Did you ever notice that people think about salt, sugar, and other demonized foods in all or nothing terms? They’re either good or bad, in or out. So one of the most common questions I get when speaking about blood pressure is, “How can I make food taste good, now…
500 meal and snack ideas? I know what you’re thinking. Has she lost it completely? I sometimes put too much information in blog posts. But this isn’t one of those times, promise. I’m just celebrating a milestone: There are now over 500 posts on Instagram with the hashtag #sweetspotfood. (A quick…
First week of September. First week back at school, for Calgary public schools at least. How did your morning go? Did you get a decent breakfast in before scrambling out the door? I love September, but it does leave us with a little less time to linger over breakfast, doesn’t…
Did you see the eye-popping, eye-rolling, eye-give-up nutrition news last week? “ No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says ” and “ Coconut oil is ‘pure poison’, says Harvard professor “. Do you sometimes feel like this ↓? Coffee is good for you, coffee is bad for you. a glass of wine a day is ok, a glass a day is bad, chocolate will make…
We all know that eating more fruit and veggies promotes better health, heart health in particular. But somehow the end of the day comes and most of us are no where near the 8-10 servings (!) in the blood pressure lowering DASH diet. Sometimes in workshops I’ll help participants estimate their fruit and veggie intake from the…
Health Canada released a report yesterday, “ Sodium Intake of Canadians in 2017 .” Three guesses as to how well we’re doing. No surprise, it’s not pretty. And, uh, 19-30 year-old men? We need to talk. 96% of you are over the recommended sodium intake levels! (Compared to 58% of Canadians overall.) Ease up on the…
The nice people at CBC’s Eyeopener morning show had me on yesterday to talk about healthy Stampede eating . That was fun! If you didn’t happen to be up at 6:40am listening, here are 5 tips we discussed: There are still a few healthy(ier) Stampede breakfasts left (Wednesday and Thursday). If you don’t hit one of those, start in your kitchen. Either eat…
Welcome to week #4 of my four-week meal plan sharing experiment. (If you missed them, you might want to check out the introduction/week #1 , week #2, and/or week #3 .) The meal planning theme of the week is summer… Temperatures are rising, my kids will be back from their rainy Saskatchewan fishing/camping trip, and Calgarians are…