Blog Entries tagged 'healthy eating'

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 [...]

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 – [...]

Product review: Carisma - cutting the GI of potatoes

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by dietitian Josephine Mollica from Eat Wiser

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 [...]

Product review: Quorn - an innovative new meat replacement

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by dietitian Emma Stirling APD from The Scoop on Nutrition

Are you a vegetarian? Or perhaps experimenting with more meat-free meals due to the growing green scene? Well, we've got great news for you. There's a brand new player in town, so I was thrilled when Catherine asked me [...]

Book review: Mindless Eating

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100

"Mindless Eating" is one of the best nutrition books I've read in the last four years. It was a real eye-opener for me - and I suspect for most of us - as it shows why you may not realize how much you're eating, what you're eating - or why you're even eating at all! It starts out by po [...]

Product review: A handy, healthy office lunch solution

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

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?

Well, I think I've just [...]

Product review: Three light milks compared

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100

There are so many milks in the dairy case these days, it can be hard to work out which one suits you. And when you notice that they cost more than regular low-fat or home-brand milk, you start to think twice.

Here I review three of the more ‘unusual' added-value low-fat milks so you can see if one is worth paying the extra for y [...]

Product review: My first encounter with BARLEYmax

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0100

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 [...]

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 [...]

Product review: Soup shortcut

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Soup is one of my favourite winter meals. Thick and hearty, it's warming and satisfying. It's a key food if you want to lose some weight without going hungry.

Soups are pretty easy to make (unlike pastry or fiddly finger food) but, depending on the type, can take 2 or 3 hours, as they often require long, slow simmer [...]

Product Review: Fruit straps - healthy snack or not?

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0100

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 [...]