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Colourful Veggie-Rich Recipes to Boost Your Nutrient Intake

Elisa de Jesus

Apr 104 min read

Colourful Veggie-Rich Recipes to Boost Your Nutrient Intake

HNSC 4140 Hot Lunch Sale: Week Two

Delicious and Nutritious Recipes to Spice up Your Lunch Bag

Elisa de Jesus

Apr 95 min read

Delicious and Nutritious Recipes to Spice up Your Lunch Bag

HNSC 4140 Hot Lunch Sale: Week One

Red Day Canada: Celebrating Women’s Heart Health

Lamiya

Feb 5, 20224 min read

Red Day Canada: Celebrating Women’s Heart Health

(Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre, 2022) In general, we refer to Cardiovascular illness as a "man's disease," and 50% more women than...

Thyroid: what is it and why is it important?

Lamiya

Jan 18, 20223 min read

Thyroid: what is it and why is it important?

(Pexels, 2019) January is Thyroid Awareness Month. One out of every eight Americans will experience a thyroid issue over their lifetime,...

3 Ways to Spot Nutrition Misinformation on Social Media

Alli Jack

Nov 30, 20213 min read

3 Ways to Spot Nutrition Misinformation on Social Media

(Ana Silva, n.d.) It's Digital Health Week! In the spirit of celebrating advancement in digital health, we want to focus on the...

Meghna

Oct 6, 20212 min read

Malnutrition: A Universal Issue

Malnutrition refers to a disproportionate intake of energy and/or nutrients. In Canada, every one in seven children and youth is facing...

Manit Singh Dhingra

Sep 28, 20213 min read

Food Safety Education Month

Corpstore, n.d. Do you think the food you buy from your local grocery store is safe, or do you trust them blindly? Do you read food...

Avery Penner

May 2, 20212 min read

Celiac Disease and Gluten-Free Diets

Stefka Pavlova Via Getty Images Approximately 1 out of every 100 people worldwide have celiac disease which causes the body to attack its...

Caitlynn Danchuk

Apr 12, 20212 min read

Navigating Nutrition with IBS

GI Society: Canadian Society of Intestinal Research. https://badgut.org/information-centre/a-z-digestive-topics/ibs-awareness/#:~:text=Ap...

Hiwot Jonk

Mar 29, 20213 min read

Challenging Eating Disorder Stereotypes

Source: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/analysis-paralysis#possible-causes This year’s theme for nutrition month is “Good...

Ways to Turn Healthy Eating into a Daily Life Practice

Tasnima Ferdous

Mar 15, 20212 min read

Ways to Turn Healthy Eating into a Daily Life Practice

Source: https://peaceevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/man-preparing-a-salad.png Following the basics of healthy eating can...

Has Social Media Eroded our Relationship with Food?

Hiwot Jonk

Mar 1, 20213 min read

Has Social Media Eroded our Relationship with Food?

Image by lechatnoir on gettyimages.ca Social media plays an important role in how we view our society across many fields -- and dietetics...

Combating the ‘Thin Ideal’ and Moving Towards Body Acceptance

Avery Penner

Feb 7, 20212 min read

Combating the ‘Thin Ideal’ and Moving Towards Body Acceptance

"Barbie's Diet II" by LauraLewis23 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Eating disorders are currently the second deadliest mental illness and...

Kate Letexier

Jan 19, 20212 min read

Mental Wellness & Body Image

Photo by Michelle Bonkosky on Unsplash January is mental wellness month! Mental wellness includes your emotional health, mental function,...

Women’s Brain Health Day: Risk and Protective Factors for Your Brain Health

Kate Letexier

Dec 2, 20202 min read

Women’s Brain Health Day: Risk and Protective Factors for Your Brain Health

Photo by Kaboompics .com from Pexels Did you know that many brain illnesses, like dementia, stroke, and depression, occur twice as...

The Role of Nutrition in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Viktoria Hergenreiter

Nov 14, 20203 min read

The Role of Nutrition in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

(hips.hearstrapps, n.d.) 11 million Canadians. That is, 1 in 3 people are currently living with either pre-diabetes or diabetes, and up...

IBD and Nutrition, what you need to know

Caitlynn Danchuk

Nov 3, 20202 min read

IBD and Nutrition, what you need to know

(Logan sports memorial, n.d.) November is Crohn’s and colitis awareness month! You may ask what is Crohn’s and colitis? They are two...

Cancer and our Plate: How Preventative Nutrition May Improve Cancer Trajectories

Viktoria Hergenreiter

Oct 15, 20203 min read

Cancer and our Plate: How Preventative Nutrition May Improve Cancer Trajectories

(VESNA JOVANOVIC, n.d.) We are already halfway through breast cancer awareness month so in this blog post, we are going to touch on the...

Acne and Food: what does one have to do with the other?

Viktoria Hergenreiter

Sep 21, 20202 min read

Acne and Food: what does one have to do with the other?

Grill (n.d.) Recent research shows a rise in adult acne, more than 40% of the adult population are now diagnosed with low grade,...

uofmneco

Mar 27, 20182 min read

The Potential To Bring Us Together

Nutrition Month 2018 features the potential of food to fuel, discover, prevent, heal and bring us together – with the help of dietitians....