Nutrition & Well Being

EAT RIGHT, FEEL GREAT

Your food choices each day affect your health.  It affects how you feel today, tomorrow and in the future.  Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer and promote your overall health.

As of 2017, research done by the Public Healthy Agency of Canada has reported that 64% of Canadian adults over the age of 18 are overweight or obese, and 60% of children aged 5-17 are overweight or obese. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, as of 2017, 60% of children aged 5-17 are overweight or obese.  In 2016, 1 in 7 children in Canada were reported to be obese.  Making almost a third of youth overweight. Since 1979, the rates of childhood obesity have tripled. In result of this increase, children are at much higher risk of developing health problems, ranging from, asthma, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, etc. Childhood obesity puts children at high risks of remaining obese throughout adulthood.  Even for people at a healthy weight, a poor diet is associated with major health risks that can cause illness and even death. These include heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer. By making smart food choices, you can help protect yourself from these health problems.

THE PERFECT NUTRITION COACH

As a Precision Nutrition coach and Healthy Eating Weight Loss Coach I am knowledgeable about nutrition and can talk to my clients about eating, moving and living better. I provide suggestions that are safe and correct:

• I encourage my clients to eat lean protein and nutrient rich vegetables

• Educate clients about the benefits of protein, healthy fats and other macronutrients

• Offer recipes or demonstrate food preparation skills

• Let clients know about evidence-based nutritional supplements that might augment their healthy lifestyle

• Educate clients about the pillars of good nutrition and provide them with strategies to improve their eating habits

• Suggest that clients drink water to stay hydrate

• Present nutritional information in an accessible, down-to-earth way that makes sense to clients

• Health and well being depends on movement, proper nutrition, stress management and better sleep.