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December 30, 2016

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6 reasons why you’re overweight

Not sure how the number on the scale got so high? You're not alone. Here are six reasons why you're overweight'and what you can do about it

If you’ve noticed that your jeans are uncomfortably snug and the number on the scale is creeping ever higher, you’re not alone. According to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, almost 60 percent of Canadian adults are overweight or obese. But that’s cold comfort considering that excess weight can lead to a host of health problems such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. So how did you put on those extra pounds? Check out these common reasons for weight gain and learn how changing your habits can help you slim down.

4 Myths About Nightshade Vegetables

Some popular diets suggest avoiding eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. They're wrong!

Sometimes even vegetables get a bad rap Take the nightshade vegetables or Solanaceae, a plant family that includes eggplant, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes. (The term ‘nightshade’ may have been coined because some of these plants prefer to grow in shady areas, and some flower at night.) An online search of ‘nightshade vegetables’ yields results linking them to a host of health ailments from arthritis to migraines. Naturopaths sometimes recommend that people with arthritis avoid nightshades. And Patricia J. Wales, a naturopathic doctor in Calgary, says naturopaths may suggest that people with osteoarthritis eliminate nightshades. These vegetables are also excluded from certain eating plans. Dr. Joshi’s Holistic Detox — endorsed by Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Moss — claims nightshades are related to poison ivy and potentially poisonous. ‘But poison ivy isn’t even in the same plant family,’ e…

Angry captured bat

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Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera;[a] with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more manoeuvrable than birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is 29–34 mm (1.14–1.34 in) in length, 15 cm (5.91 in) across the wings and 2–2.6 g (0.07–0.09 oz) in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes and the giant golden-crowned flying fox, Acerodon jubatus, which can weigh 1.6 kg (4 lb) and have a wingspan of 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in).

The second largest order of mammals, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,200 species. These were traditionally divided into two suborders: the largely fruit-eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats. But more recent evidence has supported dividing the order into Yinpterochiroptera and Yan…

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