Category: Canada
Vancouver Gets Friendly with its Food Trucks
| January 20, 2012 | Posted by Alex under Canada, Meal Delivery |
The city of Vancouver is one of, if not the only, place in Canada where one can go and chow down at a roaming food vendor.
Known especially for it’s diversity of flavour filled ethnic recipes, the city has decided its time to host a couple of competitions to show their support for the vendors. (more…)
Canadian Food Trends for 2012
| January 19, 2012 | Posted by Alex under Canada, Lifestyle |
A column of foodies recently got together and made some predictions for Canadian food and eating trends in 2012.
What sort of chow do they predict Canadians will start enjoying more of this coming year? Find out!
Junk Food at Schools Not Contributing to Children’s Obesity?
| January 18, 2012 | Posted by Alex under Canada, Lifestyle |
A new study suggests that too much emphasis is being placed on children’s dietary habits at school and not enough is being placed on what they do elsewhere.
But does this mean that junk food being served at school cafeterias is off the hook? Not exactly.
Obesity is now a Dirty Word
| January 11, 2012 | Posted by Alex under Canada, Lifestyle |
According to a new study which examined how patients perceive a variety of words related to weight problems, patients almost unanimously felt disdain for the term “obesity”, ranking it just behind “fatness” in terms of being derivative.
Doctors in turn are being urged to refrain from using “obesity”, even though it is medical in nature, when describing a patients condition. (more…)
Canadian Food Guide Recommendations for a Healthy New Year
| January 3, 2012 | Posted by Alex under Canada, Lifestyle |
With the New Year here, the Canadian Food Guide is offering some eating tips for a healthy diet this year.
As always, when reading these suggestions remember to keep your portions in check and try to avoid unhealthy cooking techniques like deep frying. It might taste great, but it adds unwanted fats and oils. (more…)
White Christmas After All
| December 23, 2011 | Posted by Alex under Canada |
Well folks, after this morning’s nice little snowfall, it looks like we might be having that “white Christmas” after all.
I suppose it wouldn’t really be the holidays without the snow anyways. (more…)
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