/channels/taxonomy/term/3735/all en /channels/channels/news/small-dietary-changes-can-cut-your-carbon-footprint-25-355698 <p>The latest <a href="https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/">Canada’s Food Guide</a> presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:05:30 +0000 webfull 198152 at /channels /channels/channels/news/other-paleo-diet-rare-discovery-dinosaur-remains-preserved-its-last-meal-344495 <p><i>Microraptor</i> was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards – and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:16:37 +0000 webfull 185553 at /channels /channels/channels/news/narwal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330149 <p>“Our research shows that climate change is having substantial impacts on Arctic ecosystems, with consequences for exposure to toxic pollutants like mercury,” says co-author <b>Jean-Pierre Desforges</b>, a Postdoctoral Fellow [NRS] at ƻ����Ժ under the supervision of <b>Nil Basu</b> [NRS/SHN] and <b>Melissa McKinney</b> [NRS].</p> <p><a href="/newsroom/channels/news/narwal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330059" target="_blank"><strong>ƻ����Ժ Newsroom</strong></a></p> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:38:52 +0000 webfull 169580 at /channels /channels/channels/news/narwhal-tusks-reveal-mercury-exposure-related-climate-change-330059 <p>In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwhals. Studying the animals’ tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the past half century in response to sea-ice decline. Human emissions have also led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in recent years, according to an international team of researchers.</p> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:20:29 +0000 webfull 169475 at /channels /channels/channels/event/food-medicine-ask-expert-320523 <p>As March is Nutrition Month, the Jewish General Hospital is organizing <strong>Food is Medicine: Ask the Expert </strong>where you can ask any food and nutrition questions to the following experts:</p> Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:43:02 +0000 webfull 158858 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mindfulness-training-shows-promise-maintaining-weight-loss-283028 <p>Can mindfulness training help overweight people shed pounds and keep them off?  ƻ����Ժ researchers surveyed the growing body of studies investigating that question, and came away encouraged.</p> <p>Kimberly Carrière, Bärbel Knäuper and Bassam Khoury examined 19 studies conducted over the past decade. Mindfulness interventions in these studies involved either formal meditation, informal mindfulness strategies that focused on eating activity, or some combination of these two approaches.</p> <p>The researchers found that:</p> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:29:30 +0000 webfull 133027 at /channels /channels/news/you-are-what-your-father-eats-231995 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:11:37 +0000 webfull 100290 at /channels /channels/news/tracking-eating-habits-promote-healthier-diets-233972 Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:55:38 +0000 webfull 101625 at /channels /channels/news/determining-effect-environmental-factors-mens-health-261169 &������;����;��&������;����;��&������;����;/��&������;����; Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:47:47 +0000 webfull 119177 at /channels