The WHO (World Health Organization) recommends no more than 10% of your total daily energy should come from added sugar. Based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet, you should not exceed 12 teaspoons of sugar daily. To gauge how much sugar is in a serving, divide the grams by 4. I.E. – 4 grams of [...]
DINE OUT & DROP WEIGHT
By Fran Berkoff RD (registered dietitian) – published in Canadian Living May 2010 While most places we dine out at today offer a variety of healthy choices, many restaurant and fast-food meals can still be larger and much higher in calories, fat and salt than those we cook in our own kitchens. Here are 11 [...]
Using the Glycemic Index (GI) to Choose Carbohydrate-Rich Foods
Excerpt taken from 10 Steps to Healthy Eating – author Leslie Beck RD (Leslie Beck is a Canadian registered dietitian, a leading Canadian nutritionist and author of several nutrition books. Leslie also writes a weekly nutrition column in The Globe and Mail and is a regular contributor to CTV’s Canada AM.) To choose carbohydrate foods [...]
10 Tips for Changing Your Diet
Excerpt taken from 10 Steps to Healthy Eating – author Leslie Beck RD (Leslie Beck is a Canadian registered dietitian, a leading Canadian nutritionist and author of several nutrition books. Leslie also writes a weekly nutrition column in The Globe and Mail and is a regular contributor to CTV’s Canada AM.) 1. Make a list [...]
10 Tricks to Reduce Meal Portion Sizes
There is a tendency to eat more than you realize. With just a little bit of ingenuity you can decrease your daily food/calorie consumption by reducing your meal portion sizes by a modest amount. Simply by reducing your caloric intake by 100 calories (approximately 33 calories for each of the 3 main meal) a day, [...]
How Much Should We Be Eating?
Society today has become such a Super-Size It place, that we have lost sight of what a real serving size should be. To compare the size of commercially sold foods in our current day Super-Size It world to about 20 years ago, you will find a muffin is now about 5 ounces compared to 1 [...]





