Fit Fare

As much as we are more likely to crack open the champagne and celebrate a new year on January 1st, for most of us, September is really the start of “the new year”. The kids go back to school, activities such as volunteering, evening classes and theatre seasons start again, and up here in Canuckistan, […]

The typical American school lunch, the pizza pocket, chili cheese nacho, tater tots, sloppy Joe kind of school lunch, is still served up daily to the vast majority of our nation’s children. In other schools, lunch is actually sold on campus by Burger King or the Kentucky Colonel. Either way, the meals that […]

While the words “School Lunch” seem to be cropping up left and right these days, along with oblique references to childhood obesity and soda bans, very few seem to really know what the issues are or why there is a problem.
In order to understand what is really going on, I decided to start at the […]

Well folks, I spent the last week attempting to follow the Raw Food Diet. I cannot say that I stuck to the diet 100%….IT WAS HARD. However, I did stick to it about 70%. I guess that means I get a D? That being said, I am so glad that […]

In order to prepare for my attempt to “eat raw” for a week, I started with a shopping trip. Fresh fruits and vegetables were the basis of my shopping list, but I knew I had to come up with some other options. I just couldn’t seem to picture eating a smoothie for breakfast, […]

All things are fine… in moderation.
How often have we heard that phrase in regards to health and dieting? But what does it really mean? Experts tout a “balanced diet”, which, in theory, offers a bit of wiggle room for an occasional piece of cake, but what they really mean by “balanced” is choosing a variety […]

Denial – not just a river in Egypt.
A recent study of obese adults indicated that 75% of them claim to have healthy eating habits, while 40% claim to exercise vigorously 3 or more times a week. Doctors are not sure whether the study participants are in denial, or if they simply don’t know what constitutes […]

Sometimes we all need a quick breather. You know, the kind where you get away from your daily demands and have an opportunity to take a few cleansing breaths. Ok. Maybe more than a few.
First let me define by what I mean by ‘getaway’. A getaway isn’t quite a vacation. It happens over the course […]

Business travel can seem like a never-ending stream of airport food, mediocre buffets, snack breaks with soggy pastries, and hotel vending machines. Like everything else about healthy eating, sometimes the smarter options don’t immediately present themselves, but they can be found if you try hard enough. Let us walk through a typical day […]

I want you to find the nearest bag of potato chips. Hint - if you can reach it without leaving your computer chair, that’s a bad thing. Now, read the ingredients list. Unless your potato chips are the super-swank high-end organic kind, I’d bet dollars to donuts that somewhere in that list is either vegetable […]