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The Disturbing Truth About What My Kids Eat “Normally”

In the two-week window leading up to the end of the 2020 school year, I noticed a frightening phenomenon in my seven-year-old son’s school bag. He had amassed a small mountain of junk food. From play dates and birthday parties, to after-school-care and team sport, it seemed everyone and anyone had deemed it a special … Read full article »

Why I Don’t Buy Into The Gluten-Free Craze

It was a trip to the supermarket where junk food was masquerading as health food with a “gluten-free” label, it was the conversation with a woman who’s on a gluten-free diet to lose weight, it was the e-newsletter telling me that quitting gluten would help me to cure my autoimmune disease. This week I’ve reached … Read full article »

The Health Halo – When “Healthy” Food Isn’t

The class promised that it was “ideal for beginners and home cooks wanting to learn how to make hearty and filling vegan meals.”  I’m not a vegan, but having looked extensively into what diet is best for our health, I do try to eat mostly plant-based food, consisting of nutritious, real ingredients. I’m also a … Read full article »

What Does “Eating In Moderation” Actually Look Like?

If you had bumped into me at the mall this morning you might have thought I’d gone crazy. My regular readers will know that I’m a health journalist with an autoimmune disease and that, among other things, I prioritise eating well. Indeed, I regularly write about my struggles with healthy eating in this mad world … Read full article »

Food Diary Template

In the day to day hustle and bustle of every day life, it can be hard to keep track of the bigger picture of what we’re actually eating and drinking on a regular basis.  Keep a food diary for a month to get a clear picture of what you’re actually putting into your body. Keeping … Read full article »

Microbiome Recipes

We know that microbiome diversity is linked to human health and we know that while several factors influence our microbiota, what we eat seems to be one of the key influencers. So what should we eat to promote healthy gut microbiota diversity? Our gut bugs eat what we eat. Specifically, they eat “Microbiota– accessible carbohydrates” … Read full article »

Reading List – Chapter 4: Food

What to Eat, by Marion Nestle Since its publication in hardcover last year, Marion Nestle’s What to Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about food. Praised as “radiant with maxims to live by” in The New York Times Book Review and “accessible, reliable and comprehensive” in The Washington Post, … Read full article »

Reading List – Chapter 6: Environment

Born Together – Reared Apart, The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study, by Nancy L. Segal The identical “Jim twins” were raised in separate families and met for the first time at age thirty-nine, only to discover that they both suffered tension headaches, bit their fingernails, smoked Salems, enjoyed woodworking, and vacationed on the same Florida beach. … Read full article »
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