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VIDEO: Conversations That Matter, with Stuart McNish

Conversations That Matter, with Stuart McNish Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue presents Conversations That Matter. [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”O_MSTJdwDAE?rel=0″ width=”640″ height=”480″ anchor=”http://aileenburfordmason.ca/wp-content/uploads/Conversation-That-Matter-with-Stuart-McNish-sml1.jpg”]

VIDEO: Combatting Dementia: Feed Your Brain

Combatting Dementia: Feed Your Brain The Agenda welcomes Aileen Burford-Mason to discuss her book, “The Healthy Brain,” and the idea that nutrition can help stave off such diseases as Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Weight and Health, Alternatives to Ozempic #2

Struggling with weight is a challenge that many of us can relate to. The desire to shed those extra pounds, improve our health, and enhance our overall well-being often leads us down various paths in search of effective solutions, some of them healthy, some of them risky and almost all of them difficult to sustain.

In this issue of The New Nutrition Newsletter I focus on the latest hot topic in the world of weight control – ground-breaking medications like Ozempic that have emerged as potential game-changers in the battle against obesity. What are they? How do they work, and can we mimic their effect naturally, using diet rather than drugs?

How to Swallow Vitamins

Swallowing vitamins as well as medications in pill form can be hard for some individuals. Children in particular often baulk at taking anything but liquid or chewable forms of vitamins, and even those may be rejected if the taste is not to their liking.

Take D with dinner ?

If you are taking vitamin D supplements does it matter how and when you take your pills or drops? Recent research suggests yes: Take them with the largest meal of the day. And for most of us, that’s dinner. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Bone Clinic wondered why it was that some of the patients … Read more

Who knew? Champagne is good for you!

Long known as a celebratory drink or the party drink of the rich and famous, champagne is rarely a daily indulgence.  So, unlike red wine, which in some Mediterranean countries is a regular part of diet, and which has been shown to positively impact heart health, champagne consumption has not up to now been studied to see if it too might have beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD). A new study from the University of Reading in the UK, and researcher in Reims, France aims to change that.