Theresa Albert

Who knew common sense could be just the thing to benefit kids with ADHD? A study done at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital found just that, as reported in MedPage Today. There is much debate about how to help these kids with their behaviour though behaviour modification techniques, supplementation,...

For the love of life, drop that New Year's resolution to lose weight. Come on, you made the same commitment last year and look where it got you. By all means, clean it up a bit and shave off those holiday pounds right away. The sooner you do, the easier...

We all know it feels good to give. Whether it's a buck or a cup of coffee donated to the homeless guy or a gargantuan gift to a girlfriend, it's a rush. As I mention in the very last chapter of my book, Ace Your Health, 52...

I know, I know, what kind of nutritionist pushes booze? At parties people ask me, "What's the best booze I could choose?" At first I was surprised to be asked at all, but then I got to thinking. It's true, for most of us, this isn't a choice between having...

We had an interesting discussion about packaged food in our house last weekend. After watching 60 Minutes with our 16-year-old and seeing that "flavourists" distil and "create" the flavours of packaged foods, our teen made a declaration: "I'm going to try not to eat anything packaged all week!" Can you...

Antacids, heartburn medications and proton pump inhibitors are some of the top selling drugs in North America. It is no coincidence that the Standard American Diet (yes, SAD for short and no different from the Canadian diet) is understood by some to be the worst in the world. Of course...

The government regulates the information on the label, right? There are things you need to know about what's missing or misleading on a food label that could be affecting your health.

Knowing what to look for and carefully comparing products that look similar but are very...

Back to school means back to the grocery store where the time and money you spend are being manipulated on both subtle and blatant levels. Once you know the magician's tricks, you will find that you have only the items you want in your cart and a little more money...

Oh, boy. Here it comes, I can feel it! "There's a new study out saying that Vitamin D causes skin cancer, can you comment?"

I am really bad at not rolling my eyes and clucking my tongue. So if you still want me to comment, I will but it's going...

Diet trends change with the wind and our entire population blows with them. When did we start trusting the "news" and "studies" more than our own instincts? As a nutritionist, I am asked to debunk food and diet myths all the time and am respectful that each person's...

"Maybe that's enough, honey," she said as gently as possible, referring to his fourth glass of wine. Because she knows that there are limits what a healthy liver can process. "You are a fat, lazy, drunken cow," he heard as he glared across the table.

Don't let this...

It breaks my heart to see a child struggling with normal kid activities because they are overweight.

As a nutritionist, I know the path that child is involuntarily on and the terrible set-up that his current lifestyle truly is. Still, I have stood in line behind that overweight family...