nutrition
Consumers fear memory loss, prefer supplemented food to pills
Consumers are more concerned about memory loss and the degeneration of their sight than they are about diabetes or cholesterol, new data shows. A new report from Canadean shows that …
Folic acid and vitamin D only supplements recommended in pregnancy
Multivitamin and mineral supplements are unlikely to be needed by most mums- to-be and are an unnecessary expense, concludes a review of the available evidence, published in this month’s issue …
Why Australians’ health is lagging
Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise, experts say Rebecca Lindberg, Victoria University; Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University, and Rosemary Calder, Victoria University The report card is in. …
Pharmacists poorly equipped on nutrition, conference told
Pharmacists are poorly equipped to dispense nutrition-based advice, a UK conference has heard. Delegates to the “Food. The Forgotten Medicine” conference, organised by the College of Medicine, were told that …
Heinz taken to court over toddler foods
Products that claim to be healthy contain over 60% sugar, alleges the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission The ACCC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against the Australian arm …
Adding nutrients to food won’t help weight control
There is no evidence that adding nutrients to poor food choices will address the problem of obesity, a dietary expert says. Dr Rosemary Stanton wrote in an editorial in the …
Health Check: how much salt is OK to eat?
Health Check: how much salt is OK to eat? Kacie Dickinson, Flinders University Australian guidelines recommend limiting salt intake to six grams a day or less. The World Health Organisation …
One in six avoiding dairy
A study has found for the first time that one in six adult Australians are choosing to avoid milk and dairy foods, the majority without a medical diagnosis, leading to …
Sweet tooth not the obesity culprit: study
While sugar has become a target in the fight against obesity, with calls for Australia to follow the lead of countries such as the UK, Mexico and Hungary and introduce …
Test your knowledge
Nutritional knowledge survey of registered pharmacists Do you utilise your nutritional knowledge in your pharmacy practice? The University of Tasmania is currently surveying Australian registered pharmacists to determine their current …
New migrants succumb to fast food culture
New migrants to Australia generally eat more healthy diets than the locals but many are dragged into bad habits by Australia’s fast food culture, new research has found. The study …
Australians self diagnose as coeliac
Research released today shows a “worrying ” number of Australians have self prescribed gluten free diet, believing diets containing wheat are unhealthy. Findings from Amcal show more than a tenth …