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 I love cookbooks. I flick through them when I’m in need of some inspiration to add to my cooking repertoire or pour over them when I am trying to perfect a certain dish. They’re the perfect gift to give and they are the perfect gift to receive. But you may need to be a bit more mindful in your selection.
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Michael Pollans Food Rules |
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 Michael Pollan's 'Food Rules' may be somewhat simplistic, but many of his dictums offer sound wisdom.
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Prunes prevent fractures & osteoporosis |
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 No bones about it: eating prunes helps prevent fractures and osteoporosis, research published in the British Journal of Nutrition reports.
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To Be Organic Or Not To Be? |
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 As more health-conscious people move away from overly-processed, ‘fake’ foods that are full of additives to foods as close to the natural source as possible, now the dilemma is should we be eating organic or not?
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 Those little single serve packs of potato chips you can buy may seem like an easy snack for kids lunchboxes, but are they a good idea?
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Can a bowl of cereal do all that? |
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 Without doubt, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it’s also the most neglected meal. Nearly half of young adults regularly skip breakfast and over 10% report rarely or never eating it. This is surprising to most nutritionists who believe that the power of breakfast is too good to skip out on.
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Add a little culture to your life |
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 The popularity of probiotic foods such as yoghourts with aBc cultures appears to be increasing in Australia. In recent years, there has been substantial research investigating the health benefits of aBc cultures.
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Made for babe - the latest on introducing solids to your baby |
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 If you're a first time mum and have a baby around the four-month mark, you're probably getting excited about starting solids.
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 Can what you eat save your life? Nutritionist and former spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association David Grotto claims it can in his book 101 FOODS THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.
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Inconvenient truth about fast food |
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 Most people do want to be healthy and want their families to be healthy. Healthy eating on a budget is possible: let’s start by destroying the myth that buying fast food is cheaper than cooking nutritious food at home.
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 New Australian research is challenging once again the Heart Foundation's recommendations regarding egg consumption.
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Yoghourt safe during pregnancy |
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 There is some confusion about whether it is OK to eat dairy foods during pregnancy, but pasteurised dairy foods including yoghourt are safe, as long as you have checked the use-by-date.
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Herbs & spices - integral to your daily diet |
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 Who would have thought a mere sprig of oregano could pack a powerful biological punch, but a review released in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) and an accompanying Position Paper from US and Australian health experts, shows culinary herbs and spices contain high concentrations of antioxidants and phytonutrients and may provide long term health benefits that even outweigh their short term taste sensations.
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 Kidney Health Australia developed the BIG RED BBQ, to give everyone the chance to have fun, but also to raise funds and awareness of kidney disease.
Obesity is a risk factor for kidney disease, and many other significant health problems, so what you eat when entertaining does matter.
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Oats for 'super' nutrition |
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 An international research review, published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, has added significant weight to what nutrition experts have long believed - that oats and oat-based products can help to significantly lower cholesterol re-absorption.
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