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Food
Angie’s Food
Angie’s Food is back, and with it comes an explosion of flavours and a commitment to local sustainability that Kangaroo Valley locals and visitors alike have come to love.
Gut problems
For many people, a ‘gut’ refers to an obvious bulge around the waist area. However, the ‘gut’ is the correct term for the alimentary canal that stretches from the mouth to the anus. It’s about…
Vitamins – a look at the B complex
As colder weather hits, sales of vitamin supplements soar. In 2022, 43.5% of Australians bought vitamins. The top seller was vitamin D, followed closely by multivitamins, vitamin C and vitamin B. I’ve written about vitamin…
60 Years of Screw Cap
This year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of screw caps for wine bottles. In Australia and New Zealand, a whopping 90% of wines are sealed with screw caps. However, in China, USA…
Sustainable diets and protein
Last month I discussed some of the issues we’ll need to address to ensure our food system remains sustainable in the face of climate change. I also mentioned one of my Facebook posts on this…
Dietary guidelines and sustainable food systems
Australia’s first dietary guidelines were announced by the Commonwealth Department of Health in 1979. They included a world first by recommending breast feeding, and advised the population to reduce total fat, refined sugar, alcohol and…