What is The Role of Nutrition in Digestive Health? The digestive system is responsible for digesting, absorbing and metabolizing nutrients and energy from the foods that we consume and distributing them to the rest of the human body systems. Poor health of the digestive system can lead to complications in other systems of the body,… [Read More]
The Role of Nutrition in Cardiovascular Health Lifestyle and diet changes can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke by up to 80% and even modest changes to the diet can reduce the risk of death from CVD. The foods that one consumes affect many of the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease…. [Read More]
Author, Nesrine Cheikh, RD My doctor told me I have high blood sugars: So what now? So you’ve gone for your regular doctor’s visit or physical and your doctor tells you that you have elevated blood sugars. You may be wondering “what does that mean?”. “Does this mean I have diabetes?” “Do I need to… [Read More]
We all want our children to grow up healthy and happy. Caring for them is our responsibility and although there is no such thing as perfect parenting, we can prioritize our efforts to help set them up for healthy behaviours when they are independent. Childhood obesity has become a growing concern with a 2016 study… [Read More]
