Meet Dr Aqsa Mukhtiar, PhD in Nutrition

• Course author: plans each course, writes the lessons and designs the trackers, planners and checklists that go with them.
• Nutrition content reviewer: checks that food and nutrition advice in the Canadian edition matches current Canadian guidance, that figures such as the 2,300 mg daily sodium limit, fibre amounts and vitamin D and folic acid doses are quoted correctly, and that every claim is backed by a named source.

1. Start from official Canadian sources, such as Canada's Food Guide and Dietary Guidelines, Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada pages, the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and Canada's Guidance on Alcohol and Health.
2. Write in plain English, without promises of results or claims that food or a course treats, prevents or cures anything.
3. Add a check first list for people who should speak to a health professional before making changes.
4. Add a when to get help section that points to the right Canadian service: your family doctor or nurse practitioner, midwife, public health nurse, your provincial or territorial health line (811 in most provinces), 988 or 911.
5. List the sources at the end of the course so you can read the original advice.

Some courses cover topics beyond nutrition, such as menopausal hormone therapy (MHT, often called HRT), mood and anxiety, sleep problems, relationships and parenting. These courses are written as general education from Government of Canada information and other official sources, including the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and Canadian Menopause Society guideline for menopause. They explain your options and help you prepare questions, and they tell you when to speak to your family doctor, nurse practitioner, pharmacist or another qualified professional. They are not clinical advice.

Her title comes from her doctorate in nutrition. She is not a medical doctor. MyNutriCare courses are education, not individual nutrition care, so they never replace advice from your family doctor, nurse practitioner, midwife, public health nurse, pharmacist or a registered dietitian who knows your situation.