Dr Robert Lustig (Professor of Clinical Pediatrics), argues that there are about 60 different medical causes of obesity and in a recent talk attempts to debunk the last 30 years of nutrition information policy in the USA. What happened? How did it happen? How do we turn it around? . Would love to hear what
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Baby Food vs Junk Food
While walking down the supermarket aisle yesterday, I noticed a mother carefully examining the back of the baby food products she was thinking of buying. One after another she swapped and changed until she seemed happy that they were suitable for her baby. It was then that I realised I had missed an entire consumer
Smoothies and tooth decay
You’re running late. School lunches; herd up the little ones into the car; piece of toast in one hand as you’re bolting through the door. Does this sound familiar? Some of us grab a fruit smoothie to sip on the fly feeling perhaps that it is a better choice than skipping breakfast altogether without realising
Super Foods for Diabetics
Eating the right food is essential to the health of us all but in particular those who suffer from Diabetes. In order to control blood glucose levels, overall weight and state of health, it is necessary to understand what foods provide the appropriate nutritional support we need. The clip below looks at the top Super
Aggressive blood sugar control may lead to Dementia
I guess the saying ‘for every action there is a reaction’ rings true for many things in life, and here is one prime example of how too much control of one health issue can actually create another bigger health issue. A Health Minute by Dr Norman Swan today raised concerns over people with Type II
Snickers ‘handling your hunger’? Not likely!
Most of us at some point in time would have experienced that all too familiar mid-afternoon energy drain, and when an afternoon nap just isn’t an option it’s times like these that many of us reach for that chocolate bar or candy quick-fix. Today I did just that! I picked up a Snickers bar while
Are cartoons easier to swallow?
If you left it to the kids to buy their cereal, which one do you think they’d go for? The dull old generic pack or the one with Tigger? Today more than ever, children are being targeted by and exposed to cereal advertising from an early age by cereal companies boasting staggering marketing budgets ($1.5
Today Tonight at 6:30pm
Today Tonight is featuring our addiction to sugar and how we can make smarter choices. Some of the experts quoting that it is like “methadone for sugar addicts”……for those interested, the program starts at 6:30pm Channel 7.
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