eat well with Canada's Food Guide

eat well with Canada's Food Guide!

Whether to lose some weight, learn to balance your menus or simply adopt a healthy lifestyle, whatever your motivation, Canada's Food Guide is the perfect tool to help you!

Canada's Food Guide :  A complete tool!

Eat is certainly part of the great pleasures of life. More than a basic need, eat helps to gather with family, friends and discover new flavors. Our health depends largely on our diet. It is therefore essential to give it special attention.

Canada's Food Guide existed for several years and despite many changes, it continues to fulfill its original purpose: guide the selection of foods and promote healthy eating among Canadians. Canada's Food Guide provides a wealth of tips and ideas to help you make wise food choices in order to meet your nutritional needs.

The 4 food  groups

Canada's  Food  Guide  ranks  foods  under 4 categories  called  food  groups:

vegetables and fruits;

grain products;

milk and alternatives;

Meat and Alternatives.

You will find in Canada's Food Guide amounts and types of foods from each food group you and your family need each day. Recommendations vary depending on your gender, your age, your activity level and life stages (eg. Pregnancy). It is sometimes difficult to meet the recommendations of Canada's Food Guide. Do not be discouraged and refer to the advice suggested in the Food Guide. They are simple and easy to adopt. The Food Guide suggests the amount of food from each food group you should eat daily in portions. Assess what a serving of a food can be a challenge. But of course, the food guide thinks of everything and provides you with tools to facilitate the calculation of your portions.

Choose quality food

Choose quality food can be a real headache. Rest assured, Canada's Food Guide includes you and is there to help you. For each food group, you will find examples of foods to choose. In addition, the Food Guide provides practical advice for grocery shopping and meal planning. It contains examples of recipes and healthy snacks easy to prepare.

It is also important to check the labels of foods you buy. Take the time to read them to be sure to make wise choices. Tables Nutrition Facts on food labels can be difficult to read. Refer to Canada's Food Guide will help you understand them.

At home or in a restaurant, you do not have to complicate your life to eat healthy. Canada's Food Guide is here to make your job easier! Feel free to get your copy now. You will see that eating well, it's not that complicated!