EatRight Ontario eNews Health Intermediary - May 2013

Registered Dietitians bringing you trusted nutrition and healthy eating information         

In this issue: 

• What’s new: A Guide to Setting SMART Goals
• Resource of the Month: EatRight Ontario has a new poster!
• Hot topic: Allergies, sensitivities and intolerances - we can help!
• Recipes of the month: EatRight Ontario celebrates asparagus and rhubarb season

What’s NEW at EatRight Ontario

New handouts on Setting Goals for EatRight Ontario callers

Are you working with clients to set SMART goals to help clients succeed? This month we are featuring our new guide to Setting Goals. Call 1-877-510-510-2 to get this package sent to you. 

The Setting Goals package includes:

• Setting SMART goals
• How to Track your Eating and Activity Choices
• Lifestyle Steps for Healthy Weight Loss – Taking Action

You can also encourage your clients to use the online My Goals tool to track their goals and receive motivational messages. 

Here are some handouts that have been recently added or updated that you may be interested in for your clients: 

• Spice up your Meals without Salt.  Culturally adapted and translated into: African and Caribbean (French), Latin Hispanic (Spanish), Chinese (Traditional Chinese) and South Asian (Urdu, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi) cultural groups. 
• Eating Guidelines for Increasing your Energy and Protein Intake
• Healthy Eating Guidelines for Choosing Fish Low in Mercury

Resource of the month:  New EatRight Ontario Healthy Eating Brochures

These brochures describe EatRight Ontario services and highlight the interpretation service that is available in over 100 languages. Each brochure also provides a recipe the whole family can enjoy. 
 
The brochures are adapted and translated for African and Caribbean (French), Latin Hispanic (Spanish), Chinese (Traditional Chinese) and South Asian (Urdu, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindi) cultural groups. Each brochure is bilingual with English on one side.

Ontario service providers can order up to 50 copies of each brochure. To order, call 1-877-510-510-2 or send an email.  You can have a look and also print a copy off the website.

Hot Topic: May is Allergy Awareness Month!

Allergies, sensitivities and intolerances – do you find that you get more questions than ever about these issues?  EatRight Ontario has the latest evidence and up to date resources to help answer your client questions. 

Popular questions:

• What is Oral Allergy Syndrome?
• Should infants with a milk allergy drink soy formula?
• Are probiotics useful for adults with lactose intolerance?
• What are your clients asking about? 

New food allergy and intolerance handouts:

• If you work with parents of young children, we can answer your questions on low and high risk infants, and send you a handout, Reducing Risk of Food Allergy in Your Baby.
• The handouts on managing Lactose Intolerance (also available in Chinese) and Food Sources of Lactose have been recently updated. 

Recipes of the Month

This month we are celebrating the start of the short asparagus and rhubarb season.  Encourage your clients to make the most of spring foods with these recipes.

Grilled Asparagus and Sweet Potato with Curry – This is great in the oven or on the barbeque.

Baked Springtime Risotto – Save time by baking this dish in the oven.

Rhubarb Smoothie – Use this recipe to make a sauce, smoothie or milkshake.

Rhubarb and Apricot Bread Pudding – This is a great way to use up stale bread.

Rhubarb Apple Loaf with Brown Sugar-Cinnamon Topping – Can also be made into muffins.  Freezes well so you can enjoy rhubarb all summer long.

Did you know?  Our Budget-Friendly Recipe Cards are some of our most popular promotional items.  We have recipes and healthy meal ideas for beans, carrots, potatoes, salmon and tuna, and skim milk powder.  You can print them off the website or order them by phone or email.   

EatRight Ontario provides free healthy eating advice from Registered Dietitians to residents of Ontario.

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Dietitians of Canada acknowledges the financial support of EatRight Ontario by the Ontario government. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Province.

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