Your dining experience on campus is different this year, but we’ve worked hard to make sure we kept the variety, quality, and tastiness that you would experience in any other year.
Your Immune System & Eating for COVID-19
How can I boost my immune system, so I don’t catch COVID-19?
Well, we don’t exactly want to “boost” the immune system. Having an overactive immune system can actually turn against us!
However, we can support our immune system, so that it is strong enough to fight the virus. The consensus among dietary professionals is that the best thing we can do is hydrate properly and eat a diet full of:
- different fruits and vegetables,
- high quality proteins,
- and whole grains.
Eating for your Mental Health
Feeling a bit down at this point in the cold dark winter? While eating patterns don’t reduce the importance of speaking to health professionals, nutrition can have an impact on your mental health. Considering what’s regularly on your plate could help give you more energy, focus, and reduce depressive symptoms.
For years the world has been talking about how your diet impacts your risk of developing certain health conditions like diabetes, heart disease, etc. But emerging research is finding that the food we eat has physical and biochemical impacts on our mental health as well. [Read more…]
Q&A with Rai-Lee – Sustainable Fish, Halal & More
We sat down with Rai-Lee to get answers to your questions! In this edition, she breaks down our seafood sourcing, Halal labeling, and why she became a dietitian!
Have a question you’d like answered? Ask it HERE! [Read more…]
The Most Essential Nutrient for your Body!
About 45 to 60% of our body weight is water. If the output of fluids exceeds the intake of fluids, an imbalance occurs, and results in dehydration. Dehydration then can cause dry skin, fatigue and weakness, increased body temperature, muscle cramping, headaches, nausea and dry mucous membranes (mouth, nose, eyes). Low water levels put stress on the body as many metabolic reactions need those H2O molecules as a medium. [Read more…]
Setting realistic goals + Get the Good Stuff
Welcome to a new term, a new year, and a new decade! You might be tempted with so many fresh beginnings right now to set up some “new years resolutions”. Reflecting on yourself, your lifestyle, and your habits and identifying things you’d like to change can be a good thing. Make sure you are setting yourself up for success by carefully considering before you commit to a goal. If you choose a goal that is too difficult to maintain, or isn’t addressing the issue, you’ll end up giving up after a few weeks and feel frustrated and demoralized.
Winter Dining Hall Updates
We Heard You!
Based on your comments from the fall dining hall survey, exciting menu and service changes have already been put in place!
Your feedback makes a difference, that’s why we’ve added a number of new items to the menu for this term! [Read more…]
3 Ways to Winterize your Health
Heading into the winter season, you may need a pick-me-up to keep you energized. Don’t miss these tips!
Top Tips for Eating During Exam Time
It’s that time of the semester once again. Long study sessions, running on no sleep and bottomless coffee. Nutrition quickly falls off the radar when such important priorities are on the list. When it comes to preparing for exams, it’s important to treat them like a mental marathon where endurance is key. Eating the right foods at the right times will alert and energize you through those long study sessions. Your Food Services team have put together some simple tips so you can eat your way to an A!
Top four tips to reduce waste when eating in the dining hall
Food waste is a very real problem all over the world. Nearly a third of food produced globally is lost and never nourishes someone (1,2). This loss of food is unsustainable and happens at home, in restaurants, in hotels, and in our dining halls.
In Canada, we waste 40% of the food we produce (1). This amounts to $31 billion lost every year! Food waste contributes to the global hunger epidemic, wasting of resources, and destruction of the environment. Reducing your food waste while eating in the dining hall can be as easy as making a small change to the way you eat!