1. Manor Lakes College Week of Wellbeing 2012 Nutrition Workshop

2. Background  Bachelor of Nutritional Science  www.healthnut.global2.vic.edu.au Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. What is health?

3. Concept:Food As Medicine  Provide our bodies with the nutritional needs (+ external factors) for PREVENTION  Inflammation leads to disease-use food to reduce inflammation  In general, it is well researched the effect of plant chemicals, minerals, vitamins etc from specific foods, on prevention and cure of disease and maintenance of normal body function.  This concept then also leads to weight loss, better sleep, improves mental stamina etc etc!

5. Change In Mindset  Looking at the positives of foods-eating to maximise food intake  Knowing the benefits of foods and using this as motivation  Eat for purpose  Focus on the positives of eating certain foods over others  Enjoy food!

6. Factors influencing health Physical structure Sleep Exercise (type) Body functions FoodEmotion

7. Good habits  Know what you are eating! (Read labels)  Know your body! Make this the focus!  Small meals regularly  Sleep  Range of foods  Keep it simple  Don’t eliminate things -ratio (good to out way not so good)

8. Nutritional Value  Carbohydrates  Fats  Proteins  Sugars  Vitamins & Minerals

9. Sugar (one teaspoon = four grams of sugar) 2g/250ml 12.8g/250ml

10.  1. The average American consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar every day. (Women should have no more then 6 and men 9)  2. Refined sugar is linked to allergies, hair loss, pancreatic cancer and manic depression.  3. Sugar is addictive like other drugs.  4.Consuming refined sugar depletes the body of B vitamins. This can cause heart palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue and rashes.  5. Low fat foods often contain sugar to improve flavour.  6. Refined sugar has absolutely no nutritional value.  7. Suddenly removing refined sugar from the diet can cause depression, fatigue and headaches.  8. Refined sugar impairs liver function which can lead to high blood pressure, skin issues and acne.  9. Refined sugar suppress the immune system and causes an over production of digestive enzymes, leading to stress on the pancreas.  10. Besides salt, Americans consumer 10 times more sugar then any other food additives.

11. Sugar…. Mundella Premium Natural Yogurt 6.5g/100g Nestle Strawberry Yogurt 14.3g/100g

13. Alternatives-Get more bang for your buck!  Quinoa  Kale  Red rice  Chlorophyll  Salmon  Herbal Teas  Cacao  Purple carrots  Chia

14. Example diet  What would our recommendations be?