• Sunday House Call, #518, January , 2015: Who Da Thunk It? Your Favourite Hollywood Celebrity is Also Your Doctor!

    Sunday House Call, #518, January , 2015:  Who Da Thunk It? Your Favourite Hollywood Celebrity is Also Your Doctor!   In his new book, “Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash”, University of Alberta Professor Timothy Caulfield argues that celebrity culture has emerged as one of our society’s most pernicious…

  • Sunday House Call, #479, March 23, 2014: The Diet Fix with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff

    Sunday House Call, #479,  March 23, 2014 An interview with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and his new food psychology book, The Diet Fix  

  • Sunday House Call, #472, January 26, 2014: Dr. Yoni Freedhoff discusses new childhood obesity program

    Sunday House Call, #472,  January 26, 2014: Dr. Yoni Freedhoff discusses new childhood obesity program Plus your calls about fat burning pills, soy milk, dairy consumption, and chocolate milk.

  • Sunday House Call, #404, July 8, 2012: Fizzy Sugar Water for the Masses

    Sunday House Call, #404, July 8, 2012: Fizzy Sugar Water for the Masses Last month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his intention to introduce a restriction on soda pop (sugary drinks) cup sizes to no greater than 16 ounces that would affect locales such as city restaurants, stadiums, food carts and movie theatres. This proposal has…

  • Sunday House Call #293, February 28, 2010

    An interview with Dr. Yoni Freedoff regarding his article published in the CMAJ about Health Canada’s intention to allow fortifcation of food products without any evidence that it will benefit public health. Instead, Dr. Freedhoff states that the beneficiaries are the food corporations. Read more about this on his blog. [display_podcast]

  • Eating Well, Living Well by Dr. Richard Beliveau

    It seems as a society we are sleepwalking towards a myriad of preventable diseases. I say this because after reading another of Dr. Richard Béliveau’s masterful books on how our lifestyle, eating habits, and food choices are intricately linked with our physical, emotional and spiritual health, the evidence is compelling. In his new book, Eating…

  • Don't pass the salt…please!

    Original broadcast date: October 4, 2009 As I have stated quite emphatically on recent editions of Sunday House Call, we consume too much salt and most of it is derived from food manufacturers and restaurants. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in Canada with three out of four people having a lifetime…

  • The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

    Original broadcast date: July 12, 2009 We like to believe that we are a rational species. If, the assumption goes, we are presented with information that is cogent, specific and valid, we will respond by incorporating these ideas for the betterment of our lives. What we decide to eat and drink is a world onto…

  • Blood allergy testing overrestricts children's diets

    Original broadcast date: May 31, 2009 How sensitive and specific are blood tests for food allergies? Are children’s diets being overly restricted on the basis of these tests? A study abstract published in the February 2009 edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology sought to answer these questions. Dr. David Fleischer, M.D.,  Division…