by Kim Morrison | Oct 11, 2016 | Body and Mind, Food Labelling, Health |
With 84,000 chemicals listed as being legally safe to use in food, drugs and cosmetics – yet most of them are seen as questionable – it’s hard to imagine what they are used for and how they came to be considered acceptable in the first place? When you realise most of...
by Cyndi | Nov 3, 2015 | Chemicals In Food, Diets, Education, Food Labelling, Medications/Vitamins, The Nutrition Academy |
I’m often asked about vitamin supplements and whether I advise people to take them or not – but it’s always important to know exactly what is in these supplements. I take a look at two popular supplements here – Centrum and Berocca. Centrum Centrum is a...
by Cyndi | Apr 28, 2015 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling |
Last week I was on ABC radio and I was asked to talk about cheese, so I thought the blog this week could be about cheese and more specifically one ingredient in cheese – rennet. Cheese has a long history in our diet. Traditionally, it is a fermented food with...
by Cyndi | Mar 10, 2015 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling |
I have just purchased an advance copy of the recently released book in the UK by Joanna Blythman, titled ‘Swallow This: Serving Up the Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets’ – a revelatory investigation into what really goes into the food we eat and also covers among...
by Cyndi | Nov 11, 2014 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling |
I’m always a little wary when I see an industry body funding a meta analysis of the scientific literature or providing funds for a research project on the food they make their money from. Recently, the Australian Breakfast Cereal Manufacturers Forum, who are made up...
