Making healthy food and lifestyle choices can help you stay well and feel your best. Good nutrition plays an important role in both prevention and management of chronic disease.
Our Registered Dietitians have put together a number of resources to help you on your journey to wellness.
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Health education videos presented by one of our Registered Dietitians from the comfort of your home! To get started, please press the play button on one of the videos below.
Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle Series
(previously called Healthy Steps)
*NEW* Digestive Wellness
In this session, explore the key nutritional components to help achieve a health gut, including dietary fibre, hydration, and the latest evidence on probiotics. Discover how to nourish your body from within and empower yourself with knowledge to support long-term digestive harmony. Approx. 20 min.
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The Glycemic Index
In this session, learn all about how your blood sugars respond to different types of foods. You will discover how to balance your meals and snacks to achieve more stable blood sugars and feel your best! Approx 25 min.
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Mindful Eating
Eating mindfully engages all of our senses in the eating experience and helps to maximize the feeling of satisfaction after a meal or snack. In this session, explore different phases to eating and learn how to become more in-tune with your body’s natural hunger and fullness cues to help you nourish your body well. Approx 25 min.
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MIND Diet
Are you interested in learning about how nutrition can play a role in our mental health? In this session on the MIND diet, learn about the various foods and nutrients that can support brain health and mood, and reduce the risk of dementia. Approx 20 min.
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Heart Health
In this session, learn how eating a heart healthy diet and making other lifestyle choices can help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease from our Registered Dietitians. Approx 15 min.
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Eating on a Budget
In this session, learn supportive strategies to help save money when meal planning, preparing food items and while navigating the grocery store. Approx 25 min.
Supportive Resources:
- Cookspiration Meal Planner
- Work Week Lunch
- Yummly Recipes and Meal Planner
- Project Meal Plan
- Health Canada- Meal Planning
Other Nutrition-related Videos:
Eat Well, Live Well
Do you want to live a longer, healthier, more energized life? The food and nutrition you choose to put into your body has a significant impact on the quality of your life. Our Registered Dietitians will provide information about current research as well as focus on practical nutrition and lifestyle. Approx 45 min.
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Intro. to Solids
Learn how and when to introduce solid foods to your baby from one of our Registered Dietitians through month by month instructions on what types of foods should be introduced first and when the right time is for your baby. Approx 30 min.
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How to Feed a Picky Eater
Our Registered Dietitian offers practical strategies to help children become competent eaters and make mealtime a positive experience for all! Approx 30 min.
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Meal planning guide:
Cookspiration - Meal Planning Tool
Virtual Grocery Store Tour (video)
Pregnancy:
Children and Parents Connecting
Breastfeeding:
Children:
Managing Constipation - Kids Tips
Ellyn Satter - Helping Children be Good Eaters
NutriSTEP How to Build a Healthy Toddler (18-35 months)
Adults:
Managing Constipation in Adults
Healthy Eating with Pre-Diabetes
The Mediterranean Diet (infographic)