Changing Habits

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In this day and age it’s easy to become a vegetarian; people are more knowledgeable and the soy industry has created numerous products to enable vegetarians to obtain their daily protein. From the humble soy bean we have soy flour, tempeh, tofu, soy milk, soy sauce, miso, soy cheese, soy burgers, soy mayonnaise, and even soy ice-cream. Now at first this seems like a good thing but for the last 11 years there has been a ground swell of negative publicity on soy and a proliferation of research and new discoveries, so it is worth looking at. I must express here that it seems soy, like many other foods I talk about, has become a victim of when science and technology tries to “improve the food” to get the most out of it financially, we seem to have problems. While I believe soy inherently is a good food when cooked correctly and eaten in moderation, (of course I’m not talking about soy that has been genetically modified), it is what we have done to the humble soy bean that has created the problems we are now seeing. Read More

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

Xstrata Coal and national depression initiative Beyondblue are jointly funding a new research project to tackle male suicide in rural communities. Read More