#canadasfoodguide

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Canada's New Food Guide 2019 #EducateChildren #EatWellLiveWell #HealthyEating #CanadasFoodGuide #CanadasFoodGuide2019 #Hippocrates #LetFoodBeThyMedicineAndMedicineBeThyFood 🍠🍌🍎🍏🍊🍋🍅🍆🍇🍈🍉🍐🍑🍒🍓🍍 www.Canada.ca/FoodGuide https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCc0O-g8Yo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6n8d2yq94t6l

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As many have you now seen or heard the new Canada's Food Guide is out! It's been 12 years since they last updated this resource so it was due. How did they do? Overall they did a great job. It focuses on eating foods from a variety of sources and uses the plate model which I enjoy using as a tool. It also has focused not only on the food you eat but how you eat those foods. It brings in mindful eating! Yay!!!! The one page resource definitely requires you to do some more digging or to ask your friendly dietitian questions but should get you thinking about the right things. I love that they put in "Enjoy your food" because at the end of the day that is what is important. Yes you want to feel your best and be healthy but things need to taste good and you need to enjoy it!!! So overall A+ to @canadasfoodguide for touching on some great points with this one. #canadasfoodguide #updated #yesyoucanstilleatmeat #eatsomebeansaswell #jobwelldone https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs_sYk1B88F/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ms1ea8hvvira

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#Repost @susan_veganrd with @get_repost ・・・ CANADA'S NEW FOOD GUIDE IS HERE!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I'm definitely intrigued by it's simple design and removal of food groups/servings. Also proud of how #dietitians were represented. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Look for upcoming posts over the next few weeks as I explore the tool and help to provide practical recommendations based on the guidelines. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #canadasfoodguide #dietitian #registereddietitian #dietitiansofinstagram #healthcanada #nutrition #vegandietitian #rd #rdn #vegan #vegansofig #plantbased #sustainableeating #plantbased #wfpb #plantbaseddiet #sustainability #sustainable diets https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9a2FxFWxC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11qsfh4pys3ix

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Nutrition Basics

Canada’s Food Guide

    Health Canada also provides Canadian Food Guide serving equivalences such as the following: Vegetables and Fruit

125mL (½ cup) fresh, frozen or canned vegetable or fruit or 100% juice

250mL (1 cup) leafy raw vegetables or salad

1 piece of fruit (e.g. an apple)

Grain Products

1 slice (35 g) bread or ½ bagel (45 g)

½ pita (35 g) or ½ tortilla (35 g)

125mL (½ cup) cooked rice, pasta, or couscous

30 g cold cereal or 17mL (¾ cup) hot cereal

Milk and Alternatives

250mL (1 cup) milk or fortified soy beverage

175 g (¾ cup) yogurt

50 g (1 ½ oz.) cheese

Meat and Alternatives

75 g (2 ½ oz.)/125mL (½ cup) cooked fish, shellfish, poultry or lean meat

175mL (¾ cup) cooked beans

2 eggs

30mL (2 Tbsp) peanut butter

Despite what amount the food guide says to eat, it should generally be used as a reference not as a check-list. Remember, they are recommendations! Due to factors like weight, height, current athletic level and any specific health needs or constraints, the amount of servings everyone will need from each food group will vary. If you are full, do not force yourself to eat because you have yet to meet the daily requirements for a certain group and retrospectively, do not starve yourself just because you have already consumed the recommended serving amount of each group. The health guide serves to show people the types of foods that should make up the most and least of their diet. For example, all our bodies require a greater amount of fruits and veggies than meat and alternatives. It is important to listen to when you are hungry and when you are full. Select a variety of foods instead of always the same ones, as not all foods of a food group have the same nutrients. The most nutrient-effective way to pair fruits and vegetables is by combining foods from all colours of the rainbow. In most fruits and vegetables, it is the photochemicals which give the plants their colour.

The Forgotten Food Group

One group that is not placed in the Canadian Food Guide is a category and serving amount for unhealthy foods. To have a healthy diet it does not mean to exclude all unnatural foods, sodas, chips, cookies, fast foods, etc., but to limit them, create a balance and fuel your body with more “good” than “bad”. Make them occasional treats instead of daily meals.

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