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  • ESS and Wellness

    Our proprietary branded Health and Wellness Program, Nutritious Life, is an added service provided to our clients as a way to promote good nutrition and healthy living on site.  Supported by dietitians, Nutritious Life provides a balance of healthy food choices at all meals along with monthly nutrition education and promotional materials. 

    Nutritious Life aims to educate our diners about their food choices and lifestyle habits while putting a focus on moderation and variety with fresh, exciting food.  Our goal is to make the healthy choice the easy choice by ensuring these options are readily available, clearly labeled and highly promoted.

    The monthly promotional material provides insight on food trends, identifies topical issues and offers associated recommendations.  Our message is designed to encourage a positive attitude towards healthy lifestyle change and motivate individuals to take control of their own future, increase physical activity and change to a healthier eating behavior and lifestyle.

    Seasonal Super Foods

    Cruciferous Vegetables

    Include vegetables like Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbage. They are high in folate and fiber and contain Vitamin C, which is important to include in your diet during flu season since it helps boots your immune system.

    Eggs

    Eggs get a bad reputation for being high in cholesterol, but they are still important to include in a healthy diet. Eating the whole egg offers high quality protein, Choline a vitamin that helps synthesize other essential nutrients in the diet.  

    Beets

    Beets are Naturally colorful and offer a variety of vitamins and nutrients like potassium, fiber and folate.  

    Look for these items throughout your weekly menu

    Fitter Bodies Make for Healthier Brains, Study Finds

    If you needed another reason to incorporate exercise into your daily routine, studying find it not only is healthy for our heart, but our brain as well.

    https://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-26/cognition-cognitive-therapy-965/fitter-bodies-make-for-healthier-brains-study-finds-750213.html

     

    5 Easy Ways to Eat Healthy on a Budget, According to a Local Dietitian

    Grocery shopping can get expensive, check out these 5 tips on how to eat healthy on a budget.

    https://www.phillymag.com/be-well-philly/2019/09/13/eat-healthy-budget/

     

    Ready to Lose Weight? Here's Your 7-Day 1,500-Calorie Diet Meal Plan

    You may not want to lose weight but if you do check out this meal plan for 1,500 calories. This is a low calorie range and may not be for everyone but it can also give anyone an idea on how to meal plan for the week, which is important in maintaining a healthy diet.

    https://www.phillymag.com/be-well-philly/2019/09/13/eat-healthy-budget/

     

    The Best Probiotics

    You have heard about gut health? And eating probiotics and fermented foods to improve the good gut bacteria, well eating fruits and vegetables are beneficial as well.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/08/probitoic-foods/595687/?fbclid=IwAR38K2bChqPXTijqx3-92O13fa4NT6k8-YZ8duHMZvSLMU74vMnpxRxinq4

     



Related Articles

Canada Links:

Health Canada: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/

Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation: www.heartandstroke.ca
Canadian Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.ca
Canadian Obesity Network: www.obesitynetwork.ca

US Links:

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: www.eatright.org

Choose My Plate: www.choosemyplate.gov/

American Heart Association: www.heart.org

American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org

National Weight Control Registry: www.nwcr.ws