Sugar or Sugar-Free?

Are Sugar-Free Products Bad For Your Health? One of my best friends drank at least 6 cans of Diet Coke per day for decades. She eventually began to develop facial pain (trigeminal neuralgia). She saw three neurologists and a dentist at several facial pain clinics and no one could tell her the cause of her…

High Protein vs Keto

What is the difference between the keto diet and a high protein diet? This is a good question because many people use these terms interchangeably. Both diets restrict carbohydrates. A high protein diet is one in which most of the calories come from protein.  Since carbohydrates cause the body to retain water, high protein diets…

The Most Unhealthy Food Additive

Of all of the food additives listed on labels, which is the most unhealthy? There are lots of candidates: trans fat, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, artificial colours, sodium containing preservatives and flavour enhancers. I think all of these things are “evil” but consider HFCS to be the worst.[1] Gluten and lactose are not…