Nutrition Month: Nourish to Flourish
It's Nutrition Month—a time to refresh ourselves about making informed food choices and developing healthy eating habits. Nutrition Month 2025: Nourish to Flourish highlights the connection between food and overall well-being. It asks everyone to think about the role of nutrition in feeding our bodies, minds and emotions. Keep reading for information and links that can help you get started.
Healthy Food Choices
Healthy food choices look different for every person, with several factors like culture, food traditions, personal circumstances and nutritional needs playing a role in everyone's nutritional health. Canada's Food Guide provides guidance on making healthy food choices.
Healthy Eating Recommendations
Healthy eating is more than the foods you eat. It is also about where, when, why and how you eat.
- Be mindful of your eating habits.
- Cook more often.
- Enjoy your food.
- Eat meals with others.
Make it a habit to eat a variety of healthy foods each day.
- Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits, whole grain foods and protein foods. Choose protein foods that come from plants more often.
- Choose foods with healthy fats instead of saturated fat.
- Limit highly processed foods. If you choose these foods, eat them less often and in small amounts.
- Make water your drink of choice.
- Use food labels.
- Be aware that food marketing can influence your choices.
Source: https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/healthy-eating-recommendations
More Information
- Visit the Unlock Food website for food and nutrition information, including how a dietitian can support you and the Dietitians of Canada site for the Find a Dietitian Tool.
- Visit the My Health Alberta website to learn about getting and staying active and teaching your child to stay active.
- Visit the Government of Alberta website for children's mental health resources and the Canadian Mental Health Association (Alberta Division) site for general mental health information.