A client told me last week that she loves Caesar salad, but her doctor told her that’s the “wrong” kind of salad. Truth be told, I like Caesar salads too, so I thought this would be a fun one to tackle on the blog. If you’re focused on heart health…
Lower your LDL cholesterol with plant sterols
Note from Cheryl: This is a guest post about Plant Sterols written by Christine Amin, a dietetic student at Unity Health Toronto, with support from her supervisor, Andrea Glenn, MSc, RD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow. I also reviewed and edited it, although I hardly had to change a thing. I welcome…
In defence of New Year’s aspirations
I’ve always loved the beginning of the year — the whole blank slate, fresh start vibe. Catharine Utzschneider, a professor at the Boston College Sports Leadership Center compared midlife to “a book without any structure, without sentences, periods, commas, paragraphs, chapters, with no punctuation,” as opposed to young adulthood, when milestones are…
Should I check the cholesterol on nutrition labels?
Last week I wrote about three heart-health related changes to Canada’s nutrition label , and invited readers to submit questions about the label in our Facebook group. One of the questions that popped up: “What is your stance on having cholesterol on the labels? Should the focus be on cholesterol, or saturated/trans fats?” I’m sharing…
3 things to check on Canada’s new nutrition labels if you have heart concerns
Have you noticed that the nutrition labels in Canada have quietly been getting a makeover? Health Canada announced several changes back on December 14, 2016, with a five-year window for the food industry to adjust. I thought the deadline was coming up, but it turns out that manufacturers were given a one-year grace period…
Diabetes-friendly breakfast makeover
Last week I wrote a comprehensive post about the fundamentals of diabetes and prediabetes. This week I thought we’d apply the first of the “5 keys to eating for diabetes” to breakfast. You’ve undoubtedly seen some variation of this model before, but translating it into your meals, particularly breakfast, can be tricky…
Eating for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: Everything (and I mean everything) you need to know
November is Diabetes Awareness Month , so I decided it was about time I wrote a comprehensive post about eating with blood sugar in mind. I might have gotten carried away. I might have accidentally written a book. But seriously, in my individual consults this is probably the number one topic of discussion.…
Heart healthy eating… harder than I anticipated!
I received this great comment last week from one of the participants in my online group program, From Surviving to Thriving: The roadmap to eating well after a heart event. It was such a common concern, and so well stated, that I asked if I could share it here. I edited it a bit to make sense in this context, and expanded on…