Caffeine’s effects and recommendations

coffee cups

In the month of March, people across Canada purchased coffee in droves in hopes of winning the 1 in 6 prizes posted from Tim Horton’s “Roll up the Rim” contest. (Most of the prizes being a free coffee!) This concept of buying coffee to win coffee inspired me for this month’s hot topic … [Read more...]

The hCG diet: Taking pregnancy hormones for weight loss

Hot topics in health

To kick off our monthly hot topic series, I chose a fad diet that makes me hot (with anger) – the hCG diet. The official website claims “lose up to 2lbs per day”, “3 easy steps to weight loss” and imagine this “with a slimmer body, you may get more job opportunities and a more active … [Read more...]