Cardiac Health and Diet
The Information below will help you learn about ways to manage heart conditions.
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Dietary Fibre and Heart Health
- Presenter: Amy Tucker Dietitian (APD) CCDT
Description: This presentation is general advice re: what dietary fibre is, the health benefits of dietary fibre, different types, recommended daily fibre intake and tips for increasing your dietary fibre intake.
Description: This presentation is general advice re: what dietary fibre is, the health benefits of dietary fibre, different types, recommended daily fibre intake and tips for increasing your dietary fibre intake.
Eat Out and Take-away
- Presenter: Catherine O’Driscoll Senior Dietitian (APD) CCDT
Description: This presentation is general advice re Why do we eat out and order takeaway, negative impacts, practical tips, and resources.
Description: This presentation is general advice re Why do we eat out and order takeaway, negative impacts, practical tips, and resources.
Label Reading
- Presenter: Janelle Longmire Senior Dietitian (APD) CCDT
Description: This presentation is general advice re How to read food labels, understanding the different tools available on food labels, how to compare products to find the best choice and using a food labelling app.
Description: This presentation is general advice re How to read food labels, understanding the different tools available on food labels, how to compare products to find the best choice and using a food labelling app.
Healthy Fats and Heart Health
Presenter: Janelle Longmire Senior Dietitian (APD) CCDT
Description: This presentation is general advice re: Understanding the different types of cholesterol and how they affect the heart, the different types of dietary fat in our foods and making heart healthy swaps.
Portion Control
Presenter: Deb McGrath Senior Dietitian (APD) CCDT
Description: This presentation is general advice re: Understanding the serve sizes of foods, serving sizes at meals, and breakfast, lunch and dinner meal ideas.
Salt (Sodium) and how to reduce it
Presenter: Catherine O’Driscoll Senior Dietitian (APD) CCDT
Description: This presentation is general advice re: What happens when we eat too much salt, recommended daily salt intake, lower salt options, ways to reduce salt intake and reading food labels.
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