Handy stuff

Catherine Saxelby on Twitter - welcome

 

I invite you to follow me on Twitter and see if you like my style of advice - from news, helpful websites and reports plus my own personal commentary on modern-day food and where to find the healthy stuff. I enjoy Twitter as it's short and sweet - only 140 characters which is one or two sentences. Only a small time commitment and you're up to date!

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How to convert kilojoules to calories

Just like yards became metres and pounds became grams, so calories have become kilojoules. Kilojoules are the metric equivalent of calories and have replaced calories in almost all countries. Yet they're very confusing, especially my US visitors who have always only known calories (lucky for me, I grew up with calories then had to learn kilojoules!)

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Thinking about joining the Foodwatch Resource Centre?

The Foodwatch Resource Centre is a comprehensive online knowledge base of nutrition common sense. It delivers the timeless knowledge of practical communication, food choice, shopping, cooking and eating skills that all combine to produce a healthy balanced diet - for you.

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Grapefruit and medications

Grapefruit and grapefruit juice can interact with a number of medications, either making them work too strongly or causing unpleasant side effects. The juice is generally singled out over the fruit because it's concentrated and easy to consume the equivalent of 2 or 3 grapefruit in one 200ml glass.

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Standard portion/serve sizes

What is a standard serve?  What's the right portion? When nutritionists talk about a serve of vegetables, exactly how much do they mean?  Is it a cup or a couple of spoonfuls? What about rice and pasta? Is one cup ok or too much? Check out this quick list of standard serves so you know how much is meant.

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Links and resources

Here's a handy list of websites and places to go when you're looking for more info on food, diets and healthy eating. They're things I've come across and found helpful in the past - so I thought you would too! I offer theselinks to other web sites as a convenience to users, but cannot be held responsible for the content or availability of these sites.

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e-Food - FREE Foodwatch Newsletter

Are you looking for ideas on how to eat well when you've no time to cook? Latest nutrition news and research? e-Food has the recipes, the tricks and the tips to save you time and keep you eating healthily - and it's FREE!!

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