Blog Entries tagged 'diet'

Product Review: Made For You frozen dinners

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0100

A frozen meal tucked away in the freezer is the ultimate quick dinner or hot lunch at work. But what if you have type 2 diabetes? Just how healthy are they for you? Should you be eating them at all? Or are there any that give you the vegetables you’re meant to eat AND that are low in satur [...]

Book review:CSIRO & Baker IDI DIABETES Diet and Lifestyle Plan

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100

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 [...]

Product review: Dietlicious home-delivered diet meals

admin@foodwatch.com.au — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by Airlie Lacy, student dietitian

Too tired to cook? Too busy to shop? Need to lose weight? Busy lifestyles often leave little time to shop, cook and eat the right meals for weight loss. Take-aways are quick and easy but they're no good for your waistline. Are home-delivered di [...]

Product review: SumoSalad – A healthy fast food lunch option?

admin@foodwatch.com.au — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by dietitian Frances Gilham, APD, AN

SumoSalad claims to be the healthiest fast food franchise. It caters to people looking for nutrition as well as convenience and taste for lunch on the go. And Australians are obviously seeking out healthier options to burgers and pizza – [...]

My lemon with water experiment Day 6

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Me and my lemon again! The weather's got a little chilly last day or so so I've decided to sip my lemon with water as a warm drink. I was making it up with chilled water from the fridge but this got too cold for my stomach first thing in the morning.

To make the warm version, I simply boil the kettle, pour a cup of hot boiled water into a mug then leave it to cool for 10 minutes. THEN I add the lemon juice. Here's why. Vitamin C is heat sensitive so if I used the freshly-boiled [...]

My lemon with water experiment Day 5

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Going well on my new experiment. I definitely am less hungry in the morning after I have my lemon with water first thing. Doesn't seem to have any effect on my appetite during the afternoon or evening but that's exactly what I what have expected. It's a morning only thing.

The lemon with water delays the start of my morning hunger. If I wake up at a 1 or 2 on my 10-point Hunger scale, the lemon with water pushes me up to a 5 for about half an hour which gives me enough [...]

My lemon with water experiment Day 3 & 4

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Day 3 & 4 were both the same - I felt exactly the same on both so I've combined them. What I noticed on both these day is that the my glass of water with lemon really makes you feel hydrated first thing in the morning. Especially if you'd had a wine or two the night before and not drunk enough water before going to bed.

Also found that I like to sip another glass or two of the water with lemon during the day so I'm going through a lemon a day. Good for my vitamin C [...]

My lemon with water experiment Day 2

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Started my morning with a chilled glass of water with lemon juice as yesterday. Was a bit of an effort to get it all down again this morning but I did it. And I must say it does fill you up and stop you filling hungry.

Had my 8am early-start Pilates class this morning so just had the water with lemon and managed to get throug the class no problems. I find I can't eat anything much before Pilates as it sits in my stomach and then I can't do the exercises whi [...]

My lemon with water experiment

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0100

I've started my day with an old-fashioned diet inclusion - a glass of water with lemon. I squeezed out the juice of half an average lemon and mixed it with cold water - then down the hatch before anything else!

Lemon-and-water is advice I've seen around for years. It's often listed on diet plans supposedly as an early morning [...]

Why nutritionists change their minds!

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0100

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.

Fashions in foods

And the same happens with foods. Eggs make a good exam [...]

Product review: LowGICane sugar

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:00 +0100

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 [...]

Review: Light chocolate – can it help you shed weight?

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Everyone loves to indulge in chocolate yet we all know it's a food that's laden with fat, sugar and kilojoules - and it's damn hard to stop at just one mouthful.

So it's hardly surprising that dieters have turned hopefully to light chocolate to provide pleasure without guilt. At first glance, it looks like the answer to a dieter's pray [...]