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Do You Want to Feel Your Best and Achieve Optimal Health? Ideal Nutrition offers an IDEAL approach for healthy living.
These are some of the areas that we can offer education, coaching and support:
- Weight Loss and Management
- Women’s Health
- Relief of Menopausal Symptoms
- Sports Nutrition
- Improving the Health of Children and Teens through Nutrition
- Improving Digestion & Addressing Bowel Issues
- Adrenal Support
- Allergies
- High Cholesterol
- Cardiac& Heart Health
- How to Navigate the Grocery Store
- Helping you to Feel and Look Younger
- Improving Brain Power
- Nutrition for Disease Prevention
- Healthy Recipes and Meal Planning
- Pantry Overhaul
Proper Nutrition will Improve the Quality of Your Life !!!
We offer our services in a confidential, supportive environment using a personalized approach to meet your needs.
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Excellent Organics Delivered to you
January 17, 2011Sick of going to the grocery store? We love SPUD!! Try out www.spud.ca. This is a local home delivery food company. The product selection is excellent – from organic fruit and vegetables to food for Rover! It’s easy and saves you time. Order on line and have all your favourite products delivered right to you. Reduce your carbon footprint!
Category: Nutrition & Lifestyle, Things We Love
Beet, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad
October 28, 20104 medium-sized roasted beets
2 tsp grainy mustard
2 tsp liquid honey
2 Tbsp sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp raspberry vinegar
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
sea salt and black pepper
1 romaine heart, torn into bite-sized pieces
4 cups baby spinach
1 large pink grapefruit, peeled and cut into sections
1 large firm but ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced
1/2 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup toasted pecans, coarsely chopped
Cut roated beets in half and slice. Place them in large bowl and set aside.
For the vinaigrette: combine mustard,honey,vinegars in small bowl. Gradually whisk in olive oil until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.
Just before serving combine romaine, spinach, grapefruit, avocado and onion in a large salad bowl. Toss with vinaigrette. Add beets and pecans and gently toss. Makes 4-6 servings.
Category: Nutrition & Lifestyle, Recipes
Go Red!
October 28, 2010Try and add more red and pink produce to your diet. These foods are full of lycopene which is an antioxidant that may help lower your risk of heart disease. Eat up your tomatoes, watermelon, guava and pink grapefruit! mmm!
Category: Did You Know?, Nutrition & Lifestyle
BACK TO SCHOOL
September 10, 2010Well it’s that chaotic time of year again, getting everyone back to school. New routines to work out, schedules to follow and lunches to make! It can all be a bit overwhelming after the lazy days of summer. It really is an opportunity to start fresh. Look at this time as the “New Year”. It is a time to set fitness goals, health goals and life goals. Don’t just sign your children up for all of their activities, sign yourself up!! Get outside and enjoy the fall days. Buy local produce which is still abundant. Get organized and freeze berries and fresh produce that you will love having in the winter months. Tomatoes are great right now, so make tomato sauce and freeze it for easy weeknight dinners later. Use the energy that is out there to make changes for yourself.
Category: Nutrition & Lifestyle
Choosing Organic
July 22, 2010It may not always be possible to buy organic produce but here are 12 foods that have been identified with the highest pesticide residues. We recommend always buying these foods organic:
1. Celery
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Bell Peppers
8. Spinach
9. Kale
10. Cherries
11. Potatoes
12. Grapes (imported)
And remember to choose local produce over imported all the time!!
Category: Did You Know?, Nutrition & Lifestyle, Uncategorized
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New Year – New You!
Join us in January for an informative series and take charge of your health and well being. A six week course that will allow you to learn to make informative choices and create your ideal diet. For more information call Valerie at 604-787-4779 or valerie@idealnutrition.ca
Tailor-made Nutrition Seminars
We can customize nutrition seminars for you. Get your book club, co-workers or mom’s group together and we can work with you to provide an informative and educational daytimeor evening sessions. Topics such as weight loss, feeding your family healthy choices, menopause and hormones, sports nutrition or just general wellness through nutrition can be covered. Email cath@idealnutrition.ca or valerie@idealnutrition.ca for more in information.
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If you would like to set up an appointment please email cath@idealnutrition.ca.
Food Matters
We have been hosting informal viewings and discussion of “Food Matters”. This is a powerful film about the current state of our health. It really hits home “you are what you eat” . If you are interested in attending one of our evenings or want more information, send us an email ( cath@idealnutrition.ca)
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