Let this pasta change your feelings about kale
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Nutrition
An expert’s guide to 10 foods that fight inflammation
A nutrition researcher goes into your kitchen to find the ingredients that may help to reduce excessive inflammation in your body.
Is plant-based milk better? Don’t be so sure
We’re drinking less dairy and more plant-based beverages than ever. But are we missing out on the good stuff?
How to boost your body: the good vitamin guide
The number of people hospitalised due to a lack of essential vitamins and minerals has soared. Here are ways to ensure you get enough.
Olive oil melts risk of death by butter
Swapping butter for olive or canola oil could help to cut the risk of premature death, according to new research
Bird flu: do humans get it (and do I need to hard-boil my eggs)?
Avian influenza has again been found on Victorian poultry farms. It’s not the strain spreading worldwide killing birds, cats and elephant seals – and infecting people – nor last year’s variant that caused national egg shortages. But you do need to understand the concerns.
Oatzempic: it’s famous on TikTok but should you try the weight-loss ‘miracle’ drink?
The DIY beverage made from oats, water, cinnamon and lime juice has amassed over 40 million views on TikTok for its rumoured health benefits. Here’s what the experts say.
Three ways calcium can boost your health
Here are three good reasons why you should be making sure you get enough calcium every day, with food the best source.
Think your body shape is changing in menopause? It’s not your imagination
As women transition into perimenopause and menopause, they may notice a change in their body shape and how they feel. Here’s what some experts say will help keep you nourished.
Switch the salt: new global guidelines urge uptake of salt substitutes
The World Health Organisation has issued new guidelines urging people to swap regular table and cooking salt for lower sodium substitutes at home.
How much extra would you pay for the privilege of eating meat?
In Denmark, where the average person consumes about 93kg of meat a year, convincing people to eat less meat is no mean feat. This is how the government has taken action.
Too sluggish to exercise? Your diet could help
If you’re inspired to make this your best year yet, the advice is to make continual small but important changes that become daily habits.
Good or bad? With red wine, coffee and kale, it’s impossible to tell
Still think red wine is good for you? How many coffees a day is too much? Matt Condon wades through the perpetually shifting advice.
Feeling depressed? Take a look at what you’re eating
Modern diets may be one cause of mental disorders and depression, as well as neurodegenerative disease. Here’s how you can lessen your risk.
What this ultra-processed-food guru is eating at Christmas will surprise you
Chris van Tulleken stressed us all out about ultra-processed food. So what’s on his table on the 25th? A surprising amount of stuff in foil trays from the supermarket.
Try this seriously delicious vegetarian pie packed full of greens
This pie is rich with wild greens — such as fat hen — and is best eaten with, you guessed it, even more greens. A healthy option from a kitchen gardener.
Seven changes to make to your diet to help you age well
There’s the Mediterranean diet, and the protein rich diet. And what about blue foods? Eat your way towards healthy ageing with these simple rules.
Australia’s race to find a treatment for a disease affecting millions
Coeliac disease is a painful and potentially dangerous health condition for millions of people, but there’s no treatment for it. These researchers hope to one day change that.
Eating a healthy diet? It could be key to avoiding dementia
Enriching your gut in middle age appears to play a bigger role than previously thought in preventing memory decline, a study suggests.
How doctors turned peanut allergies into a major health problem
Peanut allergy is one of the most common among children in Australia and in the United States. A US expert explains how doctors may have inadvertently turned it into an epidemic.
Cheese may not be the bee’s knees
If a little whole-fat cheese is going to make you eat that big salad or fruit-and-veggie plate, go for it, is the expert advice.
Four in 10 at nursing homes malnourished
At least four in every 10 nursing home residents in Australia continue to be malnourished despite the problem being identified by the aged-care royal commission more than three years ago as an ‘immediate’ reform area.
The truth about low-carb diets
With the majority of Australians now classified as metabolically unhealthy, is it time to endorse low-carb eating for all?
Plant-based diet indulges meat, dairy and chocolates too
Despite writing a book on the health pros of fruit and vegetables, Rhiannon Lambert says you can enjoy a steak or cheese guilt-free.
Don’t try 36-hour fasts like Rishi. A day a week without food is fine.
The prime minister’s regimen is extreme, but will a shorter weekly fast stave off diabetes?
Fast for 24 hours and lower the risk of diabetes
Eating only once a day could reduce inflammation associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, study suggests.
Food to beat anxiety – what psychiatrists eat
It’s hard to escape the suggestion that we are more anxious than ever. How diet can ease stress and fight depression.
Hold the chips! Snacks make you more stressed
When your stress levels escalate, your natural response might be to reach for a pie, chocolate or a bag of chips. Hold fire: it could affect far more than your waistline.
How to get fit and healthy in 20 minutes
The latest research says 20 minutes of exercise a day, including running and cycling, is enough.
The secret to a healthy gut – an extra cup of coffee
Our guts are a battleground for bacteria, good fighting bad for supremacy. Scientists have produced the most in-depth analysis of these bacteria yet and the results are surprising.
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