Nutrition

Nutrition, Food

How about mineral supplements?

Last month, I wrote about vitamin supplements. This month, let’s turn to some commonly used mineral supplements. As with vitamins, a well-chosen diet will meet most people’s needs for minerals, although some people may benefit…

Nutrition, Food

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…

Nutrition, Food

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…

Nutrition, Food

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…

Nutrition, Food

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…