Frederic Patenaude's Blog

What I Eat in a Day

A reader recently asked me what I eat in a day.

My comment and the post that came with it (yesterday’s article) was accidentally deleted when we switched servers for our websites.

My All-Carb Diet

Two weeks ago, I talked about Dr. Esselstyn’s diet for preventing and reversing heart disease.

But it turns out that this diet, a modified plant-based diet that avoids all oils, as well as nuts, seeds or avocados, can also be useful for a number of other conditions, not just heart disease.

Why Keto and Atkins Are the Same

According to the article “The Beginner’s Guide to the Ketogenic Diet” at Ruled.me, here’s the definition of the ketogenic diet:

“A keto diet is well known for being a low carb diet, where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy.

What Vegan Restaurants do Wrong

I live in an area of Montreal, where the restaurant scene is quite active.

Restaurants come and go, and very few manage to stay in business for more than a year or two.

Is 21 Days Enough to Change a Habit?

A few years ago, I was inspired by the concept that “it takes 21 days to form or break a habit.”

So, I created my own 21 Day Challenge.

Why (Fish) Sushi is a Bad Idea

A few years ago, something happened to me on the island of Roatan. I had a realization about fish.

I was on a scuba diving trip to explore the pristine reefs of this famous island off the coast of Honduras.

Can Diabetics Eat Fruit?

Fruit is a natural food that’s often vilified the most by many trends of natural health and raw food movements.

Even the Hippocrates Health Institute has launched a fear campaign on eating fruit, claiming that fruit eating is responsible for the common health problems experienced by the majority of raw foodists.

Watch out for Ethnic Restaurants

In a presentation by Dr. Michael Klaper MD, restaurants were compared to being “ethnic-flavored oil, sugar and salt.”

He said jokingly:

“What do I feel like having tonight?

The Killer Argument Against Salt

Many bloggers known for their contrarian arguments on everything related to nutrition, which they brandish without a shred of evidence, are now claiming that eating a low-salt diet is unhealthy and leads to “increased mortality.”

They also claim that it’s not the quantity of salt that matters, but the quality.

Sugar is Not That Bad

I’ll say something heretical: a little refined sugar is not that bad.

Nowadays, sugar has been labeled public enemy #1, and to say otherwise might appear to be completely crazy.