Have you ever considered reducing your meat intake but wondered “will I miss out on some important nutrients?” While I am not vegetarian, I do eat a large number of plant based food each day and love concepts like Meat Free Monday that stretch me to try new vego options. But what about if you…
It’s Recipe Redux time again and as our Sub of the Month, new grad dietitian Natalie Edwards, just embarked on new job in a cooking program I decided to hand the apron to her. The theme this month is: “Orange You Glad It’s Fall?” Markets are plentiful with the orange colors of autumn including pumpkin,…
How to have a healthy social life and stay in shape? Cathereine Saxelby @foodwatch was tonight’s key moderator Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 9-10pm AEST [<a href=”http://storify.com/EmmaStirling/eatkit-oct-archives-dining-out-with-health-in-min” target=”_blank”>View the story “#eatkit Oct 2012 Archives – Dining out with health in mind” on Storify</a>]
What do the lyrics to a rather dated Bon Jovi song have to do with nutrition? Well it’s actually a story from my heart and a thank you, to you lovely readers on this World Blog Action Day. The theme is the power of we. Yes. You and Me. And it goes a little something…
We are really excited to have Ocean Spray back with us this month as a Scoop Supporter. They were the first company to come on board when we launched our Sub of the Month mentoring program and continue to support credible, nutrition information and bloggers. So we wanted to update you on the Sub of…
Earlier this month the world’s dietitians gathered in Sydney to share, learn and network to what was essentially “The Olympics of Dietetics” held every four years in locations throughout the world. During the four days, the congress was a-buzz from ground breaking gene nutrition therapy, to new techniques for research and novel ways of measuring…
It’s Recipe Redux time again and the theme is a little more left of field – fermented foods. Think yogurt with live cultures, tempeh, Korean kimchi, sour dough bread, miso or traditional sauerkraut. Our team leaders shared this excellent article on the techniques and rise of fermented foods and I enjoyed listening to this ABC…
It’s time for our monthly twitter chat again tonight (Sept 19) called #eatkit and we’re exploring the challenges and solutions to raising healthy eating kids. We hope you can join us tonight – just follow these details. Or if you missed out we’ll be posting the #eatkit archive here. So of course it got me…
Ok, ok, I know you know that legumes are full of nutrients, inexpensive and good for you. But, while dietitians talk up their health benefits, it seems that many people are just not getting the message. During our busy week at the International Congress of Dietetics we caught up with the latest news on legumes…
So I’ve arrived in sensational Sydney for the International Congress of Dietetics and am very excited to share with you this news hot off the press on the magic of the Mediterranean Diet. All week 2000 dietitians from around the globe will be meeting and tweeting the latest hot nutrition news. Follow along with #ICD2012….