http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/s_harnett Most recent (7 days) columns en-gb Sun, 19 May 2013 02:29:07 CDT Admit it. You enjoyed your Mother's Day brunches and dinners yesterday, but you feel stuffed. You overindulged yourself. Now that the sun is out and the temperature is rising, it's the perfect time to kick-start your eating and fitness regimen. Take part 2 of our pop quiz to re-acquaint... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:30:12 CDT WATCHING “mindless TV shows” is how the majority of readers have passed their time during Manitoba’s extended winter, according to a recent Winnipeg Free Press web poll. Meanwhile, nearly 20 per cent of readers said they were keeping their minds off the cold by eating more Mon, 6 May 2013 09:18:56 CDT Watching "mindless TV shows" is how the majority of readers have passed their time during Manitoba's extended winter, according to a recent Winnipeg Free Press web poll. Meanwhile, nearly 20 per cent of readers said they were keeping their minds off the cold by eating more so-called comfort Tue, 7 May 2013 08:00:37 CDT It was 13 years ago that University of Manitoba Prof. Zahra Moussavi first suspected something was wrong with her mother, Soroor. The normally sharp and composed woman was visiting Winnipeg from Iran at the time. But while in the car with Moussavi, shear would often become anxious -- worried she Fri, 3 May 2013 08:04:11 CDT It's a maze of aisles and flashy labels that often lure you to buy without thinking. The grocery store. Even though you've been shopping there a couple of times a week for years, you know you're not getting all you can out of the experience. You're spending too much money on items that aren't Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:52:49 CDT HEALTHY foods are for rich people. And even if you could find some well-priced nutritious items, you just don’t have the time to prepare them. These are common excuses Canadians tell themselves to justify filling their grocery carts with frozen, deep-fried french fries, cubes of salt that Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:51:13 CDT Healthy foods are for rich people. And even if you could find some well-priced nutritious items, you just don't have the time to prepare them. These are common excuses Canadians tell themselves to justify filling their grocery carts with frozen, deep-fried french fries, cubes of salt that pass Tue, 9 Apr 2013 06:31:54 CDT CRITICS are quick to crucify Gwyneth Paltrow for what she feeds her children. She “lets her kids go hungry,” exclaims a headline on Tribute.ca. A photo caption on the Daily Mail website reads “Happy hungry family: Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted that she starves her children of Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:49:59 CDT Ask Canadian women what disease they're afraid will kill them and most will undoubtedly say breast cancer. What they don't realize? A more immediate threat lurks: heart disease. That's right. Heart disease -- an illness we typically associate with men -- is the No. 1 killer of Canadian women Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:31:37 CDT People glared rudely as Tammy Gies finished up her jog a few years ago, her baby bump visible through her workout clothes. "I was doing a cool-down and walking down my street. I did get a couple of hairy looks from two women that I passed. I didn't appreciate that," says the Wolseley resident, Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:30:04 CDT