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Foods to Fight Stress

Tons of final exams or midterms? Some people reach for comfort foods to relieve their stress. This is called emotional eating. But most comfort foods (eg. donuts, chocolate, ice cream) may actually not help your stress l…
How Much Fat Should You Be Eating? + Walnut Stuffed Salmon

I am a member of Dietitians of Canada (DC). I'm not a dietitian yet, just a dietetic student! But as a member of this association, I receive e-mails and newsletters updating me with new research discoveries, coupons, hea…
Feeding your Feelings

This post is about whether you are feeding your feelings... or feeding yourself? I got this idea from Kachino. Thanks!! Emotional eating is any time you eat when you do not feel physically hungry. This includes eating ou…
Slimfast: Diet is DIE with a T

I need real food =.= I saw a post on healthkicker a while ago that claimed Slim-Fast was a great way to lose weight. I completely disagreed. But I thought it'd be unfair of me to bash a product I had never tried. So I pu…
Boob Foods

Unfortunately, many Asian girls are not very well-endowed in the chest department!!!! ...BOOI never complained about it when I was growing up. However, my high school friends always told me about "boob foods". The magic…
Low-Calorie Alcoholic Drinks

Okay so when it's the weekend, you'd like to relax a bit. That's understandable! But alcoholic drinks can really add up in calories. You probably already know that most cocktails and margaritas are full of sugars and hig…
The Asian BMI

Asians genetically tend to have smaller frames, but they also have more strict cut-off points with their associated weight for risk of chronic disease. What is BMI? The Body Mass Index is an easy calculation that you can…
All-You-Can-Eat Sushi: Why Can't Some People Stop?

Well, anything that is all-you-can-eat or buffet is a bad idea because it kills portion control and limiting calories. All-you-can-eat sushi restaurants are abundant and very popular in Vancouver and Toronto. I worked a…