Maple Leaf’s make-over, McDonald’s mini-burger, Canada’s best food blog
• Easy on the booze, boys. A study has found that men who consume 14 drinks a week or more are 20 per cent more likely than teetotallers to develop prostate cancer. [City News]
• Unfortunately for McDonald’s, which just introduced a Big Mac–infused mini-burger snack wrap, it takes a lot more than a pita to signify nutrition. [Burgerbusiness]
• Despite Maple Leaf’s battered reputation, the company insists its business make-over was not driven by last year’s listeria outbreak at its Toronto plant. [ItWorldCanada]
• Avid athletes commonly consume more than their necessary protein intake, despite the absence of scientific consensus indicating that the practice is beneficial. [Canada.com]
• Food blog Everybody Likes Sandwiches took home the gold this year for best Canadian blog at the ninth annual Weblog Awards—a.k.a. the Bloggies. [EverybodyLikesSandwiches]
