2. Healthy Nutrition
Healthy Nutrition:
Important Nutritional Facts
By:Barb Del Brocco, RHN
Registered Nutritionist
barbdelbrocco@gmail.com
3. Nutrition Article
According to a recent article on Nutrition, eating
right doesn't have to be complicated.
Nutritionists say there is a simple way to tell if
you're eating right. Colours. Fill your bowls with
bright rainbow colours. Greens, reds, yellows. In
fact, my kids did that this morning. They
had bowls of M&M's and said they never knew
eating right could be so easy????
4. AGENDA
Healthy Nutrition:
What is it? Importance of Nutrition & Breakfast?
Food & Drink:
Fiber, Protein, Bread, Pop, Juice, Water
Food Facts & Meals/Snacks:
Myths & Suggestions
Nutritional Game:
True or False with prizes
5. Genetics Loads the Gun,
Lifestyle Pulls the Trigger!
According to a WHO (World Health
Organization) report on human disease,
9 out of 10 Canadians will die
from chronic disease that is
largely preventable through
diet, exercise and a smoke free lifestyle.
6. What is Healthy Nutrition?
Healthy Nutrition: What is it?
Total food eaten fuels our bodies
Needed to survive and live a healthy life
Healthy Nutrition: Why Important?
To help our body grow (both body & brain)
Maintain our body to be strong & energetic
Repair our bodies when we are injured or tired
Helps avoid diseases later in life
Helps you to live a long life
7. Importance of Breakfast
Breakfast: Why Important?
Avoid hungry feelings so you eat right
Provide fuel so you can stay awake and learn
What to Eat for Breakfast?
PROTEIN: Eggs & milk takes longer to digest
FIBER: Important source of vitamins
What Not to Eat for Breakfast?
Sugar (e.g. Fruit Loops & White Toast & Jam)
8. Breakfast
Skipping Breakfast: Why You Should Not?
More difficult to think, remember, or learn
Feel tired = less active = less healthy
Feel hungrier = distracted and less alert
Will eat almost anything when hungry
BOTTOM LINE:
No Breakfast = Less Smart & Less Healthy
Hint: Earlier to Bed = Earlier to Rise to eat a proper breakfast
9. Food & Drink: Fiber
What is Fiber?
Whole grain bread, brown rice, vegetables, whole
grain cereals, nuts, seeds and fruit!
Helps digestion work properly by getting rid of toxins
and waste
Why is Fiber Important?
Keeps you feeling full for a longer time
Makes it easier to go to the bathroom
Gets rid of toxins that can make you sick or cause
diseases like cancer
Lowers cholesterol
10. Food & Drink: Protein
What is Protein?
Meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans, yogurt, seafood
Required for growth, maintenance and repair of all
cells in your body
Why is Protein Important?
Helps build bones, muscles, skin and make blood
Strong muscles allow you to be active
Being active makes you healthier and smarter
It keeps you feeling full longer
11. Food & Drink: Bread & Flour
Bread & Flour: White is the Worst!
“The whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead!!”
Also known as enriched flour or wheat flour
Look for the word “WHOLE” in front of the flour
White Bread contains lots of salt which is bad for you
12. Food & Drink: Pop
POP: Full of Sugar & Caffeine
Sugar = lots of calories that make you fat
Caffeine = hyperactivity and dehydration
Damages cells in the body
Puts stress on Pancreas (insulin) + bad for Bones
Eats away at Stomach lining
DIET POP: Also Bad Choice even with 0 Calories!
Aspartame can cause brain cancer / tumours
Increases appetite so you end up gaining weight,
not losing by weight drinking diet pop
14. Food & Drink: Juice
JUICE: How healthy is it?
100% fruit juice: lots of sugar = lots of calories
Lots of sugar = bad for your teeth
Lots of calories = unnecessary weight gain
Juice will make kids hyper = less learning
Juice will make kids feel full = avoid good foods
Eating the fruit instead of the juice gives you
fiber and makes you feel full longer
BOTTOM LINE: Don’t drink too much Juice
and go for the actual fruit or water instead
15. Food & Drink: Juice
How Sweet Drinks Add Up
1 Can of Pop per day = 150 Calories
2 glasses of Juice per day = 240 calories for both glasses
TOTAL: 390 calories per day
AFTER JUST ONE YEAR: 40 extra pounds?
142,000 calories
One pound of fat = 3,500 calories
142,000 calories = 40 pounds
Bottom Line: Avoid Pop & Too Much Juice
16. Food & Drink: What to Drink
What should you drink: WATER!!
Zero calories and no added salt to make you
thirstier
Water is cheap = save money
How to liven up Water?
Add lemon, orange, lime, or even cucumbers for
taste
What else to drink: Non-fat Milk!!
2-4 servings per day of calcium-rich foods
18. Food & Drink: Water
Why is Water So Important?
80% of your body is made of water
Needed to maintain a healthy body and mind
Without water = poor concentration
Dehydration: Symptoms include irritability,
poor concentration, headaches, tiredness
Hint:
Keep water cooled in fridge or in a water cooler
and make it easy to access for all kids.
20. Food Facts: Menu Planning
What Should You Eat?
A healthy breakfast that doesn't need to be
extravagant or take a long time to prepare
Protein can come from many sources such as
low-fat meat, eggs, nuts or dairy products
High-fiber foods include fruits, vegetables and whole
grains and should be included in every meal
21. Meals / Snacks: Breakfast
Nutritious and Healthy Breakfast?
Oatmeal: add nuts or fruit on top
Fruit Smoothie: Frozen Berries, Banana, Mango, Peach
and even Spinach + non-fat milk in blender
Eggs: Quickly scrambled on top of whole wheat toast
French Toast, Waffle or Pancakes: Whole grains
Maple Syrup: Best choice
HINT: Replace syrup with FRESH berries or slices of
fruit on top
22. Meals / Snacks: Breakfast
Other Nutritious Breakfast Ideas:
Whole grain Toast, Bagel, Wrap or English Muffin
with cheese, almond/peanut/pumpkin
butter/sunbutter
Plain Yogurt + fresh fruit or nuts on top or even
healthy cereal sprinkled on top
Breakfast Taco: Shredded cheese on a whole
grain tortilla, folded in half, topped with salsa
Hint: Last night’s leftovers – they’re not just for
dinner anymore!
23. Meals / Snacks: Lunch
Lunch Menu
Pasta: Whole wheat, whole grain, brown rice or
even Quinoa (don’t judge until you try it!)
Salad: Lettuce, onions, cucumbers, apples,
cheese with oil and vinegar or oil and lemon
dressing
Burrito: Homemade with beans, brown rice,
lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and salsa on a whole
grain Wrap
Sandwich: Whole grain bread (never White!!)
with last night’s dinner (e.g. chicken, turkey)
topped with lettuce and cucumbers
24. Meals / Snacks: Dinner
Dinner Menu: Have Fun!!!
Homemade Pizza: buy Whole Wheat Pizza dough at
grocery store and top it with good/healthy stuff (cheese,
onions, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, etc.)
Broiled Chicken: with sweet potato and tossed salad
Fish: Salmon or Fillet of Sole, bake with salt/pepper,
lemon and dill served with brown rice
Pasta: mixed with olive oil, cheese and garlic, add
broccoli
HINT: Get the whole family involved. Kids need to learn
how to cook when they are young (some Dads too!)
25. Meals Planning: Snacks
Snacks
Vegetables or Crackers (without hydrogenated
oils) with Hummus or Salsa
Natural Yogurt with Fruit
Homemade Muffins
Fresh Fruit
Cut Cucumber slices, Carrot & Celery sticks
Air-popped Popcorn (avoid the microwave bags)
HINT: Avoid sugary snacks that make you hungrier
and or less healthy for you!
26. Food Facts
Eat every 2-4 hours = You will be less Hungry
Why?
Also keeps the blood sugar in your body at an even
level preventing mood swings or hyperactivity
Example of a Typical Meal Schedule
8:00 am – Breakfast
10:30 am – Morning snack
12:45 pm – Lunch
2:15 pm – Mid afternoon snack
4:15 pm – Light snack
6:00 pm – Dinner
8:00 pm – Light snack
28. Food Facts: Important Tip
Avoid Large Late Night Meals:
Eating high fat, high salt, high calorie meals
before bed will zap your early morning energy
and make it hard to get out of bed in the
morning….sort of like a food hangover
Omit sweets before bedtime to avoid falling
asleep or waking up in the middle of the night
One teaspoon of sugar suppresses the immune
system for up to 4 hours
31. Nutritional Game
FALSE
The colour of the eggshell only depends
upon the breed of the hen not how
healthy the egg.
32. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Eating less by skipping a meal when you
are not hungry will help you lose weight.
33. Nutritional Game: True or False
FALSE
Skipping a meal to lose weight will
only make your body want to eat
more at the next meal or cause your
body to go into starvation mode
which causes weight gain.
34. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
If you chew your food for a longer
time before you swallow, you eat less.
35. Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE
It takes approximately 15 to 20
minutes for your stomach to tell your
brain when you are full.
36. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Fresh fruit juice is a good substitute
for eating the whole fruit.
37. Nutritional Game: True or False
FALSE
Juice contains less vitamins than the
actual piece of fruit and has no fiber and
has lots of calories.
38. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Being thirsty is a good way to know if
you are about to become dehydrated.
39. Nutritional Game: True or False
FALSE
By the time you are thirsty, studies
indicate that you are already
somewhat dehydrated.
40. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Drinking water can prevent
and lessen headaches.
41. Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE
Everyone needs water to survive and
without it, your body gives you signs
that something is wrong.
42. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
Bananas can help make you feel
calm and relaxed.
43. Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE
Bananas contain important
B Vitamins which help reduce
stress and relax you.
44. Nutritional Game: True or False
Question:
When an egg floats in water, it is “off”
or gone bad and should not be eaten.
45. Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE
When an egg is fresh it will lie on
its side at the bottom of a glass of
water. As it ages, it will begin to tilt
upwards and will finally float when
it has gone bad.
49. Nutritional Game: True or False
TRUE
Note: Be careful to wash all fruit including the
outside peels (like oranges or cantaloupe) that
might fall on dirty floors and transfer germs to
your hands when eating.
50. Genetics loads the Gun,
Lifestyle Pulls the Trigger!
Quote:
Those who think they have no time
for eating healthy will sooner or
later have to find time for illness!
52. Nutrition Article
According to a recent article on Nutrition, eating
right doesn't have to be complicated.
Nutritionists say there is a simple way to tell if
you're eating right. Colours. Fill your bowls with
bright rainbow colours. Greens, reds, yellows.