COVID-19: Food Banks Harvest Producers’ Largess
Food banks and other organizations that help feed society’s most vulnerable members are suffering a huge increase in demand as mass layoffs due to the COVID-19 closures of non-essential businesses leave millions without pay cheques. But food producers are stepping in to fill the gap…Read More →
New Perspectives On Weight Loss And Maintenance
Time for another break from COVID-19 oriented news. Although, today’s post does have a tenuous, 6-degrees-of-separation sort of link to the pandemic. We have the latest on weight loss and maintenance studies, since the experts have warned that the stay-home lifestyle may lead to weight gain…Read More →
Let’s All Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Day!
What a great idea! Amid the stay-home drudgery of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are graced with a blessing: It’s National Grilled Cheese Day. We can get the whole family involved in the celebration and get creative while varying our lock down diet while de-stressing with a classic comfort food…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Resto And Snacks News…
It appears that the COVID-19 pandemic will be disrupting our lives at least into the summer. The good news is, many Quick Service Restos (QSRs) are managing to stay open on a take-out/delivery basis, and many of those are offering great deals to keep you coming back…Read More →
COVID-19: Stay Home Orders Could Make Kids Fat
A new study published in Obesity, the journal of the Obesity Society suggests that the COVID-19 stay home regimen designed to slow the spread of the disease could lead to a worsening of the Childhood Obesity epidemic in the U.S. But you can do some simple things to offset the risk…Read More →
COVID-19: National Take-Out Day Helps Restaurants
Next week sees the inauguration of a new Canadian ‘tradition’: National Take-Out Day. The idea is that every Wednesday we should all make an extra effort to order take-out from endangered local restaurants, to help them financially weather the industry-wracking COVID-19 crisis…Read More →