Nutritional Psychiatry
If you have a heart attack, your cardiologist is very likely to speak to you (at least briefly) about what you eat. This is a good thing! The food you eat has a significant impact on your future heart disease risk. If you have an episode of depression, its fairly unlikely that your psychiatrist will talk to you about food. But there is a significant movement aiming to change this.
Meal Planning
Did you make some changes with the new year? In my house we made a few. The one that I’m most excited about is meal planning.
Canada’s Fabulous New Food Guide
Did you hear? Canada got a new food guide and it’s awesome! You probably didn’t know this, although it shouldn’t be surprising – one of the lead scientists who developed it trained as a naturopathic doctor.