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1 Nutrition for Workplace Wellness Heather Baillie P.Dt

2 Where do you get nutrition information?

3 Nutrition Information The internet Books Newspaper, Magazines, News Research articles Friends, family Doctors, health professionals Dietitians/Nutritionists

4 Fact or Fiction? A Low Carb diet will help you lose weight. True, at first. But not healthy, or sustainable.

5 Fact or Fiction? Multigrain is Whole grain. False.

6 Fact or Fiction Frozen vegetables are not as healthy as fresh. False.

7 Fact or Fiction? Honey, maple syrup, brown sugar and concentrated fruit sugars are healthier than white sugar. False!

8 Fact or Fiction? Thinner is healthier False.

9 Food Labels We can look at the nutrition facts table to compare products Compare fat, sodium, fibre, sugar

10 What are you really eating??? Ingredient List Do you know what these ingredients are?  Oats  Sodium bicarbonate  Tocopherols  Carageenan  Ascorbic acid

11 What are you really eating??? Do you know what these ingredients are? Dextrose Triglycerides Tartrazine Sulphites Monosodium glutamate Silicon dioxide

12 What is this food product? 1. Ingredients: Oats 2. Ingredients: Durum whole grain whole wheat semolina 3. Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, soybean oil, salt

13 What is this food product?? Ingredients: Water, Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut and Palm Kernel Oils), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Less than Two Percent of Sodium Caseinate (from Milk), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Xanthan and Guar Gums, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Monostearate, Beta Carotene (Color).

14 How do we know if a packaged food is healthy?

15 How can we bring healthy eating to the workplace? http://www.actnowbc.ca/media/08- 024%20Eat%20Smart%20Meet%20Smart %20Booklet%20-%20May%2026.pdf

16 How can you celebrate nutrition month or promote nutrition in your workplace?

17 Ways to Celebrate Nutrition Month! Share healthy recipes Provide fact sheets (find from government web-sites or DC websites) Share healthy meal and snack ideas Provide copies of Canada’s Food Guide, and other resources Tips for healthy cooking and baking Try a new healthy cookbook together

18 Picture References 1.Slide 1: Good Food Display. National Cancer Institute1988. 2.Slide 1: U.S. Dept of Agriculture 2011. Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon during his visit to Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, VA, 3.Slide 1: Salad. Author unknown. Found through wikimedia.org 4.Lemon photo: Photographer: André Karwath 5.Slide 7: Basket of Apples. Author: Sven Teschke 6.Slide 7: Maple Syrup. Author: Dvortygirl. 7.Slide 8: Vegetables. 2007. Author: Biswarup GangulyBiswarup Ganguly 8.Slide 8: Biking. U.S National Whitewater Center 2007. 9.Slide 9: Pasta aisle. Grocery coupons 2010 10.Slide 16: Plate of cookies. Photgrapher: Dan Smith. 11.Slide 16: Bananas. Author: Andrius Burlega

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