Nutrition and health.
March is nutrition month across Canada, and a great time for all of us to review our eating habits. Eating a nutritious and balanced diet is one of the best ways to protect your good health, but it’s not always easy.
It’s a hectic world out there and sometimes we eat too much of what we shouldn’t and not enough of what we should. Healthy eating doesn’t happen by accident - planning is key when it comes to adding healthy eating to a hectic lifestyle. Enjoying a variety of foods, with plenty of fruits and vegetables, and keeping in mind the portion sizes is a great start.
And if you want to look and feel your best, then add some physical activity into your daily routine.
The Brantford Public Library has a variety of resources on healthy eating and exercise. Check out some of these resources:
Books:
Eating Well With Canada’s Food Guide; Nutrition for Canadians for Dummies; Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Super Charge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular; Foods That Fight Disease: A Nutrition Guide To Staying Healthy For Life; Fitness Made Simple: The Power to Change Your body, The Power to Change Your Life.DVDs:
You On a Diet: With Doctor Michael Roizon; Cooking Thin and Loving Food; Yummy In My Tummy: Healthy Eating Habits For Life.Magazines:
Cooking Light; Gourmet; Health; HM: Homemakers; Martha Stewart Living; Weight Watchers.
Nice list isn’t it?
Thanks to Brantford.
