carbs

This is How to Determine the Best Balance of Fats and Carbs

October 26, 2019 Alex Kozovski

What exactly is the perfect amount of fats and carbohydrates to combine for a healthy diet? Researchers from McMaster University in Canada poured over food data from more than 135,000 people in 18 countries around the world to answer that…

Living

This Popular Diet Could Be Negatively Affecting Your Health

June 5, 2018 Alex Kozovski

Cutting carbs and low-carb diets are all the rage when it comes to weight loss these days – but it may not be having the effect most assume it does. Low-carb diets, or ketogenic diets, not only leaves you feeling…

Nutrition

Trying to Cut Extra Weight? Lose Lectins, Not Carbs

May 26, 2018 Alex Kozovski

One day it’s carbs, the next it’s gluten, and then it’s dairy…what’s next, avocados? When it comes to weight loss, the diet industry rarely has nothing to point the finger to. The latest suspect? Lectins. Lightheartedly labelled ‘the next gluten’…

Nutrition

Fitness Food: The Right Way to Prepare for Exercise

March 21, 2018 Alex Kozovski

If you need energy to exercise, and energy comes from food, then what you’re fueling your body with will determine how efficient and effective your exercise is. Sue Travis, RD, PhD, of the division of nutritional sciences at Cornell University…

Nutrition

Are You Addicted to Carbs? Here’s How to Break the Cycle

July 20, 2017 Victoria Simpson

Freeing yourself from carb-overload is easier said than done but eating more often, drinking more water and searching for a bit of fat can all help. If I reach for one more cracker before dinner I’m going to have a…

Health

Top 4 Ways to Order a Healthy Brunch

February 29, 2016 Alex Kozovski

If you’re going out for Sunday brunch, you want to make the most of it. After all, how many times do you go out for brunch during the week? Its typically a one-shot deal, so you need to be prepared…