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Over in the UK, food and drink manufacturers have pledge to cut the sugar content in their products. This comes ahead of a decision by the British government in relation to a sugar tax levy designed to curb childhood obesity. Companies such as Kellogg’s and Coca-Cola have vowed to introduce a series of “unprecedented” which … Continued

How can you expect a child to concentrate in class if their belly is rumbling from hunger? A concerning study was recently released in the UK which found that almost four out of five teachers in England and Wales reported that their students had been arriving hungry to class – having gone without breakfast. Nearly … Continued

A new study in the US has shown that warnings about the unhealthy effects of sugar can, and do, steer people away from sugary drinks. Similar to the warnings on cigarette packets, there’s a growing movement in America to have health labelling on certain products about the dangers of sugar. In a recently published article … Continued

Overeating makes people fat, right? According to an obesity expert in the USA, it’s actually around the other way – being fat causes people to overeat. In a recently published article, Professor of Nutrition at Harvard, Dr David Ludwig, is quoted as saying: “It may sound radical, but there’s literally a century of science to … Continued

Who doesn’t love a good smoothie? The only problem is, many of us are tossing ingredients into the blender that are not exactly good for us. A new article explores this topic – highlighting the fact that adding flavoured yoghurt or ice cream is not the best approach when trying to make a ‘healthy’ smoothie! … Continued

It’s green. It’s good for us. It tastes yummy whether it’s steamed or sautéed. If you need a few more reasons to love broccoli…. Lowers the risk of cancer – Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable. These veggies have been shown to stop the growth of cancer cells for tumors in the breast, colon, lung, liver, … Continued

Is there anything more Australian than a Vegemite sandwich? How many times have you tried to convince a non-Aussie of the deliciousness of our yeasty spread only to have them turn up their nose when you put a piece of toast on their breakfast plate? We thought we’d open up a can of worms/jar of … Continued

Some concerning research has just been released in the UK which shows that children aged five are consuming their body weight in sugar each year. A new article about the research, which was released by Public Health England (PHE), states that children aged between four and 10 eat around 22kg of sugar every year. In … Continued

More than 300,000 cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented if the amount of sugar in sweetened drinks was reduced by 40 per cent according to new research. The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal. It states that this reduction in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) – including fruit juices – over … Continued

If Google is anything to go by, it seems we are more worried about sugar than fat in our diets. A new article has been published which uses Google Trends to compare how often the phrases “low fat” and “low sugar” were entered in the world’s most popular internet search engine. According to the article: … Continued

A rather strange story has emerged in the USA where a marketing company has tried to sell the idea of chocolate milk as some kind of post-workout recovery drink for football players. The catch? The product, called Fifth Quarter Fresh, has 42 grams of sugar per bottle! There has been recent media attention on the … Continued

For years, there has been heavy debate as to whether sugar or fat is the culprit in the obesity epidemic. In the 1970s, this debate reached its peak and fat was pinned as the cause of our general decline in metabolic health. However more recently, sugar has come back into the limelight, with links to … Continued