Kitchen makeover
Out with the old and in with healthier options!
The words‘healthy diet’ conjure images of deprivation and denial, but it really isn’t that way! Creating a healthy menu starts with stocking your kitchen
to have nutritional choices on hand.
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Getting Kids to eat healthy
Feeding children healthy can be daunting. As a mother of two very active, hungry boys I learned in the ‘trenches’. Serious health issues for my boys had me take a closer look at our overall lifestyle, including how we ate.   
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Healthy sin foods
Decadence without guilt
When you hear the term ‘healthy sin foods’, you likely think, “How is that possible? How can foods that taste so delectable and rich be good for you?” As you’ll discover, with a few simple nutritional tricks there’s a variety of foods and recipes that are incredibly nutritious, delicious, and can even help you lose weight!
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Cold comfort: 
A new take on old food favourites
While you might rather be without the cold, this weather prompts the cracking open of cookbooks to the well-worn pages of favourite foods. Update recipes with healthier alternatives for comfort foods from around the world.
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A healthy lunch is in the bag
Autumn gives us a renewed focus on the quality of lunches we make for the kids or take to work. And this year in particular, you’re likely looking more closely at your choices at the grocery store. Try these tasty, healthy solutions to save your sanity... and your money.
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The balanced vegetarian
There are as many reasons for adopting a vegetarian lifestyle as there are vegetarians. For some, the decision is spiritual, while others are motivated by the health benefits of a meatless diet.
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Light, easy summer living
by Dana McCauley
Annabelle* loathes September, not because it’s back to school or back to routine time, but because she relives the same depression each year.
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Stay active. Eat like a champion.
The theme for Dietitians of Canada’s Nutrition Month® in March
To help make the campaign for this Nutrition Month® ‘real’ for Canadians, we’ve asked a dietitian to provide some practical suggestions around everyday nutrition to enhance your active living style.
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Creative culinary passion
with Chef Patrick Louch
As the Executive Chef at the Delta Rocky Crest Resort on Lake Joseph in Ontario for the last 8 years, Louch has tantalized the taste buds of thousands of gourmands.
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Energy bars:
power foods or candy bars?
You’ve heard it before: eat midday snacks to boost flagging energy and keep hunger at bay. But with jam-packed, hectic schedules, who has time for veggies and hummus or a homemade smoothie?
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Finding your cup of tea
Second only to water, tea is the world’s most consumed drink, and Canadians enjoy almost 9 billion cups a year. It’s no wonder. Besides allowing us to slow down and take a break, your cuppa tea is chock-full of health benefits.
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Classified as superfoods: but are they? 
Is it possible that tiny little red Himalayan berries or seaweed could be the answer to some of your health ailments? These 'newly' discovered 'superfoods' have been around for thousands of years. While a number of health and food gurus tout their benefits, for many 'superfoods' there's little scientific research to back the marketing claims.
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The breakfast challenge 
Breakfast at work: Success on the job involves proper training, aptitude and motivation. If you’re falling short in the motivation department, it might be time to re-evaluate your breakfast strategy.
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Changing food for the health of it
One of the easiest ways to be proactive about your health is to eat a balanced diet consisting of a variety of foods. To boost your success, make recipes healthier by reducing ingredients like sugar, replacing fats and boosting your nutrient intake with a few simple substitutions.
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Healthy snacking for growing bodies
Fast food and packaged meals have become a way of life for many busy families. This type of convenient eating comes with a high price: childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes are on the rise. Brenda Bradshaw and Dr. Cheryl Mutch have co-authored the book The Good Food Book for Families. 
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Nectar of the gods
Healthy Water
Water covers over 70% of the Earth, and makes up 70% of our bodies. Next to oxygen, water is the single most important substance your body needs to survive. Yet we often don’t give the quality of our water a second thought.
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The Eat Clean Diet for Energy and Health
Even if you’ve spent the winter hibernating and hoarding food, it’s not too late to start on a path to a healthier, leaner you. Tosca Reno, best selling author of The Eat Clean Diet, shares her fat-to-fabulous success story.
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Baby’s First Year
The ABCs of feeding
The first year of your baby’s life is one of the most precious and critical times of development, which can and should be an exciting adventure for you both. From developing healthy sleep patterns to hitting a variety of milestones – your little one’s growth and advancements are nothing short of miraculous.
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Understanding Health Check™
In this day and age, it is almost impossible to avoid the multitude of messages about healthy eating. They’re everywhere – in magazines, on the air-waves, in our grocery stores, and in our children’s schools – and they’re not just about losing weight to look good.
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Beat Down the Heat with Summer Cooking
Sandi Richard, three time award-winning host of Fixing Dinner on Food Network and Life Network, author of the best-selling series, Cooking for the Rushed, reveals her summer cooking secrets with you. Summer is at our doorstep and along with it a bazillion ways to decorate the yard, grill your food, plant your garden…well, you know!
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Burn Fat Using Food
You know that regularly indulging in high-calorie, high-fat treats like a cream-filled chocolate covered donut isn’t going to help you fit into your ‘thin’ clothes. But, did you know that certain foods boost your ability to burn unwanted fat?
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Grocery Cart Etiquette
A shopper’s guide to a healthy checkout.
I always watch with interest as the shopper in front of me at the grocery checkout lays down their purchases. While others are adding up prices, I’m likely calculating nutrient content!
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Start Me Up
Breakfast, the most important meal for the rest of your life.
When babies come into the world, parents do their best to give them a good start. After weaning, we take the time to introduce foods slowly to be sure their little tummies can digest the new additions. We make sure they get their fruits and veggies, and we learn along the way that one of the best methods for keeping a child tantrum-free is to offer nutritious snacks throughout the day.
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The Carbohydrate Conundrum
Like fashion trends, fad diets come and go but one that’s had a significant, long-lasting impact on the dietary habits of North Americans is the low-carb craze. The concept of cutting carbs for weight loss has been around for decades however it’s been in the past ten years that this approach has skyrocketed to fame.
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The Fuss About Fat
High-fat, low-fat, no-fat, trans-fat, good fat, bad fat. Seriously, it’s enough to make your head spin. Despite how Dr. Seuss-like the list of fats may seem, getting a handle on them will help you to look and feel younger, healthier, and more energetic.
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The Raw Truth
The new trend in eating raw.
”Eating healthy.” What comes to mind when you hear these words? “Boring?” “Tasteless?” You’re not alone. A few years ago, eating the recommended five servings of fruit and veggies a day was tedious for me. I lived a lavish and glamorous lifestyle, traveling the world, wearing designer clothes and dining at the best restaurants. 
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Think Outside the Lunch Box
Healthy lunch choices fo all ages.
Most Canadians begin each workday with the same challenge, “What am I going to pack for lunch today?” While grabbing a ready-made meal may seem like the easier route, taking the time and effort to pack a healthy lunch will not only help fuel your body throughout the afternoon but also help reduce overeating and snacking in the evening.
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What Grade Do You Run On?
Hi-octane and low octane foods.
Eating the wrong foods could mean you’re running on empty. You slept through the alarm again - second time this week. Now there’s only 20 minutes to shower, eat and leave. You’re out the door in record time, minus breakfast once again.
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Feed Your Hungry Brain
How healthy is your brain? Do you flex your ‘brain muscles’? Do you know what kind of nutrition your brain needs? Don’t wait for your brain to start misbehaving before you give it some attention. Although it operates like one, your brain is not a computer. It needs to be fed. This hungry organ lets you learn, focus, consider and concentrate, and don’t forget your memory! How can you feed your brain to keep it healthy and functioning, for life?
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The Big “O”
Searching for the body electric in the organics aisle.
At the Whole Foods Market in shishi Hazelton Lanes in Toronto, women in designer outfits glide down gleaming aisles artfully stocked with the finest products money can buy. Across town Gracey and her husband get their “fix” delivered weekly right to their front door – and they’re willing to pay top dollar for the privilege.
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Get the Saturated Fat Out
After delivering countless seminars to corporations, special interest groups and various consumer health and anti-aging shows, I’ve realized most people are truly unaware of the damaging effects of saturated fat on the development of heart and vascular diseases. Let’s set the record straight!
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