Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%

Published: 27 February 2024

The latest Canada’s Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet,...

The other paleo diet: Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal

Published: 21 December 2022

Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards – and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient...

Narwal tusks reveal mercury exposure related to climate change

Published: 31 March 2021

“Our research shows that climate change is having substantial impacts on Arctic ecosystems, with consequences for exposure to toxic pollutants like mercury,” says co-author Jean-Pierre Desforges, a...

Narwhal tusks reveal mercury exposure related to climate change

Published: 29 March 2021

In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwhals. Studying the animals’ tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the...

Food is Medicine: Ask the Expert

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:00to13:00

As March is Nutrition Month, the Jewish General Hospital is organizing Food is Medicine: Ask the Expert where you can ask any food and nutrition questions to the following experts:Jewish General...

Mindfulness training shows promise for maintaining weight loss

Published: 23 November 2017

Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?  McGill University researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away...

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