Patient Education

Nova Scotia's healthy eating strategy.

Helps Nova Scotians make healthy lifestyle choices.

Info on nutrition and healthy eating from the Government of Canada.

A comprehensive site on healthy eating with recipes, tips, and tools such as recipe and food diary apps. Search to find a dietitian in your area.

Trusted information on popular nutrition topics from Dietitians of Canada, provides email and phone numbers to ask dietitians your healthy eating questions.

Source of information about stroke, heart disease, surgeries and treatments. Provides heart-healthy recipes, and health eTools.

Activity sheets, recipes, and nutrition advice from the US Department of Agriculture.

Provides articles on diet and weight loss, and healthy eating.

Clinic locator, checklists, videos, webinars and more.

Learn the facts on hypertension including how to manage it, track your blood pressure, and choose the right blood pressure monitor.

"Information to help keep you and your family safe and healthy." From product recalls to consumer products, nutrition info and environmental safety, a broad range of interesting topics.

Diabetes-friendly recipes searchable by keywords, category, or main ingredient.

Great tasting and nutritious meals complete with nutrition information compiled by registered dietitians.

Heart & Stroke Foundation dietitians have reviewed and approved all of the heart-healthy recipes, which are higher in fibre and lower in saturated fat, cholesterol, and salt.

Collection of recipes and meal plans that have been tested by registered dieticians and culinary experts. Each recipe is tested so that it tastes good, is nutritious, and dependable (easy to follow and it works when made at home - not just in a test kitchen).

Access over 3,000 recipes from over 40 local Canadian cookbooks. Recipes are available as PDF's so you can view on your phone or device.