CARP Halton Chapter Meeting in Burlington “Demythifying Nutrition”

Are you bemused or even overwhelmed by the huge variety of information available about nutrition? How do you cut through all of this information to sort out what is just marketing hype to determine if a food is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for you? What does food labelling really tell you and how do you really understand the nutritional information on food packages?

Would you like to know what “eating well” actually means? Then please join us at one of our two meetings in March where we have invited an expert in this field to help you sort out all of the noise about nutrition. Current food guidelines will be discussed and healthy eating from an older adults perspective including: protein, calcium, vitamin D, fluid and fibre intake will be addressed.

Our presenter will be registered dietitian Uma Sebastiampillai who works part time at the region of Halton. Uma has her Masters in community nutrition from the University of Toronto. She has worked in public health nutrition for about 14 years and currently supports adult and children’s nutrition at public health. She has worked in a number of sectors including