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Julie Beun-Chown, Journalist and Freelance Writer
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Scientist touts good food to cut health risks
Richard Beliveau's first lesson in food came to him decades ago in the back of a little Indian restaurant in England. He was down to his last $200 -- all that was between him and life on a park bench -- when the now internationally recognized biochemist and expert on the link between phyto-nutrients, diet and cancer found a job as a cook. "I was a student and I spent the summer in the U.K. with no money. I was always attracted to other cultures, their diversity and the pleasure of eating. It made me aware of traditional food and cultures. You know," he says with his infectious giggle, "now I can do a very good Rogan Josh!" Co-author of the bestselling Foods That Fight Cancer (McClelland & Stewart), Beliveau is passionate about all things involving
Posted in Diets on 11/22/2008 - 0 Comments
Skingestibles
You've heard about skingestibles, right? You haven't?
If not, don't bother reaching for the dictionary -- and no spell-checker has heard of them either.
That's because not since the advent of Al Goreisms urging us to reduce our "water footprint" and live "carbon neutral" as "locavores" (before we collapse in a fit of "green fatigue") has a buzzword promised so much.
But even if the etymology is confusing, the concept of skingestibles is not. Call them what you will, they sound like what they are: pills designed to firm your jaw line, fade your wrinkles and deliver, within three short months, radiant beauty and renewed vitality from within.
Leading the pack is...You've heard about skingestibles, right? You haven't?
If not, don't bother reaching for the dictionary -- and no spell-checker has heard of them either.
That's because not since the advent of Al Goreisms urging us to reduce our "water footprint" and live "carbon neutral" as "locavores" (before we collapse in a fit of "green fatigue") has a buzzword promised so much.
But even if the etymology is confusing, the concept of skingestibles is not. Call them what you will, they sound like what they are: pills designed to firm your jaw line, fade your wrinkles and deliver, within three short months, radiant beauty and renewed vitality from within.
Leading the pack is...
Posted in Skin health on 01/28/2009 - 0 Comments
The (Im)Perfect Christmas
“Anyone want another glass of wine?” Judging by the shouts of approval and laughter, the answer was yes. I scanned the beaming faces. Crammed into my brother Mike’s beautifully renovated old farm house in Dunrobin, outside of Ottawa, were my 22 immediate, extended and honorary family members, gathered for Christmas dinner. It was noisy. It was chaotic. And it was the best Christmas we’d ever had.
Posted in Family on 12/04/2008 - 0 Comments
Politics of parking tickets
New York is a tough town, overrun as it is with all those ruffians, scallawags, ne'er do wells. And you know exactly who we mean, don't you? UN diplomats. World peace? Oh sure--THEY'RE all for it. But paying their parking tickets? Not so much. That's the conclusion of an unusual joint study by Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley that looked at diplomatic parking fines as a barometer, of sorts, for corruption and negative feeling about US foreign policy. The researchers found that United Nations diplomats racked up a staggering...
Posted in The loh down on 12/04/2008 - 0 Comments
Love Takes a Hit on Facebook
By the time Liane Kiar went on a first date last year, she knew everything about her prospective new boyfriend, from his favourite TV shows and hobbies to where he vacations and details of his past love life. She didn’t ask him. She didn’t need to. Like millions of others worldwide, the 27-year-old Orleans woman stumbled across the information on Facebook, the social media platform some experts say is causing a visible shift in how much more publicly we conduct our private relationships. Splitting with your boyfriend? Just change your relationship status to say so, as South African socialite Chelsy Davy did recently when she privately dumped Prince Harry then publicly broadcast it on her Facebook profile. Looking for someone new? You can display that too, along with the kind of liaison you’re into. After all, it’s nothing you wouldn’t tell your closest personal friends. But what about your 500 Facebook pals?
Posted in Internet on 02/09/2009 - 0 Comments
Wobbology
The next time you're at a restaurant table so tippy it threatens the internal stability of your margarita, just remember. . . Wobblology. It's the science of, yes, wobbly restaurant tables. New Scientist magazine coined the term, but the credit goes to both the hard-working researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and physicists at Switzerland's famous CERN lab. For months, the two groups worked feverishly and separately on the same problem: to determine the mathematical model for fixing four-legged tables that wobble because the floor under them isn't smooth. Unlike the average Joe, the scientists weren't allowed to use...
Posted in The loh down on 12/04/2008 - 0 Comments
Martial arts: The woman's workout
It may be the perfect fitness program: ideal for toning up and honing balance, flexibility and strength, as well as boosting confidence and serenity. Best of all, there's a martial art that's ideal for every woman -- including you.
The art: Tai chi
Often described as moving meditation, the ancient practice of tai chi, commonly thought of as Chinese, actually originated in northern India and later travelled overland to China. It's a martial art without ...
Posted in Sports on 11/30/2008 - 0 Comments