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Healthy Nutrition
Healthy NutritionHealthy Nutrition:
Important Nutritional Facts
By:Barb Del Brocco, RHNRegistered Nutritionist
Nutrition ArticleAccording to a recent article on Nutrition, eating
right doesn't have to be complicated. Nutritionists say there is a simple way to tell if you're eating
right. Colours. Fill your bowls with bright rainbow colours. Greens, reds, yellows. In fact, my kids did that this morning. They had bowls of M&M's
and said they never knew eating right could be so easy????
AGENDA Healthy Nutrition:
What is it? Importance of Nutrition & Breakfast?
Food & Drink: Fiber, Protein, Bread, Pop, Juice, Water
Food Facts & Meals/Snacks: Myths & Suggestions
Nutritional Game: True or False with prizes
Genetics Loads the Gun, Lifestyle Pulls the Trigger!
According to a WHO (World Health Organization) report on human disease,
9 out of 10 Canadians will die from chronic disease that is largely preventable through
diet, exercise and a smoke free lifestyle.
What is Healthy Nutrition? Healthy Nutrition: What is it?
Total food eaten fuels our bodies Needed to survive and live a healthy life
Healthy Nutrition: Why Important? To help our body grow (both body & brain) Maintain our body to be strong & energetic Repair our bodies when we are injured or tired Helps avoid diseases later in life Helps you to live a long life
Importance of Breakfast Breakfast: Why Important?
Avoid hungry feelings so you eat right Provide fuel so you can stay awake and learn
What to Eat for Breakfast? PROTEIN: Eggs & milk takes longer to digest FIBER: Important source of vitamins
What Not to Eat for Breakfast? Sugar (e.g. Fruit Loops & White Toast & Jam)
Breakfast
Skipping Breakfast: Why You Should Not? More difficult to think, remember, or learn Feel tired = less active = less healthy Feel hungrier = distracted and less alert Will eat almost anything when hungry
BOTTOM LINE: No Breakfast = Less Smart & Less Healthy
Hint: Earlier to Bed = Earlier to Rise to eat a proper breakfast
Food & Drink: Fiber What is Fiber?
Whole grain bread, brown rice, vegetables, whole grain cereals, nuts, seeds and fruit!
Helps digestion work properly by getting rid of toxins and waste
Why is Fiber Important? Keeps you feeling full for a longer time Makes it easier to go to the bathroom Gets rid of toxins that can make you sick or cause
diseases like cancer Lowers cholesterol
Food & Drink: Protein What is Protein?
Meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans, yogurt, seafood Required for growth, maintenance and repair of all
cells in your body
Why is Protein Important? Helps build bones, muscles, skin and make blood Strong muscles allow you to be active Being active makes you healthier and smarter It keeps you feeling full longer
Bread & Flour: White is the Worst! “The whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead!!”
Also known as enriched flour or wheat flour
Look for the word “WHOLE” in front of the flour
White Bread contains lots of salt which is bad for you
Food & Drink: Bread & Flour
Food & Drink: PopPOP: Full of Sugar & Caffeine
Sugar = lots of calories that make you fat Caffeine = hyperactivity and dehydration Damages cells in the body Puts stress on Pancreas (insulin) + bad for Bones Eats away at Stomach lining
DIET POP: Also Bad Choice even with 0 Calories! Aspartame can cause brain cancer / tumours Increases appetite so you end up gaining weight,
not losing by weight drinking diet pop
Food & Drink: Pop
Food & Drink: Juice JUICE: How healthy is it?
100% fruit juice: lots of sugar = lots of calories Lots of sugar = bad for your teeth Lots of calories = unnecessary weight gain Juice will make kids hyper = less learning Juice will make kids feel full = avoid good foods Eating the fruit instead of the juice gives you
fiber and makes you feel full longer BOTTOM LINE: Don’t drink too much Juice
and go for the actual fruit or water instead
Food & Drink: JuiceHow Sweet Drinks Add Up 1 Can of Pop per day = 150 Calories 2 glasses of Juice per day = 240 calories for both glassesTOTAL: 390 calories per day
AFTER JUST ONE YEAR: 40 extra pounds? 142,000 calories One pound of fat = 3,500 calories 142,000 calories = 40 pounds
Bottom Line: Avoid Pop & Too Much Juice
Food & Drink: What to Drink What should you drink: WATER!!
Zero calories and no added salt to make you thirstier
Water is cheap = save money
How to liven up Water? Add lemon, orange, lime, or even cucumbers for
taste
What else to drink: Non-fat Milk!! 2-4 servings per day of calcium-rich foods
Food & Drink: What to Drink
Food & Drink: Water
Why is Water So Important? 80% of your body is made of water Needed to maintain a healthy body and mind Without water = poor concentration Dehydration: Symptoms include irritability, poor
concentration, headaches, tirednessHint: Keep water cooled in fridge or in a water cooler
and make it easy to access for all kids.
Food & Drink: Water
Food Facts: Menu Planning What Should You Eat?
A healthy breakfast that doesn't need to be extravagant or take a long time to prepare
Protein can come from many sources such as low-fat meat, eggs, nuts or dairy products
High-fiber foods include fruits, vegetables and whole grains and should be included in every meal
Nutritious and Healthy Breakfast? Oatmeal: add nuts or fruit on top Fruit Smoothie: Frozen Berries, Banana, Mango, Peach
and even Spinach + non-fat milk in blender Eggs: Quickly scrambled on top of whole wheat toast French Toast, Waffle or Pancakes: Whole grains Maple Syrup: Best choice
HINT: Replace syrup with FRESH berries or slices of fruit on top
Meals / Snacks: Breakfast
Other Nutritious Breakfast Ideas:
Whole grain Toast, Bagel, Wrap or English Muffin with cheese, almond/peanut/pumpkin butter/sunbutter
Plain Yogurt + fresh fruit or nuts on top or even healthy cereal sprinkled on top
Breakfast Taco: Shredded cheese on a whole grain tortilla, folded in half, topped with salsa
Hint: Last night’s leftovers – they’re not just for dinner anymore!
Meals / Snacks: Breakfast
Lunch Menu
Pasta: Whole wheat, whole grain, brown rice or even Quinoa (don’t judge until you try it!)
Salad: Lettuce, onions, cucumbers, apples, cheese with oil and vinegar or oil and lemon dressing
Burrito: Homemade with beans, brown rice, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and salsa on a whole grain Wrap
Sandwich: Whole grain bread (never White!!) with last night’s dinner (e.g. chicken, turkey) topped with lettuce and cucumbers
Meals / Snacks: Lunch
Dinner Menu: Have Fun!!! Homemade Pizza: buy Whole Wheat Pizza dough at
grocery store and top it with good/healthy stuff (cheese, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, etc.)
Broiled Chicken: with sweet potato and tossed salad Fish: Salmon or Fillet of Sole, bake with salt/pepper,
lemon and dill served with brown rice Pasta: mixed with olive oil, cheese and garlic, add
broccoli
HINT: Get the whole family involved. Kids need to learn how to cook when they are young (some Dads too!)
Meals / Snacks: Dinner
Snacks Vegetables or Crackers (without hydrogenated
oils) with Hummus or Salsa Natural Yogurt with Fruit Homemade Muffins Fresh Fruit Cut Cucumber slices, Carrot & Celery sticks Air-popped Popcorn (avoid the microwave bags)
HINT: Avoid sugary snacks that make you hungrier and or less healthy for you!
Meals Planning: Snacks
Food Facts Eat every 2-4 hours = You will be less Hungry Why?
Also keeps the blood sugar in your body at an even level preventing mood swings or hyperactivity
Example of a Typical Meal Schedule8:00 am – Breakfast10:30 am – Morning snack 12:45 pm – Lunch2:15 pm – Mid afternoon snack4:15 pm – Light snack6:00 pm – Dinner8:00 pm – Light snack
Food Facts: Bedtime Eating
Avoid Large Late Night Meals:
Eating high fat, high salt, high calorie meals before bed will zap your early morning energy and make it hard to get out of bed in the morning….sort of like a food hangover
Omit sweets before bedtime to avoid falling asleep or waking up in the middle of the night
One teaspoon of sugar suppresses the immune system for up to 4 hours
Food Facts: Important Tip
Nutritional Game:
TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS
(Prizes to be Won!)
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Brown Eggs are healthier than White Eggs.
Nutritional Game
FALSE The colour of the eggshell only
depends upon the breed of the hen not how healthy the egg.
Question:
Eating less by skipping a meal when you are not hungry will help you lose weight.
Nutritional Game: True or False
FALSESkipping a meal to lose weight will only make your body want to eat
more at the next meal or cause your body to go into starvation mode
which causes weight gain.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
If you chew your food for a longer time before you swallow, you eat less.
Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE It takes approximately 15 to 20
minutes for your stomach to tell your brain when you are full.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Fresh fruit juice is a good substitute for eating the whole fruit.
Nutritional Game: True or False
FALSE Juice contains less vitamins than the actual piece of fruit and has no fiber and
has lots of calories.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question: Being thirsty is a good way to know if
you are about to become dehydrated.
Nutritional Game: True or False
FALSE
By the time you are thirsty, studies indicate that you are already
somewhat dehydrated.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Drinking water can prevent and lessen headaches.
Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE Everyone needs water to survive and
without it, your body gives you signs that something is wrong.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Bananas can help make you feel calm and relaxed.
Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE Bananas contain important
B Vitamins which help reduce stress and relax you.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
When an egg floats in water, it is “off” or gone bad and should not be eaten.
Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE When an egg is fresh it will lie on its side at the bottom of a glass of
water. As it ages, it will begin to tilt upwards and will finally float when
it has gone bad.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
A Tomato is a Fruit.
Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE
Tomatoes are good for you!!
Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:Most of the fiber in Fruit
is in the peel.
Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE Note: Be careful to wash all fruit including the
outside peels (like oranges or cantaloupe) that might fall on dirty floors and transfer germs to
your hands when eating.
Nutritional Game: True or False
Genetics loads the Gun, Lifestyle Pulls the Trigger!
Quote: Those who think they have no time
for eating healthy will sooner orlater have to find time for illness!
GENETICS… Loads the Gun LIFESTYLE… Pulls the Trigger!
QUESTIONS?
Nutrition Article
According to a recent article on Nutrition, eating right doesn't have to be complicated. Nutritionists
say there is a simple way to tell if you're eating right. Colours. Fill your bowls with bright rainbow
colours. Greens, reds, yellows.
Healthy Nutrition is ...not M&M’s