New from Catherine Saxelby!

Catherine Saxelby’s Complete Food and Nutrition Companion - The Ultimate A-Z Guide

Contains:

• Over 500 entries on 400 pages
• A to Z format from Acai to Zinc
• The nutrition reference book to end all reference books
• Colour pictures         Available June 2012

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EatKit nutrition chat on Twitter

Confused about healthy eating? Not sure what's good to eat? Or not? Join a group of friendly practical dietitians each month for a chat on Twitter. Called EatKit, we meet online once a month for a moderated conversation on a range of nutrition and cooking topics from good fats to reducing salt from the food supply.

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Nutrition classifications and tags for Foodwatch recipes

Wondering how much fat is in one of our recipes? Or whether something is gluten-free? Or will it be suitable for your partner on a low-salt diet? Here’s how we classify recipes on the Foodwatch site in terms of nutrition. Please note that we round figures to the nearest whole number or in the case of kilojoules to the nearest 0 or 5.

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Mercury in fish in Australia

Certain types of fish can accumulate mercury and these are the ones to avoid or limit when pregnant and breast feeding. But it's not as simple as avoiding ALL types of fish. Fish is very important at these times for its rich content of omega-3 fats which are needed for brain and eye development in the growing foetus and baby. But it's a careful balance between eating enough omega-3s and not overdoing the mercury.

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Catherine Saxelby on Twitter - welcome

I invite you to follow me on Twitter and see if you like my style of advice - you'll get latest nutrition news, links to helpful food websites and tips for products to buy. 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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Ban on bottled water

The township of Bundanoon and the NSW State Government have decided to ban bottled water  (although the State Government is contracted until 2011 to purchase it for staff and offices). They're sick of plastic bottles in landfills and can't see why we can't simply drink water straight from the tap.  Sounds like a "bottler" of an idea but is it really? Here are the pros and cons...

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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 a lot of grapefruit - one small 200ml glass is the equivalent of 2 or 3 grapefruit.

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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 these links to other web sites as a 'personal recommendation' to you, but don't hold me responsible for the content or availability of these sites. Things change often on the web!

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The Foodwatch (Free) eNewsletter

Are you looking for ideas on how to eat right when you've no time to cook? Latest nutrition news? Each month, the Foodwatch eNewsletter has the products, quick recipes, tricks and tips to keep you eating healthily, get organised, lose a little weight and have more energy - and it's FREE!! 

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