Blog Entries tagged 'fibre' http://foodwatch.com.au Thu, 24 May 2012 11:50:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://foodwatch.com.au/526-product-review-made-for-you-frozen-dinners.html <p><img style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" alt="MFY_Veg-lasagne-box" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/Product_reviews/MFY_Veg-lasagne-box.jpg" height="155" width="200" />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 [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0100 low saturated fat low salt low GI Heart Foundation tick healthy eating healthy cooking fibre diet diabetes D-tick convenience foods 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/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/290-product-review-the-handy-healthy-office-lunch-solution-john-west-tuna-beans.html <p><img style="margin: 6px; border: 3px double #cccccc; float: left;" alt="tunabeans-smll" src="http://foodwatch.com.au/images/stories/blog_/tunabeans-smll.jpg" width="138" height="103" />Are you so busy at work that you can't even spare ten minutes to go out and buy lunch? Wouldn't it be great if there were something quick and easy you could grab; something you could keep in your desk drawer; something that doesn't need to be refrigerated and yet is healthy?</p><br/><br/><p>Well, I think I've just [...] saxelby@foodwatch.com.au Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100 Salt omega-3 healthy snacking healthy eating food labelling fibre fat 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/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