19Feb 2021 by Aidan Muir
Apple Cider Vinegar and Health – The Evidence

Apple Cider Vinegar and Health – The Evidence

Health
Apple cider vinegar is often promoted as something that can help with a wide range of areas of health. There are some people who tout it as a miracle that can help with absolutely everything, and others who claim it does absolutely nothing. As with a lot of areas of nutrition, the answer is somewhere in the middle. This post will go through a lot of the areas people normally talk about in relation to apple cider vinegar, and whether there is evidence to support those claims. Weight The most frequent thing I have heard people talk about is that they think apple cider vinegar can help with weight-loss. Firstly, understanding the fundamental principles of weight-loss works is an important filter for whether something will help weight-loss. The main principle…
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18Aug 2018 by Nadia Mazari
The Lowdown on Personalised Nutrition

The Lowdown on Personalised Nutrition

Health
Personalised nutrition is a burgeoning niche within the trends of personalised medicine and scientific wellness. Promising highly individual solutions to dieting woes, longevity and a plethora of other health struggles, it’s no wonder that personalised nutrition has become both a buzzword and commercial enterprise. This has left many puzzled by its health claims, unable to sort fact from fiction. Perhaps most startling, however, are the sensationalist headlines spreading through social media platforms that discretionary foods such as chips could be healthier for you than salad. So let’s explore what personalised nutrition really does offer you and if such claims hold some truth. What Is Personalised Nutrition? There is yet to be an agreed-upon definition of personalised nutrition. The term is also often used interchangeably with nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics or nutritional genomics.…
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02Nov 2017 by Sophie Szczudlo
How to Debunk Food Labels

How to Debunk Food Labels

Health
You have probably seen people scouting food labels down the supermarket aisle from time to time, but have you ever wondered what they are looking at specifically? Understanding how to read and interpret food labels can be a difficult task and this article is going to help breakdown the key parts that are found on food labels to hopefully make grocery shopping that little bit easier. So, let’s break it down starting with the most important piece of information: The Nutrition Information Panel The nutrition information panel (NIP) is a requirement as part of FSANZ (Food Standards Australia and New Zealand) legislation. By law, all products are required to include a nutrition information panel excluding products such as fresh produce, herbs and spices, water and alcoholic beverages. People might read…
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16Feb 2017 by Alana Willis
Thinking of Going Organic?

Thinking of Going Organic?

Health
When we enter any shopping isle, we are confronted with many many different choices. One important decision to weigh up is whether to spend your hard-earned cash on the organic range. The price difference between organic and conventional produce can be huge. For example, at Woolworths, Macro Organic Chicken Breast is $29.99 per kilo whereas the conventional range is less than half that at only $9 per kilo. Likewise, a dozen Elderbrook Farms Caged Eggs are $2.80 whereas Southern Highland Organic Eggs are almost triple that at $7.99 per dozen. The organic options don’t stop there. Today you can purchase a range of organic produce from organic fruits, vegetables, bread, cereals…even makeup and body wash! How do you decide whether going organic is really worth the extra money? Below I…
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15Dec 2016 by Cassandra Bendall
High Healthy Fats Diet Effect on Weight

High Healthy Fats Diet Effect on Weight

Body Composition, Health
In the past, high-fat diets have been slammed for their ability to increase weight and affect our overall health. Although, diets which are high in fat are often high in saturated fats and trans fats, which have been continually linked to obesity and cardiovascular disease. But what about a diet which is high in healthy fats such as polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs) and monounsaturated fats (MUFAs)? More recent systematic reviews have highlighted the ability of high healthy fat dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet, to support modest weight loss in centrally obese individuals. In addition to this, the Mediterranean diet has also been shown to reduce waist circumference among a Mediterranean population group, as well as also reporting significant declines in body weight after a 5-year follow up period. What…
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11Dec 2016 by Aidan Muir
Introducing the Ideal Nutrition Blog

Introducing the Ideal Nutrition Blog

News
Ideal Nutrition is a dietetics private practice currently offering dietetic and nutritional services at Xceler8 24hr Fitness in Wagga Wagga. With only one dietitian initially (myself), the practice caters for all goals that can be achieved through nutrition. While Ideal Nutrition is set up so that it can cater for all goals and conditions, my specialties are weight loss, diabetes and sports nutrition. The goal of the business is to help as many people as possible through improving their nutrition. A key part of achieving this goal is this blog. The Ideal Nutrition blog is an attempt at providing people with an engaging place to increase their knowledge of nutrition, from an evidence-based perspective. As well as being a place for people to learn about nutrition, this blog will also…
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04Dec 2016 by Cassandra Bendall
What Is a Mediterranean Diet and What Are the Benefits?

What Is a Mediterranean Diet and What Are the Benefits?

Health
What is the Mediterranean Diet? The Mediterranean diet is a way of eating based on traditional foods and drinks of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The archetypal traditional ‘Cretan’ Mediterranean diet was first established three decades ago as a cardio-protective diet in the Seven Countries Study. Keys and co-workers found that residents in Crete in Greece had the lowest mortality from heart disease and this was positively associated with their dietary pattern. This traditional dietary pattern is characterized by an abundance of plant-based foods such as leafy green vegetables, tomatoes, onions, garlic, herbs, whole grain cereals, nuts and seeds, olive oil used as the main added dietary fat, moderate amounts of low-fat dairy products, fish and seafood, smaller quantities of red meat and red wine to be consumed in…
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