An Amazing Piano Playing Pooch

Today's Funny Friday has a pooch that reminds me of my skills both as a pianist and a singer.

Have a great weekend!

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Niftyfare Serves Allergy Friendly Foods with Artisan Flare

If you’ve ever known someone who had food allergies or you’ve suffered from food intolerances yourself, you know how much of a task it can be to find allergy-friendly foods that you can feel good about eating. It seems the number of people with food allergies has been on the rise in recent years. According [...]

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7 Ways to Pimp Your Pancake

I’ve loved pancakes for what seems like forever and have held them in high esteem as my favorite breakfast ever since I was a kid. Perhaps that’s the reason they were the only item my mom could make – besides brown sugar cinnamon Pop Tarts – that was able to lure me out of bed [...]

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Multivitamins prevent cancer (maybe), sell supplements (definitely)

According to a new study in JAMA, multivitamins might reduce the risk of some cancers, although not by much.

But even a tiny benefit, restricted to skin cancers in healthy male doctors—but not prostate cancers, alas—is good news for the supplement industry.  Supplement sellers are eager to make sure you don’t miss this research.

The study results came out on October 18.  Pfizer, the maker of the Centrum Silver pills used in the study, placed this ad in the New York Times on October 19:

But that’s not all.  CVS pharmacy sent me this personal e-mail message:

Pfizer, of course, could not be happier.

Why do I think this is about marketing, not public health?

Source: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2012/10/multivitamins-prevent-cancer-maybe-sell-supplements-definitely/

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Lose Weight in 2 Weeks After Childbirth

Lose weight in two weeks after pregnancy! Are you kidding me, who wouldn’t want that? Don’t get me wrong, child birth is an amazing event. For nine or so months, your body is going through beautiful changes. You’re filling out in places that you didn’t know you had and things are looking rather nice. Then you go through a few hours of intense labor and the next thing you know, you are looking down at your bundle of joy. Congratulations!

After a while though your next thought is “how the heck am I going to lose this weight!” or “I hate the way my body looks”. You then break out the over-sized clothing to cover those parts you want to avoid. For some of you ladies, perhaps you’re carrying baby weight but your baby is grown, yikes! This article will provide a few very doable tips for effective weight loss in 2 weeks after pregnancy or for some of you, years after your pregnancy.

Make yourself a priority

The first thing you should do is make it a priority. Now those may be fighting words to some. “What do you mean, make it a priority? I have a baby to take care of”. Yes I understand that and that’s exactly why you should make it a priority. Women are notorious for placing themselves on the bottom of their “to do” list and often times their not on there at all. Things don’t become dynamic until they become specific.

Get Active

Now that you’ve made losing weight a priority, consult with your physician and pick an activity that you will enjoy. You can start out walking especially if you haven’t worked out in a while. Walking is great and you can do it with your baby. My top pick is belly dancing even for beginners. Belly dancing is a fantastic and sensuous workout that will get you burning serious calories. You can either find a class which will allow you to get some “Me” in addition to your workout or you can follow along to a dvd at home.

Get Some Rest

Sleep when your baby sleeps. Has anyone told you that? You may be tempted to over look this piece of advice but let me tell you that the dishes and laundry will get done when they get done. When that baby of yours is lying down to rest, that is your cue to lie down and rest. Sleep is essential for your body to function both physically and mentally and is an integral part of your weight loss plan.

Good Eats

The third thing you should do is make sure you are eating well. You may have distant memories of eating an entire pizza, pints of Caribbean coconut ice cream or a bucket of fried chicken…maybe that was just me? I understand the irrational cravings during pregnancy. However, if you want to lose weight in 2 weeks after pregnancy then you need to eat small portions of nutritious meals. Quinoa is a highly nutritious grain that can be made in large quantities and stored for quick access and can be paired with just about any protein.

Fat Burning and Cleansing System

If you want to lose weight 2 weeks after childbirth then you should rid your body of toxins that have been building up for years. Where do the toxins come from? Everywhere! The air you breathe, the water you drink, your cleaning products, even the foods you eat. A toxic body cannot function at its optimal level and will hold on to weight. Some people see or hear the words “cleanse” and they usually think colonic, well that’s not at all what I mean. With a fat burning and cleansing system you are still eating food, flooding it with nutrients but you are also flushing your body to help it get rid of toxins.

Can you lose weight in 2 weeks after pregnancy? Yes, the thing to keep in mind is that everybody is different and so you can’t compare one person’s weight loss to the results that you want to see. Don’t be hard on yourself and don’t have unrealistic goals. What’s most important is that you are healthy and if you are consistent, the weight loss will happen over time.

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“You’re My Cardio. You Get My Heart Racing.”

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YMCA Stepping Up for Health in Ottawa

I have to admit it, when we were first approached by the YMCA here in Ottawa to discuss a partnership I wasn't too sure. For whatever reason I associated the YMCA with for lack of a better descriptor - discount fitness.

Boy was I shocked when I actually popped by.

The facilities were spectacular, truly top-rate equipment, clean, spacious and most importantly, welcoming.

The YMCA isn't like some other fitness facilities - it's terrifically inclusive and doesn't give off the elitist vibe that some gyms might.  Amazingly too, the YMCA is truly for everyone in that there's no such thing as not being able to afford it as they have the means to assess need, and if need be, offer their services freely.

I blogged a few weeks ago about the incredible free program the Y is offering Grade 6 students.  Today I'd like to highlight the exercise prescription pads they whipped up for us. Simply put, they're prescription pads that can be used by any health care provider to extend to their patient a one week free pass to the Y. No strings. No obligations. And they created the program and pads consequent to a simple discussion with us where we suggested they might be useful to local physicians.

We'll be giving them out at our trenchtalks Ottawa event tomorrow, but if you're a health care provider in Ottawa and you'd like a pad or two for your practice, just give our front desk a call at 613-730-0264, or pop by our office.

Thanks YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region!

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What About Type 1 Diabetes?

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Did the OMA Go Too Far With its Childhood Obesity Recommendations?

The uproar has been furious. Literally.

And I certainly understand why. But it's not because the Ontario Medial Association (OMA) went too far, it's because the OMA lost control of the message.

For readers who aren't aware, on Tuesday the OMA held a press conference where they outlined multiple initiatives that they hope if enacted, will help in preventing further increases in Canada's rates of childhood overweight and obesity, and perhaps even help to lower them.

The initiatives they recommended included (verbatim from press release):

• Increasing taxes on junk food and decreasing tax on healthy foods;
• Restricting marketing of fatty and sugary foods to children;
• Placement of graphic warning labels on pop and other high calorie foods with little to no nutritional value;
• Retail displays of high-sugar, high-fat foods to have information prominently placed advising consumer of the health risks; and
• Restricting the availability of sugary, low-nutritional value foods in sports and other recreational facilities that are frequented by young people.

The OMA's calls to action stemmed from what they described as "Lessons learned from anti-tobacco campaigns" where indeed the use of graphic imagery, taxation, retail display changes and advertising bans did have a tremendous collective impact on smoking rates.

The challenge would be in implementing these sorts of interventions without vilifying people with obesity - and it would indeed be a challenge, but not one that I think would be insurmountable. Moreover I think dealing with that challenge might serve society well in terms of truly exploring the stigma and bias faced by those with weight.

So could the OMA have simply left out "obesity" from this initiative altogether? After all, the consumption of the products targeted by this campaign are no less unhealthy for skinny folks than for fat ones. Could the OMA have simply focused on the fact that as a society and perhaps especially with our children, over the past 50 years or so, we've completely normalized the regular consumption of junk food, of highly processed boxed meals instead of cooking, of frequent meals out, of no-name fast food in school cafeterias, of chocolate-milk school milk programs, of pizza days, and at the same time created a Food Guide that specifically states juice is a fruit? I think that in an ideal world the campaign could have targeted those normalizations all by themselves, but in our real world, I don't think it would have garnered much attention or cultivated much discussion.

Putting the actual recommendations aside, what the OMA is really saying here is that we need to get off our collective asses and actually do something - because talking isn't getting us anywhere.  How and what we do is certainly up for debate, but losing sight of the need to start doing, of the need to formatively change the incredibly unhealthy landscape in which we raise our children, and instead exclusively focusing on whether or not the graphic imagery is a good plan, is missing the forest for the trees.

And that's definitely where the OMA struggled some. The media, and indeed even some of my colleagues, have latched onto this notion that the OMA is suggesting that obesity is the new tobacco. Ultimately I don't think that's the message they're promoting, but admittedly it was their backdrop and call to action. Actually reading through their materials, and speaking with the folks involved, I think their real message is that junk food, not obesity, is the new tobacco. That just like with tobacco we need to denormalize junk food's provision, marketing and consumption and that were we to start exploring recommendations like those they put forth, we'd be starting down that very important road of doing rather than simply sitting around and casually talking about it while our children suffer.

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Weekend Link Love

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You Need This Stupid Thing!

Yup, today's Funny Friday is every infomercial ever.

Have a great weekend!

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Last Chance To Join Me For trenchtalks Obesity 2012!

Just a quick heads up for those of you who might still be mulling over coming out to see me and some friends at trenchtalks Obesity 2012.

There are only 2 free STUDENT tickets left for Ottawa (enter STUDENT as the promo code), sadly none left in Toronto (still room in Montreal) - please bring your valid student ID to the talks.

More importantly - the ticket office closes Sunday night as we need to provide the hotels with final numbers.

University faculty interested in coming can email me via gmail (yonifreedhoff) from their University affiliated email account and I'll send back the discount code for a half price ticket.

Group sales, buy 3 get one free with code 341

Registration for Ottawa (Wednesday October 10th) is here.
Registration for Montreal (Thursday October 11th) is here.
Registration for Toronto (Friday October 12th) is here.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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WTF? An Insane Parental "No" File from London's Children's Museum

Sigh.

That's exactly what I did when I opened the email that contained the photo up above (I think I may have swore too).

It was snapped just a few weeks ago in the London Children's Museum where for reasons I can't fathom they have a miniature McDonald's set up for kids to play in. Here's another shot that I found online:

So if you're a parent who's trying to limit your kids' exposures to fast food I guess you'll have to just say "No" and cross this museum off of your to visit list.

And while that's certainly something in every parent's power, can anyone out there explain to me WTF a mini McDonald's is doing inside a children's museum?

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