It’s estimated that by 2020, that the annual direct health-care cost of diabetes in Canada will be $16 billion (1).

You may think it’s more difficult to eat healthy over the holiday season, but many of your favourite holiday foods are stuffed with nutrition.

On a recent trip to Japan with the Barley Council of Canada (BCC) to promote food barley, we had the opportunity to meet with the chefs from the Osaka Gas Cooking School.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses in recognition of their potential to improve diets and global food security.

Are you ready to spice things up this month? The cold weather and darker days of winter can affect our mood, appetite and energy levels.