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     Remember Diet is a four letter word
                - Use lifestyle instead.

What you eat ultimately has an affect on your body and your heart. It will influence your body and mind in either good or bad ways.

        It can not be trans fats
             
          It should be:
                           - low in fats
                           - low in calories
                           - high in fibre
                           - achieve a balance

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The new Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide includes a range of web tools to help you plan your meals and snacks:

Build your own Food Guide with the foods that you like.

Track your day's food and activity choices and compare them to the guidelines laid out by the new Food Guide with EATracker

Also from the Dietitians of Canada

Let's Make a Meal!

Let's Make a Meal

Build a one-day menu using “Let’s Make a Meal!” Then use the “Food Guide Calculator” as a quick and easy tool to see if you are Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide. “Let’s Make a Meal!” allows you to choose various menu items for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, and compares your choices against the food guide servings recommended by Canada’s Food Guide.

Let's Make A Meal

A weekly meal plan is an important step for healthy eating. It can help you get organized, cut down on trips to the store, and reduce your reliance on take-out food. Don’t let meal planning be a chore for you. “Let’s Make a Meal!” shows you how different meal choices can add up to a healthy day and gives you tools for easy menu planning.

To see a sample of a daily menu plan that meets the recommendations of Canada’s Food Guide click here.

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Information about healthy eating and nutrition is available to residents of Ontario by:

  • Calling the EatRight Ontario Call Centre toll free at 1 877 510-5102


You can also look at the recipes Menus used in the Mysterious World of Suzanne M Hurley from the menu on the left.
Does this mean going Vegetarian?
 The short answer is Yes and No.

  There are many benefits to a strict vegetarian lifestyle.
You don't have to start with that as a goal. You can simply look at attempting to improve what passes through your mouth, as well as the amount that makes its way over your lips.

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  Focus on the quantity and quality of all of your daily foods.
                                  
More Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
   The Guide also helps you to:
     Plan meals 
     Shop for healthy food
     Read food labels  
     Find fast and easy meal ideas 
     Select smart snacks 

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    From Chatelaine Magazine
      Feb 2008 
  • Recipes, recipes with an excellent sort feature.

    •    Heart & Stroke Foundation Recipes

    Foundation dietitians have reviewed and approved all these heart-healthy recipes, most of which are high in fibre and lower in cholesterol, salt and fat. Most of the dishes have been double and triple tested for quality assurance purposes.

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        Water Up, Weight Down
    Source: Cityline

    Water Up, Weight Down
    Research has shown that body fat is more efficiently burned for fuel in a well-hydrated environment




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        under the Recipes section from the left column