CANADIAN FOOD GUIDE SUMMARY

Plant-Based Proteins:

• Should be favoured over animal proteins

• Increases intake of dietary fibre

• Lowers risk of cardiovascular disease

• Lower certain kinds of cholesterol

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Environment:

• Food choices impact environment

• Plant-based foods help conserve soil, water, and air

• 31 billion dollars of food is wasted every year in Canada and needs to be decreased on all levels of food production and consumption

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Sugar:

• Diets should have low amounts of sugar, salt, and saturated fat

• Regularly eating highly-processed foods should be avoided

• Labels in Canada will now have to distinguish what kind of sugar is being used in packaged products

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Caloric Intake:

• Is not a set number and varies dependent upon several factors like genetics and amount of physical activity

• Kids should be doing 60 mins of exercise a day

• Adults should do 150 mins of exercise a week

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Miscellaneous:

• Water should be our beverage of choice

• To increase our variety of nutritional foods, turn to our culture for ingredients and cooking methods

• If we create nutritional eating patterns, our children are more likely to adopt the same.

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