A Look At Emotional Eating, part 1 by Aubin Parrish Emotional eating is an experience shared by many. It’s probably safe to say that most people have engaged at some point in what would be considered emotional eating, but there are many degrees of this behavior, and perhaps not many people have closely examined the […]
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6 New Year’s Tips That Don’t Suck
Here are some simple tips and insights to help you have a great new year: Personality: To believe in your own identity, it needs to be proven firstly to yourself. It’s hard to stick to new habits because we try to achieve goals without first changing our identity. There are steps that we can take […]
Obesity – How the Media Misleads You
Here are some news headlines reporting on a study published earlier this week: “Can you be obese and ‘healthy’? Study says no” – FOX News “Healthy and overweight is a myth, study suggests” – BBC News “No ‘healthy pattern of obesity,’ review finds” – CBC News Those headlines are certainly compelling, but as a […]
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Tell a lie, get fans. Expose a lie, people hate you. That’s the way it works on the internet. If you read my blog regularly or follow me on social media, you may have noticed that I enjoy debunking popular diet ideas. Typically, only a few people come after me for it, trying to defend […]
Audio Ammunition
Words matter. Definitions matter. In the world of health, fitness, diet and nutrition, words get misused and definitions get twisted. Often. For example: toxic, clean, poison, superfood, addictive, cure, carbs, sugar. These are just a few loaded words that are very emotionally charged, and they’re used frequently in conversations about food. Their definitions can change […]