07 December 2011 by Richelle McCullough
Image credit: B Tal Near my house in Winnipeg, there’s a summertime Farmer’s Market that I used to go to every weekend to buy fresh local fruits, vegetables and honey. I grew up in rural farming communities and come from a long line of farmers, so I like supporting the little guys who still run family [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, Prairies15 Comments
24 November 2011 by Scott Gavura
I have skeptical confession to make. I was once a panacea-seeking antioxidant-taker. As background, I’m a marathon runner and occasional triathlete. Several years ago, I was training for an Ironman triathlon, and banking 20+ hours of intense exercise per week. That may sound absurd to many (it does to me, now that I have kids) [...]
Posted in Diet and Nutrition, Health3 Comments
30 August 2011 by Marion Kilgour
Recently, I stopped adding salt to my water for cooking pasta. I had always been told by my mother that adding salt makes the water boil faster…but everything seemed to be taking the same amount of time. This seemed like something I hadn’t thought about before but could now easily apply some critical thinking to. [...]
Posted in Critical Thinking, Diet and Nutrition, Science14 Comments
16 August 2011 by Scott Gavura
It’s the lazy days of summer, folks. We’re thinking skeptically, but let’s just say we’ve been, well, distracted. Here’s what we’ve been reading, dockside. Homeopathy Homeopathic manufacturer Boiron is threatening to sue an Italian blogger regarding the homeopathic remedy Oscillococcinum, claiming posts are “defamatory” Here’s his blog, translated into English. In yet another example [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, Probability and Statistics, Skepticism2 Comments
10 May 2011 by Erik Davis
OK, so maybe they don’t. In fact, everyone was pretty civil in the comments to my nutritionist series last month, and I’d like to thank all the commenters for that…it doesn’t always happen in the blogosphere. I recognize that I ruffled some feathers, and now that the dust has settled, I wanted to address some [...]
Posted in Canada, Diet and Nutrition, Health, Skepticism32 Comments
28 April 2011 by Erik Davis
Many years ago — seems like a lifetime ago now — my daughter was born with a low birth weight. Although at 38 weeks and otherwise healthy, she entered this world a scrawny 4 lbs 14 oz, and the first months of her life were spent hovering around the 3rd percentile of the weight charts. [...]
Posted in Canada, Diet and Nutrition, Health, Skepticism89 Comments
27 April 2011 by Erik Davis
In the first part of this series, we took a look at several of the organizations that confer non-established accreditation on graduates of the various nutritionist programs in Canada. We saw how the schools themselves will invent official-sounding organizations to hand out official-sounding designations for what are essentially local diplomas. We saw how third parties [...]
Posted in Canada, Diet and Nutrition, Health, Skepticism6 Comments
26 April 2011 by Erik Davis
The team of nutritionists at D’avignon Digestive Health Centre on Danforth Avenue in Toronto are an impressive bunch — just consider their qualifications: Louise Comtois – CNP, RNCP, Colon Therapist Heidi Horowitz – CNP, RNCP, Live Cell Analyst Marnie Ryan – CNP, Colon Therapist Natasha Audette – RHN, Colon Therapist Jane Sloan – CNP, NNCP, [...]
Posted in Canada, Diet and Nutrition, Health, Skepticism10 Comments
24 January 2011 by Erik Davis
I came down with a nasty cold before the holidays – so bad that I briefly thought I had the flu, and was cursing myself for having waited so long to get the flu shot, which I’d received just before the symptoms began. Amidst all the sniffling and groaning and self-pitying, it occurred to me [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, Health, Medical Conditions, Medicinal Advertising, Skepticism, Vaccines27 Comments
29 November 2010 by Mitchell Gerskup
This will probably be my last year attending the Whole Life Expo. Last year, I had a lot of fun, took some great photos, tried some foods (some great; some not-so great) and learned a lot about the field of alternative health and its practitioners. This year, if I had to sum up my experience [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, Events, Medicinal Advertising, Ontario, Pseudoscience6 Comments
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