Nutrition Handout MW 062819 - RGP · • Choose healthy fats such as extra virgin olive oil, nuts,...
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Know Ask Tell Do • When you are hungry and when you are full • Healthy eating recommendations from Canada’s Food Guide • Your care team to assess whether you are at risk for under nutrition • Your care team how you can improve your diet to optimize your health and independence • Your care team if you have noticed recent changes in your weight • Your care team if you have noticed changes in your appetite • Eat fruits and/or vegetables several times a day • Eat protein-rich foods (e.g., eggs, meat, poultry, fish, nuts, tofu, beans or dairy) several times a day • Choose healthy fats such as extra virgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocado, or fish more often than unhealthy fats such as fatty meats or high fat dairy products • Eat whole grain foods (e.g., quinoa, rolled oats, brown rice, whole grain pasta or bread) several times a day • Drink water instead of juices or carbonated drinks • Choose whole foods more often than processed foods, which are often high in chemicals, sugars, salts, and unhealthy fats Your care is why we’re all here! Good food is good medicine ! rgptoronto.ca
Transcript of Nutrition Handout MW 062819 - RGP · • Choose healthy fats such as extra virgin olive oil, nuts,...
Know
Ask
Tell
Do
• When you are hungry and when youare full
• Healthy eating recommendationsfrom Canada’s Food Guide
• Your care team to assess whether youare at risk for under nutrition
• Your care team how you can improveyour diet to optimize your health andindependence
• Your care team if you have noticedrecent changes in your weight
• Your care team if you have noticedchanges in your appetite
• Eat fruits and/or vegetables severaltimes a day
• Eat protein-rich foods (e.g., eggs,meat, poultry, fish, nuts, tofu, beans or dairy) several times a day
• Choose healthy fats such as extravirgin olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocado,or fish more often than unhealthy fats such as fatty meats or high fat dairyproducts
• Eat whole grain foods (e.g., quinoa,rolled oats, brown rice, whole grainpasta or bread) several times a day
• Drink water instead of juices orcarbonated drinks
• Choose whole foods more often thanprocessed foods, which are oftenhigh in chemicals, sugars, salts, andunhealthy fats
Your care is why we’re all here!
Good food is good medicine!
rgptoronto.ca
