MC Dietetics
1083 Gordon St unit 103 N1G 0E3 Guelph, ON, Canada

Thank you all so much for your support and making our last post have the largest reach of any of our posts! At MC Dietetics, we like to support our community and local businesses by raising awareness and creating publicity for them (even at our own expense) and we wouldn't be able to make that happen without you! So again thank you and please keep spreading the word!

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Are you lactose intolerant and have trouble finding substitutes or alternatives? Let me help with those! There are a few things...... Lactose Free Dairy: If you find yourself having symptoms after dairy products, the more common culprit is lactose (the milk sugar). In that case often I find most tolerate dairy that has been filtered and treated with lactase (the enzyme for lactose). In cases where these don’t sit well, you may just be extremely sensitive OR you may have an issue with some of the other proteins in milk, such as whey or casein. In that case, completely #dairy-free is your safer bet for a symptom free option. I find creativity is the biggest thing when searching for alternatives and knowing they won’t be exactly the same as your beloved dairy option... but you have to frame your mind to accept and love them for what they are. Now, what I don’t suggest to clients (again everyone is different and can make their own choices) are dairy free substitutes in most cases. Fake yogurts, cheese and spreads I just find way too packed with fillers, gums and just super long ingredient lists that I feel we should just steer clear of on a daily basis. Many find the taste and texture to not be ideal and it can cause sensitive people’s tummy’s to get upset anyways despite having no dairy included. Here’s looking at you Daiya! Again, to each their own but I would prefer for myself a less processed item and I know many of my clients feel the same. Are you lactose intolerant? What’s your favourite way to enjoy things that may normal have dairy in them?

Meatballs exploding with cheese... Now that I have your attention... Jokes, nope no long caption today just a recipe that this lactose intolerant girl can’t eat but went over well with everyone who can dabble in the cheese and gluten land.... Now, this is a rough recipe because is amateur chefs are notorious for just throwing things together and voila, a rustic masterpiece. Cheese Surprise Meatballs. 1 package extra lean ground turkey 1 egg 1/4 cup breadcrumbs (or gf oats OR flaxmeal for gluten free folks) 2-3 tbsp chopped sundried tomatoes 2 tbsp minced onion Basil, oregano, garlic to taste. Mix all that together until combined. Take a 2-3 tbsp (or larger if you like them meatballs larger..) and form into meatball form. Take a cube of your favourite cheese and shove it into the middle and re-roll to cover. There are two ways you can cook these: . 1 You can simmer them in a tomato sauce after searing them in the pan first. This helps to keep them.. moistttttter. . 2 You can put them on a rack and bake them. This runs a risk of drying them out a bit. Just watch you don’t over bake them. I still recommend searing them first in a pan to seal them. Either way you do them, you will end up with lovely meatballs that will explode cheese when you least expect it . I don’t see a problem with that... do you? *These are also still a lot leaner than your traditional beef meatballs because of a single substitution with the meat choice. Lean meats don’t always mean dry like the dessert you just need a few tricks to keep them a bit juicier, like simmering to cook or adding vegetables to the meat for moisture.

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More nutrition myths coming at you! ...and hello there freckle. Lots of people said they liked when I did this so here we go again! Let’s go!... . One argument for the keto diet is it makes you drop weight rapidly... Problem lies on what type of weight you are dropping. Remember fat loss is the not same as weight loss, which could be muscle, water, ... Much of the initial weight lost with keto is water due to severely restricting carbs. . Humans are meant to be omnivores, no matter what the documentaries may tell you. Now this may ruffle some feathers but we are physiologically built to consume both animals and plants. Being completely plant based is a choice. . Greens drinks DO NOT replace actually eating your vegetables. Those are overhyped supplements that cost you too much money and shouldn’t be a replacement for actually eating your vitamins and minerals. Vegetables have other benefits as well so let’s not forget about that too. . If we want to call sugar addictive, you can also call hugs addictive as well because that happy, good feeling (dopamine release) you get when having sugar, is a similar response we get from drugs, sex, hugs, etc. We may crave sugar for many reasons, but it is addicting simply because we take pleasure in that feeling. . Hemp hearts, flaxseeds, and other seeds and nuts may contain Omega 3 fatty acids but you should not assume you will get anywhere near what you need from eating some seeds. They contain ALA, which yes is an Omega 3 but in order to get those heart and brain healthy DHA and EPA omegas, ALA must be converted and that rate of conversion is less than 1% . And while I’m going on about omegas... those omega eggs are BS. They are simply coming from chickens fed flax seeds so re-read the previous point plus it’s probably even more diluted because it’s from mother to egg.