Nutrition Assessment and Ideas

Enjoy your leftover food. Turkey sandwiches. Turkey soup. Keep in mind to avoid double starch servings again.  Have turkey and stuffing or turkey and potato and cook fresh veggies to go with it. Spread the candy and chocolate out over many days. Get outside and be active. For every day that we don't go to work we need an hour of exercise per day. Enjoy Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Make your xmas meals good food and good cheer. Appetizers - veggies and dip. Turkey............MMMMM Avoid tipple a quadruple starch: stuffing, mashed potatoes, breads. Add extra veg to stuffing. Enjoy a root vegetable. Enjoy a green gettable. Don't eat food you don't like just because its there. Happy Holidays   Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Holiday Travel is on everyone's minds this week.  Trains, planes, automobiles, boats and ferries are the usual modes of transport in Canada.  Food is not always supplied anymore on trips.  The family of the sage Mike Dowling in North Vancouver do not leave home without some of the most delicious sandwiches I have ever seen in tow.  This has been their practice for at least 40 years.  I always wonder why they don't just stop for a fast food meal.  I can only think of how much money they have saved and how much less salt they have taken in for their family of 6. I recently saw a family of 4 having their sandwiches sitting in a Service Centre on Highway 401.  Its okay to eat your lunch at a Service Centre.  It was good to see they were taking a break from driving. One of my clients is heading off to Halifax by car this Friday to pick up his wife and children and bring them back to Ontario for the Holidays.  He said "I get in the car and don't stop until I need gas (abou

Every year clients ask me how can I keep reducing weight through the holidays. My first response is 'don't try to loose weight at Christmas'.  Take the season as a time to eat food that you don't normally eat to help replenish and restore nutrients in your body after working hard all fall. Queen's University, Royal MilitaryCollege and St. Lawrence College student who do not go home for Chrismas and eat well will not recover from the work in the fall like other students will. The goal would be to stabilize weight with a mix of good food and healthy exercise. So don't eat every thing you see but make strategic choice to eat food you like and eat food that have high levels of nutrients.  For example root vegetables are very festive and we take the time to prepare more of these foods on the holidays.  My family loves Harvard Beets and they love Butternut Squash roasted in the oven with Brown Sugar and butter.  Beets are filled with fibre and Magnesium and squash

Canada's new food allergen labelling regulations came into force on August 4, 2012.  Patients are just now starting to reap the benefits from the new labeling guidelines.  When counseling patients about celiac disease ( gluten-free diets ) or people with food allergies, it is now easier to determine what foods to choose and foods to avoid. The Food and Drug Regulations require that most prepackaged foods carry a label and that the ingredients appear on labels in decreasing order of proportion. However, some ingredients used in food products which were previously exempt from declaration in the list of ingredients, ( e.g ., components of margarine, seasoning and flour) will now be required to appear on food labels also. Based on consultations with stakeholders, including allergy associations and the medical community, Health Canada developed amendments to the Regulations to enhance labelling requirements for specific priority allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites i

Karley Hassard of GoodLife Fitness Wellness Services asked Theresa to Facilitate a Nutrition Workshop for the local chapter of the Ontario Medical Association.  Schneider presented topics related to sports nutrition, healthy eating on the run and the latest trends in nutrition services: nutrigenomics and non-celiac mild wheat intolerance. The evening was a great event at the Pan Chancho Restaurant in Kingston Ontario.   Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Nutrigenomix is a genetic test kit that identifies 70 genes related  to diet and exercise .                    Personalized nutrition advice is now available for everyone                    Research shows that people respond better to personalized advice based on their genes.         Theresa Schneider BASc, RD, MPH

What an amazing event.  This Olympics made me think about how participation is paramount.  I learned that we should go out to win the races we can win " beat the beatable crews" Mike Spracklen, 2012.  Southeastern Ontario and Kingston Rowers have challenged the best in the world.  More to come I'm sure. Thanks to Coaches, Trainers, Physiologists, Psychologists Physiotherapists and Dietitians who help athletes reach their goals in Canada. Canada's Brain Price, Will Crothers, Jeremiah Brown, Andrew Byrnes, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe, Rob Gibson, Douglas Csima, and Gabriel Bergen pose with the silver medal they won for the men's rowing eight. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) To the men's 4 X 100 relay you are winners. To the women's soccer team, great respect for excellent performance in the most difficult circumstances. Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Dietitians of Canada National Conference, Toronto 2012.  Theresa Schneider of Nutrition Assessment Clinic is off to the Conference to bring more expert research home to Kingston for clinical practice. Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Beat Beethoven Run Kingston Ontario Cloudy slightly rainy day for the event.  Schneider went out for a training run to support the Kingston Symphony.  Training helps........ Schneider completed the 4 km run in 18 minutes, I personal best.   Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Craftsbury Rowing Training camp.  Schneider attends rowing camp with Masters Athletes in Craftsbury Vermont.  Many Canadians attended the May long weekend to get in some extra coaching before the summer program starts.   Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Fantastic Season For Mike Smith of the Phoenix Coyotes Photograph by: Frederick Braedon, Getty Images Antoine Vermette #50 of the Phoenix Coyotes and Matt Halischuk #24 fight for the puck behind goalie Mike Smith #41 in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bridgestone Arena on May 2, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.   Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Canadian Men's 8 Rowers break World Record in Lucerne Congratulations to the Men's 8. Kingston Ontario and the Belleville and Brockville area are behind you . Submitted on May 25, 2012 - 10:21am Get the full story:  http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/05/25/sp-olympics-rowing-lucerne-mens-eight-... Canada's men's eight rowing team set a new world's best time in its event Friday at a World Cup meet in Lucerne, Switzerland. Photograph by: Martin Rose , Bongarts/Getty Images The Canadian crew is coxswain Brian Price (Belleville, Ont.), Will Crothers (Kingston, Ont.), Jeremiah Brown (Cobourg, Ont.), Byrnes (Toronto), Malcolm Howard (Victoria), Conlin McCabe (Brockville, Ont.), Rob Gibson (Kingston, Ont.), Doug Csima (Oakville, Ont.) and Gabe Bergen (100 Mile House, B.C.). Author:  nutritionassessment.com

May 8, 2012, Theresa Schneider attended the first meeting of this new network at the KFLA Health Unit.  The group will partner and share expertise and resources for worksite wellness in Southeastern Ontario. Author:  nutritionassessment.com

With the population suffering more osteoporosis the question has come to my attention.  If people are drinking less milk and taking more yogurt, what has happened to our yogurt?  It seems yogurt is now made with very little milk, it has whey and calcium added.  My package of Source yogurt in the fridge has only 3 gms of carb in 100 gms of yogurt.  This means in an effort to get rid of carbs we have lost some of the goodness of milk.  I believe 100 gms of 1% milk should have 5 gms of carbs, 119 gms Calcium, 3.37 gms of protein and 40 IU of Vitamin D. The Calcium in this small serving is only 10% of our daily requirement. In comparison a good 125 gms serving of Greek Yogurt may have 35% of your daily Calcium requirement and 12-14 gms of protein per day.  Its no wonder smart consumers are moving to Greek Yogurt to get the best food value. Author:  nutritionassessment.com

Students interested in healthy eating for oncall and for maintaining a physically active life during the busiest time of their lives.   Author:  nutritionassessment.com