Weight Down Living

“I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

– Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, upon learning of the success of the attack on #PearlHarbor

This article was published in the November 2018 edition of NHD Magazine.

Toddlerhood (between one and three years old) is a time of rapid growth and development.

Malnutrition during these early years can lead to stunted growth, and problems with behavioural developm...

Health authorities have told us to eat more carbohydrates – “healthy whole grains” – for the past several decades, as a benign alternative to allegedly deadly saturated fat. Their story is now unraveling, as recent and divergent lines of evidence point to carbohydrates as detrimental to lifespan and healthspan. In this article we’ll look at the evidence that dietary carbohydrates inc...

Pain in your mouth can make the joy of eating disappear – especially if the pain seems to get worse right as you’re about to eat.

The results of a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggested that a healthy diet does not reduce dementia risk.

These findings contradict earlier studies which concluded that a healthy diet red...