by Changing Habits | Oct 30, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
Gut instinct: fibre fights asthma, diabetes. The research found fibre is key to stimulating immune cells. Scientists have found eating fibre boosts the immune system, keeping a lid on inflammatory diseases such as asthma and type 1 diabetes. Eating fibre is already...
by Changing Habits | Oct 23, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Healthy Eating |
Did you hear that iodine has been added to the bread we buy in Australia earlier this month? It’s one of a growing list of minerals and vitamins that Food Standards Australia and New Zealand has deemed a necessary addition for our health. You might...
by Changing Habits | Oct 21, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
Like the fizz of a soft drink? Thank your tongue’s sour-sensing taste buds. No, it isn’t the popping bubbles that gives the “taste” of carbonation. Try a swallow inside a pressure chamber – where the bubbles do not burst –...
by Changing Habits | Oct 15, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling, Healthy Eating |
Coles denies unhealthy food link: AUS By FoodWeek Online Coles denies its hold on supermarkets is dooming the ability of Australians to eat healthier food. The supermarket giant’s assertion comes after a researcher has blamed insufficient competition for...
by Changing Habits | Oct 15, 2009 | Healthy Eating, Weight Issues |
Chocolate activates a part of the brain that blunts pain and makes it difficult to stop eating, a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has found. But drinking water has the same effect and does not contribute to the growing problem of obesity, according to...