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- Jan 5
Healthy?
“There were no significant differences between health food snacks and regular aisle snacks in terms of energy, saturated fat or sodium." ...
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- Dec 2, 2022
Hot off a rock - a Neanderthal falafel
"more and more studies are suggesting an ancient penchant for bitter - and astringent-tasting plant foods from as early as the Middle...
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- Oct 20, 2022
The sugar dilemma
"Australians consume the equivalent of 960 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sugary drinks every year, giving the country one of the...
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- Jul 30, 2022
Crumbs
"something you wish to share with your online friends." Urban Dictionary "a small fragment" Merriam-Webster Actually I think that first...
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- Jun 10, 2022
Cookie and Kate - one of those healthy - and successful - websites
I'm feeling marginally despondent today - I'm sure it's just the weather. Which doesn't help the inspiration so I thought I''d do one of...
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- Apr 13, 2022
Vegetarianism then and now
"Time was when a vegetarian was just that: someone who ate no meat or fish, but only vegetable products. Nowadays there are many shades...
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- Apr 8, 2022
Cooking made us brainy
"fire is needed to fuel the organ that makes possible all the other products of culture, language included: the human brain." Jerry...
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- Mar 2, 2022
Lucky dip - how's my diet going?
"it may well be that our bodies just learn to cope better with a fast, in other words, you'd have to keep up the fasting routine forever...
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- Feb 21, 2022
Do you eat 30 different plants each week?
"It has been shown that individuals who consume at least 30 different plant-based foods each week have more varied gut bacteria, and...
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- Jan 14, 2022
Veganism
"veganism is the wellness industry’s new cash cow." David Cox - The Guardian I have been meaning to do a post on veganism for some time,...
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- Nov 19, 2021
A climatarian diet? Too hard
“It boils down to people buying what they need, and using what they buy." Andrew Parry - Wrap Does it though? I think it's much more...
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- Nov 18, 2021
Do you need a degree to shop wisely?
"A report by the OECD reveals that 40 per cent of Australians do not have the necessary literacy skills to participate in daily life....
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- Nov 9, 2021
Smoke can be liquid
"Most of the liquid smoke manufactured in the world doesn't find its way into little bottles on the grocery shelf. Instead, it is used as...
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- Oct 8, 2021
Soy - miracle health food or destroyer of the planet?
"Whether you know it or not, you'll probably be eating soya today. It's in 60% of all processed food, from cheese to ice cream, baby...
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- Sep 30, 2021
Chia pudding/pots - are they really delicious?
"Oh good lord .. this is not a pudding.. it IS rabbit droppings in a bowl of post nasal drip." - a blog commenter I have been chia seed...
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- Sep 14, 2021
I'm missing cake - well dessert really
"Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" William Shakespeare Today I have been flicking...
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- Sep 2, 2021
COVID lockdown version two
"the sense of frustration due to Delta is palpable. Our slow cooking and scratch baking adventures from last year have turned into meal...
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- Aug 30, 2021
Mediterranean diet or Mediterranean food?
"The supermarket spaghetti bolognese does not count. The Mediterranean diet has no preservatives. It is freshly picked, plucked and...
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- Aug 28, 2021
Breakfast is on the move at Coles - literally
"Supermarkets regularly move items around the store in an attempt to make customers walk around the store longer. Supermarkets also place...
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- Aug 5, 2021
Parmigiana - an Australian love story
"don’t get too hung up on tradition here. The parma has undergone so much bastardisation it’s realistically an Australian dish rather...
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