How To Eat and Enjoy a Greater Variety of Vegetables
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Are you trying to eat more vegetables but finding it a struggle?
Do you wish you could learn how to make eating vegetables more enjoyable?
How would you like to wake up to a day when you love vegetables?  When you and the people you cook for can’t wait to eat them?
Many people are aware that vegetables are good for health, yet incorporating more vegetables can be a challenge. This course is unique in being designed by education experts to help you understand what works and doesn’t work for you and to identify for yourself the changes that you want to make.
Build Your Knowledge around Your Motivations and Barriers to Eating and Enjoying Vegetables and Make Some Positive Changes
Learn about how vegetables support optimal health, wellness and vitality Â
Explore your motivations and barriers to change
Gain ideas for eating more vegetables
Work through examples and make practical changes
Explore tips for incorporating more vegetables into your diet and identify practical and enjoyable ideas that are right for you.
Content and overview
Suitable for anyone who wants to increase their vegetable intake, this course consists of 20 lectures and a workbook to equip you to make changes that work for you.
By the end of this course you’ll know the exact steps to take – for you and your family – to eat and enjoy a greater variety of vegetables.
- You will learn how to shift your perceptions and beliefs about vegetables
- Understand how to use colours as clues when choosing different vegetables
- Discover tips from the health professionals on how they make eating vegetables fun and enjoyable
- Learn about the role vegetables play in supporting your energy levels
- How to get more value from vegetables
- Hear about the mindful eating approach
- Get tips and inspirations on how to make vegetables taste great
- And much more
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3What is a vegetable?
In this video you will learn the dictionary definition of a vegetable.
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4Shifting perceptions
In this video you will learn how to shift your own perceptions about vegetables, through a practical exercise.
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5Exercise: Shifting your perceptions
Learn what other people appreciate about vegetables, get inspired and find three things that you can appreciate about them.
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6Using colours as clues
In this video you will learn why eating colourful vegetables is important. How green, orange, yellow, red, purple and white vegetables contain different nutrients that support every system in the body.
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7Top Tips: How to make vegetable choices more colourful
Learn how other people make their vegetable choices more colourful, get inspired and start to experiment.
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8Vegetables for energy
In this video you will learn why eating a wide variety of vegetables helps to support energy levels.
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9Making changes
In this video you will be introduced to different ways to making dietary changes.
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10Exercise: Making changes
Learn what food rules other people have, and strategies they use to change their behaviour around vegetables. Included with this lecture is a Menu Planner that you can download and use.
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11Personal preferences
In this video you will learn why we all need different amount of nutrients at different stages of life and why it is important to stay flexible in our food choices.
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12Food plates
In this video you will learn about different food plates and food pyramids.
Images credit:
Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust www.oldwayspt.org
Learn more about Oldways, Mediterranean diet pyramid, Vegetarian diet pyramid, The Asian and African Heritage Diet at www.oldwayspt.org
Vegetarian Eatwell plate www.vegsoc.org
ANH Food 4 Health Plate  http://anhinternational.org/
BANT Eat a rainbow plate http://bant.org.uk/
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13Food plates from around the world
Learn what is a portion and understand the different recommendations.
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14Top Tips: How to eat more vegetables
Learn how other people eat more vegetables, get inspired and borrow some of their strategies.
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15Are all vegetables equal?
In this video you will discover why it is important to eat a balance of all food groups, learn about the importance of fibre and why it is important to limit vegetable juices.
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16Getting value from vegetables
In this video you will discover why it is important to think of value we get from vegetables in terms of nutrient content, and how you can maximise that value.
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17Top Tips: Getting value from vegetables
Learn how other people get value from vegetables, get inspired and try new ideas yourself.
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18Top Tips: Inspiration to make vegetables taste great
Learn how other people find inspiration to make vegetables taste great.