....and we have a winner....

...of the Nutrition Month contest, Heidi of New Brunswick.

Here are Heidi's answers, which I'm reproducing because they're so well done. A copy of Dietitians of Canada's Cook Great Food will be in the mail this weekend to you, Heidi, and thank you for entering the contest.

1. (d) Run fast, cook slow, eat light was not a nutrition month slogan - but its not a bad idea for most days!
2. Jessica's favorite cookbook was Cook Great Food and her healthy comfort food is lentils!
3. I loved the idea that Rachelle's friend Helene described: "Helene once explained to me how she believed food was holy. Her thought was that food should be treated with honor because it becomes the building blocks of our bodies, and our bodies are holy. For Helene, this translates into presenting
food nicely, avoiding foods empty of nutritional value, and not letting food go to waste." Very simple, but an appreciative way of looking at food I think.  I also liked her idea of homemade vegetable broth - great tip!
4. Vincci  - Michael Pollan famously advocates Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants. I think Vincci is saying something very similar - basically thinking of food as food - not just nutrients. Also realizing that the non-nutrient aspect of food is  just as important and an essential part of our lives.
5. (d) vitamin tonics
6. The organization for Bike the Blossoms is Slow Food Vancouver.
7. It is International Year of the Potato! Yay! I love potatoes, red, blue, sweet, and of course, being from the Maritimes - PEI and NB potatoes!! One new thing I have learned is that they have the highest protein content in the family of root and tuber crops (and the protein is of fairly
high quality!).

I have three more copies (!) so you can expect more contests in the weeks to come. Yes, this is a very good book. My mom, a discriminating cookbook connoisseur, grabbed the 4th copy when she spied it on my dining room table. As soon as she saw some classic recipes from her  Manitoba cooking roots, she knew it was a winner.

Nutrition and Wound Healing

 
Image credit: Ancient first aid kit by kymineko

Even thought I'm on vacation from "work", I can't kick the blogging habit so I thought I'd continue posting during these next two weeks, although with minimal commentary (to take a bit of break from editing my verbiage).

Today I'm sharing selected Nutrition and Wound Healing resources I found by doing a basic Google Search and stumbling upon the Canadian Association of Wound Care Canada web site.  The first set of articles are from Wound Care Canada :

• Nutrition and Wound Care: The Importance of Investigating the Presence of Hyperglycemia in Individuals with Wounds (PDF)
• Foods First: Nutrition, Pressure Ulcer Management and Skin Health (PDF)
  
• Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Update 2006 (PDF) -- See Recommendation 3, page 6, "maximize nutritional status."
  
• Nutrition and Wound-care Management/Prevention • Article (PDF) • Table: Factors to Consider When your Patient is Not Eating (HTML)

Dietitians working in acute care surgical areas or with pressure ulcer management probably will know much of the information or have their own resources. I found both familiar and new information in the articles, and  they'll help me speak the same language as the wound care nurses with whom I occasionally collaborate.

I'll share other useful finds from my Google search in a subsequent post. 

Friday Fun with Food

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Nutrition Month Contest Questions

Addendum -- If you'd rather not leave your answers in the comments you can email me directly. My address is on the About page. 

Given the time I am publishing this post, I should probably say it's not an April Fool joke, but I do hope you have fun answering the questions. Contest deadline is midnight (2400 hrs PDT) April 2nd. Complete rules and prize list here.

1. Which one of the following statements was not part of the official Nutrition Month Top 10 List?
   (a) Colour your world with vegetables and fruit
   (b) Make mealtime  a family affair
   (c) Healthy eating is more than a flash in the pan
   (d) Run fast, cook slow, eat light
   (f) Give your food portions a makeover
   
2. Name Jessica's favourite cookbook and her healthy comfort food.
3. Share your favourite bit of warmth, wit or wisdom from the interview with Rachelle. (You can either quote or paraphrase.)
4. Vincci has an eating habit that Michael Pollan advocates. Describe it in five words or less. (Hint: you may have to visit her blog to find out but the clue to which post is in the interview.)
   
5. The Health Maxims of the 19th Century included specific (and timeless) recommendations on all of the following except:
   (a) what and how to eat
   (b) exercise
   (c) air quality
   (d) vitamin tonics
   (e) hygiene
6. I wrote a gardening post (on The Edible Balcony Garden) during Nutrition Month in which I mentioned an organization sponsoring an event called Bike the Blossoms. Name the organization.
   
7. And the bonus question, about another food-event, but one lasting the entire year:
   This is the International Year of  the {_________}.  Name the food and state one new-to-you fact about it.