For Brain Awareness Week we are celebrating by looking at some brain-boosting foods that you can incorporate into your diet to help keep your body’s CPU in tip top shape!
BBC Good Food: 10 Foods to Boost Your Brainpower
Food For Thought: Assess Yourself!
March is National Nutrition Month in Canada and to celebrate we want to give you tips and recipes to get the most out of what you take in.
Food is the fuel for your body and without the proper amount of nutrients, your body cannot perform at its best. What do you need to do to ensure you are eating properly and your body is getting the nutrients it needs?
Occupational therapists assess and plan before starting any treatment and the same should be true for how you plan your diet. It’s hard to know how to get yourself to where you need to be if you don’t assess where you are currently at. The following resources from the Dietician of Canada provide tools to assess your current nutritional situation and planning tools which can help you to see the changes you need to make for a healthier you.
Check out these great tools and see how you can improve the way you eat and fuel your body this Nutrition Month.
Food For Thought: Eat for Your Heart
February is Heart Month, and the recipes featured this month have focussed on heart health. For the final installment of “Food For Thought” this heart month, we wanted to provide you with a number of heart healthy foods that you can incorporate into your diet on a daily basis. The following from WebMD provides you with the top 25 foods that will strengthen your cardiovascular system and keep your heart beating strong.
Food For Thought: Recipe of The Week
February is Heart Month and the recipes featured this month focus on providing simple, easy to prepare heart healthy meals.
A large amount of sodium, or salt, in the food you eat is something that can negatively affect your heart health. The American Heart Association states that “In some people, sodium increases blood pressure because it holds excess fluid in the body, creating an added burden on the heart. Too much sodium in the diet may also have other harmful health effects, including increased risk for stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer and kidney disease.iv Processed, pre-packaged foods tend to have a large amount of sodium content. The following pasta recipe from the Mayo Clinic’s Heart Healthy collection is easily homemade and a double batch can made, frozen, and used for future meals.
Food For Thought: Heart Healthy Recipes
February is Heart Month and what you eat can affect the health of your heart. However, heart healthy foods don’t have to be bland. The recipes featured this month will be delicious, heart healthy, and easy to make meals you can prepare ahead of time, freeze and enjoy anytime.
This vegetarian chili from The American Heart Association is packed full of healthy proteins and super-foods. Make a double batch and freeze to enjoy all winter long.
Food For Thought: Heart Month Recipes
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Mexican Bean Burrito Casserole
[/one_fifth]February is Heart Month and so much of prevention involves dietary changes to reduce the risk. The recipes featured this month will be delicious, heart healthy, and easy-to-make meals you can prepare in advance, freeze and enjoy anytime.
Food For Thought: Recipe of The Week
Recognizing that meal preparation is difficult for some people due to limited physical or cognitive ability, food or cooking knowledge, or time, we are providing healthy options that are simple, fast to prepare and nutritious. The weekly Food For Thought recipes are recipes that can be made in bulk, stages, or the day before, or can be easily packed into a transportable lunch.
With the freezing temperatures and “polar vortex chill”, warm up with a nice bowl of stew. The following beef stew recipe from spoonful.com is healthy, quick and easy to make, and easily freezable so you can enjoy leftovers another time.
Spoonful.com: Best Ever Beef Stew
Make Time For Family Dinner Time
In today’s busy world it can be hard to make family mealtime a priority and in some cases it has become a thing of the past, or takes the form of people eating while texting, checking a phone, or using a game system. However, making the time to sit and eat together has valuable physical and mental health benefits. The following from Health magazine discusses the important advantages of family dinner time.
Food For Thought: Recipe Of The Week
Recognizing that meal preparation is difficult for some people due to limited physical or cognitive ability, food or cooking knowledge, or time, we are providing healthy options that are simple, fast to prepare and nutritious. The weekly Food For Thought recipes are recipes that can be made in bulk, stages, or the day before, or can be easily packed into a transportable lunch.
Here’s a simple way to enjoy a healthy winter meal that you can freeze and enjoy again. “Cheat’s Shepherd’s Pie” from bbcgoodfood.com
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1292/cheats-shepherds-pie
Food For Thought: Healthy Lunches
Making a lunch may seem inconvenient, but a packed lunch is healthier for you and can help to save money when compared to eating out. The following information from Eat Right Ontario discusses quick and easy healthy lunches you can make the night before or the
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