{"id":3574,"date":"2024-12-11T06:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T13:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liver.ca\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2025-01-03T08:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:31:04","slug":"demandez-a-un-dieteticien-avec-anisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/ask-a-dietitian-with-anisha\/","title":{"rendered":"Demandez \u00e0 un di\u00e9t\u00e9ticien, avec Anisha"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liver-health-tips"],"acf":{"title":"","text":"","image":3586,"landing_page":false,"blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"By: Anisha Vijh, RD\u00a0 |\u00a0 June 18, 2024<\/b>\r\n\r\nToday, we\u2019re thrilled to launch our latest blog series: <\/span>Ask a Dietitian<\/b>. Nutrition information is widespread, and it can be challenging to know what and who to trust. Our goal is to debunk myths and assumptions about nutrition and liver health, to set you up for a lifetime of healthy eating.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThis question and answers series will feature various dietitians in the industry, including me, Anisha, Liver Canada\u2019s in-house registered dietitian. Let\u2019s get started!<\/span>\r\n

Are smoothies healthy for me?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\r\nSmoothies can be a great way to incorporate fibre, protein, and extra nutrition into your day. Some smoothies, often pre-packaged, or ones made at certain stores, may not have much fibre or protein. Fibre and protein are two of the best components to help give your smoothie its staying power and keep you full and energized throughout the day. Whether you\u2019re making your own or buying smoothies, focus on having a source of protein (think protein powder, Greek yogurt, silken tofu, dairy or higher protein plant milk), fibre (fruits, veggies, seeds), and if possible, a healthy fat (nut or seed butter, ground flax, avocado, or tofu). These are all great additions to your smoothie for added satisfaction and fullness. Healthy fats can also help you better absorb some of the nutrients found in your smoothie!<\/span>\r\n

What is it about green juice?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\r\nAny kind of juice, including green juices, while tasting delicious, can potentially include added sugars, and additionally lack fibre. When we juice fruits and vegetables, we\u2019re often removing their fibre. Fibre is very important for gut health, as it helps with bowel movements, it feeds our gut microbiome, provides feelings of fullness, and helps to regulate blood sugar. By getting rid of fibre when juicing, the body absorbs the sugar found in these juices much faster, which can spike your blood sugar. This can lead to feeling tired, hungry, or irritable shortly after. Fibre is something most Canadians are lacking, so being mindful to add fibre where possible, in the form of whole foods preferably, is a great way to get in some key nutrition throughout the day. Consider what\u2019s in your green juice and how you might be able to incorporate some of those veggies and fruits in other forms. If you\u2019re looking for a swap, water is the liver\u2019s best friend, so when in doubt, choose that!<\/span>\r\n

What does \u201cwhole foods\u201d even mean?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\r\n\u201cWhole foods\u201d is a term that is used when we are talking about nutrition, diet, and lifestyle. It can be a confusing term, but it doesn\u2019t need to be! A whole food is something that\u2019s been minimally processed. Processing is a useful and a necessary tool to move food from farms, fields, and faraway places to our tables. This can include washing, chopping, cooking, canning, freezing, or milling.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA minimally processed food is a product that has went through one or more of these processes. Processed foods can have more additives, preservatives, added sugars, fats, or salt.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhole foods include fruits and vegetables, legumes and pulses (think beans and lentils), whole grain products (bread, oats, popcorn, barley, quinoa, etc.), dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese), animal products like eggs, fish, chicken, pork, beef, or seafood. Watching out for added sugars, salt, or fats in canned or packaged whole foods is important for liver health too.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFoods like some deli meats, smoked or cured meats, or ultra-processed foods (chips, candy, chocolate, ice cream, many fried foods, sugary cereals), wouldn\u2019t fall under the umbrella of \u201cwhole foods\u201d. This doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t ever eat them, but limiting them in our everyday diet, and being mindful of when we do eat them, helps not only with liver health, but overall health too.<\/span>\r\n\r\nCanada\u2019s Food Guide is a great reference point for some examples of whole foods too! Looking at the foods included in their plate model may help to spark some ideas for your next meal. If you\u2019re looking for more recipes, you can also browse Liver Canada\u2019s website too, like in our <\/span>Healthy Liver Pantry<\/span><\/a>!<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIf you have any of your own questions for the next edition \u2018Ask a Dietitian\u2019, we\u2019d love to hear from you! Email us at <\/span>clf@liver.ca<\/span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","remove_heading_underline":false}],"tldr":"","story":"","bg_colour":"none","story_pretitle":"","story_title":"","story_text":"","story_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liver.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}