Blog Entries tagged 'carbohydrates' http://foodwatch.com.au Thu, 24 May 2012 11:42:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://foodwatch.com.au/524-product-review-cca-s-cheese-energy-flavoured-corn-chips-with-guarana-ginseng.html <p id="_mcePaste"> </p><br/><p><img src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/CC-Energy_chips_pack_shot.jpg" alt="CC-Energy_chips_pack_shot" style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" height="203" width="154" />Just when you think it’s safe to venture into the snack food aisle, out comes Cheese CC’s with “energy”.&nbsp;I feel sorry for parents trying to be vigilant about those rotten energy drinks. Now there’s caffeine being added to less-than-healthy cheese-fl [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0100 junk food carbohydrates caffeine http://foodwatch.com.au/517-incaberries-a-new-a-super-berrya.html <img style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" alt="[Incaberry_sample_on_scoop] " src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/Incaberries_on_scoop.jpg" height="133" width="200" />You’d think we’d discovered all the super berries. After all, we’ve had years of hype and marketing for cranberries, goji, noni, acai and mangosteen.&nbsp; Now there’s a new berry in your health food aisle or produce store. It’s the Incaberry! <br/><br/><p id="readmore"><i [...] admin@foodwatch.com.au Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0100 super foods nutrients healthy snacking food trends fibre carbohydrates antioxidants http://foodwatch.com.au/516-product-review-traffic-light-food-tracker-app.html <img style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" alt="[Traffic_Lights_Tracker_shot_of_App_image] " src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/Traffic_Light_Tracker_main.jpg" height="170" width="100" /> <br/><p> </p><br/>Guest review by Jemma O’Hanlon, Dietitian &amp; Nutritionist <br/><p><br />Ever wondered how effective the Traffic Light Food Label system would be? I asked dietitian and blogger Jemma O’Hanlon to review a new food label app to see if it was useful in making [...] admin@foodwatch.com.au Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +0100 Salt nutrients food trends food labelling fat carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/502-book-review-csiro-bakeridi-diabetes-diet-and-lifestyle-plan.html <img style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/CSIRO_Diabetes_Book_smll.jpeg" alt="CSIRO_Diabetes_Book_Review_by_Catherine_Saxelby" height="141" width="120" />More than 1.5 million Australians have diabetes. Given the rise in obesity and sedentary lifestyles, more than twice this number will be at risk of developing diabetes in the next 25 years. So it’s timely that the nutrition team from the CSIRO Wellbeing books and Baker IDI H [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 weight loss healthy recipes healthy cooking diet carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/459-product-review-carisma-cutting-the-gi-of-potatoes.html <p>Guest review by dietitian Josephine Mollica from Eat Wiser</p><br/><p><img src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/Carisma_potatoes_produce.jpg" alt="Carisma_potatoes_produce" style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" height="128" width="169" />You have probably heard of Sebago, Desiree or Kifler potatoes, but have you heard of the Carisma potato? This new variety of potato has just hit the shops riding on its claim to be the first low Glycemic Index (GI) potato. It [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 +0100 vegetables healthy eating healthy cooking carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/416-product-review-plain-sweet-wheatmeal-biscuits-side-by-side.html <img alt="wheatmeal_biscuits_with_tea" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/wheatmeal_biscuits_with_tea.jpg" style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #d7d7d7; float: left;" height="120" width="160" />Looking for a plain healthy biscuit to have with your coffee or tea? Want one that's reasonably healthy, not cream-filled or choc-coated, but still a pleasant sweet mid-meal bite? Here I compare two of the top sellers Arnott's Shredded Wheatmeal and Paradise Highland Oatmeals They look he [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0100 weight loss portion size healthy snacking fibre fat carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/310-book-review-4-ingredients-cookbooks-quick-but-hardly-healthy.html <p>Post by Catherine Saxelby and home economist and dietitian Diane Temple </p><br/><p><img style="border: 3px double #d7d7d7; margin: 6px; float: left;" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/HED/book_4ingredients_small.jpg" alt="book_4ingredients_small" width="96" height="149" />"Fast, fabulous &amp; flavoursome recipes using 4 Ingredients. Written by Rachael Bermingham and Kim McCosker, these bestselling cookbooks are jam packed full of quick, easy and very delicious recipes that you can ea [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100 junk food healthy recipes healthy cooking food trends carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/235-stevia-sweeteners-side-by-side-comparison.html <p><img src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/stevia-sweeteners-compared.jpg" alt="[Three stevia sweeteners reviewed] " style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #d7d7d7; float: left;" height="120" width="160" />A "natural" sweetener, Stevia was approved for use in late in 2008 in Australia and the US and the first Stevia products are now appearing on the supermarket shelves.</p><br/><p>It's not considered "artificial" and marketing for stevia makes much of it being 100% natural - which ap [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100 weight loss healthy cooking food trends carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/221-my-first-encounter-with-barleymax.html <p><img alt="barleymax-cereals-compared-smll" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/barleymax-cereals-compared-smll.jpg" style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #d7d7d7; float: left;" width="160" height="120" /></p><br/><p>BARLEYmax. It's being touted as the greatest super food of all time and the king of cereal grains. BARLEYmax has finally appeared in our food supply in the form of three new breakfast cereals, the first products to be made with the super barley. It's been over 12 years [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0100 super foods healthy eating food trends fibre carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/192-why-nutritionists-change-their-minds.html <p>People often ask me why we nutritionists keep changing out minds! One year, carbohydrate is wonderful, the next year it's not. One year, fat is a no-no, the next year, it's only saturated fat that we should worry about, the other fats are ‘good' fats that are OK to eat and enjoy. Protein was ‘forgotten' for some years, now it's back and considered important for satiety and weight loss.</p><br/><p /><br/><br/></p><br/>Fashions in foods<br /><br/><p>And the same happens with foods. Eggs make a good exam [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0100 healthy eating fat diet carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/162-lowgicane-sugar-review.html <p><img style="margin: 6px; float: left;" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/logicane.jpg" alt="logicane" height="117" width="160" />Sugar. We all love its soft sweetness but it's clear we overdo its consumption. As a nation, Australia has a collective sweet tooth that sees us consuming ¾ of a kilo a week of the stuff. From soft drinks to ice cream, doughnuts to dessert, sugar is everywhere. While it's not the cause, it's certainly contributing to health problems such as tooth d [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:00 +0100 healthy eating diet carbohydrates antioxidants http://foodwatch.com.au/138-my-first-encounter-with-a-crust-heart-foundation-pizza.html <p><img alt="crust_pizza_roast_chicken" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/crust_pizza_roast_chicken.jpg" style="margin: 6px; float: left;" height="114" width="114" />Finally a Crust pizza franchise opened up near me. I'd read all about these amazing ‘health-conscious' pizzas that had managed to secure the Heart Foundation red Tick of approval. Yep, you're reading right! Here was a pizza that was guaranteed to be low in saturated fat (read ‘bad', really ‘evil' fat), bounding [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:00:00 +0100 portion size healthy snacking fat eating out carbohydrates http://foodwatch.com.au/58-pomegranate-molasses-for-flavour-without-fat.html <p><img height="133" width="136" title="Pomegranate in the flesh" alt="pom_cut-small" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/pom_cut-small.jpg" class="caption" style="margin: 3px; float: left;" /> </p><br/><p>My taste buds died and woke up in flavour heaven! I've just bought my first bottle of pomegranate molasses and can't believe how magnificent the flavour is! How come I got to the ripe old age of 50-something and never ever sampled this before? Something as basic as a marinade for la [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0100 super foods healthy cooking carbohydrates antioxidants http://foodwatch.com.au/40-fruit-straps-healthy-snack-or-not.html <img style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" class="caption" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/fruit_straps-mass_display_smll.jpg" alt="Arrangement of leathers" title="Fruit leather samples available " height="107" width="144" />Do your kids like to snack on fruit leather or fruit straps, those sweet long thin flat pieces of dried fruit? They come individually wrapped in single serves like muesli bars. They're easy to throw into a kids' lunch box. And they a [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0100 healthy snacking healthy eating food labelling fibre carbohydrates