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….
Hello lovely readers. Have you heard about our Scoop Pinterest project? Perhaps you’d like to become one of our team of pinners? We know you have some super clever finds to share. And if you haven’t as yet discovered Pinterest, don’t even read this. STOP right now and click away. Pinterest is being dubbed as…
Have you noticed new kilojoule information on the menu boards at your local fast food or coffee shop chain? On our road trip this week it was a talking point on our pit stop, especially the black coffee I ordered with only 2kJ! What you may not realise is that there is a lot of…
Do you have weeks like mine when the planets seem to align? Without orchestrating it one little bit, I have lined up two major posts and a mag article just on vegetables. And it got me thinking. Do I eat vegetables because they’re healthy? And out of habit? Or do I really love eating them?…
The science of weight management is getting more and more complex as we get closer and closer to unravelling the secrets to success. And there’s no more complex field than research on the countless hormones that help harness or harrass your hunger. We caught up with an expert in the field for the latest practical…
It’s Food Allergy Awareness Week in Australia and the perfect time to share with you some work the Scoop Nutrition team has been doing in food-service and hospitality. We love chefs, nearly as much as we love food. And we’ve loved the reaction to our Allergen and Special Diet workshops that we’ve been running for…
Food labelling is HOT right now. With the recent hype surrounding front-of-pack labelling, the launch of a barcode-scanning traffic light app and the appearance of kilojoules on menu boards, nutrition figures are in vogue. Whilst the visibility of this information is a positive step towards empowering people to make healthier food choices, just how meaningful…
If you’re already making every effort to eat a balanced diet, you might be tempted to switch off when you hear yet more dietary advice, particularly on fibre! Australian intakes of fibre are high by international standards – so why do our bowel cancer rates remain high and why is paying attention to how quantity…
Wowza. It’s been a big week in food, so I just had to share with you. Firstly, a lawyer, now high profile weight loss author, has just launched his second book to a fair share of controversy. Not so much that this is another diet book stemming from an over-enthusiastic personal success story. But that…
With great eagerness and anticipation the wait is nearly over. After nine long years, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is updating the Australian Dietary Guidelines and a draft has been open for public comment since the 13th of December 2011. A colossal amount of work has been put into reviewing the latest…