Plant-Based Sources of Protein
Many people assume that plant-based diets don’t provide enough protein to meet daily requirements. However, many studies have debunked this popular myth.
Top Reasons Why You’re Still Hungry
Do you find you’re still hungry after eating a meal? There are a couple reasons why you might still be hungry.
What is RED-S, and How to Spot It.
RED-S is short for relative energy deficiency in sport and was previously known as the female athlete triad. It is a disorder that is characterized by low energy levels, amenorrhea and low bone mineral density, and is diagnosed by a healthcare professional. This...
Surprising Benefits of Frozen Meals
Frozen meals are often dubbed as “unhealthy”, ultra-processed foods that you should avoid in a healthy diet. But in some ways, frozen foods do play a role in supporting a healthy diet. Many frozen meals contain high amounts of nutrients that we typically want to...
Brain-Boosting Foods
Our brains are the command centre of our bodies. They play a role in essentially everything we do from simple movements to storing memories and our personalities. This is why it is so important to keep our brains working at their best, and our diets can play a role in that!
Creating SMART Nutrition Resolutions
Creating SMART goals will help you to make sure you have everything you need to start, continue and accomplish your New Year’s health goals.
Tips for a Healthy Holiday Season
The holiday season brings in many things, including parties and get-togethers (even when they look a little bit different). Food can be a very stressful aspect of the holidays with all the parties and get-togethers, especially for people who are managing chronic diseases, intolerances or allergies. So, I’ve pulled together some of my favourite tips to help you have a healthy holiday season!
Choosing the BEST Weight Loss Diet
It is that time of year again when many of your friends and family are researching the best weight loss diet or exercise program. Whether it’s trying to lose weight gained over the holidays or making a New Years’ resolution to be healthier, It’s easy to feel pressured into doing the same. This blog post discusses some of the most popular weight-loss diets and highlights the best way to lose weight.
Antioxidants: Your Body’s Natural Superheroes
Antioxidants are substances that protect our bodies and cells from damage that is caused by free radicals. Some antioxidants are naturally occurring while other antioxidants are man-made.
Cooking for COVID-19 Long-Haulers
Did you know that chloride was one of the essential nutrients our bodies need to function at their best? Chloride can sometimes be an overlooked mineral as it can abundantly be found in our diet and rarely requires supplementation.
How to Choose Healthy Fat
Did you know that chloride was one of the essential nutrients our bodies need to function at their best? Chloride can sometimes be an overlooked mineral as it can abundantly be found in our diet and rarely requires supplementation.
Reasons Why You NEED Fibre in Your Diet
I’m sure many of you have heard at one point or another, that you should eat more fibre. But what is fibre? What are the benefits of fibre? And why should we be eating more of it? Fibre is a carbohydrate that is resistant to digestion and helps to promote gut...
Sustainable Eating Habits and the Many Benefits
There’s so secret that diet plays a huge role in keeping us healthy, as well as in the management of many chronic conditions.
There is more to sustainable eating habits than simply eating well-balanced and nutritious meals all the time.
5 Tips for Finding a Good Online Weight-Loss Program
Seeing your health practitioner virtually used to be reserved for accessing specialists remotely but now you can meet many of your health needs online these days. Tele-health is still a relatively new approach to health care, but has been shown to be very effective...
Top 5 Foods to Avoid for Weight Loss
Weight loss doesn’t just happen overnight, and any diet promising to help you drop 10 pounds in a week is definitely too good to be true. Weight loss takes time and changes in not just your lifestyle but also your diet too.
Making Nutrition Facts Easy: Is It Really Healthy?
I’m forever looking for new snacks or products to try out. The other day I found myself browsing through the supermarket and picked up a bag of chips that sounded healthy — I mean, it had “veggie” in its name. The brand name itself suggested that the...
3 Reasons to Work with a Dietitian This Summer
When there’s so much nutrition information out there, why work with a dietitian? Well, there’s plenty of reasons people with dietitians, from as simple as accountability and support to knowledge growth and management of chronic diseases. 3 Reasons to Work...
How Much Coffee is Too Much Coffee?
For some people, coffee is what makes the world. It is the sun in the morning and the moon at night. Without it, life just would not be the same. Especially mornings, they would be a lot longer without a daily jolt of caffeine.
Benefits of Eating In-Season
You might be wondering what “eating in season” is, or “even whats the big deal about it?”. Well, “eating in season” means to eating foods that are seasonably available. A simple example would be, eating berries in berry picking...