Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nutrition Tips (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) Nutrition Recommendations During Remission (Inactive Disease) Aim to eat balanced meals and snacks with a combination of protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates. Check out the plate method in Canada’s Food [...]
Dietary Recommendations for Nutrition-Related Anemia Nutrition-related anemia can occur due to the inadequate intake and malabsorption of certain vitamins and minerals, including iron, vitamin B12, folate, and copper. The most common form of nutrition-related anemia is iron-deficiency anemia, particularly among [...]
What is an Anti-Inflammatory Diet? What is an anti-inflammatory diet? There is currently no widely-accepted definition but three examples are plant-based diets, the Mediterranean diet, and the Okinawan diet. The good news is that you do not need to follow [...]
Minerals: We are what we absorb Introduction We are what we eat? Well, “we are what we absorb” might be the more precise statement. It is possible to eat enough to meet the recommended nutritional needs on paper, but if [...]
Nutrition and Stomach Cancer: Prevention Nutrition and lifestyle factors play a major role in the prevention and management of cancer, including stomach cancer. Stomach cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death1 and, unfortunately, diagnosis often comes too [...]
The Simplified Low FODMAP Diet Did you know that there is more than one way to do the low FODMAP diet? The low FODMAP diet involves removing certain fermentable carbohydrates from the diet for several weeks and then slowly reintroducing [...]
Five Fun Facts About Fruit and the Gut 1. Apples Organic apples have a wide variety of probiotic strains living on their skins. These probiotics vary from the ones found on conventional apples and might even affect the flavour of [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Dietary Fibre What you need to know to maintain a healthy gut What is Dietary Fibre? Fibre is a type of carbohydrate that we cannot digest. With other types of [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Probiotics, Prebiotics, and the Microbiome Did you know that all multicellular organisms, including every animal and plant, are covered in a vast array of microorganisms? Microorganisms, also known as microbes, [...]
Hunger and Appetite The complex systems that encourage us to eat Every action in the body – whether it is the heart beating, leg muscles contracting when a person walks, the brain processing the contents of a conversation, or an [...]
