Pets deserve good food, too, doggone it!You may scour your food packages for nasty additives, chemicals and nutritional details, but what about the food you feed Fluffy and Fido? Nutrition expert Marion Nestle explains what to feed your pets, and how to spot the BS on pet food packets.
Nutrition
Healthy advice from the nutrition hierarchy? Fat chance
For the past three decades the NHMRC and Heart Foundation have been spending our hard-earned tax dollars telling us to eat less fat. For at least the past 10 years, that message has been demonstrably wrong.
Could the Weight Watchers deal with Maccas promote weight gain?
Adrian Bauman, Lesley King and Louise Baur explain how a new deal between McDonald’s and Weight Watchers to promote “healthy choices” could actually see more people eating junk — and both companies will reap the rewards.
Macklin’s income management a junk-food bonanza
The federal government’s NT income management scheme has been branded a nutritional failure, with indigenous communities continuing to load up on junk food despite stringent measures meant to boost fruit and veggie sales.
Modern fruit and veg: more attractive, less nutritious
Mother Jones compares today’s fruit and vegetables with their 1950s counterparts. Today’s may look more appetising, but their nutritional value is significantly lower.
Hungry Jack’s burger mysteriously loses 6.7g of fat overnight
Just days after Hungry Jack’s new “Angry Angus” burger was slammed for its high fat and salt content, the nutritional information on the company’s website was quietly changed to show 83 fewer calories — 6.7g of fat and a gram of salt mysteriously vanished overnight.
Fruit juice: it’s not as healthy as you’d think
In fact, it’s not healthy at all, say experts: it’s full of sugar and calories, offers relatively little nutritional value, and is likely contributing to the obesity epidemic. Yep, even the 100% stuff.
Fat chance of diet regulation, but we’ll weight and see
Will the weight loss industry just standing there and take the imposition of professional standards, set by the Preventative Health Taskforcem without a fight? Not likely, writes David Gillespie.
“Organic food no healthier”? Really?
“Organic food no healthier” blared yesterday’s headlines. Really? Only if you take a very narrow view of “health”. Dr Marion Nestle looks at what the study actually says.
Gaga over Goji
None of its claimed benefits have been verified by research in peer-reviewed journals, but that hasn’t stopped the incredible rise of the Goji berry.
Choice: most breakfast cereals are unhealthy
An investigation by Choice has found most breakfast cereals — especially those aimed at kids — contain far too much sugar and/or salt.
Mothers on trial for feeding pureed pizza to babies
Two mothers will stand trial in Cairns on child cruelty charges after allegedly feeding their infants pureed pizza, pork crackling and other nutritionally poor foods.
Industry nutrition labelling does a fat lot of good
One only has to walk down the cereal isle of the supermarket to see the senselessness of the food labelling system that has been introduced by the food industry, writes Bridget Kelly.
CSIRO scientist’s GM letter campaign ‘backfires’
A CSIRO scientist’s campaign to sway chefs from an anti-GM food stance has hit hurdles, writes Katherine Wilson.
Rosemary Stanton: My menu for the 2020 Summit
As one who has accepted the invitation to participate in the 2020 summit, I have decided to ditch my usual cynicism because I believe we have a government who might just listen to us, writes Rosemary Stanton.
Why dietitians love Coca Cola
Professional associations are naïve to think they can influence junk food companies, writes Dr Rosemary Stanton.
