Guest: Jonathan DiTomasso (MUHC Clinical Dietician)
Do you eat well? I know I don’t. These days most of us are so busy we grab a bite to eat whenever we can and too often it’s junk. A quick look at Canada’s food guide (click here: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php) may give you cause for concern. I’ve just discovered that I eat way too much meat and dairy and not enough fruit and veg.
A couple of weeks ago during our World News In 3 Medical Minutes we learnt about a study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, that suggested people who eat lots of red and processed meat increase their risk of cancer and heart disease. The study’s authors stated that those who ate the most red meat were consuming about 4.5 ounces per day – the equivalent of a small steak. Does that sound like much to you? Today we invite Jonathan DiTomasso, a Clinical Dietician at the MUHC, into the studio to tell us what we should and shouldn’t be eating for living.
As always, our guest interviews follow the World News In Three Medical Minutes – a regular feature on Health Matters where we summarize the cutting edge medical stories making headlines around the world.
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