The Carbohydrate, Fat and Protein Balance
Think about what you eat each day. Do you use your whole calorie allowance on chips, chocolate and fast food, or are you eating meals …
Guidelines
A Guide to Protein
Protein is a vital nutrient, responsible for muscle growth and maintenance, optimal body function, satiety and so much more – but not everything you hear about …
A Guide to Fibre
Fibre is an essential component of your daily diet – just as important as protein, fats and carbohydrates. But chances are, you’re not eating enough …
A Guide to Fat
Despite what you might think, fat is not all bad, or rather, not all fat is bad – some fats are even crucial to good …
A Guide to Sugar
Next time you go to call your nearest and dearest “sugar,” “sweetie” or even “honey”, take a moment to consider whether it’s really a term …
A Guide to Vitamins
Many Australians take some sort of vitamin pill (or several!), but most people don’t actually need to. Most of the essential vitamins and minerals you …
Food Calories, Exercise Calories and Net Calories
If you’re trying to lose weight, understanding how your body uses the food you eat is important. The key to weight loss is: “Weight loss …
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A Guide to Carbohydrates
“Carbohydrate” is a word hot on everyone’s lips, and not usually in the friendliest sense. In fact, carbohydrates seem to be the latest evil scapegoat, …
Understanding Labels on Packaged Foods
Compulsory food labelling for packaged foods in Australia offers a huge range of information to Australian consumers about what you’re buying… but you have to …
How to Read Food Labels
With the increasing emphasis on healthy eating, food labels contain more and more information – and have simultaneously become more and more difficult to understand …