Despite what many people will tell you, chocolate (white, milk OR dark) & red wine does NOT provide any heart health benefit. There is no doubt that both chocolate & red wine can be incorporated into a healthy eating plan and yes its true both of these items contain antioxidants but in a review of more than [...]

A recent newspaper article reported that “food labels are wrong” because the calories listed do not account for the amount of energy used to chew and digest the food and are therefore overestimated. But does it really matter? Simply stating that a food has 20 less calories is hardly going to improve our obesity problem – [...]

Detox diets are pretty popular at this time of the year but beware – they are not good for you! They often encourage the elimination of total food groups and can lead to dehydration and altered electrolyte balance and as for the weight loss – well most of it is water, not fat loss which [...]

If you haven’t heard already, the AKld city council is planning on closing the Tepid Baths facility for up to 4 years from May next year. There seems to be a hidden council agenda which is behind this badly planned decision to close the Teps, potentially leaving it gathering dust..……
I thought that local governments were [...]

Just because it’s low GI doesn’t mean it is good for you. For example, chocolate is low GI but that doesn’t mean you should eat more if it! Don’t get sucked in by the marketing magic because the GI is only a number and you hardly ever just have sugar – it is normally added [...]