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COVID-19 food hygiene: a food microbiologist's top 3 tips

Apr 30, 2020

Save your sanitisers – washing your fruit and veggies under running water is the recommended cleaning method, food microbiologist Julian Cox says. (more…)

New advice from the Heart Foundation on meat, dairy and eggs

Aug 21, 2019

Unflavoured full-fat milk, yogurt and cheese are now an option for healthy Australians, while the limit has lifted on the number of eggs that can be eaten per week in…

Heart disease biomarker linked to Paleo diet

Jul 23, 2019

People who follow the paleo diet have twice the amount of a key blood biomarker linked closely to heart disease, the world’s first major study examining the impact of the…

Ignoring cues for alcohol and fast food is hard – but is it out of our control?

Jul 8, 2019

Have you ever tried to stay away from fast food, but found hard-to-ignore signals that represent its availability – like neon lights and ads – are everywhere? (more…)

Eating fish may help prevent asthma

Mar 20, 2019

A James Cook University scientist says an innovative study has revealed new evidence that eating fish can help prevent asthma. (more…)

Sugar, salt, fat – oh my!

Feb 6, 2019

Research shows Queenslanders struggle to read and understand food labels sometimes mistaking unhealthy foods as healthy foods. (more…)

For dieters, breakfast may not be the most important meal of the day

Feb 1, 2019

Did you skip breakfast this morning or do you consider it the most important meal of the day? (more…)

Sugary drinks more likely to give you diabetes than sugary foods

Nov 22, 2018

Sweetened drinks pose a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than most other foods containing fructose, a naturally occurring sugar, finds an evidence review published by The BMJ. (more…)

An orange a day keeps macular degeneration away

Oct 4, 2018

A new study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than people who do not eat oranges. (more…)