Nutrition Articles

Food cravings

When your body craves (insert vice!), this is what your body really wants, and these are the healthy foods that will give you what you need.

This valuable chart is a must have resource for your fridge or pin board. Find out how to manage, and eliminate, your cravings so you're never caught out again!

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Organically Grown - what does it really mean?

The principle of “organic” agriculture is that a healthy plant grows from healthy soil. The plant is therefore more resistant to pest and diseases. There is no need to use synthetic fertilisers or chemical pesticides.

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Why you need to go organic

The facts around the superiority of organic fresh foods are clear. From the use of pesticides to the welfare of animals and sustainability of the environment, the choices to go organic are personal and varied. Here, we look at how eliminating chemicals from our children’s diet plays a significant role in improving their health and wellbeing, and offset conditions such as ADD, ADHD and Autism. Surprised? You will be...

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Official: Organic really is better

The biggest study yet into organic food has found it is more nutritious than ordinary produce and may help lengthen people's lives.

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Sugar

A natural part of life - how much a part of breakfast?

Since the connection between nutrition and behaviour has begun to be unravelled, the pendulum has swung from one side of this debate to the other, and tempers have often been frayed.

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Look beyond the tantrums and bad behaviour - you may find junk food

by Janine Quattromani, a committed mother
My own health deteriorated and after seeing many doctors I eventually turned to a naturopath who helped me realise that Candida was a real health problem for Danielle. Sugar, yeast, dairy products and wheat were contributing to her behavioural problems. I looked back over the previous years and realised that Danielle had a continual craving for sweet things. When sitting in a café she would eat the sugar out of the sachets, she would devour her lollies really quickly and bribe her sisters for their sweets and treats.

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Why genetic engineering won't feed the world's poor

In more than 70% of developing countries where hunger is prevalent, the exporting of commodity-based cash crops takes place, in most cases to provide animal feed for cattle in Europe. In these developing countries underlying inequities exist to deprive people, especially women of economic opportunity and security. If the native population cannot afford to buy food, the owners of land and capital orient their production to more lucrative export markets.

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Food for thought - ADHD and Nutrition

More than one-third of all children in Australia suffer from a disorder that could be rectified by a diet low in sugar and junk food. Wendy Champagne explores the good food guide for controlling ADHD.

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More information:

  • Nutrition and the Mind by Roger French

    The brain, like every other organ in the body, is totally dependent on the bloodstream for oxygen and nutrients and on the lymph for removal of waste products. The condition of the blood and lymph is in turn dependent on what the ..... read more.

  • Nutritional Information - Vegetables

    Carrots Carrots grow in various shapes and colours and are the most widely cultivated vegetable in the world. They are rich in carotene which the body converts into Vitamin A and have therapeutic properties and behaviours..... read more.

  • Soy may be dangerous for your child

    "Fasten your seatbelt, and hang on this is going to be a bumpy read! You are going to be exposed to ideas that refute the propaganda the "experts"have been spewing for decades. They have used us as dupes and guinea pigs... read more.

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