7 healthy sandwich fillings that are easy to make, will boost a healthy diet and provide the nutrition you need to see you through the afternoon. A simple sandwich, when well made, can provide many of the major food groups—lean protein, whole grains, dairy, vegetables, and even a bit of heart-healthy fat. The correct mix of these […]
We have much to learn from the French when it comes to educating our children about healthy eating and good food, as Karen Le Billon discovered. This week I learned of a fellow foodie who shares the same ethos of healthy eating as I do, particularly when it comes to teaching children about healthy eating […]
Discover apples’ health boosting properties, and try these 3 tasty salad recipes that make the most of apple season. Apples were a symbol of love in Greek mythology, a fact that seems less strange when you learn that apples, like peaches, nectarines and apricots are related to the rose. There are 7500 varieties of apples […]
A list of healthy snacks for children and adults, from Sydney dietitian Lynda Hamilton at Hamilton Dietetics. This list of healthy snacks appeared in our March newsletter as part of an article questioning whether the word ‘healthy’ is becoming a marketing buzz word. You can read that article here – Is healthy becoming a marketing […]
What actually is healthy food, and is the real definition of healthy getting lost in a marketing fog? A story in the USA caught my eye because it raises bigger questions about how food is marketed to us as consumers, whether we are adults or, more worryingly, children – and how the true meaning of […]
Take a leaf out of the Ikarian lifestyle and add a herbal tea to your diet to boost heart health. Tea in various guises has been enjoyed for thousands of years, but research in 2009 in the Blue Zone island of Ikaria in Greece, found that the herbal teas drunk on a daily basis contributed […]