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…
Ask kids of today where milk comes from and you get some pretty interesting answers. A carton. A supermarket. A big tanker. And even those who correctly say ‘cow’ (or rice or soy or almond), can’t always explain how …they just know to say ‘cow’. So what’s the simplest answer to this modern day dilemma? SHOW them. A great…
Before we get into our Cultured Cuisine series it’s time to let you in on a little secret. I am a wanna be wog. Seriously. In the most esteemed use of this term for ethnic migrants I am there all the way. And that makes me a better dietitian and nutrition blogger…let me explain. Traditional…
Before we get into our Expert Examiner series it’s time to clear up a little confusion. Dietitian or Nutritionist? According to the Dietitians Association of Australia unlike some other countries, there are no rules in Australia governing the use of the terms ‘Dietitian’ and ‘Nutritionist’ and they may be used by Dietitians, nutrition scientists and…