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Teenagers often need more energy than adults, especially if your teenager is an active teenager, playing sport. Between learning at school, socialising with friends, growing and playing sports, it’s no wonder your teenager can empty the contents of the fridge or pantry. As teenagers mature, they make more food choices on their own and . . . → Read More: What To Feed Active Teenagers Breakfast for children is one of the most important things a child does all day, as people who eat breakfast are healthier and have more energetic throughout the day. . . . → Read More: Breakfast Helps With Kids At School Obesity in children in Australia is increasing at an alarming rate. There has been a big focus on children’s health and childhood obesity recently. The number of overweight children in Australia has doubled in recent years, with a quarter of children considered overweight or obese. An estimated 1.5 million people under the age of . . . → Read More: Obesity in Children Omega-3s are a type of polyunsaturated fat. They are fatty acids essential to human health and play an important role throughout the life cycle. Omega-3 can come from marine, animal and plant sources. Foods rich in omega-3s are: Fish Seeds (particularly Chia & Flaxseeds) Canola oil & margarines Nuts (particularly walnuts) Hemp oil Soybeans . . . → Read More: The Benefits of Omega 3 Food allergy is an immune system response to a food protein that the body mistakenly believes is harmful. When a child eats or comes into contact with foods containing the protein, the immune system releases chemicals, causing symptoms including hives, swelling, vomiting, diarrhoea or respiratory distress. Currently there is no cure for food allergies. . . . → Read More: Food Allergies in Children A big congrats to the Bulleen Boomers! My team won their first Women’s NBL grand final on Sunday 13th March with a 103-78 triumph. GO GIRLS! The old saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”……is fact! We need to replenish after hours of sleeping, so we have more energy throughout the day and also to maintain our weight. So many cereals are loaded with sugar, so your best bet is a muesli for breaky. Especially a Food . . . → Read More: Muesli for breakfast So what is a fructose? It is a sugar found naturally in certain foods like wheat, honey, onions, and apples; just to name a few. So therefore Fructose mal-absorption is a digestive disorder in which sufferers are lacking the appropriate, let’s call them “fructose taxis”. These little guys are responsible for moving fructose through . . . → Read More: What is fructose mal-absorption? The hard part about having Coeliac disease is knowing what you can and cannot eat. Reading the labels at the supermarket can be a big chore and sometimes the labels do not tell all. Eating out can be a HUGE problem since sauces are sometimes filled with gluten and you don’t know. Here is . . . → Read More: The Gluten Free diet I will take a guess, but I bet you know someone, or know someone who knows someone that has Coeliac disease? It affects 1 in 100 people in Australia… so maybe I am presuming you have 100 friends! Lucky you, I certainly don’t! But I do know people with Coeliac disease. So what is . . . → Read More: The Gluten Free diet dilemma; what is it? And how do you know if it is it? |
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