Most people know that reducing dietary fat intake is often...
vitamins
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...
Scurvy returns to Australia due to poor diet
Scurvy, a disease once the scourge of 18th century...
6 Foods to beat inflammation
Ongoing inflammation in the body is behind the development...
Swallow your own gastric balloon to lose weight
A capsule pill that releases a balloon in the gut has...
5 Signs you may be lactose intolerant
Lactose intolerance is a food intolerance caused by an...