Category Nutrition

What Nutrition And Dietetics Is All About

What Is Nutrition and Dietetics? Nutrition and Dietetics is a multifaceted methodical course that entails the study of how food substances offer nourishment for the sustenance of life. It involves the study of numerous concepts on how food interacts with…

When Should You Incorporate Healthy Lifestyle Practices?

Healthy Lifestyle A healthy lifestyle incorporates various elements comprising consuming varied nutritious foods as well as integrating physical activity, among others such as avoiding or restricting drug or alcohol intake. It is a lifestyle approach that should advisably be adopted…

What Is A Serving Size?

Serving Size This post will address what a serving size is. In our previous post on food groups, there was mentioning of serving sizes and how they relate with food groups thus we will focus in depth on what a serving…

Food Groups

In this post we will define what food groups are, identify the main foods groups and their importance to you.  A food group consists of foods with similar biological and nutritional qualities. Typically, most food guides rely on food groups…

Should you eat your vegetables raw or cooked?

On several occasions through my interactions with diverse clients, I receive quite challenging questions, one of them being whether one should consume their vegetables raw or cooked. In this post, we will evaluate the importance of consuming raw and cooked…