Fortified Food- Is it a health food hazard?
I am not a fan of breakfast cereals, never have been. They are the most profitable food on the supermarket shelf, they have outlandish false health claims and their marketing and advertising is full of extravagant claims. The food is barely a food, it is highly processed and as a result must be fortified […]
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Counting Calories is a Waste of Time [Updated 2021]
When I wrote Changing Habits Changing Lives nearly 16 years ago, there was scant evidence that it is not the calories, fat, salt and sugar we should be focusing on but rather the quality of the food if we want to be healthy and maintain a healthy weight. But common sense was something my parents […]
Type 1 Diabetes linked to the common cold.
I’ve been researching new information on diabetes and thought I’d give you a sneak preview of some of the research that has been uncovered. Type 1 Diabetes is being seen more as an autoimmune disease rather then genetic disorder, and the common cold virus seems to have something to do with it. Next month a […]
Allergy Planet- movie
Pill Poppers- Movie
My father was a pharmacist early in his career, but realised that medicine was not always helping his clients, especially when a concoction was being taken. He left pharmacy to become a chiropractor. By the time I was born he decided that unless we were in a life threatening situation he would not give his […]
The Role of Xenoestrogens in Breast Cancer and other Estrogen Fueled Cancers
This is an article by Chris Woollams from Cancer Active, it is well worth the read to understand xenoestrogen and it’s role in many cancers. By eradicating this man made chemical from your life it just may save your life. Xenoestrogens are man-made, or synthetic, chemicals which, once inside the body, can mimic the action […]
Fire Water – Movie of the Month
FIRE WATER: Australia’s Industrial Fluoridation Disgrace http://www.firewaterfilm.com  The above link will take you to Fire Water. It is a free movie and is well worth watching. The information contained in it will make you go out and buy your self a water filter then send the bill to your own State Premier. I […]
A Mothers AHA Moment About What She Feeds Her Family.
A Mothers AHA Moment About What She Feeds Her Family. In this extraordinary personal account, Robyn O’Brien tells the story of how she started paying attention to what’s in food. The answer may surprise you and it will certainly inspire you to be more deliberate about your food choices.
How Does Campbell’s Soup Make Cream of Mushroom Soup???? The answer is scary!
“ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King. I’m not going to be silent about food companies and food authorities that allow foods on our supermarket shelf that are edible but are making us fat and sick! My daughter asked me the other day if […]
Biphenol A in our food
A couple of weeks ago on facebook I asked everyone to let me know when they opened a can of food, to see if it was lined with plastic. The plastic is most likely may have Bisphenol A (BPA) within it. We’ve created a spread sheet about our findings. This is a work in progress […]
Bogus Health Claim on Krafts Cream Cheese
The health claim on Kraft Live Active is “proven to lower cholesterol”. I was at the grocery store recently and was perusing the aisles as I often do looking at what manufacturers are making and claiming and I found this ludicrous claim by Kraft with their product live active, cheese and cream cheese. The ingredients […]
The bored immune system.
When I first heard the term Bored Immune System, I was absolutely shocked that anyone would think that an immune system could become bored, I actually thought that the speaker I was listening to had just made it up. The speaker was a professor of immunology answering a question about the increase in allergy rates […]
Outrage at the Stupidity of Our Health System
I’ve just spent the last 3 weeks on tour, North Island of New Zealand 7 talks, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Dalby, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Caboolture. During this time I’ve felt fully immersed in food and people, there never seemed to be time to think about much else. What has become so painfully clear to me is […]
Allergies
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. It’s very appropriate that this week is Allergy week in Australia after the announcement of these findings in […]
Coconut Oil has so many benefits!
“I was called by Channel 9’s A Current Affair last month to see what I thought about Coconut Oil. They wanted to know if I was a nutritionist that believed coconut oil was good for our health. There concern was that coconut oil is 94% saturated fat. Here is a link to the story ACA […]
Vegan Diets- Just a Fad?
The vegan or vegetarian diet has become a fad, young people are proud that they have taken the moral or health stand not to consume any meat or animal product. Whole families are also making the move to change their diet from a conventional one to no more meat. I was 14 and young and […]
