Dec 21, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
How latte lifestyle is making us lardy THINK that order of eggs and orange juice you’re probably enjoying right now at your local cafe is a healthy choice? Think again. Experts warn that those who ditch the classic wheat cereal and milk in...
Dec 18, 2009 | Medications/Vitamins |
Needlessly treating bacterial infections and viruses with antibiotics costs $300 million a year nationally that could be better spent, says a report. Inappropriate treatment also has a significant impact on morbidity, mortality and treatment costs, according to the...
Dec 18, 2009 | Healthy Eating |
As a society we have become obsessed with how we look – it’s all about what we weigh and our quest to be slim. But what about our health? Is our low fat, no fat, no sugar, processed way of eating act ually good for us or are we doing our bodies more harm...
Dec 16, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Healthy Eating |
In Chapter 42 (Pots, Pans and Packaging) of my book – Changing Habits Changing Lives I talk about the fact that food choices are very important. I then go onto say that we also need to look at the packaging we buy our food in, the vessels we use to cook and bake...
Dec 15, 2009 | Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins |
Drinking lots of coffee and tea can significantly reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, an Australian study shows. Consuming three to four cups of the beverages daily cuts the diabetes risk by 25 per cent for tea and coffee drinkers,...