Food

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 [...]

‘Never lose sleep over something that isn’t worth staying awake for.’ Mark Amend Do you check your email or social media pages on your phone before you go to bed? Do you take longer to fall [...]

A fortnight ago I was interviewed on Channel 7’s The Daily Edition about the psychology of comfort eating. The segment was in response to a fat-shaming photo of Prison Break star, Wentworth [...]

Just because your best friend is vibrantly healthy on low carb, high protein meals doesn’t mean this will also work for you. The emerging science of nutrigenetics has revealed that our individual [...]