Healthy eating isn’t about starving yourself, or counting and allocating calories. It’s about feeling great, having more energy and being good to your body. Healthy eating begins with learning how to ‘eat smart’ – it’s not just what you eat, but also how you eat. Your food choices can help reduce your risk of illnesses [...]
A healthy breakfast is key to a good start to your day and provides you with essential nutrition and fuel. There is a reason the proverb “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper” has stuck around but when you look at some cafe’s and hotel’s breakfast choices you wonder if you [...]
With the holiday season around the corner there are plenty of invites for drinks and other events. One pint of beer alone has on average 204 calories and a glass of wine about 125 calories. Most people however cannot go past the fruity and thirst quenching cocktails when the temperatures heat up and the holidays [...]
Eating out or getting take away is a very convenient way to enjoy great food and you don’t have to do the dishes after. But often restaurant food is full of salt, saturated fat and additives so you have to be smart about what you order to stay healthy. Here are our top 10 tips for [...]
Nutrition labels are supposed to make your choice easier and inform you sufficiently of the nutritional value of a certain food. But sometimes labels are misleading or unclear so it is good to take a second look. Watch out for the following 6 labels next time you shop: Trans Fat Free: If a food [...]
This is a great recipe for all busy health conscious people plus it’s delicious, quick to prepare and kids love it Here is what you need for 4- 6 people: 500g spaghetti or other pasta 425g tin of salmon or tuna drained 3/4 cup of chick peas or other legumes 1 cup tinned green [...]
Thai food has become ever more popular in Australia, and many people I know grab Thai as a easy take away option throughout the year. It is cheap and convenient and there is a lot of choice and variety. But what does the dietitian suggest we order? Thai food has many healthy and not so [...]
In our previous post, we talked about the importance of glucose in fuelling the brain. Here, I want to explain some of the science behind the brain’s need for constant blood sugar levels. Studies have demonstrated that our desire for high-calorie food shoots up when the brain isn’t getting enough sugar. Brain imaging scans show [...]
We get a lot of questions about the sugar content of our cereals so I thought I’d clarify my thoughts on the impact of sugar on our bodies and our health. We’ve been taught to think of sugar as bad – sugar rots your teeth, makes you fat and causes diabetes doesn’t it? Well the [...]
I am honoured and thrilled to be working with Goodness Superfoods as Brand Ambassador. I came across the cereal products when they first hit supermarket shelves, and I was eager to taste them all. All my life I have been conscious of the food I eat as I know how important a healthy balanced diet [...]
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