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Eat Move Think

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The essential guide to living a longer, more active, and more fulfilled life, full of answers to your most-pressing health and wellness questions.

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Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions Answered with Dr. Peter Nord

February 01, 2021 10:59 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MB

Soon, all adults will have the opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Medical Advisory Services Team at Medcan compiled the top questions they’ve been hearing from corporations and clients. Here, host and CEO Shaun Francis takes them up with chief medical officer Dr. Peter Nord. The result is a timely and informative episode featuring easy-to-understand answers to your most pressing vaccine-related questions. For complete show notes and a full episode transcript go to www.eatmovethinkpo...

How to Prevent Heart Disease with Dr. Beth Abramson

January 25, 2021 10:59 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MB

The point of preventive cardiology is to inform people they’re on a path toward developing heart disease and other cardiovascular problems—so that they can change their lifestyle and delay the onset of any issues. Recent advances in cardiology like new hs-Troponin testing are helping doctors detect heart health risks earlier than ever before. Heading into February’s Heart Health month, guest host Dr. Peter Nord talks about these advances with Dr. Beth Abramson, Medcan’s director of cardiolog...

The Intention-Behaviour Gap with Dr. Ryan Rhodes

January 18, 2021 10:59 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MB

Many of us want to transform our lives—yet something stops us from actually doing it. University of Victoria exercise psychologist Dr. Ryan Rhodes has devoted his academic career to figuring out what prevents people from making the changes they know will improve things. He’s also an expert at the techniques that will set us up for success. In this interview with Medcan’s Dr. Jack Muskat, Dr. Rhodes provides pointers designed to help us all cross the chasm. Find the full transcript and comple...

Small Changes, Big Effects with Author Karma Brown

January 11, 2021 10:59 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB

In Eat Move Think’s ongoing series about lifestyle change, we explore the story of Karma Brown, the best-selling novelist whose new non-fiction book, The 4% Fix, represents a compelling case study in the way small changes can lead to big effects. Years ago, as a working journalist and new mom, Karma Brown dreamed of writing her first novel. But between diapers and tight deadlines, she felt overstretched. How she achieved her life goal contains lessons for all of us.  Find the full transcri...

Successful Long-Term Lifestyle Change with Dr. Jack Muskat

January 04, 2021 10:59 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MB

Eat Move Think continues to explore behavioural change, this time with new Medcan psychology team lead Dr. Jack Muskat and executive producer Christopher Shulgan. The two men use their own personal experiences with lasting lifestyle change to extract lessons for those looking to use the new year, and the next phase of the pandemic, as an opportunity to improve one’s life. Find complete show notes at https://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep47-change-is-possible According to Dr. Jack ...

Best of 2020 - Eight Calorie Blunders

December 28, 2020 10:59 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB

As people begin to think about new year lifestyle change, Eat Move Think reposts one of our best-loved episodes. Medcan Director of Food and Nutrition Leslie Beck calls them “calorie blunders”—those little mistakes that can add up to significant weight gain. The good news is, those blunders can be beaten with easy behavioural tweaks. Here, Beck describes those fixes. Find complete show notes see www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com. For complete show notes, visit eatmovethinkpodcast.com.   Visit ...

Your Vaccine Questions Answered

December 07, 2020 10:59 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MB

Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca—their vaccines and others will dominate the public discussion for months to come. Are they safe? When will they start to change our lives? And what can employers do to make a difference in the fight against the pandemic? In an episode hosted by Medcan chief medical officer Dr. Peter Nord, occupational health experts Dr. Jason Abrams, Dr. Matthew Burnstein and Dr. Alain Sotto sound off.

How to Think About COVID’s Finish Line

November 30, 2020 10:59 - 28 minutes - 38.5 MB

The Quarantine Backyard Ultra is a diabolically cruel running race that requires its contestants to run four miles per hour—for as long as they can. The winner is the last person standing. The fact that it’s an endurance contest with no clear finish line makes it a proxy for the coronavirus pandemic, argues running columnist Alex Hutchinson, who reviewed the science of races without finish lines to extract lessons that may help us all navigate the next few months.

How to Live Well (in One Single Episode)

November 23, 2020 10:59 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MB

What actions create a healthy lifestyle? What preventative health measures should we all take to ensure a long, happy and active life? It’s all in here. With the help of such Medcan experts as chief medical officer Dr. Peter Nord, nutritionist Leslie Beck, fitness trainer Stephen Salzmann and psychologist Dr. Jonathan Danson, host Shaun Francis and producer Chris Shulgan distill the recommendations in a tidy half hour.

What’s New in Cardiology? (w/ Dr. Beth Abramson)

November 09, 2020 10:59 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MB

Heart disease remains the second highest cause of death of Canadians, behind cancer. About 63,000 Canadians have heart attacks every year. Dr. Beth Abramson is a Toronto cardiologist and the director of the Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital. She argues that recent advances in cardiology are changing the way we understand life after heart attacks. Statins, pills of concentrated fish oil and COVID’s effect on the heart round out her conversation with our gu...

Does Intermittent Fasting Work?

November 02, 2020 10:59 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

Time-restricted eating is said to encourage weight loss and improve metabolic health. But how effective is it? In conversation with guest host Leslie Beck is Dr. Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist who studies human metabolism at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Weiss used to be a fan of intermittent fasting—until he conducted his own randomized controlled trial on humans. His findings may surprise you. LINKS AND HIGHLIGHTS: Dr. Ethan J. Weiss’s web page at UCSF, and his Twitter f...

Spillover Effects of the Pandemic with Harvard’s Dr. Ateev Mehrotra

October 26, 2020 09:59 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MB

In the U.S. and Canada the public-health response to COVID-19 discouraged people from visiting hospitals or seeking care from MDs, prompting cancellations for childhood vaccinations, colonoscopies and mammograms. How will such decisions affect overall wellness? And what should we learn from what happened? To discover the answers, host Shaun Francis interviews Dr. Ateev Mehrotra of Harvard Medical School, who tracks large data sets of doctor visits. In public health emergencies, Dr. Mehrotra ...

Wearable Technology with Amber Mac

October 19, 2020 09:59 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

Today wearable technology is integral to wellness and the future of precision medicine, with such devices as the Fitbit, the Oura Ring and the just-released Apple Watch Series 6. But which tech is best? For guidance, host Shaun Francis talked to the most tapped-in tech observer out there, Amber Mac, about the little-known wearable that Amber thinks tops everyone else. Plus, the goods on the COVID Alert app and Amber’s recent interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Argument Against Lockdowns with Harvard’s Martin Kulldorff

October 12, 2020 21:28 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB

Disagreeing with stop-the-spread coronavirus strategies is Martin Kulldorff, a professor of medicine in biostatistics at Harvard. As a founding signatory to the Great Barrington Declaration, Prof. Kulldorff believes most COVID government policy is wrong. Protect the vulnerable, he says, and allow the virus to spread through the young healthy population to achieve herd immunity. Here, in a feature interview with host Shaun Francis, Kulldorf describes his logic.

Food for Thought with “Food Professor” Sylvain Charlebois

October 05, 2020 09:59 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB

The pandemic is spurring positive lifestyle changes — such as the transition away from restaurant eating, and toward home cooking. In this episode, guest host Leslie Beck, Medcan’s director of food and nutrition, interviews Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, an expert in food trends and eating patterns. Based on surveys Charlebois has conducted at the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, the so-called “Food Professor” argues that the pandemic has triggered long-term changes in the way tha...

Journalist André Picard in conversation with Medcan CEO Shaun Francis

September 28, 2020 09:59 - 26 minutes - 37 MB

Health columnist André Picard has been at the Globe and Mail newspaper since 1987. Covering the coronavirus has made him one of the most closely-read pundits of the pandemic. Here, Picard speaks with host Shaun Francis about his belief that we have to learn to live with COVID-19, the disastrous effects of the virus on long-term care, and what the pandemic reveals about our health-care system overall.

Rethinking Obesity with Dr. Arya Sharma

September 21, 2020 09:59 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MB

Leading the fight against the professional weight loss industry is Dr. Arya Sharma, a crusader for a new, medical approach to treating obesity that recognizes the patient’s lived experience and takes into account just how difficult it can be for a person to lose weight and keep it off. But hope is on the horizon, Dr. Sharma says. Here, Dr. David Macklin, Medcan’s director of weight management, interviews Dr. Arya Sharma, the founder and scientific director of Obesity Canada.

When Will The Vaccine Actually Arrive?

September 14, 2020 09:59 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

The COVID-19 vaccine prompts a lot of questions. How effective should we expect it to be? How long will its protection last? Will it be safe? Has Canada secured enough doses and from the right pharmaceutical companies? And perhaps the single biggest issue: When will a vaccine actually arrive for Canadians? In a wide-ranging interview with executive producer Christopher Shulgan, Medcan's Dr. Jason Abrams explains how vaccines work, and provides answers on the race to solve the global pandemic.

Chadwick Boseman and Colon Cancer Prevention

September 07, 2020 09:59 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB

In the movies, few people seemed healthier than Black Panther—which is what made the recent death of the actor who played the superhero, Chadwick Boseman, so surprising. Boseman was only 43. What can you do to prevent colon cancer? What’s the future of colon cancer treatment? Guest host Dr. Peter Nord, Medcan’s chief medical officer, interviews gastroenterologist Dr. Jeff Axler to get the answers.

Back to School with a Child Psychologist

August 31, 2020 10:20 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

How should parents prepare children for back to school? How to speak to anxieties about masks and social distancing? What do you say to a child who is worried about catching the coronavirus? Or passing it on to grandparents or immunocompromised parents? Child psychologist Dr. Naomi Slonim provides her tips for moms and dads looking to prepare schoolchildren of all ages.   Eat Move Think is produced by Ghost Bureau. Executive producer is Chris Shulgan. Senior producer is Russell Gragg. Re...

The Best-Ever Protein Explainer with Prof. Stuart Phillips

August 24, 2020 09:59 - 45 minutes - 62 MB

How much protein do you need if you’re trying to lose weight but also build muscle? What’s better—plant- or animal-based protein? Why is protein so key in preventing sarcopenia, or age-related decline in strength? And, is it possible to consume too much protein? In a special feature interview with protein expert Stuart Phillips of McMaster University, guest host Leslie Beck, Medcan’s director of food and nutrition and the Globe and Mail’s nutrition columnist, tackles these questions and more...

The Future of Fitness with Legendary Strength Coach Mike Boyle

August 17, 2020 09:59 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MB

Strength and conditioning training is key to long-term wellness—but fitness culture has been profoundly affected by the pandemic’s social-distancing requirements. So how should we work out in future? How should gyms change—and how should we equip at-home workout facilities? To find out, guest host Stephen Salzmann, Medcan’s director of fitness, consulted with legendary strength and conditioning training expert Mike Boyle of strengthcoach.com, formerly of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and...

Relationship Tips from Jessica O’Reilly of “Sex with Dr. Jess”

August 10, 2020 09:59 - 46 minutes - 63.7 MB

The pandemic forced many couples to spend more time together than ever before—and anecdotal evidence suggests some relationships are suffering as a result. Guest host Dr. Gina Di Giulio, Medcan’s Director of Mental Health, spoke with sexologist Jessica O’Reilly of “Sex with Dr. Jess” fame, for some fresh, easy-to-follow tips on how to renew intimacy and return some romance to your relationship. For complete show notes, visit eatmovethinkpodcast.com.   Eat Move Think is produced by Ghost ...

Nagging Lower Back Pain—and How to Fix It

August 03, 2020 09:59 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MB

Find yourself with an aching lower back because your work-from-home arrangement sees you typing away on your bed or a bar stool? Turns out many people are feeling lower back pain these days. So we arranged an interview with the world authority on the causal mechanisms of disc and spine issues: Dr. Stuart McGill, the author of Back Mechanic and the founder of Backfitpro. McGill fixed back issues without surgery for NFL superstars, PGA Tour golf coaches and world-record breaking powerlifters....

COVID-19 Transmission Myths

July 27, 2020 12:02 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MB

Is the COVID-19 virus really able to waft about on tiny aerosol droplets for tens of metres through HVAC systems? How possible is it to catch the virus from an elevator button or a playground slide? Lots of people have lots of worries about catching COVID — but how is it really transmitted? To find out, guest host Dr. Peter Nord, chief medical officer of Medcan, interviews two experts: Queen’s University medical school infectious disease chair Dr. Gerald Evans, and Rutgers University virolog...

How to Fly During COVID-19

July 20, 2020 09:59 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MB

Travel restrictions are easing for some countries, and some of us are considering air travel. So what special considerations should you take the next time you find yourself on a plane? How can you mitigate infection risk when flying? To investigate, guest host Dr. Aisha Khatib, the clinical director of travel medicine at Medcan, interviews Dr. Vincent Poirier, a medical advisor to both Air Canada and Air Transat and an assistant professor at the McGill University medical school. For complete...

How to Beat Common Calorie Blunders

July 13, 2020 09:59 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MB

Do you find yourself exercising and eating well but it doesn’t seem to make any difference? In this episode, the registered dietitian Leslie Beck, Medcan’s director of food and nutrition and a columnist at the Globe and Mail newspaper, steps in as a guest host to describe eight common calorie blunders that could be keeping you from losing weight—and provides tips on how to solve them. For complete show notes, visit eatmovethinkpodcast.com.   Visit Leslie’s website at lesliebeck.com. Follow...

What’s The Best Sport For Your Health?

July 06, 2020 10:16 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MB

Maybe you haven't been on a sports team for years. Maybe you've never even played a sport. But as we embark on this pandemic-inspired societal reboot, maybe you’re thinking of taking something up. So which sport should you pursue? What's the best sport for long-term health and fitness? Host Shaun Francis investigates with triathlon historian Bob Babbitt, football-is-medicine pioneer Peter Krustrup and hockey evangelist Lawrence Spriet, among others. For complete show notes, visit eatmovethin...

The Contact Tracing App Explainer

June 29, 2020 09:59 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MB

There’s a national effort underway to get people to download what’s known as a contact tracing app. To help listeners understand why they’re so important, Eat Move Think host Shaun Francis talks to the University of Waterloo math PhD candidate who pioneered the “decentralized Bluetooth exposure notification” technology that started it all—James Petrie, the director of research at Covid Watch. Also featuring an interview with Florian Kerschbaum, the director of the University of Waterloo’s Cy...

The Woman Who Changed Her Life

June 22, 2020 09:59 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB

At 55, Deedee Moscoe looked around one day and realized her life needed a reboot. Caring for her aging parents left her without any time for her career—or herself. Deedee’s journey to remake her life is chronicled in a documentary called Hack Your Age, airing on Zoomer Media’s Vision TV. It’s also emblematic of the moment we’re in, as society returns to the next normal. With host Shaun Francis, Deedee explores a typically human dilemma with extraordinary honesty and humour.

Is The Lockdown Doing More Harm Than Good?

June 15, 2020 11:04 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MB

By devoting so much of our attention to stopping the spread of COVID-19, with lockdowns, with physical distancing measures, by closing borders and many businesses, are we ignoring the possibility we could be harming population health in other ways? That’s what host Shaun Francis explores with Dr. Vivek Goel, member of the federal government’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force and vice-president of research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, at the University of Toronto. Mentioned in thi...

The Pandemic Endgame

June 08, 2020 09:59 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

What’s the objective for COVID-19 management? Is the model to eradicate the virus altogether? To contain it until we have a vaccine? And how does that objective affect our U.S. border strategy? Irfan Dhalla is a physician and a vice-president at Unity Health Toronto who is challenging policy makers to think about such issues. In this episode, he and host Shaun Francis engage in a fulsome debate about the future. For complete show notes visit eatmovethinkpodcast.com.   Follow Irfan Dhalla...

What It's Like To Tell Someone They Have COVID

June 01, 2020 10:46 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB

Dr. David Carr is an ER doc who has been on the front lines caring for patients affected by COVID-19 in Toronto. Host Shaun Francis spoke to Dr. Carr about the mistakes we’ve made these last few months, what it’s like to tell someone they’re infected with COVID, and the dangerous resource crunch we’re facing as the health care system tackles the elective surgery backlog while still fighting the pandemic—with flu season around the corner.   Follow Dr. David Carr on Twitter @davidcarr333. Fo...

How Fitness Fights Stress

May 25, 2020 09:59 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MB

Exercise is the most important thing you can do to help yourself cope. But the pandemic makes it difficult for us to get physical activity. Host Shaun Francis spoke with brain health expert Dr. Jennifer Heisz, the professor who leads McMaster University’s Neurofit Lab, to learn a set of easy-to-follow tips and tricks that use physical activity to decrease stress even in these uncertain times. For complete show notes go to eatmovethinkpodcast.com. Please subscribe and rate us on your favour...

The Truth About COVID-19 Testing

May 18, 2020 09:59 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MB

The need for more testing has existed throughout the pandemic. To stop COVID-19, you need to be able to see it and assess how many people have it. Most jurisdictions in North America are nowhere near the ideal yet. To learn what’s going on, host Shaun Francis spoke to one of the most outspoken of the experts on the issue, Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, a clinical epidemiologist.  For complete show notes go to eatmovethinkpodcast.com. Please subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcast platfo...

Analysis Paralysis, High Achievers and the Pandemic

May 11, 2020 10:24 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MB

A recent poll revealed that 50% of us feel our mental health has worsened since the pandemic started. Dr. Jonathan Danson is a clinical psychologist who believes that the extra time we all have, from not having to commute or take kids to sports practices, is particularly difficult for high achievers. He says it induces “analysis paralysis,” and his prescription for how to address that forms a large part of his conversation with host Shaun Francis.  Please subscribe and rate us on your favo...

Superspreaders Explained

May 04, 2020 09:59 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB

Why do some large gatherings of people become superspreader events, while some do not? Jonathan Kay is a Canadian journalist who compiled a database of the most important COVID-19 clusters. His analysis features surprising implications for business and government, and may help all of us return to work safely — as well as make life more enjoyable over the next few months.  Please subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcast platform. Visit eatmovethinkpodcast.com for complete show notes...

The View From the Mayo Clinic

April 27, 2020 10:50 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MB

What’s to come? For those seeking guidance, we checked in with the Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Kai Singbartl. He’s the chair of infection control and prevention at Mayo Arizona, and he spoke to Medcan’s chief medical officer, Dr. Peter Nord, about the COVID-19 therapies that excite him, and when to expect a vaccine. Also, please check out Medcan’s Dr. David Carr on the Toronto Star’s This Matters podcast. Please subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcast platform. Eat Move Think host Shaun F...

Parenting Through The Pandemic

April 20, 2020 09:59 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MB

Coronavirus has compressed all the different parts of our lives into one place—the home. So Shaun consulted with an expert in work/life balance on how to navigate our new reality. Stew Friedman is an emeritus professor at Wharton business school. He founded the Wharton Leadership Program and its Work/Life Integration Project. He’s also a bestselling author and the coauthor of this spring’s fascinating book, Parents Who Lead. Please subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcast platform. ...

How Not To Gain The COVID 19

April 13, 2020 04:03 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MB

Our relationship with food has changed since social distancing began. We’re eating in more. We're worrying whether food will be available. And we’re indulging more. So for this episode, we decided to feature a conversation between Medcan’s two in-house food experts: Leslie Beck is the nutrition columnist for The Globe and Mail and Medcan’s director of food and nutrition. Jason Smidt is the executive chef of Nourish by Medcan, our food delivery service.  Please subscribe and rate us on your...

How Does This Pandemic End?

April 02, 2020 20:14 - 53 minutes - 73 MB

Epidemiologists are researchers who study disease outbreaks—how they happen and how long they’ll last. One of the world’s foremost is Dr. David Fisman, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and a practicing infectious diseases clinician at Toronto Western Hospital. Shaun Francis interviewed Dr. Fisman about how long we’ll have to live with social distancing, when life will return to normal—and what happens next.   Please subscribe and rate us on yo...

How To Get By Without Panicking

March 28, 2020 03:12 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MB

We’re all dealing with anxiety lately. What do we do if things start to spiral? How do we manage our thoughts when the future is so unpredictable? What if it all starts to seem like a little too much? Medcan Director of Mental Health Dr. Gina Di Giulio, a clinical psychologist, has a frank, authentic and grounded discussion with Eat Move Think executive producer Christopher Shulgan that walks through real situations and how to manage them. “We can all cope better than we think,” says Dr. Di ...

COVID-19: Report From One Possible Future

March 24, 2020 13:35 - 18 minutes - 25.3 MB

What’s to come as this pandemic develops? How far might governments go to prevent the spread of the coronavirus? The problem is, we just don’t know. So to confront some concrete scenarios, we interviewed an on-the-ground observer in Spain, another Western democracy, but one with 22 times the number of COVID-19 cases, to learn what life is like there—in one possible future scenario for Canada. The interview turned out to be sobering—and illuminating.   Please subscribe and rate us on your...

How to Work Out When You’re Self-Isolating

March 21, 2020 02:22 - 14 minutes - 19.8 MB

How do you work out when you’re self-isolating? It’s an important question. Even if social distancing has you trapped inside, exercise is important for immune function and mood. It’s also the secret to a good night’s sleep. Here, Medcan Director of Fitness Stephen Salzmann provides listeners with the basic principles that go into any workout session, outlining a series of strength-building push and pull exercises that’ll keep you fit even when you’re trying not to leave your house.  This e...

Who Gets Sick From COVID-19—And Who Doesn’t?

March 18, 2020 03:06 - 12 minutes - 17 MB

An expert in infectious disease, Dr. David Kelvin is a Canada Research Chair at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine who conducts research in China and Italy. He’s also just been given a million-dollar grant to develop a test to predict whether a given person will experience a mild, moderate or severe case of COVID-19. Here, Medcan Chief Medical Officer Dr. Peter Nord spoke to Dr. Kelvin to learn what people can do to minimize their risk of experiencing a severe form of the novel coron...

COVID-19

March 06, 2020 19:27 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MB

This week it became apparent that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, will not be contained and likely represents something that North America and the world will be navigating for months to come. Here, in a special episode, Shaun interviews Medcan Chief Medical Officer Peter Nord to create an audio explainer of the evolving situation at its most important inflection point yet.

COVID-19: The Audio Explainer

March 06, 2020 19:27 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MB

This week it became apparent that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, will not be contained and likely represents something that North America and the world will be navigating for months to come. Here, in a special episode, Shaun interviews Medcan Chief Medical Officer Peter Nord to create an audio explainer of the evolving situation at its most important inflection point yet.

Food and Mood

February 05, 2020 13:38 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

It’s a human tendency to feel irritable if the body goes too long without eating. But Dr. Felice Jacka’s research indicates our relationship with food is much deeper. Dr. Jacka is the author of Brain Changer: The Good Mental Health Diet and a psychiatric epidemiologist from Australia’s Deakin University, where she runs the Food and Mood Centre. And she’s almost single-handedly created one of the hottest fields in wellness today: the area of nutritional psychiatry, which suggests that our fo...

Cannabis and Wellness

January 03, 2020 16:43 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB

Entering 2020 we're now firmly in the second year that marijuana has been legalized in Canada. But there remain an enormous number of questions. What's a safe dose? Has CBD oil actually been proven to do anything? And how the heck do you pronounce cannabinoids? To answer these questions, we gathered together three of the world’s experts for a panel discussion last year at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Before an audience of C-suite executives from around the world, Shaun Francis inter...

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