Sugary drinks tax petition: why are we doing this?
Media organisations – especially magazines – lobbying the government is not something you...
Coconut: the good oil?
It’s easy to assume that coconut oil is well-established as a ‘healthy’ oil,...
French say ‘non’ to food waste – should we do the same?
The French are a pretty innovative nation. They lead the world in style...
Hot weather calls for cool food
Many of us have been sweltering lately with the summer weather really hitting....
Nigella is right: Clean eating is not healthy
Culinary queen Nigella Lawson recently gave a talk in which she pointed out...
Cut veges: Boon for busy cooks or the ultimate in laziness?
It was interesting to read recently about the initiative of a couple of...
Bacon, red meat, cancer and what it means for you, really
There’s been a lot of talk about cancer in the past week; in...
Stand up for a longer life
For most of the past 10 years I’ve been sitting down.
Like many people...
Lunchtime inspiration
The other morning Healthy Food Guide editor Yvonne Kerr and I dragged ourselves...
What’s causing that bloated feeling?
How’s your bowel today? It’s not something most of us like to talk...
Time to focus on food
I’ve had a lot of conversations about fat recently.
That’s partly because of our...
The biggest killer of women: Are you at risk?
Did you know that 50 women will lose their lives to a partially...
Celebrities and nutrition advice
Who do you trust for your health advice? This is something that’s been...
Is that sugar ‘substitute’ really better for you?
How was your Easter? Did you (like the rest of the nation) enjoy...
It all starts with the gut
How bacteria affects everything about our health.
You might think of your gut as...
Nutrition on the internet: sorting the wacky from the wise
Okay. Now I’ve seen everything.
I have been working on Healthy Food Guide for...
