It’s extraordinary the extent of food wastage in Australia, with fruit and vegetables topping the list. Eating these foods is essential for good health, and we certainly don't want to waste them, but it's so easy to buy too much food 'just in case', rather than planning family meals for the week in advance.
Concerned about the national obesity trend? Want to encourage children to grow up fit and strong? Don't know the right approach to weight management in children? You need to read 'Let's Eat Right! for Families' - a helpful book written by Karen Inge and delightfully illustrated by Peter Viska. It represents a fresh, new approach to encouraging families to eat right and live life to the full.
These days there are countless supplements available that promise to ‘stop that cold’. Some are based on traditional remedies, others on new areas of clinical research, particularly with the critically ill, and some on old wives tales with a good dose of quackery thrown in.
If you’re a woman in her 40s it’s likely that you’ve started to face changes to your body. These changes can have big effects emotionally and physically, but the good news is that a wealth of ongoing research is being conducted into your specific nutrition requirements to best protect your health.