Each human foot is made up of 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles or tendons, and 26 bones or one-quarter of the 206 bones in the human body. Which is often why, when you don’t take care of your feet, other problems aren’t far behind. Feet first: Medical conditions including arthritis, diabetes, nerve and circulatory […]
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 […]
The average Canadian consumes 36 kg (88 lbs) of sugar annually. To put that in perspective, the average Canadian man weighs 84.8 kg (187 lbs), the average woman about 70.3 kg (155 lbs). In other words, we’re eating or drinking about half our entire weight in sugar each year. Which explains why more than 10 […]
