Having a snack or two during the day can be a great way to keep your energy levels up throughout the day, sneak in an extra serve of two of veges and make sure you get all the nutrients you require. Whilst it is easy to grab a chocolate or muffin or pack of chips…
DetailsThe general principles A healthy diet should be able to meet your nutritional needs. That means it will supply what you need and not include undesirables such as excess saturated fat, sugar and additives. A healthy diet has plants at the centre and is largely whole foods that have not undergone processing that can reduce…
DetailsThe general principles A healthy diet should be able to meet your nutritional needs. That means it will supply what you need and not include undesirables such as excess saturated fat, sugar and additives. A healthy diet has plants at the centre and is largely whole foods that have not undergone processing that can reduce…
Details“I drink because I am an alcoholic; I am not an alcoholic because I drink.” I wonder what your reaction to that statement is? Today I am writing ‘free-form’. I am not trawling through the latest journal articles or seeking expert opinion. Rather, I am responding to the news of the death of Robin Williams,…
DetailsYour sense of taste can alter for a number of reasons, including: pregnancy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, dental problems, or medicines. Sometimes it seems to disappear and nothing has any flavour, to other times when it changes altogether, and you now crave hot, spicy food that you once avoided like the plague. To start us off, here are…
DetailsHow does your hunger rate on the Richter Scale? Are you physically hungry? Are you eating to fill an emotional need?Are you simply tired? Are you thirsty? Have a glass of water and wait 10 minutes. Remember it takes about 20 minutes for your brain to catch up and realise that your stomach is full,…
DetailsA couple of bloggers are touting that your period is your body expelling toxins. Um, nope. Their answer is to eat a raw vegan diet to make your periods disappear. Um, nope again. This is so incredibly ill-informed and irresponsible. One even goes so far as saying “…the industry has done a great job of…
DetailsThere is no consistent answer among experts in different countries about whether you can safely eat oats if you have Coeliac disease or gluten intolerance, with some saying it is safe all the time, some saying safe for the majority and others yet saying it needs to be avoided. Coeliac Australia has a position statement…
DetailsTo sleep, perchance to dream. William Shakespeare We all know that we need good quality sleep to live a creative, healthy, happy and productive life, but sleep can sometimes be evasive, especially it seems when we most seek it. Following are some tips to help you enjoy a restful and restorative sleep. What’s happening? First thing to…
DetailsWomen are not ‘small men’. I know, I know, crazy huh! An article in The Conversation today has prompted me to write a few words about this issue that gets my goat. The article is by Deb Colville and it describes the apparent gender blindness in some areas of medicine. In seriousness, over the years…
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