Frequently Asked Questions
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Helpful
Resources
General Healthy Eating
UnlockFood - Expert guidance brought to you by Dietitians of Canada.
HealthLink BC - Our Provincial Nutrition Resource Inventory
Oldways - a nonprofit organization helping people rediscover and embrace the healthy, sustainable joys of the “old ways” of shared cultural traditions.
Dietary Reference Intake Tables - A Government of Canada resource that provides dietary reference intakes for vitamins, elements (minerals) and macronutrients.
Meal Planning
Cookspiration.com - Be inspired to cook any time, day or night with Cookspiration, created by Dietitians of Canada.
Menu Planner - Sample meal plans by UnlockFood.ca.
Nutrition Therapy
The Low FODMAP Diet - Resources provided by Monash University.
Histamine Intolerance - Resources provided by Wendy Busse, RD
Examine - independent and unbiased evidenced-based encyclopedia on supplementation and nutrition.
Food Security
211 British Columbia - Information on where to find free or low-cost food, including locations for your local food bank.
Food Asset Maps - A Vancouver Coastal Health resource to help you local food assets. The region includes the areas between Richmond to Squamish-Lillooet (including the Sunshine Coast).
Quest Food Exchange - These non-profit grocery markets help ensure families and individuals in need have access to the groceries they want, at the prices they can afford. Locations only in the Lower Mainland. Referral may be required.
Provincial Government Health Supplements & Programs including:
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Diet Supplements (a financial supplement, available to eligible individuals, to help meet costs associated with a therapeutic diet that is required as a result of a specific medical condition or a special dietary need.meet costs associated with a therapeutic diet that is required as a result of a specific medical condition or a special dietary need).
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Monthly Nutritional Supplement (a financial supplement, available to eligible individuals with Person with Disabilities designation, who are in receipt of disability assistance and who have a severe medical condition causing a chronic, progressive deterioration of health with symptoms of wasting).
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Nutritional Supplements (liquid meal replacement beverages, available to eligible individuals, who need additional calories above a regular diet to recover from surgery, severe injury, serious disease, or the side effects of medical treatment).
Chronic Illness
Information + Support
ME | FM Society of BC - Providing support, community and opportunities to connect for individuals living with ME/CFS, Long-COVID and Fibromyalgia. They offer professionally facilitated groups and peer social support groups.
The National ME/FM Action Network - a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the recognition and understanding of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia through education, advocacy, support and research.
Pain BC - a provincial program that aims to enhance the well-being of all people living with pain through empowerment, care, education and innovation.
Solve M.E. - a Canadian non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for critical research into diagnostics, treatments, and cures for ME/CFS, Long Covid and other post-infection diseases.
Helpful Allies
Disability Alliance of BC - An advocacy program that can support you in your efforts to navigate and apply for provincial and federal government benefits.
Occupational Therapy - provided by Jennifer Mauritz.
Specialty Medical Services