🎈Canada’s Food Guide got an upgrade last week and it’s pretty great!!🎈
We went from recommended servings & 4 specific food groups to a simple healthy plate schematic. We also went from a guide heavily influenced by corporations within the food industry to a collaborative and more evidence-based guide that had some input from Naturopathic Doctors 🎉.
I love these recommendations:
✅ cook more often 😍
✅ limit processed foods & foods high in sugar… eat REAL food! 👌🏼
✅ dairy is no longer considered a food group
✅ eat more plants! 🥬🥦
✅ 1/4 plate protein (meat and/or plant-based)
✅ water is the drink of choice 💧
✅ HOW you eat is important!
✅ eat meals with others & enjoy your meals 🙌🏼
✅ be mindful of your eating habits by creating a healthy eating environment
✅ be aware of food marketing & use food labels (labels will be changing by 2020 👀)
Some more things I would have liked to see:
• include healthy fats with each meal (like olive oil, avocado/avocado oil, coconut oil). Drizzle that plate with extra-virgin olive oil! 👅
• ditch the canola oil, processed vegetable oils, and margarine 🙅♀️
• eat more veggies than fruit (and fresh or frozen > canned!) 🥬🥦🥕🥒
• saturated fat is not associated with heart disease - this concept is outdated 🤦♀️ (more on this another day)
• real butter, ghee and coconut oil are not bad and are certainly more nutritious than margarine
• meat is not unhealthy, especially if it is well-sourced
• organic sources of food are ideal
• visit your local market & farms and shop local when you can!
Remember that although this is a major upgrade to our food guide, individualization and listening to your body is best! 💪🏼