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Antioxidants: their role in health
Oxygen is essential to life, but as our bodies use oxygen,...
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight
What is my ideal weight? There is no such thing as an...
Gluten and gluten-free diet
Gluten is a protein found in common cereal grains,...
Saturated fat
Most people know that reducing dietary fat intake is often...
Unsaturated fats
We all need some fats (or more correctly, we need their...
Iodine
What is iodine? Iodine is a chemical element that is an...
Food labels: a guide to reading nutrition labels
Use the nutrition information label (also called a...
Dietary fibre
What is fibre? Dietary fibre is a component of plant...
Asthma and dairy foods
Some myths about mucus There is a commonly held view that...