Lyme Disease: The Great Masquerade

Common logic says if it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it must be a duck. This logic is useful in modern medicine for diagnosing conditions. If lab results match the symptoms it confirms a certain diagnosis. However Lyme disease somehow defies this logic....

How to Eat More Green Tea: The (Other) Bitter Brew

I knew green tea had gone mainstream when I found a box of it in my grandmother’s cupboards in rural New Brunswick. This was about a decade ago, and around the same time that my Grammy was also trying to consume more olive oil. She likes daytime health-conscious...

Introducing Localize

Launching March 1st – Localize: an exciting new way to find local products and support local businesses at The Big Carrot. Long before the rise of farmers’ markets and niche food delivery services in Toronto, The Big Carrot has been the go-to-grocer for...

How to Eat More Licorice

Would the real licorice please stand up! Please answer the following multiple choice question: What is licorice? a) A cherry-red twisty tubular confection that smells like a mix between new flip-flops and cherry chapstick. May also be used as a straw when both ends...

3 Supplements That Can Boost Fertility

3 Supplements That Can Boost Fertility It’s no secret that couples are waiting longer to have children. Higher education, job security and income stability are all legitimate reasons to delay starting a family. Predictably this delay may come at a cost, as there is a...

How to Eat More Garlic

How to Eat More Garlic Fact: Married people consume more garlic than single people. Actually, I have no idea if that’s actually a fact, but it seems plausible that people looking to actively attract people will consume less of a food that actively repels people....

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