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I’m excited to share that I’ve completed Health Canada’s Nutrition Labelling Online Course! This course provided valuable insights into understanding food labels, including: • Nutrition Facts Table • Serving Sizes and % Daily Values • Nutrition Claims and Ingredients Lists #NutritionLabeling #HealthCanada #ProfessionalDevelopment

How do you know if the “trending” nutrition advice shared on social media is actually backed by science? These days, anyone can call themselves a scientist, and Big Food often sponsors misleading posts. Generic nutrition advice and “healthy” recipes are everywhere on the internet, but what’s actually going to give you more healthy years? rather than simply guessing whay not take a home test that will give you al;l the information you need to make better choices. Comment "Test" and I will send you a link so you can investigate and decide which is best for you "Guessing or Testing"

🚀 Day 18: Building a McDonald’s Nutrition Analysis Dashboard in Power BI! Welcome back to the #PowerBI30DayChallenge! Today, we're taking a deep dive into the nutritional information of McDonald's menu items by building an insightful and interactive dashboard in Power BI. Today's Focus: Creating a McDonald’s Nutrition Analysis Dashboard A nutrition analysis dashboard can provide valuable insights into the nutritional content of food items, helping consumers make informed choices. Let’s use Power BI to visualize and analyze the dietary data of McDonald's menus.

"Our vision is a world where everybody has access to healthy, micronutrient-rich foods." This recent article in Nutrition Insight highlights what we see as the biggest opportunities and challenges to achieving this vision and scaling up large-scale food fortification: https://lnkd.in/g8f5eXmd

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 We’re excited to share our latest research on a critical issue in nutrition science: the integration of toxic element data in food into nutrition guidance. 🌾🍎🧑⚕️ Our study highlights the need for nutrition professionals to have access to comprehensive resources that account for toxic elements like arsenic, cadmium, and lead in foods. We explore how factors such as geography, culture, and individual differences influence the levels of these elements and the balance between toxic and health-promoting nutrients. 🌍🔬 By enhancing food databases to include toxic element data, we can provide more informed, personalized nutrition advice that prioritizes both safety and health. 🥗✅ Check out the full publication to learn more! #NutritionScience #ToxicElements #FoodSafety #HealthFirst

Day 2 Highlights | #AFSForum2024 Nutrition with discussions on Investing in Food Systems: You Are What You Eat #InnovateAccelerateScale

It was a rewarding experience to connect with like-minded professionals in the nutrition field through this webinar on ''Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods and overall well-being". The webinar truly underscored the importance of collaboration and knowledge-sharing in addressing the challenges of nutrition science. The main takeaways learned were about the different types of nutrient deficiencies, the importance of functional foods in human health, the micronutrients needed to sustain general health, and the facts about how nutritional deficiencies lead to diseases and the ways in which nutraceuticals have developed into an alternative approach to promoting optimal health. Looking forward to more such webinars that brings insightful and knowledgeable experience.

Do you sell a food product in the Canadian market? Do you want to better understand Canadian consumer perceptions about nutrition labelling and claims? Brand Natural has partnered with the Canadian Health Food Association on a study about consumer attitudes toward nutrition labelling, nutrition claims and the impact of the new Canadian front-of-pack nutrition symbol. Find out more about the changes here: https://bit.ly/3YOYcik Download the study here: https://bit.ly/4cx4TZL #foodlabelling #canadianfood #sugar

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What is holistic keto? It’s a perspective of nutrition that expands beyond food. Optimizing nutrition is the key to successful ketogenic nutrition.