Mar 2, 2010 | Food Labelling, Healthy Eating |
Interesting findings in the US on how people are becoming more aware of the food they eat and how it relates to disease. Even though the figures are promising I was still amazed that only 50 percent even bother to read what is in their food. US consumers...
Mar 2, 2010 | Medications/Vitamins |
A new study is raising fresh concerns about the safety of three of the most common over-the-counter painkillers. US researchers say men who regularly take aspirin, paracetamol or ibuprofen are twice as likely to suffer hearing problems as those who do not, and younger...
Mar 2, 2010 | Medications/Vitamins |
Every week day and some weekends I sit down to read the latest research on food and health. It has become a habit and it vastly increases my knowledge base about food and nutrition. I then pick out the information that is important for the readers of...
Mar 2, 2010 | Weight Issues |
Australia’s ballooning waistlines warrant a national strategy but it is an area where the Rudd government has been slow to act, a leading health professional says. According to a University of Sydney study, the nation’s battle of the bulge is...
Feb 28, 2010 | Body and Mind, Fitness |
Interval exercise is good but so is incidental. Incidental exercise is when you walk the stairs rather then take the elevator, park your car at the back of the car park and walk to the mall, walk to the corner store rather then drive, vacuum with vigour rather...
