Mar 26, 2014 | Chemicals In Food, Fitness |
Cyndi was given this convenient sized sports energy gel at the end of her Mooloolaba Triathlon race, that athletes are meant to consume before, during or after exercise. Quite frankly, we wouldn’t want to put it near our skin, let alone ingest it. Here’s...
Oct 9, 2013 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling, Healthy Eating, The Nutrition Academy |
1. Eat foods that have no additives, preservatives, flavourings or numbers. 2. Read the ingredients on your labels of everything – e.g. milk may have MPC or calcium carbonate. 3 Avoid eating boxed breakfast cereals (no exceptions). 4. Hydrogenated,...
Sep 4, 2013 | Chemicals In Food, Food Labelling, Healthy Eating |
1. Read the ingredients rather than the nutritional panel 2. If the ingredient list reads like a chemical laboratory or is extensively long – it’s not healthy – step away from the chocolate. 3. Milk and white chocolate use flavours and milk protein...
Jul 10, 2013 | Chemicals In Food, Healthy Eating |
Vanilla is one of those items which, although you don’t really think about being an essential everyday item, lends itself to a large variety of uses. I didn’t exactly seek out the Vanilla pod for its nutritional qualities in the beginning, I just wanted it for myself...
Jun 18, 2013 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health, Healthy Eating |
One of my Healthy Living Club members posted a blog about her 9 year old daughter discovering what was really in her lollies. Children are very intuitive and with some education and guidance from their parents, they can discover so much about the foods we eat and...
