Changing Habits

You can imagine my absolute horror when I found out that you can download a fact sheet from the ABC website that shows you how to get the iron out of the breakfast cereal.  All you have to do is crush the cereal that has been fortified with iron.  A black powder will be visible then if you place a magnet near the crushed food the black powder will be attracted to it.  For how to do this experiment go to the following url http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/teachdemo30.pdf Read More

Immunologist Professor Katie Allen from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute says Australian children have the highest recorded rate of food allergies in the world and warns the statistics could translate into a wave of chronic diseases. Read More

Allergies have increased in the population 10 fold in 10 years.  I've just written a report on allergies which should be available on my website in the next few days.  It will be a free report, so watch out for it. Read More

Childhood allergy rates have hit "epidemic proportions" in Australia, prompting health experts to broaden their efforts to combat the mysterious condition. Read More