You are what you eat. That’s why healthy foods make you a strong, happy, and healthy guy. It’s also why this website is jammed with everything from snack tips and brown-bag lunch ideas to crowd-pleasing recipes and easy ways to be a boss in the kitchen.
When it comes to extinguishing campfires and melting snow banks — and hopefully not destroying cell phones — the colour of your pee doesn’t matter much. But it does say a lot about the state of your health. Keep reading to find out what pee colour means, and what...
Q: What's the difference between ground beef and pea soup? A: Anyone can grind beef. Now that you’ve stopped laughing (or groaning), here are two more beefy questions to chew over: What’s the difference between extra-lean, lean, medium and regular ground beef? And why...
Have you tried cooking pizza on the barbecue? It really is a perfect match. On one hand, you probably love pizza. It accounts for 14% of all dinners in Canada, after all. On the other, you probably love barbecuing, with nearly nine out of 10 Canadians firing up the...
So what if June 11 to 17 is Canadian Men’s Health Week? Last Friday it was National Nail Polish Day. Next week we get National Donald Duck Day. Why should we care about another official day or week? Alan Scholes has a reason to care. In fact, he has three of them: His...
Like so many guys out there, Alan Scholes treasures his down time. And for good reason: After a long day working for an armoured car company, and then heading to a local soccer pitch to watch his three kids go for goal, the Kelowna resident likes nothing more than...
“My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between 10 and 3,000 pounds.” Canadian actor Nia Vardalos Why bother making a New Year’s Resolution if you can’t keep it? Instead, focus on these three healthy habits that you can easily nail down...
Imagine sinking your teeth into dark chocolate fudge studded with caramelized almonds, dried apricots, cranberries, blueberries and raisins. Or, dipping a spoon into a bowl of whiskey raspberries with chocolate mousse and pistachios. Sounds delicious, right? It may...
One of Chef Ned Bell’s fondest childhood memories is baking a whole salmon that he and his dad caught just outside their house on the shores of Sydney, BC. “There’s just something so satisfyingly primal about cooking a whole fish — head to tail — especially when...
You can blame your inner chimpanzee for those cola cravings. Our ancestors thrived on sugar-rich fruit, studies show, and evolved to favour riper, sweeter fruit because it has a higher sugar content than unripe fruit. That extra sugar kick came in handy back in the...