There’s no doubt that kids of today are already digital natives. My Miss 8 has been writing her blog for nearly a year now. Yes, far longer than me. Some people are amazed, but when I explain it as really nothing more than a personal journal shared with a handful of family members…it sinks in. At our…
It’s hard to stay healthy when you work full-time, especially if you have a family to look after too. If only it was as simple as getting out of bed, arriving at work stress-free and being able to eat well, exercise and de-stress whenever you felt like it. The reality is though that many people find it hard…
Are you a tap or bottled water person? Do you have strong beliefs either way? Or do you just grab-it-and-go when feeling thirsty from the closest tap, water fountain or convenience store? Let’s take a closer look at why I’m encouraging everyone to tap into water again. 6 reasons to tap into water Hydrating – the Australian Guide to…
Have you been watching the new episodes of Masterchef ? Well, I now have Miss Seven-budding-cordon-bleu reminding me each night. So I’ve been catching more TV than usual. And despite the formulaic feel of series 2, there are some strong highlights. One is watching with my iphone twitter stream on, following all the hilarious #Masterchef tweets. But my…
Gels are synonymous with long distance running and carbohydrates certainly don’t get any more convenient than this. Packed in small, single-serve packets that can fit in that tiny key pocket in running shorts, runners soon discover that gels are a great way to get a fast-acting, easy-to-digest source of carbohydrate. But how do they work…
How do you spot progress? Well, you look back at the past and compare with the present of course. And with food and nutrition it’s easy to assume that everything in the good ol’ days was better, when we were fitter and leaner and lived like hunter gatherers. But what about winding the clock back just…
With high profile media stories recently on diet and cancer, it’s timely to introduce you to guest expert and medical advisor to The Scoop on Nutrition, Dr Jane Read. In this first post we look at the role nutrition plays in eating to beat cancer. Nutrition researchers certainly know that diet plays a very important role in the prevention…
For a while now I’ve been tracking the rise of inner beauty food products with a very keen eye. Sure, I’m just as vain as the next woman and interested in anything that is going to naturally delay aging. But my interest isn’t personal and it runs more than skin deep. I feel passionately that…
It can be a confusing world out there. When it comes to pregnancy, everyone has an opinion on what to eat and what not to eat – and those opinions can sometimes be pretty kooky! At the very least they can differ substantially from one another. Science is constantly evolving, and with new discoveries being…