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The 5 Star Anti-Health Rating System
 The 5 Star Anti-Health Rating System 960 638 Janie
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The Australian Government has recently introduced its new 5 Star Health Rating System (http://www.healthstarrating.gov.au/internet/healthstarrating/publishing.nsf/content/home). Although I am not sure what their definition of “health” is because as far as I…

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Breaking the Cycle of Sugar Addiction
 Breaking the Cycle of Sugar Addiction 960 640 Janie
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Sugar has been shown to be one of the most addictive substances we can consume and there is a very good reason for this. Our ancestors only ate 22 teaspoons…

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Dietary Debate – The Misunderstanding of “Paleo”
 Dietary Debate – The Misunderstanding of “Paleo” 960 640 Janie
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There is an interesting debate going on at the moment between mainstream nutrition experts and the rapidly growing community of real food supporters. A lot of this debate has been…

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Why you must read and understand food labels.
 Why you must read and understand food labels. 1024 683 Geoff
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Ever wondered why they make food labels so small? Yes, so they fit on the packet, but if you also said “so they are hard to read” you would also…

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Make Time NOW for your Health, or Later for Disease…
 Make Time NOW for your Health, or Later for Disease… 960 640 Janie
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Did you know that 1 in 2 men (and 1 in 3 women) will be diagnosed with cancer before their 85th birthday and that rate is growing? Did you know…

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Why counting calories probably won’t help you lose weight
 Why counting calories probably won’t help you lose weight 960 639 Janie
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Eating less and exercising more has been the gold standard of weight loss treatment for the last few decades. Overweight people are told that if they can just cut their…

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The best nutrition expert… is you
 The best nutrition expert… is you 960 640 Janie
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In the 1970’s the science of nutritionism was born. This is when we decided that food wasn’t just food – but it was a substance that contained nutrients that we…

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Would you like butter or margarine with your vegetable oil?
 Would you like butter or margarine with your vegetable oil? 960 672 Janie
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Recently Baker’s Delight did a survey to find out whether Australians preferred margarine or butter with their hot cross buns. They found out that 84% of us prefer butter which…

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