Frederic Patenaude's Blog, page 6

The 3 Common Mistakes Vegans Make

Almost everybody I know has a friend or knows somebody who went vegan or vegetarian, but then allegedly suffered some sort of health problem or deficiency.

5 Health Sins That Are Actually Good For You

Everything popular is wrong. Or so said Oscar Wilde.

You’ve been told by your friends and the media your whole life what things are “good” for us and what things are “bad” for us.

Is Breakfast Really The Meal Of Champions?

Eating breakfast is almost universally accepted in most people’s minds as “the healthy thing to do”, and everything you ever hear in the mainstream media is always touting the importance of breakfast.

90-Day Update (One-Year Challenge)

I’ve got a new update for you on my “One-Year Challenge.” You probably know it by know, but in case, here are the rules that I set for myself on December 20th, to follow for the rest of the year.

Why Being A Health Guru Is Bad For Your Health

It’s a bit of a shocking realization when you notice that health gurus, who write diet books and give advice on how to live long, tend to live shorter lives than the average person.

Trust Your Gut

Gut bacteria and intestinal health has been a popular topic of discussion in the health scene. Almost everybody has heard of probiotics and how good they are for your health, and food marketers are even putting probiotics in all sorts of things now, from soft drinks to zinc tablets.

Raw Food Combining

The other day I was thinking about summer. For most of us in North America, the change of seasons is definitely in the air, and it had me yearning for the tastes of summer.

Why I’m Not 100%

I’ve been involved in the raw food scene since 1997, but I didn’t eat only raw foods 100% of the time.

So Healthy It’s Sick

A few years ago, I did an interview with Dr. Steven Bratman, M.D., who wrote the book “Health Food Junkies,” which was his personal story of how he became so fixated with healthy eating that he wound up hurting himself.

Is Low Fat Always Where It’s At?

Quite often I get people asking me questions about how much fat they should be eating in their diet, or what is a healthy amount of fat to eat.