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Serving size savvy
Most of us are aware of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and its recommendations to eat a certain number of servings from each food group each day. But what makes up a serving? Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide advises Canadians to consume a certain number of servings per food group each day. This […]
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Nutritional variety and important nutrients
The Dietitians of Canada suggest that, like all Canadian women, if you are pregnant you should choose a variety of foods daily from the four food groups:grain products, vegetables and fruit, milk products, and meat and alternatives. Choosing foods from each of the four food groups of Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating can help you meet […]
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Fat vs Fiction: What Diets Work?
Lose 15 pounds by the weekend? Get your dream body while eating whatever you want and without having to go to the gym? Shelves full of books and hours of infomercials will try to have you believe otherwise, but there is no magic formula that can get you the body you want. Yes, losing weight […]
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Keep Your Resolutions
What’s your resolution this New Year? To exercise more, eat better, perhaps quit smoking – or do you just want to try to relax more? Let’s take a fresh look at things you can do to keep your resolutions. Quit smoking Quitting smoking is a popular New Year’s resolution – so popular, some people do […]
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Stop Smoking. Breathe Easy.
It takes practice and time to quit smoking, but it can be done, and the benefits of stopping smoking are worth the effort. There are many ways to quit smoking, such as the “cold turkey” method or a system to gradually taper off smoking. Each person is unique, and different strategies work better for different […]
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Relax More
You would think people would take any chance they get to relax. But many people feel that they don’t relax enough – “relax more” is a popular New Year’s resolution. How many times have you found yourself wishing that you took more time to “smell the flowers” and less time on the go-go-go? And yet […]
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Exercise More
The problem with getting more exercise always seems to be that it takes so much time. Who has the time to go off somewhere for an hour a day? Perhaps you make a schedule with the best of intentions, and you stick to it for a week or two, and then you have to make […]
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Quit Smoking
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, which makes quitting smoking an ideal New Year’s resolution. It’s also a popular one – thousands of smokers resolve to quit every year. In fact, some smokers like the resolution so much, they resolve to quit again the next year – and the next… And that’s […]
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