May 30, 2024 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Body and Mind, Chemicals In Food, Diets, Education, Fats, Food Labelling, Health Foods, Vitamins/minerals |
I studied at Deakin University in the early 1980’s to become a dietitian. After completing my BSc majoring in Nutrition to be able to do a diploma in Dietetics, I decided not to proceed as I didn’t agree with what I was taught. Nearly four decades later and many of...
Dec 8, 2020 | Auto-Immune Diseases, Chemicals In Food, Education, Health, Health Foods, Healthy Eating, Sleep |
As I do my final article for 2020, I’m musing on what would be the best thing to talk about after what many would call a tumultuous and very different year. It’s been a year like no other, a year of fear, lockdowns, restrictions, bad habits and losses, but it’s also...
Nov 10, 2020 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Changing Habits Real Foods, Chemicals In Food, Gut Health, Health, Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
Fructose is one of a long list of foods to be demonised. But it’s not that black and white. To understand why fructose is not all bad, first, let’s take a look at the food norms a few decades ago, when I was growing up.I was born in 1960. My Mum was...
Feb 11, 2020 | Auto-Immune Diseases, Changing Habits Real Foods, Chemicals In Food, Children's Health, Food Labelling, Health, Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins, Vitamins/minerals |
As a young mum some 30 years ago, I was very strict about what my children consumed, not only when it came to food, but also when it came to education (I home-schooled for a time), television (no internet back then) and games (just the Game Boy). Â My three children...
Jul 9, 2019 | Auto-Immune Diseases, Health, Hormonal Issues, Sleep |
There’s no doubt about it. Women are much more challenged when it comes to their health issues than men. For instance, women are four times more likely to have migraines, anxiety issues, Irritable Bowel Disease and Fibromyalgia than men.But why is this so? Why are...
