Dietitians Week 2022 – Aged Care

The natural impacts of aging along with existing medical conditions places older people at a greater risk of nutrition deficiency. Malnutrition maybe commencing right in front of you at home – to you or your loved ones.

It can start with losing interest in food, lack of appetite, feeling sad and isolated, finding it hard to swallow and perhaps coughing when eating or drinking. Malnutrition is preventable and we all have a part to play in looking out for each other as we age.

Dietitians work with individuals and their family, food companies and care services to create a positive mealtime experience with a nourishing menu to meet nutritional needs, allowing you to be healthy & happy in your home.

Dietitians promote a food first approach and there are increasingly more options for obtaining the right food to ease the burden of shopping and cooking, including: Nutriloops™ – texture-modified, nutrient-dense biscuits Care Food Co. texture-modified ready-meals

Share and help me raise awareness about how #DietitiansImproveLives — it’s #DietitiansWeek2022, so there’s no better time!

19 April 2022

What’s a little bit of chocolate good for?

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What’s a little bit of chocolate good for?

Do you think that to have just a bit of chocolate is ‘not worth eating because it’s not enough’.

Hopefully I can change your mind so that you can still enjoy chocolate without going overboard. Here are some ideas to make just 20 grams of Chocolate so special:

Eat with mindfulness – Weigh out 20 grams of chocolate buttons.
Breathe in slowly the aroma of the chocolate before placing 1 button in your mouth. Allow the button to melt around your mouth and down into your throat before taking another button… Repeat this to the end of your weighed portion and you will find that you really did enjoy just a small amount of chocolate without the need to binge.
I think the best chocolate buttons to do this with is Callebaut Dark Callets.
Add 20 gram of dark chocolate to Chilli Con Carne at the end of the cooking — you will see it adds that X factor to bring the dish together.
Melt 20 gram of chocolate into a little dish. Grab a punnet of Strawberries or Blueberries with the ramekin of melted chocolate and go into the sun and slowly dip and eat.
Add 20 gram grated chocolate to yoghurt with a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg and drizzle of honey
Add to your home made tomato sauce to add a depth of colour and flavour

20 gram chocolate ideas

6 Cadbury Mini eggs
1 Haigs chocolate bilby
1/2 block Panna chocolate
5 mini Flake bites
1 row (2 squares) Lindt 100 g block
1 section of Lindt thins
1 Koko Black Heart Pop
2 Koko Black Teddy Bear Pop
1 Kinder Surprise Chocolate Egg
1 Cadbury Furry Friends