Not just a pretty face ... nasturtium's are edible, add some colour to a salad, and also make a yummy pesto from the leaves. Click here for the recipe for Raw Nasturtium Pesto.
The flowers are full ...
If you shop at supermarkets and include processed food in your shop, you'll notice more and more the nutritional thumbnail appearing on the package. This thumbnail shows the recommended daily intake for an average adult. (DI = daily intake) It ...
In the last couple of days the National Heart Foundation has been in the news for removing the Tick from fast food, which took longer than I thought it would. Let's face it, a burger is still a burger. For example, you may have noticed the majority of the tick ...
I don't believe DNA is my destiny, if it were I would be due to have my first heart attack in ... oooh about 18 months.
My grandmother died of cervical cancer and my mother, whilst she died of old age, survived a couple of heart attacks, a few more strokes ...
According to the National Health Survey, more than 90% of us have at least ONE major risk factor to our health. These risks include:
High blood cholesterol
Risky alcohol consumption
Inadequate vegetable consumption
Smoking
High blood pressure
Inadequate fruit consumption
Excess Weight
Physical inactivity
Can you see one or two risk factors that you might have?
Can you work out ...
According to new research from the National Heart Foundation, a third of overweight Australians believe they are not unhealthily fat. If we don't know those extra kilos are putting us at risk of disease, we're not likely to do anything about it. In every Eat Right At Work class we ...
In the next couple of days community groups and workplaces will be holding morning tea to raise funds for cancer research. Fantastic idea and we hope it is very successful, there are few families who have not been touched by cancer in some way or another.
However, we believe you are ...
It's not every day you create a new word - well today I have created one: morebesity, at least I think it's a new word.
What does it mean? Well, it describes a culture of MORE, which causes OBESITY. We now have a culture of bigger popcorn, bigger burgers, bigger steaks, bigger ...
As the weather slowly cools down you might start to think that a nice big fat roast dinner is just what the doctor ordered - well think again - there are plenty of delicious raw meals you can make during winter that will warm you up. Using spices such as ...
As the Prime Minister sells his concept of a national health and hospital system we would like to focus on the healthcare system, too, but from a different angle. Imagine if you could simply reduce the supply of patients using the service? How could we do that, I hear you ask. ...
If you shop at supermarkets and include processed food in your shop, you’ll notice more and more the nutritional thumbnail …