improve the health of Canadian adults and children, says a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. The number of books, television programs and websites dedicated to food — not to mention diets — continue to multiply, but our understanding of food isn’t necessarily getting better, says the 46-page report.Fruit flies fed organic diets are healthier
Fruit flies raised on diets based on organic foods performed better on a variety of health tests, including fertility and longevity
Researchers aren’t sure why, but fruit flies fed organic fruits and vegetables in a laboratory study lived longer and produced more offspring than flies fed a non-organic diet. The study from the lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, found that fruit flies raised on diets of organic foods performed better