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Nutrition For Medical Guides
Healthy eating can help you feel better, lower your blood cholesterol, blood pressure and weight and lower your chance of getting heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and some cancers. How much is 1 serve?
Vegetables Fruit Cereals/Bread
(wholegrain is preferable) y cup cooked vegetables; or y cup of cooked legumes; or 1 small potato; or 1 cup of salad 1 medium-sized apple, banana, orange or pear; 2 small apricots, kiwi fruit or plums; 1 cup canned fruit; y cup juice; 4 dried apricot halves; or 1y tablespoons sultanas y cup muesli; 1 cup porridge; 1 cups of breakfast cereal; 1 cup cooked rice, pasta or noodles; or 2 slices of bread 65-100g (Fist-sized portion) lean meat, chicken or fish; 2 eggs; or y cup of baked beans 2 slices of cheese; 1 cup milk, small tub of yoghurt 1 tablespoon butter, margarine, oil; 1y scoops (50g scoop) ice cream
Disclaimer: The above minimum daily intakes are a guide for male and female adults 19 years and over. Some genders and age groups may require more serves of certain food groups depending on their requirements. Pregnant and Breastfeeding women, along with children and adolescents will have different minimum daily intake requirements. Refer to the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating for more specific requirements.
N U T RI TI O N E A T W E LL F O R H E AL T H
* To measure your waist circumference place a tape measure halfway between the top of your hip bone and bottom of your rib cage.
10
10
3 How confident are you that you can change your eating habits/lose weight?
Tick the box that best matches your current confidence level
NOT AT ALL VERY CONFIDENT
10
When making changes to your diet, it is important you feel motivated and confident that you can achieve your goals. You can ask your health team for help.
Additional information
1 Do you have food allergies/intolerances?
No Yes -> gluten dairy tree nuts Other -> peanuts eggs
Check food labels for sodium to compare products, brands and varieties and choose the lower salt options. Use lemon juice, garlic, vinegar, or herbs and spices as an alternative to salt when cooking.
No Yes ->
Limit foods that are high in salt where possible or try to choose low salt varieties.
My prescription
NUTRITION
Name
<PtFullName>
Tips to succeed
I will try to: use low fat cooking methods (e.g. grilling, stir-frying, steaming, microwaving) avoid adding salt to my cooking and to food at the table choose mono or polyunsaturated oils and spreads (e.g. olive or canola) and use less than 1 teaspoon per person when preparing meals have regular meals, including breakfast eat smaller serves (try using a smaller plate) avoid watching TV or reading while eating make a list of other activities to do instead of eating when bored or stressed remove visible fat from meat and skin from chicken
Self Monitoring
Tips to monitor my progress:
Keep a food diary to record what I eat and drink and when
do. I will gradually increase my number of steps by 500/day until I reach 10,000 steps a day
I want to reach the Weigh myself or measure my waist circumference once a week healthier ______ weight of _________ weeks from now
My prescription
NUTRITION EAT WELL FOR HEALTH
Aim to lose no more than 0.5-1kg a Ensure your goals are achievable Choose one or two goals to work on at
week
a time
y vegetables and/or salad. (have a variety of different coloured vegetables) starchy foods such as potatoes, rice, paster, couscous or bread.
Frozen or canned vegetables (no added sugar/low salt varieties) are a good alternative to fresh vegetables. They are quick and easy to prepare
Additional Support
To support me to reach my goals I have been referred to:
tuna and in season fruit. Main meal Lean lamb, beef, chicken or pork roast with jacket potato and steamed vegetables pumpkin, spinach, beans, corn and canned fruit with low-fat yogurt or custard or fresh fruit salad My next appointment is with <UsrName> Clinicians signature: in weeks