by Changing Habits | Mar 24, 2011 | Food Labelling, Healthy Eating |
A couple of weeks ago I was flying home with Jetstar from Melbourne after a speaking tour of Victoria. I had a bit of a rush to the plane, as I was coming from the country and catching an early flight. Normally I try and buy food before I step onto a plane...
by Changing Habits | Mar 22, 2011 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling |
I got into work the other day and my staff asked me if I had seen Channel 7’s Sunrise, as apparently there was a new study linking artificial sweeteners as found in diet drinks to heart disease and stroke. Thank goodness for technology as I was able to go...
by Changing Habits | Mar 8, 2011 | Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
One of the biggest diet fallacies to date is that sugar causes diabetes and artificial sweeteners are the healthy alternative. In the last two decades in Australia diabetes has increased 300%, 275 people are diagnosed every day, by 2015 it is estimated that 4.6...
by Changing Habits | Mar 8, 2011 | Health Foods, Healthy Eating, Weight Issues |
Approximately 60 percent of the population is considered overweight, and almost one-third is obese, serious diseases are linked to what we eat and kill an estimated three out of four Australians each year. These diseases include heart disease, high blood pressure,...
by Changing Habits | Mar 2, 2011 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities |
DOCTORS are not yet able to explain the condition but Kim McGlinn knows the misery gluten intolerance can inflict. Ms McGlinn, who runs HealthyFeast, a Leichhardt bakery, has heard customers’ stories of the possible effects of accidentally consuming gluten:...