Online diet groups: diet cults, bad advice and woo By Kate Chury, Registered Nutritionist and Digestive Health Dietitian This article originally appeared on Kate’s blog ThinkyBites I have a confession to make. I’ve been watching you. Well, maybe not all of you but some of you. But…before you get alarmed, let me clarify. For the…
READ MOREThe Science of Carbs and How to Manage Comfort Foods Chances are some of your favorite comfort foods are starchy foods like bread and pasta, sweets or savoury crunchy foods like potato chips. Since many of our clients have a love affair with carbohydrates and struggle with portion sizes of these things, this article is…
READ MOREEating Out Tips for Healthy Travel Listen to my previous QR77 Radio Interview on How To Eat Well On The Road When Traveling for Work While you certainly don’t need to strive for perfection, without careful planning, eating out regularly and travelling for work can be hard on your health and productivity. If you…
READ MOREA little effort goes a long way to improve your nutrition Does being busy get in the way of your nutrition? Do you find it hard to find time to eat? Are other things always jump ahead in priority of your meals? Is finding time to cook at home a challenge? Healthy eating doesn’t have…
READ MORETakeaways From Weight Loss Diets by a Registered Dietitian / Nutritionist Calgary By Jana Spindler (Online Dietitian / Nutritionist Calgary specializing in weight concerns, emotional eating and disordered eating). For every diet that you have tried, and failed, and blamed yourself and your lack of will-power, you have also learned something. You learned the things…
READ MOREHow to Meal Plan When You are Just Starting Out Meal planning is one thing that, as a Registered Dietitian, I think is essential. Personally, I don’t always love doing it but (and this is a big BUT) it makes my life so much easier. It makes the often hectic weeknights more manageable. It makes…
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