Worldwide addiction - is coffee just letting you be average?
We've all laughed at those T-shirts or mugs with slogans like "Instant Human - Just add coffee!". But it seems there's more than a vein of truth to them. Billions of people around the world are...
View ArticleNutraceuticals - health claims for food?
A medical food is defined by the US Food and Drug Administration as "a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for...
View ArticleSleep the weight off?
They say "you snooze - you lose!" Well maybe that is true when it comes to weight-loss? According to Dr Apovian's new book The Overnight Diet you can lose up to 2 pounds of fat the first night and up...
View ArticleDiet myths
Check out this great article that busts lots of diet myths. http://au.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/nutrition-myths.html
View Article5:2 diet - can you zigzag your way to weightloss?
Fad diets come and go. Weird and wonderful claims abound all wrapped up in various celebrity indorsements. But every now and then a diet comes along which just seems to make some sense. I've blogged...
View ArticleWhen near enough may be good enough
A new book The Good Enough Diet by Dr Adam Fraser and dietitian Tara Diversi has embraced the 80/20 rule (aka the Pareto Principle) to suggest that: the quest for perfection in diet and exercise is...
View ArticleDukan Diet - Do French women get fat?
According to Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat, French women enjoy a phenomenon often referred to as the "french paradox". That is, that despite enjoying a rich diet of bread and...
View ArticleSo is chocolate good for us after all?
Whether or not chocolate is good or bad for you seems to be an issue which yo-yo's back and forth. A new study published in the British Medical Journal has reviewed other prior studies and research to...
View ArticleIs Sugar poison?
Is sugar a "sweet poison"? Former corporate lawyer David Gillespie certainly says so. According to his new book and website, David Gillespie is a former lawyer, co-founder of a software company and...
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