Food

I’ve received several questions relating to alcohol so here are the answers in one concise Health-e-Byte. With the approaching celebratory season, I thought it was a good time to spread the [...]

Many readers have asked about the different names for sugar sprinkled liberally throughout our food supply. So here they are. If you have trouble falling asleep, forget counting sheep. Counting [...]

Late afternoon on 31st October I placed a large pumpkin at my front gate, a witch’s hat over the letter box and a flowing white sheet with black oval eyes and spooky mouth over the recycling bin. [...]

I want to share a good news story from France. Forward this to your friends and let’s start a similar conversation in Australia. Excerpt from the The Telegraph UK on 27 January 2017. Read the [...]

At last a good news story about fructose. But first another bad news story. Sorry. Fructose has been shown to impair brain function by changing hundreds of genes in the hippocampus and [...]

After my last HEB about sugar, several readers have asked about the difference between glucose and fructose. Many people have heard that fructose is worse for the body than glucose because [...]

The anti-sugar bandwagon is growing by the minute. Sugar has become the new fat, and ‘sugar-free’ is the modern health guru’s mantra. However many people are not really sure what the term ‘sugar’ [...]

The title of this HEB comes from a reader who recently lamented that every food on the planet has been demonised. Meat gives you cancer, fish are full of metals, grains inflame your brain, dairy [...]

Two months ago I moved Dad and me to the Gold Coast. During the six months leading up to the relocation I was immersed in the formidable task of decluttering the family home of 40 years. [...]

Oats have an impressive nutritional resume. They are high in fibre, protein and manganese (important for bone formation), have a low GI (keep you full for a long time) and help reduce LDL [...]