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It has been pitched as an easy-to-read system to help shoppers make healthier choices at the supermarket, but a leading nutrition expert says the Health Star Rating still has serious flaws, and ignores a key risk facing Australians.
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A new study that helps explain why some of us prefer sweet food could lead to personalised diets to improve people’s eating habits based on their genetics, writes researcher .
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New research shows that Australians eat a lot of shark and tuna, as well as farmed salmon and prawns – but there are other nutritious and sustainable varieties to consider.
Consumption of nut-based ‘milk’ alternatives – such as almond milk and coconut milk – have grown by 90 per cent in two years, but this new obsession may be depriving Australian consumers of calcium.
Organic farming and the grass feeding of animals are promoted as having social and environmental benefits, but do they produce healthier red meat?
Opinions and evidence seem to shift about whether or not cheese should be part of a healthy diet. Here, nutritionists and dieticians give their verdict.
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