Media Reporting of Nutrition Research The media has a tremendous influence on our health decisions, and unfortunately good health and science reporting is often overshadowed by attention-grabbing headlines. Nutrition and health studies are quite popular in the news media, and often poorly reported. The general public does not have a good understanding of the scientific process, research design, […]
Author Archives: Sheila Kealey
Fats vs Carbs: Clarifying Conspiracies, Controversies, and Confusion
Are you confused about how much fat you should eat? You have good reason! Many journalists and “internet experts” skillfully weave convincing stories about a large body of research. We are often told to ignore academic experts and decades of nutrition research. What’s going on here? A recent example is journalist Ian Leslie’s “The Sugar […]
Canadian Ski Nationals in Whitehorse
While most people escaped winter and travelled to warm places over March break, I went to find more snow and high level cross country ski racing! This year’s Canadian Cross Country Ski championships where held in Whitehorse, Yukon (aptly called Canada’s wilderness city). The Whitehorse Ski Community The Whitehorse Cross-Country Ski Club is impressive, and a good example […]
Rich Hot Chocolate
Hot chocolate can be a healthful drink if you make it right. As I reviewed here, cocoa is rich in flavanols, compounds that can make blood vessels more flexible and able to expand. This circulatory system influence seems to have far-reaching health benefits: over the last decade an impressive body of research has linked cocoa […]