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Children & Food Allergies: Are they getting enough nutrients?

So, your child has been diagnosed with a food allergy, and you’re probably panicking a little bit with what seems like “bad news”. It can seem pretty overwhelming, particularly in cases of severe allergies, to think about how to manage feeding your allergy-baby safe and nourishing foods. Now here’s the good news: you can handle this, and it’s possible for […]

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Food and Mood: Making (And Keeping) Spirits Bright!

The holidays are a magical time… Snow, lights, decorations, beautifully wrapped gifts, parties… Oh, and endless shopping trips to find the presents that Santa promised your kids, slippery driving conditions, more crowded everything, keeping the house clean for visitors, preparing the perfect dishes to bring to the parties… the list goes on. Holidays can be a stressful time, especially for […]

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CHOOSING THE BEST YOGURT FOR YOUR FAMILY

How much time do you spend staring down the endless wall of yogurt containers at the grocery store? There are so many different claims on them: Low fat! Probiotics to improve digestion! Taste kids love! But what do these claims mean, and what are the most important messages to focus on? Here are the 5 most important areas to focus […]

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Top 5 Most Important Family Eating Behaviours

Why is family nutrition so important? Because to have vibrant family, all members need to work together! While your schedules and choices may vary, it IS possible to have the whole family eating in a very synchronized way. The way the whole family behaves around food and eating is key to having children who are nourished and have positive and […]

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5 Powerful Brain-Boosting Foods for Your Baby

Nutrition is the key to boosting brain health for kids, but many Canadian families don’t know which foods to choose. As parents we want our children to thrive at school, to love learning and have the best options available to them. This list will focus on 5 powerful foods for your child’s brain that won’t break the bank and that are available […]

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Milk Battles

Many families are confused about which, if ANY, milk they should give their child. Is dairy really all that bad? Are the alternatives even better? Almond, soy coconut, hemp – there are so many options in the ever-evolving world of alternative milks. There are many ways to get calcium-rich foods in the diet, but a milk-type drink is a common […]

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PLEASE Don’t Call Your Child a ‘Picky Eater’

9 Ways to Help a Challenging Eater Improve their Dietary Variety Would you call your child a “picky eater?” I can say this is a phrase that I hear a lot… and its usually followed by “le sigh” and a quip about “h/she hates vegetables” or “all s/he will eat is yogurt and pasta”. I commonly see parents in my […]

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Feeding Baby

What you can do to make it fun…. Do a “table dance or groove” for taste explosions or favourite items. You can even thin k up a little dance for every type of food on the roster…and start rating foods by dances! You can let your children take the lead…remember the Golden Rule of feeding (literally an evidence-based rule!) is […]

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What do YOU feed your kids for lunch?!!

This is a question I get often in those hallway pick-up discussion with parents….sometimes with a tone of curiosity and sometimes with a touch of good natured sarcasm….once of course they find out I am a family nutrition dietitian. You know that saying “the plumber’s pipes are always leaky”? I say, trying to assure them that my son’s Ninja Turtles […]