Written by Catherine Saxelby
on Saturday, 28 February 2009.
Tagged: Foodwatch website, healthy cooking, healthy eating, healthy kids, healthy lifestyle, healthy recipes, nutrition, Type 1 diabetes
Here's a handy list of websites when you're looking for more info. They're sites I've stumbled over 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 of these sites. Things change often on the web!
Anaphylaxis Australia is dedicated to helping those with anaphylaxis manage their condition and enable them to cope with everyday life (which ain't always easy if you've got to scrutinise absolutely everything you put in your mouth). This volunteer-based organisation produces information packs, a newsletter and videos. Most importantly, it puts families in contact with one another for support. www.allergyfacts.org.au
The Coeliac Society is a support group for sufferers of coeliac disease, gluten intolerance and dermatitis herpetiformis. The society provides a quarterly magazine, gluten-free recipes, ingredient information and holds gluten-free cooking courses and dinners. Highly recommended, especially if you've just been diagnosed. www.coeliac.org.au
A huge site with lots of fact sheets on every aspect of nutrition. A reliable place to start your search. All their material is reviewed by professionals so you get the sensible stuff. Not the hype. www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
I like this site for its many product reviews, taste-tests and surveys from the Australian Consumers Association. These guys know how to be an advocate! www.choice.com.au
I love this practical and straight-talking magazine which is dedicated to healthy cookery, nutrition and good products.You'll find heaps of quick easy recipes and useful downloads on their website. I'm a big fan of their meal planners and shopping lists. www.healthyfoodguide.com.au
Nutrition Australia is a non-profit community organisation set up to promote the nutritional health of Australians. It sells leaflets, posters and books and offers a regular newsletter to members for a small annual fee. www.nutritionaustralia.org
Nutrition and healthy recipes using eggs. Everything you want to know about eggs. http://www.enc.org.au/
Yoghurt, cheese, milk – facts, figures and gorgeous recipes for the powerhouse food group that is dairy. http://www.dairyaustralia.com.au/
Check out this appealing site for delicious mushroom recipes, health facts on mushrooms and general nutrition information. https://australianmushrooms.com.au/
Add crunch and texture to your meals using the nutty recipes here. http://www.nutsforlife.com.au/
This site encourages everyone to eat 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables every day. It shows you what dietitians mean by a ‘serve’, fruit and veg facts, and how to add fruit and vegetables to your daily meals. We like the shots of individual fruits and vegetables so you can see the varieties, how to select, cook and serve them. Also the detailed nutrition information which gives you the serve size plus its weight as well as per 100 g figures. Kids can print vegie action figure sheets to identify and colour in fruit and veg. http://www.gofor2and5.com.au/
A great site if your child has Type 1 diabetes, with Professor Bumblebee’s cute cartoon slide show explanation of diabetes. It has some great kid and teen suited guides to diabetes, the associated feelings kids may feel after being diagnosed and the issues of having diabetes through school e.g. injections, hypos, excursions. By the Australian Diabetes Council. http://www.diabeteskidsandteens.com.au/
Healthy kids encourages activity and healthy eating. It contains practical information targeted to parents & carers, teachers & childcare, and of course kids & teens. Compiled by the NSW Health Department. http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/
A great resource for school canteens and canteen managers. Includes their exhaustive Buyers Guide and nutrition criteria to gauge green and amber products for the canteen. https://healthy-kids.com.au/
Run by Australian dietitian Allan Borushek, who has published those handy calorie counter pocket books for over 20 years, this is the place to come to find out the kilojoule counts of just about anything. www.calorieking.com.au
Accredited Practicing Dietitians (APDs) provide expert nutrition and dietetic advice. To find a dietitian in your area, check out the DA website so you can easily find one or one with a particular speciality. https://dietitiansaustralia.org.au/
Diabetes Australia is a federation of 12 diabetes organisations which provides support to those affected by diabetes. It aims to fund research into diabetes and to increase public awareness of the problem. It offers regular magazines, cookbooks, blood glucose monitors and food products. www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
We use Foodworks to assess our recipes in terms of kilojoules (calories), protein, fat, fibre, vitamins and minerals. You can use it to analyse your day's intake and see how you measure up to the recommended day's intake. www.xyris.com.au
FSANZ is the food authority for both Australia and New Zealand. It looks after food standards for composition, labelling and contaminants that apply to all foods produced or imported. It's a pretty technical site so use the search function to narrow things down. The most accessed item is the list of additives and their code numbers which you can print off. www.foodstandards.gov.au and https://www.foodstandards.govt.nz/Pages/default.aspx
Everything you ever wanted to know about whole grains, flour, breads. www.glnc.org.au
If you need to look up the GI value of any food, here's thethe official website of the Glycemic Index based at the University of Sydney. You can search their free database for the GI value of just about every food that's been analysed. www.glycemicindex.com
This site is devoted to foods with the blue GI circle of approval. www.gisymbol.com
Every time I search for a recipe, I often end up here! They have a huge database with plenty of healthy offerings. I contribute the occasional recipe and enjoy the comments about them. www.allrecipes.com.au
If you can't find that old recipe you once had for bread and butter pudding, there's sure to be one here. Taste has lots of recipes - all with an image - and even a special section for special diet recipes and for allergy meals. www.taste.com.au
Has easy main meal ideas when you've run out of steam. All are based on red meat (beef, lamb, veal) so not for vegetarians. www.themainmeal.com.au
A blog by Gina, a New Yorker who combines her love of photography and cooking on this extensive recipe filled site. We love the recipes and close up food shots! http://www.skinnytaste.com/
It’s definitely food porn but so clean cut and inspirational you’ll want to stock up on these veggies and get busy in the kitchen. Blog created by Heidi Swanson. A word of warning: your kitchen probably won’t look as glamorous, clean or organised as Heidi’s during the cooking process. http://www.101cookbooks.com/
I'm a great reader of books and have found the Book Depository an extensive site where you can order almost any title, both new and pre-loved. Best of all, their prices are darn good and they offer FREE postage anywhere in the world. Yes, FREE! www.bookdepository.com and if you live in the UK www.bookdepository.co.uk
The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health does incredible work. It's a not-for-profit organisation providing health services for women of all ages. Women need special attention and it's wonderful that there's somewhere reliable to access information on things such as breast cancer, osteoporosis, pap smears, ageing, menopause, endometriosis and sexual health. I love writing articles and answering those curly questions www.jeanhailes.org.au
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