Nicole spoke with the CBC's Ian Hanomansing (and she got to bring her son!) about the plethora of processed foods touting higher protein levels: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6892673 It would be easy to think that you are short on protein if you are on social media or based on the huge increase in protein-enriched processed foods available in grocery stores and fast food outlets. However, Canada does not identify protein as a nutrient of concern, meaning that most pe

It is so common for parents to feel concern over what foods are eaten or not eaten by their children. From the moment of conception, health care professionals are monitoring weight and growth and this can place a lot of pressure on parents to optimally nourish their child. To make matters more challenging, it is very common for children to be selective about what they eat, with ever-changing likes and dislikes, as well as neophobia or fear of new things. As parents and careg

Embrace your inner cookie monster. Food does not have moral value, it is neither good nor bad. However we often feel bad when we eat certain foods and the list of these continues to grow as we hear conflicting messages on social media or from friends and family. Fifteen years ago, a gluten-free diet was only for the 1% of the population that has celiac disease, an auto-immune condition that causes the body to attack itself and damage the intestinal cells when gluten is presen