Weight Loss and Healthy Eating Blog

Diet Recipe: Roasted Eggplant & Toasted Seed Salad

Posted by Lynda on February 15th, 2013 (Diet, Healthy Recipes)

A delicious diet recipe for a roast eggplant salad that is packed with flavour and nutrition, from Sydney dietitian Lynda Hamilton. I often make double of this delicious diet recipe for roasted eggplant salad so there is plenty left for lunches the next day. Or I add cooked cracked wheat or cooked puy lentils […]

Britain’s Horse Meat Burger Scandal

Posted by Lynda on February 8th, 2013 (Health)

Britain’s horse meat burger food scandal shows how the supply chain management in the food industry can break down in a worrying way. I am originally from the UK so I have been following the food scandal that has been going on in Britain for the last few weeks with interest. Initially, the UK […]

Less Is More When It Comes To Snacking

Posted by Lynda on January 29th, 2013 (Diet, Good Foods, Health, Weight Loss)

A new study shows that less is definitely more when it comes to snacking. A study published this month by the Cornell University in America looked at whether people who were given smaller portions of snack foods would feel hungrier or less satisfied fifteen minutes after eating than those who ate much larger portions. […]

Fast Food Linked to Asthma & Eczema in Children

Posted by Lynda on January 18th, 2013 (Diet, Health, Nutrition)

One news headline this week was impossible to ignore as a dietitian – and that was the result of one of the largest international studies of its kind to look at the effect diet has on asthma, eczema and allergies in children. The conclusions of the study are are fascinating – not just because of […]

Eggs As Part of a Healthy Diet

Posted by Lynda on January 11th, 2013 (Diet, Good Foods, Nutrition, Weight Loss)

Eggs are one of nature’s nutrition power houses. Packed with vitamins and minerals, they are an essential part of a healthy diet – and here’s why. Eggs are packed with numerous vitamins and minerals that are essential for good health. They’re low in fat, high in protein and satisfying – a couple of eggs […]

3 Steps to Long-Term Weight Loss in 2013

Posted by Lynda on January 7th, 2013 (Diet, Weight Loss)

Rephrase that New Year’s resolution to lose weight and decide to make 2013 the year you turn your health around instead. Here are 3 steps to long-term weight loss, from Sydney dietitian Lynda Hamilton. Thousands of people resolve to lose weight every New Year, and the majority of them fail. January begins with a bundle […]

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