Tag: protein
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Do you think about protein?
Dietitian Addie here popping in to share the topic for this month’s dietary education zoom session I held with our members this week. This month we began a series on PROTEIN… a macronutrient quite high on the popularity scale. A component of our food that is necessary for many functions within the body. Protein aids…
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Blogpost: A few counter points for your carnivore friends
Most lifestyle diseases occur beginning in adulthood around age 40. While genetics do play a small role, the majority of time, the environment is the initiator. In other words, environmental factors accelerate abnormal genes as well as create DNA damage that results in eventual disease. When it comes to nutrition, people can eat a very…
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How Can This Help Me?
I often try to emphasize healthy choices over “comfort food” selections when it comes to food choices. Right away healthy congers up tasteless or at least not sweet, salty or fatty that we think of with the “comfort” food selection. The word comfort gives us permission as though we are caring for ourselves. The…