While Health Canada has moved their general nutrition guidelines away from the gender binary, many nutrition calculators, equations, and recommendations have not, making it hard for non-binary individuals to work towards maximizing their health. Discover what Dietitian, Jana Spindler recommends for the non-binary population in terms of nutrition.
READ MOREIncorporating spices or herbs in your daily cooking can be daunting. However, with Registered Dietitian, Shauna Kime’s tips and tricks, you’ll be using different spices in your everyday cooking in no time to add flavour and fun to your meals! Make sure to try out the spices and herbs listed!
READ MOREWant to incorporate mushrooms into your meals? Their health benefits as a superfood are undeniable. Registered Dietitian, Amy Yiu breaks down which mushrooms to pick, their nutritional values, how to cook each type of mushroom and shares the delicious Braised Chicken with Shiitake Mushrooms and Mountain Yam Recipe.
READ MOREAre you the health leader of the family and have struggled to sell the benefit of a healthy diet to your significant other or kids? You may have been met with resistance and limited success. Instead of trying to nag or coax them to eat healthy, try the gentler and likely more effective approach of nutrition nudging in this blog post!
READ MOREMaking a meal for your family can sometimes be a huge time commitment. Here are some tips from Registered Dietitian, Daniela O’Brien on how to make a quick, easy yet delicious and nutritious meal for the family through her two meal prep techniques. Just dump and drizzle, dump and dip it!
READ MORENormalized eating or intuitive eating is about eating what you are hungry for, when you are hungry – but is it still normal for most of us? Learn to understand your different hunger cues and normalize intuitive eating to have a better understanding of both your body and you.
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