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6 nutrition trends for 2017 and beyond

It could be worse, but it’s not great. A recent report comparing the health of adults in 17 developed nations put Canadians’ health in 7th place behind number one Japan, Australia, France and Spain. Our neighbours to the south came in last, with some of the worst rates of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Generally […]

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5 pet trends for the dogs and cats that have everything

  As Canadians, we spend nearly $9 billion a year on our pets including food, supplies, veterinary care and live animal purchases and that number is only slated to rise as we continue to pamper the dogs, cats and other animals that are part of families, and a handful of pet trends gain wider popularity. […]

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Food spotlight: Basque in one of the world’s most fascinating cultures

The Basque people, who live in a semi-autonomous region of northern Spain as well as in southwestern France, are believed to be the direct descendants of farmers who settled in the area some 35,000 years ago, making them perhaps the oldest ethnic community in Europe. Their language, called Euskara, is unrelated to any other language […]

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