Nutrition for Workplace Wellness

Heather Baillie P.Dt

Where do you get nutrition information?

Nutrition Information

The internetBooksNewspaper, Magazines, News Research articlesFriends, family Doctors, health professionalsDietitians/Nutritionists

Fact or Fiction?

A Low Carb diet will help you lose weight.

True, at first. But not healthy, or sustainable.

Fact or Fiction?

Multigrain is Whole grain.

False.

Fact or Fiction

Frozen vegetables are not as healthy as fresh.

False.

Fact or Fiction?

Honey, maple syrup, brown sugar and concentrated fruit sugars are healthier than white sugar.

False!

Fact or Fiction?

Thinner is healthier

False.

Food Labels

We can look at the nutrition facts table to compare products

Compare fat, sodium, fibre, sugar

What are you really eating???

Ingredient List

Do you know what these ingredients are? Oats Sodium bicarbonate Tocopherols Carageenan Ascorbic acid

What are you really eating???

Do you know what these ingredients are?DextroseTriglyceridesTartrazineSulphitesMonosodium glutamateSilicon dioxide

What is this food product?

1. Ingredients:Oats

2. Ingredients:Durum whole grain whole wheat semolina

3. Ingredients:Whole grain wheat, soybean oil, salt

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).

How do we know if a packaged food is healthy?

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

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

Ways to Celebrate Nutrition Month!

Share healthy recipesProvide fact sheets (find from government

web-sites or DC websites)Share healthy meal and snack ideasProvide copies of Canada’s Food Guide,

and other resourcesTips for healthy cooking and bakingTry a new healthy cookbook together

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 Teschke6. Slide 7: Maple Syrup. Author: Dvortygirl. 7. Slide 8: Vegetables. 2007. Author: Biswarup Ganguly 8. Slide 8: Biking. U.S National Whitewater Center 2007. 9. Slide 9: Pasta aisle. Grocery coupons 201010. Slide 16: Plate of cookies. Photgrapher: Dan Smith. 11. Slide 16: Bananas. Author: Andrius Burlega